If either Raine or Elise were present, they would immediately recognize that familiar tone as the long-absent voice of Chris.
Beside Chris, Fabian spun the dagger in his hand, glancing at the surrounding warning traps as he spoke without turning his head:
"Two reasons."
"One is because the rewards for killing Wild Boar People by the Bornberry Adventurer Association have been significantly increased recently."
"The second reason I heard is that the Governor of Bornberry, Marquis Gareth, dispatched elite city guards to sweep the outskirts of the Valley of Dead Water."
"So now, we're unlikely to encounter any Wild Boar People on the perimeter."
Hearing Fabian's explanation, Chris frowned and said, "This is troublesome."
Their promotion mission was neither too difficult nor too easy.
It was simple, because in the past, a promotion mission requiring the retrieval of a weapon from an adult Wild Boar Person was considered not particularly challenging.
