As a neutral city on the eastern plains of the Okazawa region, Twilight has a government-like form of independent city-state, and the city's jurisdiction is naturally not limited to a few large urban districts in the city, but also dominates the port of Casey at the mouth of the sea to the south, the copper crown mine to the southwest, and a logging village near the forest of the spotted axe to the north.

The timber resources of the Spotted Axe Forest are one of the regular incomes of Twilight City, and the location of the forest is located between the Rth Canyon and the city on the vertical axis of the north and south, but the logging village built on the southern edge of the forest was besieged by demonic beasts without warning last night, so a messenger was sent overnight to inform the city of the request for help.

Castaño's monsters are generally living animals that have mutated due to magical contamination, such as the ice-toothed python in the Frost Forest and the red-eyed giant rat that the troll witch doctor Gofdor had modified in the sewer area.

It is an abnormal disaster for a large number of demonic beasts to assemble an army to attack a human village, so the Council of Twilight City, which received the news of the request for help, quickly attached great importance to this matter under the instructions of Victor behind the scenes, and issued an urgent mission through the Adventurers' Association, trying to recruit willing senior adventurers from the city to support, and trying to investigate the cause of the large number of monsters.

Some of the city's guards are said to have taken the lead in forming the first reinforcements to the village.

The scene returns to the present-

The presence of Ted Hearst and Draco Barton made the atmosphere in the hall quiet as Irina explained the contents of the mission.

"All in all, the situation in the logging village is not optimistic, and this mission is for everyone here. The reward of the mission is not yet decided, but it will definitely not be owed to you, so please trust the association. After a long series of words, Irina gasped for breath and continued, "In addition, the association branch in the village will further inform you of the incident when the time comes. If you have any questions about this, please follow my instructions and raise them in an orderly manner. As the head of the association, I will try my best to answer your questions and minimize the risk of your actions. ”

As the words fell, she pursed her lips, her emerald green eyes glancing back and forth at the adventurers in the hall.

The adventurers gathered here took a moment to digest the information in their minds, and after a brief moment of stunnedness, they began to whisper, and a small stream of these words came from the ranks of young people.

For example, Xia and Stonefist didn't think much about it, and immediately thought that the Fellwood Village, which was being attacked by monsters, needed everyone's help at the moment, and it was easy for two good believers of the gods of justice and order to agree on this aspect.

Groeldon, who is accustomed to thinking about things in the interests of his team, advises Urs to look at the attitudes of the other adventuring groups before making a decision.

Raven Sparrow made no offer or thought about it, but Urs could tell from the slightly bracketed corners of her mouth under her hood that the camp-leaning Miss Drow, who was highly suspiciously chaotic and neutral, seemed to be interested in the adventure that might ensue.

As for the content of the emergency mission announced by Irina, whether it is for the so-called spiritual honor and material rewards, or because of the evil nature in his bones, Urs is personally very happy to go to the logging village north of Twilight City to assist the villagers and guards there to resist the invasion of the monsters, and by the way, find out the possible conspirators behind this vicious incident and clean it up, if he has the ability to do it.

It's just that the old thief's advice is always more prudent and cautious.

As the leader of this five-person team, Urs knew that he should indeed think more about this aspect of his life in this life, after all, the experience and memories of his previous life would be of limited help to him after all.

Although he knows a lot about this world, some of the hidden plots that may exist in Twilight City are still gaps in his memory that he has not yet understood, such as the fact that this event is actually beyond his expectations to a certain extent.

He knew that there was a Shadow Druid Order of neutral evil camps hidden in the depths of the Spotted Axe Forest, but in the past, he had never heard of the strange story of the Shadow Druid Order gathering demonic beasts to attack the logging village, and it was difficult for Castano's demonic beasts to make a leap in intellectual attributes through demonic contamination in bloodline.

To be honest, he didn't believe that the monsters in the Spotted Axe Forest would be smart enough to organize and plan to attack human villages on their own.

There are even more obscure secrets involved.

After a moment of careful consideration, and looking for a gut feeling about the unsolved mysteries left behind by the copy of the labyrinth of the painting, and Draco's mediation attitude towards his open duel with Dambert in the halls of the Guild last time, he decided to take Glolen's suggestion for the time being to see what was going on.

