Chapter 143

Chapter 144: A Sudden Ominous Premonition… (First Update of the Day! Requesting Subscriptions!)

Peace reigned within the walls of the Labyrinth City as usual today.

Birds chirped melodiously, and the morning light illuminated a bright blue sky.

The city’s populace buzzed with chatter.

“Three months?!”

“No way… It feels like we’re hearing some kind of adventure story…”

Adventurers stood dumbfounded, their heads tilted upwards as they stared at a parchment pinned to the enormous bulletin board at the Guild Headquarters.

[After three months—Level-Up Success: Adventurer Ize Alward of the Loki Familia has successfully solo exterminated an “Enhanced Species” Tree Dragon, advancing to Level 3]

The reality laid before them was hard for many adventurers to grasp.

Not even touching on his unparalleled leveling speed, this could be justified by the reasoning, “Worthy of being from the Loki Familia.”

But to have solo exterminated an “Enhanced Species” Tree Dragon? Are you serious?

What kind of monster was a Tree Dragon again? The adventurers still had some knowledge about it.

A guardian of treasures within the Great Tree Maze, one of the strongest monsters per floor, with potential Ability Values comparable to a Level 4 adventurer.

And then there’s the rare “Enhanced Species.” Could this really not be some kind of joke?

For a moment, numerous adventurers couldn’t accept this fact.

As for the Deities, upon hearing the official promotion announcement of a certain adventurer, they were overjoyed, laughing and making noise.

This intelligence that stirred so many emotions spread throughout the city.

There were no shortage of people (and gods) who secretly harbored ulterior motives, but unfortunately, when faced with the name “Loki Familia,” after much deliberation, they ultimately chose not to court death.

The incident of a certain deity being stripped naked and hung in the city square just a few months ago was still fresh in everyone’s minds. No one wanted to be next.

On another front, while things weren’t yet abnormal…

The tension-filled atmosphere enveloped the staff office inside the Guild Headquarters.

“Everyone seems so murderous?”

“Murderous might be an exaggeration… or maybe not…”

Missia whispered into Eina’s pointed ear, to which Eina replied softly.

This wasn’t their work hall; it was the second office filled with several desks.

Uncharacteristically, the spacious room was cloaked in an oppressive silence.

Due to someone’s rapid second-level-up, the Guild Headquarters now carried additional work pressure, piles of paper documents stacked beside everyone’s hands.

“Zul, come here.”

“Huh? Y-Yes! Right away!”

Eina and her good friend Missia were taking turns handling indoor work today instead of being at the reception desk in the hall.

Upon hearing her superior (the supervisor) call her name, she immediately responded and approached.

Facing the supervisor, a well-dressed beastman male, Eina stood respectfully like a student called upon by their teacher.

The supervisor, with delicate features, glanced at her briefly before lowering his gaze to the papers in his hand, speaking gently to Eina.

“Eina.”

“Present!”

“How is your relationship with Mr. Alward of the Loki Familia?”

“…Let’s say we’re acquainted.”

Though she said this, there was a faint grudge in Eina’s tone.

That guy hadn’t appeared before her since he tricked her for information nearly three months ago! Or rather, he hadn’t shown up at the Guild Headquarters.

It was clearly because of that previous matter that he was deliberately avoiding her, right?

Although the anger had dissipated after such a long time, Eina’s feelings were still slightly complicated when the supervisor brought up Ize…

However, the beastman supervisor didn’t notice this. He smoothed out the fur on his ears and wore an expression full of indescribable difficulty.

“Good enough if you’re acquainted. Actually, there’s something here that might require your help.”

“Something?”

Eina tilted her head, puzzled about the task that awaited her.

“Yes, regarding the level-up consultation and growth model of adventurer Ize Alward, could you please ask him a few questions?”

The beastman supervisor asked Eina with a consultative tone.

This was actually the Guild’s consistent practice. As long as it could indirectly improve the standards of adventurers, the Guild would disclose information without affecting each Familial Group.

Also, to increase the collection rate of Magic Stones, which bring substantial benefits.

With cases like Ize, whose rapid leveling was exceptional, his tendencies in activities within the Dungeon would become a focal point, and the Guild desired to gather this information.

After collecting it, the Guild would filter out key points and make his activity records public to the general public.

“Please take this as a reference to quickly grow stronger.” That was the gist of it.

If adventurers grew stronger, it would better promote the development of Orario and the exploration of the Dungeon. The Guild welcomed this situation.

“So, you mean I should go collect Mr. Ize’s activity records within the Dungeon?”

“That’s right, Eina. There’s no one else better suited for this task besides you.”

The beastman supervisor sighed, looking troubled.

Normally, such matters should be directly handled by Guild specialists asking the main deity of the Familial Group, even if it involved some privacy issues, deities would give the Guild some face and provide brief descriptions.

But Ize’s deity…

To put it bluntly, Loki could completely ignore the Guild’s wishes on this matter, and the Guild wouldn’t have any recourse against her.

Thus, the beastman supervisor thought of trying to play the sentiment card using Eina. Also, because Ize rarely came to the Guild, the only person related to him was Eina.

“Alright, I understand. I’ll do my best.”

Since it was a mission, Eina had no real grounds to refuse, so she eventually nodded in agreement.

Polite farewells exchanged with her beastman superior, the half-elf sighed as she returned to her friend’s side.

“This feels so troublesome…”

Ize visited the Guild Headquarters so infrequently that to complete this task, she might have to personally visit him.

But perhaps this was also a good opportunity to settle old accounts with him?

Inside the Cadiante Healing Clinic, a blond individual learning the knowledge of Healing Magic suddenly shivered.

“Ugh… What’s this ominous premonition all about?”

Izay’s body twitched, looking around nervously, feeling somewhat perplexed. For no apparent reason, his “Intuition” seemed to have struck him on the head.

This left him quite baffled.

Could anything happen to him while he was in Orario’s hospital?

“Is something wrong, Mr. Izay?”

Seeing Izay acting strangely, Amide couldn’t help but ask curiously.

Could it be that her teaching wasn’t good enough, causing him to lose focus?