Zongman: Don’t move, Aisi, your family still owes me money

Merlin traveled to the world of Dicuo and acquired the rare skill of alchemy.

Ability level 1? Wait for me to get some equipment.

Batman’s tank, Gundam mecha, Iron Man’s suit.

Who says level determines everything? Is it ability that determines level?

The strongest adventurer, Ota, who is level 7, has to take a detour when he sees me. Are you telling me that level is everything?

Times have changed, adventurers.

It is actually very simple to become stronger. Do you want this low-end Iron Man suit package worth 9.99 million, or this Hulk potion worth 19.99 million?

Or in other words, this 990 million Gundam mecha?

What, Aisi, do you want to become stronger? Install this magic eye, and match it with this treasure that can even cut through space, and you can beat LV7 in a minute.

No money? Don’t worry, I have cheap loans here. Your clan members are all using them. They only owe me a few hundred million. Don’t worry.

Zongman: Don’t move, Aisi, your family still owes me money
Chapter 1 Is it OK to keep a vixen?
The third level of the maze.
“One, two, three… Eleven pieces in total, plus a dozen or so goblin teeth that fell off, this is all I got today.”
“It’s only about 4,000 Faris in total, which is close to 400 RMB. It’s not a small amount, but… it’s totally not enough.”
Merlin took a look at the bag of magic stones and materials and couldn’t help but frown.
It has been more than a week since he traveled to this world, and this is his fourth time entering the maze.
And his most real feeling now is… adventurers are really fucking expensive.
Even a common dagger would cost three thousand faris. In other words, his income today was only enough to buy a dagger, and then have a meal at a cheap taver, and there would be nothing left.
In addition, adventurers go into mazes every day, and the wear and tear and consumption of their weapons are extremely great.
If an ordinary weapon can be used for more than a week, it is because the user is very careful.
“As expected, if we want to increase our income, we have to go deeper. Well… let’s go back and discuss it with Tia.”
…
In the deepest part of the deserted streets outside Orario, there is an abandoned church basement. This is Merlin’s residence and also the base of the family of the goddess Hestia.
“Tia, I’m back, this is a gift.”
Merlin said, placing the packed dessert on the table.
“Lin Jun, welcome back. Dinner is ready, and the owner was so polite that he even gave me all the leftover fried potato balls.”
“Gift? Uh, eh, cake! Cake! Merlin, I love you so much!”
A girl with a baby face and big black hair and twin ponytails sitting on the sofa stood up and greeted him first.
Then when he found that the gift box on the table contained a dessert cake, he suddenly threw Merlin to the ground and kept rubbing him.
This girl who looks like a kitten and is extremely clingy is Hestia, the main goddess of Merlin.
“Okay, Tia, get out of the way, I can’t get up.”
Merlin patted Hestia’s head.
“Ohhh,” Hestia then let go of her hand and stood up, quickly picking up the cake on the table and starting to eat.
“Woo… So sweet. For the sake of this cake, I won’t mind you calling me Tia, woo… But starting tomorrow, you have to call me Goddess!”
Hestia said as she ate, her mouth full like a squirrel.
At this time, Merlin slowly stated his purpose.
“Tiya, starting from tomorrow, I might be back later.”
“Oh, no problem.”
Hestia nodded and continued to eat the cake. However, before she took two bites, she seemed to be suddenly awakened. She raised her head quickly and looked at Merlin and asked blankly.
“No, Lin Jun, what did you just say?”
“Ti Ya, I’m telling you, starting tomorrow, I might be back a little later, so you don’t have to wait for me for dinner.”
“Come back later? Oh, I get it. Lin Jun, do you have a woman outside? Wuuuuuu… You obviously have me!”
“Whose vixen is this? I must be careful…”
Hestia grabbed Merlin by the collar and questioned him menacingly.
Compared to Hestia’s panic and anxiety, Merlin still seemed very calm.
“Because starting tomorrow, I will go deeper into the maze to explore. It will take more time then.”
After hearing the explanation, Hestia immediately calmed down.
“Ohh, to the deeper floors of the maze. I see. Why didn’t you say that earlier?”
Hestia couldn’t help but loosen her grip on Merlin’s hand, but the next second her calmness was replaced by panic.
“No, Mr. Lin, you said you wanted to explore deeper floors? You have just become an adventurer for less than a week, and you want to explore deeper floors. This is too dangerous. And you are alone, which is even more dangerous. If no one is looking after you, any accidents are possible.”
“This matter is more dangerous than raising a vixen outside!”
“No, as a god, I strongly disagree with you exploring deeper floors now.”
Hestia’s little head shook like a rattle, her attitude extremely firm.
“Then will you agree to raising a vixen?”
Merlin asked curiously.
“Eh? Vixen? Well, that’s not something I can’t consider. Ah, no, Mr. Lin, don’t interrupt me intentionally!”
Hestia rolled her eyes at Merlin with a hint of anger, and put her hands on her hips. Despite her 1.40 meter height, she exuded a strong aura.
“In short, it’s too dangerous for you to explore deeper floors alone now, Lin Jun.”
“If it’s not just one person, then it’s okay?”
Merlin naturally caught the other meaning in Hestia’s words.
“Ah… well, if it’s someone I approve of, then it’s not impossible!”
Hestia’s brain suddenly brightened up for once, and she left some room for maneuver in her words.
“Okay, Tiya, I will find my teammates.”
Merlin nodded and replied.
Although he didn’t think that adding a teammate would make much difference.
But since Hestia thinks so, then just find someone who won’t hold him back.
At this time, Hestia on the opposite side naturally also keenly noticed Merlin’s thoughts.
“Oh, I got it, Lin Jun.”
“My good friend’s children are planning to explore deeper floors below the shallow level. I asked them to take you with them. Then you can follow them and get a feel for the conditions of the floors below in advance. By the way, you can also learn about team formation and other things.”
“How’s it going, Lin Jun?”
Hestia tilted her head and looked at Merlin with a smile on her face and asked.
“Yeah, okay.”
Merlin agreed immediately. After all, looking at the situation, if he didn’t agree, Hestia might never give in. Besides, there would be no loss even if he agreed.
“Haha, okay, that’s settled then. I’ll talk to my good friend tomorrow and it should be ready the day after tomorrow.”
“Alright, alright, I’ll update your ability values ​​after dinner.”
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“Strength 20, Endurance 15, Dexterity 30, Agility 10, Magic 30.”
“Well, apart from agility, other ability values ​​have hardly increased.”
“Well, Mr. Lin, don’t worry about it. Don’t worry about it. Everyone’s ability value increases like this at the beginning. There’s no need to worry too much.”
“Okay, Lin Jun, go to bed quickly. This is a special seat.”
Hestia, who had climbed onto the bed first, patted the spot beside her, signaling Merlin to hurry over.
“Okay, Tiya, you go to sleep first. I still have some things to do.”
“Wow…Okay, you should go to bed soon too, don’t stay up late.”
Hestia rubbed her eyes, lay down, and within three seconds she let out a steady breath.
After Hestia fell asleep, Merlin glanced at the paper in his hand that recorded his ability values.
[Merlin, human race, LV1][Strength 20, Endurance 15, Dexterity 30, Agility 10, Magic 30][Skill: Alchemy]Such ability values ​​are considered very low among LV1 adventurers.
However, Merlin didn’t care about this ability value at all.
Because he himself doesn’t make a living by his abilities.
[Alchemy]: Possessing the ability to turn the impossible into the possible and create infinite possibilities.
Although the introduction of this skill is so simple, after experimenting, Merlin clearly realized how powerful and terrifying this skill is.
As described in the explanation, alchemy has the ability to turn the impossible into the possible and create infinite possibilities.
Not only can he forge weapons like a blacksmith, but he can also make props like a prop maker. In addition, he can prepare potions like a pharmacist, and even enchant weapons. He can be said to be an all-round profession.
“Well, the next step is to go deeper into the shallow layer, so we need to make some preparations in advance.”
“If you go down to the twelfth floor, you may encounter orcs, war shadows, and killer ants.”
“Most of them are power-types, and there are also speed-types and monsters with hard shells.”
“For powerful monsters, just use poison.”
Merlin took out a small bottle of green liquid from the storage bag beside him.
“Salamandra’s venom, a small bottle like this is worth five thousand fares, which is only two hundred and fifty yuan in RMB, which is almost my daily salary.”
“Then refine it with these arrows.”
Merlin said as he took out a few more arrows for the crossbow and placed them on the table, seven in total.
“About seven is enough.”
“Any more and the effect might be diminished.”
“Huh… it’s done!”
As Merlin finished speaking, a dazzling white light enveloped the bottle of poison and the arrow on the table.
After a few seconds, the white light gradually dissipated, and the bottle of venom disappeared. Instead, seven arrows with green glow on their arrowheads lay there quietly.
Merlin immediately picked up one of the arrows, and soon the information on the arrow appeared in front of him.
[Poison Arrow]: An arrow containing a strong toxin with a power of 20. After hitting the target, the target will enter a poisoned state and continue to bleed, losing 30 points per second for 100 seconds.
“Power 20, just a little bit stronger than me hitting it with a stick, but the important thing is the debuff.”
“Poisoned, losing 30 points of health per second? If it lasts for a hundred seconds, that means a total of three thousand points of damage will be caused.”
“Hiss… this effect is too exaggerated.”
“Most shallow-level monsters probably don’t have more than 1,000 HP. Even the thick-skinned orcs only have a little over 1,000 HP at most.”
“This poisonous arrow can almost kill instantly.”
“Although there are only seven of them, if used well, they can completely turn the tide of the battle.”
“Well, great value for money!”
Merlin nodded with satisfaction and carefully put away the seven poison arrows.
After all, if he accidentally touched the arrow, he would die on the spot without even having time to find a healer for treatment.
After putting away the poison arrows, Merlin took out another batch of ingredients from his storage bag.
It was a glass container filled with blue liquid, about the size of a palm.
“If it’s a speed-type monster, then use this.”
“Slime solution.”
“This is quite cheap. Only one hundred fares for so many.”
“Then, combine it with the spider legs.”
“Refine!”
The familiar white light lit up again, and soon dissipated again, and then only a bottle of blue liquid was left on the table, which looked much darker than the pure slime solution.
[Sticky Slime Solution]: It has super strong stickiness and can stick any objects it touches together. It lasts for 1 hour, but the stickiness will disappear when exposed to fire.
“If it touches the flame, it will become sticky. That means it may not work if it touches a monster that can spit fire. But if you avoid this, as long as the speed-type monster is stained with this slime, it will completely lose its advantage.”
“Next.”
“Monsters with high defense, um, use this.”
Merlin began to prepare his next trump card.
“Goblin bone meal, plus killer ant teeth.”
“Refine.”
[Corrosive Powder]: Can corrode the opponent’s defense, reducing it by 30% for three minutes.
“It’s not enough to just lower defenses. We need to add some offensive methods, and then methods to deal with groups of monsters. I don’t know if one night will be enough.”
Merlin muttered as he continued to refine it.
When white light gradually appeared on the horizon, Merlin rubbed his big dark eyes, his face full of excitement.
