Expedition Gathering

As the potion entered his stomach, it was instantly dissolved by gastric acid, and a surge of restorative energy began to flow from his gut throughout his entire body.

Lu Qiming carefully sensed the effects; as expected of a top-tier potion, it restored about ten points of mana per minute. With his total pool of over one hundred and eighty mana, he could fully recover in about twenty minutes.

With these potions in hand, as long as he had enough physical stamina, keeping Musou active at all times would be no problem at all.

Coupled with stamina and healing potions that were just as effective as the mana recovery ones, his confidence in completing the mission during this expedition grew even stronger.

"I'll take all of these. How many Valis?"

"Adventurer-sama, top-tier mana recovery potions are 150,000 Valis each, while stamina and healing potions are 100,000 Valis each. How many of each would you like?"

Lu Qiming calculated the remaining Valis in his possession. Aside from the one million he had on the first day, he had given away all eighty million of the remaining Valis to Aili and her group, as well as the Strongman Adventurer Party, leaving him with nothing.

"Adventurer-sama?"

The Pallum attendant looked at Lu Qiming in confusion. He had seemed like a man with money to burn just a moment ago, so why had he suddenly gone silent?

"Uh, give me three bottles of the top-tier mana recovery potion, and two bottles each of the stamina recovery and healing potions."

"Very well."

The Pallum attendant took seven bottles from the tray, handed them to Lu Qiming, and looked at him with a smile.

"Here you go, that will be one million Valis total."

Seeing this, Lu Qiming pulled one hundred gold coins from the small pouch at his waist, handed them over, turned, and left the potion shop—he had to make a run for it!

He had originally intended to buy hundreds of each, but he had completely forgotten that he had handed over all the Valis he earned yesterday to Tiya, and there was no way he could run back to ask for them back now.

Still, these potions would suffice. His mana recovery speed was already fast, and with these, it was more than enough!

Outside Babel Tower.

Lu Qiming looked up at the sun, estimated the time, and headed straight toward the Hostess of Fertility. He was truly penniless now, so he might as well go mooch a meal off the Loki Familia.

An hour later, following the directions of passersby, Lu Qiming arrived at the Hostess of Fertility.

"Thank you. Not only did you give me money, but you even escorted me to my destination."

"No, no! You're too kind, sir."

A shifty-eyed man bowed humbly, smiling while struggling to keep his legs from trembling.

"Alright, you can go back now. You're welcome to try robbing me again next time."

Though that depends on whether you can survive it.

Lu Qiming smiled and pushed open the doors to the Hostess of Fertility. On his way here, perhaps because his sixteen-year-old appearance looked too harmless, he had been cornered in a small alley by that man and his companions.

Upon learning that they were adventurers who made a living by robbing commoners—and that when they encountered decent-looking boys or girls, they would not only rob them but also humiliate them before selling them into Orario's Pleasure District—he had nothing more to say.

He ended them with a single punch to the head each; using Divine Judgment would have been an insult to the skill.

On the other side, after receiving Lu Qiming's permission, the sleazy man turned and ran toward a side alley, cursing Lu Qiming under his breath. If he was so powerful, why pretend to be a harmless ordinary person?

When he first saw Lu Qiming, he thought he could not only rob him but have some fun as well. He never expected the harmless little lamb to suddenly tear off its sheepskin and strike the air toward his companions, instantly turning everyone but him into a pulp of flesh.

The thought of his companions' heads blooming like fireworks made the sleazy man shudder.

Just then, he felt something wrong with his body; a strange energy was surging within him.

"Bastard! You said you'd let me go!"

Bang!

His head exploded instantly, blood and gore flying everywhere, and his headless corpse collapsed limply into the nearby sewer.

Inside the Hostess of Fertility, Lu Qiming heard the system notification. Seeing his mission count increase by one, he curled his lips into a grin and walked toward the rowdiest table nearby.

"Yo, Finn, I'm here."

"You're here. Sit down, let me introduce you to everyone."

Lu Qiming nodded and sat down next to the smiling Riveria.

At that moment, Tiona leaned in close to Lu Qiming and sniffed him like a puppy.

"Smells like blood, and human blood at that. Qiming, did you kill someone just now?"

Tiona looked at Lu Qiming with curiosity.

"Yeah, I ran into some scum adventurers on the way here and dealt with them."

Lu Qiming gave Finn and the others a rough summary of what had happened.

"Qiming, call me next time something like that happens! I want to go too!"

After hearing the story, Tiona waved her small fists and shouted. She hated such scum adventurers; they could have made a living hunting monsters, yet they chose to harm humans instead. It was unforgivable!

"I don't think there will be much of a chance, unless we bring that little girl over there."

As time passed, his reputation would spread throughout Orario. In the future, such scum would run away the moment they saw him, so they wouldn't dare approach him. Besides, Tiona was already a famous adventurer.

However, that weak-looking elf girl sitting nearby, who looked like she was begging to be bullied, would be a different story.

"Yosh! Lefiya, you're coming with us next time."

Tiona hugged the frail elf girl and laughed.

"Alright, stop making a scene."

Finn spoke up to stop Tione, as their priority now was tomorrow's expedition, though he had no intention of opposing the cleanup of Orario's scum.

However, he would not get involved himself; as the captain of the Loki Familia, his participation would be tantamount to declaring war on the familias backing those scumbag adventurers, but it was perfectly fine for Tione and Lu Qiming to go.

Lu Qiming had not yet joined a familia, and his strength was among the top tier of Orario's adventurers; even if discovered, those familias could do nothing to him, and there was no possibility of the gods stepping in personally.

Unless the gods behind those familias intended to return to the Heaven Realm.

At this moment, Loki stood up and raised the glass in her hand.

"Everyone, tonight is a send-off banquet for the Dungeon expedition, so stop talking about that and drink to your heart's content!"

"Oh!"

"Drink until you drop!"

The group cast aside the previous matter and began to revel.

An hour later, everyone was tipsy, especially Tione and Loki, who, by the end, were constantly assaulting the assets of the many women present, kneading them with faces full of jealousy.

They shouted about how unfair it was, while Tione hugged her sister, asking why they were twins, yet hers were so large while her own were as flat as the ground ravaged by Dungeon monsters.

In the end, a helpless Finn stopped the two drunks, and after Tione apologized to Lu Qiming and the group agreed on a meeting time for the next morning, they left the Hostess of Fertility.

Lu Qiming also returned to Tiya's tea shop to have a heart-to-heart with the four young ladies once again.