Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

“It’s time to stop.”

After sending the Bergbear's soul back to the dungeon, Su Mo came to Welf who was coughing up blood and gave him a warning.

"The waves of attacks in the dungeon are just waiting for us to make a mistake. When we step into the quagmire, that's when it will really show its fangs. We are not capable enough to face such dangers."

After pouring a bottle of high-level healing elixir into his mouth, Welf stood up with the help of his sword, "I understand. I won't mess around anymore."

What on earth did you understand...Su Mo asked, "What on earth stimulated you today?"

"Is it exciting? Does it count as being scolded by your own Supreme God?"

“The middle level is not the place to vent your emotions.”

"This isn't venting, I'm just making sure of one thing."

With a self-deprecating smile, Welf's voice dropped a little. "It's only been a month since we last met, but now I'm really far behind you in every aspect."

The difference in strength did not discourage Welf, but as a blacksmith, when most of the weapons and equipment on his contracted partners were not made by himself, the significance of that was truly shattering his pride.

"After being scolded by the Goddess yesterday, she asked me, 'What is the most important thing to me?' You know, I couldn't answer it for a while. At that moment, she looked at me with such disappointment..."

Looking at Welf who couldn't help scratching his hair and cheek, it was finally Su Mo's turn to understand completely - this was a case of emotional hurt!

Losing face in front of your friends is no more devastating than losing face in front of the person you care about.

"Can you answer it now?"

"Why do you think I'm standing here?"

He still hated the magic sword, but if it was a magic sword that would not break, it would indeed be a goal worth fighting for.

Because that is undoubtedly the road to the Supreme Palace, and because, if he wants to truly reach the realm of God where the God of Forging is, he has no right to tie his own hands and feet. The current reality has told him this very clearly.

'What is the most important thing to you?'

The most important thing to him has always been on the road to the Supreme Palace, and he doesn't need to think about it too much.

"In order to truly reach the highest level, I need to hone my skills more and develop my ability - forging!"

I feel like this 'Supreme' has another meaning... Su Mo took a step forward and raised his sword towards the incoming rabbits. "Then let's continue. Of course, there's no need for a one-on-one duel. I don't want to send you out in a moment."

"Of course, I didn't want to go out early today."

In the end, Welf, who didn't want to leave early, returned to Orario that night and lay in bed all night.

The next morning, without even removing the bandage on his forehead, he drove his carriage to the Hestia clan's residence and took away a large amount of materials.

"Mr. Welf today..."

Welf's high morale, confidence, and a bit of madness made Bell dumbfounded.

"We have been apart for three days, and we should look at each other with admiration."

When you find your goal one day, the changes will only become more obvious... Without saying the second half of the sentence in his mind, Su Mo patted Bell's shoulder and walked towards the old commercial district in Bell's confused eyes.

There was news about a meeting last night from Fels, but I don’t know what it was about.

……——……

The wizard specialty store - Witch's Hideout.

Coming here again, Su Mo first greeted the old man dressed as a witch, and after the old man said "please do as you please", he walked towards the back passage.

Soon, Su Mo went down to a hall filled with various pipes and found Fels in a laboratory filled with various parts and materials.

"coming."

"Is there anything that can't be said directly through the communication bead?"

Fels did not respond immediately. Instead, he walked to the side and took down a short staff of about 40 to 50 centimeters from the wooden rack. "I have done a detailed study on this horn in the past few days. Your guess is correct. The fact that the monster survived the shattering of the magic stone is indeed closely related to it."

"It's quite peculiar. Even though it has been cut off, it still retains some activity. This activity can even become more active by absorbing fresh blood. This is a feature that even magic stones do not have."

"I think the monster must have realized the disadvantages of the magic stone, so it evolved a second core organ similar to the magic core. I just don't know whether this evolution is carried out by its own will or is an attempt by the dungeon."

"If it's the latter, I'm afraid future monsters will be more difficult to deal with!"

The dungeon should not spread the 'system' on a large scale... Responding in his heart, Su Mo looked at the red-veined wooden short staff handed over by Fels. It was round on the top and pointed at the bottom. The overall wood color was dark, with faint natural blood-colored lines all over it. There was also a crystal clear magic ball embedded in the top of the short staff.

The whole short staff is small and exquisite, dark and simple, yet it feels a bit sinister.

"You made it into a staff?"

