Perhaps to express his gratitude, the lord personally took Ellie and the others to the Adventurer's Guild early the next morning to go through the formalities. When Ellie and the others sent the lord's wife back, they already knew that in this world, if one wanted to move around, they had to have something called a [Status Board], which was required to enter and exit every city.

By the way, there is no such thing in Ordana. It is too remote to even transport the status board, so there is no way to get it...

Of course, not everyone can apply for this kind of thing, but strictly speaking, professions like adventurers are almost necessary, used as identity proof... What the hell is this setting, how can it be similar to online novels? Could it be that I have run into the world of some online novel?

As the saying goes, it's easier to get things done if you have someone in the court. Seeing that the lord has come in person, the Adventurer's Guild will naturally not be negligent. Generally speaking, it takes a long time to apply for a status board, but since it was the lord who spoke personally, they immediately took out four status boards and handed them to Ai Li and the other four people. As long as they drop a drop of blood on it, they can complete the registration - this is really some kind of online novel about traveling through the world, why is there even blood recognition as the master?

Out of curiosity, Ellie also wanted to see how the world would identify her, so she pricked her finger and dripped a drop of blood on the status board. Soon, the status board in her hand began to flash, and then lines of information appeared on the status board.

【Xiao Aili (female) 17 years old】

【grade:???】

【Vocation: ???】

[Power: 99999]

[Physical Strength: 99999]

[Resistance: 99999]

[Agility: 99999]

[Magic power: 99999]

[Magic Resistance: 99999]

【Skill:???】

"Wow... Ellie, you're so strong."

Nana also looked over curiously, and when she saw the information on Ellie's status board, she screamed. Even Xiaobai was shaken and complained, "This looks like the data has been modified too much, what's going on?" Yue also looked at Ellie's status board in surprise, speechless.

"Is this broken?"

At this moment, the lord and the president of the Adventurer's Guild also saw the data above and were stunned. According to the numerical standards of this world, normal humans are generally 100-200, and those with special professions with natural vocations are 300-400. Even for races such as demons and demi-humans who are stronger than humans in some aspects, 600 is already the limit.

Almost all of Ai Li's data are in five digits, which is simply impossible. The only conclusion is that the status board is broken... That's what I thought at first, but the data of several other people also exceeded the standard.

For example, Yue's vocation is shown as [Son of God], and the values ​​of [Magic] and [Magic Resistance] are both over 6000. Xiaobai's is slightly weaker, with only Agility over 3000, and the rest of the values ​​hovering around 1000. Nana's values ​​are the lowest, with Strength at 1500, Agility at 1000, and the rest of the values ​​around 700.

This is normal. After all, Yue is an immortal vampire, Xiaobai is also a demon cultivator, and although Nana is a Deviluke, she does not like fighting and has not received much training. She basically relies on the physical fitness of the Deviluke to get through. Usually, Nana does not care about such trivial matters, but after her strength value was reflected, she couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration.

However, even though Nana was very depressed, these values ​​still shocked the lord and the guild leader. It was understandable that one person's status board was wrong, but the possibility of a group of people's status boards being wrong at the same time was basically zero. If the data on the status board was true, then these people were simply non-human!

Strictly speaking, there is indeed no human being here.

"...Ms. Ellie, who are you?"

At this moment, the lord was looking at Ellie with a serious expression, but facing the lord's scrutinizing gaze, Ellie's expression did not change at all.

"We are just simple travelers, please don't mind us."

It would be strange if you don't care!!

Hearing Ellie's answer, the lord rolled his eyes helplessly, then he looked at the guild president and looked at Ellie and the others with a serious expression.

"If you really have such a powerful force, then... I hope to make a deal with you."

"oh?"

Ellie raised her eyebrows slightly.

"What deal?"

"I will give you a commission. If you can successfully complete this commission, I will not only return all these status boards to you, but also upgrade your adventurer level to the highest level of 'Gold'. I can also seal your status boards in the name of the lord. In this way, except for certain people, no one else can see your ability values, and they will also treat you as VIPs."

"That sounds great, but what do you want us to do?"

The smile on Ellie's face did not change at all, and the lord looked at the president before speaking with a serious expression.

"To be honest, there have been some tough problems in our territory recently..."

Soon, the lord explained the situation to Ellie.

