Civilization Guardian Front

"I will send out three elite teams with first-level adventurers as captains and vice-captains to lead the second-level adventurers to complete the collection tasks. Since this is an additional assignment, Therefore, additional compensation will be given in terms of remuneration. Of course, if there are not enough applicants, for the sake of fairness, they will be distributed by lottery."

"Okay, who wants to..."

Swish!

Before Finn finished speaking, Tione raised her hand high as if she was afraid that she would not be able to grab the opportunity to work for the captain.

Except for a pair of brown eyes that shone with anticipation, Chu remained the same, and his wheat-colored skin was covered with blood from the violent hand tearing of monsters not long ago, and his black hair also turned dark brown. He leaned forward, clasped his hands together, and said to Finn in a loud voice:

"As long as it is the request of the leader, no matter how difficult the task is, I am willing to risk my life to do it!"

"Ah ha ha..."

Although he has been an adventurer for many years, he has long been used to the pungent bloody smell of monsters, but suddenly faced with the approach of a woman covered in blood, the smile on the blond villain's face is inevitably a little unnatural.

"I see, then I will entrust you to lead the team in charge of the "gradient pearl collection". "

"It's ~~ Captain."

Everyone looked at Tione who was overjoyed to win the spot for herself, and sighed helplessly.

It is quite the same thing to pretend to be quiet and quiet at ordinary times, but every time he enters a fierce battle, he quickly reveals his true colors, forgets the character design, and falls into a state of rage.

Especially when excited, he likes to throw down the knife, fight with powerful enemies with bare hands, and has the habit of bathing in blood regardless of his image...

In terms of combat power, it has indeed become significantly stronger, however, its feminine charm has also been washed into the abyss by the sea of ​​blood.

The point is, the person concerned is often belatedly aware of the shattered self-image.

Even if she washed her face a little before speaking, it wouldn't be so scary.

It's really sad, no wonder it won't be...

"I will go with Tione."

Tiona was the second to raise her hand to sign up.

She knew Tione well, and knew that if not many people took the initiative to sign up for the task assigned by Finn, her twin sister would probably go berserk.

The first batch of volunteers came out, and the rest of the first-level adventurers made brief eye contact with each other.

"Well, it's not bad to exercise after meals."

"I happen to be short of money recently..."

The two cadres of the Ganesha family then walked out.

Sensing the gazes cast by some of his companions, Tsubaki Kebrand, head of the Hephaestus family, shook his head.

"It's better for you to stay in the camp. After a fierce battle, I believe there are many weapons waiting to be repaired."

Seeing that there are still two vacancies for first-level adventurers.

Tifa, who had been observing silently until now, took a step forward.

Not fighting or avoiding, and cooperating with the family according to the situation is her consistent policy.

As the executor who broke into the city's strongest faction, Tifa didn't need to take the initiative to take on meaningless redundant responsibilities.

After all, the real function of her integration into this group is to collect intelligence and observe whether there are any unusual movements of the Loki family, so as to remind her partners to respond in time, and influence the group at critical moments to guide the situation in a direction that is beneficial to the executors .

In order to better carry out this work, about a month ago, she borrowed a side hall of the Twilight Pavilion to run a small bar, which was well received by the family.

Through soft social skills such as cooking and bartending, coupled with a person who is willing to listen to other people's troubles, it is her job to win the friendship of team members including cadres as much as possible, and subtly make these people become allies.

If she is too showy and entrusted with too many responsibilities by the three leaders, it will undoubtedly compress her time.

However, as the group of monsters living on the 50th floor was destroyed, the potential power accumulated in the maze was further weakened, and the main forces of the Loki and Ganesha family members went deep into the dungeon for more than a week, and had no time to intervene in Chios' plan on the surface.

Having successfully completed all the goals of this trip, Tifa has nothing else to do until she returns to the city.Then, it would be good to help solve the adventurer's request that is not too difficult, and make some contributions to the family.

"I'll join in too..."

"No, Tifa, you stay..."

Controlling their emotions, the elf royal family who had restored their previous intellectual elegance spoke up and rejected the girl's application.

"I want to ask you something, after dinner, please come to the flag tent."

Sensing a trace of strangeness in Riveria's serious tone, Tifa quietly clenched her gloved hands, and then quickly released them.

She didn't ask any more questions, but just nodded and replied:

"Yes, I see."

In the end, Aisi and Shakti claimed the last two places for first-level adventurers who were entrusted.

...

The cooking team members used the ingredients in the supply box, combined with the fruits of the labyrinth specialties that suit the taste buds of the human race, to prepare a sumptuous meal for the adventurers.

After enjoying the delicious food, the three elite teams set off full of energy.

Half of the combat force was dispatched to the 51st floor to collect collections, and the large camp that accommodated hundreds of people suddenly became much more empty.

The left-behind blacksmiths of the Hephaestus family were busy repairing equipment for others. The female adventurers went together to bathe in a lake a short distance from the camp, while the men gathered around several campfires, drinking ale and chatting away. time.

In the depths of the campsite, it was one size larger than the surrounding area, with a tent with a clown flag erected on the top.

Tifa came here alone.

knock knock...

He raised his hand and tapped on the wooden door twice, and after getting a response, pushed the door open and entered.

A diamond-shaped carpet was laid in the center of the tent, facing the corner of the entrance, and the head of the family, Finn, was sitting on a seat replaced by a container.Riveria and Grace are standing beside him.

"I didn't understand the reason for talking to you. I'm sorry for confusing you."

The little blond man with his back straightened smiled and slightly eased the serious atmosphere.

"My next question is not malicious, I just want to understand a question that has been lingering in my mind for a long time..."

"You and Chios Pesheim should have known each other a long time ago, right?"

