Civilization Guardian Front

"Ah..." At this moment, Hestia finally remembered that she had something to say.

"Yes, Lord Hestia?"

The young man who stepped halfway out of the door turned his head and waited for the goddess to speak.

Hestia looked at the smiling Chios.

Less than half a day after returning home after exploring the maze, the child was enjoying delicious food as if he was on vacation for a moment, but he was about to go back to busy work...

Switching between the two modes is really fast.

This is not the first time that such a situation has happened, and it can even be said that it has been the normal state of Chios for the past half month. For the goddess who is used to killing time in her long career, it is still difficult to adapt.

Exploring the dungeon often lasts for several days. Unlike ordinary adventurers who return on the same day, it is closer to an expedition. It is like spending every second other than sleeping and eating on killing monsters.After returning to the surface, there is still a joint family meeting to attend. Although I will stay at home and relax at night, the schedule is still full before the sun goes down.

Totally a workaholic!

Such a way of life is not the result of anyone's persecution, but purely out of Chios' personal wish.

Therefore, she, who couldn't find the slightest bit of reluctance from the young man's gentle smile, could only hold back the nagging thoughts, and quickly finished the main point:

"Hephaestus asked me to inform you that the armor you ordered was ready yesterday. During the few days you stay in the city, take some time to go to Hephaestus' weapon shop."

"I see, go there before evening."

The door was slowly closed, blocking the sound of the young man's footsteps.

"Alas..." Hestia leaned back against the cushion weakly.

"That child's first impression is obviously not like this."

...

After leaving the gate, Chios immediately boarded the carriage parked by the gate of the manor.

As Chios' reputation became well-known in Orario under the vigorous publicity of the management agency, now he is too easy to attract attention when walking on the streets, and from time to time he will receive gifts with love letters between young women.Wanting to complete a journey smoothly and low-key has become a fantasy.

There may be many well-known adventurers enjoying or getting used to this kind of life, but for Chios, except when it is necessary to show his face in public, the rest of the time he does not want to be disturbed.

So, he hired a full-time coachman.

"Lord Pesheim, good morning."

"Good morning, please take me to the Twilight Pavilion."

"yes! "

The middle-aged coachman responded earnestly, and controlled the two horses to drive the carriage.

Close the sound hole baffle in front of you to talk with the coachman, and pull up the window screen, and the carriage suddenly becomes a private space isolated from the outside world.

clack clack la...

The wheels turned and moved forward, leaving behind the suitors who did not know how many batches of ambush failed so far.

"Ah, Mr. Pesheim..."

"Let's go..."

"Ha~ let's go back."

More than a dozen women who were waiting near the manor with bouquets and fruit baskets watched the carriage go away, and lowered their heads in frustration, while the crowd gave encouraging applause to this group of girls who dared to challenge.

This scene, which appears every few days, has completely become one of the signature scenery of Northwest Street in Olali, and it is even printed on the city guide map.It attracts many foreign tourists who are curious about the charm of "Sword of Dawn" to visit here, and vendors who smell the opportunity to make money also come here one after another, which makes the regional economy outside the core circle of the city flourish.

...

Twilight House...

Seeing the familiar appearance of the carriage from afar, the members of the Loki Familia on duty directly ordered to open the gate.After Chios got out of the car and exchanged a few words with the gatekeeper, he walked into the stronghold alone.

He didn't need anyone to lead him, he came to the meeting room on the third floor of the museum, and knocked on the door to express his intention.

"Please come in."

Chios pushed the door open and entered.

"How many girls' hearts did you break today, Chios?"

The little blond man sitting in the chief seat with his back to the city map leaned his elbows on the table, resting his chin on the back of his hands, and asked.

"Who knows..." Chios shrugged, taking Finn's routine banter in stride.

In the beginning, Chios would say a few more words to excuse himself, but after making jokes for a long time, his mentality became indifferent.Therefore, he directly replied in a scumbag-like tone:

"I never go out of my way to count heads."

As soon as he said this, he immediately felt the indifferent gaze cast by Riveria.

