Catastrophe Card King - Chapter 1508

Chapter 1508: Chapter 462: Are you, a Scholar, so brave? Chapter 1508: Chapter 462: Are you, a Scholar, so brave? “You guys didn’t happen to find some important clues, did you?”

Serli was asking David, but actually everyone’s attention was on Leonard Churchill.

Everyone from the Landon Sixteenth Squad knew that this “Allen” teammate always had some unique insights for solving difficult situations.

In this type of exploratory space, wisdom often turned out to be more important than brute strength.

And the intelligent gaze of a “Scholar” would naturally notice hidden clues more easily than others.

David didn’t know how to explain the series of events that had just transpired; he stuttered without being able to utter a single word.

Leonard observed the expectant looks of his teammates and had no intention of concealing the truth, casually saying, “Hmm, we triggered a hidden scenario.”

A hidden scenario?

With this remark, a strange expression surfaced on the faces of Serli and the other three.

It should be known that just earlier, they, along with another team, had been knocking on doors around the village looking for scenario missions.

They indeed triggered a few C and D-level side-scenario missions like “Hunt Demon Beasts,” “Chop Wood,” “Find Herbs”…

But those were the kind of tasks that only ordinary trial students would painstakingly undertake.

Those elite teams like theirs wouldn’t give them a second glance.

But now what?

Just when they thought that the best tasks had been monopolized by the people from Duke Simon’s House, these two people unexpectedly found a hidden quest without making a sound?

Like a well-sharpened knife waiting for the right prey, their eyes suddenly brimmed with intense anticipation.

All four knew what a hidden quest meant.

It meant extremely generous rewards and a high ranking in the trials.

Serli quickly followed up with, “What level of difficulty?”

“For now, it’s still unknown. But it should be above B level.”

Leonard pondered for a moment, then added, “Hmm… most likely even higher.”

He didn’t make any definitive claims.

Because S-level scenarios weren’t that easy to trigger.

This scenario was still just a preliminary task; there was a lot that needed further digging, and nothing was certain yet.

Moreover, this was a team mode.

Leonard’s current avatar was not capable of clearing an A-level scenario on his own; should the person behind the scenes stir up any surprises, his teammates would nonetheless be a very powerful source of help.

…

“A B-level hidden scenario? Hiss… the rewards might be just as good, if not better, than A-level main missions.”

“Hahaha, those guys from the Simon House probably never dreamed that there’d be a hidden scenario in the village, huh?”

“Allen, did you discover something before and that’s why you suggested we all stay in the village? Is there something we need to do?”

“…”

All four were exploring the Alternate Dimension for the first time, and they hadn’t grasped the true significance of what Leonard referred to as “higher difficulty.”

In their eyes, there was only excitement and anticipation for the challenging task.

Of course, they also knew that all this was thanks to “Allen.”

However, before they could discuss anything further, an unexpected Enlightenment interrupted everyone’s thoughts.

“Congratulations to the Red Dragon Royal Family’s Thirteenth Squad for successfully killing Viper Bog, the deputy leader of the Red Smoke Gun Mountain Bandit Group, obtaining a key scenario first kill bonus of +20%”
“B-level scenario triggered: Revenge of the Bandits. With the deputy bandit leader Bog killed, the activities of the bounty hunters have enraged the extremely vicious bandits, who will launch retaliatory attacks on nearby villages. Mission updated, you need to survive in the space for three days. In Survival Mode, you’ll receive an additional +10% bonus, and killing bandits will earn corresponding points…”

…

This was a collective scenario.

Everyone received the Enlightenment at the same time.

Garfield muttered to himself, “What’s going on? Those guys from the Red Dragon Royal Family act so fast?”

While they were still looking for clues, people had already killed a leader-level scenario target.

However, it seemed to Serli as if he had figured something out, speculating, “Earlier, Princess Sofia of the Red Dragon Royal Family sent a rallying signal, most likely they encountered a formidable enemy. Now, looking at it, they must have killed the bandit’s deputy leader.”

Upon hearing this, Garfield’s eyes glinted with envy, “Ah… to strike down that bandit deputy leader must be at least a B-level scenario. Those guys from the Red Dragon Royal Family are really lucky, just coming in and running into a bandit leader. We are still here in the village…”

In reality, they had also encountered one.

It’s just that the Vampire had run away.

To complete a B-level scenario mission, in previous trial assessments, was already considered “elite” status.

Not only him, but the whole team felt the same regret.

Yet, they hadn’t realized the gravity of the situation.

But a flicker of contemplation passed through Leonard’s eyes as he thought quietly, “Is that so.”

To others, it seemed to be a mere encounter task, but a D-level assassination mission evolving into a B-level Survival Mode seemed more like an action to “lock the space.”

The person behind the scenes wouldn’t allow the trial students to leave so easily before accomplishing their goals.

Leonard came to this conclusion and took another glance at the nearby village gate watchtower, where an owl perched, pondering, “Was it arranged using the Academy’s guiding authority? From this, it seems that the insider from the Royal Academy must hold a high position…”

Controlling the difficulty of the Sky-reaching Tower’s trials, triggering specific spaces, picking particular teams… such privileges were at least at the level of a vice-chancellor.

This was not just any money-grubbing ruffian.

But indeed someone from the high ranks of the Academy.

“How strange, what is such a high-ranking individual’s purpose in doing all this?”

When Young Master Sack was assassinated attempt before, Leonard already knew there were issues within the Academy.

But he had never figured out why the Royal Academy, which was supposed to serve the Holy Church, would have an Insider.

Could it be that aside from the Rebel Dragon Army, there were other opposing forces on the Southern Continent?