Chapter 353: Capturing the Hottest
The Basque family is the epitome of the term "handsome men and beautiful women".
Tepi, who is experiencing a mid-life crisis and whose son and daughter have all run away from home, looks like a mature and steady uncle if he doesn't speak. His golden beard of just the right length makes him look as majestic as an old lion king. The wrinkles on his face are not engraved with time but his life.
Leon, who has gotten rid of his inner demons and has a group of good friends, is a cheerful and refreshing blond handsome guy. He looks like the kind of college celebrity who would be a rugby player in a beautiful university in another world, but his sandbag-sized fists show that his heart is far from as cheerful as he looks.
Tepi is a powerful patriarch. His words and actions are graceful and he always has a stern face to show his authority.
Leon is a member of the popular strategy team. He has a wide range of friends and can get along with everyone. He always has a sunny smile in front of others.
Tepi has recently gained some fame in the Boulder Underground City and surrounding cities thanks to his financial resources.
Leon also has a great reputation among local adventurers because of the strategy group.
And now, something happened that surprised and even weirded the adventurers from both the Sen Dungeon and the Boulder Dungeon.
That elegant Tepi/that sunny and cheerful Leon, at this moment, was cursing at a mirror, gesticulating with his hands, waving his fists and claws with a distorted face.
All in all it’s very OOC compared to their previous characters!
If I had to describe it, it would be like a werewolf seeing a vampire?
No, no, the situation now is much more serious than that.
"Boss? Are you okay?"
The hired adventurer couldn't help sweating when he saw Teppi yelling at Leon in the mirror. He wondered how the handsome old man who was so efficient suddenly became like a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Tepi didn't even turn around to pay attention to him, but kept cursing. This brings us to the magical effect of the super-vision mirror. It can transmit the voices of both parties communicating through the mirror. Isn't it convenient?
But there is a drawback, that is, after the mirror absorbs the sound, other people can't hear the communication between the two parties. This makes Leon and Teppi look like mentally ill patients mad at the mirror in the eyes of people in both dungeons.
Teppi's speech speed was getting faster and faster. Suddenly, he pounded his chest like the Survey Corps, and then gave a thumbs up backwards to the mirror.
Leon gradually fell silent, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he wiped his neck in front of the mirror. Maludlu and Tel behind him raised their middle fingers in unison.
This is called strength in numbers, even the effect of taunting is several times greater.
"Bang!"
With a crisp sound, the mirror shattered to the ground, and the crystal mirror fragments reflected the passing meteor shower.
Tepi retracted his fist which was slightly bleeding from being pierced by glass shards, his face gloomy, and people around him did not dare to go over to ask him what had happened.
"Hey, hey, the employer seems a little unhappy. Do you think we can get more bonuses if we comfort him now?"
"Do you think that's 'a little' enough? If you get close to me now, I might scold you too."
"Hmph, humph."
At this moment, Tepi, who had been silent just now, suddenly laughed. He hunched his back and covered his face and laughed like a villain in a cartoon. People around him felt a chill and goose bumps, and they always felt that there was some dark air coming out of him.
"Very good, this is the child of my Basque family. I thought the tradition would end with my generation, but I didn't expect Leon to pick it up for me."
He looked at the adventurers he hired, picked out a smart guy who had been working with him for more than ten days, and said, "You don't have to follow me today."
"Ah? No, boss. A day's work is worth a hundred days' grace!"
"I'm not going to fire you. Go out now and help me contact the most famous adventurer teams in Boulder City and ask them if they are willing to discuss an easy and simple big deal."
After sending this man away, Tepi glanced at the people following him, took a deep breath, and said:
"Do you have any fellow adventurers that you know? I want any of them as long as they are silver-level!"
"As long as you can help me catch more monsters, there will be a huge bonus! The rewards from the monsters will also be given to you. I just want my ranking to be high!"
People looked at each other, and someone took the lead in cheering. Then the entire black quarry was filled with the cheers of adventurers.
Just now, although the father and son had a fierce argument, they finally reached a consensus:
"Let us see the truth in the ranking of the Glory Stele!"
"If I lose I'll call you daddy!"
To some extent, Tepi really has no airs at all and can get along well with his own son.
When dungeons are profitable, the adventurers' organizational efficiency is undoubtedly the highest in the entire world.
The Megalith Dungeon was originally a small popular dungeon, and it was located next to a large city in the Warrior Kingdom. Although the flow of people was not as high as that of the Warrior Kingdom's Royal City, it was also quite strong. There were already many people coming in here on a daily basis, and after the news of today's [Meteor Anomaly] spread, the flow of people coming in at the first time doubled.
When the magicians from the outside world worked together to use ultra-long-distance communication magic to exchange information and confirmed that the [Meteor Anomaly] appeared simultaneously in more than 40 dungeons, the entire adventurer community was shaken. The flow of people in the Boulder Dungeon doubled and doubled again in a short period of time. Now the Portal Square is already crowded.
All this happened in just one morning, not even lunch time yet.
