Chapter 188: An Indirect Kiss? The Shy Ryuu
When Liam was searching for the deceased adventurers' supplies, he had obtained some equipment support.
Daggers, tachi, backpacks, maps, quills, clothes, adventurer's portable cooking utensils, bandages, healing potions, and so on.
There was also a Familia's crest, the markings on which were already very blurry.
Ryuu had a mysophobia, but at that time, she had directly taken this flag, stained with the Familia's crest, in her hand.
She saw the last words of the adventurers on it:
I'm so sorry... my lord.
I'm sorry, Mom. I can't make it back alive.
Because of the information on this flag, Ryuu decided to take this flag and all the identity tags from the deceased adventurers with her.
If she handed them over to the Guild, at least it would let the loved ones of these adventurers know their last words and such.
Ryuu came back to her senses from her daze, her face serious as she looked at the monster group in the distance.
The entire body of the Skeleton Ram was shrouded in a special fur, its crimson eyes fixed on Liam and Ryuu.
The monsters in the deep levels not only had powerful strength, but their intelligence level was also much higher than the monsters in the lower levels and other areas.
According to Liam's understanding, it was because the Dungeon from the 27th to the 37th floor had been cleared by the Juggernaut.
Compared to punishing the Juggernaut, and the two of them, Liam's group, who were hunting the Juggernaut.
This time, the Dungeon chose to prioritize repairing the damage caused by the Juggernaut.
After the repair work was almost done, a large number of monsters were refreshed and began to search for Liam and Ryuu.
Looking at the gradually increasing number of Skeleton Rams, Liam gripped the blade in his hand.
"Ryuu, be careful. I'm going to start fighting now."
"Yes!"
"ROAR!"
A large group of Skeleton Rams rushed forward at once, and so their figures instantly turned into dozens or even hundreds of black shadows.
Liam launched Thrusting Smash at this group of Skeleton Rams. One after another, Selfless Sword Auras were instantly released by him.
When facing high-speed monsters like the Skeleton Ram, the low-level skills of the Sword Soul template became more and more useless.
Skills of Thrusting Smash and above were the effective attacks that could just barely counter the speed of the Skeleton Ram.
A move like Triple Slash was a "low-speed attack" that the Skeleton Ram could dodge.
A large number of black shadows approached, their sharp teeth bared, like Flash Swallows speeding across the ground, charging towards Liam's side.
Liam no longer held back. Thrusting Dragon-Slaying Slash was instantly released.
Dragon-shaped sword aura was wantonly brandished. The larger range and swifter release speed of the slash gave these Skeleton Rams no possibility of evasion.
Many dropped items appeared. Liam collected them all at the fastest speed.
Afterward, Liam directly began to disarm. If his memory was correct, this floor would have monsters that could release fatal toxins.
He and Ryuu had only brought one antidote each, and three bottles of healing potions.
After all, it was just an emergency backpack. Carrying too much would affect his own movements.
"Ryuu, put on this light armor. After we get back, go directly to apply for member funds and buy a set of the highest-grade Second-Grade or primary First-Grade armor and armament."
Ryuu watched as Liam took off his full heavy armor in one go, and then took off the light armor lining and handed it to Ryuu.
"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
Liam immediately put on the heavy armor, "Hurry up and wear it. Although this set is a light armor composed of leather and mithril alloy.
But even the leather armor part has Udaeus's material fused into it.
Paired with your current armor, it can maximize your defense."
Because it was Liam's exclusive armor, others wearing the inner light armor would have no special effects, but the defense was not discounted.
Ryuu nodded. It was just that when she was putting on this light armor, she thought of something.
This light armor still had Liam's scent on it.
Taking advantage of the absence of monsters around, Ryuu immediately took out a map and began to draw.
Having been an adventurer for so many years, Ryuu had learned many skills. Map drawing was one of them.
Although it wasn't master-level drawing, for daily exploration and action, it was naturally more than enough.
"Ryuu! You actually have this kind of skill! In that case, in our future Dungeon explorations, the cartographer for map drawing will be you!"
"Mmm."
Her ability being recognized by Liam filled Ryuu's heart with a sense of accomplishment.
It was just as her former Familia companions had said.