As he spoke, Su Mo took it and looked at it briefly and carefully.

Fels nodded. "I used the unicorn horn and the heart of the man-eating tree as the main materials, along with mithril, magic crystals, and magic balls to make this short staff. But strictly speaking, it's not a magic staff. It's a magic tool that functions as a magic staff."

When Su Mo heard that it was a magical tool, his eyes suddenly lit up.

The staff was of no use to him, but the magical tools were another matter entirely.

"It can absorb magic essence and recharge itself with blood. In addition to assisting in spellcasting, it also has the abilities of 'healing' and 'inspiring'."

Fels pointed his finger at the short staff, and the next moment, a red light spread out.

In an instant, Su Mo felt a surge of blood and energy, and suddenly wanted to find someone to fight... This was definitely encouragement, not the "fighting madness" talent of the unicorn rabbit clan.

"A large group of people?"

If a single person is "encouraged", the immediate feeling is a small state of frenzy, but if the "encouraging" is collective, it will be a youth version of "bloodthirstiness".

"Yes."

Su Mo nodded. "It's a very practical magic tool. Is this for me?"

'Encouragement' is the frenzy talent of the unicorn rabbit clan. As for the so-called 'healing', he has seen how the blood jade unicorn rabbit recovered itself, and the effect can be predicted to some extent.

“This is what belongs to you.”

Compared with the information revealed by this unicorn horn, the value of the unicorn horn itself is not worth mentioning at all.

"Remember to let it absorb blood once every three days. If you use it frequently, you need to absorb blood more frequently. If it cannot absorb blood for a long time, the horn inside will gradually lose its activity, causing its ability to decrease and eventually be completely lost."

Sucking blood is not a difficult task for people who go in and out of the dungeon every day.

Su Mo spun the short stick in his hand, smiled softly, and said: "Remember, I really like this gift. Then, tell me, what is it that you want me to come here for?"

The short stick is not very big, so it is not impossible to just put it in locker No. 63 and give it to him. The most important thing is that this is not an urgent matter at all. The reason why he was summoned to come here as soon as possible must not be for this.

"A high god has entrusted me to ask you a question..."

As he spoke, Fels picked up a few portraits from the side and handed them to Su Mo.

……——……

Su Mo left the witch's hiding place with the blood-patterned short staff, with Fels's last question still echoing in his mind.

"Do you know these members of Demeter's family who brought you out?"

Naturally, Su Mo didn't recognize any of the people in the portraits.

He only knew that it was the members of Demeter's family who brought him back to Orario from the twelfth floor, placed him in the guild, and then left. From beginning to end, he had never seen them even once while in a coma.

Now he is suddenly asked whether he knows these members of Demeter's family. What is going on?

Have doubts about him?

Not like ah!

Does the guild have any doubts about Demeter's family?

That's even more impossible! They are the Demeter family who brought great benefits to the lower world, were determined to eliminate hunger in the world, and gave people abundance. They were respected, praised, and praised by the world!

Su Mo shook his head subconsciously, interrupting his completely unfounded association.

If he wanted to know what was going on, he might as well just check who that "God" was.

However, it is not as enjoyable to spend precious time doing these messy things as to go to the dungeon to kill monsters.

Welf needed to cultivate himself and hone his forging skills. On a new day, Su Mo continued his "ghost" journey in the dungeon alone.

It was also on this day that Su Mo received the news that the initial development of the safe cave on the fifteenth floor had been completed.

Without any hesitation, the next day, Su Mo brought more supplies, made some arrangements in advance, and stayed in the dungeon for three days.

It’s not that you can only soak for three days, but three days is the limit.

Of course, this is the safety limit Su Mo set for himself.

He really wanted to stay in the dungeon longer, but that was not something that could be done by simply bringing more supplies or having someone bring food and water directly into the safe cave to sell.

The safety cave is only in the initial stage of development and its safety is not sufficiently guaranteed.

At first, it was okay because there were few people, not many monsters, and not many people. The safety was more or less guaranteed, and it was indeed a good place for people to take a nap.

But soon, as more and more people got to know this place, more and more people came here to rest more and more frequently, which naturally inevitably attracted monsters. Many people even led monsters to escape here. Under all these circumstances, the greatest function of this cave quickly became a temporary resting place.

