Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

"You were able to solve the problem of the clan's residence in such a short time. That's quite an accomplishment, your child!"

"Of course!" Hestia nodded vigorously. "Even compared to the children of Loki's family, Su is definitely the more outstanding one."

"But is this really okay?"

Somewhat suddenly, Hephaestus changed the subject, "I heard it from my child. Your child has been quite crazy recently. His average basic ability is not even 'D', but he dared to challenge the young dragon alone. Even a complete team of lower-level adventurers may not be able to deal with a dragon monster."

"Baby dragon?"

Hestia blinked, her surprised eyes telling her that she had obviously just learned about this.

"He didn't even tell you about such a feat as defeating a young dragon alone?"

"He usually only reports good news and not bad news. He rarely tells me about things like encountering danger in the dungeon."

"But you can at least notice it!"

Hestia was silent, lowering her head and quietly eating lunch. After a long while, she spoke again: "If I can enter the dungeon, I will definitely follow him. If there is any way to make him less anxious, I will definitely do it. But it is not possible to stop him from doing this, because doing so is tantamount to denying his will and strangling his hope.

"His growth rate has been slowing down recently. He must have hit a bottleneck. Although he didn't show it in front of me, I could sense his urgency. So I was prepared for him to do something more aggressive in the dungeon.

"In fact, I actually knew the reason why he encountered a bottleneck, but I didn't say it."

"why?"

“Because I believe in him!

"I believe that there must be a power hidden in him that even I am not aware of. I believe that he will definitely surpass his limits and surpass himself!"

Chapter 33 Sequelae

Why was Su able to grow rapidly and steadily to the full attribute of 'E' at a growth rate that surpassed that of most adventurers?

Why is it that after his main attribute reaches 'D', steady growth becomes difficult to maintain and the growth rate begins to drop precipitously?

Hestia had made many guesses about this, and now…if her guess was correct, it was because reaching this stage was not a difficult task for ‘Su Mo’.

He originally had such qualifications, and his constant pushing of his own limits and rapid realization of his talents allowed him to achieve the feat of reaching the upgrade limit in just one month and five days.

Ainsel

·Duplicate Magic

The maximum number of clones is 'two', and the ability value is divided into two after the clone.

There is no distinction between primary and secondary avatars, and each has independent thinking and personality.

·not available

·? ? ?】

The effect of this magic is probably not just to split the ability value in half, but also to split the "capacity" in half.

The existence named 'Su Mo', his limit has never been at the 'D' level. If the two separated can be reunited, Hestia will not be surprised at all if Su's ability value directly increases to 'S'.

Just because the 'device' is split into two doesn't mean that the original upper limit has completely disappeared.

The fact that he has been able to grow rapidly and steadily to this point has proven that the 'D' level is something he can steadily reach.

If he had not been separated and was complete, he would probably have continued to grow steadily after reaching this realm.

Therefore, the bottleneck he is facing now, in a sense, is not a real bottleneck at all, it is just the sequelae of the magic "Ansel".

This is why Hestia did not tell Su Mo the truth.

She didn't want him to be limited by the upper limit of his 'device'. He had just reached the 'D' level and still had a lot of room for improvement. She hoped that he could firmly believe in this cognition. Because she also believed that if he wanted to defeat himself, he would definitely break through his own limits.

"That's a really irresponsible statement. Aren't you really afraid that something might happen to him?"

"I'm so scared! I'd be so worried if he came back late someday.

"Sometimes, I feel so useless. I can burn the kitchen just to heat up the food. I already have a family station, but I still can't recruit anyone. It's hard to give him a warm home and a harbor where he can hide from the wind and waves at any time."

“…You deserve it!”

Hephaestus subconsciously wanted to comfort her, but after thinking about it, she gave up.

"After you came to the mortal world, you have been eating and drinking for free and not doing your job. Children are well-informed. Apart from rumors like 'a useless loli god with no plans', if you ask carefully now, you will probably know what kind of god you are."

"What's wrong with a God like me?"

