Cream tilted her head and thought for a moment, and said, "Maybe...... Attacked? Throwing oil with a catapult and then smashing it on the surface of the castle with a flaming catapult? ”

Arrow shook his head after all: "The geographical location of Swan Castle inherently determines that it can only be used to supervise the mines, and there can be no war at all. Moreover, this is the border of the empire, and beyond that there is the long-sleeping mountain range, who will come here to attack? …… Could this be arson from within? ”

Coco on the side paused for a moment: "Arson? Did anyone burn the castle? Who? ”

Arrow shook his head: "I don't know, but this fire must have been very big back then." And the arsonist must have been carefully planned, and the whole castle must be shrouded in flames. ”

Brad: "Chairman, if it were, it was hundreds of years ago, right?" ”

Arrow: "Hmm...... That's right, no matter how you say it, it's an arson case hundreds of years ago, and it's not even an old case. Cream, continued. ”

Cream nodded, then pointed to a few points in the castle and said, "There are generally three ways to enter the castle, here, here and here. But I don't know why, the two entrances and exits on this side were sealed by boulders, and the sealing time was also very long, so it is estimated that it is the same period as the arson case, right? I still think it's war, someone deliberately sealed the entrance and exit of the castle with stones and set it on fire, just to prevent the people inside from escaping. ”

Arrow didn't reply, just continued to listen as he thought.

"Then, it's about the two fighters."

Speaking of which, Cream's tone was a little more solemn, and from this tone alone, Arrow could hear that it didn't seem to be good news—

"I found a few footprints on the dirt floor in front of the only entrance. The weather during the day was very dry during the two days, and there was no wind and no rain, so the footprints were well preserved. But the footprints are a bit deep, and they look like they should have been stepped on at night when there was a lot of dew. Therefore, my guess is that they entered the castle at night. ”

And then ...... I didn't see any footprints coming out of it. Of course, I also hope that the two warriors came out during the day, stepping on the grassy ground and leaving without leaving a footprint. Well...... That's all I can hope for. ”

It really looks like it's a lot of bad luck......

Emotionally speaking, Iero really hopes that the two fighters can leave safely. At least I don't have to be the last to see the two of them. And rationally speaking, the fact that they were able to leave safely means that this commission is just a misunderstanding, and they just sent Cream out for a day, ran a few more steps, and everything was safe.

However, judging from the current situation, this situation is really not very good.

"Also, I've found something about the monsters that inhabit it."

With Cream's last words, Arrow finally raised his head and exhaled helplessly.

As he spoke, Cream took out a drawing again and opened it. His drawing skills are even worse than Arrow's, but at least he expresses it clearly.

It was a spider-form, but green insect-like monster. This kind of thing Arrow had seen in the Naturalist Illustrated Books, and because of his terrifying appearance and murderous personality, he remembered it deeply.

"I tried to go into the castle and investigate, but I was less than ten meters away, and the sunlight outside couldn't reach me at all. It was like night, and I couldn't see my fingers. But soon I sensed that something was coming towards me, and I quickly turned and ran, rushing out of the castle as soon as possible. As soon as I turned my head to look, I saw this green-skinned spider, almost larger than my man, baring its teeth and claws at me. At that time, I was about to use the Shadow Ring to escape, but I didn't expect this spider to retreat after touching the sunlight, and it seemed that it really didn't like the light. ”

"That's a rotting spider."

After Cream finished telling all of his detective information, Airo finally came to his conclusion.

He looked at the drawings, then at the topographical map of the castle, sighed very regretfully, and said—

"I've seen this kind of monster in the Naturalist Illustrated Book, but the description of it is not very detailed. All I can say is that this is a monster with a large body size and a venom secreted in its body that can completely corrode a cow into a puddle of thick water in a very short time. ”

Ero pinched his chin and thought for a moment before continuing, "There isn't much else to say, and the illustrated book doesn't even say that this spider likes dark and narrow passages, let alone is afraid of the sun. But not necessarily, maybe it's another spider monster? Well, now it can only be deduced from this state. ”

Cream exhaled, he straightened up and looked at Arrow with a serious expression, "President, are we really going to explore this ancient castle?" Do you think we have what it takes to deal with this spider? No, in my experience, since there are spiders at the gates, there may be more spiders inside this castle. Do you think our guild is strong enough to challenge the work of the five gold coins? ”

Cream is not alarmist.

Arrow glanced at Coco, Brad, and Parfay next to him. Finally, look at the cream.

The strength of their own guild is still quite weak in general, if those spiders are really the rotten spiders recorded in the literature, their own guild is going to get money? Or to die? Maybe that's a deal.

He thought with a frown, trying to search the depths of his memory for any place on the illustrated book that detailed the spider's weakness......

Unfortunately, there really isn't.

At this time, he was a little helpless, he originally thought that the school library was quite complete, but now it seems that there is more than a little bit of what is missing.

"So let me sum it up first."

