I have a Human Emperor's Banner; I'll start by educating the goblins.

Chapter 8 Preparing to Steal Someone

"Since there's a conspiracy at Black Ape Mountain, the two of us can ask for some more help."

Misfield suggested, "For example, send a scout to investigate what's going on inside Black Ape Mountain."

"Scout..."

"How do we find a suitable scout?" asked Luo Qi.

Luo Qi herself was from out of town, and only Misfield could be considered a semi-acquaintance; Misfield herself was a village girl with an extremely simple life experience.

"Mr. Loki hunts goblins without going through the guild, so he obviously doesn't care about the gold coins provided by the Adventurers' Guild, and he probably doesn't care much about the resources in the goblin's lair either."

The pastor smiled slightly: "There are plenty of poor scouts in Riverdale."

Luo Qi remembered the rabbit-eared girl she had met not long ago.

There was no doubt that the girl was desperately short of money.

However, she has already joined another adventurer team. Wouldn't doing this be tantamount to poaching someone from another team?

"Are those who have already joined adventurer parties still free to move around?"

Misfield winked mischievously. "Theoretically speaking, that rabbit girl is already employed by us and helping us. She just did a little extra work when making the request. Many kind-hearted adventurers would do the same."

"Doing this..." Luo Qi coughed lightly, "Won't that girl encounter some trouble in her original adventurer party in the future?"

"If she really gets into trouble because of this, then the trouble might not be trouble at all," the pastor said solemnly.

"Tsk... Miss Priest, you're truly impressive!"

Luo Qi always knew that a real person does not have only one face.

The same person can be talkative and amiable in front of familiar people, but this doesn't prevent him from being taciturn and aloof in front of strangers.

A girl who seems innocent and naive to some people may sometimes have her own cunning.

River Valley Town, Orc Street.

This is the most chaotic street in River Valley Town. Countless residents live in this small street, and the smell of hay and manure permeates the area, making it feel like a farm.

Luo Qi observed the humanoid creatures around him with some curiosity. Most of these half-orcs had bodies similar to humans, but also had some animalistic features.

Some have cat ears and tails, some have cow horns and hooves...

Most orcs are small creatures like rabbit-men and rat-men, and pure humans seem to be intentionally restricting the powerful orcs from entering the core areas of humanity.

Moreover, most of the physically robust orc professions are unrelated to combat.

Minotaur are often accompanied by oxen or cows, selling beef or fresh milk on the streets; centaurs are responsible for training warhorses; in addition, there are some goat-men with pink curtains. When Loki passed by those shops, a goat-man standing at the door, whose gender was unknown, even winked at him.

This otherworldly charm made Luo Qi glance at it a few more times.

From an aesthetic point of view, Loki did not think the goat-men were very beautiful, but these half-orcs seemed to have a special allure that made their business exceptionally good.

Many armored adventurers stumbled out of the goat-man shop, drunk—they had only gotten up in the middle of the day, and it was unclear when they had gone to bed the night before.

The rabbit-person girl named Doross lived in a very remote location. When Luo Qi and the others went there, a group of rabbit-person children were learning archery from the girl.

"Although practice bows are cheap, this adventurer has provided so many bows for her own kind. No wonder she's so poor," Luo Qi sighed softly.

Luo Qi herself is not particularly hardworking.

Often, when doing things, people feel that "good enough" is sufficient and are unwilling to take on too much responsibility.

But he greatly admires people who are willing to take responsibility.

"My intuition tells me that this girl has great potential." Misfield said solemnly, "The Rose Squad is a mature and well-established adventurer team in River Valley Town, but that captain is holding this rabbit-girl back."

Priests, as clergy, place great importance on their intuition.

Many pastors believe that such a profound feeling is a divine revelation.

"Actually, there's no need to explain so much. When I realized that I was lacking a qualified scout, all other factors became unimportant."

Luo Qi answered casually.

The label of "good person" cannot restrain him, and "morality" can only influence him in non-critical situations.

Becoming stronger is Luo Qi's core pursuit now.

Everything else must give way to this pursuit until one's own safety is ensured.

The rabbit-girl still remembers the two clients.

After hearing the conditions proposed by Misfield, she couldn't help but hesitate.

She wiped out a hundred goblins, and all the spoils were hers... This was definitely a lot of extra money for her.

The captain of the Rose Squad looked down on the mission from the pioneer village, thinking that three hundred goblins were not worth much. That was because she had parents who were both powerful, at the third tier. The Rose Squad, founded by those gold-level adventurers, had solved many tricky missions and had a certain reputation in the western part of the empire.

But the rabbit girl, who started from scratch and could only earn money on her own, felt that this kind of challenging commission was the most suitable.

After hesitating for a moment, the rabbit-girl took a deep breath and said, "I can help you two complete this mission. Since you are willing to give up all the income from this operation, why not include all the income from this mission in our Rose Squad's mission reward?"

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Luo Qi asked.

The Rose Squad has six members. When adventurer squads divide the money, the captain usually gets the majority, and the common expenses also take up a portion. It's already quite good that the rabbit girl can get one-tenth of the reward.

After dealing with over a hundred goblins, the silver coins obtained were roughly equivalent to three or four missions for the rabbit girl.

However, if the income from these hundred-plus goblins is included in the mission in the pioneer village, the rabbit girl's income will be significantly reduced, at most one-third more than the original mission.

"I'm sure!"

The rabbit-girl nodded emphatically. "I am a member of the Rose Adventurer Team. From the moment I accepted the mission, I represented the Rose Adventurer Team."

Luo Qi smiled slightly.

Miss Scout's choice was not wise; in the eyes of some intelligent people, it was extremely foolish.

Whether you decisively reject the temptation or accept it but conceal your income, the future will be smoother than if you made the choice you are making now.

"We're going to the pioneer village tomorrow, and time is very tight."

Loki said, "If Miss Doross has nothing urgent, let's set off later."