Normally, when venturing alone into an environment crowded with indigenous inhabitants, "Zao" would be sent ahead.
In terms of frontal combat ability, "Zao" was the stronger one, and she was also highly skilled at fighting.
Even if she could not win, "Zao" was better at escaping.
But...
When it came to heading to Cassidy, a town on the 6th Island of Mist Island, it was Jue, a "deceiver," who was sent ahead.
According to the information Jue had gathered after years of making her way around Mist Island, most of Cassidy's residents were Scaled People. Although they looked intimidating, most of them actually would not engage in direct combat with others.
Instead, each and every one of them liked to "lie and deceive," misleading others through their words.
As a professional deceiver, Jue was highly skilled at dealing with people. Gathering information and communicating with others in dangerous situations were precisely within her line of work.
And in a place like Cassidy, where deceivers were everywhere, Jue was naturally the one who needed to step up.
"These Scaled People definitely don't know anything about the 'heritage,' so the right approach is to ask them about anyone who might know something."
"According to the information we have, although the Island Master of the 6th Island is mentally unstable and prone to rampaging when provoked, as long as I don't mention keywords like 'Ancient Civilization' and 'psychology' too much, she's still very willing to communicate with people. A truly friendly NPC—which means finding the island master herself is still the top priority."
Not long after entering the town, Jue quickly identified the person she wanted to speak with.
It was a Scaled Person sitting on the stone steps outside a building, his hands wrapped in bandages as though they had just been