Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

Lin Gui crossed Elvia and headed towards the post office.

"Hey hey hey—"

Elvia smiled and reached out to stop him, then stepped aside to block his path.

Lin Gui was taken aback, but didn't say anything, and stepped across from the other side.

Elvia, with her hands behind her back, smiled and blocked his way again.

Lin Gui changed direction again.

She blocked it again.

Left, right, left, right...

Elvia was like a moving wall, blocking his way precisely every time, her smile growing wider and wider.

Lin Gui made one last attempt to bypass her, but Elvia reached out and gripped his shoulders tightly with her fingers.

I used all my strength.

Lin Gui glanced sideways at the hands clasped on his shoulders; the knuckles were white, and the veins were faintly visible.

His lips twitched slightly.

"What do you mean by this?"

"For the sake of the overall situation."

Elvia spoke in a serious tone, her golden eyes fixed on him.

"I think it's necessary to keep you under control."

"The selection process for the transport team is imminent; we can't afford any mishaps."

"It's already sensitive enough that a half-demon is participating in the transport selection. If you add a criminal who slaughtered nobles to the list... even if you are of great value to the transport team, there is still a possibility that the other party will turn against you."

Lin Gui looked at her speechlessly.

"Am I the kind of impulsive person?"

Elvia stared back at him, her eyes conveying, "Are you sure you want me to ask this question?"

"Any rational person..."

She spoke slowly and deliberately.

"None of them would cross the silent sea and penetrate the wall of sighs for a woman, just to find Avalon, which exists only in poetry."

"It's also impossible to do something like detonating an epic overlord in order to defeat a mage tower master, while still hanging in front of it, attacking and enraging it while maintaining a distance that it can reach, and then leading the demon to find the enemy."

On her way to revise the registration form, Elvia learned from Hewlett what Lin Gui had done while she was unconscious.

Even though she knew Lin Gui and had slept in the same bed with him, she couldn't help but curse under her breath after hearing this.

Is this something a normal person would do?

Looking at Elvia's increasingly determined eyes, Lin Gui sighed and added.

"And also, to delve into the heart of the Black Tide and rescue a princess from a fallen kingdom."

Elvia's expression stiffened slightly, and the strength in her hand loosened a little.

"And things aren't as bad as we both think."

Lin Gui's tone softened somewhat.

"As a former head of the nobility, you should know very well."

"Nobles will not waste a single copper coin on refugees."

"This will get their hands dirty."

"If word gets out to our noble peers, it will become a laughing stock and damage the reputation of the nobility."

He looked at her with a look of comfort and reassurance in his eyes.

Elvia opened her mouth.

These words seemed to be meant to comfort her, but Elvia knew that they were actually meant to comfort Lin Gui himself.

The potential deaths of several, even hundreds, of refugees are a concern for Elvia.

So what if she's dead? It's none of her business.

Even if it means being implicated because of the act of delivering mail at the local post office.

But it's different for Lin Gui.

He recalled the adventure commission from the nobleman that he had overheard while gathering information about the route.

The name of the 7 Copper Coin Post Office appears on the Adventurer's Request.

The names of the faces that sent the letters are now appearing on the list of people to be hunted.

For a city-state, refugees are a chronic disease, useless people who suck the lifeblood of the city-state.

Their lives can be easily taken away by anyone, and their hunting can be so brazenly entrusted, like hunting demons.

Elvia really didn't expect that it would only take a month.

News of her collecting letters in the refugee district had already spread throughout the city.

This is incredible. Both she and Lin Gui knew that no nobleman would be so idle as to bother to find out what the refugees were doing in the refugee area.

Sending a message for 7 copper coins is almost like a scam.

Elvia was confident that she wouldn't attract the attention of the nobles as she had in White Cliff City.

Tongmen City is very large, and the refugee quarters are very spacious.

Horrifying things happen inside every day; sending a message for 7 copper coins is nothing to mention.

Elvia was confident because of this, and Lin Gui lowered his guard and ordered Elvia to open a post office to receive mail.

However, an unexpected incident occurred.

Regarding the Adventurers' Guild issuing hunting commissions.

Elvia couldn't tell Lin Gui.

Those words stuck in my throat, like a thorn.

Her fingers tightened a little more.

It's not that I don't want to let go, it's that I'm afraid to.

Lin Gui looked into her eyes and seemed to have discerned something.

When the dwarf mentioned the name of the post office, his expression stiffened, and he hesitated to speak.

He knew then that there was a big problem at the post office.

