Louis got up early, put on his armor and went to the Adventurer's Guild.

His poor sleep yesterday slightly affected his thinking.

Now that he had woken up, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Why are they the two who fell into the Shadowless Underworld?

On the carriage on the way to the guild, Louis began to think about this question.

If we have to say that he and Qian have something in common, it is probably that they both have mastered some of the original power of the Fallen Shadow Underworld.

He hadn't reacted yet when he was fighting in the Shadowless Underworld.

Now that I think about it, those dark storms that Qian created didn't look like the power of the Iron Guard class, but rather like the power of Fallen Shadow.

Louis also possesses this power.

But his power does not come from a legitimate source.

The Sin Dragon Armor seems to have the power to simulate the structures of other organisms, and can also continuously devour some of the filthy power itself.

After Bai Ta's research over this period of time, he has been able to confirm that Rimuru also possesses some of the power of the Sin Dragon Armed Forces.

Or in other words...

As the one that ate the Sapphire Dragon Zombie, it was the life form most likely to inherit this power.

He seriously suspected that the Sin Dragon Armor on him might be the result of the influence of combined forces.

He had never thought about it in this direction before.

It’s just that before, Sean and Fafner always firmly regarded themselves as sapphire dragonlets. His first reaction at that time was that Future Diary was really cool.

It actually allows a human being to possess a purer aura that is more dragon-like than that of a dragon.

But later, after communicating with Beatrice, he accidentally developed the Sin Dragon Armored Release Form.

This finally confirmed to him that the reason why he was able to master Shadow Magic was not because of the Greedy Ruler.

What really allows Rimuru to replicate the Shadow Magic is the power similar to the Sin Dragon Armor it possesses after digesting the Sapphire Dragon Zombie.

That power allowed Rimuru to resist the erosion of the power of the Fallen Shadow and to use the Fallen Shadow magic for his own benefit.

Then that power was directly integrated into Louis' body through the contract with the Greedy Ruler.

Louis himself possesses the Sin Dragon Armor given by the Future Diary, and through the Greedy Ruler, he also possesses some of Rimuru's physical qualities.

Eventually, this power came together, giving Louis qualities similar to those of a fallen shadow monster.

After discovering this possibility, Louis decisively ordered the White Tower to explore Rimuru.

The final result is gratifying.

As he guessed, Rimuru might have devoured the flesh and blood of the sapphire dragon while it was still alive.

After it turned into a zombie, Rimuru devoured it again and inherited the power of the Sapphire Dragon to a considerable extent.

Even the talent of psychic power was mastered by Rimuru.

In the most recent experiment, under the guidance of the mages, Rimuru finally succeeded in developing a mimicry that it had never changed before.

That is a mimicry that resembles a sapphire dragonet.

It can even be said that this form should be the final form of the Sin Dragon Armor.

Question: What is the limit of the Sin Dragon Armor? Answer: Directly transform into a Sapphire Dragon.

That makes sense.

On the contrary, the Sin Dragon Armor on his body did not seem so reasonable.

Only Rimuru, who possesses mimicry, can unleash the maximum power of the Sin Dragon Arms.

And he couldn't do it.

The Greedy Ruler only allows him to master Rimuru's skills.

But abilities like mimicry are not based on skills, but on a combination of innate ability and supernatural powers.

Natural abilities are not within the control of the greedy ruler.

For example, birds can fly.

Could it be possible that after the object of Louis' contract becomes a bird, he can directly master the ability to fly?

But Rimuru can.

It transforms its body into a bird and can actually fly.

It is precisely because of the special relationship between Louis and Rimuru that he is able to completely master the Shadow Magic through the Sin Dragon Armor.

Perhaps it was for this reason that he was so easily pulled into the Shadow Underworld.

As for Miss Qian...

Not to mention.

After all, Qian's father, Roger, is a member of the War Ghosts, the indigenous inhabitants of the Shadowless Underworld.

Through a technology promoted by the Emperor in the past, Rogge broke the reproductive isolation and had a child with his lover.

But Rogue's essence is still a fallen shadow creature.

His blood runs in Akane's body, and I'm afraid Akane is more like a member of the Akane creatures than a fake Akane like Louis.

Just as he was thinking this, the carriage slowly stopped:

He couldn't help but think of the red lines that blossomed on Akane's face when they met in the Shadowfall Underworld.

With an indescribable taste of barbarity.

This is the feedback his hunting sense gives him.

It's almost like...

"It's like there's another beast hidden under the human skin!"

Louis couldn't help but have a flash of thought.

"Sir, the Adventurer's Guild has arrived."

The carriage stopped and the driver knocked on the door.

Louis' train of thought was interrupted, and he opened the door and got out of the car.

It doesn't matter.

Finish the work at hand first.

But Louis had a doubt in his mind.

In Roger's memory, Qian was only surrounded by her parents.

On his father's side, Roger was like an orphan and had no relatives at all.

The mother also passed away.

Most of my mother’s relatives either married far away, or left or died due to illness from overwork during the early years of moving the capital.

Later on, Qian joined the ranks of the Iron Guard, and knew even fewer people.

