"Huh~"
Taking a deep breath, Norton suppressed the anger and heartache in his heart. If Alchemy Expansion Bag was stolen, he would be lying if he said he wasn't angry. This was all he had gained from his hard work in this period of time to deceive the newcomers.
But seeing that there were only less than a hundred adventurers left around, and all of them were injured, Norton knew that if he allowed his anger to go to his head again at this time, he would lose not only his wealth, but also his own life.
Money can be earned again, and skill scrolls can be found again, but once the life is gone, it is really gone.
"Everyone, stop it!"
The roar was mixed with fighting spirit, and most of the adventurers who were still fighting among themselves stopped and looked in the direction of Norton. The few adventurers who were still fighting among themselves were all chopped to death by Norton who rushed forward with several knives.
"Norton Captain, catch this guy quickly, he must have stolen my things!"
"You fart, when did I steal your things?"
"Please be quiet, I will chop to death whoever dares to make noise again!"
Norton looked at the people who were about to quarrel again, staring at them with murderous intent. Anyway, so many people had died now, and he didn't mind killing a few more idiots, just to use their equipment to make up for the losses.
"Listen to me, everyone is checking the damage now, and those who can deal with wounds and use healing magic will go to rescue the wounded." Norton glanced at everyone present, took a deep breath and continued, "The person who stole your things was not someone else in the team, it must have been some kind of monster."
"Not only was your stuff stolen, my Alchemy Expansion Bag was also stolen!"
"If you want to get your things back, move quickly. After recovering from your injuries, go find the thieves and get all our things back!"
It stands to reason that with such heavy losses, Norton, as the captain, should temporarily withdraw from Fifth Layer with the others and return to Adventurer Town to recuperate.
But he is not willing to give in!
After finally arriving at Fifth Layer, he has not obtained anything, and he has not collected any information on Fifth Layer. Leaving Dungeon with nothing gained is not his character at all.
Moreover, there are so many newcomers in the team, so it's just a good time to use them to explore the way and let them contribute their efforts to enter Fifth Layer next time.
"Yes, Captain Norton!"
Under the suppression of many professionals led by Norton, the other adventurers did not dare to say anything. They began to collect the remaining supplies and treat their slightly injured teammates. As for those whose injuries were too serious to be treated, they sent them away directly and took away all their belongings.
On the other side, in the forest.
Ironblood Thorns Squad, who was heading towards the depths of Fifth Layer, suddenly stopped. Magician Mary turned back and looked in the direction behind her, where she felt violent fluctuations in magic power.
"It seems that a new adventurer has entered this level."
"Aik, do you want to take a look?"
Mary turned to look at Aik at the front of the team. They didn't have much supplies left on them now. Food could be replenished by hunting monsters, but various alchemy potions and magic props couldn't be replenished stably.
Although Mary, who is Advanced Mage, can refine some basic potions and magic items, she currently does not have the appropriate materials.
The best way is to find the group of adventurers who have just entered Fifth Layer and borrow something from them.
"No need."
Aik thought for a while and still rejected Mary's proposal. Now that they had entered the depths of Fifth Layer, it would take a long time to return the same way, not to mention that he didn't think that such an adventurer from a remote country would have anything good in his hands.
Of course, Aik wouldn't mind taking action if he could meet him along the way.
"Okay"
Regarding Aik's decision, Mary chose to comply. Then he looked around, and when he saw a mushroom growing on the roots of a tree, he stepped forward and carefully picked it off. It was a Mana Mushroom.
Even if it is not refined into a potion, eating it can replenish part of the magic power.
As we go deeper, the surrounding forest becomes more and more dense, the light above our heads is completely blocked by the tree canopy, the surrounding environment becomes darker, and a large number of luminous mushrooms grow in the rotten soil under our feet.
"Puchi Puchi."
In the forest, round Puchi walked past on their short legs, and a large number of spores were sprayed from the mushroom caps of various colors.
"Captain, there is a treasure chest over there."
In the shadows, Ironblood Thorns Squad people Ambush are here. A few hundred meters in front of them is a giant tree nearly twenty meters high. At the root of the giant tree is a dark treasure chest covered with Mithril patterns.
But around this treasure chest, there are more than a dozen Muscle Puchi guarding the center, and there are three medium-sized Goblin and one Gnome camp on the edge, adding up to a total of nearly two hundred monsters.
"Ghost, go check the situation first."
After Aik observed for a while, he looked sideways at Ghost, who was covered in black robes. As a special professional, Ghost Assassin, he can transform his body into a spirit body, which makes him the most suitable for this kind of intelligence exploration work.
"Hmm."
Ghost nodded, and his body sank directly into the shadow under his feet. Shadow Shift is one of the skills that only advanced assassins can learn and master, and can freely shuttle to and from Shadow World.
In the blink of an eye, the figure of Ghost emerged from the shadows in the Goblin camp. After spending a few minutes to explore all the conditions in the entire camp, Ghost disappeared again.
"Aik, there are nearly a hundred Goblin and Gnome in those three camps, including five Great Goblin that are comparable to professionals, two Goblin Priest, and a team of Great Gnome."
"There are a total of twelve Mutant Puchi and many ordinary Puchi in the core area. No more powerful monsters have been found yet."
"In addition, three ordinary treasure chests and a large amount of basic materials and magic potions were found in the three Gnome and Goblin camps, which are enough to supplement our consumption of continuing to explore Dungeon."
Ghost told all the information he saw, and by the way, he also drew a simple map on the ground, marking the locations of various monsters.
"Very good."
After hearing that there were a large amount of basic materials and treasure boxes in the three camps, Aik had a smile on his face, but as a result, their attack method needed to be slightly changed. Originally, he planned to let Mary use a round of magic to clean the ground first.
But now, in order to obtain those supplies, we have to find another way.
"Mary mainly uses thunder, ice, and wind magic this time. Don't use Fire Magic to suffer material losses. The peripheral Goblin and Gnome will be left to you and Ghost."
"Ulag and Ross and I rushed directly into the core of the camp and eliminated all the monsters as quickly as possible."
Aik quickly arranged their respective battle targets. The five people's plan to destroy more than a hundred monsters seemed crazy. After all, the strength of these monsters was enough to easily destroy several villages, but in the eyes of Aik and others, it was nothing.
The only thing you need to pay attention to is not to use too powerful abilities during the battle, which may cause even the supplies to be destroyed.