Chapter 649 A bad premonition?

Judging from the posture of the mysterious magician, it was obvious that the other party came specifically to find them.

In this regard, Li Ge was a little curious, why did the other party specifically come to him and Ais at this time?

In the original work, although the other party also approached Ais, it was because Ais had been in contact with the mastermind behind the incident before.

But here, due to Li Ge's influence, Aisi has been upgraded recently, and she has been practicing the breath of wind in the base camp. She has basically not gone out, and has not participated in various events that happened in the original work. Naturally, she has not Get in touch with those who are ready to move in the dark in advance.

In this case, why did this mysterious magician belonging to the guild come to find the two of them? Li Ge was somewhat confused about the reasons and considerations.

Fortunately, this doubt was quickly resolved.

"...There are actually two reasons why I approached you two."

The mysterious magician lowered his head slightly and spoke in a low voice.

"First of all, this is not the first time that the monster increase on the 24th floor has occurred."

According to the other party, before the abnormal situation occurred on the 24th floor, a similar incident occurred on the 30th floor.

"That time, I also commissioned a high-level adventurer to investigate the incident location. Although there were many twists and turns and accidents, the other party successfully brought back important related items from the scene."

However……

"After obtaining the relevant items, the other party secretly handed the items to another adventurer entrusted by me in the safe floor on the 18th floor, and then... he was killed."

As soon as these words came from the mouth of the mysterious magician, Ais, who had been listening quietly, immediately reacted.

"Killed...on a safe floor?"

Aisi was moved.

"Yes." The mysterious magician said in a serious tone: "He was killed on the safe floor."

The amount of information here is quite large.

You must know that the safe floor is a floor where monsters will not spawn. Even if there are some monsters coming from other floors, these monsters will only be the type that haunt the floors near this safe floor.

The 18th floor is the middle floor, and the monsters that will be active in the floors near this floor are up to Lv.2.

The 30th floor is the lower floor, and even L2 teams cannot explore it. The guild also recommends adventurers to explore the area after reaching L3 level.

Since the adventurer entrusted by the mysterious magician can travel freely on the 30th floor, it proves that the other party is at least a Level 3 second-level adventurer.

Adventurers of this level are unlikely to be killed by monsters on the 18th floor.

In other words...

"This is most likely a man-made incident."

The mysterious magician spoke in a deep voice.

"In fact, the other party was also killed in a hotel in the town. It is unlikely that there are monsters there."

The implication is that the possibility of man-made damage is almost 100%.

"As for the person who was killed...he was a second-level adventurer from the Ganesha Familia, with a level of Lv. 4."

After saying this, Li Ge and Ais understood everything.

"In other words, do you think that these two monster surges are not just a simple abnormal situation in the dungeon, but someone is controlling it behind the scenes?" Li Ge took a deep look at the other party and said: "The other party can be in the town. You can easily kill a Level 4 person, so you judge that in order to solve this incident, it is best to entrust a first-level adventurer with Level 5 or above?"

"That's it."

The mysterious magician tapped his chin and confirmed Li Ge's statement.

The first level adventurers of Lv.5. Although there are not as few adventurers of this level in Orario as Lv.6, they are definitely not much more numerous.

At the very least, the number of Familia with first-level adventurers in Orario can be counted on one hand.

Among these Familia, Loki Familia is undoubtedly the most dazzling, powerful, and eye-catching Familia, only Freya Familia can compare with it.

In this case, it is not surprising that the other party would want to entrust the first-level adventurers of the Loki Familia to solve this incident.

certainly……

"That's the first reason."

The mysterious magician turned his eyes and looked at Li Ge.

"And the second reason is because of you."

Hearing this, Li Ge raised his eyebrows.

"because I?"

This is actually somewhat unexpected.

"That's right." The mysterious magician said calmly: "Because you have already had contact with suspicious monsters during the monster festival."

The other party's words reminded Aisi on the side of the monster festival again.

"...are you talking about those piranha flowers?"

Ais was obviously deeply impressed by those ugly monsters.

"It's them." The mysterious magician said: "During the incident on the 30th floor, the person who assisted us once claimed that he saw a colorful piranha monster that he had never seen before."

Therefore, this mysterious magician came to Li Ge specifically.

Probably because he has already come into contact with every corner of these suspicious events and some clues in them.

"Those piranha flowers are very tricky. Not only do they have skin that negates strikes, but they also overreact to magic. If you want to deal with that kind of monster, just sending warriors who are good at frontline combat or rearguard mages won't work. At the very least, it must be a swordsman with high-level weapons or even a magic swordsman who is good at frontline combat and parallel chanting."

"There are individual differences between them. The weak ones probably only have a power equivalent to Lv.2 or Lv.3, while the strong ones have a power equivalent to Lv.4 or even Lv.5. Not ordinary adventurers can solve it. .”

"But such a troublesome monster was wiped out by you with one breath that day."

The mysterious magician revealed the information about the monster involved to Li Ge and Ace, while looking at Li Ge.

"I see." Li Ge said extremely calmly: "That's why you are targeting me, right?"

This was the second reason why the other party deliberately sought out Li Ge and Aisi.

"The strongest magic swordsman and the strongest female swordsman in Orario, your strength is even boasted by the gods. This incident cannot be solved by first-level adventurers, and you are undoubtedly the leader among them." Mysterious Magic The master said: "I hope you can provide assistance. This is also what the guild means."

As the official management body of Orario, the Guild can issue mandatory tasks to all the Familia in the city when an emergency occurs.

The major families in the city also have the obligation to assist the guild. This is a contract that was made when the guild was established.

The major families have a foothold in Orario and can get assistance from the guild when exploring the dungeon. Under such circumstances, if the city encounters problems, it is necessary for the major families to help.

