Chapter 470 (2/2)

The knight shook his head. “They are running an underground business, and many of their transactions are not transparent, so they have to find a place that is rarely visited by people as their trading venue. This old castle is not far away from the nearby town, and villagers dare not approach it. Isn’t it the best place to trade?”

Everyone was nervous.

Those who were running the underground business all had some powerful skills in their hands. Those ghosts could make them retreat in a hurry and even hire adventurers to deal with them. Maybe those ghosts were very tough to deal with!

“That’s what I think, so we have to make preparations now,” Yue responded. “Considering that the enemies may be very tough to deal with and even those smugglers had to spend money to hire us, we must be well prepared.”

She paused for a moment and tried to solve the problem more easily. She said, “Actually, we can withdraw now and go back to ask the client for detailed information… For us, this task is a little too difficult, I’m afraid it’s very difficult to guarantee that there will be no casualties.”

The last sentence made everyone’s face gloomy. Even the trainee soldier who was more optimistic than the others could not help but frown.

“You are right, but we have no money,” the trainee knight sneered and said. “We have no money to return to the city. If we want to go back to the city, we have to walk. And after we return to the city, we have no money for accommodation today. The Adventurer’s Guild Hall does not offer free accommodation.”

“Moreover… even if the mission information was wrong, the mission deposit won’t be returned,” the trainee ranger frowned and said. “In addition to the traveling expenses, our last bit of money has paid the deposit, for which we have borrowed money from the Association of Adventurers. It said that we have to return the money in three days at most, otherwise, we have to pay extra interest. If we go back now, we won’t be able to finish the task in three days … at that time, our qualifications for adventurers will be canceled by the Association of Adventurers.”

Of course, they could go back, but going back meant that they would lose their income and jobs.

Everyone looked at each other, and all felt depressed.

How could this group of people be so poor?

Yue could not help but sigh deeply, but she had to put on a smile in order to comfort everyone.

Fortunately, she, as a trainee magician, was very good at comforting people. Everyone’s face was getting better and better.

When everyone was in a good mood, they started to make preparations for a possible fight.

“What do you think if we set fire to the castle?” The trainee soldier had a fantasy suddenly and proposed.

“In theory, it should be possible.” The trainee ranger’s eye lit up. “This old castle is so dilapidated that there must be no owners. Even if it was lit up, people would not care about it too much!”

“What if it has an owner?” the trainee knight asked.

“If it has an owner, there will be servants who are responsible for cleaning it,” the trainee priest said.

“Maybe there were servants, but they were killed by those guys who were running the underground business,” Yue sighed and said. “Or maybe… what we have to deal with is those loyal servants who are dead but never forgot to guard their masters’ property.”

Her words made everyone feel frightened. The trainee soldier shouted, “Don’t say such horrible words! That’s so scary! Do you want to scare me to death?”

Yue sighed and shook her head, pointing to the ground. “Didn’t you notice? This ground is old and damaged, but it doesn’t grow weeds. It is impossible for the ruins. The only explanation is that someone is cleaning it.”

Everyone looked in the direction where her finger was pointing at. They could not see any weeds nor could they see any dirty spots or stains.

Although this old castle was dilapidated, it was clean inside, so everyone felt more frightened now.

No one knew that there was a giant jellyfish over the castle that was watching them.

“Hey! They really regard the virtual experience as a real adventure!” Yan Xun looked at Yue’s performance and could not help but laugh. “This little girl has a bright future!”