"It's okay, Hecrito, let them in, I told you a long time ago, a beginner magic array and a stone door alone can't stop people. ”

The little golem named Hecrito ran downstairs with a few discs under his arm, apparently trying to close the hole in the door before Rob and the others came in, but after hearing Claire's words, he gave up the idea and rushed back upstairs.

The team entered through the small door cut by the elven sword in turn, the inside of the workshop was large, and when the dungeon was first discovered, it was once full of materials used to make metal golems, but it didn't take long for the first adventurers to move in for money.

Now it is empty, only some food and potions and other supplies, in addition to the corner there is a treasure chest that has been opened, it seems that it should be a supply point in the east of the city, the old man's voice came from a hut on the second floor, "I'm sorry, my current state is inconvenient, so I have to trouble you to come up yourself, don't worry, I have asked Hecrito to remove all the magic traps here." ”

Simon said, "You're so kind. On the other hand, he secretly released a detection magic, and then made an OK gesture to everyone, indicating that there were really no traps in this place.

It wasn't until everyone had gone upstairs that Lolo reached out and pushed open the door to the hut.

"Hey, it's you, Grandma Claire?" Gage was the first to recognize the old man, not to mention how wonderful the expression on the fat man's face was.

Simon and Lolo were also taken aback, "You know each other?"

"Of course, I've been to all the places that sell food within a five-mile radius of the school. Gage once again showed the basic qualities of a foodie, "Grandma Claire's bakery is located in a partial location, but the bread made has a unique taste, I don't know how you usually look at food, I have always believed that the existence of food is not only to satisfy human appetite, but also to convey the emotions that the cook places on when making this kind of food, so people who really understand food are equivalent to tasting a unique feeling when eating." Speaking of this, the look of the cover is also extremely solemn.

"Uh, so what did you taste out of it?"

"Love, longing, and regret that we love each other but can't be together. Gage replied after a moment's thought.

At this time, even Claire was shocked, and the old man sighed after half a minute, "It seems that you are really good at food." ”

Simon wondered, "And what emotions do you put in the food you eat in the public cafeteria?"

"Well, if you have to say something, it's probably something like 'Damn, it's good to eat some, you little bastards dare to pick and choose', and 'Just wash this dish, young people can't eat it anyway if they're in good health' and 'The thighs of the chick who just cooked are really good' and something like that. ”

"I guess so. ”

Lolo ignored the two of them entertaining themselves and asked Claire, "Why are you here, did you leave that note?"

The old man nodded, and did not hide it, and admitted briskly, "The note was left by me, there is nothing to hide, I was kidnapped here, because I have a little relationship with Heclito's master, and the person you have been looking for, and the other party wants to blackmail him through such means, in exchange for something that does not exist from him, oh yes, the monster in the freshman competition field is also used against him." ”

Claire's honesty surprised everyone, and her simple words contained so much information that it took them some time to digest.

Then it was Simon who spoke first, "So you mean that we are all just chips for the two of you to play in the freshman arena right now?"

"No, strictly speaking, including me, we're just what the other side thinks we're chips, and we don't actually have the role of chips. Claire said lightly, her gaze moved to the holy sword in the girl's hand, "It seems that you have already started to collect those five holy weapons, so you must have also thought about a question - why this holy sword suddenly appeared here." ”

"Is it because of the little golem?"

"Yes, Heclito sneaked in the night before the tournament began, and these five artifacts were placed in the freshman arena to give you a glimmer of hope. ”

Although they had been mentally prepared before this, after hearing Claire's own admission, the faces of the other four except Rob still showed varying degrees of shock.

"Wait, do you mean that this fellow's owner didn't do anything when he knew there was a monster infiltrating the nascent arena, but just threw a broken sword in and left us to fend for ourselves?" Gage said incredulously as he pointed to the little golem beside him, who seemed to realize something, and was stealthily moving his body to the other side of the wall, away from the direction of the fat man's finger.

"It's a pity, but it seems like this, well, if you can meet that guy you'll know that he doesn't do a lot of things like a normal person...... Care. The old man pondered the words.

"With all due respect, this is no longer the level of indifference, it can be called callous. Gage said angrily.

"It's true that a lot of people have said that about that guy. The old man didn't retort, "I've heard more over-the-top descriptions." ”

"If that's the case, why did you find us? Just hide and watch us fight that monster? Why, aren't you too far away to see the fun?" Simon raised an eyebrow.

"I said before, I was caught here, I didn't know what was going to happen here before that, and don't get me wrong, that guy is that guy, I'm me, we don't always agree, no, more accurately we quarrel most of the time," Claire leaned against the wall, she had two bags of flour behind her to make herself comfortable, and the old man seemed to think of something when she said this, and the corners of her mouth curled slightly, but she quickly collected her thoughts," In short, now I am in the same situation as yours, or rather worse than yours. ”

"Very well, then stop talking nonsense, and hurry up and hand over the last holy artifact. Simon walked over to the little golem and looked at the latter with an unkind expression, "Hmph, what's your name, Hector, or Hecletto, since it's your holy artifact, you must remember the location of the last artifact." ”

The little golem looked nervous, looking left and right for a suitable escape route. The old man sighed, "It's true that he placed the Hallows in the Freshman Arena, but when it came to that place later, he found that there was no trace of the last Artifact there, and even if you can collect all the Hallows, it will not change our disadvantage, because there are other enemies in this Freshman Arena besides that monster." ”