For Eight Fingers, this was a nightmare night.

As a huge organization that dominates the underworld of this country, the Eight Fingers has always been confident in their own strength. But they never thought that such a thing would happen!

What on earth is going on!

The eight-finger leaders sitting in front of the round table had lost their usual calmness and became restless. One of them slammed the table heavily and shouted angrily.

"Please be patient. Everyone has suffered heavy losses. This is not just one person's problem."

A blonde woman frowned and whispered, and another person sneered when he heard her words.

"Thelma, I heard that your potion farm was burned down by someone?"

"That's right."

Hearing this, the blonde woman named Selma's face darkened slightly.

"It's hard for me to say this, but... from today on, it will be hard for black fans to continue to circulate. And, isn't it the same for you?"

As she spoke, Thelma looked at the other person who had just made provocative remarks.

"I heard that there is not even a hair left in your weapons warehouse? You should have remembered that it was our Eight Fingers' weapons warehouse."

“It’s not my negligence!”

Facing Sylma's responsibility, the man who had sneered just now suddenly had a distorted expression. But before they could argue any more, others also spoke up.

"My casino is ruined too! Not only the casino, but many nobles who played in the casino were injured! Damn it! I don't know how much compensation they will ask me for!"

"The vault is completely buried underground. I don't know how long it will take to dig it out..."

“That’s enough!”

Hearing everyone's complaints, one of the tall men in black robes slammed the table.

"Is this the right time to talk about this? Didn't you find any problems? Let's not worry about the losses for now, but... today is just one night, and the culprit who caused our Eight Fingers to suffer heavy losses... who is it?!"

Hearing this, the people who were arguing just now stopped immediately. That's right, the loss can be calculated when they go back. The most urgent task now is to find their enemy!

Soon, someone came up with his own idea.

"Could it be Princess Lana and the others? I've heard rumors that Princess Lana wants to unite with some nobles to deal with us..."

"I don't think so."

But soon, someone else shook his head.

"You know, today's attack involved many nobles, and even injured many of them. If this was done by Princess Lana, then she would definitely arouse strong dissatisfaction among the nobles. Moreover, our intelligence network in the palace shows that Princess Lana has not made any unusual moves. With the strength of the kingdom, if they want to completely wipe out our Eight Fingers, they should have taken action immediately after the attack, instead of doing nothing like now."

“That’s true…”

Hearing this, the others also nodded in agreement. Indeed, in their opinion, this attack was a bit anticlimactic. You know, being able to wipe out all the secret bases of Eight Fingers in the blink of an eye showed that the opponent's strength was definitely beyond imagination. If they wanted, they could completely get rid of themselves at that time.

But now everything was normal, the Kingdom Army had not made any moves, and no one had taken the opportunity to cause trouble for them, which made the Eight Fingers leader a little confused. If they were in the attacker's position, they should have stepped up their offensive and captured them in one fell swoop.

But...what exactly is the situation right now?

Those who were puzzled by this were not only Eight Fingers who were attacked, but also another group of people.

"Is the intelligence reliable?"

A sturdy woman in armor strode over, sat down on the table, and stared at the petite figure opposite her.

“The source is reliable.”

Sitting opposite the sturdy woman was a girl as petite as a child, wrapped in a red cloak and wearing a white mask. Her voice sounded a little dull through the mask, but it was unexpectedly reassuring.

"At present, we can confirm that the places that were attacked should all be the secret bases of Eight Fingers."

The other blonde girl sitting next to him also spoke at this time. She looked like an ordinary warrior, but she had a long sword of a unique shape at her side. As she spoke, she glanced into the corner.

"Tia and Tina have both confirmed it. Some of them we have already locked on to, and some we are investigating."

"Damn it! What should I do now?"

Hearing the blonde girl's answer, the sturdy woman slammed the table.

They were not ordinary adventurers. In fact, the five women here were from the Blue Rose, one of the only three gold-level teams in the Kingdom of Re-Estize. The blonde girl with the strange sword was the captain of the Blue Rose, Radice Elbein Drew Aindora.

At the same time, she is also the descendant of one of the famous thirteen heroes in history.

In fact, Radice is currently on behalf of Princess Lana, secretly investigating and dealing with the "Eight Fingers", an evil organization that controls the country's dark underworld.

Everything was going smoothly, but an unexpected incident tonight disrupted their plans.

"Who is it? Could it be that Her Royal Highness the Princess was so impatient that she couldn't help but take action?"

