Pushing the trolley he had pulled out of the warehouse, Ai Luo closed the guild door with a leisurely expression and walked towards the exit on the east side of the town.

When passing by the market, he happened to see Coco and her undead soldiers looking at the stalls. After saying hello, Ai Luo let the little girl continue to look at the stalls while he continued to walk forward.

Napa lay on Arrow's head as usual. After the two of them completely walked out of Pelican Town, the cat looked back at the town behind him and then at the Shining Forest approaching in front of him, looking a little confused.

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"Aren't you going to buy salt? What can you do with the small bottle of cooking salt you have? Or have you finally decided to let me take care of these slimes?"

The cart made a gurgling sound on the dirt floor, and the shining forest not far away really lit up in the sunshine, emitting dots of light.

He was still smiling, and it seemed that he would not make any other expression other than a smile: "No, and I didn't want to clean up these slimes today. Today we are going to set up traps, and you are responsible for them."

When I set the trap, please help me be vigilant about the following surroundings to see if there are any dangers around, and just give me a warning."

Just as she was talking, Airl had arrived at the edge of the Shining Forest. She tried her best to pick up the sacks containing eight hunting traps on the trolley, and stepped in with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

"I don't quite understand what you mean."

As soon as they entered the forest, Napa raised her neck slightly to help Airo be alert to the surrounding environment——

"If you don't deal with the Slime King, why are you here with these traps?"

Arrow held a tree and took a few breaths. It must be said that he was too careless. During this period, any heavy objects were left to Brad. He only had to be the one giving orders. The consequences were serious.

If you underestimate the weight of these traps, you will be unable to survive even after taking two steps.

He raised his head and saw that the sunlight was now shining through the leaves, illuminating the entire forest. It was already noon, so he had to hurry up and finish these things, so as not to wait for the sun to set in the west.

It wouldn't be fun if some monster came out.

"Do you remember the man named Jim?"

Napa didn't expect to mention the thief's name suddenly at this moment, and then said: "I know, you said he followed Merlin back."

Ai Luo nodded, gritted his teeth and continued walking, while saying: "I didn't tell Brad, Buffy and Coco about these things, but I always feel that he should come to our guild again. And next time, this guy will come to us.

It’s not a good thing anymore.”

Napa didn't understand what Ai Luo meant for a while: "Can you make it more clear?"

"Huh... let me tell you this."

Finally entering a slightly deeper place, Ai Luo estimated the distance, took out a piece of animal trap from the sack, found a place with lush grass to install it, then covered it with the weeds, and then took out the salt grains in his pocket

bottle, and sprinkled a little salt around the trap to ensure that slimes would not accidentally touch the trap. Soon, a trap that completely blended into the surrounding environment was completed.

After looking around to make sure that no one would be discovered due to the reflection of the sun, Airl pulled out his fang dagger, carefully made a mark on the tree trunk next to him, and then continued walking deeper.

"That guy Ji Lian was obviously forced to come to our guild. It was different from the first time. He seemed very arrogant the first time, so the first mission should really be an ordinary commission."

"But he was very nervous the second time, and according to what he said, the two city residents he entrusted with the first time were also killed by Merlin. Judging from what Merlin said before leaving at the end, it should be that Ji Lian and

There was some dispute between Merlin and William reluctantly made a very important deal with Merlin. After Merlin confirmed that gold would indeed be produced in the mine, the deal between Gilian and him was completed."

"After that, this guy followed Merlin, probably because he wanted to accept Merlin's promise."

Napa shook her ears, looked at a tree three meters away and said: "There is a slime there, it is a small one, please pay attention."

After Arrow carefully avoided it, Napa continued to ask: "So, what does this have to do with the trap we are setting here now?"

Arrow smiled, found a relatively narrow place, and installed the next animal trap again: "To be honest, I don't really believe in Merlin. Even if he is a mage, I don't really believe in what he says.

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Napa snorted: "You humans are really weird. You don't even believe the magician's promise? Are you weird or am I overthinking?"

Ai Luo didn't mind either: "Coco is also a magician. This little girl has a lot of clever ideas. Do you believe everything she says?"

Napa: "Humph. You continue."

Arrow looked around and confirmed that the Slime King's lair was undoubtedly located a little ahead, so he installed the third trap again.

"Brilliant knows too much. In fact, I think our guild knows too much. According to the information I have, the news that the abandoned mine can re-produce gold mines will not be widely spread.

Spread. Therefore, the more people know that it is a gold mine, the less likely it is that the nobles and high-ranking officials in Hanhai City can monopolize the gold mine. If everyone in the entire Blue Bay Empire knows that there is a gold mine here, then

The right to develop the gold mine will fall into the hands of the royal family. As long as our Emperor orders it to be exclusive, those nobles and affiliated clans will no longer be able to taste the sweetness of this gold mine."

The cat's ears stood up again, and the color in its eyes changed from lazy to alert: "You mean... Merlin is very likely to kill that little thief? Or maybe he will kill you?...

No, if he wanted to kill you, he could have done it before when you completed the mission."

Ai Luo put down the fourth trap and smiled bitterly: "Haha, he really wanted to do this at that time. If I hadn't reported the name of my alma mater. Well, I have to say that the name of Lao Teng Shu College is more or less the same.

It's somewhat effective. It seems that even if he does have the support of a high-ranking official behind him, it shouldn't be possible for that high-ranking official to kill the students of Lao Teng Shu Academy casually. After all, this offends a wide range of people."

