Naturally, if they said they were going to promote, they wouldn't drag it out for too long.
After all, there was no benefit to putting off promotion.
Unless there was a compelling reason they couldn't advance, the sooner they leveled up, the better.
This promotion, however, was different from the previous ones.
Some preparation was needed.
The next morning—
Lu Cang arrived at the Promotion Hall.
The Promotion Hall was unusually lively this time.
As soon as he reached the entrance, he saw Chum waving to him from inside.
"Little Lu Cang! You're here!"
Lu Cang returned her greeting with a cheerful smile. "Good morning, Sister Chum."
Maybe because he'd saved her, Chum seemed to have gotten along pretty well with him lately.
Yesterday, Lu Cang had made an excuse, saying that he'd found something in the storage bags of the people they'd killed and discovered a hidden secret.
After deciphering it, he'd supposedly found the location of a Rose of Skin Shedding hideout.
Once the promotion was over, they could all discuss how to deal with those people.
Of course, the deciphering was a lie.
There really hadn't been any secrets about a hideout among the things those people carried.
But the items they'd had on them did offer clues about their "creators," "owners," and "previous owners."
By following those clues, he'd uncovered quite a few marked locations, as well as several people who were clearly involved.
Still, Lu Cang had never been the type to go it alone.
And if he was going to bring down an organization, he had to be careful.
When Iz and the others had staked out the Death Church, they'd nearly run into trouble. They'd encountered the former leader summoning an apparition of Bai.
Who knew whether, if he went alone and pushed