What to do when encountering a human hero?
Of course—
Hide the puffshrooms well and do nothing!
From the situation just now, it seemed the other party hadn't discovered the scout puffshroom. After all, there were so many people in the tavern, and the scout puffshroom had hidden quickly.
However, Lin Jun still felt quite awkward. This awkwardness stemmed from the hero being completely different from his impression.
Previously, when Dylan and Inanna spoke of heroes, they described figures from hundreds of years ago who defied heaven and earth, slaying demon lords and exterminating demon clans—absolute powerhouses.
Every time he thought this way, he felt that perhaps one day he too, as a "hero," could become that impressive.
But now, suddenly seeing a Level 18 hero serving as garrison commander on Slave Island... how to put it... the gap was too vast...
And how could there really be other heroes besides himself?
Lin Jun even began to suddenly suspect whether the so-called heroes might be something like raising gu—bringing in a whole bunch, with only the one who ultimately succeeded becoming the true hero?
Though he couldn't understand why a hero would appear here, in any case, Lin Jun had no intention of getting involved with this hero. Just thinking about such matters seemed troublesome.
So Lin Jun didn't even mention this to Dylan, only telling him to avoid that garrison commander.
...
After Dylan left the tavern, following the address provided by the small fellow, he found a secluded basement with only a red flower pattern as a marker by the entrance.
Upon pushing open the door, Dylan immediately wrinkled his nose at the sweet, cloying smell of opium mixed in the air.
The basement space was very small, almost just a narrow corridor, with a counter at the very back where a woman sat smoking.
The woman glanced up at Dylan, seeming quite surprised: "A customer actually came."
As she spoke, whether intentionally or not, the woman pulled her collar lower.
【Name: Mengya】
【Race: Succubus】
【Level: 36】
A real succubus!
However, Lin Jun didn't voice a warning to Dylan.
Looking at the posturing woman before him, Dylan's frown deepened—could that small fellow have been mocking him by giving him the address of a brothel?
But Dylan still tentatively spoke the code phrase: "Half a sea fairy flower?"
"Sigh—" Mengya on the other side suddenly sighed, saying listlessly, "So it's that business... Speak, what do you want to investigate?"
Dylan looked at her with a strange expression: "So... your business scope also includes receiving clients?"
"Interested?" Mengya looked toward Dylan, seeming to prefer her other profession over selling intelligence.
Dylan decisively shook his head.
"I've come to inquire about someone named Bella."
Contrary to Dylan's expectations, as soon as he finished saying the name, Mengya across from him rummaged under the counter and tossed several documents in front of Dylan, as if she had prepared them long ago.
"Two gold coins."
Dylan's brow furrowed tightly. This cheap price, this appearance of having sold many copies...
After handing over two gold coins, he took the documents and began reading them on the spot.
The intelligence was very detailed, clearly recording when Bella arrived on the island with which ship and what she had done on the island.
Only now did Dylan realize that the person he'd heard about who killed Glossa's secretary was actually Bella!?
At the end of the intelligence, it read: Escaped, whereabouts unknown.
This made Dylan both worried and relieved.
There was one final page. Upon opening it, the information showed a silver-rank middle-aged adventurer named Dylan, with his relationship to Bella listed as father-daughter...
Not good!
Dylan reached for the sword at his waist, but upon looking up, he saw a pair of purple eyes.
Those eyes seemed like a whirlpool. Once Dylan met them, he could no longer look away, and his hand gripping the sword loosened.
【Fixed Status: Charmed】
"How strange, why would someone like you appear on this island? You wouldn't mind telling me about it, would you?"
Boss lady Mengya spoke while sliding her hand across Dylan's face, but halfway through, she suddenly stopped her movement.
Mengya frowned and withdrew her hand, leaving a bloody scratch on Dylan's face.
After being injured, 【Mimicry】 failed, revealing Dylan's green face crawling with mycelia.
"Demon clan? Parasitic type!"
In the moment Mengya lost her composure, the backpack behind Dylan suddenly jumped out. Before she could react, the backpack straps had bound her hands and feet, wrapped around her neck, and lifted her up.
What!?
