I'm tied to Athena.

PS: The author has changed it, and I apologize humbly. The ending of the previous chapter has also been changed to be related to the new chapter (sorry)

PS: I almost forgot, you have to pay for what you have done. There is also a book by a group member called "I, Shinji, My Father's Enemy". I am the third person in our group to be included in the collection list. Sister Nanxi has many big guys under her.

Chapter 31: Attack from across the floor

"Puff..." Li Yun spat out a large mouthful of blood, and he held the thick branch tightly with both hands.

Although his body had been pierced, Li Yun still had a smile on his face as if he had achieved his goal, "I got you!"

The target of this branch was not Li Yun, but Ai Si who was beside him. He was just attacking her incidentally. Under normal circumstances, Li Yun only needed to push Ai Si away.

But the branches attacked too fast, and Li Yun, who relaxed after the battle, still had to take responsibility for his carelessness.

But...it's not a loss, at least Li Yun already knows which floor the enemy is on.

When fighting with the giant monster, Li Yun felt that the giant monster was relying on the power coming from deep in the dungeon to fight, but because there were too many floors between them, Li Yun could not sense it.

He had originally planned to give up looking for the floor where the enemy was, but the opponent resorted to this trick at this time.

Although he was indeed injured, he also captured the enemy's location by following the enemy's main attack!

That guy was not on the 51st or 52nd floor, which were relatively close. He was on the 59th floor, nine floors away.

But... the feeling is a little different. Li Yun still has doubts in his heart, but the current situation does not allow him to think too much. He was seriously injured and had to be treated as soon as possible.

But before that...

"I'll give you a gift!" He crushed the branches with his ten fingers, and the magic of death continued to flow along the branches. Since the opponent had crossed nine floors to attack him, he didn't need to be polite to return the gift!

Li Yun was not sure how much damage the death magic could cause to the opponent, but it would definitely not make the opponent feel good!

"Mr. Li Yun!!" A voice filled with pain roared out from Lefiya's mouth, and the fairy girl collapsed on the ground powerlessly.

Why... we were cheering for victory just now, why did it turn out like this in the blink of an eye...

Aisi raised her hands tremblingly, a hint of fear flashing across her expressionless face, her head shaking...as if she couldn't believe the heartbreaking scene before her.

Then in the next second, the doll-like little face showed the emotions of its owner for the first time. The distorted facial features told of the owner's anger. The strongest female swordsman in Orario, Sword Princess, was so angry that she lost her mind for the first time.

The extreme grief and anger made Ais forget the pain in her body. She clenched the Sword of Despair, and a violent dark green storm rolled up the surrounding flames. With just a flash of cold light, the thick branch was cut off.

When the branch was entangled by the death magic, it lost all its vitality. Its previous extreme speed and penetrating power were gone, so it was unable to resist Ai Si's attack.

"Calm down, Aisi." Looking at Aisi who was going berserk because of anger, Li Yun couldn't help but speak, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he spat out a few mouthfuls of blood.

Two months ago, he was an ordinary person, but two months later, a big hole appeared on his stomach... and he didn't even scream or shout. It has to be said that people change very quickly.

“Li Yun!” Ai Si, who thought Li Yun was dead, was stunned for a moment. She looked at him who was still smiling with his eyes open, and a smile of joy suddenly flowed from her eyes, “That’s great... That’s great...”

“Li Yun!” Diona had already run over. She hurriedly protected Li Yun’s body and shouted to Lefiya and Livilia behind her: “Hurry up! Hurry up!”

"Put his body down slowly." Livilia commanded calmly. When Li Yun lay down flat, they immediately cast recovery magic on Li Yun.

"Sorry to trouble you." Although he didn't know why there was a big hole on his body, they still asked him to lie down, but... it didn't matter, he could just lie down.

"We all thought you were dead." Livilia tensed up as she healed Li Yun. Fortunately, as the Ninth Demon Princess, she was also familiar with recovery magic, otherwise she really wouldn't know what to do.

"A normal person with a hole in his body is doomed to die." Dione and other first-level adventurers rushed over. Seeing Li Yun still having the energy to talk to them, the originally tense atmosphere disappeared in an instant.

"Hey! What's wrong with you? You left the person who dug the hole lying on the ground!" Bert's expression became ferocious. "Hey, do you know how to take care of people?!"

"Wait... the wound... isn't bleeding anymore?" Diona, who was paying attention to Li Yun's wound, suddenly widened her eyes. The wound that was bleeding all over the floor... is actually not bleeding anymore! ?

"Well, my body is a little different from others." It is indeed different from ordinary people. The Gorgon Stone represents the power of the earth, or in the words of the God Slayer world, immortality.

The body is pierced? There is immortality. Unless you don't get timely treatment, you won't die.

Moreover, Li Yun just used his hands to block a large part of the impact force, so at most his internal organs were damaged, and his heart was not affected.

