Chapter 119: Chapter 119

"Regarding the previous incident of discovering undead creatures in the deep forest area of Roland Forest, I'm sure all you adventurers are already aware. After learning of this matter, the Adventurers' Association immediately collaborated with the city lord and Bishop Fletcher of the Holy Light Church to arrange personnel to investigate the relevant situation. Currently, the investigation has obtained preliminary results..."

He paused, seeing everyone's attention focused on him, then continued: "According to this three-party joint investigation, it has been confirmed that within the inner deep forest area and core area of Roland Forest, there are extensive traces of undead creature activity. Most of these are corpse-type creatures, with observed threat levels ranging from 0.8 to 5. No individuals with threat levels above 5 have been discovered yet."

"In addition, through investigation and analysis of the movement patterns of the undead creatures, although no clear patterns have been found nor signs of artificial command, the sudden appearance of large numbers of undead creatures still cannot rule out the possibility of necromancers being involved."

"The Association has created suggested maps of the current distribution locations of undead creatures and will continue to monitor the situation, releasing related investigation and subjugation missions. To facilitate adventurers in selecting and accepting missions, specific relevant information will be posted on the mission board later..."

"That's roughly the situation. Roland Forest is currently unstable, with the explosive growth in goblin numbers including the newly appeared undead creatures. These represent both danger and opportunity. Now is the perfect time for us adventurers to make our mark. Whether it's wealth, fame, or status, I hope you can seize this opportunity to obtain what you desire."

Vic spoke directly and plainly, without excessive preaching or moral pressure, which was exactly what adventurers preferred.

The reason people became adventurers wasn't to be heroes or pursue vague ideals, but simply for profit.

Weak adventurers made their living this way, while powerful adventurers earned fame and fortune.

Therefore, Vic's words received enthusiastic responses from the adventurers.

"Lin Mo, should we accept new missions?"

Although she was already happy just being by Lin Mo's side, if possible, she naturally wanted to try more interesting and profitable missions.

Subjugating ordinary goblins was just too monotonous.

"We can consider it."

Lin Mo nodded. Although these were only preliminary investigation results and the situation wasn't completely clear, for now, things hadn't reached a very bad state.

The highest level undead creatures currently discovered were only level 5. Even assuming the worst-case scenario and actually encountering them, although Lin Mo definitely couldn't defeat them, for those secretly protecting Finnie, it shouldn't be a major problem.

After all, they wouldn't be going to the core area, so safety was generally guaranteed.

Besides, when adventurers go out, they can only be as cautious as possible - how can they avoid taking any risks at all...

"Let's wait until tomorrow. After we finish this goblin subjugation mission tomorrow morning, we'll come back in the afternoon to select new missions."

Finnie and Ellie nodded, then parted ways.

Finnie was still taken away by that short-haired maid, while Lin Mo and Ellie sat in the Association for a while, waiting for Lena to finish work so they could eat together.

During the meal, they chatted casually, mainly asking Lena if work was hard or if she encountered troublesome adventurers.

Of course there were unpleasant things, but Lena rarely mentioned them to them. Having worked as an Association receptionist in Roland Town for some time, she had long grown accustomed to certain matters.

After all, they couldn't go too far, otherwise the Association would naturally intervene.

Lena looked at the two sitting closely together, behaving intimately.

She felt that these past few days, Ellie and Mr. Lin Mo seemed to have become even closer.

How nice... being able to go on adventures with Mr. Lin Mo, staying together all the time, and even being able to help him...

Lena grew increasingly envious of her good friend.

Had Ellie already held Mr. Lin Mo's hand?

Lena glanced at Lin Mo's slender, pale hands, secretly clasped her own hands, imagining something, and her face immediately flushed.

I wonder what it feels like to have Mr. Lin Mo hold my hand... It must be so blissful.

Ellie's thoughts, however, weren't on the food.

While mechanically eating her meal, her mind had already wandered somewhere else.

Although when there were missions to complete, she should theoretically conserve her energy properly, logically speaking, with their strength level, just being in the outer areas of Roland Forest facing ordinary goblins of that level, even if their condition was slightly worse, it shouldn't matter, right?

As if thinking of some scene, her tail gently swayed, secretly brushing against Lin Mo's hand.

She really liked... the feeling of having her tail grabbed.

That rhythm of being completely conquered seemed particularly stimulating.

Especially if her nose, or tongue, or... were also pinched...