The sturdy woman shook her head helplessly and spoke, while Radice shook her head.

"There is no movement from the princess's side. This attack has nothing to do with Her Royal Highness."

"So who did it? If he could wipe out all of Eight Fingers' secret bases in one go, he must know a lot about Eight Fingers."

"I'm not sure about this, but Tina and Tia have already discovered something."

Having said that, Radice clapped her hands, and soon, a figure flashed, and then two girls who looked exactly the same and were wearing ninja-like costumes appeared in front of them.

"Tina, Tia, please give the report."

"OK."

The two ninja girls nodded, and then one of them spoke.

"According to our investigation, all the secret bases were destroyed by explosion magic."

"Explosion magic? Does that mean the one who attacked Eight Fingers is a gold-level archmage?"

Explosion magic is the most powerful magic after Dragon Slash and Soul Collapse. It is impossible for adventurers who are not at the gold level to perform it. Therefore, the moment she heard the report, the sturdy woman immediately had an idea.

Of course, she would never have thought that there would be a freak like Huihui who put all her points into explosion magic and gave up everything else.

"Currently, none of the gold-level spellcasters in the kingdom are in the capital. Furthermore, the eight locations were attacked at roughly the same time, making it difficult to confirm."

"You're not going to tell me that there were eight gold-level wizards attacking together."

"It's also possible that the other party will use quite advanced teleportation magic."

There was teleportation magic at that time, but long-distance single-person teleportation was limited - at least it was impossible to go wherever you wanted like Fang Zheng.

"But speaking of explosion magic... I remember a rumor."

At this point, the girl who was wearing a mask suddenly spoke.

"Just two days ago, we received news from the Adventurer's Guild that a team had eliminated the vampires wreaking havoc in the surrounding area and was promoted to the Obsidian level."

"Oh, you mean that...wait, why was he promoted to Obsidian after he had killed that vampire?"

The members of the Blue Rose Team also heard about this, but at that time they were all out investigating the intelligence of Eight Fingers and were unable to split their attention. The fact that the vampire was able to kill five bronze-level adventurers was enough to prove his strength. Even if it was an adventure team at the White Porcelain level, if it could eliminate the vampire, it should have been promoted to bronze or above!

"It was the companions of that team who killed the vampire, but not the members of that team. The members of that team only defeated the adventurer who was transformed into a vampire."

"I see."

Hearing this, everyone nodded. Although they were bronze-level adventurers, their strength would definitely drop significantly after being transformed into vampires. Of course, ordinary white porcelain-level adventurers would not be able to deal with such vampires. But everyone was experienced and knew that the level and strength of adventurers were not necessarily equal. If the team was strong enough, it would not be surprising to defeat several bronze-level adventurers who had transformed into vampires.

After all, they can do it easily themselves.

"By the way, what about the guy who killed the vampire?"

"He was a companion of that team, but he himself did not become an adventurer, so his evaluation was calculated separately and was not counted with the team."

"Strange guy."

Everyone shrugged their shoulders when they heard the masked girl's answer, but soon Radice spoke curiously.

"But what does this have to do with what we are talking about now?"

"Of course it does."

As she spoke, the masked girl raised a finger.

"I heard that in that team, there is a girl who really likes to use explosion magic."

"Is there such a thing?"

Hearing this, everyone's expression changed.

A girl who really likes to cast explosion magic. On normal days, they would just listen to her casually, but in this situation... it becomes a problem.

"Do you think it was that girl who attacked Eight Fingers? Why?"

"We don't know if this is the case, but we can be sure that the girl might have some connection with the attack on Eight Fingers' secret base, and...even if there is no connection, Eight Fingers will not let her go so easily."

Facing Radice's judgment, everyone's expression became solemn. Just as Radice said, if they could get the information, then Eight Fingers could definitely get it too. And after all, they were just a small team of five adventurers, and they could not be compared with Eight Fingers, whose intelligence network spread all over the country.

Not only that, unlike them, Eight Fingers is a dark underground organization. These people do things without any scruples. Once they find out, no matter if they are related or not, they will probably come to their door and interrogate them to get to the bottom of the matter.

"No matter what, we have to be prepared. The original plan is no longer useful. We must have a completely new plan."

In this way, in the dark night, many people stayed awake all night.

But this does not include Founder.

He didn't care about these bullshit things, and slept until dawn, then came to the guest room with breakfast... At this moment, the girl who was rescued by Fang Zheng and his friends had woken up. But at this moment, the girl was like a doll, just sitting there stupidly, motionless, and seemed to have no reaction to Fang Zheng's appearance.

