Just after the early morning, there is still a slight sense of coldness wafting through the streets of Olali, so that ordinary citizens put on coats to keep warm, and even breathe hot air from their mouths from time to time.

Compared with the citizens, the adventurers who are slowly walking from the streets to the central square where the Tower of Babel is located are dressed in different styles, some are fully armed, some are lightly armed, especially the enthusiastic Amazon, most of their skin is exposed to the air, as if they don't care about the chill of the morning.

And in the underground dungeon, on the 10th floor covered in white mist, Rig and Ace are walking towards the entrance and exit to the 11th floor.

"Poof!"

The silver light flashed quickly in the white mist, and Ace cut a small demon that suddenly rushed out of the side in half, so that it didn't even have time to scream, and the corpse turned into dust in mid-air and dissipated, leaving only a small magic stone to fall to the ground with a crisp sound.

Ace picked up the little stone and put it in a small pouch pinned to her waist, causing Rig to wink.

"Do you want to put away such a small magic stone?"

Rieg couldn't help but ask.

The magic stone on the monster on the 10th floor is very small, even if it is sold for money, it can't be sold for much, in Li Ge's opinion, picking up such a small magic stone and putting it on his body is completely consuming useless space and increasing the weight on his body.

If Li Ge comes alone, forget it, just throw it into the storage space of the dimensional cube and put it, and you don't need to worry about the magic stone occupying the carrying space or adding weight.

But Ace collected the little magic stones that were not of much value to her, which was a bit of a struggle.

Here's how Ace explains this.

"Riveria said she wanted to pick it up." Ace explained, "If you just throw the magic stone on the side of the road, it may cause unnecessary strife. ”

For Rig and Ace, the magic stones produced by the monsters on this level naturally have little value, but for those low-level adventurers who explore this level, this is their main source of income.

In this way, if they see magic stones all over the ground that no one wants, and have the idea of getting something for nothing, it will inevitably lead to things such as uneven distribution of teams, competing for magic stones with each other, and even fighting for a little gain.

Therefore, generally speaking, high-level adventurers should try to avoid crusading against low-level monsters in the process of exploring dungeons, leaving them to low-level adventurers, and if they can't avoid it, they should also take away the magic stones and dropped items to avoid unnecessary follow-up time.

This is not a precaution prescribed by the guild in black and white, just a little unspoken rule among adventurers.

"I see."

Rig nodded, in understanding.

"Breathe—breathe—"

Ace, who had put away the magic stone, returned to Rige's side, adjusting her breathing as she continued to walk towards the 11th floor.

Looking at Ace like this, Li Ge, who was walking side by side with her, could see that this girl was trying to improve the practice of the breathing method in order to reach the realm of full concentration and normality.

"The perception is really good, and he is worthy of being the genius who set the shortest upgrade record before the protagonist appeared in the original book."

Rieg nodded secretly, and suddenly his heart moved, and he grabbed Ace.

"Huh?"

Ace couldn't help but stop and glanced at Rig suspiciously.

“…… What's wrong? ”

This question had just been asked by Ace, and Ace suddenly turned her face froze, turned her head sharply, and looked ahead of the white mist.

"Who?"

Ace raised the sword of despair in her hand, pointed at the empty white mist, and spoke coldly.

"Come out." Li Ge also said lightly: "Although you hide it well and your aura is eliminated perfectly, you can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from us." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an indescribable silence in the white mist in front of Rig and Ace.

In the next second, the white mist began to disperse, and a black shadow quietly appeared from it, imprinted into the eyes of Rig and Ace.

"As the most talented swordsman in the Loki clan, your senses are more acute than I thought."

The voices of men and women could not be distinguished, coming out of each other's mouths, echoing in this white mist.

Riege's eyes flashed slightly, and Ace raised her vigilance.

It's just because the person who is imprinted in their eyes reveals a strangeness all over their bodies.

It was a mysterious figure who hid his whole body in a black robe, and even his face was covered by a hood, so that he couldn't see his appearance or even his specific body shape at all.

There is not half an inch of the mysterious figure exposed, there is a tightly covered black robe on his body, he also wears gloves with complex lines on his hands, and even his feet are covered by the hem of the robe.

The other party's body also exudes an indescribable sense of existence, a strange feeling that makes people wonder if it is a human being, if it weren't for the other party's speech when he first appeared, Li Ge didn't care, Ace would definitely treat the other party as an unknown monster and hack him to death on the spot.

