Olivia was a bit speechless.

She initially thought that if anyone dared to mess with them, she'd just step back and hide behind Lumi, and let her do the teaching.

Who would have thought that the adventurers around here were all so cowardly?

Alice acted too quickly again.

"Let's go, we still have a lot to do."

Louis didn't pay attention to the crowd, entering the underground ruins first.

The little swan, having tidied up her mood, followed along.

On the way, Alice began to talk about the situation in the underground ruins.

"These underground ruins originate from an empire already buried in history, with no written records left."

"It was already destroyed long before the continent started using the Star Calendar."

"The outer city ruins are one of the best-preserved ruins."

"You should have seen before entering, there are quite a few adventurers roaming around, especially the stealthy types."

"That's because the Thief Guild's old stronghold in Ense is in a corner of the underground ruins."

"The discovery of the Mimic was also informed to the Adventurer Guild by the Thief Guild."

Stealthy types, also called Wanderers or Thieves.

A basic type of profession.

Due to the nature of their job, there're quite a few sneaking and stealing types among them, although there're also many righteous thieves, putting their societal status in a bit of a predicament in each country.

Louis thought that maybe that's why the Thief Guild moved its headquarters to the underground ruins; they enjoy the peace.

The unlit underground ruins have become a paradise for stealthy types, accommodating the most restless individuals from Tino City.

When the subject came up, the maid leader mentioned:

"This is also a ploy by the royal family; after all, it's impossible for Ense to completely eliminate the stealthy types, but their overall quality is indeed hard to speak of."

"Might as well categorize the trash and let them mess around in a relatively independent area."

"Usually, the basic order here is governed directly by the Thief Guild."

"If the Thief Guild can't govern well, the empire will step in again, but by then, it may not be about governance."

As they ventured deeper into the underground ruins, the number of underground magic power lamps decreased sharply.

Alice took out a small torch to light it and looked at Olivia, saying:

"Olivia, cast an illumination spell."

The little swan put one hand on her hip, looking at Alice, and said:

"Are you sure?"

Alice was puzzled, only to see the little swan raise her magic staff, and a twisted, spiral-like emerald green light ball appeared in the air.

Alice's mouth twitched slightly:

"Why does your magic look so Netherworldly?"

Louis held back in his armor, not daring to laugh out loud.

Ever since the curse was inexplicably lifted, the same magic used by the little swan always had a different effect.

Look at this, the continuously running illumination spell is indeed bright enough, but the color is too eerie.

It's as if they are a group of undead knights crawling out of hell.

— After all, those skeletons also have ghostly green soul fires burning in their skulls.

To be fair, even the little swan herself felt a bit unlucky, muttering why use an illumination spell when there's a torch.

Alice only stated that the purpose of lighting it was "to prevent unknowingly walking into an area where it's hard to breathe."

The three Celestial Punishment Sword professionals, Louis had also asked about their situation.

They are named Chris, Klein, and Kriya.

The triplets have good talent, their profession levels are completely consistent, all are LV3 Warriors/LV7 Celestial Punishment Sword/LV3 Sword of Martial Arts.

Common people's saying: For the average choose Sage's Sword first, for some talent choose Sword of Martial Arts first, for one in a hundred choose Celestial Punishment Sword first.

The reason being the Sage's Sword has the most martial art styles to learn, but also the most miscellaneous, fitting for practitioners who's neither great nor terrible, acting as a jack-of-all-trades to make a living.

The Sword of Martial Arts usually gets selected into the army, City Guard, or militia ranks, receiving military training; its styles are easy to learn but hard to master and have high potential.

It not only trains new recruits quickly but also guarantees development potential, the first choice for those with some and top-tier talents.

The level nine martial skill "Time Stop" can only be learned by Sword of Martial Arts and Sage's Sword.

The Celestial Punishment Sword, although not growing as fast as the Sword of Martial Arts in the early stage, has stronger individual combat power.

Add the three brothers' unified minds and collaborative combat, they end up more ferocious than ordinary Sword of Martial Arts.

The footsteps of the group echoed in the dark underground palace, Olivia's chatter added a bit of warmth to the cold underground space.

Except it seemed their arrival frightened the inhabitants of the ruins.

Every so often, a thief would pop their head out of the lurking shadows, then shrink back with a speechless face.

Olivia said curiously:

"What was that?"

Louis incredulously tilted his head: "Human!"

The little swan in disbelief tapped his shoulder armor with her magic staff: "I know that! I mean what are they doing!"

"They're coming to see us, what's up."

"...I said I know, I mean what are they doing peeking around like that!"

"Isn't it because of your illumination spell?!"

William on the side was trying hard not to laugh.

He always felt that his lord seemed inexplicably joyful when with Her Highness the Second Princess.

So much so that even the gloomy underground ruins were filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

The three brothers also unusually spoke up.

Chris: "If you were lurking nicely in the dark corner…,"

Klein: "Then watching a group dazzling in green light, armored weirdos passing by you…"

Kriya: "You'd be shocked too and wonder if your own place's turned into an undead zone."

Alice on the side was clapping and shouting "Fair point," while the maid leader was covering her face, not daring to look further.

A little humiliating.

She began to doubt herself, thinking her previous quick judgement about the little swan having grown up was perhaps premature.

As a result, predictably, the little swan's cheeks puffed up.

...But still quite cute.

Suddenly, Alice's steps halted, her ears twitched, slender eyes squinted, unsheathing her curved saber.

In the darkness, a soft, skittering sound was heard, accompanied by the flapping of many wings, along with a foul stench storming forward.

A large group of cat-sized icy blue bats swarmed out from the depths of the darkness.

A scarlet flash of saber light, as if a lava longsword burst from the void, instantly sliced a dozen Extreme Cold Ice Bats in two.

"Unique dungeon monsters, Extreme Cold Ice Bats, ugh, ice attribute, and can fly, one of the magic creatures I hate the most."

Alice's smile was particularly cruel, her curved saber moving even faster.

The little swan's magic staff had already started to sway: "Give me some time."

An eerie green fireball appeared in front of her, not immediately launched, but instead began to inflate like a balloon with her magic power injection.

Suddenly, Louis grabbed her hand and calmly said:

"No need, let me handle this, I have a more suitable solution."

As everyone's eyes turned to him, Louis's skin inside the armor was already covered with deep blue runes.

The backpack on his back writhed, and the small Limuru gurgled out, hopping onto the ground.

An oppressive aura spread.

Limuru instantly returned to a giant slime shape, a mouth-like indentation appearing on its black-red skin.

Louis took a deep breath, directly lifted his helmet.

In the darkness, a dragon's roar echoed here and there.

Dragon Breath: Chaotic Soundwave!

Super Quadrupled!!

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