Early in the morning, Kanzier Town, Outer Ring District.

The figure of the moon sisters gradually faded from the sky, and the glory of Hubert, the Lord of Fire, was once again revealed to the world. The early August morning sunshine embraced the land that had been separated for a night with warm heat. By the small river outside the town, the squeaking and rotating sound of the water wheels in the Old Buck Mill drifted with the breeze, and accompanied by the fragrance of spring wheat ripening in the farm in the distance.

Outside the houses, the sounds on the streets gradually became noisy, the creaking of the axles, the laughter of the children, the coughs of the elderly, the greetings of the neighbors when they opened the door, the noise between husband and wife, the gossip between sisters, the teasing between brothers, the scolding between father and son, all the sounds mixed together, covering the entire outer ring area.

Slightly, the sweet aroma of the bread in the bakery, the meat aroma of the bacon hanging in the butcher shop, and the ale sent from the large wooden barrels on the car gradually floated from a distance.

Various sounds and smells blend together, showing the arrival of a new day.

A new day is ordinary and peaceful, just as it used to be.

"Hu, Hu, Hu, Hu, Hu." As usual, Panis woke up from a nightmare that was consistent every night.

The golden hair is of varying lengths, greasy glowing, and cluttering on the head. The workmanship is exquisite, the gorgeous and expensive clothes are torn to pieces, and the clean fabric is now full of mud and stains, emitting an unpleasant smell. The slender hands are also dirty and pitch black, and the nails are covered with mud. The originally handsome face is covered with dust with a layer of gray. The sweat and tears brought by nightmares have drawn marks on the dust. The stubble of different lengths is piled on the face, looking indescribable decadence.

The sleeping Panis woke up in a nightmare and sat up suddenly, without opening his eyes, but gasping for breath. The facial features on his face were twisted into a mass, ferocious and terrifying. His right hand was trembling violently, and every finger was twitching. Not only his right hand, he was trembling all over, as if even the warm sunshine and violent trembling could not dispel the cold and despair in his body.

"This is my sin." Panis sighed deeply and slowly opened his eyes in the sun.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a black-haired figure walking step by step from the original gate of the abandoned house facing the rising sun.

The long black hair was casually spread on her shoulders, and the silver chain armor wrapped around her slender body, shining. The sun shone from behind, adding a touch of golden yellow to the ends of her hair, and also shrouded her whole body in a dazzling halo, just like a goddess who came to the mortal world.

"Are you finally here?" Panis looked at the black-haired figure in a daze, slowly stretched out his trembling hand, with a hint of regret and relief in his voice: "Is this the day of the final verdict?"

"Are you Panis?" The voice of the visitor woke up Panis who was trapped in his own world. He blinked hard, and his blurred vision gradually became clear. Only then did he truly see the female knight who was approaching him.

"You are Penis?" The female knight repeated her question again.

After hearing the female knight's question clearly, Panis had no response at all. He lay back on the hard ground, grabbed a ball of straw from his side and covered it with his body, as if he was about to fall asleep again.

"Hey, wait." The female knight said anxiously: "We have something to ask you."

Panisli ignored him and curled up into a ball, covered the straw on his body, and closed his eyes again.

"We have a job to hire you." The female knight gave her request.

"Hot me?" Penis asked without even opening his eyes, his voice low and hoarse: "What are you doing?"

"Crying cave, we lack explorers."

Panis finally opened his eyes and looked up and down with a meaningful gaze for a while. His expression was very complicated. He seemed to want to refuse several times, but he finally nodded and said calmly: "Oh, crying cave. Twenty gold coins a day, at least ten days will be hired. Pay half of the deposit first. If you don't accept it, leave."

This time, the female knight looked at Panis with a picky look: "Yes, but you must be responsible and obey orders."

"Do your duty and obey your orders, of course." Panis jumped up directly from the ground, raised a thumb to the female knight, and a big smile appeared on his dirty face, revealing yellow teeth: "I have always obeyed orders and obedient, no problem."

"First I'm going to check your Adventurer badge." After scanning Penis' badge with a gadget that he took out from somewhere, the female knight put fifty gold coins into a small purse and threw the purse to Penis: "The agreement is established."

"Now is the first order." The female priest took a step forward, frowned tightly, with a very serious expression: "Cleaning yourself with the fastest speed, and then coming to us with the hoe and malt, I can't stand your image."

Panis bent down to salute, his manners and expressions were all elegant. Of course, if he did not consider the mud and smell on his body: "For you, my lady."

"You can call me Catherine, Lina and Vivian." Catherine turned and left the house: "We're waiting for you in hoes and malt."