Knowledge would become wisdom, turn into a weapon, and become their powerful help.
Now, this sentence was just proven.
Ryuu put the organized map into her backpack, "Currently, on the thirty-seventh floor of the Dungeon where we are.
Because we were chasing that Juggernaut, we have lost our way.
But with our strength, this is not an impassable floor.
The edge of the floor is the passage to the thirty-sixth floor, and the center is the entrance to the thirty-eighth floor."
Liam nodded. Since that was the case, he naturally had no objections.
A large group of werewolves approached. Liam once again used Thrusting Smash.
The heads of these werewolves looked very much like huskies, but they were much more ferocious and stronger than huskies.
Selfless Sword Art was released in large quantities. One by one, the monsters were hit in the body, and then they fell down and turned into corpses.
Because he already had the idea of raising his adventurer level, in the process of fighting, Liam had no intention of being low-key at all.
All sorts of attacks emerged one after another. He was also the type who could continuously grow in battle.
Even without the adventurer template, in actual combat, he could also rapidly improve his strength through experience, just not as exaggerated as the Sword Soul template's amplification.
He checked his Sword Soul template.
At this time, his Sword Soul template's level had reached 51, with 95% in the experience bar. He would soon reach level 52.
Regarding this efficiency, Liam was not very satisfied.
But there was no other way. He had encountered a special situation on the road, so the leveling efficiency had slowed down a bit.
A group of Peludas were crawling on the wall. Liam and Ryuu separated, and then directly activated their skills to slay these Peludas.
Since the other party could release poisonous stingers, then he would kill the other party before they could proactively release an attack.
"Liam! That thing's poison is very deadly! I still suggest we try to run away next time we encounter it."
Liam looked at Ryuu, "Ryuu, what I pursue is supreme power. What I want is the strength to not fear any danger.
If I have to hide from Peludas, and hide from floor lords, and hide whenever there's danger, then what do I do when I encounter something I really can't hide from?"
"So that's what you think?"
"Yes, I don't want to hide. If I can fight, I'll fight. At worst, I'll just run. I'll come back and fight again next time when my strength has improved!
I don't want to escape difficulties. I'll face them head-on, challenge my limits, and become the strongest~!"
Ryuu took a deep breath, "Alright, since that's the case, I'll tell you in detail about the characteristics of the other monsters on this floor.
For example, the Earthborn. This is the strongest monster in melee combat on this floor, apart from the floor lord..."
Ryuu pointed at a slime-like monster in front, "Liam, that's a slime. You can eat it. It will attack enemies with the toxins on its mucous membrane. You can distinguish them by color. The blue ones are edible."
Are we going to have a Labyrinth Meal?
It wasn't impossible to replenish food and water by eating monsters in the Dungeon.
However, he remembered that slimes weren't too tasty.
I have to be a little cruel to myself! A normal meal was generally the size of two apples.
And portable adventurer's rations, although the energy ratio was higher and the volume was smaller, were also cloyingly sweet and the like.
"Then let's eat!"
Liam made up his mind, and then quickly began to set up a field cooking station.
Ryuu directly cut off the parts of the slime other than its core. As expected, these separated parts did not turn into black mist and dissipate.
Afterward, the slime was directly boiled. Liam took the water cup and drank half of it in one go.
The texture was similar to spicy and sour soup, slimy, but the taste was countless times worse than spicy and sour soup.
Liam almost threw up. He immediately handed it to Ryuu.
"Ryuu, it's your turn to drink."
"There's no water on this floor. I'm going to collect this precious water resource."
A blush appeared on Ryuu's face. Thinking that this was a cup Liam had used, if she continued to use it, wouldn't that be an indirect kiss?
After feeling that she had rested enough, Ryuu immediately got up and continued to move with Liam.
Before long, the two came to a large circular wall.
Liam sized up the surroundings. The height of this tunnel was a full several dozen meters, and the width was about twenty meters, very wide.
Ryuu pointed at the white wall in the distance, "Liam, look. This is most likely the third circular wall.
There are five large circular walls in total. The color of each wall is slightly different."
Ryuu touched the wall in front of her with her finger. In this dim Dungeon, these walls were still emitting a faint white light.
