Dungeon Mist Zone.
Outside the Little Black Room, thick white fog still billowed, yet there was no sign of any adventurers.
When Yano returned laden with loot, the little Slime lying in the corner had just finished digesting its last identity tag.
[Stealth Lv.1 → Stealth Lv.2]
The Slime's body wobbled, making soft plopping sounds. Then it nimbly sprang up and landed steadily in Yano's outstretched palm.
"How are things outside?"
Yano scratched his already somewhat messy hair.
"Those adventurers all heard there's a perverted thief in the Mist Zone who specifically targets men. None of them dare come in now."
"However, I overheard them saying Rusty Keys had a huge reaction and already sent people this way. But they don't seem to have any intention of negotiating a ransom."
Chen Yu bounced in Yano's palm, secretly delighted.
"Even the head of 'Miracle' Yano isn't worth as much as a ransom. How could they bear to pay?"
But with only Yano and his clone in the Mist Zone, they might not be able to withstand Rusty Keys' retaliation.
Fortunately, he had prepared a backup plan long ago.
"Don't worry. Our reinforcements have arrived too."
"Reinforcements?"
Before the words had even faded, a low, sustained buzzing came from afar, piercing through the barrier of dense fog.
Then, like black clouds pressing down upon a city, a ferocious swarm of Stinger Bees appeared first. Densely packed, they formed an orderly formation that made one's scalp prickle, descending silently onto the ground before Chen Yu.
Following close behind were dozens of beetles clad in thick shells, their flight somewhat clumsy.
All the Demonic Beasts landed in silence, like soldiers awaiting inspection.
Looking at this astonishingly large Demonic Beast army, Yano felt a little gleeful at others' misfortune.
Those rats from Rusty