The Warrior of Love

--powerful!

Brutal, powerful, and wild, it's as if the aesthetics of violence is engraved into their blood.

The more he vented his anger, the more active the hidden power in his body became. His ability value, which had gradually stopped growing, also began to rise quietly at this moment...

"Ohh ...

Finally, the Chimera's huge body was smashed into a hole as big as a meteorite crater, and Jiang Liu grabbed its tail that was stabbing like a poisonous needle - this was the monster's last struggle, but it was immediately crushed ruthlessly by Jiang Liu.

It was a real crushing. With a sudden force of five fingers, it was completely turned into a skin bag filled with meat paste.

And now, Chimera couldn't even roar in pain.

"call……"

Jiang Liu stood on the monster's body, and frowned slightly as he gradually calmed down.

"Well, maybe I should give you a quick death."

Jiang Liu casually pulled out the black knife placed in the groove behind the armor and slowly aimed it at the Chimera's heart.

"Pfft-"

The monster that had wiped out the Ishtar clan was reduced to ashes, and only a giant magic stone as tall as a person remained in the pit.

Chapter 172: The Conquered Female Warrior

The strong deserve the respect of everyone - in this world where mortals, gods, and monsters coexist, this is an irrefutable truth.

This is not a game world where you can level up just by killing monsters or live a life of luxury just by selling magic stones.

Orario is an underground city guarding one of the three greatest secret realms in the world (the other two are the Great Forest and Dragon Valley), and therefore it gathers the largest number of clans and powerful adventurers in the world. In this city jointly ruled by guilds and large clans, secret conflicts and contradictions have never stopped.

There are families that will be wiped out overnight by powerful people, there are also families that will be assassinated by people who hold hatred against them, and there are even families that secretly join forces to plan a war against the major families at the top of the city - even more incredible things have happened.

Because this is Orario, a place of miracles where dreams can come true, and also the entrance to a dungeon where all hopes can be buried.

A city of adventurers where darkness and light, hope and despair, courage and cowardice, heroes and shameless people mingle.

In a place like this, nothing can make people feel more reassured than a powerful individual.

Perhaps Loki and Freya's Families were in the same league, but everyone would think that Freya was slightly better. This was not because Freya had more allies, nor because there were people with extraordinary wisdom among the goddess of beauty's followers. In terms of strategic art, no one could compare to Finn, the leader of Loki's Familia.

The reason is very simple and unshakable: Freya has a loyal servant named "Ota", and Ota is the only level 7 in the entire city!

There is no doubt that this is a man that all adventurers fear. Not only in terms of ability, but also in terms of combat talent, he is the unrivaled overlord in Orario!

But even if Ota came, could he fight like the man in front of him?

That inhuman physique, unparalleled tyranny, and Shura-like madness, this seemingly thin boy hides something that can shock the whole world.

Even if you say he is level 8 or higher, there will be people who believe it.

——At least Aisha would believe it.

At this moment, if someone asked her what "God" was, she would not think of the main gods who were the core of the clan, but would involuntarily look at this young man.

When you see a mountain, you want to climb it. This is because if you conquer the mountain, you will become taller and greater.

When they see a strong man, they want to hunt him, because by conquering the strong man, they will also become strong - the Amazon female warriors have such a simple mindset.

However, looking at the man's back, Aisha had no desire to "conquer him". Instead, she was filled with the desire to be conquered by him.

Perhaps, when seeing an overly majestic existence, people lose their rationality in their hearts, and only the purest emotion remains.

For Aisha, a female warrior from Amazon, the root of emotion is instinctive desire.

But for the white-haired boy with red eyes and the blonde girl with fox ears, this feeling of being touched is different.

Some people see their ideal selves, but after realizing the decisive differences, they fall into an inescapable inferiority complex.

Some people met the heroes in the fairy tale, but fell into endless sorrow when they realized that they could no longer go back to the past.

For a moment, the four people here had different thoughts.

As the absolute protagonist in the eyes of the other three, Jiang Liu is——

"What a huge magic stone!"

His idea was simple: "It should be able to sell for a lot of money."

Conservatively speaking, we have enough money to buy a house, and it's time to move out of the church.

"Then..." Jiang Liu tilted his head back and looked at Aisha sideways, "How did you provoke this monster?"

After hesitating for a moment, the image of the goddess Ishtar flashed through Aisha's mind, but it was quickly covered up by the instinctive impulse.

If taming an animal is a process of training from the body to the mind, then this time it is just the opposite, from the mind to the body. The Amazon named Aisha was completely tamed - even if Jiang Liu himself did not realize it.