It's not good to keep talking like this, Arrow coughed slightly, and said-

"To explore this castle, we have now encountered the rotting spiders that inhabit it. Insect monsters generally live in groups, so it is conceivable that there must be a large number of rotten spiders in this castle. Therefore, the following four questions arise before us. ”

"First, the venom of the carrion. As long as you are bitten by this spider, if you don't immediately inject a special antidote, you will probably have to wait for death. And a special antidote...... It's a shame that we don't have a venom sample of the Rotting Spider right now, so we can't make it. And our magicians haven't been able to learn about it yet. ”

As he spoke, Arrow glanced at Napa lying on her stomach, the cat was still lying comfortably on the cushion, her belly exposed, and she looked like she was purring.

"Second, there's the lighting. Through Cream's early exploration, it is at least clear that these spiders hate light. But that doesn't mean they have any fear of the sun, and it's right to say that they prefer to stay in a dark place. If we really want to explore this castle, we must have enough light sources, but if we have enough light sources, these spiders will not be able to meet us for a while, and we will not be able to destroy them. Therefore, we may have to confront them in a dark environment. ”

"Third, cobwebs. The silk of the rotting spider is very sticky, and the internal structure of the castle is still unknown, so if we rush into it, we will most likely fall into the trap of spider silk. When the time comes, we won't be able to move, and this situation is like waiting to die. ”

And then, there's the last one. I'm afraid that our strength level is not yet the turn to be able to exterminate the rotten spiders along the way. One or two, we might be able to figure it out. But if you're facing a whole castle of rotten spiders, and you really break into it, then we'll die. ”

The head of Ailuo's analysis was the Tao, but the more he listened, the more gloomy the expressions on the faces of his guild members became.

Isn't it? It is natural for anyone to have a timid look on their face when facing an opponent who cannot be challenged. The reason why the previous tasks were all completed was because Lady Luck really favored the mermaid's song, and it wasn't that these guys had reached this level of strength.

"That'...... What are we going to do? We don't do this task? ”

Coco looked a little helpless, and her eyes were all about giving up.

Arrow nodded, completely agreeing with Coco's judgment: "Of course, if we really want to enter the castle and kill all the way and empty all the rotten spiders and cobweb traps in it, this is too demanding. Don't forget, we're adventurers, not dead soldiers. The kind of situation where a team enters from the bottom and then defeats enemies who are far many times larger than themselves without any damage, and finally can successfully complete the mission is only a legend, and the reality is that all of us adventurers must see their own state clearly, and they can't rush forward, understand? ”

Coco nodded and sighed.

Brad was also shrugging his shoulders now, and stepped forward to clean up the drawings on the table.

But at the moment when he stretched out his hand, Cream slammed the drawings, turned his head, and looked at his own president with a sneer-

"President Arrow, though I haven't known you for long. But...... I'm pretty sure that you're just a traitor who only knows how to squeeze his employees, and then his mind is full of money, and he can do all kinds of crooked ideas for money. Do you want to give up these five gold coins? Hehe, this doesn't look like your style. ”

Arrow, smiled.

He laughed because there was finally someone in his guild who had a little brain, so that he could at least not be so tired. But in other words, this kind of guild members who are too brainy and always have their own careful thoughts also need to be strictly managed by themselves.

"Hehe, that's right. Head-to-head, we're certainly no match for these rotting spiders. The four points I have just mentioned are all difficulties that we may encounter once we enter the castle. So ......"

"Aren't we okay if we don't enter the castle?"

Arrow's proposal made the members all stunned, including Cream.

Brad rubbed the back of his head: "Don't enter the castle? If we don't enter the castle, how can we solve the problem of monsters in the castle? ”

With a clang, a gold coin flicked into the air with Arrow's fingers.

He stretched out his hand, squeezed the gold coin that glittered in mid-air in his palm, and showed it to all the guild members of his house—

"With money."

"The adventurer's adventurous strength is, in general, the strength of the guild's logistical support ability. As long as you can spend enough money, there is nothing in this world that cannot be accomplished. Haha, of course, also pay attention to the cost. ”

This made everyone even more incomprehensible, and Parfay flew over, stared at the glittering gold coin for a long time, and said with a puzzled face: "Gold coin? How? Smash? ”

Arrow put away the gold coins and said to the people, "Let's rest today, and tomorrow we will go out to find some townspeople and hire them to go with us to the Shining Forest to chop wood." Cut more, and after winter, more small tree buds can grow in the spring. After ......"

"Let's go burn Swan Castle again."

- October 9, 1301, food expenses: -1 silver, 2 bronze and 6 iron, miscellaneous commission: 1 silver and 5 copper, money laundering: 2 gold, training room decoration: -3 gold, Swan Castle commission: 5 gold, balance: 90 gold, 2 silver, 7 bronze and 6 iron (stolen money expenditure: -4 gold, balance of stolen money: 40 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze) -