A Mistaken Encounter: The Hero of the World

Loki's followers all avoided him and headed towards the cave.

"Let me not mention my own incompetence for now, and say one word."

He clenched his rock-like fists, looked at the cave behind him, and continued—

"Break out of your shell, push away the help of others, and actively embrace "adventure". You must look forward and move forward--"

"This is a trial from the goddess."

"——Do your best to respond to that master's favor!!"

(It’s the weekend, I’ll add another chapter for my readers, I wish you all a happy weekend!).

Chapter 103: Minotaur [Subscribe]

The ninth floor of the dungeon.

The rock walls were wood-colored, and short flowers and plants grew in the corners of the underground maze. The entire floor was surprisingly quiet.

In order to officially break through the 10th floor, Bell and his supporter Lily arrived at the dungeon early in the morning, but not only did they not see many adventurers along the way, they didn't even encounter a single monster.

Something is wrong—

It always feels a bit like the calm before the storm.

Bell inexplicably felt uneasy inside. He always felt that there was an inexplicable pressure looming over him, and he also vaguely felt as if someone was observing him?

"...Buwu."

A very familiar sound that had been repeated thousands of times in Bell's nightmares reached Bell's ears, and his heart suddenly trembled.

"…Li, Lily?"

"What's wrong, Master Bell?"

"Did you hear that?"

—The Minotaur.

"No, is there anything strange?" Lily asked with some confusion.

No, no! It can't be wrong, it must be——

That voice—it must be the Minotaur!

At the corner in front of the passage, there was the sound of heavy and solid hooves stepping on the ground, and Bell saw a huge shadow with sharp horns -

An indescribable feeling of despair came over me like a tidal wave.

"Lily...run, run!"

Bell's neck seemed to be strangled, and he paused for a moment before uttering a complete sentence. He reminded his companions. Lily 24 also finally realized the coming terror and turned her body to prepare to escape.

She ran a few steps but found that Bell couldn't catch up -

Bell's legs went weak——!

One of them was tall and strong with powerful muscles. One of its horns had been chopped off by some sharp weapon, but the other one was intact. But what was extremely surprising was that it was holding a big sword in its hand!

Monster——holding the adventurer's greatsword!

As soon as the minotaur appeared, its red eyes locked onto the two adventurers in front of it.

Bell's body and mind trembled immediately, and he began to run away. Although his legs were weak and he was so scared that he hardly dared to move, he knew that if he didn't run away now, he would die!

It's exactly the same!

Bell had experienced this tremor before.

It's exactly the same!

Just like that time!

When he first entered the dungeon, he was also attacked by the Minotaur. He confidently attacked the Lv.2 monster, but was thrown to the ceiling by the bull's horns.

If it weren’t for Brother Serven who rescued him, he would have probably become a pile of dried bones in the dungeon!

will die!

I can’t win, I can’t win at all, I will die!

Bell used his hands and feet to run backwards in a panic and miserably.

He didn't even hear the reminder from the Dwarf supporters, "Lord Bell, we are going in the wrong direction!"

He only heard——

“Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

The mad bull let out a huge roar that echoed throughout the entire floor.

When Bell turned around, he was frightened out of his wits!

I saw the Minotaur dragging a huge sword and running towards me!

——It’s over!!!

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The entrance of the store "Hostes of Abundance".

“Thank you for taking the time to come out.”

Bell bowed slightly to Liu, who was called over by Xi'er, and said, "Although it may be presumptuous, I would like to ask how to upgrade?"

"Just accomplish great things."

"what?"

"You need to accomplish great things. Things that are praised not only by the world but by the gods as well."

Seeing Bell's still confused expression, the elf with a serious and calm expression continued to explain, "Adventurers must defeat opponents who are stronger than themselves... and obtain higher-level [Experience Points], and exceed a certain amount. This is the condition for increasing Lv.."

Liu's mind suddenly recalled the scene when he first met Serven. When he was on the 18th floor, Serven was still Lv1?

——It turns out that at that time, he had already been accumulating great achievements.

"Don't you say that you can level up when your ability value reaches level D?"

"Yes. To put it more extreme, accumulated ability points are just a prerequisite for achieving great achievements."

Only when the ability value reaches level D can the adventurer reach the threshold of "upgrade".

However, in order to level up, adventurers must accomplish "great achievements" and use high-level experience points to achieve the evolution of their own abilities.

"But...if you fight a monster stronger than yourself...a stronger opponent, generally speaking, you should lose..." Bell was a little discouraged.

"You can also form a team. The adventurers in Orario all repeat this method to defeat stronger enemies."

Liu looked at Xi'er who was standing beside her. Because she had been saved by Xi'er before, she rarely refused Xi'er's requests. Now she had told Bell Crane the information he wanted.

Xier laughed softly, "Thank you so much, Ryu."

"Ah, thank you..." Bell also reacted.

The elf lady nodded calmly and went back to the tavern to get busy.

After watching Ryu leave, Bell became depressed again.

"... "Great Deeds"? "

"Bell. I'm not an adventurer, so I don't know what to say, but..."

"Xie'er..."

"——Actually, you don't have to take risks. Don't force yourself."

As expected, Xier is the only one who feels sorry for Gie~Gie~.

Bell's mood relaxed, and a smile appeared on his face again, "Well, thank you, Xi'er."

Xier (Freya) also looked at Bell with a smile, her eyes full of affection.

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The ninth floor of the dungeon.

The mad bull approached Bell after running only a few steps.

Lily ran faster. As she ran away, she kept looking back to check on Bell's condition.

"Lord Bell, let's run away! We can't deal with this guy, let's run away! Lord Bell...?"

But Bell stumbled.

“Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

The Minotaur's roar continued to amplify the fear in his heart, almost draining his body and mind.

His entire mind was sunk by the tsunami of fear.

The huge bull head and sharp horns seemed to be right in front of us.

Completely unable to move my eyes.

My feet were so stiff that I couldn't move.

He knew he had to escape, immediately!

but--

It took all his courage just to stay standing.

His face was pale, and it felt like the bull was trampling over his heart when it galloped towards him.

In the blink of an eye, he approached the giant bull in front of him, raised the sword over his shoulder, and chopped it down at an angle.

"--what!"

"Huh!?"

He thought he would bleed profusely, but in fact, there was no pain at all as he had imagined!

Bell opened his eyes and saw Lily flying backwards, with a lot of blood spilling -

Lily was hurt, she was hurt—

So scary——!

So horrible, so horrible, so horrible, so horrible!

But Bell realized that if he hadn't stayed there, Lily could have escaped! !

"Master Bell, thank you for saving me last time. I've repaid you this time..."

The dwarf girl seemed to be leaving a last word.

How could he abandon his companions?

Come on, coward! ! !

Bell cursed himself in his heart——!

"Ah!!!" He roared to give himself courage, and asked Lily to get help and stand in front of the giant bull.

He wanted to escape.

He doesn't want to die!

He also wanted to see Xier——

He suddenly remembered Xier's words at that time, "——In fact, you don't have to take risks."

He decided to give up.

At this moment, a tall figure blocked his way——

The familiar white color mixed with long black hair and a slender sword.

The Minotaur’s roar, ferocious face, and terrifying sword were all blocked—

Safe.

Bell knew he was saved.

The adventurer was so powerful that even the ferocious monsters did not dare to roar in front of him.

The adventurer didn't even turn his head.