Those who could be selected through the ritual and pulled into the Secret Realm had all already obtained Profession Levels and were seasoned adventurers.
After honing themselves in this extremely dangerous industry for so many years, none of them were fools.
In fact, quite a few adventurers had guessed that the ritual had most likely been arranged by "Algae Scale" Dodd as soon as they descended into the Secret Realm, just like Xia Nan had.
Fink was one of them.
As the vice-captain of the "Windforged" team, before he was pulled into the ritual, he had been confronting those damnable members of the Raging Waves War Gang on the coast alongside his captain, Sefeng.
They had even been prepared to fight when a pillar of light suddenly shot into the sky from the center of the island, and a curtain of light descended.
He and several other members of his team were pulled into the Secret Realm at the same time.
He did not know whether to consider it good luck, but the beast Fink possessed upon descending belonged to the category of "monsters."
--The Ulcerous Poison Toad.
The reason he could name this creature was that many years ago, shortly after he had obtained his Profession Level, he had accidentally wandered into a swamp inhabited by large numbers of these creatures during a mission with his teammates.
In the end, only two members of the six-person team made it back to the tavern alive.
One of them was him. The other was Sefeng, the current captain of Windforged.
As a monster, the Ulcerous Poison Toad had an officially listed Challenge Rating of Level 1.
It was in the same tier as Bear Goblins, Harpies, and Dire Wolves.
But obviously, the Ulcerous Poison Toad was merely a slightly larger toad.