On the same day Tang Zheng and his group checked into the inn, all the original guests left after the innkeeper offered them triple compensation.
It was publicly announced that Tang Zheng and his party had booked the entire inn.
For the next three days,
Tang Zheng never left the inn. Only Anri and the Emerald Witch began to venture out. For the first two days, they mainly purchased various Alchemy materials.
The Twin Witches already possessed Alchemy skills and knew more about various Alchemy materials than Tang Zheng. As the nation's center, the Royal Capital could provide many rare materials.
This task could have been assigned to Imina's subordinates, but it wasn't necessary.
Tang Zheng understood very well that some things could be done secretly by Eight Fingers, but others needed to be done openly.
In just two days, they spent nearly a thousand Gold Coins on Alchemy materials, almost depleting the money they had earned from selling Alchemy Potions along the way.
On the third day,
The Emerald Witch and Anri began selling the Magic Items left behind by the Adventurers and Mercenaries who had attacked them along the way.
Selling so many Magic Items at once was more than any one or two item workshops could handle, causing quite a stir.
The merchants immediately investigated the origin of these Magic Items. After discovering the truth, any ulterior motives they had vanished.
They honestly followed the rules and purchased the Magic Items.
In the central area of the Royal Capital,
More extensive and closer to the inner city than the Adventurer's Guild, stood a luxurious inn.
This was the best inn in the Royal Capital, considered by outsiders to be a small manor. Besides the usual lodging facilities and stables,
It also had a spacious courtyard specifically for training. The exterior was luxuriously decorated, and so was the interior. Even the windows of the guest rooms were fitted with clear, white glass.
Naturally, such a place was expensive and also where a group of top-tier Adventurer Ninjas gathered.
In a spacious room with a carpeted floor,
Two figures sat at a small round table by the window, with several delicate pastries on it, though neither of them seemed interested in eating.
The contrast between the two figures was striking.
One was short, about the height of a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, wrapped in a pitch-black robe that completely concealed them. Their face was covered by a strange mask with a Crimson Drop gemstone.
Only a narrow slit was open at the eyes, and even the pupils were invisible from the outside, making one wonder if they could see through the mask at all.
Opposite this small figure sat a disproportionately large individual, whose entire body could be described as burly.
Years of training had given them powerful muscles like those of a carnivorous beast. If not for the few remaining feminine features, anyone would have mistaken them for an extremely strong man at first glance.
These two were none other than Iville Ai and Gaguran, members of Blue Rose, whose fame was second only to the Adamantite Rank Adventurer Team Crimson Drop.
The short one was named Iville Ai.
The large woman was named Gaguran.
Gaguran leaned back in her chair, cheerfully recounting amusing stories, but Iville Ai, sitting opposite her, tilted her head and looked out the window, seemingly not listening at all.
Gaguran didn't mind and occasionally flexed her arms, making her muscles bulge, and let out a hearty laugh.
Even though there were only two people in the room, and only one was speaking, it felt lively and not at all awkward.
Iville Ai seemed finally unable to endure Gaguran and spoke on her own, her voice muffled by the mask, making it difficult to discern her age or gender: "Why didn't you go with the leader?"
"Before returning to the Royal Capital, weren't you always clamoring about being interested in that woman who fought Gazef to a draw?"
"That woman's name is Renners."
Gaguran immediately corrected, a smile appearing on her square, rugged face: "The leader is going to see the Golden Princess. I can't stand those tedious formalities, and I'd have to wear formal attire."
"It's easy to run into Renners since she lives in the noble district."
When she said the name "Renners," Gaguran's tone noticeably rose, and her voice became louder, full of excitement.
She had also been a participant in the Royal Tournament, but before reaching the final match, she had encountered Gazef and lost to him.
Since Renners could fight Gazef to a draw, how could Gaguran not be interested? Although she suspected that neither of them had used their full strength in the fight.
But even so, Renners should not be underestimated.
"Do you think the captain might want to invite Renners to join our Blue Rose?" Gaguran suddenly said.
Iville Ai didn't answer; she wasn't interested in such things. She had only interrupted Gaguran's endless chatter.
Gaguran didn't mind Iville Ai's silence and instead revealed a smile.
This little one in front of her, although her strength was excessively strong, was too solitary, and she hadn't been in Blue Rose for very long.