Hephaestus held up five fingers, closing them one by one and scolding them: "A shut-in who lives day by day, a main god who lacks ambition, a useless person without any special "skills", a person who has no plan and is not reliable at all..."

"Stop, stop, stop... don't say anymore."

"You know you're wrong, right?"

"At that time, I didn't know that the underworld was so cruel!" Hestia said as she turned her grief and anger into appetite.

"Now that you know, you should cherish it more. It's a blessing to find such an outstanding child. Of course, this blessing is not only yours, but also his."

"I will try my best. Speaking of which, I have to thank your child for being able to team up with Su to explore the dungeon together."

"We just look after each other." Hephaestus sighed softly, "That child is not someone we can rest assured about."

Even though he was obviously exhausted, he was still stubborn and refused to take a day off. He was really overworking himself!

……——……

"boom!"

Early in the morning, in the backyard of the 'Hostes of Abundance' tavern, Su Mo did a perfect 360-degree backflip followed by a 180-degree side flip... and fell heavily to the ground.

"That child's growth rate has really slowed down, meow~!"

“It’s time to slow down.”

Lunoa came to the window and yawned as she continued, "If you continue to grow like before, you will most likely break Sword Princess' record."

It only took one year to upgrade from Lv.1 to Lv.2. Almost everyone in Orario knows Sword Girl's fastest upgrade record.

But in just over a month, he was able to go from a layman to a qualified adventurer who could go down to the tenth floor alone. Such a growth rate was undoubtedly quite amazing. Even in the eyes of a bystander like her, he had a good chance of breaking Sword Princess' record.

Unfortunately, I finally hit a bottleneck.

'Bottleneck' and 'great achievement', these two shackles have locked up countless adventurers.

It's not easy to break them... Looking at the figure below who was forced to resist Liu's attack and retreat while fighting, Lunoa's eyes were full of scrutiny.

There are many adventurers in Orario who make rapid progress in the early stages but become sluggish in the later stages.

Because these adventurers had such a smooth start in the early stages, facing the fact that it was difficult to make further progress in the later stages, the psychological gap would only become more severe. Not everyone can accept the fact that they have changed from a "genius" to a "mortal". Rather, those who can truly accept it are a minority.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many adventurers who never recover or ultimately choose to take risks in order to achieve a breakthrough and end up losing their lives.

The young man below may not be devastated by this, but the latter may not be.

He will not be content with being ordinary.

Anyone who has watched him fight carefully can notice this.

Liu was naturally one of those who knew this very well.

No matter how calm and rational one is, one cannot completely conceal the "madness" that seems to be frozen under the water.

After defeating the increasingly weak defense again, Liu kicked Su Mo away.

“…Have you reached a bottleneck?”

Standing up quickly, Su Mo nodded.

"Which level of the dungeon have you explored?"

"eleven."

"I understand!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a wooden sword made from branches of the sacred tree in the Fairy Forest arrived in front of Su Mo accompanied by a gust of wind.

He subconsciously raised his sword to block, but the moment they made contact, Su Mo felt something was wrong.

This attack was heavier than any previous one, so heavy that it was difficult to defend against.

As a last resort, Su Mo could only take a half step back, tilting the sword, choosing to dissipate the force that seemed to forcefully break through the defense. But the next moment, the wooden sword was suddenly retracted, and the elf seized the momentary defensive loophole, and the hilt of the sword drove straight in, hitting Su Mo's abdomen heavily.

Not only the strength was enhanced, but also the speed... His mind analyzed the changes that had just taken place very clearly, but his body instinctively hunched over.

Uncomfortable!

My stomach was churning and even the gastric juice seemed to be flowing backwards, but I couldn't vomit it out. The feeling could only be described by the word "uncomfortable".

Covering his abdomen with one hand and leaning on the sword with the other, Su Mo was unable to stand up quickly this time.

"To explore the eleventh floor alone, your basic ability should be at least 'B'. You are far from reaching this threshold. You can't stand up and fight again with just this level. You are still a long way from being able to survive on the eleventh floor."

alone?