Who on earth could make her so anxiously search for traces in the Shadowfall Underworld? He was very curious.

…

[Location: Tino City Adventurer's Guild]

Alice threw three crystal balls to Louis: "The things are bought, don't lose them."

Louis took a look and asked: "What is this?"

Alice said nonchalantly, "The psychic impact sealing ball, when thrown out, will create a psychic storm in a local area."

Louis' eyes lit up: "Good stuff!"

Psychic power has a huge impact on the mind and soul.

It can be said that excluding a few professions, the impact of psychic power on undead creatures ranks among the top few.

"Is it expensive?" Louis said subconsciously.

He wants to stock up on a batch of these props.

Alice shook her head and said:

"It's not that expensive, but it's hard to buy in Enser. My brother had it mailed to me."

Louis nodded.

The Ashford family's mercenaries seem to be wandering around Ghost City now.

There is never a shortage of undead creatures in the land surrounding Ghost City, so it is normal to have this kind of thing on hand.

Enser rarely has this kind of thing.

After all, it’s not that easy to cause trouble for the undead.

This can also be considered a happy trouble.

At this time, the little swan was still dozing on the table.

She looked like she was sleeping restlessly.

But it's normal. How can the wine table in the Adventurer's Guild compare to the soft bed at home?

Grace on the side was still as quiet as usual.

When he saw that the little swan was sleeping uncomfortably, he took out a blanket from the space bag and covered her with it.

Perhaps feeling the warmth of the blanket, the dazed little swan hugged Grace like an octopus.

Her little head, breathing lightly, sank into Grace's upper body.

Grace looked panicked.

For a moment, I didn't know whether to wake up the little swan.

She looked at everyone helplessly.

William had already turned his head away, not wanting to look at anything inappropriate.

Louis sipped his tea with his eyes squinting, looking contented and about to fall asleep.

Alice, however, looked at Grace with a strange smile and said:

"The cost of pampering her is severe."

Um.

As the only teammate who looked straight ahead, Alice’s main focus was to provide a feast for the eyes.

Seeing that Grace was so anxious that she was about to cry, Alice leaned over and said:

"Okay, cutie, leave it to me."

She also deliberately lifted Grace's chin with her fingertips.

As Grace struggled subconsciously, she pulled the little swan towards her.

Kill with all your might!

Not long after, the little swan, who was sleeping soundly, began to squirm, and soon the feeling of suffocation made her struggle to get up.

She looked at Alice dazedly, and after a moment she widened her eyes and said, "Alice, do you want to kill me?!"

Alice smiled and said:

"What do you mean I want to kill you? This is a blessing for you, Olivia. You haven't felt this heavy weight before."

William, who didn't know when he had put on earplugs, just ignored what was happening outside.

Louis couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The little swan was furious!

You are laughing! You don't have any!

This round is Alice's victory.

With the innate physical advantage, he killed the little swan with explosive force.

The impotent and furious little swan glanced at the women present and wanted to say loudly, "Small ones are also cute."

But she soon discovered that both Alice and Grace were very tolerant.

So she turned her gaze to Lumi, who had a calm expression on her face.

Lumi raised her head, a cold light flashing in her eyes.

The little swan got scared.

This cannot be answered, this is a life-threatening question.

Question: What is the most taboo topic for elven women? Answer: An elven man falls in love with a majestic human woman.

This topic can break down the defenses of the elf women.

As we all know, in the early years, the elves advocated vegetarianism and ate fruits and rice for a long time.

Everyone knows that lack of protein intake will more or less affect certain developments.

Not to mention that the elves have been doing this for years.

Elf men are much easier to abduct than females.

Especially for the young men, after taking a walk in the love streets, they come back and say absentmindedly:

"It is Kabaradi (the highest mountain in the High Forest)."

Then he glanced at his companions and became even more distraught.

It is said that in recent years the Amn Empire has attracted many elven men through such means, and it has been very effective.

——The number of half-elves is increasing year by year, and they can even be armed into legions.

The elves hate it! Why is this happening?

It was obviously me who did it first. It’s good to know you and to be together with you...but why are you so skilled?

later……

Later, vegetarianism among the elves was finally suppressed.

Of course, the elves’ external statement is that eating vegetarian food for a long time is not conducive to cultivating high-quality elf shooters.

But the elves have been in the Star Continent for tens of thousands of years.

Even during the Elf Kingdom era, when there were the most top elf archers, I never saw these guys doing this!

Later everyone understood.

Ever since the Amn Empire used this trick, other countries have begun to follow suit.

As a result, the already low fertility rate in the Supreme Forest has continued to plummet in recent years.

hell!

It's hell!

However, in the past 100 years, thanks to the promotion of meat in the High Forest, the number of newborns among the elves has finally begun to increase.

Gradually, the elves finally began to turn their attention back to their people.

It can be said that through dietary supplements, the new generation is finally able to hold their heads up in public.

But this gave rise to a fatal problem:

Even the oldest ones are only 100 years old. If they stare at others, they will be stabbed in the back by their comrades! But they still like it very much.

