The demon monk in the second dimension

If she hadn't invited Xia Zhi, Xia Zhi wouldn't have gone shopping with them and wouldn't have encountered this man-eating flower.

She and Tione attacked the man-eating flower, but the flower suddenly extended several vines that tightly wrapped around their bodies, making it impossible for them to break free.

"Let me go!"

The Amazon sisters struggled desperately to rescue Summer Solstice.

Only Loki noticed that Summer Solstice seemed to have voluntarily crawled into the belly of the man-eating flower.

"Its skin was too tough, so it broke through from within?"

At this moment, Xia Zhi in the man-eating flower's throat had changed its form.

He turned into a pool of blood and slid into the carnivorous plant's body.

Once inside the man-eating flower's belly, several fleshy tentacles emerged from the blood that summer solstice had transformed into, eroding the monster from within.

Feeling excruciating pain in its abdomen, the carnivorous plant frantically waved its vines, but it couldn't attack Xia Zhi inside its belly at all.

Just as Ais arrived to save the day, the carnivorous plant vanished with a bang.

Amidst the ashes, Xia Zhi, now back in human form, appeared, clutching an exquisite magic stone the size of a fist.

Chapter 208 Loki's Proposal

At this moment, the Amazon sisters, who had also realized what was happening, came to his side and praised him.

"Hey buddy, are you alright? You killed that monster inside its belly? You're really brave! We thought you'd been eaten!"

Before Xia Zhi could speak, with a loud bang, three more man-eating plants burst through the ground and emerged from underground.

Tiona, who had come out unarmed, glanced at the longsword at Xia Zhi's waist and immediately realized that it was just an ordinary weapon.

"This weapon won't be able to break through the monster's skin."

She thought to herself that the Astrea Familia must be having a really tough time. Not only did they have only one member left, but they were also forced to use swords that cost tens of thousands of faeries.

She simply doesn't feel comfortable using high-end equipment worth tens of millions of dollars!

Ais used the magic [Wind Spirit Swiftness], wrapping herself in wind to enhance her attack, defense, speed, and short-distance flight ability.

This makes it easier and faster to kill the monsters that have escaped into the streets.

But because of this, all three carnivorous plants set their sights on her.

"This monster reacts to magic!"

Tione was startled and quickly said to Ais.

"Ais, cancel the spell!"

Just as Ais was about to do so, she suddenly saw a little girl who hadn't had time to escape squatting on the stall next to her.

She was too close to the carnivorous plant. If Ais canceled the spell, the little girl would likely be attacked by the plant.

So Ais gave up.

She gripped the slender sword in her hand, used the power of the wind spirit to leap into the air, and launched a surprise attack on the three man-eating flowers.

In mid-air, three carnivorous flowers opened their huge mouths and released ripple-like magic!

The magic collided with Ais's attack in mid-air. Although it did not harm Ais, it destroyed the rapier in her hand, which was worth forty million falies!

Ais's expressionless face twitched.

"Magic specifically designed to target weapons?"

Seeing that Ais had lost her weapon, the three carnivorous plants simultaneously raised their vines and began to entwine around her.

These vines were extremely tough; once entangled, even the incredibly strong Amazon sisters couldn't break free for a while.

At this moment, the Amazon sisters watched as Xia Zhi threw the longsword at her waist to the ground and ran towards a carnivorous plant again.

Faced with the food offered to it, the man-eating flower opened its mouth wide and swallowed Xia Zhi whole.

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Watching Xia Zhi disappear into the mouth of the man-eating flower once again, the Amazon sisters and Lefia didn't know what to say.

"Like this again?"

"This is way too reckless!"

Xia Zhi herself, however, was enjoying it.

Turning into a pool of blood, or rather, into a blood pool, is the instinct of the Blood God Child, and it doesn't consume much energy.

Once inside the monster's body, Xia Zhi can happily feast, as long as she is careful to transform back into human form when the monster is about to die.

"Next time we encounter a large monster, we'll attack it from the inside! This way, we can both devour some of its flesh and defeat high-level monsters that we can't defeat for the time being—a win-win situation!"

boom!

Soon, the man-eating flower turned to ashes, and Xia Zhi and the magic stone fell to the ground.

Another carnivorous plant was taken down by Xia Zhi, making the rest of the battle much easier.

The Amazon sisters entangled one of the carnivorous plants, while Ais entangled the other.

Lefia led the little girl, who was crouching and covering her head, away from the battlefield, while Xia Zhi seized the opportunity to once again offer herself to the mouth of the man-eating flower.

If the first time someone saw Xia Zhi do this, they were horrified; the second time, they were surprised; and the third time, they got used to it.

When Xia Zhi killed the four carnivorous plants in the same way, Tiona, who found it very interesting, even extended an invitation to him.

"Xia Zhi, are you exploring the dungeon alone? Come join us! We haven't had any large-scale expeditions lately, and Ais often goes to the dungeon to gain experience."

Expeditions are the biggest activity for clans that focus on dungeon adventures. They aim to break through to new floors in the dungeon that they haven't reached before, and usually, they don't bring other clan members with them.

Xia Zhi picked up the four magic stones dropped by the man-eating plant and her own longsword, straightened her tattered clothes, and politely declined Tiona's offer.

"I'm just a Level 1 adventurer, completely different from you. I'm still stuck in the upper levels of the labyrinth. Besides, my head is wanted on the black market, so I won't trouble you."

"You're only LV1?"

Upon hearing Xia Zhi's level, everyone except Loki looked on as if it were a fantasy.

