Chapter 126: Paladin Helena
"What’s going on? Let’s walk and talk." Ethan asked as he started moving forward.
"Ugh, don’t even get me started. The mission difficulty just got bumped up! It was originally an A-rank mission, but now even A+ might not cut it!" Emily said, looking frustrated.
"Even A+ isn’t enough? What happened?" Ethan’s curiosity was piqued.
Emily sighed. "My original mission was to assist a 9-Tier Radiant Spirit hero, Seymour, from the Unicorn Duchy in hunting down an 8-Tier Two-Horned Demon King hero. But when that guy fled to some strange place, a 13-Tier Legendary Unit—an Inferno Devil—suddenly appeared!"
Ethan froze for a second. "A Legendary Unit from Inferno? A Devil?"
"Yeah." Emily nodded. "That thing was insanely strong! Seymour, the 9-Tier Radiant Spirit hero, barely lasted a moment before getting killed on the spot. I had to suicide-teleport back to town just to save my troops. When I reported back, the Unicorn Duchy immediately changed the mission difficulty to ’???’!"
"Now they want to send in stronger heroes to take down that Inferno Devil, but they said I’m too weak to go unless I have a powerful enough ally with me."
Emily looked at Ethan with teary eyes, her face full of frustration. "Bro, you gotta help me! Otherwise, they’ll just kick me out halfway through, and all my effort will have been for nothing!"
Ethan sighed. "Alright, alright. No big deal. Where are they? Lead the way."
Emily’s face lit up. "Hehe, follow me!"
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