A Mistaken Encounter: The Hero of the World

The magic book in front of me seems to be being auctioned. The price tag has been rewritten many times, and the current price has reached an astronomical figure.

"But you definitely don't need this thing—" the shop owner looked at Livilia and raised the corner of his mouth.

Livilia was born with three magic slots, but she split her magic spells and recombined the long and short spells to make herself possess nine magics - this is why she is called the "Nine Magic Princesses".

"Okay, we're leaving now."

Livilia was in no mood to chat with the owner, so she left the slightly weird shop with Serven.

Serven was a little surprised, but he soon knew the answer -

The shop owner's voice came from a distance.

"Livilia, you finally got a boyfriend~"

Chapter 76 Murder Case [Subscription Request]

[Twilight Pavilion], central tower, the tallest building.

In the shrine filled with wine bottles and rare props, Loki was alone, silently reading the newspaper.

She threw the newspaper aside, "Hmm... the contents of every love newspaper are pretty much the same."

There were several colorful magic stones lying on the table. She narrowed her eyes as she looked at the magic stones.

"I seem to have seen these magic stones somewhere..." Loki stood up suddenly, "Oh, I remember it!!"

She excitedly picked up a magic stone and rushed out, took three or two steps up the stairs, ran through the sky corridor, came to another tower, continued to cross the stairs and corridors, and then kicked open Serven's door.

The sunlight came in through the window, and some tiny dust particles floated in the light path.

There are many magic stones of different sizes arranged in order on the shelves on the wall.

There is a large magic stone lying at the bottom. Unlike other blue-purple magic stones, the center of this magic stone is colorful and the overall color is yellow-green.

"...It seems like it is indeed a new species." Loki's face was hidden in the shadows, and his lips were tightly pursed.

Walking out of Serven's room, Loki narrowed his eyes habitually and put on the clown's evil smile on his face.

A tall and thin werewolf just walked out of the room.

"Hey, Bert, you were left behind too? Where are Miss Ace and the others?"

"…They said they went to the dungeon. They seemed to have taken Finn and the others with them. They won't be back for two or three days."

"So what do you have planned for today?"

"...It's nothing." Bert was silent for a moment, turned his head to the other direction, and his wolf tail drooped.

"Then come with me to investigate."

"Why me?"

"You are the one."

"Tsk, that's really troublesome."

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The Central Plaza stands under the shade of broad-leaved trees a few dozen meters away from the skyscraper facility (Tower of Babel) at the center of Orario.

"Hehe, every time I see Serven's combat suit, I think he's so handsome!" Diona, who was wearing a top that only exposed her belly button and knee-length shorts, said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Livilia also looked at Serven and smiled.

As usual, Serven was wearing loose white pants and combat uniform embroidered with red auspicious clouds, with a long sword hanging from his waist. He stood tall, looking a little more heroic than his usual lazy demeanor.

"Thank you."

Finn, who was carrying a spear, and Tione, who was carrying a backpack, finally came over. He smiled and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's go."

"Yeah. It's been a while since we've been in the dungeon alone."

"Hehe——, I'm already excited before I even go!"

"I will also try my best to help you all!"

"You're very energetic, Lefiya! Do you want me to let Aisi pat your head as a reward?"

"Huh?" Lefiya was stunned for a moment, "Why did you ask Miss Ais to do... um? Pat the head?" Her face immediately turned into a fiery cloud.

As soon as we entered the dungeon, goblins and earth spirits immediately appeared, and we were naturally beaten away immediately.

Diona and Aisi, who were walking in front, slashed every enemy they saw along the way. As many monsters were instantly killed by their swords, the number of monsters blocking the way decreased sharply.

Diona spun like a windmill, pushing and crushing her way forward. "Haha, it turns out that having a large double blade is more reliable."

“Is it finished so quickly?”

"Well, the second generation of [Ulgar]! It's hot out of the oven!" Tiona turned the large double-blade [Ulgar] held in one hand.

The adventurers along the way retreated one after another.

"That's——【Big Sever】!【Sword Princess】!...【Odyssey】 and 【Angry Snake】 are also here!"

"There are also the [Hero] and the [Nine Demon Princesses]!"

"Who is the other one?"

The elf girl who was not recognized in the team was about to cry.

"It seems to be the [Thousand Spirits]!"

“Hiss! All SSR lineup, so terrifying!”

The group soon arrived at the 18th floor.

The lush green forest stretches from south to north, the blue lake is sparkling, crystals are scattered everywhere on the green fields, the underground crystal sky is clear blue, and a giant tree rises from the center of the grassland, with a tree hole under the roots - this is the passage to the 19th floor.

The rocky cliffs surrounding the circular floor gave people the feeling of a giant garden. After walking across the temporary bridge made of a whole tree trunk on the lakeside, Serwen and his party arrived at the island in the center of the lake in the west.

At one end of the island stood a town, with an entrance made of wooden pillars and an arch with flags reading "Riviera Town, No. 334."