“Ah, I’ve finally finished refining everything. I’ve drunk more than three bottles of magic potion.”
“If the money hadn’t been spent, I would have wanted to prepare some more.”
“Uh… No, I feel a little dizzy, go to bed quickly.”
Merlin climbed onto the bed in a daze, touched the familiar pillow, and buried his head in the softness of the right temperature. If it were in the past, he might have played with it reluctantly, but now he was so tired that he didn’t even have the slightest desire. The strong sleepiness made him fall into sleep quickly.
Hestia, who had woken up not long ago, smiled slightly when she saw Merlin curled up against her chest.
“What a lovely child. He wasn’t naughty last night. Hey, it turns out he stayed up late again. He clearly said so.”
After seeing the two dark circles under Merlin’s eyes, Hestia rubbed his head with some heartache.
“It’s okay even if you don’t work hard, but… you won’t listen.”
Hestia spoke softly, kissing Merlin gently on the cheek, tiptoed out of bed, and walked carefully to the door.
“Then Merlin, I’m leaving first.”
Hestia whispered before leaving.
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Chapter 3 Is the Guild Counter Lady a Slut? (Old Version)
In the commercial street, at the potato ball stall.
“Hey Hestia, good morning. You’re here pretty early this time.”
Takemikazuchi, who was roasting potato balls, wiped the sweat off his face and greeted Hestia who was walking over.
“Hey Ajian, good morning. By the way, I have something to discuss with you.”
After Hestia came over, she looked at Takemikaze seriously.
Jian Yulei naturally realized something immediately, nodded, put down his chopsticks, and walked out from behind the stall.
“So, Hestia, what is it you want to talk about?”
“Actually, it’s like this. My child wants to explore deeper floors, but he’s still alone. I’m a little worried that he might be trying to show off. So if possible, can you let him team up with a few of your children to explore deeper in the shallow layer?”
“Then let him recognize his own strength so that he won’t force himself or take risks.”
After listening to Hestia’s words, Jian Yulei smiled and nodded.
“Oh, I see. I understand.”
“Indeed, many children are eager to achieve success right after becoming adventurers.”
“But becoming stronger doesn’t happen overnight.”
“Don’t worry, Hestia, leave this matter to me.”
“It just so happens that several of my children also want to explore the deeper floors.”
“This is also an opportunity for them to recognize the limits of their own strength.”
Hestia asked with a little concern: “This… won’t be dangerous, Ajian.”
“Well there will definitely be danger, but I believe that with Sakura and the others’ abilities, there will be no problem.”
“And Hestia, don’t you also want to tell that boy about the dangers of the labyrinth this time?”
“If the danger cannot be overcome even as a team, it would be reckless to venture alone.”
After taking Yukata’s advice, Hestia gradually calmed down.
“Well, Ajian, you’re right. As for the time, tomorrow is ok?”
“Tomorrow is no problem. I’ll talk to Sakura and the others when I get back.”
“Oh, by the way, Hestia, come to think of it, I still don’t know the name of your child.”
Jian Yulei smiled and crossed his arms over his chest, with a hint of smile in his eyes.
“I am somewhat interested in the boy who could make you, Hestia, care so much.”
“Merlin.”
“Merlin, huh? That’s a name that sounds very Eastern. Could it be that he came from the Far East?”
“Hmm? Jian, you’re not planning on poaching my Merlin or something like that, are you?”
“Hahaha, I’m just simply interested. By the way, how about arranging a celebration banquet after this team formation is over? Then, I can also meet this young Merlin.”
“Hmm, a celebration banquet? That’s a good suggestion. Since we’re going to prepare a celebration banquet, we should make it grand. Well, I’m motivated now. I will definitely make more money in the next two days and prepare a lot of delicious food for Merlin.”
“Oh, that’s the momentum. We must sell out all the fried potato balls today!”
Inside the Adventurer’s Guild Hall.
“Huh? Merlin, are you saying you want to take all these commissions?”
Aegina leaned forward until her face was almost touching Merlin’s.
“Yes,” Merlin nodded slightly and pointed at Aegina’s collar.
“You can see it soon.”
“Ah? Ugh…”
After being stunned for a moment, Aina suddenly reacted, her pretty face flushed, and she suddenly pulled back and covered her chest.
“Merlin, you pervert, if you found out, you should have warned me earlier.”
Aegina glared at Merlin sheepishly.
Merlin smiled and shrugged, not making any comment.
“Can I leave now?”
“Oh, okay, no… Merlin, are you really going to take on all of these dozen commissions?”
The half-elf girl suddenly realized that now was not the time to be shy.
“Okay, come with me to the next office and we can have a good chat.”
“Well, can’t we not go?”
“no!”
Led by Aina, the two soon arrived at the office next door.
After entering the room, Aina spread out all the commissions Merlin had received on the table and slapped the table angrily.
“Merlin, you’ve only been an adventurer for a week, and now you’re planning to go to the seventh and eighth floors? No, you’ve even accepted a commission from the eleventh and twelfth floors.”
“What on earth do you want to do?!”
“Until yesterday, weren’t you still exploring the fourth floor? Now you want to go to the twelfth floor in one breath?”
“This is no longer an adventure, this is clearly a suicide.”
“And look, you even accepted the commission from the young dragon. Do you know how powerful this young dragon is? Even a team of experienced LV1 adventurers dare not confront this powerful monster head-on. Although there is no floor master in the shallow layer, this young dragon can be considered a monster at the level of a floor master.”
“You know, the LV1 rookie adventurer team I was in charge of encountered a baby dragon on the twelfth floor and was wiped out immediately.”
Aegina scolded Merlin harshly, her spit almost spraying on Merlin’s face.
At this moment, Merlin slowly added.
“This time I’m not going alone, but in a team with other people.”
“Team up? Ah… just say it earlier.”
The anger on Aina’s face dissipated a lot. She pushed up her glasses and asked, “So, which family did you team up with to explore?”
“I’m just here to give you some advice. If it’s a bad family, it’s best to turn it down.”
“The Jianyu Lei clan.”
Merlin recalled.
“The Jianyulei clan, oh I remember, the members of that clan are pretty good. And their hair color is the same as yours, all black. Could it be that you are also from the Far East?”
“In addition, their overall strength is already considered upper tier among LV1 adventurers. Their activity range has always been between the eighth and tenth floors.”
“Well, if we go to the eleventh and twelfth floors with them, it shouldn’t be too dangerous as long as we don’t encounter a baby dragon.”
“but……”
Aegina paused, then moved forward a little, staring straight at Merlin with her green eyes.
“Remember, don’t take risks. Remember, Merlin, although these words may be very discouraging to you, I still have to say them. You are still just a new adventurer, and your strength is at the bottom of the LV1 level.”
“This time, even if we are exploring with the members of the Jianyu Lei clan, we must be extremely careful, and then…”
An hour later, Merlin returned to the Adventurer’s Guild Hall. He rubbed his stiff waist and looked as if he had lost all desire to live.
“Ah, I didn’t expect that even after coming to another world, I would still be taught.”
Just as he finished speaking, he noticed that many eyes were looking at him.
At the same time, the sound of whispers returned to the air above the hall.
Out of curiosity, Merlin couldn’t help but listen and couldn’t help but laugh and cry.
These adventurers have a really great imagination.
Not long after Merlin left, Aina also came out of the office.
The next moment, she immediately felt countless gazes, looking straight at her, and those curious gazes were mixed with a hint of another meaning.
“Um?”
Aina frowned and took two steps forward.
Soon, the sound of people’s discussions floated into her ears.
“Hey, look, that silver elf counter clerk came out. I heard that he just brought a new adventurer into the office to eat.”
“I just felt something was wrong. This guy had been staring at other people with a scary look before. So that’s what it meant.”
“I didn’t expect that this elf was so hungry that he brought that guy in directly. Did you see the boy who came out just now?”
“Ah, I saw it. The boy looked completely drained, and he kept rubbing his waist.”
“This is terrible, this is terrible. Hey, look over here, that guy. If he doesn’t run, he’s going to be caught and squeezed dry.”
After hearing the content of the conversation clearly, Aina’s face twitched and her expression was extremely ugly.
However, before she could catch the adventurers and argue with them, they simply scattered like birds and beasts and ran away.
“Oh damn, it’s all Merlin’s fault!”
Aina stomped her feet angrily, “Next time we meet, I will definitely give him a good lecture!”
Chapter 4 Jian Yu Lei Family (Old Version)
In front of the central square.
Merlin, who came out of the Adventurer’s Guild, was sitting in front of the flower bed in the square, waiting for the arrival of the members of the Jianyu Lei clan.
This time, he temporarily joined the Jianyu Lei clan’s team to experience the feeling of being in a team and to understand the situation in the shallow and deeper levels in advance.
Even while waiting, Merlin was not idle. He looked at the adventurer’s manual that Aegina had given him earlier, trying to understand the strength of the shallow monsters.
“This adventurer’s handbook even records the habits of orcs. This is really amazing.”
Merlin glanced at the Adventurer’s Handbook in his hand and couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
“Next time you see Aegina, be sure to thank her.”
There was a sound of footsteps, gradually approaching him.
Merlin couldn’t help but look up, and what he saw were three adventurers with the same black hair and black eyes as him.
Although the girl with short black hair standing at the back cannot be seen because her hair covers her eyes, she should also be black.
You know, black hair and black eyes are rare in the city of Orario.
According to Hestia’s explanation, all members of Takemurai’s family are adventurers from the Far East, so they all have black hair and black eyes.
Merlin put away the manual and stood up.
Almost as soon as he stood up, the tall young man in the lead stopped in front of him.
“Hello, is this Merlin?”
“I am.”
“Are you three members of the Jianyu Lei clan?”
Merlin nodded, glanced at the three of them, and secretly assessed them.
The tall man standing in front of him with a big axe on his back looked like the captain of the team. Judging from his equipment and weapons, he was a front-line fighter.
The pretty girl with a ponytail following behind him is most likely a swordsman, judging by the samurai sword on her waist. She is known for her movement speed and attack power. She is probably the secondary damage dealer in the team and a part-time guerrilla fighter.
As for the girl at the back whose eyes are covered by her hair, judging from the bow and arrow on her back, she is obviously a ranged fighter.
Overall, for a team of LV1 adventurers, it is relatively balanced.
No wonder Aina said before that the strength of Jian Yulei’s team can be considered superior among all the LV1 adventurers.
“Yes, let me introduce myself. I am Kashima Sakura, the leader of the Takemura clan. I am also the commander for the time being. Welcome to join the team.”
Kashima very cheerfully extended his hand towards Merlin and greeted him with a smile.
“Hello,” Merlin nodded slightly, shook hands, and looked at the girl with ponytail beside him.
“Is it my turn now? My name is Yamato Nobuyuki, so just call me Nobuyuki. I hope you can give me your guidance in the future.”
Ming took a step forward, bowed slightly towards Merlin, and gave his name.
All of a sudden, the only one left was the archer girl standing at the back.
“Master Chigusa, it’s your turn.”
Ming gently pushed, the girl’s shoulder urged.
“Ah… Ming-chan, um… that… my name is Chigusa, please take care of me.”