Lin Mo felt the furry touch on his hand, turned to look, and was startled.

Was she almost entering "battle" state?

Although after the first taste, he had become somewhat obsessed with it too, occasionally feeling a bit guilty about it, compared to Ellie, he was still far behind.

It seemed tonight would be another restless night.

Thinking that tomorrow they were only dealing with ordinary goblins anyway, Lin Mo didn't really have a reason to refuse.

As usual, after waiting for Lena to fall asleep, Lin Mo didn't turn off the light, and Ellie pushed the door open...

So the next morning, when Finnie saw the two, she asked curiously: "Mr. Lin Mo, and Miss Ellie, did you not rest well last night?"

Facing Finnie's pure, concerned gaze, Lin Mo could only cough lightly and say: "Yes, I was thinking about some things and slept a bit late."

"Were you two thinking about the same thing?"

The goblin subjugation process proceeded as smoothly as ever.

In just the morning, Lin Mo played the good Samaritan twice more, and [Fireball] successfully leveled up to 4.

"Skill [Fireball] Lv3 (40/40) leveled up!"

"Current skill [Fireball] Lv4 (7/100)"

Having reached level 4, Fireball's power was already quite considerable. Instantly killing ordinary goblins was naturally no problem, and because its size had also increased somewhat, now larger than palm-sized, if two goblins were very close together, it was even possible to take out two with one Fireball.

Besides [Fireball], [Thrust]'s progress had also improved again, reaching Lv4 (39/100).

Well, let's go back and turn in the mission first.

Simple missions like goblin subjugation naturally didn't yield high rewards. 100 goblin ears only earned 4 gold coins.

Although the money wasn't much, it still needed to be divided. Finnie continued her "paid work" routine, taking out another 4 gold coins, making a total of 8 gold coins. Lin Mo took half, and the remaining two split the rest equally.

This was just the distribution method for this mission. Adjustments might be needed later, but before that, Lin Mo also planned to formally establish his own adventurer team.

He had already thought of a name: "Eagle."

"Sorry, Mr. Lin Mo, that name has already been taken by another team..."

Then, he received this response from Lena.

"Team names can't be duplicated?"

Lin Mo asked somewhat unwillingly.

Lena answered somewhat awkwardly: "Below Bronze-rank there aren't restrictions, but once you reach Silver-rank, names can't be duplicated. The 'Eagle' name you chose belongs to a Gold-rank adventurer team in the kingdom."

"If you register it now, it's possible, but once you reach Silver-rank or above, you'll have to re-register, and many procedures will need to be done from scratch..."

That sounded troublesome. He could only think of another name.

"What do you think... what would be a good name?"

Unable to come up with anything immediately, he looked at Finnie and Ellie.

"How about Star Team?"

"That one's taken too..."

"Moonlit Night Team?"

Lin Mo thought for a long time before speaking again.

"Then what about 'Dancing with Wolves'?"

Ellie racked her brain for a long time before finally coming up with this name.

"That... that's taken too..."

"This one's taken too?"

Lin Mo was completely stunned. Putting aside that he didn't plan to use it anyway, what kind of team would use a name like "Dancing with Wolves"?

The three of them scratched their heads, unable to come up with a team name.

"How about... Silver Radiance Team?"

After a moment, Lena suggested.

"Silver Radiance... a team established in Silverstream City, this name is quite fitting." The source of this content ɪs noⅴelfire.net

Lin Mo thought about it: "Then let's just go with this."

He really couldn't think of anything else.

Finnie naturally had no objections, but Ellie seemed somewhat dissatisfied, still hung up on her "Dancing with Wolves."

Finally, Lin Mo settled on the name "Silver Radiance" and paid the required 1 silver coin to establish the team, receiving the team badge.

"After this, you'll need to pay 1 silver coin annually to the Association as operational fees. Missions accepted and completed by the team will be recorded in each member's records..."

Not just Lin Mo, but Ellie and Finnie also needed to consider advancing their adventurer ranks.

Finnie being a newcomer aside, Ellie had been an adventurer for some time. She had already completed enough E-rank missions and only needed two D-rank missions to advance to Bronze-rank adventurer.

With the team established, once they accepted D-rank missions, they could complete them together.

After handling the team matters, Lin Mo immediately went to the Association's mission board.

First, he carefully read the Association's notice about the undead creatures, which was largely the same as what Vic said yesterday, but with some additional details that Lin Mo noted down one by one.

Then, he needed to consider what new missions to accept...