Murder Incident in Rivera Town

"Loki, there's someone else's scent here."

After dealing with the Man-eating Flower, the werewolf Bert spoke to his Chief God behind him.

"Whose?"

Loki instinctively pressed for details.

"Ha, how would I know? I can only smell that someone else was here. If I don't know them, how am I supposed to tell you who they are?"

"Uh, true enough. Still, if there are no other clues here, this mission probably won't count as completed."

"So you're saying we came all this way for nothing?"

"It wasn't entirely for nothing. At least we eliminated a danger lurking in Orario's sewers. The Guild should give us some kind of reward for that."

"Lord Enio, the Man-eating Flower by the reservoir has been eliminated."

"As expected of the Guild. They responded quickly. Ye En, didn't you deal with the investigators?"

"My apologies. Loki arrived with the Fierce Wolf. I wasn't confident I could take down the Fierce Wolf, so I chose to retreat."

"Fierce Wolf Bert, huh? With his magic weapon that possesses Orario's only magic-absorption attribute, he truly isn't someone a magic swordsman like you could easily defeat. You made the right call not to attack them. Otherwise, you might have failed to take them down and exposed even more information from our side instead."

"Yes. However, although I withdrew in time, they seemed to notice my presence. They caught my scent at the reservoir. Will that be a problem?"

"Ugh, beastmen's noses being too sharp is such a nuisance. Loki isn't easy to deal with either. The Guild sure knows how to pick people for an investigation..."

Dionysus drained the wine in his hand, then called to the Elf beside him. "Filvis, buy a bouquet of flowers. We'll go pay our respects to Slo and the others. Then, on