The girl named Chigusa, after saying her name, her pretty face turned red and she shyly hid behind Ming.
“I’m sorry, Merlin. Chigusa is a bit shy and isn’t used to interacting with strangers she meets for the first time. But she’ll be fine after a little adjustment.”
At this time, Kashima stepped forward and tried to smooth things over.
“I hope you don’t mind.”
“I don’t care. Rather than that, let’s quickly enter the maze. After all, it’s getting late.”
Merlin waved his hand, urging.
“Ah yes, you’re right.”
“Okay, everyone. This time our goal is the twelfth floor, which is also the last floor of the shallow layer. We must be fully alert in our exploration this time.”
After encouraging everyone, Kashima led them towards the maze.
The sixth level of the maze.
“Everyone, be careful. You will encounter a war shadow on this floor. It is very fast and its claws are very sharp. You must keep your distance and deal with it calmly.”
Kashima, who was walking in front, turned around and reminded everyone.
Of course, this statement was actually addressed to Merlin.
After all, Merlin was the only one present who had not yet reached the sixth floor.
“Don’t worry, Master Merlin. If you encounter Zhan Ying, my sword will never touch you.”
The man walking beside Merlin patted the knife on his waist gently and said with determination.
“Well, thank you, life.”
Merlin nodded and thanked him.
Just as the two of them finished their brief exchange, Kashima’s slightly solemn voice came from the front.
“The monster is coming, be careful!”
Chapter 5 You come to be the supporter! (Old version)
The moment Kashima finished speaking, Ming immediately drew the samurai sword from his waist.
The next moment, three dark shadows rushed towards everyone from the end of the passage.
At this time, Merlin also saw the appearance of the monster battle shadow clearly.
It was a group of monsters made up of black shadows. It looked like a human from the outside, but its body was completely black. Its hands had sharp claws like those of wild beasts. On its head was a round mirror-like thing, which was flashing a frightening red light.
Three fighting shadows pounced over at an extremely fast speed.
Kashima, who was at the front, also reacted immediately and swung the axe in his hand violently.
However, his attack was not aimed at the extremely fast war shadow, but at the ground.
“boom!”
Gravel burst out, and countless stones flew towards the battle shadow.
Although the stones did not cause much damage to the war shadows, they did succeed in slowing them down.
Just when these war shadows slowed down, Ming clenched the long sword in his hand, and rushed out at an extremely fast speed like a crossbow arrow, and came in front of one of the war shadows.
“The first one!”
As Ming’s majestic rebuke fell, the knife in her hand accurately cut the battle shadow in front of her into two pieces.
After dealing with this war shadow, she did not stop, but stepped on the wall of the passage and used the reaction force to attack the war shadow next to it.
“The second one!”
Another precise strike.
The battle shadow was split in two and fell to the ground.
In just a few seconds, two of the three war shadows were eliminated.
The remaining fighting shadow was now waving its sharp claws to pounce on the creature that was standing still.
You have to know that at this time, Ming Ke had just completely exposed his back because of dealing with the previous war shadow, and was completely defenseless.
But at this moment, an arrow tore through the air and quickly hit the round mirror flashing red light on Zhan Ying’s head.
“Crack.”
The round mirror shattered, and the light inside it quickly dimmed, then it fell to the ground and quickly dissipated in a ball of red light.
Just like that, in less than a minute, all three war shadows died.
Merlin, who was standing at the back, couldn’t help but be amazed by the cooperation of Kashima and his two companions.
Such smooth coordination and mutual trust would have been impossible without years of collaborative operations.
Even Merlin, who had never been in a team, could tell that the cooperation between the three Kashima players was very strong.
“Ah…um…are you…ok?”
At this moment, a voice mixed with some timidity came to my ears.
Merlin turned around and saw Chigusa.
Even though he couldn’t see his eyes, Merlin could feel that Chigusa cared about him.
“It’s okay, it’s just that your cooperation is so amazing that I can’t help but admire it.”
Merlin couldn’t help but speak out what was on his mind.
At this time, Kashima, who had picked up the dropped materials and magic stones, was still alive and walked over, just in time to hear Merlin’s words.
“Amazing? This level is not amazing. We can do it as long as we get to know each other a little bit.”
Kashima waved his hand and said with a smile.
“Chigusa, I’m so grateful. If it weren’t for you just now, it might have been dangerous.”
Ming walked over, looked at Chigusa and thanked him.
“No, it’s not fate. Rather, I’m sorry for letting you take risks every time.”
Chigusa shrank back slightly and shook her head.
But Merlin, who was standing nearby, noticed that her little face was a little red, probably because she was shy.
“Okay, if no one is injured or exhausted, then we can continue to move forward. There are more troublesome monsters waiting for us ahead, so everyone must be vigilant.”
After giving a reminder, Kashima came to Merlin’s side.
“Merlin, if possible, could you please collect the magic stones and materials next?”
After hearing this, Merlin immediately understood what Kashima meant.
It was obvious that Kashima was taking care of him since he was the weakest, so he planned to give him the safest supporter job.
“Well, thank you, Kashima.”
“Haha, it’s okay. Just read and learn more this time. You will definitely need to use this knowledge when you form a team in the future.”
Kashima said, patted Merlin on the shoulder, and then left.
“Teaming up… well, maybe that’s a good idea.”
Watching Kashima’s back as he walked away, Merlin stroked his chin, thinking about what his team would look like.
Chapter 6 Adversity (Old Version)
On the seventh level of the maze, in a rock cave leading to the eighth level, everyone was blocked here.
A large number of killer ants were approaching the few people. There were so many of them that they were even crawling on the ceiling. At a glance, there were already more than twenty of them, and their number was still increasing.
“Sakura-sama, what should we do?”
Ming clenched the samurai sword in his hand and looked at the killer ants in front and behind with a serious expression.
At this time, everyone was surrounded by a large number of killer ants.
Even if they are LV1 advanced adventurers, it is not easy to escape once they are surrounded by so many monsters.
“Wow, I’m sorry, Sakura, Ming… It’s all my fault because I didn’t shoot the killer ant, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many of them… I’m sorry…”
Chigusa couldn’t help but clench the longbow in her hand, her little hands trembling slightly, and tears kept dripping from her cheeks.
“No, if that’s the case, I was the one who made the judgment, so I was also wrong.”
Kashima, who was standing at the front, shook his head and glanced at Merlin.
“Merlin, we are going to break out, and we won’t have time to take photos of you, so you have to protect yourself.”
The urgency of the situation was such that Kashima had no time to be polite. After saying this, he turned around and faced the group of killer ants rushing over.
“Okay, next, I’ll lead the way, and all of you follow me!”
After saying this, Kashima clenched his axe and charged forward.
“Haaaaa——”
Shikashima roared, rushing in first, and with the axe in his hand, he kept splitting the swarming killer ants in half.
But because there were too many killer ants, even if Kashima could kill one with one blow, the killer ants behind would immediately swarm up again.
And it wasn’t just one or two, but five or six that rushed over together.
Even if there were people helping, the problem could not be solved at all.
In addition, due to the life-threatening attacks, it is impossible to kill the killer ants with one strike like Kashima did, so more time is wasted.
Chigusa, who was following behind the two men, tried desperately to attack the killer ants with arrows, but the shell of the killer ants was very hard and just one arrow was not enough to break the shell of the killer ants.
In less than half a minute, the momentum of the breakout slowed down.
But at this moment, Merlin, who was following at the back, took out a small bottle of red liquid from the big package behind him, and threw it at the killer ants in front of Kashima.
The glass bottle shattered, and the red liquid inside quickly turned into a terrifying flame that swept towards the killer ants in front.
The shrill and piercing cry echoed in the sky above the cave.
The shells of the killer ants in the front were burned into charcoal and they quickly retreated.
The killer ants behind were also frightened by the burning flames and did not dare to move forward immediately.
This sudden abnormal situation also shocked Kashima Kazumi in front.
“Flames? Wait, a demon sword?”
Kashima stopped, looking surprised.
“This flame, could it be magic?”
There was also a hint of surprise on her pretty face.
At this moment, Merlin’s voice came from behind.
“Don’t stop.”
After hearing the shout, Kashima and Ming reacted immediately.
The crisis has not been resolved yet. If we stop suddenly, we will probably be surrounded by killer ants again.
“rush!”
Without any hesitation, Kashima gripped the axe tightly, chopped off the killer ants blocking his side, and rushed forward.
Ming also hurried to catch up, attracting the attention of the surrounding killer ants.
At this time, Chigusa was too anxious to catch up, and her foot hit a stone and was about to fall to the ground.
You know, this fall will delay a lot of time, and then everyone may be surrounded by a large number of killer ants.
The person who turned around at this moment happened to see this scene, and his heroic face was full of tension and anxiety.
“Chigusa!”
“Ah, Ming-chan…” Chigusa’s panicked and helpless voice echoed in the air.
But the next moment, her body was embraced by a hand.
It was Merlin who was following behind.
“Hold on tight.”
After giving some instructions, Merlin hugged Chigusa and quickly chased after Kashima and the other two ahead.
After running for a distance, Merlin took out a bottle of red liquid and threw it at the killer ants chasing him.
The same flame burned and turned into a wall of fire that temporarily isolated the group of killer ants from chasing them.
Using this wall of fire to buy time, everyone finally escaped into the passage on the eighth floor.
Chapter 7 Strong? (Old version)
Inside the narrow cave, heavy breathing echoed in the air.
“Haaaah…haaah…”
“The killer ants didn’t… chase us.”
Shikama, who was so tired that he collapsed on the ground, looked up at the narrow entrance of the cave with a serious expression on his face.
If the killer ants chased them, they would be unable to escape given their current position.
“I haven’t seen it yet, Sakura-sama, so I guess she won’t come after me.”
After observing the cave entrance for a while, he retreated back into the cave.
After hearing this, Kashima finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Huh… I thought I was really going to fail here this time.”
Just as Kashima finished speaking, a sobbing sound echoed over the cave.
“Wow… I’m sorry, if it wasn’t me…”
“I’m sorry Sakura… I’m sorry for my life… I’m sorry Mr. Mei, I’m so useless, it’s me…”
Chigusa hugged her legs and curled up in a ball, hiding in the corner. Tears kept dripping from her cheeks and she kept repeating words of apology.
At this time, Kashima and Ming didn’t know how to comfort her.
After all, the fact that they were able to escape from the gates of hell before could almost be described as luck.
And if Merlin hadn’t pulled her in time, oh no, hadn’t hugged Chigusa, she might have died there.
Just when the atmosphere was extremely depressing, Merlin suddenly stood up and came in front of Chigusa.
“Ah, May…Mr.”
Chigusa subconsciously raised her head and looked at Merlin, her eyes hidden under her bangs were revealed, filled with tears and sadness.
And the next moment, Merlin stretched out his hands and forcibly interrupted Chigusa’s crying.
It’s just the position of this hand…
“ah.”
“ah?”
“Huh!”
Three different exclamations echoed over the cave.
Chigusa’s cute face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Ming, who was not far away, also had a blush on her face. She covered her cheeks with her hands and looked at the scene in front of her through the gaps between her fingertips.
“Ah, Mei…Mrs. Mei, you…you…you…you are not restrained.”
