After thinking for a moment, Montoya continued to offer more to Loren.
"Mr. Loren, you’re a Mage, and you expend quite a bit of energy in battles, so when the task is over, I’ll apply for additional assistance from the intelligence department, like a bottle of Spiritual Recovery Potion."
Upon hearing about the Spiritual Recovery Potion, Loren’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help but nod.
This potion is worth ten gold.
Adding that to the previous ten gold, it’s a total gain of twenty gold.
"Alright, Mr. Montoya, I’ll join."
At that moment, temporary team leader Royce suddenly remembered something and said:
"Um... Mr. Rein, we’ve pretty much completed this promotion task now."
"If you decide to go back, we certainly won’t oppose it. However, if we continue to explore, the subsequent gains..."
Royce was still apprehensive about Rein’s strength.
In his view, even if there are Gray Dwarves below, their numbers are limited, and with the leader already killed, they can manage even without Rein.
On the contrary, if Rein goes with them, Royce would be more troubled.
After all, loot distribution is based on contribution, and naturally, Rein would take the lion’s share.
His words were essentially to block Rein from returning for the enormous gains they might achieve in their subsequent mine exploration.
"Rest assured, everyone, I’ve been quite satisfied with these accomplishments." Rein indicated the loot seized from the Gray Dwarf Commander and said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Montoya also sensed something was amiss.
After all, the loot mostly belonged to this guy named Rein, the ’Warrior’ from the Classes, which didn’t make sense!
Even if he was the team leader.
Even if he was with the Priest.
This contradicted his earlier judgment—’Mage Loren is the main combat force.’
"Wait, could it be that all these Gray Dwarves were... Mr. Rein’s doing?" Montoya’s eyes widened in surprise as he turned to look at Rein.
"It’s all thanks to the team’s collaboration, if it weren’t for the three of you holding off the Lightning Chain..."
Rein waved his hand and pointed at the Half-Orc Karg, Dwarf Bruno, and Wanderer Royce, while speaking with a smile.
And Karg and Bruno also stood tall and proud as if they had indeed made substantial contributions.
Despite team collaboration, this still made Montoya look at Rein in a new light.
However, Montoya’s mind conjured up another question: how did this ’Warrior’ manage to kill the Gray Dwarves?
Was it through his own strength?
Or through precious Magic Scrolls?
He personally leaned towards the latter.
Just when he wanted to continue asking, he suddenly noticed the young man in the Horned Helmet turning abruptly to look behind.
Hmm?
Following his gaze, a tall, bow-wielding woman with a pretty smile and long legs walked out of the tunnel into the underground hall.
’Another member of the Classes? A Ranger, perhaps?’
And the others quickly became alert.
"Ah! Reya! How did you come here? How did you know we were here?"
Seeing her friend’s sudden appearance, Elise was overjoyed and ran over quickly.
"Elise, it’s great, I’ve finally found you all."
Reya was also relieved and immediately embraced Elise.
The collision of firm and soft surfaces gave the males present a feast for the eyes.
"Reya, you..." Just as Elise was about to ask how Reya found them.
Suddenly, Reya gestured, signaling her friend to wait.
"Let’s talk about this later; I need to tell you something very important first."
"Hmm?" Elise blinked her big eyes, not understanding what Reya meant.
Seeing Reya’s arrival, Rein also walked over with a smile.
"Captain Reya, long time no see."
He was quite surprised to encounter Reya here.
"Rein, Elise, do you happen to know a female Wanderer named Laisa?" Reya asked with some urgency.
"Hmm?"
Rein and Elise exchanged a glance, wondering how Reya knew.
"Huh? Reya, how did you know?"
Elise asked curiously, having not mentioned Laisa’s name in her letter.
"Is she a friend?"
"Yes." Rein nodded.
"Indeed, she’s great at grilling meat." Elise nodded emphatically in response. "What’s up?"
At Elise’s question, Reya hesitated and glanced at the unfamiliar faces around her, then whispered: "I need your help."
"Though it’s not convenient to talk here."
"All right, no problem, we were just about to return; we’ve completed the promotion task."
"Is that so? Great!" Reya was overjoyed immediately.
Witnessing this, both Montoya from the Kingdom Intelligence Department and Mage Loren knew that Rein and Elise were unlikely to continue the exploration with them.
"Everyone, we have something to take care of, so we’ll be on our way."
"Good luck to all of you."
"Mr. Rein, keep in touch then." Mage Loren said with some regret.
"Wait, Mr. Rein, these are the clan badges from the Gray Dwarves, which can serve as proof of kills at the guild."
At this moment, Dwarf Warrior Bruno handed a bunch of still cold square objects to Rein.
These are clan badges about a quarter the size of a palm, made entirely of some kind of metal, in bright black, with a burning furnace pattern on the surface.
"These are the marks of the Dark Furnace Clan." Bruno added.
Dwarves worship the strong, and Bruno also wanted to forge a good relationship with Rein.