Good news—
The good news arrived first thing in the morning.
<The Tier 7 Dungeon has been conquered! The legendary adventuring party has become a true legend! The heroes return victorious!>
Oh!
Iz and the others had really survived!
They'd returned victorious from that Tier 7 Dungeon!
If they'd made it back alive from a place like that, surely nothing could happen to them on the way home, right?
All that was left was to wait for them to return.
And then...
Lu Cang looked at the people passed out drunk on the table, including even those Level 5 adventurers.
Relying on them to protect him? What a joke...
Lu Cang drank a Spirit Awakening Potion.
It eased the exhaustion from staying up all night.
It was great to have money. You could afford anything.
A bottle of Spirit Awakening Potion cost fifty silver, and it was mainly used to help adventurers stay awake while keeping watch on the road.
No one used it to shake off the exhaustion of an all-nighter in their daily life.
As usual, he offered a gold coin to Yakartikto first.
He felt like he'd already gotten used to the local customs.
After all, he'd been especially lucky these past few days. Yesterday, he'd even found a secret scroll... Lu Cang, who'd never believed in anything, had become the sort who'd rather believe and be safe than not believe and regret it.
Better to pay his respects first.
He went to find the librarian and get the secret scroll appraised while he was at it.
Scholars had appraisal skills of their own.
As a Level 4 Scholar, she was already the strongest Scholar in Rhein Town. By all rights, she should have been able to land a decent civil-service job in the capital.
He just