Napa nodded, but after a moment's pause, it suddenly said: "Wait a minute, since you are setting up traps now, it means that you have expected that Merlin may bring people here again in the future. And that time will be

It means that this mage will directly conflict with our guild! That’s why you came here to set up a trap in advance, because this is the place where you expected the decisive battle!"

"But why would Merlin not be afraid of the name of Old Tengshu College and target us by then? Because you know that by that time, Merlin must have thoroughly checked the student list of Old Tengshu College. And you,

Ariel Garcia is not even on the academy’s graduation list!”

Ai Luo, who was about to place the fifth trap, suddenly trembled.

This sudden pause made him seem to be integrated with the entire forest at this moment, turning into an "object" that could not think, move, or react in any way.

Because of his stalemate, a slime slowly moved towards him, but Napa did not react. It just looked at the girl under its feet, wanting to know what this human wanted.

How to answer your own question.

"... Oops, did you make a mistake? Our vice president."

Just when the slime was about to touch Arrow's fingers, he quickly took out the salt shaker and sprinkled it. The slime retreated and crawled in the other direction.

"Of course my name is not on the school's graduation list. Have you forgotten? My name is Aero Garcia now, not Ariel Garcia."

After placing the fifth trap, Arrow looked for the location of the sixth trap.

But Napa would not end the question so simply: "Yes, the name Airo Garcia is a pseudonym. But if I were the mage named Merlin, even though I could not find the name Airo, I would

You can find your Ariel's name based on the surname Garcia."

"Aero and Ariel, the two names are slightly similar, and they are similar in age and belong to the same surname. If you think about it in a normal way, then Merlin should be able to think of some relationship between you and Ariel.

.Even if he doesn’t expect you to be disguised as a man, he will probably guess that you and Ariel are brother and sister, or something like that. In this case, he probably still won’t take action against the families of the students at Old Tengshu College.”

At this point, Airl was completely silent. He just carried the sack, lowered his head, found the sixth location, laid out the trap, and continued to move forward without saying a word.

"But you are still setting up a trap now, which means that based on your consideration, that Merlin's name 'Ariel Garcia' will probably not be found in the graduation handbook. In other words, you said

How much truth is there in the fact that you graduated from Lao Teng Shu College? How credible is it that you said you graduated from the Department of Economics?"

Ai Luo, who remained silent, silently placed the seventh trap.

As long as you raise your head, you can see the Slime King's lair over there through the intertwined branches and leaves of the trees.

It is broad daylight now, but even so, some small slimes can still be seen wandering around the nest, acting like guards to prevent any intruders from invading.

He thought silently, and this silence was interpreted by Napa as him looking for a reason to quibble.

But after a long time, the guild president finally exhaled and shook his head helplessly: "Sure enough, once a person tells a lie, he has to use countless lies to cover it up. But lies are just lies after all, and they will always be there.

Someone in the future will show his own weakness."

Napa didn't expect that this girl would actually admit it like that? She looked a little surprised: "You... admitted it?"

"Napa, I am not someone who wants to use the name of Lao Tengshu College to deceive me. It's not that you don't believe in my academic qualifications, but you are always doubting my origins."

"I know that you probably pay no less attention to the Mermaid Song than I do. You must have had your own reasons when you tried your best to let me establish the Adventurer's Guild. And this reason must also be very important. If it were changed

For me, if I have to believe that a person with completely unknown origins and who is full of lies can fulfill a promise that is very important to me, I will be very upset in my heart and think that this person cannot be trusted."

Napa slowly raised her upper body, her tail stood up behind her, and the fur on her entire body began to emit a faint golden light. This light made the slimes that were slowly approaching unconsciously retreat and move away from Arrow's advance.

route.

"As long as you understand, humans. In the past, when you were far from being born, I once believed in you humans. But... the results of trust were not very good. It can be said that it was precisely because of that time

My trust in you humans led me to seal myself in the basement of the bar that was about to collapse until you arrived."

"As you said when we met on the first day, trust is mutual. And trust must be exchanged for value. Ariel, what do you want me to say? The longer I meet you, the more I feel that you

The more you have certain talents, the longer I have known you, the more I feel that some parts of you are really full of ulterior secrets."

After setting up the seventh trap, Ai Luo looked around again to confirm where the last trap could be placed. After a while, she finally determined the location and walked towards the branches of a tree intertwined by two trees. At the same time, he

While taking out the last trap, he spoke out what was in his heart——

"Napa, you don't believe that I graduated from Lao Teng Shu College... I understand. Judging from your various analyzes just now, you are right and your analysis is correct. It is indeed impossible for my name to appear among the graduating students.

On the list, if I insist on lying, I can definitely say that I dropped out of school, dropped out of school, or even ran away when I was about to graduate."

Arriving under the two intertwined trees, Arobi checked the distance between the two sides, nodded, took out the last trap, and tried hard to break it open——

"But I don't want to continue lying to you. You doubt my origin, feel that I haven't told you the truth, and don't trust me very much. I understand. You want me to come up with evidence immediately to prove that I am indeed from Lao Teng.

Tree, I can’t prove it either.”

He tried hard, but the trap was still the same as before, too hard to pull open.

"Hey -! Oh... damn, I really can't break up. I'm sorry, Napa, can I trouble you again?"
To be continued...