"Miss Yunis Lawrence?"

Hearing this name, many adventurers around immediately turned their gazes over.

Lawrence—this surname was undoubtedly prestigious throughout the entire Lania City region. Almost everyone knew this noble family name.

Because this was exactly the name of Lania City's lord—Viscount Caroline Lawrence.

Unlike those minor wealthy merchants and petty nobles, she was genuine aristocracy in the truest sense—a viscount officially ennobled by the kingdom!

And Yunis Lawrence was precisely Viscount Lawrence's most beloved youngest daughter.

News and gossip about such important figures naturally became popular stories among commoners and adventurers.

Among these, the most widely discussed was the marriage contract between this viscount's daughter and their Roland Town's lord, Baron Rahl.

"Miss Yunis should be here to see the lord, right?"

"Most likely... In a little while, these two should be getting married. Perhaps she came this time to discuss wedding arrangements."

"The wedding between these two nobles will definitely be unprecedentedly grand. On that day, even beggars watching from the sidelines might receive black bread bestowed by the baron..."

Lin Mo listened to these gossip stories with great interest, treating them as side dishes to his meal that also enhanced his understanding of Roland Town and Lania City.

"Speaking of which, Miss Yunis seems to be an alchemist too!"

"Well, she is nobility after all. Naturally she wouldn't engage in common professions like warrior or ranger. Being an alchemist fits perfectly with our lord."

"Really envy the lord—born with talent for learning magic, supported by substantial family wealth, shortly after formally completing his class advancement, he received an audience with Viscount Lawrence, became the town's lord, and secured a marriage contract with Miss Yunis... Sigh, now that's what I call a life!"

"Maybe I have talent to become a mage too... just no money to study at a magic academy."

"Where did this goblin crawl out from? Stop dreaming!"

Amid the laughter, Lin Mo finished his dinner, stood up, and left the restaurant.

These gossip stories were interesting to hear—after all, they were matters among upper-class nobility that had nothing to do with bottom-tier adventurers like him. Occasionally listening to them was just entertainment before moving on.

Better return early to rest. Tomorrow he needed to continue hunting slimes.

......

"Skill 【Stealth】Lv2 (20/20) has leveled up!"

"Current skill 【Stealth】Lv3 (0/40)"

"Gained +2 attribute points in Agility!"

【Stealth】Lv3 (0/40): Having mastered slacking off, you now learn to reduce your presence in any situation. After remaining out of enemy sight for a period, you can enter stealth state. While stealthed, you won't be prioritized as a main target, reducing detection risk. Attacking while stealthed breaks stealth but grants your next attack +7% physical damage bonus.

Awesome!

Picking up the complete slime condensate from the ground, Lin Mo's eyes lit up seeing the message before him, his whole spirit lifting instantly.

A green excellent-grade skill, with the attribute-increasing level also at 3, and it actually gave 2 attribute points at once!

This brought his agility attribute directly to 8 points, just 2 points away from what he guessed was the professional standard.

The other condition for becoming a professional—fully mastering one skill—he had already completed right after transmigrating. As long as he gained 2 more agility points, he should be able to formally advance to the assassin class.

And after raising Slash to max level 5 and reaching 10 strength points, he could also advance to the warrior class...

The rapid skill progression from the proficiency system allowed him to surpass virtually all geniuses on this continent, giving him the capital to develop not just two, but multiple classes simultaneously!

The more he thought about it, the more motivated he became. Lin Mo took a deep breath, his gaze growing more determined as he continued his slime hunt.

After the 2-point agility increase, Lin Mo's speed saw another leap forward, making his slime hunting efficiency much higher than yesterday.

By the end of the day, he had actually taken down 19 slimes, obtaining 18 slime condensates!

Meanwhile, 【Slash】's proficiency reached 28/40.

Barring any surprises, Slash should reach level 4 tomorrow.

Returning to town, after depositing the quest items, he went to the same restaurant as yesterday, this time ordering steak and corn chowder. After eating, he returned to the inn and happened to meet Uncle Bern and Evan at his room door, accompanied by a young man wearing form-fitting leather armor.

"This is..."

Lin Mo inquired curiously.

"This is Cody, our team's new member."

After speaking, Evan turned to introduce to Cody: "This brother is Lin Mo. He cooperated with our team once before—really strong!"

"Hello."

Lin Mo nodded with a smile, greeting proactively.

Cody merely glanced at him, grunted "Hmm," and directly entered his own room.

Bern looked somewhat embarrassed and quickly explained: "Our new member has a rather cold personality, but he's not a bad person. Quite reliable in strength too—once participated in completing a bronze-level quest. Only later when the team leader planned to develop in Lania City, he didn't want to go, so he chose to leave the team."

"No problem."

Lin Mo waved his hand, naturally not bothered by such small matters.

"By the way, did you just return from a quest outside?"

Bern looked at Lin Mo's slightly dirty leather armor and asked curiously.

"Yeah, a small quest. Should finish it tomorrow."

"That's perfect... Actually, while recruiting at the association today, I also checked upcoming quests. There's one that's quite suitable, with decent rewards too. Want to consider it?"

"What quest?"

Lin Mo thought about it—adventuring alone in the forest did indeed have many inconveniences. If it was truly suitable, it wasn't out of the question to consider.

"A material collection quest—gathering cursed pattern cat demon claws. Since the cat demons are distributed in the deeper outskirts of Roland Forest, we might need to stay in the forest for a few days."

Lin Mo stroked his chin: "One-star quest?"

"Yes, rewards are decent—12 gold coins."

Among one-star quests, this was practically top-tier reward.

"There's another simpler quest too, also one-star—collect 30 ordinary cat demon claws, 10 gold coin reward. If you don't join, we'll just take this quest."

"Could consider it. For cooperatively completed quests like this, they should count toward quest history, right?"

"They count."

"What about the reward distribution..."

"How about 70-30 split?"

Bern scratched his head somewhat apologetically: "Our team has a new member now, need to consider his feelings too."

"Acceptable."

A 70-30 split was actually quite a reasonable distribution. Combined from two quests, the take wouldn't be small—at least more than solo questing.

Most importantly, he could gain credit for two black iron-level quests at once, accelerating his progress toward bronze-level adventurer.

Once becoming a bronze-level adventurer, he wouldn't need to stay in external inns anymore—the association's third-floor VIP rooms would be available.