Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

Arriving at the sixteenth floor, Su Mo did not dare to relax at all.

I quickly followed the passage on the left to the first cave room, but when I looked up, I couldn't see any monster.

Without any stops, the four-man team quickly passed through the empty caves. Soon, they heard the roaring of the bulls.

After walking for a while in the direction where the sound came from, a figure tumbling among the herd of ferocious bulls became visible in the distance.

When the four of them approached, all the monsters they saw were killed by the blond figure.

"You are here."

The voice did not come from the blonde girl.

The brave man, Finn, came from the other end, and behind him, there was an elf girl who served as a supporter.

Su Mo also led the three people over and said, "Looking for someone to meet in a place like this, it shouldn't be for some bad taste, right?"

"Of course, the 18th floor was originally good, but there are too many eyes there recently, and staying on the 17th floor for a long time would be too conspicuous, so we can only choose this floor."

The characteristics of the sixteenth floor meant that it was a more demanding floor to stay on than to pass through directly.

Minotaur, quick assembly, cattle charge, maze... Adventurers with insufficient strength cannot stay here at all, and adventurers with sufficient strength, why should they stay here?

The reason why the Minotaur left the sixteenth floor and went up, or even went down, was that most adventurers would rather go down to the nineteenth or twentieth floors than stay here for long.

"Not on the surface?"

"I want to see you as soon as possible."

Finn didn't want to play any tricks and directly stated the reason for their meeting. "We have found the entrance to the eighteenth floor."

Su Mo narrowed his eyes, and his purely rational thinking made him instantly understand why the other party was looking for him.

"You want me to be the key...?"

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Chapter 115 Open the door?

The other party said that they found the entrance, and they also knew what the blocking gate that blocked the artificial maze 'Knossos' was made of. Su Mo could naturally guess the other party's intention of finding it so quickly.

The key to the artificial maze could not be found, but in the past two days, Orario did have an extra human-shaped key.

"We found the entrance the night before yesterday. We communicated with the guild yesterday and they said they would find a way. But yesterday..."

"The guild pushed me out?"

"No! Loki just did some research and determined that you should be able to open that metal door."

Finn's eyes looked a little strange, too.

They had just found the entrance, but were completely powerless against the door made of the hardest metal - Olha steel. As a result, the gods played a joke on them the next day, and a human-shaped key jumped out by itself.

It's such a coincidence that it doesn't seem like a coincidence at all.

"Why don't you just stay and arrest them? With your strength, it shouldn't be difficult to snatch a key as long as you can find an opportunity."

"It's actually difficult."

Finn's voice was very calm. "We accidentally destroyed the trap at the door, and ended up guarding it for a whole day without any gains. It's the same today. At least before we come up from the eighteenth floor, the door still shows no sign of opening."

"…I'm glad you could see me here."

After understanding the specific situation, Su Mo finally understood the other party's real intention of meeting here.

This was a kind of protection, a measure to prevent the dark faction's attention from quickly shifting to him.

"That's as it should be. However, I heard that many people have witnessed your ability to manipulate metal?"

Su Mo could naturally hear the hidden meaning in Finn's words.

He can manipulate metal, so can he open the door forged from Olha Steel?

If Loki could investigate and confirm such a thing, then the dark faction could naturally do it as well. It's just that their reaction and investigation speeds were not as fast as those of Loki's followers who just happened to find the entrance.

Meeting in secret and maintaining an irrelevant relationship with Loki's family, such protection measures are of no use in the long run. If he is really targeted by the dark faction, the crisis he needs to face will not change at all.

"Then do you know what it means for us to let me open the door?"

Finn nodded solemnly. "You will be a thorn in the side of the dark faction and they will do their best to eliminate you."

"Is it really just me?"

Finn looked at the three people behind Su Mo and thought: "Maybe you can really come to our clan, even if it's just temporarily."

Before, Bell and the other two looked at each other and couldn't fully understand what the two were saying. But after hearing this, they could hear some clues.

The leader of Loki's clan wants to invite his own leader to do something very dangerous. This thing is related to the dark faction. Once their leader does it, he will inevitably be counterattacked by the dark faction, and they may even be implicated.

To this end, the leader of Loki's clan proposed the solution of "conversion".

Su Mo nodded, "This is indeed the best solution. I completely agree with it."

It's just rational agreement, which means emotional disagreement... Finn was not surprised by this answer. If Loki hadn't noticed that determination that was impossible to shake, he would not have let him go so easily last time.

I heard from Aisi that even their Lord God is still regretting this matter.

She is not the type to regret easily!

"As far as I know, apart from the main god, the Hestia family seems to have only two members?"

"Three."

Hearing this, Finn's gaze lingered on the dwarf Lilyluka for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "If there are only three of them, they are still within our care."

If they want others to take a huge risk to open the door, they naturally have to show sincerity first.

"Can Loki's family really protect us?"

"I can't guarantee what will happen many years later. I can only promise that I will use my life to protect your safety until the incident of the artificial maze comes to an end."

At this point, Finn raised the spear in his hand, and his voice suddenly became extremely solemn, "Please bear witness to the gods Loki and Hestia, I guarantee this in the name of the 'brave man'."

The guarantee of a 'brave man' naturally has credibility.

Even if he didn't open the door, the dark faction might not necessarily stop targeting him.

But with his current strength, given the current strength of the Hestia family, is he really suitable to open the door?

"I need to think about it and discuss it with them. Can you give us some space to rest?"

"Of course, just find a place by yourselves. We won't let the monsters disturb you."