The guild was able to maintain the scale of the two caves, but it could not change this situation for the time being. Compared with the eighteenth floor, the two small safe caves could not be used as a place of rest in the true sense, even if no monsters would appear, as they could not find supplies and had no escape route.

Therefore, even if there is such a temporary resting place, there are definitely not many people like Su Mo who can stay between the thirteenth and fifteenth floors for three days.

There are people who can maintain their condition within the safety threshold for three consecutive days without getting enough rest time, but most of the people on these floors find it difficult to do so.

The reason why Su Mo was able to hold on for three days, in addition to the improvement of his basic ability values, especially 'Durability', was due to his two skills 'Resolution of Sorrow' and 'Eternal Fireworks'.

The former prevented his spirit from feeling bored and annoyed by long-term fighting, while the latter gave him recovery abilities that were completely beyond his level, which enabled him to have the capital for a three-day journey through the dungeon.

[Strength: SS1054 → SS1098 Durability: SS1139 → SS1191 Dexterity: SS1071 → SS1133 Agility: SS1148 → SSS1209 Magic: SS1188 → SSS1262]

The updated ability values after returning are the best testimony to three days of continuous efforts.

'Magic Power' and 'Agility' have smoothly entered the 'SSS1200+' realm, and 'Durability' is not far away.

But such explosive growth obviously cannot be sustained.

He stayed in the dungeon for three days, and after returning from the dungeon, he explored the middle level again the next morning with Welf, who had fully recovered.

On this day, perhaps because we came back early, the growth of "Lingqiao" began to slip from double digits to single digits.

Signs that the rapid growth phase is about to end have already appeared, but for Su Mo, he can still squeeze himself to return to double-digit growth.

Then, of course, there was another three-day underground journey.

Alone, dealing with monsters almost all day long, having to fight in the dungeon almost every moment, killing, escaping, resting... For ordinary people, this is definitely a boring and tedious cycle, but for Su Mo, this is a rare rewarding time.

If you work hard, you will get corresponding or even extraordinary growth. What else can this be but a reward of time?

After a three-day trip in the dungeon, Su Mo, who was returning to the surface, happened to see the monsters imprisoned in steel cages being transported to the surface.

The capture and escort team are from the Ganesha clan. Apparently, the Monster Festival is about to take place.

Although he spent most of the past few days in the dungeon, Su Mo was not indifferent to everything.

The Monster Festival is coming, and this timing is a symbolic signal for him.

But no matter how iconic this signal was, there were some things that he could not fully control, just like he had no idea when Loki's family would return to the upper level, and just like Bell had already explored the sixth level.

That’s right! Perhaps inspired by him and Welf, Bell, who also wanted to work hard to improve himself, has already stepped out of the novice level.

If he remembered correctly, Bell should still be on the novice floor before meeting Fiora.

The plot seems to have collapsed before it even started...

82

Chapter 82 is coming.

[Strength: SS1098 → SS1131 Durability: SS1191 → SSS1226 Dexterity: SS1133 → SS1164 Agility: SSS1209 → SSS1244 Magic: SSS1262 → SSS1298]

'Durability' has unsurprisingly reached the 'SSS' level. With more practice, 'Strength' and 'Agility' should also be able to reach the 'SSS' level, but 'SSS1300+' may not be achieved.

Because he won't spend too much effort during the trough period.

Su Mo, who had an "upgrade" experience, was able to roughly determine that by maintaining the current intensity of the battle, he should be able to maintain double-digit growth in multiple ability values every day in the next week, and was barely still within the rapid growth period.

After that, there is a feedback period where he can still rely on hard work to gradually improve, but this is also a stage where the growth rate continues to decline. Only after passing this stage will he truly begin to enter the "trough", and this time, he is not prepared to give the "trough" time.

Whether it was the preparations needed to go to Loki's family, or the undercurrent of unrest in Orario, or even the people who wanted to abduct Lily, rob the fox, or dig for the "Mistress of Fertility" with hoes... all these things required the support of strength.

Under such circumstances, it is already quite a luxury to give yourself more than a month of final improvement period.

Things like tempering oneself in the trough should be left to people who are more willing to endure hardships. Anyway, he doesn't have the time and doesn't want to go through the test of the "trough" again.

When he is sure that he has completely reached the 'lowest point', that is when he can sublimate into 'God's grace'.

Now that I think about it, being able to skip the inevitable "low point" is a kind of unique talent.