Half-elf Notebook

Chapter 215 Discussion

White Crystal District, the temporary residence of the adventurer team.

The still warm hall was filled with more people than ever before. With the occasional crackling of firewood, everyone was exchanging opinions on the city map spread out on the coffee table, which was covered with connecting lines and red circles.

However, the opening and closing of the door interrupted the sound of the conversation inside and attracted attention.

The two people who walked into the hall were immediately met with confused or curious gazes from the crowd.

The first person to speak was a mature blond man whom Ina had never seen before. He seemed to be over 30 years old and had one eye. Perhaps because he was worried that his wound would be too noticeable and scare others, he wore a brown-black leather eyepatch on his other eye.

Even so, some scars that could not be covered by the eye patch were still revealed on his face.

"I'm glad you guys are back safely."

He coughed twice:

"It looks like you found something different."

He seemed to be the same as Ms. Roxanne, whom Ina had just met that day and who was also sitting in the hall.

He is a man who is somewhat different from his appearance.

At least he was enthusiastic about his companions.

"But it seems that you have encountered a bad experience. Anyway, go take a shower first, and we can discuss it in detail later."

Because we were tense and alert all the way.

It was not until now, when the captain of the adventurer team reminded her, that Ina remembered that she seemed to have forgotten to use magic for cleaning.

……

After a simple wash, Ina changed into a light yellow long-sleeved dress.

Bello wore a clean white shirt and two pairs of trousers, one inside and one outside.

As a man, Bello was too embarrassed to appear in front of the two ladies wearing only a underwear.

"Ms. Ina, could you please tell me in detail about your experience in the sewers and what you saw?"

Kang Nuo looked at Ina who was sitting down with his one eye and said with a smile.

Ina sat on the single sofa, and a member of the adventurer team handed her a cup of brewed black tea - this was bought by Connor when he was purchasing necessities. He learned that the half-elf girl didn't seem to like coffee particularly.

Ina recounted the entire process from entering the sewer to being targeted and attacked.

It included the exact location where they were attacked, and where the monster actually lurked, in the sewers around the Tans district.

As well as the "strange noise" the monster makes when approaching before it appears, the monster's specific appearance, and its known attack methods.

Ward pulled up a chair and nodded from time to time as he listened.

Connor frowned the whole time, thinking silently without saying a word.

In fact, while Ina was taking a bath, Bello had already reported what he had seen and heard to the four people present.

At this moment, Connor asked Ina to speak again, simply to confirm a crucial fact through her narration - Bot Albido has the ability to interfere with people's cognition.

Connor and Ward couldn't rule out the possibility that the other party would set up similar mind-affecting devices in the sewers.

It is impossible to judge that there are really monsters wandering underground based on Bello's words alone.

That could also be an illusion.

This kind of cognitive interference is like magic that has reached a certain level. Even professionals whose ranks are higher than Bot Albido cannot detect it at all.

The only confirmed and effective means of counteraction so far is to use magicians for observation.

This is also the reason why many teams of adventurers can inadvertently perceive anomalies and track them.

Magicians seem to have a natural resistance to this.

Even if they were to face each other directly, Ina, a first-level high-level magician, should be able to see some clues more or less—

In fact, what Ina and Bello explained were almost exactly the same, with just a few more details.

"It seems to be correct."

Ward, who is the most knowledgeable among the crowd and has some knowledge in various fields, touched his chin:

"The flesh and blood demon, also known as the twisted zombie, cannibal."

"Similar monsters are recorded in Harry Lowe's Demon Research and Summary, some books related to the elves, and the Church's Punishment Knight Manual."

"They belong to the lowest level of demons, demon-like creatures. I heard that as long as there is a corpse, ordinary demon believers can also respond to demonic rituals and create them."

"But they are difficult and dangerous..."

After a long silence, Connor spoke:

"According to Ms. Bello and Ms. Ina, their strength is equal to or even exceeds that of upper-level bronze-level professionals. If a middle-level bronze-level adventurer faces them one-on-one without adequate preparation, they are likely to be in great danger."

"Anyway, we are ready to give up this reward."

As the leader of the adventurer team, Connor's words reveal the calmness and determination that a leader should have:

"At the same time, I will go to the church in person and hand over the information I have obtained and sorted out to them to prevent the disaster from spreading further."

Bello, the female adventurer and another team member had complicated expressions on their faces, but did not speak out in objection - after so many years in this business, they could deduce the danger of the mission based on partial information and fragmentary intelligence alone.

Naturally, we can understand why Connor took the initiative to give up the high reward.

But faced with this huge wealth that seems to be within reach, it is really hard to give it up at this moment.

Everyone fell into a brief silence.

Until the crisp applause broke the silence.

Connor clapped his hands:

"There's no need to worry about it. There must be a reason for the high bounty. How about just treating it as a trip to Pamelin?"

"In remote cities, there are no restaurants like here where you can taste everything, large theaters where different plays and operas are performed every day, and various exhibition halls."

"If all else fails, we can sell this information at a low price. In order to avoid causing panic, the church and city officials probably won't directly announce the same information."

"Besides, we are not completely indifferent."

"No matter what, he is still an extremely dangerous criminal to the city. I, Ward, and Miss Ina will still try to hunt him with other professionals with good strength, and the profits will remain the same."

As he spoke, Connor looked at Ina, as if asking for her opinion.

It can also be considered as comforting Ina.

They protected their own team members, so it is obviously inappropriate for the other party to bear the huge losses.

It makes it seem like cooperating with our own team is a grudge, which is a bit cheap and we can't do it.

Ina nodded, indicating that she wanted to continue participating.