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"A Level 1 daring to crawl into the belly of a high-level monster? You're incredibly audacious!"

Tiona always thought she was reckless enough, but it turns out there are people even more ruthless than her!

She felt her hair stand on end in shock, and exclaimed in amazement.

"I've heard that the Astrea Familia are fearless in the face of hardship and sacrifice in order to maintain the stability of Orario. Today I've witnessed it firsthand!"

"wanted?"

Loki immediately understood when he thought of Xia Zhi's identity as a member of the Astrea Familia.

"It seems many clans don't want to see the 'meddlesome' Astria clan rise again! Unfortunately, you absolutely cannot control this man from the Celestial Realm!"

She squinted and began to think about the current situation.

"Currently, in Orario, my Loki Familia and Freya Familia are vying for the title of Orario's number one Familia. However, neither my Loki Familia nor Freya's Familia is as powerful as Zeus' Familia and Hera's Familia back then, and I'm afraid it will take at least ten years to truly determine who is superior."

"Therefore, I can take advantage of the power of the Astrea Familia, which is bound to rise after introducing powerful allies from the Celestial Realm."

Thinking this, Loki spoke to Xia Zhi.

"It's just a wanted notice, I don't think you, Brother Xia Zhi, would care about that, right?"

She came up and put her arm around Xia Zhi's shoulder, holding a borrowed spare sword in her hand, and discussed it with him with a smile.

"The deeper you go in the dungeon, the more experience and magic stones you can get from the monsters, and the more valuable they are. You won't have to worry about getting into trouble with my children. In exchange, you can teach Aiss swordsmanship during battles!"

She tossed the spare sword to Ais, saying with some "overburden" that she was exhausted.

"As you can see, her fighting style causes far too much damage to weapons. Even a level 5 adventurer can't afford to spend tens of millions of fali every week of fighting."

Loki complained.

"Ais, the sword you just broke was worth forty million falies! And you've only had it for five days!"

Ais, the Weapon Destroyer, the Blacksmith Weeper, Wallenstein: (°ー°〃)

She turned her head away, too embarrassed to look at the others.

"Since you've put it that way, Loki, then fine."

Xia Zhi heard the music and understood its meaning. He knew that Loki was extending goodwill to him, and even indicating that the Loki Familia could cooperate with the Astrea Familia.

Even on the summer solstice, you should have a backup plan.

If Astraea really can't suppress her "lesbian feelings" and takes Ryu back to the Celestial Realm, then he'll need to find someone else, won't he?

The Loki Familia is quite good.

Chapter 209 Astrea's Change of Heart

After discussion, everyone decided to make preparations that evening and meet at the Adventurers' Guild at nine o'clock in the morning to avoid the peak time for adventurers to go to the dungeon.

Xia Zhi carried four magic stones home.

Sword Maiden stared down at the sword she had just shattered and asked her own god.

"Loki, is his swordsmanship very strong?"

Loki, with his squinty eyes, smiled and nodded.

"Very strong. They must be at a level comparable to gods. After all, they come from there."

"Where is that?"

Tiona's eyes were brimming with curiosity as she leaned her head closer.

"That man-eating flower monster would require at least a fully armed LV3 adventurer to deal with, right? To defeat it by crawling inside its belly, I'm really curious what Xia Zhi did inside the man-eating flower!"

Loki thought this must be Xia Zhi's secret technique, and he put a finger in front of his mouth and shook it.

"It's a secret, you can't tell me."

Tiona pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Ugh, Loki's so mean! You're the one who piqued her curiosity. If Ais had asked, you would have answered immediately, right?"

The mere mention of Ais instantly banished Loki's sleepiness!

She was panting heavily, looking at Ais with a lecherous expression, practically drooling.

"If Aistan could dry my back without using a towel, I'd tell you—Ah! It's broken! Aistan! A hand twisted like that really can break!!!"

……

When Xia Zhi got home, it was still early.

Astraea is probably still playing and flirting with Ryu at the festival.

If Astraea is aware of Iru's special status and they are always seen together, there is a high chance that Hayate, a former member of the Astraea Familia, will be discovered.

But Astraea didn't care!

Hehe, just having fun!

Xia Zhi has every reason to believe that this was Astrea's intention.

After her clan suffered a major setback, and torn between self-blame and regret, the goddess of justice's feelings for Ryu had already changed.

However, Ryu, who deeply loved Astraea, was completely unaware of this.

Astraea probably appreciated the contrast between Runa's joy at finally being able to stroll through the festival with the goddess, and his nervous reluctance and cautious expression, worried that his identity would be discovered and implicate Astraea's Familia.

The mixture of excitement and anguish on the elves' faces, who often had very little self-awareness and emotion, amused Astrea greatly!

After swallowing the four magic stones, Xia Zhi activated the Soul Devouring Technique, intending to absorb the magic power within them into her body.

Because the magic stone he had tried to absorb before was very small and its magical power was extremely weak, Xia Zhi thought that the magical power contained in this kind of magic stone had this "fiery" characteristic, which was why his meridians felt tense and uncomfortable.

As a result, after a large amount of magic power was poured into her meridians, Xia Zhi discovered that this magic power was extremely violent and highly destructive.

Using it as an ordinary spirit stone will severely damage your meridians.

"No wonder this stuff can only be used as an energy source and material, and cannot be directly used by adventurers to enhance the magic power in God's Grace. This magic power is as wild and domineering as an untamed beast; inhaling it is no different from suicide."