The news of the mutation spread quickly in the Warrior Country, no, to several human countries including the Warrior Country. With the dungeons where the mutation occurred as the center, adventurers have already begun to move and are rushing here.
Naturally, there were quite a few people who noticed the Monument of Glory, and each of them had their own thoughts in mind.
Thanks to the surge in traffic, Tepi's recruitment plan went smoothly, and by the end of lunch, his "capture team" had grown to a size of over a hundred people, including thirty silver-level adventurers, and the rest could only be made up of some bronze-level adventurers with good skills.
"Your job is to capture as many meteorite-like monsters as possible, and then bring them to the gathering point in the square and wait for me to throw them into the altar. You are not allowed to throw them in without my order. Do you understand?"
"I understand, boss!"
"I have another request. Everyone must choose [Sion] for daily supplies. No other dungeons are allowed. If you have the ability, go to others to buy [Pokeballs] from Sion. I will reimburse the cost. I will pay you for your labor, and all the rewards you exchange at the altar will be given to you. All you have to do is help me wholeheartedly!"
"No problem, boss!"
"Very good, very energetic! Next, I will teach you how to operate the Poké Ball. Watch out, I will only teach you once!"
After a brief speech and training, Tepi set out with his capture team.
Before leaving, he glanced at the Glory Monument. Due to the delay in organizing the manpower, his ranking had dropped out of the top 30. Leon was closely behind him, and the top ten had also been reshuffled. Only Roger and Temud maintained the first and second places thanks to their early advantages.
"The King will return next!"
The quality of the adventurers in the capture team improved a lot, and the capture operation became smoother. Nearly an hour later, Teppi returned with a Poké Ball full of small meteorites. It took several minutes just to pour a large number of Poké Balls into the altar.
The monument of glory flashed again, and his ranking suddenly jumped to first place!
Very good, it seems that I am the first person to capture the little meteorite in an organized way! My vision and the protection of the goddess of luck are really not exaggerated.
Tepi was greatly encouraged, and he wanted to see what Leon's ranking was, but the boy's ranking was long gone.
A smile appeared on his face, and he continued to lead his men to start the next arrest without stopping. This time they returned successfully again, and Leon's ranking had long disappeared.
The smile on Teppi's face was almost unstoppable. That's right, he has a large team of hundreds of people to help him, and what does Leon have? Just a few friends, what can he use to fight me?
It was the third time to go out and arrest, and this time we returned with a full load.
But halfway through the journey, the capture team encountered a meteorite falling from the sky, and the beast that crawled out of the pit was the fallen star.
A certain feeling suddenly emerged in Tepi's mind. He drove the carriage loaded with Poké Balls towards the edge of the team and shouted, "Don't be afraid. Form a formation to fight it. As long as we can stop its charge, we can win!"
Hundreds of people, even if they use their lives, can pile up the Falling Star Beast to death!
Half an hour later
"Kai, are you kidding me? Why can that monster use magic?"
The ragged Tepi fled back to the square alone with a dozen Poké Balls in his arms, with a horrified expression on his face.
He will never forget the scene where a falling star turned into a beast and instantly killed dozens of people with a burst of light cannon. It turns out that this thing is not just a weird-looking cow?
He looked at the only Poké Ball left in his arms and couldn't help but sigh. A whole carriage of balls and a team of hundreds of people were all gone, and he was the only one who rescued some balls and ran back.
"I am the only one left alive this time."
Tepi looked at the sky and said with emotion: "Sure enough, the goddess of luck is on my side."
He threw all the remaining Poké Balls into the altar. Although he suffered heavy losses this time, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse, and the time for the dungeon to close is almost up. At least today he can maintain his first place ranking firmly!
"Let me see what I have accomplished."
When his gaze shifted to the rankings, the smile suddenly froze at the corners of his mouth.
【Leon Basque】
[Temud: Blazing Sword]
【Teppi Basque】
"What!?"
Tepi's current expression can be described as "The Scream".
"This isn't right. Why did Leon suddenly become number one? I was only out for a short while. How could he..."
The distorted expression once again appeared on the middle-aged man's face, shattering his newly born pride.
"Leon!"
As for why Leon was able to catch up.
“Boss Dahl, Leon and his team finally came to us for a request, we must let him be the first this time!”
"Captain Luluwo, I have captured four more. It seems that no new ones will appear in the Fran Fortress area. Do we need to go to Lienia of the Lake to meet Leon now?"
"Aunt Weinmah, thank you for agreeing to help Leon. After this matter is over, I will do my best to help you promote magic!"
“Brother Fingri, are we really only helping Leon? Don’t you consider competing for your own ranking?”
"I?"
Walking on the road to meet Leon in front of the academy, Fingri smiled and said:
“How can I possibly compete with thousands of people?”
“Boom—Boom—”
When the clock strikes midnight, all dungeons participating in the event will be closed, and those that cannot be closed will no longer refresh the meteorites.
The ranking of the Honor Tablet is temporarily fixed, and its first place will eventually belong to .
Leon Basque!
(End of this chapter)
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