After a round of drinking.
Raine also learned from Chris's mouth that Reya turned out to be a descendant of a noble family from Dorne City. It seemed she had very strong objections to some arrangements of her family, so she came out to become an adventurer.
At this moment, Reya, whose cheeks were flushed, suddenly remembered something. She clapped her hands with a smile, attracting everyone's attention, and said:
"Oh right, there's another happy thing to share with everyone."
"Elise sent a letter."
"Oh? Did she succeed?" Chris couldn't help but immediately ask.
"Yes, Elise has been promoted to an official Priest of the Earth Divine Hall." Reya nodded affirmatively.
Hearing this, Raine was slightly taken aback.
He had always thought that Elise, the teammate of the Howling Hunter Squad, was probably a Shooter, considering that Reya and the others were discussing looking for a Shooter at the time.
But unexpectedly, this unknown teammate turned out to be a Priest?
And now Raine thought carefully, it should have been that Reya at the time felt that it was simply impossible to find a single Apprentice Priest in Mill Town, so she settled for the next best thing, finding a mature Shooter instead.
"Great, our squad also has a Classes now!"
"Chris, what are you thinking, having an official Priest join our squad, wouldn't that be dragging her down?" Fabian was less enthusiastic.
"True, if she came to our squad, she wouldn't gain any experience." Hearing Fabian's words, Chris's smile gradually faded.
Indeed, although Raine had never met this Elise Priest.
But as he understood, official classes almost rarely join a team composed of non-classes, even if they are an elite squad among low-level adventurers.
After all, official classes have too many choices.
Moreover, the other party is a Priest, which from one perspective is even rarer than mages and other casters.
Because Priests mostly work in temples, churches, and large organizations, and very few like adventure.
"Elise doesn't think so, it's just that she really can't come right now." Reya smiled and said.
"Let me read her letter to everyone. By the way, Raine may not know her, but Elise is a very cute girl. I'm sure one day when you meet her, you'll get along well."
"Hearing the captain say this, I look forward to meeting her in the future." Raine smiled and nodded.
He was also a bit curious about what this Elise Priest would say in the letter.
"Dear Reya, Chris, and Fabian...." Reya cleared her throat and read aloud.
"When you receive this letter, I'm most likely still busy preparing for the harvest festival. Yes, as you wished, I successfully got promoted to an official Priest last week. Now, you have to call me Priest Elise."
"Hahaha~ What a little girl's mindset, hasn't changed a bit!" Chris couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this.
Raine also couldn't help but smile.
".....After becoming an official Priest, I'm so busy. Morning prayers, learning Secondary Healing Spell in the morning, receiving patients in the afternoon, and evening prayers..."
"I originally wanted to come and join you, but the elder said this was my first celebration as a promoted Priest, a test from the Earth Goddess, and obviously, I can't make it in a short time."
"But just right, I will use this time to study Divine Art well, so that Chris won't have to rest so long next time he breaks his ankle."
Hmm?
Hearing this, they couldn't help but look at Chris with an amused expression.
"Hey, I'm not a fragile Warrior, that was really an accident." Chris's face turned red as he was looked at by everyone and quickly waved his hand, saying, "Reya, continue reading."
Reya helped Chris out of the awkward situation and continued reading with a slightly embarrassed face:
"However, friends, please rest assured, I've never forgotten you, like squeezing into a sleeping bag with Reya. Oh right, Reya, you're so big there, I almost couldn't breathe."
"Skip this part... cough..." Reya's face reddened even more in her slightly drunken state.
The others pretended not to hear, but Raine glanced at Reya's curvy figure, fully agreeing with the distant girl's complaint.
If they're squeezing into a sleeping bag, it would surely be cramped.
"...never forgetting the joy on Fabian's face when using thief skills to pry open a box... Oh, and that new teammate, Reya, please say hi to Grande for me. The steady and reliable Grande looks trustworthy."
Upon hearing this, a smile appeared on Grande's face as well.
"Reya, I had the post office deliver an Enchanted Arrow for you, please take care of yourself when I'm not there... Yours forever, Elise, a member of the Howling Hunter Squad, written after morning prayers at the Earth Divine Hall."
As Reya read out the last word, a brief silence fell over the small table surrounded by the people.
Whether it was Reya and the others who were familiar with this Miss Priestess, or Raine who was not, it seemed they were all savoring something.
Through this letter, an image of a lively priestess in a robe appeared in Raine's mind.
During the subsequent chat, Raine learned that this priestess Elise and Reya, Chris were all from Dorne City.
And Reya and Elise were childhood best friends.
As for Fabian, he joined a bit later.
Finally, Grande joined the Howling Hunter Squad about a month before him.
No wonder, that priestess didn't seem familiar with Grande.
However, the lively and sincere emotions conveyed between the lines of the letter made Raine feel a lot of curiosity and a bit of affection for this priestess whom he had never seen.
I imagine that with such a lively Female Priest as a teammate, the atmosphere in the team should be great.
"Since Chris has already recovered, shall we visit the Adventurer's Association tomorrow to see if there are any suitable tasks? What do you all think?" At the end of the gathering, Reya looked around and asked.
"Of course, but this time, let's choose something a bit easier." Chris waved his newly healed left hand.
Seeing this, everyone else laughed.
"Raine, what's your opinion?" Reya looked at Raine last and asked.
It seemed Raine's opinion was relatively important to her.
In fact, for Raine, since he upgraded his equipment and initially mastered the 'Armor-Piercing Strike', he naturally began to think about the choice of future task targets during his free time.
Small groups of goblins were naturally not considered.
Because ordinary goblin bloodlines had no value for Raine anymore, and the possibility of encountering mutant goblins was too small.
As for Kobolds, these humanoid creatures with strength similar to goblins were also of little value to Raine, who had already obtained the Wild Boar Warrior bloodline.
Unless it's a large colony of goblins or Kobolds, with a high possibility of having stronger individuals, would it be attractive enough to him.
Actually, for him, the best choice would naturally be a Wild Boar Warrior, or even stronger solitary targets.
But Raine also knew this might be more difficult.
Not to mention whether the squad could handle it, the fact is, there are really no suitable targets around Mill Town, as can be seen from the basic monster manual around Mill Town.
Unless going several days' journey to the Wild Boar People's settlement in the Valley of Dead Water, or going north to the Lankote Snowfield.
But in the snowfield, the easiest to deal with Winter Wolf also has a challenge level of three.
So, Raine began to think about the problem from a different angle.