She needed to help Iville Ai integrate into the team faster.
"Tia and Tina borrowed some money from you, right?" Gaguran asked curiously.
Iville Ai paused in her observation of the scenery outside the window, glanced at Gaguran, then looked back outside, giving a barely perceptible nod.
"Tsk."
Gaguran pondered, "Those two are probably planning to buy back all those Magic Items."
Click!
The door was pushed open.
A girl wearing tight-fitting clothes, with her navel and thighs wrapped in mesh, and a blue headband tied on her head, walked in from outside carrying a large package.
"Oh, Tia's back."
Gaguran raised her arm and greeted her cheerfully.
Tia nodded, throwing the package in her hand into the corner. The package loosened, revealing a black cloak, boots, and dagger-like weapons inside.
If one observed the items in the package carefully, one could see faint glimmers of Mana from time to time, clearly all Magic Items.
"So, the borrowed money is for buying these things?" Gaguran glanced at them a few times before disappointedly withdrawing her gaze.
Although these were all Magic Items, their strength wasn't very high.
"I'll return the borrowed money after the next mission," Tia said, seemingly expressionless, but with a hint of embarrassment in her tone.
The individual value of these Magic Items wasn't very high, but buying them all at once was beyond what they could afford.
"Why buy these Magic Items?"
Iville Ai had, at some point, withdrawn her gaze from the window and was now looking at the ordinary Magic Items in the corner.
"I just don't want these things to fall into the hands of others." Tia was silent, crossing her arms and leaning against the wall, her presence becoming almost imperceptible.
Iville Ai was somewhat puzzled, but because of her mask, the changes in her expression were naturally invisible to the two in the room.
However...
Gaguran, outwardly boisterous but inwardly very perceptive, understood Iville Ai's confusion and the reason for the whole matter.
They were all comrades, so there was no need to hide many things. Mutual understanding could make teammates more harmonious.
"Among the Kingdom's Adventurers, besides us, there is another Adventurer Team whose reputation is not inferior to ours."
"The Gold Rank Adventurer Team, Free Will."
Gaguran said with a smile, her peripheral vision glancing at Tia, seeing that she didn't intend to stop her.
"Free Will, the Adventurer Team that Lakyus mentioned before?" Iville Ai's voice came from behind the mask.
"That's right, the one the captain mentioned."
"I thought they would come to this inn after arriving in the Royal Capital. I wanted to meet these guys, but who knew they would just find a small inn. That leader named Tang Zheng looks like a guy with a strange temper."
Gaguran raised her thick finger and pinched her chin, "A somewhat mysterious Adventurer Team. Don't look down on them just because they are Gold Rank. In fact, like us, within the Adventurer's Guild's internal assessment."
"They all have the strength to become Adamantite Rank Adventurers, but like us, they lack achievements."
"As long as they have enough achievements, raising their rank to Adamantite Rank Adventurers won't be difficult. They are our strong competitors."
Gaguran said here, smiling triumphantly, "Haha, but we will become the Kingdom's second Adamantite Rank Adventurer Team sooner than them."
Then.
Gaguran roughly explained why the Free Will Adventurer Team had suddenly become famous.
Especially when mentioning Tia and Tina, their identities before joining Blue Rose, and that Free Will killed the Assassin of Igenia.
Iville Ai nodded knowingly.
Finally understanding what Tia meant by "don't let these Magic Items fall into the hands of others."
Igenia, huh…
A figure emerged in Iville Ai's mind, and she looked at Tia through her mask: "I've heard of the Assassin organization Igenia. The fact that they dare to sell these equipment proves that they don't care about the threat to the Assassins."
The words were very calm, but they sounded slightly harsh to Tia's ears.
"By the way, where's Tina?" Gaguran quickly asked.
"Still missing one set."
Tia said.
Gaguran's relaxed expression suddenly changed, and she straightened up abruptly: "Tia, you let Tina act without permission!"
There was too little information about the Free Will Adventurer Team, but analyzing the information that all the Mercenaries and Adventurers who were chasing them had died, this Adventurer Team was not a soft-hearted group.
In this situation, if Tina rashly contacted them with her personality, it was likely to cause hostility between their two Adventurer Teams.
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