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Chapter 256: Loki Familia's Expedition Forced to End Dungeon, 35th Floor
🕑 Added 2025-06-23 15:43:41 +0000 UTC"Sorry guys for the irregular uploads from today there will be regular uploads 2 chapters a day"
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In this vast rocky space, a hundred or so skeletal monsters, wielding bone knives, were scattered.
Just then, a dazzling golden light instantly appeared, drawing all the monsters towards it. Their red, lampwick-like pupils simultaneously converged on one spot, a sight enough to terrify an ordinary person.
"Are you giving me such an enthusiastic welcome right after I've returned?"
After the light dissipated, Blake's figure suddenly appeared. He glanced around at the familiar monsters and pouted. Although these monsters were strong for ordinary adventurers, he could easily dispatch them even when he was weak, let alone now.
"Hiss…!"
Seeing a human suddenly appear among them and speak so brazenly, the monsters seemed to be enraged. They all let out hoarse cries and charged forward.
"I don't have time to waste with you guys here right now."
Facing the charge of a hundred monsters, Blake merely shifted his steps slightly, heading towards the path back.
At the same time, a hundred tiny sword qi precisely pierced the heads of all the skeletal monsters, instantly killing them and dropping a pile of magic stones. Subsequently, a strange vortex of wind mysteriously appeared in this dull space, sweeping the magic stones from the ground towards Blake before disappearing.
"Although they're useless to me, they'll be useful for developing a Familia. It should be about ten days before I left, given the current timeline…"
Blake, lost in thought, leisurely walked towards the upper floors. Any monsters he encountered were, without exception, instantly killed before they could even get close to him, and their magic stones vanished.
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Approximately ten minutes after Blake left, the sound of footsteps once again echoed in the solitary dungeon labyrinth.
However, this time it wasn't just one, but a group.
"Ugh, seriously, encountering those disgusting bugs forced us to turn back. It's so frustrating."
A very lively female voice rang out, full of complaints.
"Tiona, you've said that so many times along the way, it's driving me crazy."
Following the female voice, another slightly more mature voice sounded, filled with helplessness.
As the voices drew closer, a group of fully armed yet somewhat dejected people approached.
Leading the way was a yellow-haired Pallum, none other than Finn. Following behind him was a group of well-known figures in Orario: the Nine Demon Princess Riveria, the Sword Princess Ais, the Amazon sisters Tiona and Tione, the Werewolf Bete, and the Thousand Elves Lefiya, along with other powerful adventurers. This was none other than the Loki Familia, who had recently been on an expedition.
"Ah, Ais's weapon is still the best. It has an unbreaking property, so I don't have to worry about it being damaged by those bugs' corrosive venom, and it has those dazzling sword skills. My Urga is just gone, it's heartbreaking."
Seeing her sister start to criticize her, Tiona flashed briefly before looking at Ais beside her, speaking enviously.
Hearing this, everyone was stunned and looked at Ais with strange expressions.
On the 50th floor, for some unknown reason, a massive number of caterpillar monsters appeared. The corrosive liquid they spat out was extremely terrifying, capable of instantly dissolving even high-level weapons. This made defense extremely difficult, forcing them to flee. Additionally, Riveria wanted to temper Lefiya, having her use group magic to defeat these monsters. In the end, Lefiya made a mistake, almost severely injuring many of their comrades.
Finally, Ais used the famous unique skill, "Myriad Sword Convergence," which had recently made a name for itself in Orario and was attributed to Blake as Ais's master. In an instant, hundreds of sword qi formed, instantly wiping out the caterpillar group, astonishing many.
Ultimately, with Riveria's large-scale magical hand, the remaining monsters were completely annihilated.
However, after such an incident, the expedition could not continue, and they were forced to return.
After Ais's display, although the members of the Loki Familia eagerly wanted to learn this sword skill, some even shamelessly asking, they were ultimately rebuffed by a single sentence from Ais.
Without Blake's permission, she would not teach it to others.
This left everyone helpless, but they didn't think much of it. They merely discussed whether to raise funds to find Blake and purchase the skill.
"Sorry."
Seeing everyone looking at her, Ais blinked, her exquisite, doll-like face expressionless as she apologized. A silent girl was like this.
"Ais, we're not blaming you for not teaching us the sword skill, don't misunderstand."
Seeing that Ais seemed to have misunderstood, Tiona quickly explained. Upon seeing this, the others also quickly nodded, fearing that the girl would misunderstand.
"Ais-san... Huh, why is there a magic item here?"
Just as Lefiya was about to say something, she keenly noticed a device emitting a red glow on the wall not far away and exclaimed in surprise.
"Mm?"
Hearing this, the others also looked over, all showing surprised expressions.
"It's Blake...."
While everyone was surprised, Ais suddenly detached herself from the group, came to the center of the vast space, and gently stroked the riddled holes on the ground. Ripples like autumn water shimmered in her golden eyes as she softly spoke.
"Speaking of which, this kind of destructive scene is indeed like Ais's. It seems he stayed here for a long time. And these destructive marks haven't been repaired by the dungeon, so he must have left not long ago."
Hearing this, Finn looked at the device in his hand, then pointed to the ground, chuckling. His face was full of admiration.
"He truly lives up to his reputation, the silver-haired young man. It's truly puzzling how he grew so strong."
"Indeed."
"Tsk."
Hearing this, the members of the Loki Familia were all shocked and praised continuously. Of course, Bete, who didn't have a good relationship with Blake, clicked his tongue. Even if he acknowledged Blake's strength, he didn't want to show his respect.
Having only become an adventurer less than a month ago, and merely LV.1, he came to the 35th floor alone and stayed for about ten consecutive days, which was simply unbelievable.
Apparently, due to the expedition, Finn and the others didn't know that Blake had already leveled up, and moreover, he had jumped to LV.3 with all SSS ranks. If they knew, they would probably be scared stiff.
"Let's speed up. He just left, so we might still be able to catch up."
Subsequently, Finn issued the command, leading the revitalized Familia forward again.
This also made Ais's eyes fluctuate, her mind filled with Blake's figure!
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