Learn one small skill every day

The girl who entered the room had her face painted with oil paint and wore animal skin clothing. Her dark skin seemed to contain boundless power.

"How is it? Have you received any reply from them?"

"The official team from Chuancheng wants us to back down and give up the reward for this mission, because there are three of us and five of them, so they would suffer a greater loss."

“3+5…that’s 12 people left. The remaining three teams, is it a 4-4-4 or 5-4-3 configuration? If it’s 5-4-3, we probably need to be especially wary of that 4-person team.” The man standing by the window started doing calculations, then frowned: “How many people are in Bai Miao’s team?”

The girl at the door answered, "Three people. The other two are Zhao Wanyang and Wang Xiang."

"That basically confirms that Bai Miao and his team participated in this dungeon... This is a big problem."

Zhuo Xinzhi clicked his tongue twice: "This time, the dungeon has brought in so many teams, including our own people. It's obvious they want us to kill each other. No matter what we do, we'll lose out."

"Then...then should we give up?"

"No, Mu Yao, your stamina points are almost over 100. If we deduct the maximum, you'll be at a huge loss."

Hu Muyao hesitated for a moment: "Then Bai Miao's mental strength should already be over 100, right..."

"He's not entirely one of us... Rather, you should be prepared to fight him in this dungeon."

"I can't beat him..."

"Although it sounds shameless, Bai Miao won't use that mental skill on you. If Zhuo Xinzhi uses magic to create an opportunity for you to get close, you will have a chance to subdue Bai Miao."

Upon hearing that there was a chance to defeat Bai Miao, Zhuo Xinzhi said with great interest, "There is only one possibility to get close to Bai Miao, and that is that I learn the perfect invisibility technique, or forcibly control his actions by stopping time. How are the other two's combat strength?"

Hu Muyao thought for a while and said, "It doesn't feel... impressive."

“Then there’s something to look forward to. We don’t know anything about the musician’s group yet, since we’ve only discovered her presence. Of course, there’s also an extremely powerful necromancer. The two of them shouldn’t be working together. Let’s put that necromancer into the remaining group of four for now.”

Zhuo Xinzhi then asked, "So why were we supposed to be a five-person team, but only three of us actually entered the dungeon?"

"This instance is consciously trying to maintain balance. Although I personally feel that Bai Miao should be placed in solo instances. He's just stirring things up when he comes into these team-based instances. Of course, this doesn't mean that you, Mu Yao, are worse than Bai Miao. If you had become a knocker earlier than him, you would definitely be better than him now."

Hu Muyao did not respond; she knew in her heart that Bai Miao's strength lay not in this.

Even without that Aleph-level item that increases mental power, Bai Miao must still have other unexpected trump cards.

Hu Muyao's intuition told her that she should not easily approach within ten meters of Bai Miao.

Hu Muyao himself didn't know where this precise data came from.

It's as if it's an instinct etched into the body.

"Alright, Mu Yao, thank you for your hard work collecting scrolls for Xin Zhi tomorrow. I'll go negotiate with the official knockers team in Chuan City. We won't give up on this dungeon no matter what."

"Will there be any danger?"

"It's hard to say. In the early stages of development, those bastards in Chuancheng recruited a lot of unemployed people without even conducting any assessments. In short, I won't show myself; I'll just project my image to reject them."

"It's alright. Once I learn forbidden magic, I'll take you flying."

Zhuo Xinzhi was quite confident in his speed and comprehension in learning magic.

He never imagined that his actions of drastically increasing his intelligence would play such a significant role in this dungeon.

……

"vomit!!"

In the room, Wang Xiang looked at Zhao Wanyang, who was vomiting incessantly, and then glanced at Bai Miao, a big question mark forming in his mind.

"Wha...what's going on?"

"The side effects of necromancy... I can't take it anymore! Why is Bai Miao able to stand here so calmly, completely unaffected... Ugh!!"

"Does necromancy have side effects?"

Wang Xiang was also somewhat puzzled, as this was indeed due to a lack of information on his part.

"It's nothing. I checked her over, and she felt nauseous, but it didn't have a big impact on her health. However, I don't think she'll be learning necromancy in the future."

Bai Miao shrugged helplessly.

Drawing skills from someone else is even more brutal than feeding them directly; it's like directly gaining weight. Zhao Wanyang is like someone who was fed by someone else and then got food poisoning.

"I'm definitely not going to learn it. No wonder the necromancers described in the book are all psychopaths. I'm already having such a hard time learning even the basic manipulation of corpses. Wouldn't it be even more disgusting to learn other curse magic? I'd definitely go crazy after I finished learning it."

"This necromancer really does have a bad reputation..."

"Drink some water first."

Wang Xiang went downstairs and got a few glasses of clean water. Then he sat on the ground and said, "I found out about another team's movements for tonight's performance. There are probably five people in total. They seem to be temporary workers in the security team. The security team has recently been welcoming these adventurers to manage themselves."

"If adventurers cause trouble, the security team will immediately send out these temporary teams of adventurers to fight it off themselves."