Kashima glared at Merlin angrily: “Merlin, what are you doing taking advantage of the chaos?”
However, before he finished speaking, Merlin had already withdrawn his hand and sat down at the entrance of the cave.
The cave became quiet again, but the gloomy atmosphere from before was gone.
The sadness on Chigusa’s little face had been replaced by girlish shyness. She buried her little head in her knees, not daring to lift it up.
Ming, who was sitting not far away, covered her flushed cheeks, her eyes moving back and forth between Chigusa and Merlin, and no one knew what she was imagining in her mind.
At this time, Kashima, who was sitting at the entrance of the cave, calmed down immediately after his initial anger and understood the meaning behind Merlin’s previous behavior.
“I’m sorry, Merlin, I misunderstood you just now.”
“Also, thank you. If it weren’t for you, we would have died.”
Kashima couldn’t help but bow his head towards Merlin as he spoke. Compared to his life, face and dignity were insignificant.
“Thank you? Well, I just did it for myself.”
Merlin shrugged his shoulders and answered calmly. After all, he still needed Kashima and the others to take him to the next few floors. Helping them now would be like helping himself.
After hearing this, Kashima smiled.
“You are really not frank at all.”
Kashima waved his hand and asked about another matter.
“By the way, what was that red liquid you threw earlier? It was able to suddenly burst into flames like that.”
Kashima asked with some curiosity in his eyes.
Just as Kashima finished asking the question, another curious voice sounded.
“I’m also very curious about this, Master Mei. The bottle you used earlier was not a magic sword, so why could it have the effect of a magic sword?”
Ming also came over, his heroic face full of curiosity, and his eyes were fixed on Merlin.
Even Chigusa raised her hand and spoke softly.
“Um… I’m also curious. Is that a magic item, Mr. Mei?”
The three people present all expressed their strong curiosity about the bottle of red liquid that Merlin had used earlier.
“It’s just a fire bottle, not a magic item.”
Merlin waved his hand and took out a bottle from the package behind him.
The red liquid in the bottle was exactly the same as what Kashima and his companions had seen before.
“That’s it. What’s the liquid in it?”
Kashima couldn’t help but reach out and take it from Merlin, holding it in his hand and observing it curiously.
“The mixed liquid mixed with the blood of the hellhound will explode and produce flames as long as a strong impact is applied.”
Merlin explained slowly.
“What, hellhound blood? Wait, give it a little more impact?”
After hearing this, Kashima’s face turned extremely ugly, his forehead was covered with sweat from nervousness, and his whole body was frozen there, not daring to move.
“So if I shake it a little bit now, won’t it explode?”
“Sakura-sama, if it would explode if it was shaken a little, then it should have exploded halfway through the journey.”
The explanation of fate also made the color on Kashima’s face gradually return.
“Haah, you almost scared me to death. Come on, you should carry this dangerous thing yourself, Merlin.”
Kashima let out a long sigh, and after he finished speaking, he quickly returned the flame bottle to Merlin and moved back.
“Could it be… a bottle?”
At this time, a tentative question came from behind.
It’s Chigusa.
“Chigusa? You mean the bottle? Ah, the flames appeared after the bottle was shattered earlier.”
Ming nodded repeatedly and immediately recalled what happened not long ago.
“Well, you guessed it right. This glass bottle can absorb the impact of the shaking liquid. As long as the liquid is still in the bottle, it will not explode.”
“Once the bottle breaks and the liquid flows out, the impact will cause the liquid to explode violently, thus igniting a flame.”
After hearing all this, the three people present were so shocked that they were speechless.
“The blood of a hellhound can actually have such an effect? ​​It’s amazing.” Kashima couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration, “Merlin, you are really amazing.”
“Ah, indeed. If it weren’t for Master Mei, we would have been in a very bad situation. Thank you very much.”
Ming also bowed his head to express his gratitude to Merlin.
Even Chigusa, who was taken advantage of by Merlin earlier, looked up at Merlin shyly and thanked him.
“Thank you, Mr. Mei.”
After expressing her thanks, Chigusa suddenly remembered something and added in a low voice with a hint of shyness on her face.
“And the one before… I didn’t care about it.”
“Really? Can I do it again?”
Merlin raised the corner of his mouth slightly and looked at Chigusa with a smile.
After hearing this, Chigusa quickly hid behind Ming like a little rabbit.
“Lord Mei, if you want to come, just… just rush over to me.” Ming opened his arms with a blushing face, looking like he was willing to sacrifice himself for a greater good.
“Okay, enough joking. Let’s take a short break and adjust ourselves before we cross over to the eighth floor.”
Kashima clapped his hands, spoke seriously, then turned to look at Merlin and asked him solemnly.
“Also, Merlin, I’ll be counting on you from now on.”
At this moment, Kashima no longer viewed Merlin as a new adventurer who could only follow them and pick up magic stones, but as a strong man with rich knowledge and experience. Because of this, his tone became much more respectful.
“I should be the one to ask for your help. Without you leading the way, I can’t reach the twelfth floor.”
Merlin shrugged and smiled.
Hearing this, Kashima smiled, clenched his fists, and a determined look appeared on his face.
“Ah, then let’s work together, we will definitely succeed in this expedition.”
Chapter 8 A ray of light in despair (old version)
The twelfth level of the maze.
“If we go further, we will reach the thirteenth floor, which is the middle floor. But now is not the time to explore.”
“Now that our original purpose has been achieved, it’s time to return.”
Kashima pointed ahead, towards the entrance to the thirteenth floor, his face filled with excitement.
Because this was the first time they reached such a deep floor.
Although at this moment, he very much wanted to explore the middle level, but reason told him that now was not the time to explore.
Merlin, who was standing not far behind, relaxed his expression a little after hearing what Kashima said.
It seems that Kashima is not arrogant enough to explore the middle level with its current configuration and strength.
Just from the eighth floor to the twelfth floor, their team encountered a lot of troubles and dangers, which could definitely not be described as smooth sailing.
In this state, heading towards the middle level would be tantamount to asking for death.
“Ah, I didn’t expect that we would actually reach the entrance to the middle level. If it weren’t for your help, Master Mei, I’m afraid we would never be able to do it alone.”
Ming couldn’t help but turn around and look at Merlin with gratitude, “Thank you very much.”
“The expedition isn’t over yet. It won’t be too late to say thank you once we’re back on Earth.”
Merlin waved his hand and checked the items in his storage bag. More than half of them were used up, and tens of thousands of Faris were gone.
However, compared with the props consumed, the harvest is also very rich.
Merlin couldn’t stop smiling as he looked at the storage bag filled with magic stones and precious materials.
With this batch of materials, he can refine more props and even consider refining a more handy weapon, such as… a gun.
There is a severe shortage of long-range weapons in this world. One of the reasons is the existence of magic, which makes long-range weapons almost worthless to develop.
However, for Merlin, who is not a magician, a suitable long-range weapon is very important.
After all, it’s no exaggeration to say that his ability value is at the bottom among LV1 adventurers.
In such a situation, you naturally cannot just rush up and fight the monster head-on. Long-range consumption and attack are the safest means.
Of course, Merlin had also thought about adding means to enhance melee capabilities in the future, but with limited funds at the moment, enhancing long-range attack methods was the most direct and effective.
“Merlin is right. Now is not the time to relax. It won’t be too late to relax once we get back to the ground.”
Kashima lifted the axe onto his shoulder.
“Okay, the configuration for the return trip is still that I walk in the front, Ming stays in the middle to be on guard, and then Merlin and Chigusa, you two follow behind.”
Just when Kashima had arranged everything and was preparing to return, Chigusa, who was not far away, had a strange expression on her face and her body was shaking constantly.
“It’s not Chigusa, what’s wrong?”
“Sakura…Sakura…behind…behind!”
Chigusa’s face turned pale, and her hands holding the bow were shaking.
“Sakura-sama, get out of the way!”
At this moment, Ming drew the samurai sword from his waist and rushed towards Kashima.
At this time, Kashima naturally understood that there might be a monster behind him, so he quickly gripped the axe and turned around.
The next moment, he saw the monster’s face clearly.
It was a monster that was nearly four meters tall, with silver fur, a tall, muscular body, and fists that were three times larger than a human head.
“Silverback ape!”
Kashima’s face changed drastically and his expression became extremely ugly.
You know, the silverback ape is already a very powerful existence among the shallow monsters.
Whether it’s speed, strength or defense, it’s not something that ordinary LV1 adventurers can contend with.
Even for adventurers at level 1 and above, they need clever coordination and cooperation to resolve the problem.
“roar!”
The horrifying roar echoed in the air.
The silverback ape rushed to Kashima, swung its huge fist, and smashed directly towards Kashima.
At this time, Ming had already run to the side of the silverback ape, and the knife in his hand chopped fiercely at the silverback ape’s thigh.
However, the silverback ape ignored the attack on his life.
“Kang!”
The sound of metal clashing echoed in the air.
“So hard!”
Ming’s hand holding the knife trembled slightly and his face turned pale.
She used all her strength, but the attack did not hurt the silverback ape at all.
Not to mention injuring the silverback ape, it didn’t even break its defense. Only a shallow mark was left on its silver fur, and not even blood came out.
At this moment, she understood why the silverback ape ignored her.
At this time, the silverback ape’s huge fist had already hit Kashima.
In a hurry, Kashima had to hold the axe in his hand across his body to defend against the punch.
“puff.”
A dull sound echoed.
Kashima flew backwards and hit the wall more than ten meters away before he stopped.
“Wow…”
After spitting out a large mouthful of blood, Kashima subconsciously tried to stand up, but his legs were shaking and he couldn’t stand up at all. Even cracks appeared on the axe in his hand.
It is conceivable how terrifying the silverback ape’s previous punch was.
At this time, Kashima struggled to raise his head, and what he saw was a scene that made him extremely desperate.
The silverback ape waved his hand and took his life firmly in his hands.
At this time, although Qiancao continued to attack the silverback ape with arrows, those arrows were easily bounced off.
Obviously, the arrow shot by Qiancao was not powerful enough to break through the defense.
“Ah… ah…”
The man who was caught by the silverback ape coughed up a mouthful of blood and his face turned extremely pale.
“Wuwu… let go quickly!”
At this time, Chigusa was so anxious that tears fell, but it was of no use.
“Hurry…run!”
The only thing he could do after being caught was to utter these words through his teeth.
After all, she was doomed to die at this moment, so she could only let Chigusa escape.
However, at this moment, Ming caught a glimpse of a figure in the corner of his eye.
It’s him!
A glimmer of hope flashed through my mind.
Chapter 9: Destroy the Silverback Ape without a fight? (Old version)
“Let her go, monkey!”
Merlin came behind the silverback ape and raised the crossbow in his hand.
Three arrows flew towards the silverback ape.
The first one was bounced away, and the second one hit the place where the first one left a mark, piercing the silverback ape’s skin.
The third arrow pierced through the second arrow and penetrated deeply into the body of the silverback ape.
Feeling the pain, the silverback ape roared angrily, threw away its life, and rushed towards Merlin behind it.
Merlin had already opened up a distance of more than ten meters.