This is a long-standing cooperation model between the two parties, so after the abnormal situation on the 24th floor occurred, some adventurers asked the guild to quickly ask the Great Familia to send first-level adventurers to solve the situation.

If it weren't for the fact that this incident was full of doubts and that man-made events were involved behind it, the guild would not dare to act rashly and would not dare to put forward mandatory tasks to the dependents in the city. If the guild only needs to throw down a mandatory task, let alone Li Ge and Ai The entire Loki family must unconditionally assist the guild in resolving this incident.

Since it was unable to directly propose a mandatory mission, the guild could only approach Li Ge and Ais in person like this and issue a non-compulsory commission to them.

After understanding what happened, Li Ge and Ais looked at each other.

Ais took a step back slightly, seemingly leaving the decision-making power to Li Ge.

This kind of private commission can be rejected. It is not a mandatory mission anyway, and the guild cannot force them to accept it.

But this matter sounds very serious, and there are signs of human manipulation behind it. If left alone, it is likely to threaten the surface and Orario.

Considering this point, Aisi felt that this commission was acceptable, and it was best to resolve it as soon as possible.

It's a pity that she is not good at words or complex thinking, so she can't explain why.

In view of this, Aisi handed over the decision-making power to Li Ge and let Li Ge make the judgment.

Ais like this has no idea that in fact, Li Ge will come here with her today just for this matter.

This matter has nothing to do with the golden-haired swordswoman, so Li Ge has already decided to intervene in this matter.

Even without the sudden arrival of the mysterious magician and his request, Li Ge would have gone to the 24th floor.

This way, there is only one option from the start.

"I have two questions."

Li Ge suddenly spoke to the mysterious magician.

"you say."

The mysterious magician raised his chin, signaling Li Ge to ask questions.

"You entrusted the Level 4 of the Ganesha Familia to go to the 30th floor, and you also collected related items related to the incident from there, right?" Li Ge pointed out somewhat pointedly: "Where is that thing now?"

"...It has been handed over to me." The mysterious magician did not seem to expect that Li Ge would ask this question. He paused for a moment, and then said: "Another adventurer I entrusted took the item away and put it in my hands. When the town on the 18th floor was in turmoil due to the murder, he returned to the surface and handed it over to me."

"I've already gotten rid of things."

"That's not something that should be left alone."

The mysterious magician's words somewhat concealed something.

For example, he didn't say what that thing was.

For another example, he didn't say what would happen if that thing was left alone.

Aisi noticed this and thought secretly in her heart.

"Is it because of that thing that the guild doesn't dare to disclose this incident casually and issue mandatory tasks to the outside world?"

Aisi thinks this is possible.

On the contrary, Li Ge asked the second question as if he no longer cared about the whereabouts and true identity of this thing.

"You said that as long as we solve this commission, we will get a generous reward, right?"

Li Ge actually said so.

"Is there a magic book in this reward?"

Hearing the content of the question, not only did Ais show an expression of subtle surprise, but even the mysterious magician was startled for a moment, and then he reacted.

"Do you need a magic book?" He seemed to understand something and said: "Everyone in the world is saying that you can use the magic of [Sword Queen] and [Thousand Fairies], so the gods have already pointed out that you may be able to use the magic of [Nine Fairies]. [Magic Girl] and [Thousand Fairies] are both people who possess special magic and can use far more than three types of magic."

"It seems that it is indeed possible that your magic slot will continue to increase and you will discover more magic possibilities."

"It's normal for you to need a magic book like this."

Saying this, the mysterious magician made an easy promise.

"Since you need a magic book, I can help you prepare it."

"I will include at least two magic books in the reward given to you."

"how?"

Ais couldn't help but be secretly frightened when she heard this mysterious magician talking about precious magic items as if they were cabbage on the street.

"Okay." Li Ge was not surprised at all. He smiled suddenly and finally nodded and agreed readily, saying: "We will accept this commission."

"Thank you." The mysterious magician lowered his head and said, "Then please go to Rivera Town first."

"I have prepared helpers for you two. As long as you go to the designated tavern and speak the secret word, the other party will know your identity and purpose of coming."

"The rest is up to you."

With these words behind him, the mysterious magician slowly disappeared as if melting into the fog.

Only Li Ge and Ais were left standing still, watching the mysterious magician leave without making a sound for a long time.

After a while, Li Ge turned to Ais.

"You don't blame me, do you?" Li Ge said softly: "You blame me for taking this commission without permission and for proposing a specific reward."

"...No." Ais shook her head and said very considerately: "Since it is what you need, there is nothing you can do about it."

"only……"

Ais became more talkative and then stopped talking.

"Just what?"

Li Ge asked.

"Can you believe this person?"

Aisi raised this question hesitantly.

"You think he can't be trusted?"

Li Ge asked instead without answering.

"It's very suspicious..." Aisi did not refute this point. While stating her own point of view, she said: "And, I don't know why, I always have a bad feeling..."

Li Ge immediately stared at Aisi's face, his eyes full of meaning.

Not a good feeling...?

It seems that the girl has intuitively realized that this incident is likely to be closely related to her.

Another bloodline in the girl's body seemed to be commotion.

"Don't worry." Li Ge smiled and said calmly: "If something really happens, I will solve everything."

Eston also looked at Li Ge, and looking at his calm and indifferent expression, her face, which had always been lacking in emotion, unconsciously became much more relaxed.

"I trust you."

The girl said this and suppressed the inexplicable uneasiness in her heart.

"Let's go." Li Ge said, "Let's go to the 18th floor first."

The girl nodded.

So, the two of them walked towards the entrance and exit to the 11th floor again, their pace much faster than before.

The white mist has been filling the endless floor, as if something is brewing, and it has never subsided.