Chapter 660 Four? Confession

"You and Chios Pesheim should have known each other a long time ago, right?"

The calm words of the head of the family confirmed the black-haired girl's previous premonition.

Following the previous sentence, Finn continued:

"Although you appear to admire Chios Pesheim, compared to other women who worry about gains and losses because of love, you are too calm, just like a player who knew that he would win in the game."

Regardless of whether Finn had a certain answer in his heart, or just wanted to test it out, the moment he opened this topic, the result was determined.

Tifa is not specially trained in acting and speaking skills like Chios, and the lies he fabricated may be able to hide Riveria and Grace for a while, but it is difficult not to be seen by Finn, who has a keen intuition and is observant.

Tifa parted her cherry lips and let out a soft breath.

His expression was not tense, but somewhat relieved.

At the current point of time, it's not too bad to be exposed.

The executor is being targeted by the will of the world, and if he is not careful, he will lose the trust of the characters in the plot, and the initial stage of being in danger has passed.

During this period...

Many important plot characters, headed by Hestia and Aisi, opened their hearts to Chios one after another, and the fate line obviously deviated from the established track.

More and more urban residents began to regard Chios as a hero, worship him, follow him, and support him from the bottom of their hearts.

Even at this moment, during the joint expedition of the duty faction, the forces on the surface are undergoing drastic changes.

Phryni's death will cause the Ishtar family to suddenly fall from one party's hegemony, and will be replaced by a faction alliance led by the Hestia family.

As the partner's layout is closed one after another, the importance of stabilizing the Rocky family is decreasing.

Even if he was expelled from the Loki family, the loss would not be great.

Since it is impossible to continue to conceal it, it is better to admit the relationship with Chios without involving information about the legion, so as not to increase more suspicion.

"Yes..." The black-haired girl lowered her eyes and replied softly:

"Sorry for keeping this from you guys."

Unexpectedly, Tifa would admit it so straightforwardly, and Riveria and Grace were stunned for a moment.

Intrepid?

However, how could the other party's expression give people a sense of relief that "I finally don't have to lie anymore"...

Out of the corner of their eyes, they glanced at Fenn sitting on the wooden box at the same time, seeing that the villain looked normal and did not show any surprise, so they resisted the idea of ​​intervening in the conversation.

"Sure enough..."

Finn leaned forward, resting his elbows on his thighs, palms folded on his chin.

The brain works fast.

"Looking back now, whether Chios Pesheim entered the city or met you for the first time, it was the same day. If you don't know each other, it's a small coincidence at best. But once this key variable changes , things got complicated all of a sudden..."

It is true that the Loki family and Chios have not been hostile so far, and it does not seem to be a bad thing for a faction member to have a close relationship with the other party.

The problem is that two people who were supposed to hit it off at first sight chose to use strangeness as a cover-up, and the considerations behind their unusual way of getting along are beyond doubt.

Thinking about this, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

"It turned out to be like this..."

"Qios declined the joint expedition invitation before, only saying that there were other important matters, but refused to reveal more... Now everything makes sense."

Finn's endless words made the elf royal family and dwarves confused.

Only Tifa's eyes froze suddenly.

Thirteen days ago, when Finn notified the team members about the "reopening of the expedition", in order to take care of everyone's emotions, he lied that Chios was entrusted by the leaders of several major families to perform more important tasks.

The truth is, no one knows what Chios is up to.

However, Finn quickly pieced together a rough idea based on limited information.

It's not easy.

"Some time ago, you went deep into the dungeon several times to collect information, prompting Riveria to gather the conclusions that "the ecology of deep monsters has changed" and "a large number of monsters below the 40th floor move frequently across floors". I am afraid it is also to induce me The idea of ​​​​organizing an expedition team to find out, right? "

Hearing this, Riveria's slender body trembled violently, and Grace's eyes widened.

"Judging from the results, this inference is indeed not wrong, and Tifa didn't abandon us to escape when we were in a hard fight. I believe she didn't want to lead us into a trap."

Licking his thumb, Finn pressed his left hand, signaling the two old friends not to worry too much.

Turning his gaze back to where Tifa was, he smiled wryly and said:

"At this point, you can almost tell us the reason why Chios stayed on the surface..."

"After so many days of mobilizing the main force of our Loki family and Ganesha family, his goal should have been achieved long ago."

Under the unanimous attention of the three leaders of Loki's family, Tifa slowly raised his face.

"Things are not complicated. Chios is determined to eradicate a villain who has been causing trouble to the city for a long time..."

"However, he doesn't know what you think about this matter, and he doesn't want to hurt the friendship with Loki and the Ganesha family. After weighing the pros and cons, he thinks the best way is for you to focus on dealing with the underground threat to the city."

Finn pinched his chin with the index finger of his right hand and pondered for a few seconds.

It is worthy for a powerful person like Chios to carefully consider the influence on the major families before taking action...

After filtering by exclusion, he quickly had the answer.

"The villain you're talking about, Phryne Jameel?"

"yes. "

Seeing the black-haired girl nodding her head, the cloud of doubts that had clouded Finn and the others' minds was finally resolved.

Many clue fragments form a complete jigsaw puzzle.

The other party was the head of the Ishtar family, and even if the right and wrong of the killing behavior itself were not discussed, the significance of the A-level family representative behind Phryni was very important.

Chios wasn't sure that Loki and the leaders of the Ganesha family would agree to his plan, so in order to avoid complications, he used the information from the labyrinth to mobilize the main force of the two S-level family members in one fell swoop.

"Phew, I squeezed a cold sweat for nothing..." After sorting out the ins and outs, Grace's tense muscles relaxed.

"The old man thought that Chios was going to take the opportunity to do something earth-shattering, but he didn't expect to go to such lengths to get rid of that guy."