When Dan Feng and the others finally emerged from the labyrinth, they were surprised to find that other adventurers were already resting here.
"This group arrived so quickly?" Roxy couldn't help but murmur in astonishment. She had originally thought that only a few hours had passed since they posted the request, so there shouldn't have been other adventurers arriving here this fast.
Yet when she looked around again, she realized that at least four or more adventurer parties had already gathered here—and all the demon wood in the vicinity had been completely chopped down.
"What? Someone actually went in already?" An adventurer with earthy-yellow hair stared in shock at the four people walking out and exclaimed in disbelief.
"Olka, don't make such a fuss. It's not that strange for someone to enter the labyrinth ahead of time." Aris, the golden-haired captain standing beside him, said calmly to Olka.
At that moment, Mita suddenly pointed at Dan Feng, who was walking at the front of the four, and shouted excitedly, "Eh? Aris, look quick—that's Dan Feng!"
Aris also looked in the direction Mita was pointing and spotted Dan Feng among the crowd, who was about the same height as Galdaruf.
Dan Feng was around 178 cm, while Galdaruf was probably about 180 cm, but with the woman next to him for comparison, he stood out much more prominently.
Dan Feng also noticed Aris and the others. He gave only a slight nod before continuing to walk outside.
Along the way, some people asked about the situation inside. Galdaruf answered that it would take some time before another conquest attempt should be made and that he would hand over the details to the Adventurers' Guild.
This statement instantly caused an uproar among the adventurers present. These four people had truly acted as the suicide squad—entering an unknown labyrinth for the first time without suffering any losses.
Word spread quickly, and many adventurers heard about this feat.
They all held great admiration for these four. After all, the group couldn't even form a complete party of four, yet they had conquered a labyrinth with no prior intelligence.
On the way back to Millishion, many adventurers were also heading toward the new labyrinth.
Upon returning to Millishion, the four went straight to the Adventurers' Guild and sold all the intelligence they had gathered to the guild.
"The intelligence is like this: the labyrinth only has three floors." Galdaruf explained everything in one breath to the guild staff member, who diligently took notes without missing a single detail.
Some time passed as the staff member busily recorded the information Galdaruf provided, fully focused and not daring to slack off in the slightest.
Finally, after a long recording process, all the intelligence was accurately documented.
The staff member let out a sigh of relief, a grateful smile appearing on their face as they said to Galdaruf, "Thank you very much for providing this labyrinth intelligence. It is extremely valuable to us. This is the reward from the Adventurers' Guild, and we've also reimbursed the request fee you posted." With that, the staff member bowed deeply to Galdaruf, then pushed out a large bag from the side. It was filled to the brim with Millis gold coins, clinking crisply against one another.
Galdaruf looked at the bag of Millis gold coins in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.
But then he suddenly remembered something and asked, "I also have materials from the strongest monster in that labyrinth. Do you need them here?"
The staff member's eyes lit up immediately. "Of course we do! Please let us take a look at those materials."
Galdaruf smiled and gestured for Mayibeia, who was standing nearby, to open her backpack.
Mayibeia understood at once. She quickly opened the bag and displayed the contents one by one.
Inside lay spider legs that had been sliced into several sections by Cloud-Piercer, along with that exceptionally tough silk.
The staff member carefully inspected the hardness of the legs and the quality of the silk, unable to hold back an exclamation: "These materials are truly outstanding! The steel-hard spider legs can be forged together with tough ores to create extremely powerful weapons, and this silk is exceptionally rare. It can be used to make durable clothing that won't tear easily, as well as for other applications that require adhesiveness."
The staff member accepted the materials without hesitation and expressed their gratitude to Galdaruf.
They then pushed out another bag of Millis gold coins and handed it to Galdaruf.
At that moment, Dan Feng and Roxy were standing by the request board, looking to see if there were any suitable requests they could take.
Roxy had gone through almost all the lower sections and really hadn't seen any requests that demon race were allowed to accept.
She pursed her lips, inwardly regretting that she hadn't earned more money back in Zant Port. If she had, she wouldn't be broke now.
"Hey, Dan Feng, Roxy—we can go now." Mayibeia called out to the two who were searching for requests.
Having found no suitable requests, the two followed the others back to the tavern.
Since most adventurers had gone to the labyrinth, the tavern was unusually quiet and empty.
Dan Feng, Roxy, Galdaruf, and Mayibeia sat facing each other and began dividing the money.
In the end, they settled on Dan Feng getting four shares and the others two each, since the majority of the effort had come from Dan Feng.
"There's actually this many gold coins?" Dan Feng stared in astonishment at the bag that had landed in his hands. The sound of the coins clinking against each other inside was especially pleasant.
"Of course. A single labyrinth can bring unimaginable profits to the Adventurers' Guild. The items inside, influenced by the labyrinth's mana, turn into magic tools. Just that fact alone attracts a huge number of adventurers to buy intelligence from the guild." Galdaruf explained the situation to Dan Feng.
Meanwhile, Roxy stared dumbfounded at the money bag in her hands.
She slowly opened it, and a dazzling golden light immediately burst forth, leaving her speechless.
"So many gold coins!" Roxy murmured to herself, her voice filled with incredulous amazement. "I've never owned this many gold coins before!"
Her fingers gently touched the shining coins, feeling their weight and texture.
Then Roxy began counting the gold coins one by one.
Just then, the landlady came over carrying two plates. On them was fragrant rice.
The rice had a golden hue, with every grain plump and clearly prepared with great care.
"You must be hungry. Eat up." The landlady said warmly.
Only then did Roxy snap back to reality. She quickly put away her money bag and accepted the plate from the landlady.
When she saw the plate of egg fried rice, her eyes lit up instantly.
"What is this? It smells so good!" Roxy exclaimed in admiration.
The landlady smiled and nodded. "Yes, this is something Dan Feng taught me how to make. Ever since I learned this dish, business at my tavern has been getting better and better."
This egg fried rice couldn't originally be made properly, but later a type of alcohol flowed into the market from Oni Island, allowing egg fried rice to be perfectly recreated.
Although that alcohol was called "wine" on Oni Island, Dan Feng recognized with one sniff that it was actually soy sauce—a seasoning.
He bought some to use for cooking and even taught the landlady how to make it, which was why the tavern's business was especially good now.