Chapter 62: The Tricks in the Adventurer's Guild (It's Tuesday, please read it now, dear readers!)
【Report to the Lord. 】

[I'm already downstairs at the Adventurer's Guild.]

There is a square wall in front of the Ghost Goblin. Through the top of the wall, you can see a tall circular building inside.

At the very top of the building is a statue of the goddess and the emblem of the Adventurer's Guild formed by a sword and shield.

Gu An, who was far away in the depths of the cave, was supervising the work of the goblins. After receiving the information, he asked Tia to stay here while he returned to the stone hall.

Luca was lying on the stone bed. When she heard him come back, she immediately began to twist her body and make "mmm" sounds, as if she was a vicious dog that saw her enemy.

"be honest!"

When Gu An passed by the stone bed, he slapped the thick fat under Luka's waist hard, making a crisp sound. The latter felt a sharp pain and immediately bent her body and began to roll over and over.

Sitting on the stone seat, he switched his focus to the ghost goblin.

[Lord, I feel like there is a barrier in this Adventurer's Association. I'm afraid I can't get in.]

The Ghost Goblin looked in the direction of the Adventurer's Guild.

The faint magical fluctuations in the air and its instinct as a monster told it that there must be an invisible magical barrier on the wall of this building that could prevent an outsider like it from invading.

Gu An had expected this.

As the adventurers' base in Alvin Town, it would be strange if there were no defensive measures.

[Find a secluded place and stand on the edge of the building wall. I will open a transmission channel for you and help you sneak in.]

The reason why Gu An let the Ghost Goblin sneak into the Adventurer's Association was to take advantage of this entry into the city to find out the internal information of the Adventurer's Association.

Let’s see if these humans have any new plans to conquer their own territories after losing the war.

Only by knowing both yourself and your enemy can you fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

Although the goblins currently have an absolute advantage in combat power, there is no guarantee that these humans will come up with any "evil ideas" or have plans to go to big towns to look for gold-level adventurers.

Gaining more intelligence and understanding these human movements in advance will allow for a more comprehensive analysis of all potential threats.

Be bold in doing things, be cautious in planning, and never confront head-on if you can use tricks. This is a habit that Gu An developed when playing games.

In his original world, netizens affectionately called this behavior "Lao Liu".

[My Lord, I am ready, you can start now. ]

The ghost goblin was ready, and Gu An also used a special item [Teleportation Array] to open a special passage on the wall with the barrier.

This is the power of the item given by the system. As long as the level difference of the barrier is within 20 levels, it can be easily broken through, and apart from the visual impact, it will not cause any warning.

Through the teleportation array, the ghost goblin successfully passed through the enchanted wall, and then the array dimmed and gradually disappeared.

Without the obstruction of the barrier, the Ghost Goblin went straight into the tall circular building and came to the interior of the Adventurer's Association.

It was already night, and the only people here were the guards on duty and the cleaners cleaning the place. The ghost goblins walked silently in the corridor like ghosts.

After searching the first floor, we found only a bulletin board with a message about quests to subdue monsters, and no useful clues.

The Ghost Goblin went directly to the second floor. During the search, it found the "Archives Room" with a wooden sign hanging on it. There were two employees inside who had been working overtime until late at night.

"Ugh--"

"Almost all of the top adventurers in this town have been killed, and the number of expeditions has almost become overwhelming."

In the archives room, two employees were chatting after work.

"Yeah, the neighboring town is unwilling to loan adventurers here. How are we going to proceed with our work if this continues?"

The two employees kept sighing while sorting the materials.

"Without adventurers taking on the mission to subjugate monsters, there will be no monster materials to trade. If we fail to meet this year's target, the headquarters may have to reduce its investment in the Irwin Town Association."

"Alas - the association is already short of money recently. If we continue to go through this, we will probably have to lay off employees next year. What will we do then?" At this point, the two employees' expressions became even more painful and depressed.

"Damn it, what kind of monster could kill two silver teams and so many adventurers!"

The news of Tia becoming a Fallen was kept very secret. Before the crusade, Captain Xingyue personally notified everyone one by one.

Therefore, these two employees did not know what kind of mission it was that caused so many powerful adventurers to never return.

"It's incredible. I don't know when such a powerful monster appeared in our jurisdiction."

"But the vice president has returned. He will definitely have a way to deal with this monster. By selling the monster's materials, he may be able to save the association from its decline."

Gu An heard the conversation between the two employees clearly through the ghost goblin.

No wonder when I looked at the bounty bulletin board on the first floor just now, the rewards for the tasks were extremely low. It turned out that there was a problem with the funds of the Irwin Town Association.

The neighboring town refused to loan out adventurers, there wasn't enough bounty, and there was no ability to recruit privately. It seemed that the association's work in Ivan Town had basically come to a standstill.

This is very good news for Gu An.

Because the Adventurer's Guild is a public institution, or more bluntly, it is like a multinational corporation spread across various kingdoms and races.

Its essence is just a business group that puts profit first. Hunting monsters to obtain special materials and trading them is its way of making profits.

At the same time, the leaders of various countries or races will regularly invest a certain amount of money in the Adventurer's Association in order to control and reduce the number of monsters within their respective spheres of influence.

Therefore, adventurers are actually disguised mercenaries, responsible for collecting monster materials and, by completing tasks, indirectly ensuring that monsters do not gather in large numbers and pose a threat to the territories of various races.

The Adventurer's Association headquarters is responsible for collecting money and taking a commission from the transaction of monster materials, while the task of defeating monsters is handed over to the branches in each region. They only need to set assessment goals and pay some profits, and then they can sit back and enjoy the daily wealth.

This special structure will inevitably lead to competition between the various branches, and then mutual hostility between the regional branches and the inability to unite.

At the same time, branches in areas with weak monsters will become increasingly barren because they cannot obtain precious monster materials, and the headquarters will naturally not invest too much in such places.

The stronger you are, the richer you are, and the richer you are, the stronger you are.

The poorer you are, the weaker you are, and the weaker you are, the poorer you are.

Due to geographical differences, the various branches were caught in a strange vicious cycle.

Therefore, once there is a problem with the funds in Alvin Town, there will not be enough money to go to the big cities to hire stronger adventurers.

The Kingdom's army is affiliated with the Kingdom and will not lend a hand to the Adventurer's Association in its efforts to subjugate monsters.

This situation has created a situation where, as long as Gu An does not take the initiative to attack human territory, no one will provide help to the Adventurer's Association in Alvin Town.

Temporarily avoiding conflicts with powerful adventurers can create more time for the development of the territory.

This is undoubtedly good news.

However, another point was mentioned in the conversation between the two just now, that is, the vice president of Ivan Town has returned.

The two employees just now didn’t know the truth of the matter, but the vice president must be aware that Tia had become a Fallen.

How will he handle this?
Suck it up?

Obviously impossible.

But its specific plans are still unclear and need further investigation...

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　　I was a little naughty yesterday, but I didn’t expect everyone to be so awesome. Slowpoke was rewarded handsomely and was very happy.

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(End of this chapter)