The post office he built never had a third direct associate besides himself and Elvia.

There were no employees like those in Kalan and Carter's capital who helped them send and receive letters.

Her experience in Baiya City made her realize...

Without strong backing, the opening of the post office would face unprecedented obstacles.

So he fabricated the lie about the transport team, and now he's trying to make that lie a reality.

The towering city walls of Tongmen City, the vast refugee quarters, and the fact that the selection meeting was only a month away made him lower his guard.

Now it seems that someone has already taken action against the post office.

The vandalism of the post office alone would not attract the attention of a dwarf magistrate.

Lin Gui spoke calmly, looking at Elvia, and said indifferently.

"Elvia".

"Let go of my hand and let me through."

She looked at him.

He looked directly into her eyes, without flinching or backing down.

Elvia sighed.

My fingers loosened one by one.

Lin Gui turned sideways and walked deeper into the alley.

Behind them, Eileen and Hewlett exchanged a bewildered glance.

They didn't understand a single word of the conversation between those two people.

The fact that Lin Gui was completely unharmed and that Elvia had just been joking around with him only made them more puzzled.

Just now, after everything was settled, Elvia contacted Lin Gui.

Her expression changed the moment she hung up the call.

The ease on his face vanished completely, replaced by an unsettling seriousness.

She urged Eileen to use her staff to fly her outside the city.

Eileen thought something serious had happened to Lin Gui.

Hewlett thought so too.

Having personally experienced the Lin Gui Flying Boat carrying the Epic Overlord at breakneck speed, he knew all too well.

If Lin Gui wants to run, not even a legendary or epic-level hero can catch him.

What could cause him to get into trouble...

Hewlett initially thought that the Great Sage himself had come.

result......

That's it?

The two looked at each other and saw the same question in each other's eyes.

Elvia had already followed Lin Gui into the alley.

Hewlett and Eileen followed.

The alley is deep and close to the main road, but it is in a remote location and you would not notice it if you did not look carefully.

Elvia and Lin Gui stopped ahead.

Hewlett's gaze swept over the two men, his sharp eyes scanning them through their masks.

He raised an eyebrow slightly.

Eileen followed the gazes of Lin Gui and Elvia.

At the end of the alley, in a corner, a three-story wooden building stands there all alone.

The sign for "7 Copper Coin Post Office" was smashed on the ground, broken into several pieces.

It was covered with disgusting dog feces.

Elvia stared at the shattered sign covered in filth, saying nothing.

Lin Gui didn't say anything either.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief simultaneously.

The post office showed signs of vandalism; the window frames were crooked, and there were several deep cuts on the door panels.

But there was no blood.

There was no trace of blood.

Lin Gui felt relieved.

The slight unease that had just crossed his mind finally dissipated upon seeing the clean ruins.

Elvia also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, she breathed a sigh of relief because of Lin Gui.

When he asked her to open a post office, he specifically told her that only she could do it.

He was afraid of implicating innocent people.

Elvia was genuinely worried that he would feel guilty about it.

Lin Gui appears cold and ruthless on the surface, but that's only towards his enemies.

For his guests...

The attitude of those refugees who came from the same background as him.

Sometimes, Elvia was even a little jealous.

Relaxed, Elvia took the lead and walked to the door of the post office.

She reached out and pushed the door open.

The door opened a crack.

A strong, pungent smell of blood wafted out from the crack, hitting my nostrils.

Elvia's expression changed drastically, and her hands moved faster than her brain, slamming the door shut behind her.

The moment the door closed, a hand reached out from behind her and braced itself against the door frame.

Lin Gui's voice came from beside her ear, not loud, but as cold as ice.

"Open the door."

Elvia's fingers froze on the door panel.

She turned her head and glanced at him.

There was no emotion in those dark eyes.

She let go of his hand.

The door was pushed open.

Everything inside the post office was exposed to the public eye.

Lin Gui stood at the door, stunned and rooted to the spot.

His eyes reflected a blood-red hue.

The entire field of vision was red.

Elvia opened her mouth, then sighed.

She looked at Lin Gui, while Lin Gui stared blankly at the blood-red scene before him.

On the wall directly opposite him, a line of large characters was written in blood.

The handwriting is messy, but each stroke is deeply engraved, as if the writer was determined when writing it.

The owner of this post office will surely come back to see it.

This is what happens when you deliver messages to the lowest of the low.

Behind them, Eileen and Hewlett peeked over from the side.

The stench of blood was overwhelming, and Eileen couldn't help but cover her nose.