No, I actually have a teammate... Su Mo exhaled a breath and stood up again, but before he could get ready, a foot appeared in his pupils.

Super-speed spinning kick——

"The deeper you go into the dungeon, the less chances you'll have to prepare."

Su Mo, who was still flying in the air, heard this and finally understood the meaning of the four words the other party said - "I understand".

A537→837, there will be another chapter in the evening

Chapter 300: Respective Apologies ( plus chapters)

Accidents happen every day in the dungeon.

The so-called adventurers may disappear without a trace one day.

Similar words can be heard almost every day in Orario, and every adventurer in the dungeon is more or less prepared for this.

But the reason why "accidents" are accidents is often because they are unpredictable and always happen unexpectedly, leaving people no time to prepare.

Knowing that his actions would be the type that would encounter accidents most frequently, Su Mo made full preparations both mentally and in terms of props.

He believed that he was in an absolutely rational state and would not make a wrong judgment due to an accident. If he did nothing wrong and still faced death, it meant that he could only go this far.

Faced with unexpected situations, Su Mo would also worry and want to avoid them, but he would move forward even at the risk of his own life, and this was not just empty talk.

Worrying about unexpected situations is not a reason to stand still... Su Mo has already realized this, but what if he is not the one who encounters the accident?

Seeing the figure that had been knocked away by the Hard-Shelled Rat when he noticed it, Su Mo suddenly realized his own negligence.

"Deny it—"

Time and space were torn apart. Su Mo, who had just jumped up to launch an attack, drew back his sword to block the next moment and had to endure the heavy punch from the silverback ape.

His body flew out sideways as expected. Looking at the combination of two hard-shelled rats and a silver-backed ape, Su Mo quickly took out a dark red crystal from the bag on his left.

Fire stone!

This material was obtained from the Flame Demon Rock, a monster that lives in the deep area. Its characteristics are the same as the Flame Demon Rock's body, and it is highly flammable and explosive.

As a person who grew up in the 21st century and suffers from a phobia of insufficient firepower, Su Mo decisively bought two of them the moment he saw this thing.

The dark red crystal was quickly turned fiery red by the magic power. He gently threw the fire stone towards the monsters that were chasing him. Su Mo turned over and ignored the person behind him. His eyes were fixed on the armored rat that was spinning at high speed and continuing to rush towards Welf.

The moment he landed, he quickly adjusted the direction of his right foot. Just before the Hard-Shelled Rat was about to collide with Welf again, Su Mo grabbed Welf's falling body and used the momentum of the forward rush to quickly roll towards the low place.

"boom--"

The exploding fire stone spewed out scorching flames, and the bursting flames instantly engulfed everything within a range of three meters, and then scattered everywhere like flowers from the sky.

Su Mo lowered himself and Welf's bodies to hide in a low place. When the aftermath of the explosion faded, he jumped up immediately and dealt the final blow to the hard-shelled rat that was not completely caught in the center of the explosion and survived by relying on its own powerful protection.

After doing all this, he returned to Welf and checked his injuries.

The high-speed impact of the Hard-Shelled Rat not only left a deep wound on his back with blood flowing out, but the strong impact also damaged his internal organs. There were also traces of scratches and bites on his left foot, which were obviously done by the little devil... Without much hesitation, Su Mo took out the panacea and quickly sprinkled it on the wound.

The priceless panacea quickly demonstrated its worth. The wound began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few dozen seconds, the dazed Welf gradually regained consciousness.

He supported himself with his hands and subconsciously tried to stand up, but he only completed half of the movement. If Su Mo hadn't supported him, he would have almost stopped due to exhaustion.

"……Feel sorry!"

Feeling his own condition, Welf smiled bitterly, "I was careless. I didn't even notice that a hard-shelled rat appeared behind me."

"You're not the one who should be sorry."

Su Mo squatted down, picked up Welf, and trotted towards the starting cave room on the eleventh floor.