"You see, this pure white is the third circular wall located in the center. Although it's not very obvious, it is indeed curved towards us.
So we are currently in the inner area of the third circular wall."
"As long as we know our own area, we can deduce the way out."
...
Ais and the others began to explore again.
The Dungeon now had an abnormality. All kinds of monsters were as if they had taken stimulants.
At least the monsters Ais and her group encountered were all very crazy and excited.
A large number of mermen, holding weapons, roared at Ais and the others.
"ROAR!"
This group of mermen holding bone clubs rushed forward at once and immediately arrived in front of Ais.
Cassandra and the others also followed Ais's footsteps and attacked these mermen.
Completely different from Liam, who was responsible for leading the team and acting as the main attacker, Ais's strength, although also very strong, was completely unable to intercept all the enemies.
Fortunately, this was still only the twenty-sixth floor. As long as Mikoto and the others fought seriously, they could almost handle it.
Dungeon Twenty-Seventh Floor.
After reaching this floor, even with Ais as the main attacker, the stamina of the other members had also begun to be greatly consumed.
Some people had even been injured, but because of Cassandra's treatment, the injuries were effectively treated.
Lili looked at everyone, "Everyone, before we meet up with Captain Liam, everyone must fight with all their might.
Even if Liam is not here, we can still be a qualified adventurer team!
To save consumption, minor injuries that do not affect action should be prioritized for hemostasis, saving healing magic power and recovery potions."
Although this would cause the injured to feel pain during battle, it was completely unavoidable.
Liam was not here, so every bit of resource had to be used at the most reasonable time.
Lili and the others continued to walk, and then on the road, they encountered many killed adventurers.
The death states of these adventurers were all different. Some had their heads bitten off, some were directly torn in half at the waist, or their abdomens were pierced...
The monster that could make these adventurers show such terrified expressions, he thought its strength was definitely very exaggerated.
But in order to be able to meet up with Liam and the others, Lili decided to continue leading the team forward.
Bors happened to run into Lili and the others.
"That's great! Sword Princess Ais, Liam and the others went to hunt a special monster. Will you go and help too?
With your participation, that monster can definitely be killed!
That monster can absorb and reflect magic, and its whole body is incomparably hard. It specializes in locking onto and slaughtering adventurers.
Liam fought that monster for nearly half an hour and still couldn't kill it."
"Half an hour?"
Lili's eyes widened. She looked at Bors in disbelief. This guy had a severed arm, and his whole body was very dirty. It was clear he had experienced a life-and-death battle.
"I remember Liam solo-killed Udaeus in just eighty minutes!
What on earth is going on with that monster? It actually has strength on the same level as Udaeus?"
Udaeus was unable to move, with half of its body buried in the ground.
Even so, Liam had fought a bitter battle for more than an hour to deal with it.
But a monster that could move at high speed and specialized in slaughtering adventurers, such a monster was really too dangerous.
Subsequently, Lili and the others had Bors lead the way and came to the place where Liam and the Juggernaut had fought to observe.
This place, the surroundings showed a large number of sharp sword marks, traces of high-temperature flame burns, and large holes in the ground.
Bors looked around in surprise, "Where are my companions? Didn't they die here?"
Then he heard a strange movement. Following the sound, he directly saw some loach-like basilisks devouring his companions.
"You bastards!"
Bors was so angry he almost lost his mind. He picked up his weapon and rushed over.
Because he had a severed arm, he could only use a long spear with one hand to attack.
And what was even more tricky was that these loaches could float, and there were many of them, directly blocking their retreat.
Ais naturally came to the place with the most monsters without hesitation, to fight head-on...
The mermaid Marie was staying by the river at this time, looking at this battle with a worried face.
"Their team actually has a Xenos. Since that's the case, it should be no problem if I reveal myself."
Marie sniffed the air and confirmed that they were Liam's partners. So her worries were also dispelled a lot.
She immediately emerged from the water, and then let out a roar at the monsters surrounding Ais and the others.
A high-frequency and impactful sound wave covered them. All the monsters were affected, including Wien.
And so, the movements of these monsters immediately became sluggish.
"Everyone, quickly attack these monsters!"
(End of this chapter)
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