"Hahaha!" Grace laughed out loud on the spot:

"Young man, your answers are really getting worse."

"It's better not to be heard by people other than us. You are considered Orari's now... In Loki's words, you are an "idol". Every move affects the hearts of thousands of girls. "

"The old man thinks that you, Finn, are not qualified to say anything about others..."

"My limelight has long been overshadowed by the new generation."

"No such thing, I think it's just that Mr. Dimna has rejected too many people in the past few decades, causing women to dare to be tempted but dare not act, which puts extra interest in me. Strictly speaking, I should be regarded as implicated by you."

Facing Grace's complaints and Chios' seemingly humble but counterattack words, Finn couldn't help shaking his head and smiling wryly.

"Ah, ah, it turned out to be an army against the general..."

Chios pulled out his chair and sat down in the vacant seat next to Shakti Falma, head of the Ganesha family, facing the head members of the Loki family.

Beside him is the staff sent by the guild to take minutes of the meeting.

"Since everyone arrived early, why not start the meeting directly."

Chapter 570 Two? The Threat of Disappearance

"Currently, a team of third-level adventurers has roughly searched all the rooms in the middle level of the maze in the past half a month..."

Putting the materials from the governing body on the conference table, Riveria then sent the summary report she had compiled to the others present.

"Counting the second army sent by our Loki family, Ganesha family, and Freya family to the lower floors, the investigation progress on floors 13-36 is close to [-]%..."

After the Mizudou incident, worried about the possibility of more monsters lurking in the dungeon, the guild quickly issued a commission to encourage senior adventurers to explore floors below the 12th floor with rewards, hoping to collect relevant information as soon as possible.

The reason why the scope of investigation is concentrated on the middle and lower floors is because the structure of the dungeon is a conical shape that expands downward.The upper space is limited and the threat of monsters is not great, and it has been responsible for the adventure activities of more than half of the adventurers in Orario for a long time. If there are large-scale monsters gathering and moving, it is impossible not to notice it.

As for the deep layer, it is completely the opposite. Due to the large area involved, the total area is estimated to be more than ten times larger than that of a megacity like Olalie. In addition, the number of adventurers who are capable of exploring is very small, so we have to go first. exclude.

Even so, the sorting out of the adventurers' daily reports on the 24 floors over the past half month alone has made the guild staff in charge of sorting out and identifying the content extremely busy.

After eliminating the repetitive and obviously useless parts, the materials that were compiled and handed over to the management of several S-level factions were still stacked to a thickness of about one foot.

Riveria's workload during this period is huge, one can imagine...

"Although it can't be said that there is no harvest at all, but according to the conclusions drawn from the report information...the number of hidden monsters we actually discovered is far less than originally expected."

After listening to the "good news" from the elf royal family, the atmosphere on the scene not only did not relax, but became more dignified.

"In a labyrinth with ample space and plenty of food, the average number of monsters is less than a hundred. Adding up the average number of monsters witnessed by adventurers in each area, the number of monsters on each floor can only reach [-]% of the lowest guessed number of the guild at best. .."

Shoulder-length short blue hair, slender limbs, tall stature, and upright sitting posture, giving a serious and capable impression.The head of the Ganesha Familia, Shakti Falma, known as the "Wand of the Elephant God", carefully glanced at the data written on the paper in his hand, and frowned.

"The monster breeding efficiency after the mutation of the dungeon has been repeatedly calculated by the guild statistics team. Even if there is a discrepancy between the obtained figures and the actual situation, it is not so small."

"It's troublesome, chug chug..." Grace drank a big mouthful of the eggnog that Chios brought with his clay jug, and wiped his mouth covered with light orange liquor.

"The old man doesn't think these monsters will disappear out of thin air, they probably hid somewhere else."

""...""

Everyone present was silent.

What the dwarves said was exactly what they had in mind.

"That's right, it's not that we don't want to be optimistic, but the information we have got doesn't support our thinking..." Finn turned the handle of the flagon, lost in thought.

"A disappearing monster...? Where is it hiding..."

After licking his thumb, a little tingling sensation returned to his brain.

