Due to yesterday's troubles, Li Huailin was finally able to log into the game in the afternoon. He logged in at the bar in the camp, where Li Huailin logged off yesterday. As soon as he logged in, he saw Gilbert and Gurem sitting opposite each other, discussing something.
"What's wrong?" Li Huailin walked over and asked.
The two didn't react to Li Huailin's sudden appearance. Seeing Li Huailin coming over, Gurem said anxiously, "Huailin, Vanessa is missing."
"Huh?" Li Huailin was stunned. "How did she disappear?"
"She was here in the morning, and then at noon, there was supposed to be a meeting, but she didn't show up. In the end, we couldn't find her in the entire camp …" Gurem was so anxious that he stuttered.
"Let me explain." Gilbert looked a little calmer. "Anyway, when Vanessa didn't show up at the appointed time, we felt a little strange. She never forgot the time, so we looked everywhere, but we couldn't find her in the entire camp. Yesterday, I told her not to go out today. Normally, she wouldn't leave her post without permission. She must have met with an accident."
"What was the reason for the meeting in the morning?" Li Huailin asked.
"It's about the imperial army," Gilbert said. "Things are not looking good. I didn't expect that the imperial army didn't immediately carry out a clean-up operation after arriving here. Instead, they issued an offer of amnesty."
"Amnesty?" Li Huailin asked curiously.
"They said that as long as you surrender now, the empire will pardon you of your crime as a bandit," Gilbert said.
"Hmph, it's definitely a trap set by Balian," Gurem said, slamming the table.
"Yeah, it looks like a trap no matter how you look at it." Li Huailin said, "Because they know that the bandit stronghold here isn't easy to find, they want to lure the bandits out and walk into a trap. Isn't it obvious?"
"The problem is that some people believe it." Gilbert sighed. "This morning, I received news that the Girese Bandits in the south have surrendered. Although the Girese Bandits only have 30 members, they have been living here for a long time and are very familiar with this area. Although they don't know where our stronghold is, they are very familiar with the terrain. If they cooperate with the imperial army to find us, we will be in danger. That's why we need to discuss this."
"Then isn't the situation very bad? Is the boss of the Gireth Bandits retarded? "Li Huailin was speechless.
"That's right. I don't understand why he would believe what the Empire said. We wanted to have a meeting to discuss what to do, but we couldn't find Vanessa," Gilbert said.
"If there's no one in the camp, they must have gone outside. Could it be that Balian's army found them and captured them?" Li Huailin said.
"That's what we guessed too, but it doesn't seem like it. Our scouts have been patrolling the south, but they didn't find anything," Gurem said.
"Boss, boss, there's news." Just as they were talking, a bandit underling suddenly ran in and shouted at Gilbert.
"There's news? Quick, tell me, "Gilbert said anxiously.
"Come …" The bandit immediately dragged in an uncle in his fifties and said, "What did you see? Tell the boss quickly."
Gilbert and the others immediately looked at the uncle, making him a little nervous.
"I … I saw Vanessa meeting with an elf in the small house in the northwest of the camp this morning. I haven't seen that elf before, so he shouldn't be from our camp. I didn't pay attention at the time, but now they say that Vanessa can't be found. I think it might have something to do with that elf," the uncle said slowly.
"Elf?" Gilbert was a little stunned. "That's strange. Other than our bandit group, I've never heard of any other bandit group having elves."
"Then it must be from the elven kingdom," Gurem said.
"How did the elves get involved, and at such a critical time," Gilbert said. "Not good, I have a bad feeling …"
"What's wrong?" Gurem asked.
"The elves and humans are allies. I think the elves' actions this time might have something to do with Balian's operation," Gilbert said.
"Huh?" Gurem thought for a moment. "It can't be. Although the elves are allies with humans, they don't think highly of humans. Don't they always look down on humans?"
"But the elves hate us bandits even more," Gilbert said.
"Hmm …" Gurem thought for a moment. "That makes sense."
"We're already so busy, yet something like this happened," Gilbert said. "Who has the manpower to take care of the elves now?"
"If Vanessa was really captured by the elves, how come there's no movement at all?" Li Huailin suddenly asked. "That's strange. The camp is full of our own people. Even if she was captured, she should be able to put up a little resistance. She just needs to attract the attention of one person. And didn't she tell you about her meeting with the elves? "
"Huh? That's a little strange, "Gurem said. "Although Vanessa isn't strong, she should be able to make some noise. Besides, we were in the camp this morning, but she didn't tell us that she was going to meet the elves. That's a bit strange." "That's right," Gareth said. "That's right.
"Huailin," Gilbert suddenly said. "We still have to take care of Balian, so we really can't spare any time. About Vanessa, can you go and find out what's going on?"
System Notification: Gilbert has issued a B-rank quest, Search for Comrades. Accept?
"Hmm?" Li Huailin was slightly taken aback. This was Gilbert's first quest. The quest's rank was B, so it shouldn't be too difficult. However, there was a problem. His level was ridiculously low compared to this map. He couldn't even see the Attributes of the Common monsters. How was he supposed to complete this quest?
"Leader, it's not that I don't want to go, but I'm afraid I won't be able to do it well," Li Huailin said.
"It's fine. You just need to find out what's going on. If there's any danger, don't fight it. Just come back and report the situation," Gilbert said.
"Oh, find out what's going on. Alright." Li Huailin thought about it. Since he was just going to investigate the situation, there was no problem. Even if he died, it wouldn't matter. Rebirth would give him 10% experience. In theory, he should be able to complete the quest.
"Okay, Huailin. I'll leave this to you," Gilbert said.
System Notification: Accepted B-rank Quest, Search for Comrades.
Search for Comrades: Vanessa has disappeared from the camp. Someone saw her talking to an elf. You might be able to find something in the Elven Kingdom in the west. Quest Reward: 10000 experience, 1 gold coin.
"Alright, the west? Let's go take a look first," Li Huailin nodded.
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