When she saw the scene inside, she couldn't help but exclaim.

"here it is……"

"...The morgue?"

Elvia didn't reply, but just turned her head and glanced at her.

Eileen immediately shut her mouth.

The atmosphere froze.

Lin Gui stood motionless in front of the line of blood-red words.

Time seemed to stand still for him.

Elvia didn't speak, Hewlett remained silent, and Eileen even held her breath.

A long time passed.

Lin Gui closed his eyes.

Then open your eyes.

He looked around at the scene before him again, from beginning to end, inside and out.

Suddenly, Hewlett spoke up from behind.

Someone is approaching.

His tone was calm, as if he were talking about something very ordinary.

"Fifteen people, ten extraordinary, five high-level."

Eileen instinctively tried to back away, but Hewlett stopped her with his hand.

Hewlett didn't look at her; his gaze was fixed on Lin Gui's retreating figure.

"What should we do?"

Lin Gui closed his eyes and then spoke.

"Come in, all of you, and close the door."

Outside the door, footsteps grew closer and more frequent.

The sounds were chaotic, filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"Blonde, a woman as beautiful as an angel—that's her! She's the one who delivered the message to these lowly people!"

"The young master said he'd give one hundred gold coins to anyone who captures her!"

"One hundred gold coins?! Those guys who send letters only give one gold coin for every three people they catch!"

"If we capture her, we'll be able to live a carefree life for a long time!"

Greedy tones and excited eyes echoed outside the wooden door.

The door was kicked open.

Fifteen people dressed as adventurers filed in, some carrying longswords, some carrying staffs, and some with daggers hidden in their sleeves.

Their gaze swept across the dimly lit room.

Then he froze.

empty.

There wasn't a single person there.

Fifteen adventurers turned the entire post office upside down.

The cabinets were overturned, the tables were split open, and even the clutter piled up in the corner was kicked away.

Some people climbed up to the second floor, some kicked open the door to the storage room, and some lay on the ground looking under the bed.

"No!"

"There aren't any here either!"

"Damn it, where are they?!"

The leader was a scarred man of extraordinary status. He stood in the center of the first floor, his face ashen, his gaze sweeping across the empty room.

I clearly saw that blonde woman walk in this direction just now.

He gritted his teeth and kicked over the wooden table next to him, which smashed into several pieces on the ground.

"Walk!"

He cursed viciously and led his men out in single file.

The footsteps gradually faded into the distance, and the noisy shouts and curses disappeared at the alley entrance.

The post office fell silent.

On the roof beam, the veil of night slowly faded away.

The silhouettes of Lin Gui, Elvia, Eileen, and Hewlett emerged from the darkness.

Elvia turned her head and glanced at Lin Gui.

"I thought you were going to attack them."

Lin Gui remained silent.

His gaze fell downwards.

Those corpses.

One by one, they were stacked together in the corner.

There were elderly people, women, and children.

Their eyes were still open, their pupils frozen with the last vestiges of despair.

The expressions on their faces were varied.

Some people were crying, some were begging for mercy, and some were reaching out to protect those around them even as they died.

Their clothes were tattered, and they were emaciated.

Lin Gui remained silent and closed his eyes.

He summoned his oak staff, straddled it, and reached out his hand to Elvia.

Elvia glanced at him, said nothing, and sat down behind him.

The staff floated up from the roof beam, passed through the broken window, and flew into the sky above the alley.

Eileen also took out her staff, chanted the incantation for levitation, and flew away with Hewlett.

Lin Gui hovered above the post office, looking down at the three-story wooden building.

He raised his hand.

Countless magical rings of ignition spells appeared around him, densely packed and layered.

The flames in the circle lit up simultaneously, like a shower of falling stars, drifting towards every beam, every plank, and every corner of the post office.

The flames licked the dry wood and spread rapidly.

From the first floor to the second floor, from the second floor to the third floor, flames engulfed the walls, the window frames, and the line of bloody words.

This is what happens when you deliver messages to the lowest of the low.

Those words twisted, charred, and turned to ashes in the firelight.

The flames were reflected in Lin Gui's black eyes, like two clusters of candle flames burning silently.

In the distance, exclamations came from the alley entrance.

"Fire! Fire!"

The sound of hurried footsteps came from all directions; some were shouting for help, others were yelling for people to run.

Lin Gui turned his head, changed the direction of his staff, and swept Elvia across the alley.

Eileen and Hewlett followed behind.

The four people disappeared into the night.