"Your will, my direction." Panis kept bowing and bowing, and agreed, but the expression in his eyes changed rapidly, and finally he was frozen in confusion and helplessness.

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"Yo, Panis." The beautiful boss lady of the hoe and malt saw Panis walking in with a smile and said hello: "It's so hard for you, I haven't starved to death yet."

"I can't starve." Panis, who was clean and neat, smiled and shook his purse in his hand: "Old look."

"Are you three cups of Curran's spirits?" The boss's wife skillfully filled the wooden cup of the usual ale with three cups of stimulating smells and placed them on the table in front of Penis: "Is there money to drink?"

"Of course. Should the boss's wife have a drink together?" Amid the tall boss's unkind eyes, Panis laughed and raised his glass, enough to drunken the strong wine of the three strong men, and he drank it all in one go. After drinking a full glass of strong wine, his eyes became clearer, without a trace of hazyness.

"Very good, you are like a professional now." The sound of being trampled from the stairs beside the bar counter. Three members of the Nellie Adventure Group quickly walked down from the second floor, sat on a chair next to the dining table of Pannis, observing the explorer's new image.

Penis looks only about thirty years old, with neat short blond hair, brand new clothes fit very well, sturdy fabrics and close-fitting designs, which can make people wearing them very convenient for movement. The skin of their hands is fair, the fingers are long and strong, and the nails are cut very short, which will not hinder any hand work. The originally messy stubble on their face is also shaved cleanly, and the thin face is handsome. Unfortunately, even with a smile, the eyes are still as decadent and depressing as before.

"Three very powerful employer ladies." Panis bowed slightly and greeted: "Can you introduce the situation?"

"Of course." The female knight pointed at herself and introduced the three of them in turn: "We are the Nelli Adventure Group, I am the leader of the group, Katherine, this is the priest Lina and the alchemist Vivian. Vivian is the dismantler in the team. You will have many opportunities to cooperate in the next few days."

"Nelly Adventure Group?" Panis laughed softly: "There is no one called Nely? It's so interesting."

"Funny?" Katherine looked at Pannis very seriously: "I admire the heroine Nelly, a hundred years ago. Since I was a child, I have made a vow to be a role model among the Knights like the brave and fearless Lord Nelly. Our name is Nelly Adventure Group, which is also to remind me to always not forget my vows and take Nelly as an example in everything. I don't think such a name is interesting, nor do I think ridiculing other people's dreams is something that a person who is about to become a teammate should do. As a professional..."

"Sister, wait and be more preached, let's talk about the main things first." Lina interrupted Catherine's long speech in time.

Katherine was awakened from the serious preaching mode, took out an agreement from her backpack, and pushed it to Panis in front of her: "First sign the temporary team agreement, and then we will discuss it in detail."

Seeing that Panis had read the agreement and signed the name casually, Catherine began to introduce the task with satisfaction: "Forty-two days ago, I received a task released by anonymous people through the Adventurers Guild. The publisher believed that in a corner of the Crying Cave, there was a ruin of humans hundreds of years ago, which should be a building like the Alchemy Potion Research Room. The publisher needed a potion called the Life Force Synthesis in the laboratory. The task was divided into two levels of completion, find the entrance to the laboratory, or retrieve the Life Force Synthesis. Our goal was to complete the task perfectly and retrieve the round agent."

"After finding the laboratory, how do you determine which agent is the target agent?" Panis asked in detail.

"You are very good, much better than the cheater we met a few days ago." Katherine was even more satisfied when he heard Panis's question: "But don't worry, the client provided a detailed illustration and identification method. The Life Force Synthesis has a special appearance. The potion will appear in two colors, red and green in the container. The two colors are spiral-like and the appearance is very special. After finding it, Vivian will use the identification method provided by the client to make the final identification. After confirming, we will complete the task."

"You were cheated?" Panis expressed his curiosity with interest.

"Don't care about trivial matters that are irrelevant." Catherine avoided Pennis's question in dissatisfaction: "Are there any questions about the mission?"

"Yes, I have been to the second floor of the Crying Cave several times, but I have not seen any laboratory. Of course, I have not traveled all over the second floor of the Cave. So, I cannot guarantee that I will find the laboratory. If I did not find the laboratory in the end..."

"You don't have to worry about this." Catherine waved her hand and interrupted Panis's words: "As long as you fulfill the responsibilities of an advanced explorer, your reward will not change even if you don't find the laboratory. Moreover, although the agreement is temporarily signed for ten days, if the actual situation requires it, you can extend the agreement time at the previous price. The mission period is five months, so we have plenty of time to search."

"Very good, then I have no problem." Panis, who was working, was very energetic: "But can I check out the list of supplies you have prepared?"
Chapter completed!