A Mistaken Encounter: The Hero of the World

The scenery along the way has become familiar again, and we are already on our way back!

"Okay, let's stop here. It will be difficult to return if you go any lower."

Serven took Lily to the tenth floor for a while longer, and then sent Lily back to the entrance of the passage leading to the ninth floor.

"That magic stone..." Serven mentioned the magic stone.

Those words made Lily nervous, and she shuddered reflexively.

She immediately took off her giant backpack that was many times her size and opened it in front of the two men.

"…All the magic stones and materials are here!"

"Let's each take half of the magic stones. As for the materials, I'll take all the rare materials. Do you have any objections?"

"No, you gave me too much..."

"That's fine with you." Serven put the rare materials and half of the magic stones into his backpack in front of Lily.

"Thank you, Miss Supporter."

"Too much. You don't have to take care of Lily like this..."

"This is the fruit of your labor, Miss Supporter." Serven touched her little head and reminded her, "Only wealth that can be kept is real wealth. Be careful to protect yourself on the way back."

For Serven, it was just a matter of convenience after all. He waved his hand and prepared to leave to continue his solo expedition.

For Lily, it was a little different.

She has been living in the [Soma Clan] who scheme against each other and oppress each other for many years.

This was the second time in my life that I received warmth from a stranger without any ulterior motive. Although it was a gift from a high-ranking adventurer from the Loki clan, this warmth had to be discounted.

But she was still somewhat moved. She suppressed her inner turmoil and asked calmly, "Adventurer, can you tell Lily your name?"

"Severn Adonis. Goodbye, Miss Supporter."

The unruly swordsman in oriental attire disappeared into the mist.

Chapter 31 Killer Bees

After saying goodbye to Lily, Serven went straight to the 18th floor without stopping.

The old friend, the floor owner Goliath, was not here, and Serven had originally wanted to find him to catch up.

There were quite a few adventurers gathered on the 18th floor, but Serven did not go to "Rivera Town" to stay, but chose to rest for a while in the forest.

why?

——The town is full of simple and boring houses and bullies. What's the point? It's not like the forest outside, where you can encounter beautiful peaks.

There are four mountains in front of my house, two are big mountains and the other two are small mountains.

"Hey, Daphne, I always feel like there's a strange gaze going on." Cassandra, with half of her face covered by her hair, couldn't help but shrink towards her friend.

"I feel so too."

The two of them dived a little deeper at the same time, revealing only the upper half of their faces, and carefully observed their surroundings.

Peeping is a man's romance——

Hiding in the bushes, Serven recalled the old man's words and maintained a professional wait-and-see posture, with his eyes wide open and motionless.

It’s a pity that the old pervert faked his death and disappeared, so it’s unlikely that we’ll have the chance to meet again.

With a somewhat melancholy mood, he quietly left, found a deserted lake to take a bath, and stepped directly into the passage leading to the 19th floor.

"Hey, did you see that?"

"Yeah. I went to the 19th floor."

"This is big news!" A group of people whispered not far from the passage.

Soon, the news that the "handsome nobleman" of Loki's family had stepped into the 19th floor alone spread throughout the entire "Rivera Town".

——Solo expedition!

Some adventurers deduced Serven's actions from the news, which triggered another round of exclamations.

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"Roar--"

Pug Bear let out a deafening roar, and slammed down with his paw with tremendous force.

Pug Bear is a common monster in the 19th and 20th floors of the "Big Tree Maze". Although it looks a bit clumsy, its agility is actually not low. Its strength and defense are comparable to the Minotaur, but its agility is more outstanding, so its basic strength is not weak among all the monsters in the "Big Tree Maze".

Serven watched Pug Bear's movements calmly.

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The sword flashed, and the bear's paw was cut off directly. Before it could cry out in pain, it was fatally wounded by the sword and turned into ashes.

However, before Serven could pick up the magic stone, a giant wild boar with huge fangs rushed over.

The biggest feature of the "Big Tree Maze" starting from the 19th floor is that monsters often make "abnormal attacks" headed by "poison", and the production interval and attack interval of monsters will be shorter on the upper floors.

