CHAPTER 829: CHAPTER 648: A BAD FEELING?

Judging from the demeanor of the mysterious magician, it was clear that they specifically came to find them.

This made Reiger somewhat curious as to why the other party would specifically seek him and Ais out at this time?

In the original story, the other party did indeed seek out Ais, but that was because Ais had previously come into contact with the mastermind behind the scenes of this event.

But here, due to Reiger’s influence, Ais had been leveling up and training the Breath of the Wind in the base camp, essentially not leaving, and not getting involved in the various events that occurred in the original story. Naturally, she hadn’t had any prior contact with those lurking in the darkness.

Given this, Reiger was somewhat puzzled as to why the mysterious magician who belonged to the guild would still seek the two of them out, and what the reasoning and considerations behind this might be.

Fortunately, this confusion was quickly resolved.

"...There are actually two reasons for seeking out you two."

The mysterious magician slightly lowered his head and spoke softly.

"First, the phenomenon of monster surges on level 24 has actually happened before."

According to what the other party said, prior to the abnormal occurrence on level 24, a similar event had also happened on level 30.

"At that time, I also commissioned high-level adventurers to investigate the event site. Although there were many twists and turns, the other party successfully brought back important related items from the scene."

However...

"After obtaining the related items, the other party secretly handed them over to another adventurer I had commissioned on the safety floor of level 18, and then... he was killed."

As soon as these words left the mouth of the mysterious magician, Ais, who had been listening quietly, immediately reacted.

"Killed on the safety floor...?"

Ais was moved.

"Yes." The mysterious magician said solemnly: "He was killed on the safety floor."

This information was quite substantial.

As we all know, the safety floors are floors where no monsters spawn. Even if there were some monsters from other floors, they would only appear in the types of floors adjacent to this safety floor.

Level 18 belongs to the middle floors, and the category of monsters that would act in the floors near here ranges up to at most Lv.2.

But level 30 is a lower floor, where even Lv.2 teams cannot explore, and the guild recommends adventurers go there only after reaching Lv.3.

Since the adventurer commissioned by the mysterious magician could freely move around level 30, this indicates that the other party was at least a second-tier adventurer, Lv.3.

Adventurers of such a level are unlikely to be killed by monsters on level 18.

In other words...

"This is very likely a human-caused event."

The mysterious magician spoke in a deep voice.

"In fact, the other person was killed in the town’s inn, where monsters are unlikely to appear."

Which implies that the likelihood of it being a human cause is almost 100%.

"As for the person who was killed... he was a second-level adventurer of the Ganisa Clan, with a level of Lv.4."

Hearing this, both Reiger and Ais understood everything.

"So, you believe that these two instances of monster surges are not just simple abnormal conditions of the underground city, but someone is behind it?" Reiger gave the other party a deep look and said: "The other party can easily kill an Lv.4 in town, so you believe that to resolve this incident, it’s best to commission a first-tier adventurer at Lv.5 or higher?"

"That’s right."

The mysterious magician nodded lightly, confirming what Reiger said.

A first-tier adventurer at Lv.5, although adventurers of this level were not as rare as Lv.6 in Orario, they were certainly not numerous either.

At the very least, the number of clans possessing first-tier adventurers in Orario could almost be counted on one hand.

Among these clans, the Loki Familia was undoubtedly the most outstanding, the most powerful, and the most prominent, rivaled only by the Freyja Clan.

Therefore, it’s unsurprising that the other party would think to commission a first-tier adventurer from the Loki Familia to resolve this matter.

Of course...

"That’s the first reason."

The mysterious magician shifted his gaze, looking at Reiger.

"And the second reason is because of you."

Upon hearing this, Reiger raised an eyebrow.

"Because of me?"

This was indeed somewhat unexpected.

"Exactly." The mysterious magician said calmly: "Because you’ve already had contact with a suspicious monster during the monster festival."

The words of the other party reminded Ais of the monster festival.

"...Are you talking about those carnivorous plants?"

Ais clearly had a deep impression of those grotesque monsters.

"Yes, it’s them." The mysterious magician responded: "During the level 30 incident, the people assisting us claimed to have seen a kind of colorful carnivorous plant monster never seen before."

Therefore, this mysterious magician specifically sought out Reiger.

Mainly because he had already touched on the fringes of these suspicious events, uncovering some clues among them.

"Those carnivorous plants are quite tricky. Not only do they have skins that are immune to striking damage, but they also react excessively to Magic. To deal with that kind of monster, merely sending warriors good at frontline combat or rear-guard Mages won’t suffice; at the very least, a Swordsman with high-level armaments or a Magic Swordsman skilled in frontline combat and parallel chanting is needed."

"There are also individual differences among them; the weaker ones roughly have the power equivalent to Lv.2 or Lv.3, while the stronger ones have power equivalent to Lv.4 or possibly even Lv.5, not something ordinary adventurers can handle."