Bang! With a loud bang, the last standing red earth dragon lizard had its head chopped off.

Except for Louis who completed the tactical experiment, and Olivia who proved that her magical destructive power had skyrocketed, the expressions of others did not change much.

Chris squatted down, put his hand on the red earth dragon lizard, and closed its eyes.

He hesitated for a moment and then said, "Something is wrong. These red earth dragon lizards seem to be..."

Klein paused for a moment, then said, "It's coming directly towards us..."

Klia scratched his iron helmet and said, "Brother, brother, what should I say?"

Chris/Kerryn: ...

The three brothers looked at each other, and finally Chris said: "You know, the Steel Soul School likes to find out people's weaknesses. When these monsters were fighting us, their eyes were not focused on us at all."

"Hmm? To be precise..."

Chris nodded, his eyes subconsciously staying on Louis and Olivia for a moment.

Louis nodded: "I noticed. Their killing intent towards me is as real as a substance."

Then he stole a glance at the cygnet.

The little swan stared at him with wide eyes: "Why are you looking at me?"

Well, apparently Little Swan didn't notice that she was one of the people being targeted by the dungeon monsters.

Finally, it was the head maid who spoke up: "This is not important, but it at least shows one thing: the Thieves Guild may not know the situation of the underground ruins."

For a time, the investigation seemed to have reached a deadlock.

Suddenly, a red dragon lizard on the ground squirmed.

The dragon lizard that unlocked the [No Chicken Talk] achievement suddenly jumped up, dragged its heavy body, and rushed directly into the darkness, disappearing from everyone's sight.

“Finally it moved.”

Louis whispered.

Alice smiled and said, "You are so greedy for monster materials, but you actually let go of the monsters that are within your reach. What conspiracy do you have?"

"What do you mean by conspiracy? How can the affairs of adventurers be called conspiracy?" Louis snorted, "... and I don't mean to let them go."

Louis didn't notice at all that a crazy smile was on his lips at this moment.

It was a sincere smile like that of a devil bewitching people, or like a hungry beast smelling blood.

For him who is burdened with the [greed], what kind of situation would make him voluntarily give up the materials that are within his reach? The answer is naturally... in order to plan for more and more valuable materials hidden behind.

Otherwise, how could it be called "greed"?

Louis said calmly:

"Under what circumstances do you think the monsters would be able to squat in the darkness in an orderly manner, like a crawling hunter waiting for prey to enter?"

William frowned.

The Iron Guard's instincts made him uneasy.

Suddenly, the head maid raised her head.

In the darkness, there were footsteps coming from far and near, and an old voice came:

"Of course, when the real leader emerges among them."

Under the illumination of the green lighting technique, pairs of green eyes could be vaguely seen appearing in the darkness.

One, two, three...

A stalker stepped out from the shadows.

The lowest level is LV8.

The old man with the highest rank... Louis actually felt an aura from him that was similar to that of Captain Kino.

Lumi glanced at him and said, "Haison Bansha, it's been a while."

A thin old man walked out of the shadows:

"For a half-elf, it's been a while. For me, it's been 7 years. Long time no see, Lumi."

Lumi nodded calmly and said to the others, "This is Heisen Bansha, the current president of the Thieves Guild. He is an acquaintance of mine."

President Haisen stroked his beard and said with a smile, "If you hadn't come, we wouldn't have realized that our home was about to be robbed. How shameful, how shameful!"

Lumi unexpectedly showed a look of disgust: "You really embarrassed yourself this time. You didn't notice so many things pouring into the nest."

Haisen blew his beard and glared:

"What can I do about it? You know how big this underground ruins is. It's already great that we have cleaned up areas A1 to C4."

The little swan tugged at the corner of his head maid's clothes, his eyes full of "I'm curious".

Lumi hesitated for a moment and said, "Just an acquaintance."

Haisen said with dissatisfaction: "That's too much. After all, we were once members of the brave team and fought together."

Louis: “Hmm?”

Olivia: “Huh?”

Others: “Huh?”

A stalker in the darkness also said in confusion: "President, have you ever seen a hero?"

President Haisen said proudly: "What do you mean I've seen it before? I've chopped him down before!"

Little Swan was also shocked. He turned to look at Lumi and suddenly blurted out, "Sister Lumi, how old are you?"

duang~ The little swan squatted down with his head covered.

The head maid said expressionlessly, "18 years old."

"Sister Lumi, a half-elf is not even 18 years old when he reaches adulthood..." The little swan closed his mouth in silence at the smiling face of the head maid. "Sister Lumi is 18 years old, I'm sure."

She added in her mind, "18 years and more than 30,000 days, right?!"

Little Swan, got scared.

Sister Lumi is so scary today.

President Heisen said nothing, just stood there stroking his beard and grinning.

But obviously he didn't dare to offend the head maid.

Louis hesitated for a moment, but finally asked, "What about this generation of heroes?"

The reason why he asked this question was mainly because he was a little worried that after his identity as [Capitalist Sin: Greed] was exposed, he would be hunted down by the hero.

After all, God knows whether Western fantasy heroes will have that kind of bullshit "must be the enemy of evil" operation.

In a sense, he is indeed a heinous sinner who is guilty of greed.

Then, in response to him, Lumi remained silent.

"The hero is dead."

Haisen Bansha said calmly.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore, Lumi. I'm sorry to bother you for help again this time."

"The area of ​​the underground ruins is comparable to that of Tino City. It is not easy for us to find the monsters hidden in it."

"Besides, as you know, the deepest part of the ruins is a restricted area designated by the Emperor."

Lumi nodded: "We will do our best, as for you..."

President Haisen said: "I'll let my deputy lead people to continue searching. The underground ruins haven't been so busy for a long time. If I follow you, you won't mind, right?"

Several people subconsciously looked at Louis.

Louis tilted his helmet slightly, "Why are you looking at me? Let's decide together!"

…2 minutes later…

The members of the Thieves Guild have scattered.

President Heisen, leaning on a cane, followed them and continued to move towards the deepest part.

As the group hurried through the darkness, Alice said in a deep voice, "The dungeon is tens of thousands of miles away from the ruins. The special monsters appeared here. Either someone let them in on purpose, or something happened in the dungeon and they were teleported in directly."

"We have to be faster and make it quick."

She looked at Louis and asked, "Can you still sense the direction where the dragon lizard is moving?"

Louis said, “Yes, Rimuru is still following it quietly, and the needle I stabbed into it is still in its body.”

The steel nails that pierced into the dragon lizard's flesh and blood were entangled with Louis' magic.

Both Rimuru and he could use their natural magical perception to detect the whereabouts of the dragon lizard.

Only the little swan's expression became more and more subtle.

"That's not right. This direction is completely different from the direction of the ancient portal in my memory!"

(End of this chapter)