“…… Who are you? ”

Ace kept her guard on the edge of her mind, and the tip of the sword of despair she raised was pointed straight at the man in black.

"Me?" The man in black still spat out the indistinguishable voice, lowered his head, and said lightly: "I'm just an insignificant magician." ”

"Magician?"

Ace's heart moved slightly.

A magician in this world is a master who serves adventurers in magical professions such as magicians and swordsmen.

Unlike the knives, guns, swords, halberds, and other weapons commonly used by adventurers, staffs, wands, and items for magicians and magic swordsmen are usually not available in regular weapon stores.

Unlike swords, which are used in hand-to-hand combat, they have the effect of increasing "magic", and the maker of equipment such as staffs, wands, and props that can increase the power of magic needs to be proficient in magic, so even advanced blacksmiths who have learned the ability to develop "forging" cannot make this type of equipment.

The person who can craft this type of equipment is the magician, a character who specializes in the creation and sale of magic-related items.

In layman's terms, a magician is a blacksmith who specializes in the service of magicians and magic swordsmen.

The weapons of Rige, Ace and others are forged by blacksmiths, while the equipment of Riveria and Refia is made by magicians, and the difference between the two is the difference in the group they serve.

The person in front of him is such an existence, a magician engaged in magic-related manufacturing, and he is an alchemist and a magician in the Akaxia continent.

Of course......

"I know I'm suspicious, but can you hear what I'm here for before you do anything to me?"

The mysterious magician said this, and Ace couldn't help but look at Riege.

Rig nodded at Ace.

Ace hesitated for a moment, then put away the sword of despair, and lowered the tip of the sword aimed at the opponent to the ground.

"Thank you."

The other party also thanked him very politely, although it was very suspicious, but his every move gave people a very well-educated and polite feeling.

"Say it." Li Ge said expressionlessly: "What is the matter with us?" ”

The mysterious magician was silent for a moment before speaking.

"I would like to ask you to accept my commission."

The other party's words made Ace look at Li Ge again.

"Delegate?" Li Ge didn't look at Ace, as if he could see through the voice of the person in front of him, and said with a smile: "Could it be that you mean the abnormal situation that happened on the 24th floor?" ”

Hearing this, the mysterious magician fell silent again.

"Anomalies?"

Ace, who didn't know about it, was stunned for a moment.

Seeing this, Rig explained to Ace.

"Last night, I took the magic stone to the money exchange office at the guild headquarters to exchange money, and I heard someone mention an unusual situation at the counter."

"According to the other party, it seems that there has been a surge of monsters on the 24th floor that is somehow better than the feast of monsters, resulting in the death of many adventurers who explored on the 24th floor."

"I thought there would be some movement on the guild's side, but today we are here, and everything here is business as usual."

"Obviously, the guild didn't take action, not even a word of notification, otherwise the adventurers who entered the dungeon to explore would not be so calm."

As he spoke, Rig looked at the mysterious magician.

"Originally, I was still wondering why the guild would ignore the deaths and injuries of the adventurers and choose to ignore this abnormal situation, but now it seems that the guild is not ignoring, but for some reason it can't make this matter public, so it can only secretly entrust high-level adventurers like this and let the other party deal with this abnormal situation."

When Rieg said this, Ace also understood.

"You're from the guild?"

Ace looked at the mysterious magician.

“…… Very wonderful speculation. The mysterious magician seemed to smile wryly, then nodded, and said, "At the moment, I am indeed doing things for the guild. ”

Hearing this, Ace finally let down most of her vigilance.

Since the other party is a member of the guild, it at least means that he is not hostile and is not an enemy.

"My intention is indeed as Your Excellency said, I hope that you can investigate the anomalous situation on the 24th floor, and even suppress this monster riot."

The mysterious magician gave Rig a deep look and explained his intentions straightforwardly.

"Of course, I will prepare a good reward for the two of you."

The credibility of this statement is quite high.

After all, the guild is the only official in the city that handles the business of magic stone products, and it can be said that it is very rich, lacking everything, except for money.

Even if the guild is short of money, the mysterious magician in front of him will not be short of money.

You know, everything related to magic is an expensive luxury, at least more expensive than ordinary weapons of the same level.

If you are able to engage in the production of items in this area, magicians are basically masters who are not short of money.

Such a character said that he would prepare a good reward, which is really exciting.

The question is......

"Why are you looking for us?"

Rieger asks this fundamental question.

(End of chapter)