So far, the intuition that has reminded him of danger many times has appeared in a confusing way.

According to the statistics of the guild minus the actual investigation results, the number of missing monsters may reach tens of thousands. If an army of monsters of this scale emerge overnight, the disaster caused will undoubtedly be devastating.

In the face of such a huge potential crisis, the corresponding pain is not up or down, as if seeing things through a layer of veil, unable to distinguish the real threat source.

not right...

After closing his eyes and thinking for a moment, the leader of the Loki family decided to let go of his intuition for the time being.

"Chios, among us, you are the only one who has frequently gone deep into the dungeon recently, and even spent the night in the maze..." He opened his eyes again, and turned his head to look at the black man on the right who was silently drinking. hair youth.

It is no secret among the Loki family that Chios possesses magic tents and spells to store supplies. With these two unique conditions, he was able to go deep into the dungeon alone without supporters and expedition supply teams.

It was Chios who confirmed the important information that "the growth rate of monsters in the labyrinth remains unchanged at night", so that the guild staff had a reliable basis for their calculations.

He was the first to doubt the food bank...

With strong strength and keen insight, even if the family he belongs to is weak, the help he brings is no less than that of a top faction.

"Did you discover anything new these days?"

"Unfortunately, I searched for the whereabouts of the monsters many times in the two days below, but I still haven't found any clues..." Chios shook his head and sighed.

"The monsters generated in the walls attacked me as soon as they saw me, which is completely useless. The dungeon's self-healing terrain damage also conceals the traces of their movement, making it extremely difficult to track."

"However, based on the analysis of the known information, I suspect that when the fans of the water ran wild, the monsters in the food depots of other layers took advantage of the gap when a large number of adventurers returned to the surface. Use the monsters on the 25th-27th floor To cause such a commotion may be a kind of deception."

Hearing this, Finn was slightly taken aback.

"You mean, because you accidentally discovered the secret of the food bank, the dungeon simply sacrificed the monsters in the City of Misty Water as a "broken army"? "

Noticing Finn's thoughtful eyes, Chios was sure that the other party had caught the point of his words.

"Yes, I think it is necessary to ask the adventurers who have been active in the middle and deep layers, including the safe floor, if they have noticed any unusual movements."

"Well, let's do it like this..." The tense complexion eased a little, and the blond man was finally in the mood to taste the eggnog.

"In the absence of key clues, this is the line we are most likely to gain, isn't it?"

""agree. ""

Seeing that no one refuted, the guild staff responsible for keeping the minutes of the meeting quickly wrote the content of the resolution into the notebook.

Although members of the Freya Familia were absent as usual, at the meeting of the representatives of the two most influential S-level factions in the city and the representatives of the Hestia Familia, who was supported by many medium-sized factions, everyone's speeches were from the guild. An important basis for future decision-making.

"Next..."

The green-haired elf royal family stated the second proposal of this meeting:

"Discussion on whether the expeditions of the various families should be postponed. If not, should the focus be on the investigation of abnormal situations instead of deeper exploration..."

The meeting finally ended two hours later.

Chapter 570 Three? Ben Lang's Power

"The in-depth investigation work will be handed over to the Freya family to take the lead. Do you have any other opinions?"

""No. ""

Everyone in the conference room shook their heads unanimously.

The Ganesha Families, known as the "Urban Gendarmerie", were originally responsible for managing the security of Orario, and the Loki Families, who worked hard, were often entrusted by the guild to ensure the order and stability of the city.

If it is said that the one with the highest level of idleness among the S-rank factions, it must be the Freya family.

Just saying that all the children under his command are problem children, in order to avoid the excuse of arguing with the Loki family, he naturally missed the meeting.But everyone knew that Freya's intention was just to be lazy.

After finally being able to assign work in the name of the joint meeting, of course it is necessary to find more work for the family of the God of Beauty.

"Very well, then today's meeting is over..."

Finn raised his head and drank less than a quarter of the wine left in the clay jug, glanced at the pendulum clock in the corner and stood up.

It's just after twelve o'clock...

"If there is no other arrangement, how about lunch at our place?"