"How do you feel? Are you okay?"

“…”

Facing Fang Zheng's question, the girl did not answer, as if she was a wooden figure. However, this was also normal. Although the physical injuries were healed, the mental trauma would not be so easy to heal.

Of course, if Fang Zheng had learned enchantment spells, he could have solved this problem through brainwashing or memory manipulation.

But unfortunately, he won't.

"Come, have something to eat."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng placed the breakfast in front of the girl.

"After a whole night's sleep, you must be hungry. Eat something first."

“…”

Looking at the steaming food in front of her, the girl finally moved. Although it seemed that her mental trauma had not yet recovered, at least the human survival instinct was still at work.

Fang Zheng watched the girl pick up the spoon and put it in her mouth... Then the next moment, she started eating with big mouthfuls as if she were a devil pouncing on her food.

After a while, the girl put down the spoon in her hand, and the plate in front of her was empty.

"You still look energetic. Anyway, take a good rest first. You are safe here and no one will do anything to you. I will find someone to accompany you. Take a good rest for a few days and then consider the next step."

"……Thanks……"

Not sure if it was because she hadn’t spoken for a long time or for some other reason, but after hearing Fang Zheng’s words, the girl said only two words very reluctantly.

"You're welcome. You made your choice and this is what you got for it... It doesn't look so bad now, does it?"

“Woo… woo…!”

Hearing this, the girl suddenly lowered her head, covered her face and burst into tears.

“Why…why…why…don’t…come…earlier…why…!”

As she spoke, the girl reached out and tightly grasped Fang Zheng's clothes. Fang Zheng did not say anything, but just gently stroked the girl's head.

“…Woo…Woo…”

After a while, the girl slowly let go of her hand.

"I'm...I'm...sorry."

"Don't apologize. No matter what you've been through, it's all right now. You're safe here. We'll protect you..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out a handkerchief.

"Wipe your eyes. You are so cute. It would be bad if your eyes were swollen from crying."

“But, but…”

Looking at the handkerchief in Fang Zheng's hand, the girl was obviously a little afraid.

"Such a beautiful handkerchief, give it to someone like me..."

"If it is not used to wipe the girl's tears, then this handkerchief is useless."

As Fang Zheng spoke, he took out a handkerchief and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of the girl's eyes.

"Well, anyway, you should have a good rest first... By the way, can you tell me your name?"

"My...my name is...Qi...Qiare..."

"Qiare? It's a nice name. My name is Fang Zheng. You can call me whatever you want."

"Mr. Fang...Zheng..."

"That's right. Now that you've finished your meal, you can take a good rest. Close your eyes and take a nap to recuperate."

"yes……"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Qi Yalei obediently closed her eyes and lay back on the bed. Fang Zheng watched her fall asleep again before leaving the room.

At this moment, outside the room, three girls were waiting there.

"I never thought you were such a playboy, and you like to seduce girls so much!"

Huihui glared at Fangzheng unhappily, but Fangzheng just glanced at her and shrugged.

"So you want to try it too?"

"You must be kidding! I don't want it!"

Hearing this, Huihui blushed and started to shout. Fang Zheng laughed and turned to the priestess.

"You should stay with her today. Although her physical injuries have healed, her mental trauma is not so easy to heal. As a girl, she should feel more at ease with you by her side."

"Yes, my Lord Knight."

The priestess nodded, and Fang Zheng turned to look at Ai Si beside him.

"Ais, did you get rid of the rats last night?"

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Ai Si opened her hands.

"Five."

"I guessed it... Well, you should go and have some rest too. We might get into even bigger trouble later."

"OK."

Hearing this, Ais nodded and returned to her room, while Fang Zheng grabbed Huihui.

"You are not allowed to go anywhere today. Stay here."

"Why?"

"Because today...if nothing unexpected happens, we should be able to have a big game."

"Let's play a big game?"

Hearing this, Huihui, who had been puffing up her cheeks in a threatening manner, was stunned and looked towards Fang Zheng.

"What's the meaning?"

"You'll know when the time comes. In short, you are not allowed to go anywhere today. Stay here and wait for my orders. Do you understand?"

“Woo…”

"If you don't want to, be careful or I'll force you to drink medicine again."

“Woo…”

Perhaps recalling the taste of the medicine last night, Huihui's face suddenly turned ugly.

"Okay... I won't go out."