Synopsis

The chapter opens with a group of adventurers planning a mission to recover lost items, emphasizing the importance of a base and scouting. Simultaneously, El Paume, a former slave who survived a dangerous dungeon, leverages his unique survival skills and a change in contract to become an adventurer. It is revealed that El Paume was exploited by the Gaphor Merchant Union and is now plotting revenge, manipulating his way into the adventurer system. The chapter concludes with El Paume meeting his new party members and subtly challenging the system of adventurer ranking based solely on monster hunting.