The demon monk in the second dimension

"However, due to special circumstances, I cannot expose this matter myself; it can only be left to your Loki Familia. I will need to discuss the specifics with Loki in person."

Chapter 214 Inheritance

"Really? It's fine to discuss this with Loki."

Finn nodded slightly and asked about something else.

"But why did Ais have a headache just now?"

Xia Zhi gave Ais a meaningful look.

"Because of her bloodline, Ais encountered her fallen brethren and suffered a slight contamination, but it was quickly overcome. After all, she was just a newly born seed."

"Bloodline?"

Lefia looked puzzled.

Isn't Miss Ais human?

But Riveria and Finn knew about Ais's situation.

The two exchanged a glance and immediately felt that the situation was very difficult to handle.

"That thing is actually related to Ais's bloodline? And it's corrupted?"

Ais herself knew that she was a hybrid of human and fairy, and upon hearing this, her eyes widened in shock.

The celestial spirits, a race known as the closest to the gods, have fallen?

Unlike elves, fairies are recognized as the race closest to gods, and are therefore also known as "the most beloved children of the gods" or "the incarnations of the gods".

In ancient times, before the gods descended to the mortal realm, celestial spirits could even perform acts similar to bestowing divine favors.

The famous Lake Nymph, who bestowed the sword upon King Arthur, was a type of fairy.

"seed?"

Upon hearing this word, Finn frowned, sensing that things were not so simple.

"Are there many more of these?"

At the summer solstice, however, he became a riddle teller.

"The answer is on the 59th floor. You'll find out when you get there. Friendly reminder: your enemies are very strong. They can be considered top-tier adventurers at level 7."

"The 59th floor?"

Ais remembered this well.

……

Such a huge thing happened; most of the town was destroyed.

Furthermore, some have questioned whether the eighteenth floor is still safe. Did these carnivorous plants recently migrate there, or has the eighteenth floor become unsafe due to changes in the underground city?

Losing a safe floor that can be used for supplies and rest will have a huge impact on the entire Orario!

The next day, after saying goodbye to Perth, who was still troubled by this, the group chose to return to the ground.

Xia Zhi used the magic stones she obtained from the upper level to exchange for money, and devoured all the magic stones from the Minotaur and the Silver Fang Lion Tiger, the magic stones from the Man-Eating Flower, and special materials. In one night, she upgraded from the third level of Qi Refining to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

At the same time, he also asked Astraea to update the data for him.

This time, after returning to the surface from the underground city, Xia Zhi leveled up immediately.

summer solstice

Level: LV2

Strength: SSS1499-I0

Endurance: SSS1499-I0

Dexterity: SSS1499-I0

Agile: SSS1499-I0

magic:???

"They've all reached SSS level?"

Astrea was initially quite surprised.

She'd never even heard of an SSS-level attribute!

But when I thought about Xia Zhi's identity, I immediately felt that this was normal.

This must be the effect of the "feast of flesh and blood" at the summer solstice.

God knows what he did in the dungeon!

She introduced the summer solstice.

"After upgrading from LV1 to LV2, you can choose to develop your abilities. You can awaken [Hunter] to increase experience, [Swordsman] to increase proficiency with swords, and [Abnormal Resistance] to increase special resistances."

For adventurers, the development options they have are actually quite limited.

Those who frequently use swords can awaken the [Swordsman] ability, while those who are frequently attacked by poisonous monsters can awaken [Poison Resistance].

Xia Zhi chose the Hunter.

He had only been in the dungeon for a week, but he had already leveled up from LV1 to LV2. Nobody would believe it if they told them!

For example, the liu next to it.

"You upgraded?"

The elf, who had been pestered by Astrea for the past few days and was now used to being hugged by the main god, looked on incredulously.

She clearly remembered that just a few days ago Astraea had bestowed the grace of the Summer Solstice God.

This is an upgrade?

After confirming with Astraea, Ryu returned to her room with a very complicated expression.

A moment later, she came out and placed a weapon that was only sixty centimeters long in front of Xia Zhi.

"Your weapon is no longer usable, is it? Here, take this."

Ryu handed over the kodachi, Futaba, a weapon entrusted to her by Kaguya Gojou, the former vice-captain of the Astraea Familia, before her death.

For the past five years, she has treasured these two small swords and takes them out to look at them every day.

"This represents the heritage of the Astrea Familia; you must not let it down."

Ryu's expression was one of reluctance, yet also one of determination.

Futaba has two swords. She keeps one for herself to remember her loved ones, and the other is a fitting heirloom for the Astrea Familia.

At Xia Zhi's pace, he will soon reach LV3, and LV5 is not even his final goal.