It's clear that everyone here is quite capable.

Bai Miao suddenly felt that his way of making money was very unskilled.

Just grab it directly; there are no other fancy tricks or anything like that.

If you're short of money, just go to the Adventurers' Guild and plunder some unlucky guys.

However, Bai Miao felt that he would not be short of money after completing the quest to find the attribute fruit.

I accepted two commissions under two different names.

If you can find more than six attribute fruits at once, then it's roughly equivalent to completing two commissions.

"Judging from the behavior of this team, I think there is a very high possibility that they are organized."

Bai Miao sat up: "You mean... the official team?"

"Yes, with official teams involved, we'll probably have to play it safe."

Bai Miao was thinking about whether Hu Muyao was in the group, and whether he could find a way to get her to cooperate in summoning the Void.

Bai Miao was really eager to see who was stronger, the ethereal one or the war general.

"Bai Miao... tone it down, understand?"

Wang Xiang added a reminder: "I admit that sometimes it's easy to just rush in, but how to maintain your image in the eyes of others is something you need to consider now. Outcome justice and procedural justice are two different things."

"It's alright, I have the ability to modify masks."

"If Hu Muyao were here, your change in perception wouldn't have much effect on her, as she knows you very well. In a place where necromancers are so disliked, it's best to avoid using necromancy if possible. High-level necromancy can easily give others the wrong impression."

Bai Miao thought to himself, "So everyone thinks they're a high-level necromancer."

"Okay, I don't need it."

His actual necromancy skills were indeed not that great; this stuff was just for show. If those paladins actually saw it, they wouldn't be afraid of his undead army, and if they actually attacked, he would be exposed.

The paladins in the city are probably searching for him all over the place now that they've heard a high-ranking necromancer has appeared.

[Holy Weapon LV1]

Just after midnight, Bai Miao drew a new skill.

This skill is an enchantment, which will likely imbue the weapon with a layer of divine power, making it particularly effective against undead creatures.

One of the essential skills for a Paladin.

The Paladin class is incredibly useful in negotiations.

In stark contrast to necromancers, paladins are seen as exemplary role models by everyone, exuding a sense of security upon their appearance. Even strangers feel a sense of goodwill upon seeing a paladin.

They will not bully the weak; they will only uphold their oath and safeguard justice.

Of course, paladins who have broken their oaths are not included in this category.

"Great paladin, you are the most mighty paladin I have ever seen. I imagine that even the evil necromancer who plagues the city would be no match for you!!"

In the morning, after Bai Miao single-handedly overturned a group of adventurers while wielding the Moon Sword and driving a sacred weapon, the leader of the Adventurers' Guild once again invited Bai Miao for a private meeting and issued him a private commission.

"If I encounter more attribute fruits than the required number specified in this request, should I leave the fruits where they are?"

Bai Miao wondered if he could get nine fruits after already having three commissions.

If there are already 9 fruits, why would you need 3 commissions? Why not just keep them all for yourself?

“Kind Paladin, I have posted this request more than a dozen times, and you are the only one who asked me this question. My answer is that you can only take three. Anyone who takes more fruit than the requested amount due to greed will be attacked and punished by the Forest of Isa!”

The weapon in Bai Miao's hand, imbued with holy power, left the guild leader with no doubt that he was a paladin with his own lofty beliefs, and he also expressed his approval of the paladin profession.

Of course, an even more important aspect is that almost all the paladins in the empire are followers of the Warlord.

Their loyalty to the War Master needs no test; the sacred weapons in their hands are the best proof.

The stronger one's faith, the more sacred one's weapons.

"Oh...does that mean I can collect as many fruits as I have for each commission?"

The president didn't think much of it: "That's natural, but I'll only post one for each person."

"Okay, I understand. Aren't you worried that the client will keep all the attribute fruits for themselves?"

Taking advantage of his status as a paladin, Bai Miao asked a few more questions.

Only under this role would the chairman be willing to reveal everything.

"Our commission comes with a contractual obligation. If you fail to deliver the attribute fruit after receiving it, a curse will befall you. I know you, a paladin, would never do such a thing. You're asking this to warn other adventurers who have received the commission, right?"

"You're right."

The president revealed an expression that said, "I knew it."

Bai Miao never expected that such a small commission would contain such a hidden secret.

Perhaps these lucrative commissions all have this mechanism in place to prevent adventurers from running away with the items requested in the commission.

After all, it's never as profitable to work for someone else as to take everything for yourself.

"Here, each of us can have one. Take them all."

Bai Miao handed the commission to Wang Xiang and Zhao Wanyang.

In this way, once the commission is completed, all three of them will have an attribute fruit.

Plus 150 gold coins.

At first glance, Bai Miao would have thought this money was a huge sum, but the knowledge Zhao Wanyang brought out from the library dealt Bai Miao a heavy blow.

Some sorcerers need materials costing thousands to perform rituals.

Perhaps that attribute fruit is just a small material used in some mage's ritual.