A Mistaken Encounter: The Hero of the World

Green - that's the only word to describe it.

This humanoid monster was over two meters tall, covered in moss, and covered in tree roots like hard armor. Its eyes shone with yellow light, and in one hand it held a crystal hammer spear, a natural weapon produced by the armory, and in the other hand it tightly grasped the human's arm.

It is very similar to the rare species "Moss Giant" on the 24th floor - this monster is made of moss, a bit like a plant doll. When it is chopped, it will split into a lifelike clone. While the adventurer and the clone are fighting, the real body can cunningly slip away.

Judging from the fact that this creature is now covered with wooden skeletons and the "abnormal situation" that appeared on the 25th floor, it should be an "enhanced species".

Crack, crack—!

The adventurer's torn arm was crushed by the monster, and blood spilled on the crystal floor. The monster threw the arm remains away and looked at Serven with cruel eyes in a demonstrative manner.

It looked at the package containing the magic stone behind Serven and smiled happily - its bloody teeth were also exposed in front of Serven.

However, to the monster’s surprise, the extremely shocking scene failed to scare the adventurer on the other side at all.

Serven launched an attack directly with a slash, and then felt the monster's breath while being on guard.

The slash left a deep scar on the left half of the monster's body, but because of the resistance of several pieces of moss-covered armor, it failed to cut through the monster's body.

The monster's yellow eyes glared at him fiercely, and it rushed over quickly, sweeping violently with its crystal hammer spear -

Unfortunately, its weapon was cut off directly during the first collision.

The monster's pupils shrank and a hint of panic flashed across his eyes.

Seven originally wanted to make a great contribution with one strike, so he wanted to cut off its neck directly, but the monster blocked it with its hand, and he only cut off its left upper arm.

“Ohhhhhhhh——” Moss and blood splattered out together. The monster covered its wound and roared in pain, then quickly took a few steps back.

It narrowed its eyes and stretched its strong arms to both sides. Its huge body made unpleasant crackling sounds, and small bumps appeared on the surface of its arms, shoulders, neck, carcass, and legs.

The adventurer lying on the ground smiled cruelly at the sight, eager to see the result—

As long as Serven is parasitized by this "seed", all his energy will be sucked away and he will suffer the same fate as him!

Dozens of "seeds" were fired from the monster's body like sharp bullets. The rain of "seeds" was not even fired in a straight line, but in different directions, up, down, left, and right. They bounced off the walls of the passage and attacked from various angles.

【Wind Barrier】

Serven used this move, then hid behind the wind wall, determined the trajectory of the bullets in advance, and blocked all the "seeds" shot from other directions.

The monster was dumbfounded, and the seriously injured adventurer who was watching with a look of glee and cruelty was also dumbfounded.

Serven slashed again, this time aiming directly at the head of the "Moss Giant", easily cutting its head in half -

But the monster didn't disappear - it just became a clone.

Serven shook his head and smiled, used his Observation Haki to sense something, and with a few jumps, he rushed to the fleeing monster. In the face of its desperate expression, he chopped off its head, completely ending its life.

The monster turned into ashes and disappeared, and a huge magic stone was caught in Serven's hand.

It should be Level 4.

Serven estimated the monster's strength in his mind and returned slowly.

Because the monster's body was killed, the adventurer, whose energy was being continuously drained by the seeds, finally had more strength to beg for mercy.

"Save me, hero, save me!"

Serven then noticed that this little bug with tenacious vitality was also willing to help others, so he picked him up and threw him into the water. In order to make him fight the monster more passionately, he even kindly threw the remaining half of the crystal hammer spear to him as a weapon.

Scumbags don't deserve redemption.

During the return process, Serwen also discovered that the attributes that he could plunder from the same monster were limited. Only when Serwen's own attributes were lagging behind, the "Shura" skill would plunder the monster's attributes. For example, "Flash Swallow" - when Serwen's agility and dexterity were lagging behind, "Shura" could always plunder the "Flash Swallow"'s attributes. Once Serwen's attributes were on par with this monster, plundering would no longer be effective.

