Seeing how serious Bai Pu was, Butt stopped smiling and immediately promised:
"Steel Heart, don't worry. We can handle something this small."
"This is no small matter. To me, intelligence on New Ironmelt City, Tefra City, and even the entire New Continent is extremely important."
Bai Pu said gravely, "To me, your team's greatest value lies in gathering and relaying this intelligence! Of course, during that time, you can look for missions yourselves or kill monsters—I can cover for you during that free time. But you must never delay my intelligence reports. Understood?"
Some members of Butt's team were stationed in the other two gladiator arenas, while others had yet to earn gladiator status and could only work as laborers.
At present, three or four people followed Bai Pu. All of them were Bronze Gladiators—that was to say, slaves.
Such a status afforded them no freedom. They could not act alone!
As a Silver Gladiator, Bai Pu had selected Butt and the others for his exploration team, effectively becoming a minor leader taking a team out on assignment. Only under Bai Pu's protection did Butt and the others gain the limited freedom to act independently.
But even this time for independent action still required Bai Pu to cover for them.
If Bai Pu wanted to frame them, he could easily report them to the arena as escaped slaves.
Knowing the gravity of the matter, Butt hurriedly said, "Steel Heart, I'll keep watch. I guarantee that any slightest disturbance in Tefra City, Ironforge City, or the other two gladiator arenas will be reported to you immediately!"
The Rotten Scale Tribe had several branches on the Lost Continent. This branch, located on the western edge of the Black Algae Mountain Range, had its nest hidden behind a recess in a cave.