"Liyun, yours is a little different from ours." Although he didn't know the principle, Finn still rationally kept his doubts, "Livilia, Lefiya, Liyun is in your hands. We will go to guard the surroundings."

"Tione, Bert, go check if there is any danger around. Grace, protect this place, and the others go put out the fires around, and then set up camp. We all have to stay here until Liyun recovers!"

The food is already insufficient and the medicines are almost used up. Under this situation, returning directly is the best outcome.

But it’s not possible now. The person who saved their Loki family princess is seriously injured. If they leave like this, what’s the difference between them and those rubbish who abandon their companions and leave?

"Ais, you should go and rest first." Finn came to Ais's side. To be honest, Ais was also seriously injured, but there were no extra medicines for her, so he could only let her recover on her own.

"Hmm..." Aisi nodded, then leaned against a rock and quietly watched Li Yun who was receiving treatment.

Ai Si hugged her knees with both hands and curled herself up into a ball. Suddenly, a scene that was very familiar to this scene appeared in her mind...

For the next period of time, Finn and his team set up camp again on the 50th floor. Thanks to the dungeon's excellent recovery ability, the 50th floor that was originally engulfed by flames was restored to its original state in just one or two days. Otherwise, their quality of life would have been greatly reduced.

However, due to the lack of food, Diona and her friends had to go to other floors to find food every day.

PS: Okay, the author has explained it clearly, it is the author’s fault (sorry)

PS: Just in case, the author would like to explain that the newly appeared insect-shaped monsters are not monsters born naturally in the dungeon.

Chapter 32 Return

The terrain of the dungeon changes drastically in each fixed floor area.

From the first layer directly connected to the surface, which is a common standard maze structure, to various forms such as forests, lakes, and wilderness, each floor presents an unimaginable underground world.

The further down you go, the more obvious the changes in the natural environment become.

Loki's family is now advancing in the cave.

The passage formed by the exposed rocks not only has disorderly crisscrossed horizontal caves, but also vertical caves. If ordinary people come to this level, they will get lost even with a map. Well, of course, even Loki's family who have been here many times will get lost if they are not careful.

This is the middle layer, the seventeenth layer, which is much closer to the surface than the deep layer.

"We can obviously go downstairs. If I knew who attacked Li Yun on the lower level, I would tear him to pieces!"

"You're annoying. Tone down a little."

"But, they turned back at the 50th floor! And Li Yun's injury..."

After the battle on the 50th floor, Loki's family gave up on going to the untouched floors and returned to the surface. In other words, this expedition was over.

Diona pouted and complained. Of course, what made her unhappy was that Aisi was now staying by Li Yun's side all the time.

"Captain, you've explained this to me several times, right? We were attacked by that monster, and the remaining supplies are running low."

"You can find food in the maze."

"There's nothing we can do about the weapons and props. The useful weapons in particular have almost all melted away, and all we have left are the worn-out items we used on the way here. Especially, you don't have any spare items left," said Tione.

"Oh, I'm so unwilling to give up. I finally reached the 50th floor after going through so much hardship!"

Six days have passed since everyone followed the command of their leader Finn and retreated from the depths. Tiona has been unable to respond to the same words for several times. She held her head with both hands, "It's all that monster's fault... What on earth is that thing?"

"I don't know. I can only say that it is an unconfirmed monster... although it is indeed a little suspicious." As she said this, Tione took out the monster's magic stone from the center of her chest.

Diona saw the deep valley that she didn't have at all, and glared at her sister with hatred. She will definitely sag, damn it!

"That can't be the magic stone of that monster, right? Tione, how did you find it?"

"Put your hand in there and grab it right out."

After the worm-type monsters die, they explode, and the magic stones in their bodies disappear as a result of the explosion. Diona and her friends worked hard to defeat so many monsters, but they didn't even get a single magic stone back.

Only Tione's method of directly reaching his hand in and then pulling it out can get the magic stone.

In a sense, Dione is braver than Liyun.

Although the magic stones hidden in the monster's body vary in size and shape, they are all blue-purple in color.

The magic stone in Tione's hand, which was about the size of a small stone, was shining with a light that had never been seen before. Its center was colorful, and the rest was blue-purple, which looked very strange.

"It turns out that you consumed too much panacea, which resulted in Li Yun having no panacea to use!" Well, Diona found the big consumer of panacea.

"What? At least I got the magic stone, and Li Yun is almost recovered." Tione glanced at Li Yun, who was wearing a cloak that covered his entire body, leaving only his head exposed.

"By the way, Diona, be careful. It seems that Ai Si also wants to compete with you."

"Well...don't worry, Ais doesn't understand anything. Now she is just facing him with gratitude." Diona waved her hand, not seeming to care much.

On the other hand, Li Yun felt that he was about to be treated as a useless person by Ai Si.

