Chapter 180: Encountering the Mermaid Beauty, Marie
With Liam's current skill, he could have completely force-killed the Moss Giant when it launched its sneak attack.
But this kind of force-kill would have been him, amidst the seed barrage, parrying some of the attacks with his weapon, and then forcibly engaging the enemy.
However, he couldn't guarantee that Ryuu and Wien behind him could dodge such an attack. After all, he was in mid-air and could only levitate for a short time.
The density of this barrage was simply too exaggerated.
If he were on land, he was confident he could cut open all approaching barrages with his dual blades and force-kill this Moss Giant.
Raging Dragon Slash was instantly released, and then Liam's figure descended in front of Ryuu and Wien at an astonishingly high speed.
His two feet landed on the ground, and his dual blades rapidly released the Secret Sword Art in front of him.
Selfless Sword Aura was slashed out. Because Liam's chopping motion in front of him was too swift, the blades swung by his two hands directly created a series of phantoms.
Liam's front became a blade screen condensed from blades and sword aura. Its density even reached the point where not a single drop of rain could get in.
The youth edition of Illusion Sword Dance, released with pure sword aura, directly stood in front of Liam's group of three. The dense barrage was completely defended against by it.
The Moss Giant looked at the scene before it in shock. It knew it had met a tough nut this time, so it immediately had the thought of retreating.
It just wanted to efficiently hunt adventurers to devour the magic stones they carried and improve its strength.
Therefore, it had never thought of fighting a too-powerful adventurer to the death.
However, just as the Moss Giant was about to retreat, a large amount of Selfless Sword Aura directly connected together, pushing against its barrage of seeds and flying over at super speed.
The dense sword aura directly cut the Moss Giant's entire body into minced meat, turning into a magic stone and a vine seed that fell to the ground.
"Finally dealt with."
Liam changed direction in the air and directly untied one of the adventurers.
"Mr. Liam, this one is also an adventurer."
One of the adventurers hurriedly reminded Liam, "This monster's intelligence is really ridiculously smart. Fortunately, it's finally dealt with."
Liam nodded. His right palm was facing the figure in the center. The Selfless Sword Aura immediately turned into a strong wind, blowing away all the mud and moss on the other party's body.
After rescuing all the people present, Liam also took them back to the shore in turns.
Because the Moss Giant had been killed, the injured Revis and the others were no longer in mortal danger.
It was just that everyone still had injuries on their bodies.
"Cassandra, help with the treatment. Just restoring their ability to move is fine."
Cassandra hurriedly responded. Healing potions should be saved whenever possible, so having Cassandra treat the wounded on the scene was the optimal solution.
As for the consumed magic power, there probably wouldn't be too many opportunities for healing later anyway.
If there was real healing to be done, it would be in the team battles on the return trip.
Rinsing, bandaging, magic healing.
Revis and the others bowed to Liam and his group, full of gratitude, and even wanted to kowtow directly.
Liam released a gust of wind, "Let's skip the kowtowing. We're all adventurers. Just remember that you owe me a favor."
The strength of Revis's team was average. Since he had helped them for free, he should at least earn a good reputation.
In Orario, prestige and reputation were also a part of a Familia's influence.
After separating from this small team, Liam and the others began their adventure again.
Not long after, Liam saw a pile of huge crystals.
"What's going on?"
Liam frowned and approached, concentrating on observing the surrounding situation.
Then, the faint sound of breathing from inside the crystal reached his ears.
Subsequently, he walked over, took out Lust, and released his Selfless Sword Aura.
The sharp sword aura coiled around the blade. The crystals in front of him were like apples being chopped up by a fruit knife.
Then Liam and the others saw a large number of adventurers piled together. These adventurers were all breathing out more than they were breathing in.
Seeing this, Liam was a little helpless, "What bad luck. But at least let's perform some humanitarian rescue. Whether they can survive depends on how tough their lives are.
Everyone, follow me to lay them flat on the ground and clean their wounds."
"Yes!"
Previously, they had always taken the speedrun route, always thinking that less trouble was better than more.
And now, he already had the leeway for self-protection. Apart from delaying a little time, there was almost no other loss.