Serven held the wild boar with his sword and killed it in the moment when the force was released.

boom--

A layer of gray waves spread out with the wild boar as the center, and Serven felt that his strength seemed to have increased a little.

——【Ashura】, killing has a chance to take away the attributes of powerful enemies.

There were monsters such as Lizardmen and Fire Birds on the 19th floor, but they were all easily defeated by Serven.

Compared to animal-type monsters, flying insects such as crazy beetles and deadly wasps are actually the typical monsters of the "Big Tree Maze".

Crazy beetles walk on two legs, their bodies are hard, and they are easily irritated and get into crazy fights. They are very vindictive and not afraid of death, a bit like a flat-headed brother, who just got one.

The giant dragonflies that exist on the 19th to 22nd floors can hide their bodies under leaves and other objects. When they encounter adventurers, they will fire high-speed projectiles from their abdomens, like a little Luban hiding in the bushes with the power to sweep you. They can take away half of your blood at once and always cause considerable damage to adventurers.

The most terrifying monster is the deadly wasp, also known as the hornet. Their hive, the "bloody honeycomb", is symbiotic with them.

The "Bloody Honeycomb" looks like a purple-black pine cone and is more than 7 meters long. This trap-type monster cannot move on its own and usually hides in a tree hole that can be used by giant bees. When the prey passes nearby, it will blow away the bark, revealing its complete appearance and spray out a sticky liquid to block the adventurer's movement. Then the hornets will swarm out of the nest and release thousands of poisonous stingers to kill the prey.

The most difficult thing is that because the "Bloody Hive" is closely connected to the dungeon, the production speed of hornets is much faster than other areas, and they can be mass-produced continuously. When adventurers are exhausted dealing with hornets, other monsters will appear from the fork, forming a vicious cycle.

However, these flying insects seemed a bit flashy in front of Serven.

“【Wind Barrier】.”

Serven used his favorite sword [Autumn Water] to draw a wall of wind, and stood behind the wind wall, watching the hornets frantically flapping their wings and trying to fly in. He even had time to cross his arms across his chest and admire their helpless and furious appearance.

He even used Qiu Shui to poke the beehive from time to time, causing the hornets to bang their heads against the wall frantically.

“Will they come around again?” Serven created another wind wall and continued to admire the angry yet helpless appearance of the group of fist-sized poisonous bees, until he lost interest in playing around.

After chopping down the beehive, he continued on his expedition.

Because he did not rest on the 18th floor, by the time he reached the 24th floor, Severn's biological clock had made him yawn continuously. He had no choice but to end today's exploration and camp in the dungeon to take a nap.

According to the map given by Livilia, Serven chose the location of the camp next to a small path that deviated from the regular route of the 24th floor - it was an empty tree hole.

Go a little further in the tree hole and you will see a cave at the bottom. This location is on the guild map and has long been one of the priority resting places on the 24th floor.

Generally speaking, when a large-scale rest is carried out, the first thing that must be done is to destroy the terrain of the dungeon. As long as the walls or floors of the maze are damaged in a small area, the dungeon will first repair the terrain, and monsters will not be born in the area. In this way, you only need to send people to guard the entrances and exits of the caves to prevent monsters from coming.

But because Serwen was alone, he could only try to stay alert. After killing the monster in the cave, Serwen stepped into the cave, which was about the size of a large room more than 3 meters high. The roots of the tree formed a dome, and the "green moss" growing on the surface emitted a green glow, illuminating the cave. Serwen found a place to lie down with Qiu Shui in his arms and fell asleep.

As a result, when he was half asleep, he was awakened by a hornet sting. When he opened his eyes, he saw a dense swarm of hornets staring at him.

"Brothers, this guy is the one who destroyed our home during the day. Come on!" As if a big boss was giving orders secretly, all the hornets suddenly attacked together.

“【Wind Barrier】.”

After Serven cleared out this wave of monsters, he continued to clear out two or three waves of hornets that attacked at night. As a result, due to intermittent sleep, his spirit was a little depressed.

He walked in a daze and unknowingly deviated from the normal route and entered the depths of the 24th floor.

Chapter 32 Green Dragon

"Ang ang ang ang -!"