Seeing this number, Serven smiled dumbly, "It has been rebuilt 334 times, which is amazing."

Lefiya was stunned as she looked up at the archway. "It has been rebuilt so many times!"

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Livilia laughed. "Yeah. Unlike the guild, whenever the adventurers here sense a crisis, they will immediately abandon the town and return to the surface. When everything is destroyed, they will come back here to rebuild the town. After all, it is a "rogue town."

"Okay, let's go in?" Finn suggested.

Everyone nodded and stepped into the town together. Because the town was built on the top of a cliff that was at least 200 meters high, shacks, hotels, and stalls were all built on top of each other on the slope of the cliff.

Although it is shabby and looks like a slum, the scattered crystals and the view of the blue lake give it a unique flavor of "picking chrysanthemums in the southeast and leisurely seeing the Nanshan Mountains".

"There's something wrong with the atmosphere in this town." Livilia said as she looked around at the beautiful street scene with crystal blue and white light everywhere.

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"Indeed, there are not enough people." Finn bit his thumb, which was slightly painful. "Cheer up! I have a bad feeling."

"Isn't this the Loki Family? Are you here to help us?" A shopkeeper trotted over in surprise.

"What happened?"

"A murder has occurred! The body of an adventurer was found in our town!"

Serven's expression became serious. If he remembered correctly, there seemed to be a fierce battle here.

And everyone including Finn, Ace and Livilia were all dumbfounded.

"Are you sure it's murder?" Serven asked.

"I don't know. I just heard other people making noises. I don't know the details."

"Do you know where the body was found?"

"It's Willy's inn up there!" the innkeeper said. "It should be packed with people. I can lead the way if you need me!"

"No need, we can just go there by ourselves."

"Finn, do you want to investigate?"

"Is this kind of incident bad?" Serven asked with some confusion.

"Yes! Because except for the fight between two drunkards that ended in mutual death, no murder has ever occurred here. You can say that this is the first murder case here!"

"We were originally planning to stay here..." Tione said somewhat unhappily.

"Well, it seems that it is necessary to investigate!" Finn's gaze looked into the depths of the town.

Chapter 77 Perth [Subscription Request]

Although it was a murder scene where it was unclear whether the danger had been resolved, a large number of people gathered at the entrance of the hotel.

They were all like geese craning their necks, eager to see the red color - so that they could take it back with them to talk about, and find any opportunity to describe it vividly and excitedly in front of others.

Such is the nature of human inferiority.

"Wow, it looks like we can't squeeze in..." Diona frowned.

"I'll go take a look. Livilia, wait here for me."

After saying that, Finn used his dwarf human physical advantages and great agility to easily squeeze through the gap.

"Oh——" Aisi and Diona were deeply impressed.

Tione, however, became excited, "Captain! Please wait a moment——!"

Seeing that the distance between himself and the leader was getting wider and wider because of the human wall, Tione was furious.

"Hey, you guys, get out of the way! I don't mind crushing your heads to the ground!"

"What is this... Hey, it's the Loki Familia!"

"Why are her eyes glowing red?! Is she suffering from conjunctivitis? Oh, why is there black smoke on her body..."

"You kid... do you want to be kicked to death by the Angry Snake?" His companions dragged away the fool who spoke only frog-like words.

Faced with Tione's ferocious expression and shouting, the adventurers all made way to the left and right.

"【Sword Princess】, 【Odyssey】, 【Big Sever】, even 【Nine Demon Princess】 is here!!"

"Just now I seemed to see the [Hero] go in as well."

"It seems like something bad is going to happen!"

"Why don't you go back to the ground and avoid the limelight first?"

"That's fine..."

The atmosphere in the inn was a bit depressing, and there were several adventurers standing guard at the entrance alone. But perhaps because they were persuaded by Finn earlier, they nodded without saying anything and let Serven and the others enter the inn.

Crime scene——

The lobby at the entrance of the inn was spacious, with a carpet made of monster fur underfoot, several candlestick-shaped magic stone lamps set on the wall, and three daggers decorated on the wall at equal intervals like ornamental paintings.

"This should be a high-end hotel, right?" Serven asked.

Ai Si shook her head slightly. "I have never stayed here before. Livilia should know more about this."

"Indeed. This is considered a relatively high-end place to stay." Livilia said.

While talking, they turned a corner of the passage and found three adventurers waiting in front of the entrance of a room.

"This should be the place!" Diona entered first and stood there in a daze.

Aisi, Serven and others followed.

——!

The shocking horror scene made everyone's eyes freeze instantly!

The room at the deepest part of the cave was dyed red. A headless man was lying miserably on the ground.

"Lefiya, don't look!!"

Serven and Ais rushed towards the elf girl who entered the room last in a unified manner.

Serven covered Lefiya's eyes without saying a word, and Ais blocked Lefiya's view of the room without saying a word.

"Eh?!"