Finally, with Eina's help, the Magic Stones collected after the annihilation of the monster horde by Hayasaka Ai's group were quickly exchanged for Valis.
They used the back door.
Normally, they would have to go to the counter, but when the quantity was huge, they would be taken to the first-floor reception room to conduct the Valis and Magic Stone exchange operation.
It was like the difference between ordinary bank customers and VIP clients, except their quantity was simply too much.
Ais, who had set out with the rescue team, saw Hayasaka Ai's group return safely halfway through her journey.
"It's... it's Kanawo and the others..."
Ais looked at them blankly, but internally, she felt a slight self-reproach for missing an opportunity.
Since there were adventurers heading down to investigate the details, Ais gave up on her intention to go further and returned directly to her Familia headquarters.
"Ais? You're back so quickly?"
Tiona, who was in the yard, immediately spotted Ais returning from outside. However, she looked a little disappointed... Could it be...
Tiona was clearly overthinking things, but to an outsider, Ais's demeanor was indeed misleading.
That disappointed look was not feigned; it was genuinely born from missing something or someone.
Logically... Ais wouldn't be like this for long, would she?
"Mhm, the adventurers who were surrounded have already killed all the monsters and emerged."
Seeing Tiona, a fellow Familia member, run over and look at her with concern, Ais immediately shared what she knew.
"It's good they were saved... Wait? The surrounded adventurers counter-attacked and killed the monster stampede?"
Tiona initially spoke without thinking, following her own assumptions, but after speaking, she re-processed Ais's words: counter-attacked? And killed all of them?
This suggested something significant was going on. Low-level adventurers shouldn't be able to perfectly annihilate hundreds of monsters completely unharmed; there must have been high-level adventurers assisting them.
Tiona's thoughts were not wrong; conventionally, this should be the case.
"...They solved it themselves."
Ais said something shocking with a poker face.
"What?!"
This time, not only Tiona gasped, but Riveria, Lefiya, and others who had walked out of the room were all stunned by Ais's statement.
"A low-level adventurer team actually... solved a monster stampede?"
Finn, the Captain of the Loki Familia, was also slightly incredulous. A four-person team, all LV1 newbies who had only joined their Familia a few days ago, had managed to perfectly resolve a problem that dozens of veteran LV1 adventurers would find headachesome. This was truly intriguing.
"Ais, do you know this adventurer team that eliminated the monster stampede?" Finn walked toward Ais and asked.
"Mhm... I do..."
Tiona, standing nearby, immediately focused her attention on Ais upon hearing her answer.
The only low-level adventurers Ais knew outside of their own Familia... seemed to be those few newcomers from two days ago.
"Which Familia are they from? Who is the strongest member of that Familia?"
Finn had a specific plan for himself. His goal was to revitalize the Pallum race, and to achieve this, he had to maximize his strength and reputation!
As for strength... he had been stuck at a bottleneck for some time, so he could only focus on cultivating talent and building reputation.
His ideal target for potential recruits was naturally an adventurer of the Pallum race, but he hadn't found one. As for Tione, who was constantly chasing him, he consistently ignored her (A scoundrel!).
"They are the adventurers of the Lin Feng Familia."
"Lin Feng Familia..."
"Captain, the Lin Feng Familia only arrived in Orario a few days ago, and their members are all newcomers, all at LV1."
Hearing Ais's answer, Finn supported his chin with his small hand, deep in thought. Meanwhile, Tione, acting as if she were presenting a treasure, immediately reported all the information she knew to her Captain.
"Thank you, Tione!"
Hearing the useful information, Finn nodded and thanked Tione.
Upon receiving the Captain's thanks, Tione clasped her hands together, her face radiating a joyful smile, as if she had truly received some special reward.
Yet, it was only a simple thank you and an unreturned affection.
Tiona, seeing this scene, couldn't bear to watch. She had mentioned this situation several times when they slept together at night, but her sister still wouldn't reflect; she was truly a headache.
"Gather more information about this Familia and its members. I need to know everything!"
Finn quickly issued the command, frowning as he looked toward the Dungeon entrance.