I rely on myself

Chapter 401: Dark Faction
Although he was mentally prepared, the man's heart was still shaken when he got a positive answer from Lin Yuan.

At this moment, the man didn't know whether to blame the men who had carried out the previous attacks for not keeping the secret strict enough, or whether he should be afraid of Lin Yuan's investigative ability to find out everything quietly.

The man's name is Leif, and he is a member of the dark faction.

If we talk about the general clans, they are more inclined to explore dungeons, commerce, forging, planting and other factions that are more inclined to order.

The Dark Faction is a collective term for those who simply enjoy the pleasure of killing and destruction and thus commit many crimes.

The people inside are all vicious bastards who can do anything for their own benefit or even on impulse.

It can also be said that these guys are slaves who are completely loyal to their own desires.

It is precisely because of the instability and huge destructive power of these dark factions that many other clans have rushed to attack them.

Finally, a few years ago, starting with a certain incident, a coalition of many families led by Loki's family and Freya's family dealt a heavy blow to the dark faction, and eventually the dark faction began to disappear.

There has been almost no news about them in the past few years, and most of their clansmen thought they had been completely wiped out, but now they appear in this city again.

Lin Yuan was not surprised at their appearance. After all, as mentioned before, because of his memories from his previous life, Lin Yuan knew that the dark faction had been recuperating in the past few years by relying on the mysterious building known as the 'artificial maze'.

The artificial labyrinth was created by the master craftsman Daedalus, who was so shocked by its beauty after entering the dungeon and seeing its grandeur and magnificence that he vowed to create a building comparable to it.

Of course, although Daedalus was a famous craftsman with outstanding construction skills and did design an artificial maze comparable to his own, due to his own lifespan as a human, he did not have time to completely create the artificial maze and died first because of his lifespan.

Daedalus, who was unwilling to accept this, cursed his own bloodline, forcing his descendants to build the artificial maze day after day and collect the money needed to build the maze.

After so many years, the scale of the artificial maze has reached the level of being connected to the 18th floor of the dungeon, and of course the other previous floors are also connected.

Then, through the secret entrances and exits of the man-made maze, the dark factions entered and exited the dungeon without being known, and thus had the opportunity to recuperate and even grow stronger again.

As for why they attacked Lin Yuan, it was the same as what Lin Yuan and Finn guessed, it was for the magic props.

Although the people of the dark faction were able to enter and exit the dungeon to explore and obtain a large amount of property due to the artificial maze, they were still a hidden existence in Orario.

Of course, they are very eager for magic items that can greatly enhance their strength, but due to their own status, they are simply unable to purchase them directly on a large scale.

Due to the lack of magic items, and the fact that most of the Orario clans now have adventurers who have reached level 2 or above, almost all of them have a magic item. Although they are not very strong, they are better than ordinary adventurers of the same level.

Under such circumstances, the dark faction members could be killed accidentally when attacking adventurers. They did not care too much about the loss of manpower, but the possibility of their dark faction being exposed was what the dark faction was concerned about.

In addition, the idea that if you want something, just grab it is popular among the dark factions, so such unprovoked disasters occur.

At this time, Leif didn't know that Lin Yuan had already known that they were from the dark faction. He only thought that Lin Yuan had only investigated that they were the ones who sent people to attack those children three days ago.

Thinking of this, Leif suddenly said, "Although I admit that our methods were not so glorious, you have already retaliated, so can you listen to me?"

"……oh……"

Hearing the other party suddenly say this, Lin Yuan was a little curious for a moment about how the other party was sure to convince him in this situation, so he did not interrupt the other party and just listened quietly.

Looking at this scene, Leif thought there was hope, and continued, "It seems that you have no objection, Mr. Lin Yuan. Then I will continue... What I want to say is not anything else, but the current situation of this city. Mr. Lin Yuan, do you think you are being treated unfairly? It is obvious that we adventurers have worked so hard and risked our lives to defeat the monsters in the dungeon, but we are not grateful to those ordinary people. Instead, they always say that they want to restrict us because we are too dangerous. It is really infuriating..."

What he said was completely confusing and illogical, but Leif's face showed full confidence, as if he had great confidence in his eloquence.

The reason for this is that Leif has a special skill, which is "Bewitching Language".

This skill is different from others, it can only affect intelligent life, that is, this skill is specifically used to deal with "humans".

This skill can make it easier for others to believe what Leif says, and as the time of listening to the words increases, he can even control the other person's thoughts to a certain extent.

At the same time, the effect of this skill is very hidden. If you are not careful, even an adventurer who is several levels higher than Leif will be caught unknowingly.

It is precisely because of the existence of this skill that Leif is valued by the dark faction and is sent to carry out the task of recruiting Lin Yuan.

In Leif's opinion, Lin Yuan at this moment was completely controlled by his skills and was no longer a threat, but just to be on the safe side.

While continuing to speak illogical words, he put one hand behind his back and kept making various gestures to command his subordinates around him.

Those who received Leif's instructions began to act quietly and completed some preparations quietly.

Just when Leif was thinking that it was about time, the other party should have completely fallen into his puppet after listening to his long speech.

Lin Yuan suddenly said with a bored look on his face: "So this is what you rely on? Being able to secretly control other people's thoughts through words is indeed a powerful trick, but unfortunately, it is of no use to me."

(End of this chapter)