"But when I wanted to go back and check on them recently, I found that they were all gone!" Benna's eyes darted between Adrian and Stelle, hinting at something.
"Sigh! If only two experts who are good at investigating the truth could suddenly appear at this time... Experts who also happen to be broad-minded and even willing to help us good people who do good deeds for free..."
Stelle answered a step ahead: "It's simple, pay us and we'll help you."
"Talking about money right off the bat? Isn't that too utilitarian? I didn't think about charging them when I spent a fortune to release those little sheep."
Benna didn't expect Stelle to be so direct. She didn't look like someone obsessed with money...
"Cough cough! You should know, helping me means helping those missing little sheep."
"In this way, you will accumulate merit and blessings with the Lord of Abundance... Your future life will be healthy and full of good luck!"
Hearing this, a short snort escaped Stelle's nose, and the corner of her mouth hung with undisguised disdain.
"Merit? Can I eat it? The blessing I want is money."
"Then... what about this one?" Benna looked at Adrian. She couldn't be paying double, right?
"Ms. Benna might have misunderstood something. We never ask for rewards for our deeds. This time, because your dispute with that shop owner affected the quality of life of the surrounding people..."
Benna interrupted Adrian in time. "Okay, okay, okay. I get it. Sheep need to eat grass, people need to eat well... Since someone is willing to give up merit and exchange it for more direct, colder credit points, then I'll satisfy them."
"Let's exchange contact information. I have other business to attend to... The matter of the Faunus Red-Haired Sheep is left to you two."
"If there's any progress in the investigation, let's meet at the Alchemy Commission."
Stelle, as the representative, exchanged contact information with Benna, and the other party left in a hurry.
"Next... target, Scalegorge Waterscape! Teacher Adrian, quickly use that move!"
"Call its name loudly." Adrian cooperated with Stelle to perform a mysterious and great ritual.
"Come forth! Gate of Many Paths!"
...
Meanwhile, at Exalting Sanctum Plaza.
March 7th found Qingque, who was slacking off playing tiles.
"Yo, you're here. Are you free recently, having time to wander around the Xianzhou?"
Xianzhou Luofu... March 7th didn't know many people in the Exalting Sanctum area. Except for the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, it was more Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. Looking at it this way, Qingque was a clear stream in the turbid sewage.
Intuition told her that Qingque definitely knew many delicious restaurants. With over a billion credits left in her phone, March 7th planned to have some good meals on the Luofu before the next trip.
"Hehe~" She rubbed her hands and leaned in front of Qingque. "Recommend a restaurant with rave reviews for me?"
"[Sleepless Earl]? No, wait... [Aurum Alley Delicacies], a restaurant where the gourmets of Exalting Sanctum's Aurum Alley gather. Planning to treat me to a big meal?"
Qingque imitated March 7th's movements properly, but saw her looking confused. "Aurum Alley?"
"It's the commercial street of Exalting Sanctum~ Although the flow of people has thinned a lot recently due to the Stellaron disaster."
"Outworlders usually visit the Starskiff Haven's Starwatcher Avenue when they first arrive. That place is famous and lively, but if you want to find where there are many delicious and fun places, you have to go to Aurum Alley."
"Here, I marked it on the map for you." Qingque took out a map she carried with her and handed it to March 7th.
"When I get tired of slacking off and playing tiles, I go to the snack shops over there for a bowl of Grandma Chen's Tofu... Oh no, now that you mention it, I don't want to work anymore. Blame you."
"Ah... then let's go there for a meal."
"Agreed!"
...
Scalegorge Waterscape, together with Adrian, Stelle embarked on her own sheep-finding adventure.
"Benna said the released sheep went missing here... Teacher Adrian, do you have any clues?"
"No." Adrian was bored enough to drink milk tea. HE just wanted to join the fun, how did HE end up helping others with tasks by mistake?
Understood, this is the virtue of [Trailblaze]!
"Sigh~ March should have come at this time. Detective March 7th is not here, so the Galactic Baseballer has to go into battle personally!" Stelle put on a monocle and began searching for traces of the Faunus Red-Haired Sheep in the sandy sea.
"Handfuls of red fur... with bloodstains on them... It seems those little sheep unsurprisingly met with an accident. Oh~ What a pity."
Stelle bent down to collect the relics of the victim sheep, but accidentally saw the footprints of a wolf-like creature.
"Mmh..."
Stelle raised her head. Several Abundance Spirit Beasts - Wooden Lupus and Golden Lupus had surrounded her. Not only were they staring at her covetously, but they also regarded her as a quietly sneaking lunch.
After thinking twice, the heroic and fearless Galactic Baseballer first took out her weapon for self-defense, and for safety's sake, brought in reinforcement Adrian.
"Isn't this thing an [Abundance] Abomination? Where is it related to a wolf?"
Adrian naturally recognized this creature: a running wolf draped in smoke, with erratic movements.
When the "Ambrosial Arbor" stood tall last time, the Xianzhou people used miraculous arts to breed many strange beasts and rare birds. Wooden Lupus was one of the war beasts accompanying the army formation.
"The world is full of wonders; it doesn't matter if you see this strange beast as a hound."
While talking, Stelle killed a few hungry wolves with three punches and two kicks. Just as she was about to check their corpses, she heard an elegant but eccentrically toned male voice from behind.
"Oh my, you beat them to death... what to do now?"
Looking at the face in front of her, a trace of blankness and confusion flashed across Stelle's eyes. Who is this guy?
"Cruelly killing Abundance Spirit Beasts, pay the fine."
Stelle was confused by Adrian's words, but the glasses-wearing woman in front of her was amused.
"No, no, I am not the releaser myself, nor do I represent the Luofu officialdom. I don't have that power."
"Let me introduce myself. Friends on the Luofu call me [Todd], and close ones also call me [Toddy]. And you are?"
"Hello, I am the Galactic Baseballer, and this is the Galactic Milk Tea-er."
"Pffthahaha... what interesting names. Hmm?"
When Todd's gaze swept over Adrian, the expression on her face froze instantly.
Intelligence error. Didn't that brat Sampo say there were only five people on the Astral Express? Why is there an extra one she doesn't know?
Todd didn't forget the business, pretending to have a tone of [Something bad happened]: "Two friends, you may not be clear. What you killed just now were small animals released by members of the [Release Guild]."
"They take pleasure in liberating lives from dangerous situations and letting them live freely. However, your actions just now... not only ruined the merit but also nullified the good deed of a certain releaser..."
"At this stage, you may not understand the proposition of the [Release Guild]. Just understand that [These wolves have owners]."
"See, killed someone else's pets... In the end, you still have to pay the fine."