At this distance, even if the silverback ape was very fast, it would still take two or three seconds to reach Merlin.
This period of time is enough for Merlin to do a lot of things.
“go.”
Merlin pulled out a small bottle and threw it at the silverback ape.
“Bang!”
The small bottle exploded instantly, releasing a large amount of black powder, which immediately attached to the silverback ape’s body.
However, the silverback ape did not slow down and rushed directly in front of Merlin.
However, when it was three meters away from Merlin, the silverback ape was surprised to find that it could not move any further as something was firmly binding its feet.
The silverback ape subconsciously lowered its head and saw a pool of blue liquid, and it was standing right in the middle of the pool of liquid.
The silverback ape struggled desperately, trying to break free from the pool of blue viscous liquid that bound it, but it was impossible to break free.
At this time, Ming and Chigusa, who were farther away, also saw this scene.
“Ah… W-What is this!?”
Ming opened his eyes wide, looking in disbelief at the silverback ape that was stuck to the ground and could only wave its fists wildly.
What kind of thing could actually stick a monster as powerful as the Silverback Ape to the ground?
Chigusa was surprised that Merlin’s arrow could actually break through the silverback ape’s defense.
While the two women were in shock, Merlin did not take this opportunity to attack the silverback ape, but quickly distanced himself and came to the side of the two women.
“Mr. Mei.”
“Master Mei.”
“You two, are you okay?”
Merlin asked, glancing at the two girls.
“Ah, I, I’m fine. But Ming-chan, are you okay?”
Chigusa shook her head and turned to look at Ming beside her.
“Well, I’m… ahem… fine.”
After Ming coughed twice, he looked at the silverback ape who was still struggling in front of him with some worry.
“Master Mei, is it okay to leave the silverback ape like this?”
Just as Ming was speaking, the silverback ape roared angrily, clenched its fists and smashed the ground where it was standing.
The terrifying force directly exploded the ground.
“Hey, Mr. Mei, are you really… okay? Why don’t you attack it now?”
Qiangusa was even more frightened by the silverback ape’s terrifying roar and took a few steps back.
At this time, the completely crazy silverback ape directly grabbed the stone beside it and threw it towards where Merlin and others were standing.
However, because it couldn’t turn around, it missed the target.
However, this also made Ming and Chigusa even more worried.
Because it looked like the silverback ape could break free from the blue liquid at any time.
“It’s okay, it’s dead.”
Merlin waved his hand and said calmly.
“Dead”?
Ming was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what Merlin said.
Because at this time, the silverback ape was still alive and kicking, but Merlin said it was dead.
“Ah Ming-chan, look, that guy seems…wrong.”
Qiancao suddenly pointed at the silver-backed ape not far away, with a look of confusion on her little face.
Wen Shengming looked over immediately and found that the silverback ape’s movements suddenly became very slow and stiff, as if it had been hit by a paralyzing spell.
And the heart-pounding black color is covering the surface of the silverback ape’s body and is spreading as time goes by.
This situation is obviously abnormal.
“Ah…”
At this time, the silverback ape let out a weak cry, and kept covering its mouth with its hands. A large amount of black blood gushed out of its mouth.
After seeing this scene, Ming reacted immediately.
“Is this…poisoning?”
“Hey, Master Mei, when did you poison the silverback ape?”
Ming turned his head and looked at Merlin in disbelief.
“Ah, could it be that arrow from before?”
Chigusa on the side thought of something, raised her head, clenched her hands, and said excitedly.
“Yes, I coated the arrow with poison, and I also used corrosive powder to reduce this guy’s defense and resistance.”
“This guy is going to die soon.”
Merlin said calmly.
The moment he finished speaking, the silver-backed ape in the distance collapsed to the ground, spit out several mouthfuls of blood, and then became completely motionless.
After a few more seconds, it completely dissipated in a ball of red light, leaving behind only a fist-sized magic stone and a piece of material.
A deathly silence enveloped the area.
Ming and Chigusa were completely shocked by Merlin’s methods and were speechless for a long time.
The terrifying silverback ape that was powerful enough to wipe out their entire team was easily killed by Merlin.
And during the whole process, the silverback ape didn’t even touch Merlin.
This extremely horrifying arrangement and calculation was completely beyond their imagination.
Just when the air was extremely quiet, Merlin turned around and looked at the two women.
“Aren’t you going to see Deer Island?”
“It seems like he just took a punch from the silverback ape.”
After hearing Merlin’s reminder, the two women reacted immediately.
“Oh, indeed, Sakura should be… okay,” Chigusa hurriedly walked towards Kashima who was lying on the ground behind her with some panic.
And after Chigusa left, Meilin went straight to Ming.
It was at this moment that Ming looked up at Merlin, her pretty face full of admiration.
“Master Mei, you are truly amazing. I never thought you were so strong. I really admire you.”
Ming said, lowering his head.
“No, it’s nothing. If you have these equipment, you will do better than me.”
Merlin waved his hand gently, without being proud or complacent.
“Here, drink it.”
Merlin said as he handed Ming a bottle of green potion.
Ming took it and drank it all without any hesitation, then asked curiously.
“Master Mei, what did I just drink?”
“Ah… the wound doesn’t hurt anymore. Is this… a healing potion?”
“It’s amazing, it actually takes effect so quickly!”
Ming looked at her body in disbelief. At this moment, she could no longer feel any pain, and even her strength had recovered a lot.
While she was still in shock, Merlin gave her another bottle.
“Give this bottle to Kashima.”
After injecting the potion, Merlin went straight to the place where the silverback ape died.
That’s right, he was sharp-eyed and had already noticed that the silverback ape had dropped materials.
You know, this silverback ape is considered a relatively powerful monster in the shallow layer, and the materials it drops are naturally very precious.
In other words, it can be sold for… a lot of money!
However, being an alchemist is a very expensive profession.
(I will update three times today to see the situation, and will update more tomorrow if the data can be written)
Chapter 10 I cannot repay you for saving my life, so… (Old version)
As he got closer, Merlin saw the fallen material.
It was a round skull, about the size of a fist, with a hint of crystal light flashing in the big pit.
Because there were still some residues of sticky slime solution around, Merlin carefully avoided the slime and picked up the skull.
“This doesn’t seem that big.”
Merlin looked at the silverback ape’s fallen skull in his hand with some confusion.
He remembered that the silverback ape’s head was very large, but it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was reduced by one tenth.
At this moment, a piece of information caught his eye.
[Rare Silverback Ape’s Skull]: The hardest part of the silverback ape’s body. Because it concentrates the essence of the silverback ape’s entire skull, this skull is harder than the silverback ape’s own skull, even harder than steel.
“A rare skull? Is it even harder than steel?”
After reading this introduction, Merlin’s breathing became faster.
Because he just happened to be lacking a material with high hardness recently, and he didn’t expect to get it here.
With this skull, he can then start refining that piece of protective gear.
After putting away the silverback ape’s skull, Merlin looked at the dark-colored magic stone that was slightly larger than his fist.
“It looks like this magic stone should be able to be exchanged for a lot of money.”
After putting away the magic stone, Merlin walked quickly towards where Kashima and the others were.
At this time, Kashima’s complexion looked much better than before. Although his clothes were still torn, his injuries had almost recovered.
Kashima saw Merlin and immediately stood up, holding on to the wall.
“Sakura, your injury hasn’t healed yet, so you’d better not…” Chigusa, who was standing by, walked forward with a little concern and tried to help.
However, Kashima shook his head and refused.
“It’s okay. Thanks to Merlin’s recovery potion, the injuries have basically recovered.”
After Kashima finished speaking, he walked up to Merlin step by step, lowered his head and thanked him in a deep voice.
“Merlin, you saved me again. If it weren’t for you, I, we would all die here. I, Kashima Sakura, will never forget this life-saving favor. Even if it takes my entire life, I will do my best to repay it.”
Kashima’s powerful words echoed in everyone’s ears for a long time.
The air couldn’t help but become quiet at this moment.
After a moment’s silence, Merlin walked up and looked at Kashima seriously, shaking his head and explaining.
“I’m afraid you’ve misunderstood something, Kashima.”
“The victory over the silverback ape just now was not just my achievement.”
“If you hadn’t attracted its attention, I wouldn’t have been able to successfully launch a sneak attack.”
“Besides, I would not have been able to get here without your guidance.”
“So, your description of ‘I saved you’ is not appropriate.”
“Um…I…can…”
Kashima opened his mouth, trying to find words to retort, but nothing came to him.
Because what Merlin said was correct.
“Wow… But even so, the fact that you saved us cannot be changed.”
Kashima gritted his teeth and decided not to think about those logical things, but to think instinctively.
However, to his great surprise, Merlin did not refute this point, but directly admitted it.
“Yes, it is true that I saved you this time, but you also saved me many times along the way.”
“In fact, it may be that I owe you something.”
Merlin spoke eloquently and with solid arguments.
This incident completely stunned Kashima.
They were clearly the ones who were rescued, so why did it suddenly become the case that they were the ones who saved others?
What made him even more confused was that he actually thought this was reasonable.
Well…that’s terrible.
“Sakura-sama, Mei-sama, I feel that now is not the time to talk about these things.”
“There are the footsteps of a monster approaching.”
Ming walked forward quickly and reminded.
After hearing this, Kashima understood that even if he wanted to repay the favor, he would have to wait until he returned to Earth.
“Well, that’s fine, let’s evacuate now.”
Kashima waved his hand and immediately returned to his captain’s posture.
Seeing this, Merlin breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that this has been fooled for now.
Although it won’t do any harm to admit it just now.
But once this matter gets to the ears of other adventurers, he will attract attention.
Merlin doesn’t want to attract too much attention now that he has enough strength to protect himself.
He was naturally well aware that fame was a double-edged sword.
Soon everyone packed up and followed Kashima’s footsteps back the way they came.
But at this time, Merlin deliberately quickened his pace, came to Ming’s side, and whispered thank you.
He didn’t hear the monster’s footsteps, so there was only one reason, that was Ming deliberately lied to bring up the previous topic.
“Ah? Lord Mei, what are you talking about? I have no idea.”
Ming turned his head and looked at Merlin seriously, then spoke out.
But just after she finished speaking, she paused and added in a low voice.
“However, I, like Lady Sakura, am very grateful to you, Lady Mei. Even if it costs me my life, I will definitely repay your kindness.”
After saying this, Ming quickly chased after Kashima in front of him.
Looking at her back, Merlin shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Are these people all so rigid?
At this time, Chigusa, who was walking at the back, also caught up, bit her lip lightly as if she had made up her mind, came to Merlin’s side, grabbed Merlin’s hand, and then…
At this point, Merlin was completely confused and had no idea what Chigusa’s behavior meant.
And after Chigusa finished this task, she quickly followed the person in front of her with a red face, and she didn’t show any intention of explaining.
Merlin stood there in shock for a moment before he finally understood.
“Ah… Isn’t this girl trying to express her gratitude through her behavior just now?”
“Ahem… this is… not unpleasant.”
“But, could it be that in her eyes, I have become a creature that thinks with the lower half of my body?”
The journey back was very smooth, and even if we encountered monsters, we were able to avoid them safely.
However, on the eighth floor, a slight accident occurred.