Entrusting this weapon to him is not an insult.

……

After a good night's sleep, Summer Solstice got up early the next day and went to the Loki Familia for breakfast.

As one of the two strongest clans in Orario, the Loki clan's breakfast is very lavish.

When the summer solstice arrived, they warmly invited him to join them at the table. They were dumbfounded to see him devour a ten-person meal like a starving ghost.

This resulted in some Loki's clan members who woke up late having nothing to eat and having to eat leftover bread from yesterday.

Having eaten her fill, Xia Zhi entered the reception room amidst Loki's speechless expression.

"It was Dionysus who did it. Even if he didn't cultivate those carnivorous flowers, he's still involved. His kin, Philvis Sharia, who he always kept by his side, is highly suspicious."

He patted his belly and gave Loki the answer he wanted.

"Although Dionysus wore several layers of disguise, I could see through his desire and pursuit of chaos hidden beneath that facade at a glance."

"You used your Heavenly Eye?"

But Loki thought that Xia Zhi had used some special means.

"That's against the rules."

Xia Zhi curled her lip, looking disdainful.

"It's as if Freya follows the rules very well."

Loki fell silent.

Freya often does things that skirt the line between legal and illegal.

However, because Freya was too beautiful, even with her divine power sealed, she still possessed a divine level of beauty, captivating a group of male gods.

Her bewitching charm was irresistible to the children of the mortal realm; she could seduce them one by one.

To prevent their children from being seduced, the goddesses could only swallow their anger and turn a blind eye to Freya's behavior.

Fortunately, Freya's actions were never excessive; they were merely minor tantrums.

Seeing that Loki remained silent, Xia Zhi teased her instead.

"Speaking of which, Loki, who loved to break the rules and cause big trouble in the heavens, became a guardian of the rules after he came to the mortal realm. It's quite interesting."

Loki retorted, not to be outdone.

"The way you ate just now, it can hardly be described as the proper way of a celestial being."

Xia Zhi corrected him with a serious expression.

"I'm not a god, I'm a cultivator!"

Loki, however, thought he was deliberately confusing him and rolled his eyes.

"I don't believe you!"

Chapter 215 Heretic

"Uranus of the guild has been investigating this matter, but there are still no results. I think I need to tell you something else, so you don't come to the wrong person."

Xia Zhi picked up the black tea that Leifia had specially brewed for him and took a small sip.

The warm, sweet black tea swirls in your mouth before flowing down your esophagus with its rich aroma, a truly delightful experience.

"There's a type of monster in the dungeons called Heretics. Although they are monsters, they possess memories of adventurers who died in the dungeons, giving them human-like reason. They are not only secretly attacked and captured by adventurers, but even other mindless monsters will attack them."

"Uranus believed that such heretics should not hide in the dungeons and eke out a living, but should be able to come to the surface and receive the same treatment as mortal races. The Monster Festival of Ganesha was held for this purpose, hoping to gradually make the people of Orario accept them by taming monsters, and then slowly change their perceptions."

"So that's what happened!"

Loki wore a look of novelty, as if he had "discovered something good."

"A heretic? That sounds interesting! Why didn't I know that before?"

"Such highly secretive transactions are naturally not publicized and usually take place on the black market. As far as I know, the leader of the Soma Familia and the Ikelos Familia are engaged in this kind of business."

Summer Solstice said to Loki while drinking black tea.

"After all, these monsters have been integrated into human memories, and may even know some of the adventurers from those memories. There's even a possibility that 'the souls of adventurers didn't ascend to the heavens, but were absorbed by the dungeon and nurtured into monsters.' If that's exposed, things could get really bad."

……

After a satisfying meal, Xia Zhi left the Loki Familia, leaving the rest to be decided among themselves.

Tiona, Ais, Lefia, and Xia Zhi went to the dungeon again to bully the minotaur and the silver-toothed lion-tiger.

They all brought tents this time, preparing for a long-term operation.

Soon, Tiona noticed the small katana at Xia Zhi's waist.

Watching Xia Zhi easily slit the minotaurs' throats and pierce their muscles with this knife, she asked curiously.

"Xia Zhi, you changed your weapon? This short sword looks very sharp!"

With a swift motion, Xia Zhi severed the head of a minotaur, flicked his blade to shake off the blood, and turned to Tiona with a smile.

"These are weapons left behind by our clan's elders. Aren't they quite impressive?"

When it was almost time, the four of them set up camp in the forest south of the eighteenth level.

The town of Rivera is currently undergoing emergency repairs due to the riot caused by the carnivorous plant swarms the day before yesterday.