For the next five years, Arthur kept exploring dungeons, clearing them, and selling the heartstones he found. With the money he earned, he single-handedly supported the Montrose household.
It made Maurice feel ashamed — as the patriarch, he was supposed to be the provider. But Arthur simply said,
"Dad, don't worry about it. This is what I'm good at. You can continue with your lab work — that's what you're good at. I can't do what you do, and you can't do what I do, so what's wrong with each of us doing what we do best?"
He stayed a scout for only three months before joining the fighter teams. He and Dumar were inseparable, they explored and cleared dungeons together, especially level-three ones. They were among the best.
People called them the two lunatics, they would do anything, face any danger. Yet their team's mortality rate was among the lowest, and soon more and more people wanted to join them.