Chapter 11 Hot Springs, Repaying a Favor (Old Version)
“Hey, this spring water is… hot, could it be… a hot spring?”
Kashima, who was walking in front, bent down and scooped up a handful of water. After checking it, he said with some surprise.
“Ah? Hot spring? There is a hot spring in the maze?”
When Ming heard the word “hot spring”, he rushed forward immediately and got above the water to take a closer look.
“Ah, it really is a hot spring, and the temperature is… just right, a completely natural hot spring!”
“Hot spring? Hmm, can I take a bath?” Chigusa said with a little anticipation.
At this moment, Merlin walked forward and checked the large pool in front of him that was bubbling with steam.
[Natural hot spring water]: It will emerge from specific floors of the maze from time to time and will last for a week to a month. It has the effect of beautifying the skin, maintaining health, and recovering from injuries.
After reading this information, Merlin’s facial muscles twitched unnaturally.
“What’s wrong, Mr. Mei? Is there something wrong with the water?”
Chigusa, who asked this question, had a look of loss and worry on her face.
The life at the side said in great panic.
“I have tested this water and it is definitely not hot spring water. Natural hot springs like this are rare. If you miss it, you won’t have the chance to soak in it next time.”
“Well, if Master Mei is worried, how about I go and try it first?”
Looking at the life in front of him with shining eyes, Merlin had no doubt that as long as he nodded, the life would jump directly into the hot spring in front of him in the next second.
“Well, I checked it, there is nothing wrong with this water, and it can speed up the recovery of injuries.”
After hearing this, the excitement on Ming’s face became even more intense, and she couldn’t help but turn her head to look at Kashima not far away.
“Sakura-sama, you heard what Mei-sama said, didn’t you?”
Kashima naturally understood what Ming meant by the question.
“Ah…” Kashima touched his head and sighed.
“Well, let’s just fix it here for a bit then.”
“But you guys just go wash up. I’ll be on guard around here to prevent any monsters from getting close.”
After saying this, Kashima walked straight behind the rock in front.
After hearing this, Ming turned his head and looked at Merlin.
“Then Master Mei, please take a bath together.”
“In the previous battle, I was of little help at all. At this time, at least let me rub your back to express my gratitude.”
Ming said, clutching the towel he had taken out from somewhere, and looked at Merlin with a determined look.
“Well, I’ll go and take charge of the alert with Kashima.”
Merlin said as he moved towards Shikama who had already walked behind the rock, but he hadn’t taken a single step yet.
Kashima’s voice came from behind the rock.
“Merlin, let me take care of the guarding. I can wash you after you finish washing.”
“In the previous battle on the twelfth floor, you contributed the most. You should recover now.”
After Kashima finished speaking, Merlin’s face twitched and his expression looked a little unnatural.
Hmm? Why… is this different from what he imagined?
Before in the cave, he touched Chigusa, which made Kashima anxious. Now he is deliberately creating opportunities?
Has the attitude changed so quickly?
And rest and recovery? Work hard?
The problem is, he just threw a few props and used some equipment. It didn’t take much effort at all, and he wasn’t even injured. Why does he need to recuperate?
Before Merlin could come to his senses, Ming had already grabbed one of his arms.
“Master Mei, look, Master Sakura has said so, so you should just accept your fate. Don’t worry, I was an expert at scrubbing backs when I was in my hometown, and my mother often praised me. I will definitely scrub your backs until they are shiny!”
Ming’s heroic face was filled with excitement and anticipation, and his eyes were sparkling with flames.
This… has been polished to a high shine, so doesn’t that mean the skin has been rubbed off?
However, only one hand was controlled, so it was no problem and he could still escape.
Merlin took a step back and was about to shake off the threat with his left hand when suddenly two slender arms appeared from behind him and directly hugged his left hand.
“Accept your fate, Mr. Mei.”
“Huh? Chigusa?”
“Chigusa, well done!”
Different exclamations echoed around the hot spring.
Merlin couldn’t help but be shocked.
At some point, Chigusa actually sneaked up to him silently and even controlled him.
In terms of ability values, he can be said to be at the bottom of LV1, so in terms of strength, he is actually not even as good as Chigusa.
And even if Merlin’s strength exceeded Chigusa’s, he wouldn’t dare to struggle free.
After all, looking at Chigusa’s thin arms and legs, if he used a little force, his arm might be broken, which would be a tragedy.
“No, Chigusa, you’re coming too?”
Since he couldn’t break free, Merlin decided to use verbal escape.
“I’m very sorry Mr. Mei. Actually, I also want to repay the kindness I received earlier.”
“So, please let Ming-chan and I help you scrub your back.”
Chigusa raised her head shyly, and there was a pitiful light in her black eyes that appeared from under her bangs.
“That’s right, Master Mei, this is an opportunity for me to repay you, please don’t refuse.”
“Ah, but that… the incident in the cave earlier was still… still a little too early. For me… wuwu…”
Ming also started to persuade her, but at the end her pretty face turned slightly red and she lowered her head shyly.
“Well, if Mr. Mei hates this, then forget it.”
At this time, Chigusa saw that Merlin had not spoken for a long time and thought that he was disliked, so the strength in his arms could not help but decrease a little.
Now that things have come to this, Merlin naturally won’t refuse.
After all, this was the good intention of the two women. If he refused, it would hurt their face.
He could see that Ming and Chigusa had made a great decision to take such a move.
What’s more, he is a normal man. How could he hate this kind of thing?
“I hate it, of course I don’t hate it, but this is a maze after all. If you are too careless, you may lose your life.”
“But… it’s not impossible to take a short break right now.”
Merlin smiled and glanced at the two women, “Alright, no need to grab me like that, I won’t run away.”
“But let me make this clear first. After you rub my back, it’s almost time to leave.”
“Thank you very much, Master Mei!”
“Yes, Mr. May.”
Chapter 12 Vibranium Oh No, Silverback Shield (Old Version)
Surface.
“Ajian, do you think Merlin and the others will be okay? Such a long time has passed.”
In front of the square, Hestia’s face was full of worry, and she couldn’t help but ask Takemikazuchi beside her.
“No, I don’t know, but now… we can only trust them.”
Jian Yulei crossed his hands in front of his chest. Although his expression was as calm as ever, from the index finger that kept tapping his arm, it was clear that he was obviously not as calm as he appeared.
This is not surprising. After all, Merlin and the others are now heading to the last shallow layer, the twelfth floor.
You know, countless LV1 adventurers died at this level.
Even though Kashima and the others are already LV1 adventurers, it is still a question whether they can overcome this difficulty.
If a breakthrough can be achieved, it means that everyone’s future will be opened up.
If you can’t break through, you may have already…
Time passed by minute by minute, and soon it was almost dark.
Just when their hearts sank to the bottom, several figures slowly walked out from the entrance of the maze.
The tall figure walking in front was none other than Takemura’s leader, Sakura Kashima.
And behind Kashima, there were a few more people following him.
“Ah, Sakura!”
Jian Yulei’s tense shoulders couldn’t help but relax, and his face showed intense joy and excitement.
“One, two, three, four! Yes, everyone is back! All of them are back alive!”
Tears appeared in the corners of Jian Yulei’s eyes.
Just as he finished speaking, a figure quickly passed by him and rushed directly towards Merlin who was at the end of the queue.
“Woo, that’s great… That’s great, Merlin. You’re back, alive.”
“Woo, woo, woo, I almost thought you, I almost thought you… Gurgle…”
Hestia said as she rubbed against Merlin, tears and snot falling all over him.
Looking at Hestia who was crying like a little cat in his arms, Merlin rubbed her head with a somewhat amusing look.
“Well, I’m back, Tiaya.”
Although this time it took longer, there was actually no particularly urgent situation.
Even the silverback ape encountered on the twelfth floor was basically within Merlin’s expectations.
In other words, he has already taken into account the possibility of all the monsters appearing in the shallow layer.
Unless you encounter a tide of hundreds of monsters, it will be no problem to survive.
If Merlin’s thoughts at this moment were known by Kashima and the other two, they would probably be so shocked that they would be speechless.
In fact, whether they were surrounded by a large number of killer ants or suddenly encountered the silverback ape, they almost thought they were doomed.
On the other side, Jian Yulei looked at Kashima and the other two with a look of satisfaction on his face.
“Ah, you did a great job. You actually reached the twelfth floor.”
“You are all my best children, I am proud of you!”
Jian Yulei secretly wiped the corners of his eyes and kept looking at the three people and nodding in praise.
However, what puzzled him was that in response to his praise, the three of them turned their heads away, with slightly complicated expressions on their faces.
Such a situation naturally made him a little puzzled.
“What’s wrong, Sakura?”
“With that expression?”
“Now you can openly accept compliments without any problem.”
“After all, if you work harder, you will be able to reach the middle level.”
Jian Yulei asked.
“Um… Lord Takemurai.”
“Actually, this time we did it because…”
Kashima spoke a little embarrassedly, and when he was about to explain, Hestia, who was not far away, had already dragged Merlin over.
“Alright, Ajian, it’s time for the celebration party, the celebration party!”
After hearing Hestia’s words, Takemikazuchi nodded and immediately gave up the idea of ​​asking further questions.
Not long after, an extremely lively celebration banquet was held at the stronghold of the Jianyu Lei clan.
The celebration banquet was very lively and lasted until late at night.
“Oh…I want more, I want more…Merlin, I can still…drink.”
“Hurry up and fill it up for me.”
In the room, Hestia, who was already lying on the bed, was still talking in her sleep.
Looking at the sleeping Hestia, Merlin smiled and covered her with the quilt, then sat down at the work table again.
“Okay, although we don’t have time to change the magic stone today, we can try the defensive weapon first.”
Merlin said as he took out a round, crystal-clear bone from his storage bag.
It was the skull of the rare silverback ape.
Of course, in addition to the skull, he also prepared a few things, the largest of which was a shield.
That’s right, what Merlin wanted to forge was a shield.
Of course, it is not an ordinary shield, but a shield that can both attack and defend.
Just like the shield of a captain of a certain xx country.
Of course, Merlin has not yet found a material comparable to vibranium.
However, this did not affect his decision to make a low-quality version first.
“These are the materials, and the effect of refining needs to be…toughness, strength, hardness, elasticity, and…”
Merlin was thinking about what the effect and appearance of the Merlin Shield he was going to create would be.
The success rate of refining is related to the material, but it is also related to whether there is a complete composition in his mind.
Once you have a complete composition and design in your mind, even if it fails, you will be able to find the missing materials and defects.
A few minutes later, when Merlin completed the basic composition of the shield, a rough design appeared in front of him.
Merlin looked at the shield on the drawing with excitement on his face.
“Okay, time to get started.”
“Huh… it’s done.”
Merlin took a deep breath and began to refine it.
A white light enveloped the workbench.
In that light, the silverback ape’s skull, shield and other materials were gradually melting.
Merlin could feel that the embryo of the shield was about to take shape.
And the more this time, the more important it is.
Because of this, even though sweat had dripped onto his nose, he did not move to think, but instead controlled the melting and reconstruction of the material.
This time, the refining process lasted for three minutes.