The reason is probably that Aisha has the potential in this area...

"You saved us, thank you so much... That was the floor master we accidentally discovered, the Lonely King of the Labyrinth in the hidden room on the fifteenth floor."

The female warrior named Lijie said: "At the beginning, it was only level 4, but it quickly grew to level 5 and above and broke our formation."

"you……"

Jiang Liu thought for a moment and said, "Are you from the Ishtar clan?"

The fox-eared girl was wearing an Oriental kimono, and when the Ishtar clan entered the dungeon before, they were carrying an Oriental sedan chair of the same style, which led Jiang Liu to ask this question.

"Yes..." The female warrior nodded, "My name is Aisha, and this child is Chun Ji... I don't know how many of my companions will survive."

Jiang Liu glanced at the fox-eared girl named Chun Ji and nodded.

Chun Ji stayed close to Aisha and didn't dare to look up at Jiang Liu. She didn't say any words of gratitude to Jiang Liu for saving her. It was unclear whether she was shy or for some other reason.

However, because of the algae girl, he did not have any ill feelings towards the fox girl. Instead, he had a favorable impression of her. He was not affected by Chun Ji's attitude.

"Fifteenth floor, so that's it." Jiang Liu understood something in his mind.

I was wondering before why the Ishtar clan wanted to enter the dungeon on such a large scale when their equipment and logistics didn't look like they were going on an expedition. It seems that they had known about the existence of a floor master on the fifteenth floor a long time ago, and then gathered people to attack him.

Because the journey is not long, it only goes to the fifteenth floor, so there is basically no need to consider any logistics, just call up the fighting force.

However, even with such a large team, they still suffered a disastrous defeat...

"The fifteenth floor? What is there that attracts you?" It was not out of greed, but pure curiosity.

Jiang Liu still remembered that the adventurer he met at the entrance once said that the Ishtar clan was not very enthusiastic about exploring the dungeon and he had never seen them enter in large numbers during the day.

It's impossible that he suddenly felt a surge of justice and wanted to clean up the owner of the floor. He must have some ulterior motive.

"It's the goddess's mission."

Aisha said without hesitation: "Lady Ishtar asked us to retrieve the golden fruit growing on the fifteenth floor."

Anyway, if Jiang Liu really wanted to ask, she would not be able to keep the secret given her position, and she couldn't even resist with force. This behavior could not even be considered a betrayal of the Lord God.

"Golden...fruit? Oh, is that what it's for?"

Jiang Liu narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a hint of interest.

"A treasure that can be guarded by the floor master - it must be very valuable."

However, at that time he still didn't understand that the so-called "golden fruit" was not just valuable.

It is a treasure that is worthless to humans but extremely attractive to gods. It is no exaggeration to say that it is priceless.

After all, that was the bait of the "dungeon", a trap specifically designed to capture gods and their followers.

Chapter 173: Absolute Temptation

The golden apple that appears in Greek mythology is a treasure that has absolute temptation to any creature.

There are many myths related to the golden apple, but three of them are the most famous.

At first, a golden apple tree was given to Zeus and Hera by Gaia, the mother of the earth, as a wedding gift. The Golden Apple Orchard was placed near the end of the world, with guards that even the gods could not bypass. Only one apple was ever taken away by the giant Atlas, who was commissioned by Hercules.

This is one of the twelve trials of Hercules.

Another time, Atalanta, the greatest female hunter in Greece, proposed to decide her marriage by running a race, and all failed challengers would pay with their lives.

A young man made a wish to the god of love in the hope of marrying Atalanta, and was given a golden apple that could attract attention. By delaying Atalanta's steps, he successfully won the beauty.

Although it is quite despicable (and Tamiao actually has a CP in mythology, who also participated in the Calydonian hunt, but was later killed by his own mother).

The third appearance is probably also the most famous: the Battle of the Three Goddesses.

A golden apple with the words "For the most beautiful goddess" inscribed on it triggered a competition among Hera, Athena, and Venus. In the end, the goddess of beauty won. However, the dispute between the gods continued into the mortal world, triggering the famous "Trojan War".

No matter where it appears, the Golden Apple has an extremely strong presence, demonstrating that it "has value that attracts all humans and gods."

However, that is the golden apple in Greek mythology. In the world view of "Dungeon", which is very different from the original mythology, the golden apple is not a gift from Gaia and has no appeal to mortals (except for money-lovers).

But one thing is the same: no god can resist its temptation, and wars have even been caused by it.

