Completing the mission

In the end, I had the Scavenger Rabbit go through a few more slimes to see if it could find a few more treasures.

However, it didn't seem like it was able to find anything that was on the same level as the Summoning Scroll.

All it was able to find were some smaller items that were like the dagger, but these were still magic items. It wasn't as if I looked down on magic items since they were still rare enough to cause a large stir.

Though after getting the Summoning Scroll, there was a part of me that still felt disappointed.

There was also a part of me that wanted to stay and see if I could fight another King Slime, but I decided against that in the end.

The mission that I had taken this time was just to clear out a few slimes from this Slime Hole.

With the amount of slimes that I've killed, I've already far exceeded the quota.

If I were to keep going, there was no doubt that people might become suspicious. The guard outside might even assume that I had died in here and might have reported it.

I didn't want to attract any attention yet since I was still growing my power, so it was best to lay low for now.

As such, I left the dungeon after picking up the loot from a few more slimes.

It was a good thing that the Scavenger Rabbit had found the Storage Ring or else it would have been hard for me to take all of these things out with me. I made sure to hide the expensive stuff in the Storage Ring while keeping the less expensive stuff in the bag that I brought.

When I came out, the guard was standing there with his phone in hand.

When he saw me, there was a surprised look that appeared on his face before he said, "You're still alive?"

A bitter smile appeared on my face when I heard this, but I didn't say anything.

I just gave a simple nod in response.

There was an awkward moment of silence that was interrupted by a muffled voice from the other end of the call.

The guard reacted to this and raised the phone to his ear to say, "Actually, never mind. He just came out, so it's fine now."

There was a moment where it seemed like he was being scolded based on the expression on his face, but then the guard put the phone away.

He turned back to me and said, "If you're still alive, why didn't you come out sooner?"

Though he was complaining, I could tell that it wasn't just that.

From the traces of the conversation that I heard, it seemed that he had reported that I was lost in the dungeon and wanted someone to come save me. Even though his words were sharp, there was concern deep down.

So I just said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I lost track of time taking down the slimes inside."

The guard revealed a surprised look as he asked, "You didn't have any trouble with the slimes?"

After all, he could see that this person didn't seem like he was injured at all.

The guard had seen the file on Lin Fan when he registered to enter the dungeon, so he knew what kind of familiar he had. He didn't believe that someone like that would be able to easily take down the slimes.

I pulled out my bag and opened it up to show him my loot.

That was the best proof that I could give.

Another surprised look appeared on the guard's face before he suddenly revealed a smile and said, "It seems like I've completely misjudged you. It really goes to show that one can't judge a book by its cover."

With a pat on my shoulder, he headed back to his position before saying, "I'm looking forward to seeing how far you get."

As he walked back, I gave him a slight bow while saying, "Thank you."

…

When I arrived back at the Explorer's Association, I went right to the same receptionist as before.

Since I hadn't taken that long in the dungeon, she was still on duty.

Though she was surprised when she saw me.

I pulled out my bag and opened it up to show her the loot that I brought back.

This was a bag filled with magic cores and bottles of acid, so the receptionist was completely taken aback.

I would have brought less, but I really didn't know how many slimes I was supposed to take out for the mission to be considered complete. The mission paper had only said to clear out the Slime Hole, it didn't say by how much.

That went to show how little faith they had in explorers in the first place.

"Did you really get all of this from the Slime Hole?" The receptionist asked when she came back to her senses.

With a calm nod, I said, "That's right."

She was looking at me as I said this, but I looked into her eyes without any fear.

Then all of a sudden, she revealed a smile before saying, "Good, very good. It seems like I wasn't wrong about you."

A faint smile appeared on my lips.

It seemed that everyone that I met had this misconception of me, but it wasn't as if I could blame them.

Once she was done with her confirmation, the receptionist handed me a card and said, "This is the account that we've set up to pay you. You're free to take the money when you want and put it into your own private account."

I was surprised to hear this before looking at her with a confused look.

I already had a private account, it should have been linked to my profile.

Seeing this, the receptionist said with a wink, "This is a special bonus." 

After that, she put a piece of paper on the desk for me.

I saw that it was a list showing the benefits of the account that she just made for me. It was an account that was much better than the account that I currently had, whether it was in terms of interest or credit limit.

It was indeed a special bonus since I could see that no one else was getting this kind of treatment.

So I just thanked her and took the card.

Seeing that I wasn't leaving, the receptionist asked, "What are you planning to do now? You can just head home if you have nothing else you want."

"I want to go into another dungeon." I said before putting a piece of paper on the table.