In short - he couldn't reach the maximum level by killing goblins. He couldn't even think of killing slimes for 300 years and reaching the maximum level without realizing it.

(Fat House Wang Xiaobai: What a joke. I ask you to kill Goblins every day. Do I have to write a diary?)

Because of this discovery, Serven went back and walked around a few more times, from bottom to top, killing the monsters from the 32nd floor to the 1st floor several more times, until the looting was no longer effective, and then he really returned.

"Going down again?" Several adventurers discussed in surprise in the tavern in the town of Rivera.

A few days later, the younger brothers came to report the news again, "They're coming up again!"

"Are you still going down?"

"It seems like he didn't do that this time... He just left."

"What's his level? Holy shit, how can he be so awesome?!"

Goliath doesn't update that quickly, otherwise Serven would have to play it more often to gain maximum experience.

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Return from the expedition.

"What floor did you reach?"

In the meeting room, Serven was called here by Loki just after he came back to take a shower. He sat on the sofa obediently, looking harmless.

Loki, Riveria, Grace, and Finn all stood in front of him and watched, eager to learn about his expedition.

"The 32nd floor."

"W-what... 32nd floor-?!" Loki's surprised voice made the whole room jump.

"Completing a 2-story solo expedition at Lv32 is really..." Grace wanted to sigh, but found that she couldn't find an adjective.

"This should be the first time in history," Livilia said.

"It seemed like it was the same last time." Finn couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Loki became calm at this time. She squinted her eyes and smiled, waving her hand, indicating that Serven could go out and have fun.

But as soon as Serven left, she immediately pulled the three giants aside and started a serious discussion with them about Serven.

"This child has embarked on the path of becoming a 'hero'--!" Loki opened his eyes, his red eyes showing excitement.

Meow? She was greeted by three confused faces.

The three giants were somewhat confused and failed to understand the Lord God's meaning at the first time.

"His ability value is far beyond the panel!"

The three giants nodded as a matter of course, and then looked at Loki in confusion again.

Loki shook his head and pressed his temple. "The previous "heroes" did not receive the grace of the gods, but they were still able to surpass the limits of the body and mind, break the theorems created by the gods, and successfully kill the monsters..."

Finn and Riveria nodded, understanding.

"So, Serven's current situation is that even if you don't update his ability value, even if his grace is "sealed", he will continue to grow?"

"Yeah. I feel like he really broke through the limits of human beings last time, just like a hero from ancient times!"

Finn nodded in agreement. He had witnessed the birth of an epic with his own eyes. The Lv1 Goliath defeating the Lv4 Goliath must have broken through his limits.

"Alas, it's like my own child has grown up suddenly. I feel a little sad now. It would be great if I had a cup of the magic wine 'Soma' at this time." Loki said weakly.

Then, she suddenly opened her red eyes, "…Wait…Serven smells like alcohol!?"

She rushed out of the meeting room like a gust of wind.

The three giants looked at each other helplessly, smiled helplessly, and ended the meeting.

After Serven left the meeting room, he found Aisi who was practicing alone. Just as he was about to speak, Aisi turned around in advance, with the corners of her mouth slightly curled up in pleasure.

"How did you know I was coming?"

"wind."

"Want to fight once?"

"Ah."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Chapter 3 Level

“Roar, ang ang ang ang ang——!!!”

The outsized roar shook the 27th floor and even the entire third floor of the "Water Mystery City".

The huge body covered with chalk-like scales gives people a sense of solemnity. The huge body is more than 20 meters tall and is completely snow-white. The neck starts to branch and extend from the place where it is connected to the body, covered with huge dragon scales that can be described as plate-like hard shells. The left side of the head has blue eyes, and the right side of the head has red eyes, but there is no doubt that they are all majestic and solemn dragon appearances.

It was the master of the 27th floor, the two-headed dragon "Amphispina".

Lv.5 floor master monster!

“——Roar, ang ang ang ang ang!!”