The huge monster, which was over 6 meters tall, let out a shrill roar, swung its thick trunk, pointed its huge sharp tusks at Serven, and rushed towards Serven.

Serven suddenly became completely awake and looked at the huge monster covered with thick and long red hair - the hook-shaped mammoth.

He quickly jumped to the side, and while the monster was rushing towards him and had no time to turn around, he jumped into the air and chopped at the mammoth's neck.

The hook-shaped mammoth shook its head quickly, and Qiu Shui chopped on the hard ivory, but the fatal attack was blocked.

Serven used the power of the mammoth to jump far away, and the hook-shaped mammoth rushed over again.

Serven also met the attack with a forward slash, preparing to attack the mammoth's neck from the bottom.

The monster's fighting instinct saved itself. When it encountered an enemy several times smaller than itself, it stood up on its hind legs, raised its front legs, and stomped heavily on the ground.

Serven did not choose to dodge. He jumped up from the spot, and soared into the air like a rocket after it was ignited. He stabbed the long knife deeply into the throat of the hook-shaped mammoth, twisted the knife, and chopped it down with force.

Qiu Shui broke through the enemy's muscles and thick skin, and rushed out with blood.

The hook-shaped mammoth is wailing—

boom--

Like the shock wave of a bomb, the huge ash layer that the hook-shaped mammoth had transformed into rippled. The large piece of magic stone buried deep inside its huge body fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Serven was about to bend down to pick it up, but with his observation Haki, he saw another group of monsters surrounding him.

He calmly put the magic stone into his bag, and looked up at the huge goblin that blocked his way - the "Hard Goblin" - a goblin monster that could be over 2 meters tall.

This group of goblins were all holding weapons, emitting red light and staring at Serven. Serven drew his sword and prepared for battle.

Behind him, a group of lizardmen with weapons also surrounded him.

Crazy beetles, hornets, and metal rabbits are also coming.

"Monster Banquet"!

"I can't help it anymore." Serven glanced at the wall of the dungeon and smiled contemptuously. A deep red fierce light burst out from his golden brown eyes. "Come on!"

Even without any instructions, the monsters attacked at the same time.

Serwen had just built a wind wall towards the area with the most flying insects when the extremely hard metal rabbit rushed over. Serwen blocked it with his sword.

"Ding——" sparks actually flew.

There were only shallow sword marks on the metal rabbit's body, and it charged forward again.

It was the first time that Serven saw the true appearance of the metal rabbit. He couldn't catch its breath, so he could only block it with his knife again. Other metal rabbits also rushed over.

At the same time, the lizardman also stabbed forward with a spear.

Serven jumped up on the spot, stepped over a few restless metal rabbits, and came to the group of lizardmen. With their blocking force, he slaughtered the lizardmen while avoiding the impact of the metal rabbits.

The Hard Goblin also rushed over, and Serven went to meet him without hesitation.

As the number of monsters increased, Serven inevitably developed scars on his body.

His fighting power began to gradually increase, and he became more and more courageous as he fought.

Another metal rabbit tried to launch a sneak attack, and Serven smiled. He wanted to distract himself from the battle while feeling their breathing, which allowed them to jump around proudly. But now—

With just one blow, the Metal Rabbit's head was chopped off.

Just as they were about to kill the few remaining tough goblins, a group of sword-horned deer joined the siege. Just like their name, their pointed antlers emitted a cold steel glow.

Serven rushed forward, and when the saber-horned deer lowered its head to attack, he jumped into the air and chopped off Qiu Shui's body.

There's nothing wrong with him, so he won't be stupid enough to confront someone head-on.

Later in the battle, Serven even took the initiative to rush towards the antlers. When the saber-horned deer was about to attack with a smile, he swung his knife to cut off the sharp antlers, turning the saber-horned deer into a "bald man".

The weapon that was invincible was broken.

The monsters were also afraid, and the steps of the saber-horned deer were obviously hesitant. But Serwen had no sympathy and slaughtered them all.

During the battle, he absorbed some of the monsters' attributes, and his combat power increased.

However, there are fewer and fewer monsters, and the dungeon no longer receives reinforcements.

1000 against one person, the advantage is not in my hands - Dungeon made such a judgment.