"Byakuya, you've got it way too easy. We're fighting for our lives down here while you're up there eating who knows what."
Shuixia wasn't blaming him. She was joking.
"Y-You... hello. I'm a temporary worker."
A slightly immature female voice came from the communicator. Anyone could tell from her voice that she was a gentle, soft-spoken girl.
"Don't be shy, little sister. Big sis will protect you. The Sniper in the distance is Night of Decapitation, the one with the deep voice is Old Smoke, and the one whose words can piss people off is the Elementalist, Chen. They're all extremely 'united' 'teammates.'"
Shuixia began teasing the girl, who had appeared from who-knew-where.
This girl wasn't a powerhouse. She was a Healer Old Smoke had borrowed from a medium-sized Adventurer Team—a 'busty' Healer, to be precise. Of course, she hadn't been borrowed for free. The payment was a three-centimeter-diameter piece of the Ant King's heart. Whether that payment would actually be delivered was known only to heaven. In situations like this, Old Smoke wouldn't sign a contract with the other party.
When Adventurer Teams faced missions involving this sort of plunder, there was naturally a reduction mechanism. Otherwise, an entire Ant King's heart wouldn't be enough for a team of several dozen people to divide, which would be ridiculous.
Therefore, as long as they obtained a sufficiently large fragment of the heart, everyone in that medium-sized Adventurer Team could complete the Main Quest with the lowest evaluation.
At this moment, the Healer girl was hiding in a pit. More than a dozen teammates were protecting her from beside her. Even so, she didn't feel safe. Thick malice seemed to be coming through the wireless earpiece.
Compared to Su Xiao and the others' cooperation, the cooperation within their Adventurer Team was