Armipotent-Novel

976 Suspicions

After sorting everything out, including the quest from the Adventurer Guild, the group moved to the inn. Ava and Liang Suyin booked the best inn in the town. Of course, the best in the town could not be compared to the best at the main base.

‘Just more spacious room and decorated better than the other rooms,’ That was what Liang Suyin told him because she had seen the other rooms too. They stayed in the most expensive room because of that space. The room could hold ten people comfortably, even with the giant golden gator.

“Sit,” Tang Shaoyang took the seat before the others followed in tow, “We confirmed that Mayor Celap was telling the truth about the hundred missions. That means there will be no boss monster or similar stuff unless we take the dangerous quest. This is an easy mission; we can clear it easily.”

“The problem is we are split up, and I don’t think the other group will take the easiest mission a hundred times. As Mayor Celap told us, the reward for clearing the third floor depends on the quest difficulty. So, I don’t think the other groups will take the easy quests to complete a hundred quests as they want a better reward.” Ava pointed out the issue. The issue was not the quest itself but the fact they were split up. The closest town was two weeks by horse, meaning each town was far from the other, and the third floor had over a thousand and three hundred towns.

Tang Shaoyang could not gather them and order them to take the easy quest to clear the third floor quickly. So if one group is really slow, then the whole faction would be slowed down as well. Mayor Celap also told them that the group would be spread out in over a thousand and three hundred towns. While he could fly and reach faster than the horse, there was no way he would waste time flying to all the cities on the third floor. That would be just a waste of time.

“We will clear our mission for now and think of a way to find the other groups.” Tang Shaoyang had an idea in his mind, but the idea was still premature to execute. They needed information, such as how strong the monster and the beast were on the third floor. The plan was to send his spirits to the other cities while he stayed here, but he needed to find more information. He could not afford to send his Grade SSS and Grade SS spirit as it took a lot of mana to maintain them.

“However, we can’t fully trust Mayor Celap. He might tell us the truth, but what if he did so to lower our guard to him and the people in this town? They might strike us when we lower our guard. We need more information about the people in this town and the monster outside. Also, it’s weird we did not encounter any monster or beast when we collected the herbs today. The quest with no risk, but why does the alchemist need to pay an adventurer for this? He could just hire anyone. There are a lot of suspicious things, but it might be me overthinking.”

Many things in the town looked suspicious, but what might be suspicious to them might be normal to the people of the town. More information was needed to avoid misunderstanding. Just like Zhang Mengyao said, they eventually needed the natives. It was better to avoid conflict if possible.

“We don’t have time to gather more information since we arrived in this town,” Liang Suyin agreed, “I have checked all the available quests on the board. The quests are mostly about the monster and beast subjugations. Four quests about bandits, with one of them being Epic Rank, the extermination of the bandit in the mountain range between Murika and Quily…” She continued about all the quests on the board and summarized the situation in the town based on the quests.

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There were at least three alchemists and five blacksmiths in the town. Liang Suyin voiced her concern should any of them learn from the alchemist and the blacksmith in the town. The Empire had The Ancient Alchemist and the dwarves, but these people might have a different method. Resources that was the main reason they were here, and the alchemist and the blacksmiths were one of the many resources they needed.

Aside from that, Liang Suyin managed to summarize the monsters and the beasts around the town from the quest board only. How strong the beast and the monsters were based on the adventurer rank, “I am not sure, but I think the number of adventurers in the town is not that many, or else the quest such as goblin subjugations for the Copper Rank should not be on the board anymore….” She explained her thoughts regarding her guess of the number of adventurers.

Goblin Subjugation for the copper rank, meaning it was one of the weakest monsters outside there. Despite how weak the goblin was, no adventurer took the quest. While the reward was not much compared to the silver rank quest, it was still easy money, yet the quest remained on the board. Another indication that the town did not have many adventurers was the number of quests on the board. If the town had many adventurers, there should not be that many quests remaining on the board.

On the surface, the number of the adventurers was not that really important, but it would be the key information if the whole town became their enemy later. If they had even become an enemy, Tang Shaoyang wanted to make sure to take down all the people who could fight.

The discussion continued for another half an hour. It was a discussion, but mostly Tang Shaoyang, Liang Suyin, and Ava talked. After that, everyone returned to their room, leaving Liang Suyin and Tang Shaoyang in the largest room. Ava had a reluctant expression as she closed the door; her gaze never left Tang Shaoyang. As everyone knew, Liang Suyin was one of the Royal Ladies instead of a concubine.

The title was brought up by Kang Xue. The Division Head of the Healer Division felt that concubine was a derogatory term. Hence Royal Lady came up even though, until now, no one knew who The Emperor’s official wife was.

Despite the desire in Ava’s eyes, the former Elven Queen closed the door. She must not reveal that she was one of the Emperor’s women, or else it would tarnish not just the Emperor’s name but also her current husband as the Imperial Elder of the Elven Kingdom.

Liang Suyin did not notice her man exchanging glances with the former queen as she went to the small room. She then came out wearing red lingerie, standing in front of the door, smiling at Tang Shaoyang, who looked at her with a fascinated gaze. She approached him slowly, and he realized that the lingerie was transparent. He could see everything beyond the lingerie, from the reddish nipples to her nether region.

The Emperor recalled Liang Suyin’s demeanor in the early stages of their relationship. The red-haired lady was the shy type, but she had changed, ‘Of course, people will change, like me. Just a matter for the worse or better.’ He threw the thoughts to the back of his head as Liang Suyin stood before him. Tang Shaoyang placed his hand on his coat, clothes, and pants. All of it disappeared into inventory, the shortcut to undress.