Chapter 951 Olivers Forces P1 (2/2)

Oliver controlled his frustration and took a long breath His tone softened before he spoke to Castro further

"Do you knohat happened to the rankers ere part of ?

Layla just used array traps and potion borid search She killed more than half the number of my previous two parties with that Her partner also played a huge role in that

That homunculus has too ed to run away froes they had to face And you want tothis party as well?"

Casto just shook his head in denial when Oliver asked hiuy like Oliver was struggling to apprehend a homunculus and her partner in crier as well With how crafty that ho enough here"

A blonde woman in her mid-30s named Tamara spoke next She was the party's archer and a very capable ranker in the liquid stage of the Adept rank

Tainning She knehat the latter was talking about regarding Layla So she brought up another possibility

"Hreed with Taht away He decided to use his Tru to seely nobody

"Master Biru, I know that you are not supposed to get involved in the hunt directly But could you help us get a lead on the investigation?"

nobody replied for a while But then the space-time fabric rippled and an old man who looked to be in his 120s appeared at the scene out of nowhere He looked old and frail and was only wearing a si a wooden support stick

One could say that the white-clothed rave He looked like he would not survive a fight if and when he got involved in one However, his ranking status as a Master ranker was undeniable

Biru was involved in Oliver's last two investigations under Arthur's orders The Duke was running out of patience so he asked Biru to aid Oliver should there be a need

This was the reason Biru hadn't directly involved himself in Oliver's previous instances of confrontation with Layla But that was about to change Not because Oliver had asked for his participation But because Arthur had ordered him to do so

Biru was an array expert This time, he had come prepared to handle Layla who had tricked him a couple of tie and was about to say so ripple of mana all around hie, priss that took everyone in Oliver's tea for Biru to show up at the scene before activating the trap