Some male elves even took this opportunity to proclaim, "I'm not obsessed with little girls, it's just that the people I like happen to be little girls."

Although Olivia really wanted to complain, a 100-year-old girl would be laughed to death if she were put in the human kingdom.

Of course, because of the mess within the elves, the half-elves are now also more or less affected.

"But this has nothing to do with Lumi-san. Lumi-san has always lived as a human being. She eats meat when she should. The reason she doesn't have a scale is because she has no talent!"

duang~ A critical hit sounded.

The little swan covered his forehead and lay on the table, saying miserably:

"Lumi, you hit me again!"

Lumi turned her head away and said, "I just felt that you were thinking about something very rude just now."

…

Amidst some laughter and noise, everyone was finally ready to head to Central Street.

The psychic impact sealing ball prepared by Alice.

The Psychic Storm Scroll prepared by Olivia.

Grace prepared a large amount of Holy Water of Glory and five kinds of divine spells to restrain the undead.

As for Louis...

Louis didn't need to prepare anything.

After activating [Sin Dragon Armor·Liberated Form] and holding the Sword of Reincarnation, he didn't need any other means.

The fully armed group found the wriggling weak passage to the Shadowless Underworld on the central street.

Enter one by one.

…

One day later.

Everyone finally stopped, looked at each other and said:

"Does this count as mission accomplished?"

Everyone in the group looked at each other, unable to come to an accurate conclusion.

They didn't know which ghost was disturbing the residents around Central Street.

The only thing they can do is to strangle all the monsters related to the undead around the Shadowless Underworld.

Among them, Louis discovered many strange monsters.

For example, the LV6 rosy skull.

They possess two special kinds of Shadowfall magic.

One is called [hallucination], which, as the name suggests, creates an illusion that cannot be described in detail.

The other is called [Withering], which will make the person who is hit by the spell feel old.

Through Rimuru, both types of magic were optimized to a high degree.

But Louis felt that the situation was getting worse.

Think about it.

[Wrongful Death] comes from the wrongfully dead water ghost and can drag people into the water. If there is no water around, it will give people a feeling of drowning.

The [Honey in the Mouth and Sword in the Belly] from the Fallen Shadow Bee can release an alluring sweet floral scent and then pierce the opponent with one bite.

[Vision] from the Red Skull can create indescribable hallucination scenes. [Withering] can give people a feeling of weakness as if they have been drained into an old man.

In addition, there are [Grease] and [Toxin Synthesis (Aphrodisiac, Hallucination, Paralysis)] in the succubus spell list.

Succubus bloodline's supernatural ability [Energy absorption].

Psion's ability: [Infatuation].

——Louis, you still say you are not a walking hormone!

All the tricks can be tried! Well, the above statements are all accusations made by Little Swan against Louis.

Louis said:

"Don't worry, little Olivia. None of these things are your business. This is spineless talk (yes, that's right)."

Then the little swan jumped even harder.

Louis and his party set out on their return journey.

There's nothing we can do. There are only so many Fallen Shadow Monsters roaming around.

Now Louis even shook out the eggs they laid. Logically speaking, if there really were ghosts on Central Street, they would have been wiped out by these monsters, right?

But after returning to the Adventurer's Guild, the accident still happened.

…

[Location: Tino City Adventurer's Guild]

"Clam?"

Alice slapped Chairman Hans's desk hard:

"You said this mission is not yet completed?"

President Hans looked at the dented table from the slap and said sadly:

"My dear, can you blame me for this?"

"The news from the palace is that the unknown ghost has not been solved yet."

Alice took a deep breath:

"Hans, I'm not threatening you, but you have to understand one thing. We are adventurers, and we come here to complete missions and earn money."

"This kind of mission where we can't determine the specific ghost object that needs to be dealt with or the designated mission doesn't conform to the rules of adventurers."

"We are adventurers, not detectives. I just want to know one thing: who are we going to kill? Where is she? How do we prove that we killed her?"

Hans was sweating profusely:

"This matter was sent by the royal family. I don't know the details!"

"Then go and ask!" Alice said.

President Hans coughed, then glanced at a few more people and said:

"It's not impossible for me to communicate with the royal family, but..."

"Hmm?" Alice narrowed her eyes.

Hans rubbed his head and said with a laugh:

"Don't look so vigilant. This will be good for you..."

Alice snorted coldly: "You say."

President Hans said with a smile, "Are you interested in participating in this year's Titled Adventurer Competition? I don't force you."

Louis glanced at him.

As we all know, if you don't force things, more trouble will arise.

But Alice thought for a moment and said:

"Okay, I agree. I was going to go there anyway."

Hearing this, President Hans was overjoyed: "Okay, then I will sacrifice my body and go to the royal family to ask about the situation."

But after a moment he realized: "No, wouldn't it be more convenient for your family to ask?"

Alice smiled and said:

"Of course it is more convenient for us, but I am afraid of disturbing the Emperor's pleasure."

Hans said with a headache:

"Okay, okay, I'll go ask. If they can't give me a specific answer, don't blame me."

(End of this chapter)