He seemed to have reached the level of a company boss or entrepreneur from his previous life. When investing in a startup and pulling in sponsorship, occasionally donating money to build a Hope Primary School or something.
"Try to let them all lie flat or lean against the wall, unless there are wounds on their backs. Don't worry about not having enough drinking water.
There is plenty of flowing water in this nearby Dungeon. It can be drunk directly after boiling."
"Liam! It's a Monster Party!"
Ryuu and Ais looked at Liam at the same time. Liam also immediately drew Lust and Sloth.
From the surrounding tunnels, a large number of monsters approached like a tide.
Liam just frowned slightly, and then directly released a large number of sword aura slashes towards the front.
"Still the old rules. You all are responsible for defense, I'll handle the offense!"
Dense monsters surrounded Liam and the others from all directions.
It seemed that because Liam had exposed the people inside the crystal ore, it had triggered the perception of numerous monsters.
The ground, walls, ceiling, all places were monster crabs.
Liam immediately began to attack. Countless sword auras covered these monsters.
The shells, as hard as rock, were fragile in the face of Liam's sword aura.
A large number of monsters were quickly slain in the face of Liam's slashes.
Not just in the very front, but even the ceiling, behind, and on the left and right, almost no monster could get within three meters of the group.
Ais, who had just drawn her sword, had no choice but to put it back into its scabbard.
Cassandra breathed a sigh of relief. After seeing all the surrounding monsters were eliminated, she also immediately began to cast a group healing spell.
Lili immediately rushed out of the defensive net, her eyes firmly locked on the large amount of magic stones on the ground. Her hands kept picking up the magic stones on the ground and collecting them into her backpack.
"Liam!"
Several of them woke up from their coma. They looked at Liam with excitement.
"We will never forget your life-saving grace. Thank you so much!"
"Actually, I'm in a hurry, so I can only give you the most basic humanitarian rescue. As for whether you can reach the eighteenth floor, or even return to the surface, it's purely up to fate."
"Even so, we still owe you our lives!"
Liam chatted with these injured adventurers for a while, and then set off again.
"The adventurers in the Dungeon have become very active recently."
Ryuu looked at Liam, "It should be that everyone has been influenced by Liam and wants to improve their own strength as much as possible."
"Alright, my own adventurer level has indeed improved very quickly. Even if I've relaxed my pace, am I still the most efficient person in all of Orario?"
Liam and the others continued to advance. He didn't know how much time had passed. One after another, high-speed phantoms approached from a distance.
His perception immediately sensed the killing intent within them, so he immediately launched a slash in the direction of the killing intent.
A dense screen of blade lights formed from the slashes. A dazzling Selfless Sword Aura bombarded the approaching phantoms. Standing in front of everyone, Liam once again used Selfless Sword Aura to release a youth edition of Illusion Sword Dance.
All the monsters directly in front of him were slain by him. However, it wasn't over yet.
These high-speed phantoms directly flew in an arc, bypassing Liam to continue attacking the others.
It was just that the even more exaggeratedly wide-ranged Illusion Sword Dance, its attack range directly reached an astonishing nearly twenty meters.
"It's Flash Swallows!"
These Flash Swallows were like a series of high-speed bullets, so tenaciously crashing towards Liam and the others.
About ten or twenty seconds passed before this wave of attacks completely ended.
Liam let out a slight sigh of relief, his disordered breathing returning to normal.
A melodious song came from the tunnel.
Wien came over. After seeing that Liam was not injured, she looked at the other party with anticipation. "Liam, Liam, this song is so beautiful."
"Let's go. Let's go see what's going on."
Liam once again took the lead and walked at the very front. The group also immediately followed.
Following the direction of the song, Liam and the others happened to see a mermaid sitting on a rock by the river.
Her lower body was that of a fish, while her upper body was wearing a swimsuit made of shells.
Her face was very cute, with hair that fell to her waist, and a graceful figure.
The young woman was singing with her eyes closed, completely engrossed. Wien clapped her hands in surprise.
"So beautiful."
The mermaid beauty stopped and opened her eyes, hurriedly jumping into the water.
After seeing that Liam and the others did not launch an attack, she nervously revealed her body from behind a reef.
"It's you again. What a coincidence."
