As it turned out, Lolo's worries were not unfounded. When they gathered at the entrance of the Mercenary Guild the next afternoon, Rob was dumbfounded when he saw the duffel bag that was half a person's height beside the girl's feet.
According to a certain someone's preliminary estimation, the bag weighed at least 50 to 60 kilograms.
The future Supreme Magus Your Honor's face turned green. It would be a miracle if he could walk with this thing on his back. Would he have to crawl all the way to the underground city?
"Uh … I want to confirm one last time. Is it really necessary for us to bring so many things?" Rob questioned the girl's previous preparations. She was already regretting her decision even before they set off. If he knew this was going to happen, he might as well go solo. At most, he could return her more money.
"Cut the crap. Put these on." Luo Luo tossed over a dirty chain armor, a retro helmet that looked like it had been around for ages, two leg guards made of some unknown material, and a rusty scythe.
"What are these messy things?" Luo Bu had no intention of reaching out to catch them. He turned his body sideways and allowed the junk to fall to the ground. The future Supreme Magus felt that he was too smart. These suspicious objects had obviously changed owners many times. There were also many unhygienic fellows among them. The mixed smell was truly wonderful. He could smell it from afar. The young man did not want to touch even a finger of it.
Lolo blushed. This was the equipment she had just bought in the morning. Due to the limited funds, the girl did not have much choice. She could only try her best to pick the cheapest ones. They were all second-hand equipment of low quality. As for weapons, she could only give someone a farming tool.
"I know these things are broken, but you must have equipment to enter the underground city." The girl tried her best to explain. "Although you don't need to fight, danger often happens suddenly. The others may not be able to react in time. Even the worst equipment can significantly increase your survival rate in the underground city."
Rob scoffed at this. Mages had Magic Shield, and high-level mages had Elemental Armor and Absolute Domain, two defensive spells. Not to mention Instant Teleportation, the signature escape skill of a level nine super mage. None of them were more useful than this pile of garbage.
The young man shrugged. "I appreciate your kindness, but I really don't need these things."
"You seem to have misunderstood me." Rob was shocked. This was the first time he had seen Lolo so angry. The girl said word by word, "I'm not discussing this with you."
"I won't wear it even if you beat me to death," the future Supreme Magister said shamelessly, as if a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.
However, Rob didn't expect that he would really get hit after he said that.
Lolo did a dashing knee attack, and in the next moment, a certain someone fell to the ground with a pained expression while clutching his stomach. His eyes were filled with disbelief.
The girl clapped her hands, looking refreshed. "Oh, I've wanted to do this for a long time. Do you really think I don't remember you smashing my head with a little stool?" The huge bump on Lolo's forehead had yet to disappear. Every time she accidentally touched it, she would grimace in pain. The poor girl had barely survived the attack from the door, but before she could fully open her eyes, she was smashed in the face by a certain someone for no reason.
The young man obviously didn't expect that Lolo would be able to recognize him from the blurry figure she saw before she fainted for the second time.
"You're taking revenge on me?" Rob was in so much pain that he broke out in cold sweat. He lay on the ground, completely incapacitated.
"Whatever you think." Lolo bent down to pick up the equipment scattered on the ground. Ignoring the stern protest of the prospective magus, she put on the protective gear that hadn't been cleaned for tens of thousands of years. She then looked at her masterpiece and said with satisfaction, "See, this isn't as difficult as you think."
However, the young man who was constantly threatening and struggling not long ago was now lying motionless on the ground. Lolo took some effort to lift the old-fashioned helmet and found that the future Supreme Magus, Your Honor, had fainted from the fumes.
…
Finally, after a round of bargaining, Rob was allowed to take off the helmet with its own poisonous gas attack and the scythe that he suspected was so rusty that it couldn't even cut noodles. However, Lolo wouldn't allow him to take off the rest of the equipment no matter what.
Rob didn't feel like he was going to Akihabara to participate in cosplay instead of going on an adventure in an underground city.
There was no need to mention the smell. Rob was considered a handsome guy in the past. Now, no matter where he stood, there were no female creatures within ten meters of him other than Luoluo. What's worse was that the equipment itself was very heavy. It weighed at least ten kilograms. Considering that he still had a twenty-five kilogram travel bag to carry … The future Supreme Magus, Your Honor, felt that his future was bleak.
However, when he saw Luo Luo take out an even older and more worn-out plate armor and put it on, Luo Bu chose to shut his mouth. In terms of weight, Luo Luo's plate armor was clearly heavier than the one he was wearing, and it was more inconvenient for him to move around. However, she had given him the lighter and more portable plate armor — her temporary attendant for this expedition, a stranger who owed her money and didn't return it.
As expected, he was an idiot! Rob sighed. Perhaps he didn't want to admit it, but he was actually a little touched.
Lolo's adventure team had a total of five adventurers. Including Lolo, there were two swordsmen, one thief, one elven archer, and one priest. As expected, there were no magicians.
The importance of magicians in a team was self-evident. Even a first-grade apprentice magician would greatly increase the team's combat power and ability to deal with all kinds of unexpected situations. However, the number of magicians had always been relatively scarce. According to an authoritative survey, the number of magicians in the human world was only one-tenth of that of priests, one-thirtieth of that of thieves, and one-hundredth of that of swordsmen. This was also the result that included low-grade magicians. Magicians were generally recognized as the most difficult of all the professions to level up. At the sixth grade, high-level magicians were rarer than seventy-year-old virgins.
For a low-level team like Lolo's, unless they were extremely lucky, it would be very difficult to recruit magicians.
Rob was not surprised by this, but it would be more difficult for him to get a magic staff. Without a magic staff, he would be unable to use his magic when he was in danger. This was undoubtedly terrible.
However, the strength of Lolo's team seemed to be pretty good. Although there were no magicians, there was another magic-type profession, the priest, who was in charge, which increased their safety to a certain extent. The thief was responsible for exploring the path and eliminating traps, the two swordsmen were in charge of attacking from the front, and the archer was at the side to restrain the enemy. In general, it was already a high-level team in the exploration team. Rob did not need to worry about his personal safety for the time being.
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