The dungeon was never kind, and the middle level was a dangerous place where disasters could strike at any time. But even in such a place, there were still people who could walk around in it as if they were walking in their own back garden.

Among the three members of Loki's family, at least two are such people.

Su Mo called the three people to a corner, and his long sword rang softly, leaving several deep sword marks on the wall to prevent monsters from being born here quickly. After doing all this, he sat down casually.

They are just middle-level people. If the Loki clan can't protect them here, there is no need for them to sit down and discuss and think about it.

Sitting down and meeting the gazes of the three people who were looking at him, Su Mo gave a general introduction to the artificial maze 'Knossos'.

"What? There's a maze beneath Orario?"

Welf was extremely shocked.

Lilyluka even looked directly at the wall and found that there was actually an artificial maze being built around the underground city.

"Daedalus? The great craftsman? He started building this man-made maze thousands of years ago..."

Bell muttered to himself, feeling unbelievable.

"Now this artificial maze is almost the lair of the dark faction. To be honest, at least now, I have never thought of touching it. If it weren't for the 'hero' coming to me, I wouldn't even tell you this."

The three of them were not dissatisfied with Su Mo's concealment. It was natural that the fewer people who knew about such a secret matter, the better. Even if they knew it now, it would be difficult for them to get involved in such matters.

If you don't have enough strength and try to force yourself into it, you will end up being cannon fodder.

"So the situation now is that you can open the door even without the key, right?"

“It’s a lot of doors.”

Su Mo corrected him: "It's said to be a man-made maze. Do you think it's a place where you can wander around as long as you open the door?"

"If you're not good, you'll be stuck in it."

Lily Luka took over the topic, "A man-made maze is likely to be controlled by humans. Moreover, it is now the lair of the dark faction, so there must be more dangers in it."

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Chapter 116: April.

As the 'key', they must follow the team, or even walk in the front. The three of them naturally understand this simple truth.

"Captain, what do you think?"

Bell asked bluntly: "I believe that you, the captain, who understands the situation better, will be able to make a more accurate judgment."

Su Mo shook his head slightly. "I am also hesitant this time. Bell, I believe in your potential very much. For us now, improving our own strength is the most important thing. Many of the current problems may no longer be a problem if we give us another three or four months."

"But to be honest, I'm not sure if the dark faction will target me during this period of time. It's indeed a good opportunity to strike first and catch them off guard. I don't need to achieve too much. As long as I can successfully grab a key, my importance in their eyes will be greatly reduced."

"Of course, there is a high probability that there will still be retaliation."

Wilf suddenly said: "But it is no longer the most important target. It is no longer an object that must be eradicated. This is very important."

Lililuka noticed a more critical problem. "Three or four months? Captain, do you think we will be able to get involved in such incidents in three or four months, right?"

"It's not about getting involved, but about having the basic ability to protect yourself."

Su Mo explained in detail, "I believe I can reach LV.3 within four months. Bell shouldn't be much slower than me, and it's even more likely that he will reach this level faster than me. When we become second-level adventurers, even if there is a LV.5 in front of me, I have the confidence to fight him."

In this era when LV.6 and LV.7 are rare, LV.5 is an absolute strong man, and most of the leaders of large clans are at this level.

When he and Bell reach LV.3 and enter the realm of second-level adventurers, and then find a way to snatch the fox, adventurers at the LV.5 level will no longer be strong ones that they cannot deal with.

"LV.3 can fight LV.5, are you serious?"

Welf looked solemn. Fighting across two levels was truly a great feat.

"Someday you may also have the opportunity to fight LV.2 against LV.3. Of course, there is a time limit."

Welf's eyes lit up, "Can a LV.1 fight a LV.2?"

"I'm not strong enough, and the timing is not right yet, so I won't dream about it for now."

Welf looked regretful, but he didn't ask how such a thing could be done.

They are confident enough to fight against LV.5, but they think this is just a basic self-protection ability... It is difficult for Lilyluka to understand this mentality, but she can clearly feel the worry and caution of her own leader.

"Three or four months is indeed a rather ambiguous time."

As long as she put herself in the other person's shoes, Lilyluka understood the source of her hesitation... It was not that she didn't want to open the door, but that it would be a more appropriate choice to do these things three or four months later.

"How about letting Loki's family protect us for three months, and then go and open the door?"

"Now is the best time to kick the door while they are least prepared. If we really wait for three months, as long as the dark faction is not stupid, the 'opportunity' will inevitably become a 'trap'. They will not choose to wait, otherwise, they will not come to us in such a hurry."

"If I turn them down, will rumors spread?"

Lililuka thought about the worse. If they refused, would Loki's family force them in secret?

"It's meaningless to think about these things now. Once you make up your mind to reject them, you will naturally be prepared to bear all the consequences yourself."

Welf stroked his chin. "In that case, I think cooperation would be more beneficial to you."

"Choose the lesser of two evils. Rather than having a lucky hope on the dark faction, it is indeed more worth expecting the guarantee from Loki's family, and..."

Su Mo looked at the Loki clan that came to meet the Minotaur, "They contacted me through the guild."

"guild?"

Lililuka couldn't help but frown, "Do they also want you, the captain, to open the door?"

Su Mo nodded. "Although they didn't say it explicitly, since they helped to make the contact, this is pretty much their attitude."

"It seems that you already have a tendency."

Welf said with a smile.

"If I can directly solve the problem of the dark faction, or if I can grab the key, I will naturally be happy to cooperate, but what if I can't do anything after entering?"

Hearing this, the three of them immediately showed thoughtful expressions.