Mengya wanted to resist. As long as she gave a command, this charmed "Dylan" would help her!
But the tentacles were wrapped too tightly and were getting tighter. The pain and pleasure of suffocation simultaneously flooded Mengya's brain.
Unable to maintain her disguise any longer, the small wings and thin tail behind her were completely exposed.
Just as Mengya was about to faint, a black shadow wielding a dagger jumped down from the ceiling.
But the scout puffshroom seemed to have anticipated this. Only three tentacles were restraining Mengya; the free one swept upward, precisely knocking away the dagger and hoisting up the attacker as well.
【Name: Stinky Fish】
【Race: Goblin】
【Level: 26】
【Fixed Status: Aging (All basic attributes reduced by 20%)】
The succubus nearby had already been strangled until her eyes rolled back. The goblin who had just been caught and could still move a bit suddenly said:
"Spare me, my lord! Spare me! It's a misunderstanding among allies! Release Stinky Fish, and Stinky Fish will tell you everything!"
This fellow not only begged for mercy once in fluent common human language but then repeated it again in demon tongue.
Goblin + Succubus.
No matter how Lin Jun looked at this combination, it seemed strange.
Mengya finally fainted, and at the same moment, Dylan, who had been standing there in a daze, regained consciousness.
Only then did Lin Jun lower the two fellows, though he didn't loosen the bindings on the succubus's hands and feet.
Upon landing, the goblin immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly.
"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord! It's all a misunderstanding. Mengya was blind and didn't recognize that you two are also Empire demons!"
After kowtowing for a while, Stinky Fish grabbed the succubus and slapped her frantically, waking her up.
Mengya slowly came to, her mind still unclear, and was dragged by the goblin to kneel to one side.
Lin Jun ignored the occasional glances the two demons cast toward the puffshroom, having the now-conscious Dylan search for rope to tie up the succubus. Keeping her bound with mycelial tentacles all the time was inconvenient.
Dylan actually found rope under the counter—not just rope, but even whips and other miscellaneous items...
"Which duke's subordinates are you?" Through Dylan, Lin Jun asked with the attitude of one demon to another.
At this point, the succubus had finally fully awakened. She glanced at Dylan and the puffshroom, then turned her face away in indignation.
"Hmph!"
Not cooperating... Then let's just directly...
"Oh my, young lady, what are you sulking about!"
The goblin on the side, who hadn't been tied up since he posed no threat, kicked Mengya in the rear, causing her to twist twice in dissatisfaction.
The goblin then ran to the wall, opened a panel, took out a stack of intelligence documents, and knelt before the puffshroom again.
"Two lords, we are subordinates of Duke Night Kiss—we're all on the same side! Don't mind her; everything she knows, I know too! You lords must have come here with a mission. Please look freely—it will definitely be somewhat helpful for your task!"
Looking at the goblin whose survival instinct was maxed out, though not knowing who Duke Night Kiss was, the puffshroom still nodded as if understanding.
However, Lin Jun was now quite conflicted.
Before coming, he hadn't expected the intelligence dealers here to actually be two demons. This was somewhat brazen, making it hard to believe no one had ever discovered this.
Moreover, now that Dylan already knew about his daughter's news, what should be done with these two fellows?
This goblin was so cooperative...
...
When Dylan left, Lin Jun thoughtfully helped them lock the door from the inside.
The two demons fell unconscious in the basement filled with hallucinogenic spores. Unless someone else forced their way in, they would probably remain unconscious for a day.
He didn't kill them because of the existence of that small fellow in the tavern. Dylan's approach to them was traceable, and killing them might create unnecessary trouble.
If intelligence personnel were killed, the other side would most likely investigate. But if the two weren't dead and only felt they'd been fleeced by colleagues, they would probably choose to swallow their anger.
Anyway, they were leaving Silver Sand Bay soon, so there was no fear of petty revenge.
The intelligence in the two demons' hands was quite miscellaneous, containing all sorts of information about Silver Sand Bay.
What truly caught Lin Jun's attention was one of their latest tasks—monitoring Silver Sand Bay's new garrison commander, Tian Qi.
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