Galen said, "I've successfully promoted two doors, and I've also learned a skill scroll. Now I have a total of four intermediate skills at my disposal."
Sean tsked twice and said, "Tsk, tsk, you guy, don't you ever fail at skill promotion? But it's true that the promotion of intermediate skills isn't that difficult."
Sean was a senior adventurer.
After so many years of adventuring down the line, there was certainly no shortage of skill scrolls.
He had also mastered four intermediate skills long ago, touching the threshold for promotion to senior adventurer.
But after so many years of trying, he had consumed countless skill scrolls.
Sean still hadn't been able to step out and take a step towards advanced.
Although this also had a factor in terms of talent, it was enough to show the difficulty of promotion.
"When you try to promote to advanced, you will understand. This thing called a bottleneck, it does exist."
Old Sean's tone was a bit despondent as he said this, and his expression was also a bit despondent.
Although he was the best of the intermediate level adventurers.
But he, who had been stuck at the intermediate level threshold for years, had to admit.
His own talent was indeed inferior to those youngsters from White Falcon.
Galen thought deeply about this.
After all, he had just now, also experienced the existence of a bottleneck.
In terms of adapting to skill scrolls, Galen's talent might not be as good as Sean's.
However ...
The bottleneck would stop one in their tracks though.
But nay Galen he had a golden finger.
Touching the dragon egg under his collar.
Though he didn't know what other abilities he had with this cub.
But just based on the fact that it could make himself ignore bottlenecks.
This child will definitely be a talent after birth ... No, dragon talent.
Bitter anything can not be bitter child.
Thinking of his cub from the last time after eating.
There have been two days without food.
Galen then a burst of heartache.
To the public house owner on the side, he said, "Mr. Lazar, I wonder if the carriage is ready. We should also set off early."
...
Lapis Ground Palace, inside the outpost camp.
Including the three major adventure groups, dozens of elite adventurers were gathered together.
The final deployment was being made for tomorrow morning's opening action.
Those solo adventurers who had participated in the team competition in the morning would be cooperating with the three major adventuring groups.
They would serve as the main force for the opening of the land and would be responsible for steadily advancing in the underground palace.
Galen's squad, along with the other two elite teams, were tasked with the mission of pioneering the path, as well as competing for the winners' rewards.
Rapidly advancing to the core area of the underground palace was their mission.
The head of the Nine Voles Adventure Group, the burly man with a bald head, knocked on the edge of the wooden table and said to the group of adventurers:
"Although there was a certain amount of rivalry between all of you before, since we have decided to act as companions and open up the land for adventure together. Let's also ask everyone here to adjust their mindset. Only by cooperating with each other will we be able to complete this open land operation more smoothly ..."
Galen, who was sitting in the corner, quietly yawned.
He understood that the act of yawning while someone was giving a speech was undignified.
But nay, the continuous skill promotions had consumed a lot of his mental energy.
For Galen to be able to endure the sleepiness of falling back to sleep and come to this pre-opening mobilization meeting was already considered a great show of respect.
A finger poked Galen's broad and solid back at this moment.
Galen turned his head to look, but he saw that Wendy, whose hair color and pupil color were the same icy blue, had touched his side at an unknown time.
"Hey, uncle you also think staying here is boring right, do you want to go out and fight with me?"
Wendy grinned revealing two small tiger teeth and said quietly to Galen.
This young girl who was slender and cute no matter which way she looked at it.
In reality it was a monster that had whacked a superior Berserker to near death with just his two fists.
Galen just shook his head without uttering a word in response.
Wendy's little face fell, and she said with a hint of pleading in her tone:
"Please Uncle~ You're so resistant to being punched, you'll definitely be able to keep people company for a good while!"
Seeing that the other party was pestering him not to leave, Galen had no choice but to say, "When we enter the underground palace tomorrow, there will be plenty of magical beasts to play with you. Big and small, fire-breathing, thorny ... all kinds of magical beasts, you can play how you want."
Wendy sniffed and her ice blue eyes suddenly lit up.
She envisioned the beautiful and bloody scene and asked again, "If all those magical beasts are played out and I haven't had my fun yet, can Uncle continue to play with me?"
Galen revealed a warm smile unique to mature uncles.
"If those magical beasts aren't enough for you to play with, you can still go directly to the Earth Palace Lord, that's a big and durable guy, the kind that doesn't even say a word when punched!"
After fooling around for a while longer, Wendy finally decided to go back and recuperate her energy.
To prepare for tomorrow's big fight.
Galen shook his head silently.
Coaxing children, drawing big cakes was always the best way.
After this episode, the boring pep rally was coming to an end.
Galen, Nicolia, and Sean, as the pioneering team jointly invested by several big families.
After the end of the mobilization meeting, they were again called to the room of the master of the public house.
The conditions of the outpost camp were very limited, even someone with the status of a public house master.
He could only live in a rather simple guest room in the inn.
But knowing that the conditions were simple, he was still willing to follow them.
It was also enough to show that the owner of the public house, attached importance to Galen and the others.
On the side of the public house owner, he didn't say too many inspiring words.
He only distributed three sets of good quality protective gear to Galen's three people.
And in terms of consumables such as stamina potions and healing potions.
All of them were equipped with high-level potions as Galen's equipment.
In the words of the public house owner:
"We may not be as good as the three big adventuring groups in other aspects, but as long as it can be solved with money, we can never be worse than them."
The public house owner's "using money to convince people" had undoubtedly reaped another wave of favor from Galen's trio.
However, this would not change Galen's approach to opening up the land - to arrive at the core area in a steady manner.
After all, open the land is not a speed competition.
Especially in the complicated terrain of the underground labyrinth.
If you try to go fast, you might lose your way without realizing it.
Or in the case of insufficient conditions, greed for progress, the result of headlong into the danger.
As long as one of the above situations occurs.
What you lose is not just the winner's reward.
It was likely that the entire squad would be annihilated in the depths of the underground palace.
After finishing the distribution of supplies.
Galen's three went back to their rooms to rest.
There were no words for the night.
...
Early in the morning of the second day.
The adventurers, who had a fairly regular schedule, had already washed up early.
They had already washed up early and finished assembling outside the camp.
The leaders of the Snow Eagle, Griffin, and Nine Vulture Adventure Groups personally led the group.
Leading dozens of Byron Town's elite adventurers.
Towards the Lapps Palace, they really took the step to open up the land!