When the refining was completed, Merlin was so tired that he collapsed on the workbench, and his magic power was completely exhausted.
“Haa …
“This shield actually consumes so much magic power.”
Merlin said this with a look of palpitations on his face. After a few seconds of calm, he raised his head and looked at the shield on the table that was red and white, with a white five-pointed star on the blue part in the middle.
“It’s done.”
[Do you want to name the armor? ]“Then it’s called Silverback Shield!”
Chapter 13 Business Opportunities, Invitation to the Night (Old Version)
Adventurer’s Guild.
“Huh? Merlin-kun!”
“Can you tell me where did you get this magic stone?”
“This is the Silverback Ape’s magic stone. Don’t tell me you defeated the Silverback Ape?”
Aina looked at the fist-sized magic stone on the counter with shock on her pretty face.
After she finished speaking, the LV1 adventurers who were chatting in the hall couldn’t help but look straight at Merlin with a hint of shock in their eyes.
Because the silverback ape is in the shallow layer, it is an elite-level monster. An adventurer who can kill the silverback ape alone means that his strength can be said to be a top-level adventurer in LV1.
“No, it wasn’t my credit. I defeated him together with my powerful companions from other clans.”
Merlin glanced at the adventurers approaching him and deliberately raised his voice a little.
After hearing his words, the group of adventurers who had gathered around immediately lost interest.
“It turns out that he teamed up with a Level 2 advanced adventurer. No wonder he was able to defeat the Silverback Ape.”
“I thought he was a genius, but it turns out he’s just a support person running errands.”
“That is to say, how could a well-known person dress so poorly?”
The adventurers cursed a few times and then dispersed in twos and threes.
In their opinion, anyone who could drag a LV1 new adventurer and defeat the silverback ape must be a LV2 senior adventurer.
Although the silverback ape is an extremely terrifying monster to these LV1 adventurers, it can still be easily dealt with by the LV2 senior adventurers.
However, at this time, only Aegina, who truly understood the truth, knew the level of Merlin’s teammates.
“No, Merlin, you… um… come over here and talk.”
After hesitating for a moment, Aina gritted her teeth, grabbed Merlin’s hand, and walked towards the office at the back.
Although she knew that some bad rumors would probably spread after this, at the moment she cared more about the silverback ape than the rumors.
After the office door closed, Aina grabbed Merlin’s shoulders and asked anxiously.
“So, what is going on?”
“Don’t tell me it was a member of the Jianyu Lei clan who solved it.”
“First of all, I’m very clear about the strength of the Jian Yu Lei clan members.”
“Although they are at the top among the LV1 adventurers, they are all quite powerful and are veteran adventurers. However, even if all of them were added together, I’m afraid they would not be a match for the silverback ape.”
“So, what is the real situation?”
Looking at the aggressive and menacing Aegina in front of him, Merlin knew that this matter might not be so easy to get away with.
After all, Aina was well aware of the strength of Kashima and the others.
The Silverback Ape can be said to be a very powerful monster in the shallow layer, and its strength is probably second only to the strongest rare monster in the shallow layer, the dragonet.
Not only does he have terrifying strength and amazing defense, but his speed is also much faster than that of ordinary LV1 adventurers.
Because of this, even veteran adventurers at LV1 will choose to flee when they encounter a silverback ape in a team.
However, now, Merlin and others actually killed a silverback ape, and no one died.
How could this not shock Aegina again and again.
This was the first time she had encountered such a thing in the few years she had been working as a receptionist for the guild.
“I’m not going to run away, so calm down.”
Merlin grabbed Aegina’s shoulders and persuaded.
“Ah… sorry, I may have lost my cool a little.”
Aina also regained her composure at this time, sat on the sofa opposite, pushed up her glasses, looked at Merlin and asked.
“So, what’s going on, Merlin.”
“Well, to put it simply, I used some props and the cooperation of others to deal with the silverback ape.”
Merlin waved his hand and explained briefly.
“Haha, Merlin, I don’t want a simple explanation, I want something more specific.”
“This doesn’t really explain anything.”
Aegina placed her hands on the table and looked at Merlin angrily.
But soon, she thought of something and a bit of restraint appeared on her pretty face.
“Well, if it’s information that’s inconvenient to disclose, it’s fine if you don’t tell me.”
As she said this, a hint of desolation flashed across Aina’s face.
“It’s this prop.”
Merlin took out a small bottle of blue liquid from the storage bag on his waist and placed it on the table.
“I used this item to block the silverback ape’s movements, and then with the cooperation of others, I killed the silverback ape.”
“Props?”
“What’s in this bottle…slime?”
Aina pushed up her glasses, moved closer, and looked at the liquid in the bottle curiously.
“Well, a sticky slime solution to be exact.”
“This mucus can stick objects and things they touch together.”
Merlin explained slowly, “I used this tool to block the Silverback Ape’s movements.”
“Eh, slime? Can it stick things together?”
Aegina was about to open the bottle and pour a little water to check, but after hearing this, her hands trembled and she quickly put the bottle back on the table.
“There is such a magical prop?”
Aina couldn’t help but look at the sticky slime solution in front of her with some surprise, her eyes flashing with a strong light.
“Can I test it?”
“no problem.”
After getting permission, Aina immediately took a teacup, poured some slime on the table, and finally placed the teacup on the slime.
After that, Aegina tried to separate the teacup from the table, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t do it. Even when she pulled the table up slightly, the teacup was still firmly fixed on the table.
“Phew… this is too sticky. I believe you now.”
Aegina, who was exhausted and sweating, finally had to give up. After taking a breath, she sat on the sofa and looked at Merlin.
“Then this kind of thing won’t be impossible to separate after it sticks together?”
“No, the effect is time-limited to about an hour. You can also use other methods to force the slime to become ineffective.”
Merlin waved his hand slightly and explained.
“Other methods? What are those methods?” Aina’s curiosity was aroused.
Merlin uttered four words lightly.
“Trade secret.”
“Huh… I knew it.”
Aegina leaned back on the sofa with a little disappointment, looking at Merlin with a gleam in her eyes.
“If you sell this mucus that can be effective against silverback apes, you can easily get five thousand, no, even ten thousand faris.”
“So, you didn’t make this prop yourself?”
“Yes.”
Merlin immediately gave his affirmation and keenly sensed business opportunities from Aegina’s words.
The air in the room fell silent at this moment. After a few seconds of silence, Aina stood up, put her hands on the table, and leaned towards Merlin with a serious expression.
“Merlin, I get off work at six o’clock. Please wait for me at the small door next to the guild.”
“Okay,” Merlin nodded and agreed without hesitation.
Hearing this, Aina’s face lit up with joy. “Okay, it’s settled.”
After saying this, Aegina waved her hand happily and turned to leave.
Looking at her back, Merlin stroked his chin and thought seriously.
“Well, it looks like I have to make up a reason why I can’t go back tonight to convince Ti-ya.”
When a woman takes the initiative to invite a man out on a date at night, any adult will understand the meaning behind this.
Well, some eunuchs are naturally excluded.
Chapter 14: This beautiful girl wants to scam me? (Old version)
“Well, where should we go before nightfall?”
After coming out of the Adventurer’s Guild, Merlin stroked his chin and thought for a while, then walked towards the commercial district.
The magic stones gained from this expedition were exchanged for more than 50,000 faris in total, and this did not include the value of the dropped materials.
The value of many materials even exceeds that of magic stones.
The total income may have to double.
The total amount of money invested in this expedition was only 30,000 faris.
And the expedition was over, with half of it still left unused.
In other words, the actual cost is only about 15,000 yuan.
The net income is about 90,000, which is an income that ordinary LV1 adventurers can’t even imagine.
After all, the average LV1 adventurer only earns 60,000 to 70,000 a month, and that’s assuming his weapons are not damaged or he is seriously injured.
And now, Merlin only went into the maze once, and in just two days, he gained such benefits. If other adventurers knew about this, they would probably be drooling with envy.
However, only Merlin himself knew how much money he, as an alchemist, needed.
The more than 90,000 Faris were all used up in making a few props and equipment.
In order to make money faster, Merlin naturally wanted to expand his business.
Aegina’s words earlier did remind him.
“The sale of sticky slime solution can be put on the agenda.”
“However, the transaction partner must be carefully selected.”
“Although larger stores can sell better, the commission rate is probably not low, and I don’t want to waste too much time on refining these things.”
“But if a shop is too small and no one comes to it, it will be a problem.”
“We’ll think about these things later.”
“I have more than 80,000 Faris on hand, and the shield has also been refined, so what we need now is to strengthen the attack.”
“Although this world has crossbows and the like, it doesn’t have guns, and there are also magic swords.”
“Then it is feasible to create a magic gun according to the theory of the magic sword, and then…”
Merlin was walking as he spoke, but at this moment, something soft suddenly hit him.
“ah!”
Merlin’s thoughts were interrupted, and he realized that he had just bumped into a young girl.
She was a girl with silver-gray hair, wearing a green uniform with a white apron on the outside. There were tears in her gray eyes and an expression of grievance on her little face.
“Ah, it hurts, it hurts…”
The silver-haired girl sat on the ground, rubbing her butt constantly, with her little mouth slightly pouting.
“Oh, sorry I bumped into you.”
Merlin immediately apologized and extended his hand to the girl.
“No, I was also wrong. I left too hastily just now.”
The silver-haired girl grabbed Merlin’s hand and stood up.
“Hello, Mr. Adventurer, my name is Xier, Xier Frois.”
“If possible, could you tell me your name?”
“Master Lin?”
“No, Mademoiselle Froy, May is a name.”
Merlin corrected the mistake made by the girl in front of him.
“Ah, I’m so sorry, Master Mei, just call me Xi’er.”
Xier chuckled and looked at Merlin and said.
“That’s nothing, Xi’er…Xi’er, are you okay?”
“If you are injured, I will take you to a doctor… to a healer.”
Merlin almost let it slip, but quickly made up for it.
“Oh, it’s okay. That’s not necessary.”
Xier quickly waved her hand and said with a smile.
“Yeah, is that so? Since you’re okay, bye then.”
Merlin waved his hand and turned to leave.
After he finished speaking, Xier, who was standing there, was stunned.
Especially after seeing Merlin turn around without any hesitation, she was even more confused.
Doesn’t this person hesitate at all?
She said it was okay, but was she sure she didn’t care?
And she thought to herself that she was quite cute.
Don’t you care…at all?
Seeing Merlin walking further and further away, Xier hurried forward and grabbed the corner of Merlin’s clothes.
“Wait, Mr. May.”
“What’s wrong, Xi’er?”
Merlin turned around in confusion and looked at Xier.
Hmm…could this cute girl be planning to…blackmail him?
Are the 70,000 or 80,000 Faris in hand enough to settle the matter?
For a moment, Merlin began to doubt the thickness of his wallet.
“No, it’s not a big deal. Mr. Mei, you are an adventurer, right?”
After Xier let go of Merlin’s clothes, she looked at him straight and asked.
“Yes,” Merlin admitted directly. After all, this kind of thing can be known from the clothes.
“Well, please accept this as my apology.”
Xier said, and like a magic trick, she took out a lunch box from somewhere and put it in Merlin’s hand.