It roared with overwhelming force, its blue eyes as cold as the Antarctic ice, and its huge dragon head opened its terrifying mouth and spewed out a deadly breath.

The pale blue flames seemed to be able to burn the air, and in an instant, a flame channel stretching for more than ten meters was formed, and it rushed in front of Serven in the blink of an eye.

【Wind Barrier】

Enemies change frequently, but skills remain constant.

No matter what kind of flying attack it is, Serven will create a wall of wind to deal with it.

The flames passed over the water, and even the water surface was set on fire - Amphibina's breath was mixed with a special burning fluid (gasoline) generated by "dragon liver", so this blue flame could burn hotly even on the water, and a direct hit would mean death.

However, now, the flame was blocked by a wind wall. The thin wind wall completely blocked the deadly flames. On the left was a blazing blue flame, and on the right was calm and peaceful.

Seeing this, the two-headed dragon increased its breath volume, but it had no effect as it was completely blocked by Serven's wind wall.

"Roar--!!!"

Increase the firepower again.

An unprecedented strong blue light gathered in its mouth.

Even so, the maximum-power Burning Flame was still blocked by that damn wind wall.

"Ouch!!"

The two-headed dragon was unwilling to give in and wanted to increase its firepower. It flapped its wings, but only a few sporadic flames came out of its mouth and its voice became hoarse.

——The fire is gone.

Even if it is a Lv.5 floor master, once its invincible dragon flame loses its effect, it is like a king cobra with its fangs pulled out, and it can only fight with its body.

However, the abnormal Goliath tried to fight a monster-level adventurer like Serven, but still failed.

Naturally, Amphispina did not gain any advantage.

Serven shook his head, rushed forward quickly, jumped onto the dragon's back, and almost cut off the dragon's head with one knife.

“Oh wow wow wow—”

Amphispina wailed, and the other head stared at Serven in shock and anger, dragging a head with a chopped spine, spreading its wings and flying into the air, swinging left and right, throwing Serven off.

I didn't expect that this swordsman could still attack from a distance once he got to the ground.

A red slash appeared in its pupils, and fear surged in Anphispina's heart, so he quickly dodged to the side.

However, dense crescent-shaped red slashes soon followed. The adventurer on the ground seemed to have endless physical strength, releasing slashes to his heart's content, while killing the nearby monsters at will.

For the first time, fear welled up in Amphispina's heart.

“HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

It pretended to roar in anger and fled to the "Giant Blue Waterfall", preparing to go to other floors to rest. The huge wound on its neck was slowly healing, and the burning liquid in the dragon liver was also slowly recovering. As long as it was given enough time -

But, no.

Serven was speeding through the water, like a tiger suddenly bursting into a sprint. Although his speed was decreasing as the water depth increased, his speed was still terrifying.

He seized the opportunity and jumped from the water onto the two-headed dragon, ruthlessly cutting off the dragon's head that he had just chopped off. The huge dragon head fell down the waterfall into the deep pool below.

One of the paired heads was chopped off, and the dragon head on the other side immediately let out a painful howl.

Serven completely ignored the gushing dragon blood, took advantage of the two-headed dragon's weakness to catch its breath, and slashed it with all his strength -

[Qiu Shui] slashed fiercely into the dragon's body, cut through the dragon's flesh, passed through the dragon's blood, and flashed through the huge blue-purple magic stone buried deep in the dragon's body.

Anphispina struggled for a moment, but his body quickly lost its shape and turned into ash. Serven's whole body was soaked in dragon blood, and without the support of his mount, he was rushed into the pool by the [Giant Cang Waterfall].

Monsters such as strange walruses, giant beavers, half-snake men, and giant water snakes swarmed over, trying to eat all the adventurers who fell into the water.

But the adventurer did the exact opposite, slaughtering them all before swimming back to shore.

Starting from the first defeat of Amphibina, Serven waited for Goliath to refresh and then went to kill the floor master of the 17th floor.

For the next two months, he deliberately did not upgrade, and always treated the two floor masters as experience babies. He finally stopped after he had plundered them to the maximum.