"You're also a Xenos?"
Liam and Wien came over. The mermaid girl also wagged her tail and came to the shore.
"Yes, I smell the scent of Rei and the others on you. You're their friends, right!"
"Yes. I wonder if you have any thoughts of going to the surface. If you do, when we return, we can take you with us.
Of course, you can't stay on the surface for too long, and there will be terrain restrictions."
Liam said, introducing his teammates to the young woman.
"Eh? Is that really okay? My name is Marie. If you're returning, please be sure to take me with you. I'm very useful.
I can charm some monsters for you to search for information."
Liam thought for a moment and immediately remembered Marie's ability.
It seemed that as long as Marie used her charm ability, she could control some monsters and thus obtain various information.
This ability was quite good. At least within the scope of the Great Azure Waterfall, it was a very efficient thing to use for pulling monsters.
Once said, he did it.
"Marie, will there be any restrictions on you if you leave the water?"
"Eh? This? If I leave the water for too long, my skin will crack. But I can still hold on for half a day after leaving the water surface!"
Liam thought of the mermaid's special ability. Marie's blood had healing abilities.
Such an existence, without a high-force guard, would definitely encounter mortal danger.
"I see."
Liam sized up the surrounding environment, "Marie, can you show us your monster-pulling power?"
"Eh? But these monsters are very powerful. We'll be eaten by the monsters."
Just as Marie was speaking, a huge strange fish fell from the top of her head.
Why would a fish fall from the ceiling?
One could only say that this was the magical Dungeon. The surrounding walls were always like resurrection points, breeding a large number of monsters from them.
Marie only saw the strange fish approaching her. Before she could call out to warn Liam of the danger.
Liam had already swung his sword and killed the strange fish.
The huge, fierce, and dangerous strange fish was as fragile as a balloon that could be popped with a single poke in front of Liam.
Marie looked at Liam in shock, "Liam, you're so amazing!"
"Can you believe in my strength now?"
Marie nodded hurriedly. Then she took a deep breath and let out a mermaid's call.
The loud sound wave seemed to be able to shatter gold and split stone. Then a violent rumbling sound came from the surroundings.
"Liam, I just summoned a very large group of monsters. You should be able to handle it, right? I'll go hide first?"
After Marie finished speaking, her entire figure very carefully hid behind a certain reef, carefully watching Liam and the monsters approaching from a distance.
If Liam and the others couldn't handle it, then she could only release another sound wave to charm those monsters, so as to buy everyone time to escape.
Mainly, this method was too high-profile. She was worried about encountering unnecessary danger.
For example, a special highly intelligent monster. If it noticed her, she thought the danger would be very exaggerated.
Liam released Triple Slash, instantly standing in front of the group.
Then Drawing Sword began to charge up. A large amount of sword aura condensed into Sloth, and then a wide-ranging white mist sword aura spread out swiftly.
Then a large number of monsters were directly enveloped by the white mist sword aura and then turned into ice cubes.
More approaching monsters were then enveloped by the freezing sword aura.
As a large amount of sword aura flew out, these monsters that had approached because of Marie were all frozen by Liam, then cracked into pieces and turned into black mist and dissipated.
"Wow, Liam is so amazing."
While waiting for Lili to collect all the magic stones on the ground, Liam chatted with Marie.
"Marie, do you usually stay here? Then what do you do when you encounter danger?"
"Then I can only swim away quickly. If I encounter a monster that can't be charmed, I can only pray that I'm faster than the other party."
When Marie said this, her gaze was fixed on Liam.
"Liam, I also want to go to the surface. I feel that if it's you, you can definitely take me to the surface!"
Looking at the other's innocent expression, Liam placed his hand on the other's head.
Because the young woman had been in the water all the time, her hair was always wet, but it was very smooth, soft, and had a faint body fragrance that only a pure young woman would have.
"Apart from us, you should not trust anyone else. Your blood is particularly precious, so many people will want your life."
Marie placed her hands in front of her, looking at Liam a little nervously.
"Liam, I'm not tasty. Don't eat me."
"Silly, how could I eat you? I'm just saying, apart from us, you shouldn't trust others too much. Your value is really too high."
(End of this chapter)
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