That was twenty years ago, when the golden apple first appeared in the dungeon. However, the gods at that time did not know the purpose of the golden apple, so they just treated it as a trophy from defeating the floor master.

Since the monster it guards is so powerful, this item must be very precious - this is a natural and correct judgment.

At that time, the clans that participated in the crusade all received some of the golden apples to a greater or lesser extent. Later, in the process of exploring their functions, they found that the golden apples were useless to humans - they were not even made of pure gold, but just had a golden skin.

Apart from its gorgeous appearance, it seemed to be just an ordinary apple. Not to mention increasing ability values, it couldn't even restore physical strength, heal injuries, or detoxify like ordinary potions could.

However, this is only true for humans...

A bored god chose to eat this waste directly to taste it, and as a result, he accidentally discovered its true use, and from then on he could not stop.

The main gods of the entire Orario are crazy about it, and they all want to take the remaining golden apples for themselves. They rob and extort them time and time again, and even start a clan war for this.

In just one month, eight clans were completely destroyed and driven out of Orario.

The final winners were Hera and Zeus's clan, and among the clans defeated by them was Ishtar. This war even directly caused a generational gap in the top combat power of Ishtar's clan, which was only slightly better than being completely destroyed.

The real purpose of the golden apple is——

"I do not know either."

Aisha said very bluntly: "Lady Ishtar, we are just taking the things back."

The two survivors of the Ishtar clan took Jiang Liu and Bell back to the 15th floor. They didn't see many corpses of Amazon warriors along the way, which made Aisha relax a little.

Perhaps, the Chimera was trying to hunt them down, allowing the other teams to escape in time... It is also possible that they had been eaten by the Chimera or other monsters, so there were no corpses.

But no matter what, it's better than seeing the corpses of my companions appearing before my eyes again and again...

Aisha also had her own considerations. If she relied on herself alone, it would be difficult for her to complete the task of collecting golden apples in her current state. She would definitely be punished by the goddess Ishtar. Instead of doing that, it would be better to entrust it to Jiang Liu. Although he could only get a small portion, he could still report to the goddess.

After finding the entrance to the rock wall that had returned to its original state, Jiang Liu used Sakura Flow to break through it. This fighting skill made Aisha look sideways, but Bell didn't react much - he just thought it was a kind of magic.

"Doesn't your magic require chanting?" The Amazon warrior was very surprised.

Magic is something that is closer to a "talent" than a skill. Originally, other races except the elves rarely learned magic, but the grace of the gods gave them the possibility to touch this power.

But in the world view of "Dungeon", magic is not something that can be learned. Not only is there a limit on the number of magic, but it also relies on spells and instinct to be activated. Basically no one can understand its principles, and naturally no one can shorten the length of the spell.

Perhaps those elves who are hundreds of years old have the ability to reduce a few bytes, but humans and dwarves certainly can't... Therefore, chantless magic becomes very precious.

"Hercules-kun is really amazing. He even knows magic!"

Bell was even more curious and asked, "The stripes that appeared on the body before, was that also magic?"

"That's not magic, it's technology." Jiang Liu shook his head, and without caring how surprised the two were, he stepped into the hidden floor.

The fifteenth floor was already a very spacious floor, but this hidden secret place was quite small, estimated to be only the size of two or three football fields, and more than two-thirds of it was occupied by a clear lake.

There are fluorescent substances in the surrounding rock walls and lake water, so it is not dim and people can see everything inside clearly.

There is an isolated island in the center of the lake, only about ten meters square. It appears there abruptly, as if isolated from the outside world.

There is a green apple tree growing on the isolated island. Its rough bark and gnarled branches fully demonstrate its vigorous vitality. In the lush canopy, dots of golden light can be vaguely seen...

"Before this, we were just close to the lake and hadn't even touched the apple tree when the monster rushed out of the lake." Aisha sighed with lingering fear, "Now that I think about it, I should have investigated it more thoroughly before taking action."

"That can't be helped. Even if it wasn't a surprise attack, that monster would still be able to wipe you out."

Jiang Liu, who had personally fought against Chimera, knew very well that thing was definitely not an ordinary monster, not even a floor master, but something specially cultivated by the dungeon. Conventional adventurers had no chance of winning.

"That's the apple tree that Chimera is guarding, haha."

Jiang Liu smiled, ignored the vast lake, and walked straight ahead.

Aisha, the fox girl Chun Ji, and Bell were all surprised. Just as they were about to stop him, they saw him step on the water, but it did not sink. Instead, it was as solid as if he was stepping on the ground.