It turned out that for some reason, a series of incidents had occurred in his territory recently. Not only had the number of thieves increased dramatically, but the security in the territory had also become increasingly worse. The lord's territory itself was not a particularly rich place, and he had never made enemies with anyone. Although he suspected that it was the result of the battle between the demons in the south and humans, it would not affect here.

But the worst part is...

"Kidnapping a child?"

Hearing this, Ai Li's expression darkened, and even Nana, Xiaobai and Yue perked up and looked at the lord, who nodded.

"Yes, many children were kidnapped and abducted. This also made the people in the territory panic. In fact, I have always suspected that the robbers who attacked the carriage before were targeting my daughter..."

"So they took the child for ransom?"

“Not really.”

The lord shook his head.

"According to some intelligence, these children seem to be taken away for trafficking..."

"Human trafficking..."

Ellie thought for a moment, then looked at the other three.

"Is this your commission?"

"Yes, if you can eliminate the thieves and solve the kidnapping case, then it will be equivalent to saving my territory. If this is the case, then there will be no problem in promoting you to 'Gold' level adventurers."

Having said that, the lord looked at the president of the Adventurer's Guild, who also nodded.

"So what do you think? Are you willing to take on the commission? I can give you some money as activity expenses first, and I will also give you the Galen family's special badge. As long as you hold this badge, you can move freely in my territory, and as long as your actions are not particularly excessive, they will be forgiven."

It seems that this lord is really being pushed into a corner.

After hearing the other party's conditions, Ai Li thought for a moment and turned to look at her companions. Xiaobai and Yue showed indifference, but Nana clenched her fists at this moment - it seemed that she couldn't wait to beat up the kidnappers immediately.

"OK."

Seeing this, Ellie smiled slightly and turned to look at the lord.

"We have accepted this commission."

After that, Ellie spoke a few more words to the lord, and then led everyone away from the Adventurer's Guild.

"Okay, Sister Ellie, where are we going now?!"

After walking out of the guild gate, Nana couldn't help but want to beat someone up. She had never thought that something like this would happen. Someone actually kidnapped a child and sold him? This kind of person is too abominable. He must not be let off!

"Hmm...let me think about it carefully first."

However, Ai Li was not as excited as Nana. Instead, she put her hand on her chin and narrowed her eyes slightly to think.

"Considering what?"

“Why are so many children being kidnapped?”

"Hey? Didn't the lord say that? Because he wanted to sell the child?"

"It's not that simple."

Hearing Nana's answer, Ai Li shook her head.

"I suspect there is something else going on."

"Hidden secret?"

"Yes, kidnapping children and selling them may sound reasonable, but if you think about it carefully, this is not cost-effective. The dividing line between nobles and commoners in this world is very clear, so even if nobles cannot have children, they will not buy commoners' children..."

As Ai Li spoke, she shook her head. Although human trafficking has never been eradicated in their world, trafficking children is a high-risk business in this era. Simply put, children are the least productive and extremely fragile. They can easily get injured, sick, and die. This is a sunk cost for the kidnappers.

Not to mention that transportation in this world is not well developed, and each town is too far away from each other. If there are fifty or a hundred children to be trafficked, then a large number of vehicles and manpower will be needed. Once it becomes like this, it is almost impossible not to be discovered.

But if the children were to be separated and taken away, the transportation cost would increase. So for Ai Li, if there were really people engaged in child trafficking in this world, she would definitely lose money.

If there are a few kidnapping or trafficking incidents occasionally, it is not incomprehensible, but if similar incidents occur on a large scale in a short period of time, one cannot help but suspect that there is fraud involved.

Obviously, the lord also knew this, but he had no idea, so he handed this difficult matter to Ellie.

After thinking for a moment, Ellie also had an idea.

"Anyway, let's go find those thieves first."

"Hey? Why? Sister Ellie, shouldn't we go look for those children?"

Hearing this, Nana asked in surprise, while Ai Li smiled slightly.

"The job of trafficking children is not something that can be done by one or two people, and ordinary organizations and forces are unlikely to interfere in such matters, so the thieves must be connected to these guys. Moreover, the lord mentioned earlier also said that after the number of thieves in the territory skyrocketed, kidnapping and abduction incidents increased."

"That is to say..."

When Nana heard Ai Li's answer, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"As long as we find those thieves, we can force them to reveal the whereabouts of the children?"

"That's it."

Ellie nodded.

"As the saying goes, if there's any problem, just catch a thief. If he didn't do it, then he must not have had time..."

Having said that, Ellie snapped her fingers.

"Okay, the target is set, let's go."