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Today, I saw some of you saying the protagonist was too weak and the villains too strong, but the protagonist really hasn't had many chances to improve her strength so far. The next few chapters, though, are about going down into the mines, and her strength will skyrocket! Things will definitely get exciting then, so please hang in there a little longer! The book is being tested these next few days, and the numbers are important. Please keep reading and hit the update reminder!
"Grandpa Mayor, this has nothing to do with Jiang Ruoxue."
A clear voice came from behind him.
Liu De turned around and saw Lin Luoluo looking up at him, her head held high.
"I was the one who didn't want to join a Mining Team."
Lin Luoluo's tone was calm.
No matter what, Mayor Liu De had already helped her a great deal.
She didn't want to cause him any more trouble. After all, though he was the mayor, he was just an ordinary person before the Jiang Family.
How could Liu De not know the girl's good intentions?
He fell silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh.
"The road of a Contract Spirit Master without a team is a harder one.
"Luoluo, you're still young. You don't know the dangers involved.
"My own talent is average, but I've seen far too many geniuses rely on their formidable strength and enter Demon Rifts alone, only never to return."
"Safety always comes first."
Liu De spoke earnestly.
"Luoluo, as it happens, I know a few Mining Team captains, and I'm on good terms with them.
"Their teams aren't particularly strong, but their overall strength is around Second Tier, and the captain is a prudent person.
"If you go down into the mine with them, you can at least be assured of some basic safety.
"I'll give you this captain's contact information in a moment. Go and meet him. Even if you don't join, it's always good to get to know more people."
Faced with the mayor's kindness, Lin Luoluo didn't refuse, even though she had already decided not to join any Mining Team.
She knew this was Grandpa Mayor's way of showing he cared about her.
"Thank you, Grandpa Mayor."
She smiled as she took the slip of paper with an address and contact information written on it and carefully put it in her pocket.
Then, with the Slime Bai Chen beneath her adjusting his position, Lin Luoluo got off the sofa and bounced over to the door.
"Well then, Grandpa Mayor, I'll head home first. Chuchu's still waiting for me there.
"I passed the Contract Spirit Master assessment today, and Chuchu's waiting to hear the good news too~"
The girl's voice was cheerful, as though her disappointment from moments ago had vanished like smoke in the wind.
"Sigh..."
Watching the girl's retreating figure as she put on a brave front, Liu De sighed deeply once more and watched her leave the conference room.
Only when Lin Luoluo had disappeared completely through the doorway did the regret on Liu De's face slowly fade, replaced by deep bewilderment.
He stood there and unconsciously raised a hand to touch his shoulder. The feeling of that tentacle resting on it seemed to linger.
Liu De's brows knitted tightly together.
He suddenly recalled how the tentacle of the Slime beneath Lin Luoluo had held him back just now!
Liu De was already over fifty, but his own talent was naturally extraordinary for him to have risen from poverty to become mayor!
It was just that, in an accident, his Contract Spirit had died beneath the mine while protecting him.
But he had once been a powerful Contract Spirit Master close to Fourth Tier, and his Contract Spirit had even reached level 39.
Thanks to the power his Contract Spirit had bestowed on him, his physical abilities had already surpassed those of many level 20 Contract Spirits.
And his Contract Spirit had been a pure strength type!
That meant that, although he now looked elderly, his physical strength still surpassed that of most level 20 strength-type Contract Spirits!
Yet just now, when he had turned around in anger,
the force he had unleashed in that instant had surely been considerable, yet that limp-looking black tentacle had held him back with ease.
He could even remember summoning all his strength to break free, but the tentacle on his shoulder hadn't budged an inch.
A sudden realization struck Liu De.
He had always thought that Lin Luoluo had earned a 3S rating entirely thanks to her S-Rank talent, the kind seen only once in a century.
But now it seemed... the girl hadn't earned her 3S rating entirely thanks to her S-Rank talent!
This black Slime, whom everyone had always considered a burden, actually... seemed anything but simple as well!
Bai Chen, who had already left with Lin Luoluo, had no idea how profoundly his casual action had shocked Mayor Liu De.
The two of them didn't dwell on the rejection.
Instead, they first went to the Contract Spirit Master hall to collect this month's subsidy.
Along the way, they saw many injured people leaving with their heads hanging low.
Of the dozens of people who had taken the assessment after Lin Luoluo, only one had passed.
Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen made their way through the crowd to the counter responsible for distributing subsidies.
"Hello, I'm here to collect this month's Contract Spirit Master subsidy." Lin Luoluo handed over her identity badge.
The employee on the other side of the glass took it and scanned it on a machine. A trace of surprise appeared on her face, and she looked up to take another look at Lin Luoluo.
Soon, she handed back the badge along with a brand-new card.
"All right, your subsidy has been deposited onto this card. From now on, it'll be deposited automatically every month."
Lin Luoluo took the card and thanked her, then looked at it curiously.
There was a small display in the corner of the card, showing the balance clearly in numbers.
When she saw the number, Lin Luoluo couldn't help but gape in astonishment!
"Th-three hundred Silver Coins?!"
"How could it be three hundred Silver Coins?!"
Hearing Lin Luoluo's exclamation, the employee on the other side of the glass couldn't hide the envy on her face.
"A normal First Tier Contract Spirit Master receives a monthly subsidy of one hundred Silver Coins.
"But the actual subsidy varies depending on the assessment rating."
"A Contract Spirit Master with an S-Rank rating gets two hundred Silver Coins. You got 3S-Rank, so you get three hundred."