Social Skills, a Dungeon City Lord's Eye for People

"It's not too late. We arrived right on time."

As always, Red Fang was the first to speak. Whenever there were many people around, he exuded the air of a mature, dependable senior—like the kind of person who would put food on your plate when everyone ate together.

Gong Qiying nodded at him. They were familiar enough that no special greeting was needed.

Just like during the previous suppression of a Sealed Artifact, the City Lords floated in midair, while below them lay the gathering place of the Sealed Artifact. This time, it was a plain filled with exposed rocks, barren and lifeless as far as the eye could see.

Pale, deathly pale Faithless wandered across the plain in numbers beyond expectation. Their meaningless murmurs filled every corner of the area. Looking at them, they seemed more like fanatics who had gone mad from worshipping a god.

Far beyond the gathering of Faithless stood a battered, broken cross. It looked utterly ordinary, yet the Faithless worshipped it as though it were a sacred relic.

This was their target for today's suppression. It did not look as imposing as the Burning Demon, nor was it as twisted as the Bloodborne Parasite, but it radiated an eerie feeling.

Gong Qiying gave the Faithless a brief look before withdrawing his gaze. There were still three City Lords waiting for him to greet them.

He looked up at the three bizarre-looking City Lords before him and could not help sighing. This group was actually rather humanoid-looking.

First was a fire elemental creature whose body constantly changed shape, though it could vaguely be made out as an adult man. No expression could be seen on its face, and getting close might get one burned.

This was the City Lord of the Blazing Flame Dungeon. The