The good news was that, thanks to Leon's Ghostly Swift Steps, he had delivered the Fear-Dispelling Powder to his companions at once, curing everyone's abnormal status.
The bad news was—
Because their condition after returning from the dungeon had been extremely abnormal, many people had already seen through their excuse that they would not be entering Zane Dungeon for the time being. Their secret grind had been exposed.
The Strategy Team's reputation suddenly became a little delicate.
This matter was neither particularly big nor particularly small.
At most, it shattered everyone's deification of the Strategy Team. So even a team as strong as them could fail in a dungeon. Hehe, so I'm about the same as them. We're all losers who died in there.
Some people who had blindly worshipped them also had their rose-colored glasses shattered, and they looked at Leon strangely.
He had been heading home to get money when he ran into some people while passing the Adventurers' Guild. He understood everything from the way they looked at him.
Good news needed a long time to ferment before people learned of it, but bad news could spread throughout the city in less than an hour.
Secretly grinding was nothing, but then he had gone around showing off in front of everyone, packaging himself as some godlike expert who had cleared the dungeon in one life. That was a bit damaging to his public image.
It was far from being a matter of bad character, but for Leon, it was undoubtedly a devastating blow.
He had three great hobbies in life: showing off, looking cool, and flaunting his greatness before others.
(Aren't those all the same thing!?)
Because of childhood trauma and various other factors, he had become someone who craved attention. He hoped people would cheer for