Just then, Dambert Kerchas, the red-headed leader of the Red Scorpion Adventure Regiment, suddenly stood up from his chair, and the shaking of his armor caught the attention of several adventurers sitting next to him.

"Captain Dambert?" Seeing the red-haired man in armor standing up, Irina immediately turned her head to look at him with a displeased expression.

Miss in charge had obviously just said that everyone's questions should be spoken in an orderly manner according to her instructions, could it be that the leader of the first regiment in the city hadn't heard it just now?

No, this guy must have done it on purpose.

Irina's eyes narrowed.

Dambert calmly looked at Irina's gaze at him, and asked loudly without hurrying: "Madam in charge, I would like to consult about this urgent mission, the usual basic rules of the Adventurer Guild are still applicable at this time, right?" ”

"The most basic rules still apply." Irina nodded.

"In that case, then I am now applying to the Guild for the priority of receiving this mission as the current leader of the Red Scorpion Adventure Regiment." The red-headed red scorpion leader smiled at the corner of his mouth.

With the smile on the man's face, the others in the hall of the association turned their heads to look at him in unison, and they all frowned slightly.

Many at the scene, including Urs, quickly guessed that Dambert seemed to want to usurp the execution of this urgent mission in order to monopolize all the mission rewards.

This is so arrogant!

Immediately afterwards, the sound of slapping the table came from the hand of a small thief with a long-suppressed anger: "Red-haired monkey, you have gone too far! ”

"Oh? Isn't this the Sawyer Boots of the Shaving Blades? Hearing the movement in his ears, Dambert glanced sideways at the halfling thief leader of the Shaving Blade Adventure Regiment, "I'm sorry, I didn't notice you just now, maybe it's because your size is too childlike." ”

"But your racist sarcasm is not enough to justify your attempt to monopolize this mission, Captain Scorpion." The female ranger leader of the Hummingbird Adventure Group, Akalila Lin Ying, didn't seem to be able to stand it anymore at this time, and chose to stand on the same side as the halfling thief leader of the Shaved Blade Adventure Group.

"Besides, as Mr. Sawyer said, everyone can usually tolerate your arrogance, but what you did this time is obviously a little too much."

Carlos Love, a skilled mage in the spell system, held the staff in his hand, his eyes staring at the side of Dambert's face from a slight distance, echoing the latter's overly ugly appearance on behalf of the Orichalcum Adventure Troupe.

After all, according to Dambert, what is the point of the existence of the Adventurers' Association?

A lump that monopolizes all tasks?

In this case, it is better for everyone to join the Red Scorpion Adventure Group, and Twilight City will simply be renamed Red Scorpion City!

Dambert's ambition aroused the strong disgust of many people in an instant, and his warlock daughter Dorothy buried her beautiful face in the palm of her hand for a moment, not daring to look at the pairs of hostility that had been thrown at her side.

However, the red-headed leader, who behaved in a high-profile manner, seemed to have no self-knowledge at all, and instead of putting on an indifferent attitude, he ignored the glaring eyes of the other adventurers in the hall, but also had to stare at Irina standing behind the front desk in the hall.

He seems to have made up his mind to fight for the Scorpion Adventure Troupe for the sole execution of this urgent mission - and in the form of a clear fight!

The blonde-haired, emerald-eyed half-elf lady in charge felt her throat feel a slight suffocation from nervousness, but her position as head of the Adventurers' Guild was not just due to her status as the precious adopted daughter of the dragon mage lord Victedor.

Irina has little fighting ability, and she is not very experienced in dealing with large scenes, but she is not afraid of the pressure or even threat of negotiation.

Immediately, the determined young lady in charge pursed her lips and gritted her teeth gently, and out of the corner of her eye, she looked left and right, Ted and Draco, the two super bodyguards arranged for her in advance by her adoptive father, who remained secret, and then responded to Dambert's gaze with a fearless face:

"Indeed, according to the basic rules set at the beginning of the Association's establishment, the Red Scorpion Adventure Troupe should now have a priority ahead of all other Adventure Parties, Adventure Squads, and Scattered Adventurers......

"But—"

Before the words fell, her words suddenly changed.