To be frank, Miss Lia's way of speaking was practically the textbook definition of trying to cover something up. If she had not explained, things might have been fine, but after hearing her explanation, probably no normal mercenary team would dare accept a suicide mission like this. Clearly, this young mage was completely unsuited to tricking people into boarding a pirate ship. Going straight at people and cursing them out suited her style much better. However, today was truly Miss Lia's lucky day. Not only had she found a "mercenary" team willing to accept her commission, but that mercenary team really knew nothing about the so-called "Great Pit."
Hao Ren did not notice anything strange about Lia's tone at first. He was busy thinking about how to learn more about this world from the young mage, so after absentmindedly listening to her description of the mission, he nodded perfunctorily. "Ah, it's fine, it's fine. Some risk is unavoidable..."
Lia had been worried that the group in front of her would turn and leave the moment they heard the words "Great Pit," but she had not expected Hao Ren to react like this. Her eyes widened. "Huh? You're... agreeing just like that?"
Only then did Hao Ren return from his thoughts. He vaguely sensed that something was wrong. "Uh, is there a problem?"
"We're going to the area around the Great Pit... Are you really sure you understand the risks?" Reason told Lia that it would be best not to emphasize the Great Pit and its dangers too much at a time like this. But as a good girl with a kind nature, she could not help adding a few more words. "Of course, we won't actually enter the Great Pit, but we might still encounter ancient wanderers or shadow corruption