Chapter 52: The Investigation Team Heading to the Asta Plane
"Good death."
"Hahahaha."
"It's worthy of coming from the Nine Prisons, this joke is too hellish, is there anything more hellish?"
Facing the three of them who were completely in the mindset of watching fun, the Reaper Demon's originally calm expression suddenly became extremely tired, and he knew that no matter who heard about it, his first reaction was to laugh!
"Ahem, I mean, do you have a problem with your brain, why do you sign this kind of contract?"
Although he doesn't know the inside story, Chen Zhou pondered, isn't it obvious that Esconte has been cheated by someone?
"A lot of other devils say the same thing, but I'm ...... I felt that when I signed the contract, I didn't think what the policyholder said and how to pay attention to it, and I signed it directly without reacting. ”
Esconte is now 1,000% sure, just like Chen sitting across from him right now, the other party must be a charming person with a honey-bellied sword!
In any case, the past is irretrievable, and he can only avoid the greatest loss by doing his best to find the beneficiary.
The beneficiary is a Tainster named Minna Lancaster, who was last seen during an exploration of the corpse of a god in the astral plane.
Since then, no one has seen her, and she has not been able to interfere with her through various prophecy and spell effects.
It's as if the world has evaporated.
"O defiler, it's not strange that the world has evaporated."
"The problem is the corpse of the god, I need someone to go in and explore it for me."
As he spoke, Escont provided information about the god's corpse.
It was an asteroid that had been hollowed out by the Gise Chicken Keepers as their fortress, seemingly in some sort of militarized training.
Before disappearing, the beneficiary of the insurance was commissioned to infiltrate the area in search of a magical item known as the "Golden Cup of Losanda", but was never heard from since.
Considering the xenophobia of the Keith chicken breeder, the other party may have encountered an accident, and the reason why he can't use spells to interfere is probably due to the interference of other spells and effects.
Chen Zhou had a general understanding of what happened and where the beneficiaries were, but there were still a lot of questions: "Have you tried to negotiate with the chicken farmer in Jisi?" ”
"I didn't ...... No. ”
Escont replied reluctantly: "I can't go to too dangerous places now, if I accidentally die once, it's all over!" ”
Before he could interfere again, the term of the insurance would expire, and he would have to donate 729,000 gold to the church in Los Angeles.
Not to mention whether he can smash the pot and sell iron to raise money to make it up, ...... afterwards They don't dare to ask the church of Los Angeles to collect taxes?
And once he can't make up the money, according to the insurance signed at the time, his fate will be quite miserable.
Good death, Chen Zhou continued to ask: "Then do you think I look like I have a brain problem like Ling?" ”
Escont fell silent, no matter what, a beast didn't look very smart, did he?
Seeing this, Chen Zhou's face turned dark: "Can you ask your honorable name, I may sign an insurance business with you such as traffic accident insurance if I have a chance in the future." ”
"You're obviously trying to trick me out and kill me!"
Chen Zhou spread his hands, anyway, he doesn't accept this commission, who likes to take it.
First, the devil must have concealed a lot of information and did not tell it, and second, the matter of signing insurance itself may be a bureau.
If he had caused the church in Los Sanda to lose such a large amount of money that it would have received in its own right, wouldn't it be difficult to behave in front of other friendly pastors?
Loshanda is not a magnanimous man......
After resolutely rejecting the commission and laughing at it, he returned to the Adventurer's Guild to pick up what seemed to be a more reliable task:
"Crusade against the Ancient Dragon and Collect Dragon Jade";
"Crowdfunding to write a book to recruit people quickly and urgently";
"Ghostwriting Homework";
"Solicitation of Standing Paintings";
"Joint construction of the Palu Plant";
……
Through the various tasks in the guild, Chen Zhou regained his insight into the diversity of astral adventurers.
However, among a large number of mysterious missions that seem to be difficult to distinguish between true and false, he also found a quite reliable option - "Rookie Investigation Team Recruits Teammates".
The rookie adventurer squad was ambushed by goblins during their first mission, resulting in a near-annihilation, and the team's spellcaster died unexpectedly, eventually losing their armor and fleeing through the temporary teleportation effect.
Having lost their possessions and spellcasters, they struggled to move in the Outer Realm, so they had to return to Autumn Twilight Restaurant to regroup.
Although it was unsettling from the background of the team alone, after noticing the plane they were going to next, Chen Zhou immediately became interested in the investigation team.
They were going to Asta.
"Strange, what is there to investigate in such a place as Asta?"
This is also what Chen Zhou is curious about.
Therefore, with the assistance of the guild, he applied to join the investigation team as the "rookie arcane inheritor Chen......
After only half a day, his application was processed, and he was told to go to the tavern to consult with the investigation team of only two people left.
The leader of the team is a lantern bearer named Tira, and although her profession contains the word "human", she is actually a Dorval penguin, an elven creature with psionic gifts that resembles a penguin.
This species is on average 3 feet tall and brightly colored, without penguin wings, instead with arms and small hands.
In the impression of astral adventurers, their race is extremely treacherous merchants, almost monopolizing underground trade in many planes.
But in reality, they are actually relatively legitimate...... Without involving their own interests.
Chen Zhou didn't know which god created such a race of penguin merchants, but he always felt a strong sense of déjà vu.
Another member of the team seemed very familiar to Chen Zhou, and he was pleased that he could still see the inhabitants of the main physical plane such as the dwarf in the astral plane, even though the latter was an automatic dwarf black made of metal plates, traps, and gears.
A small mechanical person who was supposed to be used for work, but malfunctioned and created itself.
According to the other party's self-introduction, this automatic dwarf is a Zen shooter.
The moment he saw the two small races, Chen Zhou understood why they were almost wiped out by the goblins.
Isn't this completely devoid of combat effectiveness?
"Ahem, Mr. Chen, you're going to join our investigation team, right?"
Tila, the penguin with blue and white feathers, rubbed her hands together happily: "However, our mission is very important, and the slightest mistake may cause the entire plane to fall into a catastrophe, and not everyone can participate." ”
"You need to prove to us that you are credible enough, like ......"
Before the words fell, the automatic dwarf on the side reminded in a clicking accent: "Tira, we have wasted half a month in the Autumn Twilight Restaurant, and if we don't hurry up, we will miss the contract." ”
"Okay, congratulations to you, Mr. Chen, you have been admitted, we will go to Asta right away now!"
(End of chapter)