It was right for Aisi to be grateful to him. Although Li Yun also had his own purpose, it was also a fact that he saved Aisi. In this case, Aisi seemed to be grateful and chose to take care of him. She was still injured, but she still liked to force herself.

The hand under the cloak touched his chest. The immortality granted by the Gorgon Stone had almost healed Li Yun's injuries.

Although the bandage was still on, he could feel that the wound should have healed. It wouldn't matter if it was removed. However, it would be too ugly to show such a big scar on the chest.

By the way, Li Yun is currently naked.

His armor was bought by Ailei for him. He only had one set, which had been damaged in the battle with the giant monster. As for the others...

During the battle on the 50th floor, a large amount of supplies were burned, and everyone was left with only one set of clothes. There were no extra clothes for him, so Li Yun could only wear this cloak.

"Li Yun?" Ai Si, who was following Li Yun, noticed his little movements keenly and thought that his wound was hurting again, so she asked.

"It's okay... I'm just walking normally..." Li Yun blinked, narrowed his eyes, and then said: "A monster is coming, everyone prepare to fight!"

Now everyone is in the spacious cave, and this place is where the monster banquet is most likely to take place.

Because the width of the passage on the upper level is narrower than that in the deeper area, the Loki clan divided the troops into two.

The team is now under the command of Livilia and consists of dozens of members including Diona and others. As for Finn and Grace, they are the follow-up troops.

The reason why the wounded Li Yun came to the First Team was to allow him to return to the surface faster. As for the safety issue, after reaching the middle level, there is no danger for Loki's family.

"Bu oh..." Li Yun had just finished speaking when a ferocious aura and heavy breathing approached step by step.

A large number of monsters appeared outside the entrances of several passages, and then...a roar that shook the cave was heard.

What appeared in front of Loki's family and others was a terrifying monster with great strength, muscular shoulders and arms that bulged like thick ropes.

Their huge muscular bodies and copper-colored skin gave people an extremely strong sense of oppression. The terrifying power caused the ground to sink every time they took a step.

This is one of the representative monsters in the middle layer, the Minotaur, a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man.

A group of Minotaur entered the cave one after another, formed a circle, and surrounded Li Yun and others.

The bull monsters with bloodshot eyes move up and down with their breathing, showing an excited state... These should be monsters that have entered a special period.

PS: This is the author's compensation to everyone....Then...the first two chapters are not counted as updates, today the author will update four more chapters (should be able to do it)

Chapter 33: Boys Meet Boys

"Wow, there are so many." Diona clenched her fists, "Livilia, there are so many, let's go together."

"Okay. Also, Raul, Finn asked you to take charge so that you can learn from him in the future."

"Okay, okay!"

In order to let new adventurers know which monsters are extremely dangerous and which monsters can be defeated, the guild compiled the monster information it had collected over the years into a manual and distributed it specifically to new adventurers.

For example, the war shadows that appear on the sixth floor and the killer ants that appear on the seventh floor are both powerful monsters that require vigilance.

The Minotaur in front of us is the strongest monster in the middle layer. Before the 24th layer, this monster has always occupied the strongest throne. Of course, this strongest is to exclude the floor owner.

However, facing these monsters, neither Aisi nor the ordinary members wavered at all.

After all, they were elites who could reach the 50th floor with Aisi and the others. There was an insurmountable power gap between the Minotaur and them. According to the rules, first-level adventurers like Aisi were not allowed to take action in the shallower floors. After all, the grassroots members also had to accumulate experience points.

However, the number this time was a bit too much, so Diona offered to help.

"Stand behind me, Li Yun." However, Ai Si, who was always the first to take action when faced with such a situation in the past, stood in front of Li Yun for the first time and said these words.

"......" Li Yun really wanted to say that I can kill those bull heads by myself, but when he saw the stubborn look in the girl's eyes, he smiled bitterly and shook his head. Forget it, the seventeenth floor is not far from the ground, so he might as well not take action.

Moreover, he also needs to reflect on himself. The end of the battle does not mean that there is no danger. Staying vigilant at all times is what an adventurer should do.

Adventurers cannot take risks, Li Yun understood this clearly.

While Li Yun was thinking about his mistakes, the minotaurs made a move that no one expected.

Just when Loki's family dealt with half of the attacking Minotaur at lightning speed, perhaps frightened by the huge gap in combat power, one Minotaur turned its back to Ais and the others... and ran away?

Then, as if the panic spread to other monsters, the remaining monsters all ran away in an unexpected collective escape.

"Hey, hey! What's going on? Aren't you monsters? Why are you running?" This situation scared Diona and Bert. They were unable to come to their senses for a moment and watched the group of monsters run away.

"Chase them quickly, we can't let them get to the upper level!" Livilia gave the order without hesitation, and the adventurers of the clan all chased after them.

But Lefiya was a little embarrassed: "Well...well...I'm not good at close combat."