“What is this…?”
Merlin was confused, not understanding the meaning of the bento in his hand.
“Mr. Mei, you can eat this when you are hungry in the maze.”
Xi’er looked at Merlin with a bright smile on her face and tilted her head.
Merlin couldn’t refuse that sunny and lovely smile.
“Well, thank you, Xi’er.”
After Merlin thanked him, he felt in his storage bag and asked, “How many faris are there in total?”
“Eh? Ah, it’s free, that… But it’s not a replacement or anything, it would be great if you could come to our pub for dinner tonight.”
Xier put her hands behind her back, leaned forward and smiled playfully.
“Then Mr. Mei, see you tonight.”
After saying this, Xier turned around and went back to the tavern not far behind her without waiting for Merlin’s answer.
“Hmm, the Mistress of Fertility.”
Merlin nodded slightly, looking at the lunch box in his hand, thinking seriously.
Could it be that the gaze that he had inexplicably sensed before was from this sunny and lovely Xier?
Falling in love at first sight?
How is that possible!
After walking into the alley, Merlin immediately used the international, no, the world-wide method of calling cats.
“Mimi.”
After the call was made, within a few seconds, a skinny little orange cat quickly emerged from the corner of the alley.
The little orange cat seemed to have smelled the fragrance and quickly came to Merlin’s footsteps.
“Meow.”
The little orange cat looked at the lunch box in Merlin’s hand with longing.
“Well, go ahead.”
Merlin picked up a piece of meat from the lunch box and threw it on the ground.
The little orange cat immediately pounced on its food like a hungry tiger, rushed forward, and finished the piece of meat in no time.
After eating the piece of meat, the little orange cat came to Merlin again and kept rubbing his thigh, as if to say that he wanted more.
Seeing this, Merlin touched the little orange cat’s head and picked up other things from the lunch box and gave them to the little orange cat.
If someone passing by saw this scene at this time, they would definitely think it was a heartwarming scene of feeding stray cats.
In fact, the behavior behind Merlin’s feeding is…
Chapter 15: Unfair (Old Version)
“Well, I’ve tried everything, and there’s no poison.”
After checking the condition of the little orange cat, Merlin stood up with relief.
It seems that the girl named Xier has never thought of poisoning him.
In other words, the other party is not a mentally ill lunatic who is looking for an unlucky person to poison.
Merlin will not be careless just because the other person is a beautiful girl.
Only a naive boy who has never seen many women and a monkey who only thinks with his lower body would completely let down his guard just because the other person is a beautiful girl.
Both types of people usually don’t live long.
After all, he is not the protagonist in an anime who can solve everything by relying on his mouth and blood.
“Is there still half left? You are such a greedy little cat.”
Merlin took a look at the half-empty lunch box and was about to close it.
Another meow echoed in his ears.
“Meow……”
“Are you still not full? You are such a greedy little cat.”
Merlin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, so he opened the lunch box again, picked up a fried shrimp and threw it down.
Soon, the wonderful sound of eating could be heard at his feet.
However, at this moment, he suddenly noticed that the little orange cat was lying not far opposite him, basking in the sun comfortably, obviously full.
Then who was the one who meowed just now?
A new stray cat?
Merlin was stunned for a moment, then he looked down at his feet, and what caught his eye was… a cat?
“Cat… mother?”
At his feet, a petite and cute girl with short brown hair was squatting there, her furry ears trembling and her little tail wagging behind her.
And what the cat girl was holding in her mouth was the fried shrimp that Merlin had just dropped.
At this moment, the cat girl noticed Merlin’s gaze and quickly swallowed the fried shrimp in her mouth.
“Meow… As expected, this taste is Xier Meow’s craftsmanship.”
“This bento is Xier’s.”
“Ah, meow, I know. Brother, you must have stolen this lunch box from Xi’er meow!”
The cat girl licked her lips, stood up, and pointed at Merlin with a confident look on her face, as if she were a detective pointing at a suspect at a crime scene.
However, this detective seems unreliable.
“No, this was given to me by Xi’er.”
“Are you Xi’er’s colleague?”
Merlin glanced at the cat girl, who was wearing an apron that was exactly the same as Xier’s, and asked tentatively.
“Ah! Why do you know the relationship between Meow and Xier Meow?”
“Ah, meow, I know, you must be…”
As the cat girl spoke, she raised her hand again, pointed at Merlin, and prepared to make her “incredibly correct” inference.
However, before she could finish her words, a graceful shadow suddenly appeared from behind her.
It was an elf girl with long, pointed ears.
From what Merlin could see, the ears were a little longer than those of the counter girl Aina he knew.
In other words, this girl is an elf.
Although the counter girl Aina is also an elf, to be more precise, she is a half-elf. This difference can be seen from the length of her ears.
Although from a human perspective, the difference between half-elves and elves is not that great.
But in the eyes of the elves, being mistaken for a half-elf is also a slightly unpleasant thing.
Of course, these things were naturally taught to him by Aegina.
So now, Merlin would not confuse half-elves with elves, thus causing unnecessary trouble.
“Don’t be silly, Anya. I just saw that Xier really handed the lunch box to this gentleman personally. There was no such thing as snatching.”
The elf girl stepped forward and explained.
There was a hint of keeping strangers away in that harsh voice.
Merlin could also see this from the aura of the elf girl.
It was obvious that this elf girl was a person with a story.
“Ahaha, is that so, Ryu. Actually, that’s what I was thinking just now.”
The cat girl smiled and stuck out her tongue, then said to Merlin.
“This guy is a kind person who feeds stray cats, so I did that on purpose to thank him for his kindness.”
The cat girl, called Anya by the elf girl, came to Merlin with a smile and sniffed him gently with her little nose.
“Well, meow has memorized your scent. Come over for dinner next time, meow.”
After saying this, the cat girl left quickly, obviously not wanting to stay and listen to the elf girl’s sermon.
After the cat girl left, the elf girl rubbed her head and sighed.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Merlin, my companion, for causing you trouble.”
“I’m here to apologize to you on her behalf.”
The elf girl said, slowly lowering her head towards Merlin.
“No, I didn’t mind.”
Merlin waved his hand and continued, “Rather, being able to meet a cat girl, no, such a lively and cheerful girl, made me feel much happier.”
“Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, I will leave first.”
“Well, okay,” the elf girl was stunned for a moment and then nodded gently.
Just as Merlin was about to leave, he paused and turned to look at the elf girl.
“Come to think of it, you’re the only one who knows my name, which seems a little unfair.”
“Name, ah indeed.”
The elf girl nodded, adjusted her skirt, and whispered her name.
“Lyu Leon.”
“Ryu Leon, Miss Ryu, huh?”
“I remember that.”
After saying this, Merlin waved his hand and turned to leave.
Liu stood there, looking at Merlin’s departing back, with an unusual light flashing in his green eyes.
“What a strange person, cautious and careful, yet kind-hearted? Hmm…are all humans so complicated?”
Ryuna’s voice, tinged with doubt, echoed in the alley for a long time.
And further away in the darkness of the alley, a complaining voice with a hint of dissatisfaction was heard.
“That boy actually suspected that the lunch box was poisoned?”
“If you really want to deal with him, wouldn’t it be easy to deal with a mere LV1 adventurer?”
“Cautious? No, that’s a bit beyond cautious.”
“The light of this young man’s soul is really strange. It keeps changing.”
“This is really the first time I’ve seen this.”
“It looks like I won’t be too bored lately.”
(Thanks for the reward)
Chapter 16: Night Date (Old Version)
night.
At the small door of the Adventurer’s Guild.
A graceful figure walked through the small door and walked quickly towards Merlin outside.
That person was Aegina.
However, at this time, Aina took off her work clothes as a counter girl and changed into casual clothes.
It was a white open-collar shirt with a bow tied on the chest, and paired with a bright red skirt.
She also took off the glasses she usually wore, making her look more girlish.
“Have you been waiting long, Merlin?”
Aegina walked quickly to Merlin and leaned forward slightly. A large area of ​​white could be vaguely seen from the collar behind the big bow.
“No, it’s fine.”
Merlin shook his head, “Now, where do we go?”
“Well, let’s go eat first.”
Aina smiled slightly and walked ahead.
“I know a shop with delicious food. I’ll take you there.”
“Then I’ll look forward to it.”
Following Aegina, Merlin was soon brought to a familiar place.
“here it is……”
“Well, mistress of abundance.”
“The best pub in Orario.”
“Of course, there is another feature. Although I don’t really want to mention it, all the waiters here are beautiful girls. For a lecher like you, it should be just right.”
Aegina grinned and looked at Merlin.
Merlin touched his cheek, not sure what expression to make.
Is he that lustful? Obviously, many times, it is force majeure.
Just as the two of them were interrupting each other, he walked into the tavern.
As soon as you enter, you are greeted by a lively atmosphere.
The adventurers sat at the table, clinking their glasses, discussing yesterday’s adventures, taking a few bites of delicious food from time to time, and talking about ideals and women.
The entry of the two people did not affect the lively atmosphere.
“Welcome, meow.”
At this time, a black-haired cat girl who was standing at the door in charge of reception immediately came forward and greeted the two of them.
“Two.”
Aegina responded expertly.
“Oh ok, isn’t this the Guild Lady? Could this person next to her be her boyfriend?”
The black-haired cat girl placed the tray close to her chest and looked at Aina with a smile.
“Ms. Chloe, please don’t cancel me. I am just an adventurer that I am responsible for. Our relationship is not what you think.”
Aina’s pretty face blushed slightly and she quickly denied it.
“Being denied so desperately, as a man, is a little sad.”
Merlin said in a feigned sadness.
“Ah no, that’s not what I said, it’s just…”
Aegina panicked and tried a little desperately to explain.
“I’m kidding.”
“Merlin-kun?”
A vein popped out on Aina’s forehead, and there was a hint of anger on her pretty face.
“Why are you still saying you’re not my boyfriend? We’re already so close. Okay, I’ll take you to your seats.”
The cat girl named Chloe immediately walked in front and led the way for the two.
“Okay, the innermost seat, even if you do something a little radical, others won’t notice it, meow hehe.”
“Ms. Chloe!”
“Then please take your time ordering, meow,” Chloe smiled and stepped back, quickly returning to the front door.
After Chloe left, Aina subconsciously pushed her glasses up, but then she realized that she wasn’t wearing them tonight, and she retracted her hand under the table a little embarrassedly.
“No, Merlin, why are you making such a joke like Miss Chloe?”
Aegina glared at Merlin with a little resentment.
“It’s not all a joke,” Merlin smiled.
“Woo…”
Aegina’s pretty face flushed again and she quickly waved her hand to interrupt.
“Okay, let’s end this topic here.”
“Ahem, actually, I called you over here tonight because I wanted to have a good chat about your ability to make props.”
“Really?” Merlin nodded and said softly, “I thought you were asking me out for a night walk or something like that.”
“A night walk?”
Aegina was stunned for a moment, tilting her head, not understanding what Merlin meant.
At this time, a brown-haired waitress came over with a smile on her face.
“A nighttime walk between a man and a woman is naturally an invitation to the bedroom to discuss the secrets of childbirth.”
“Hmm? The birth of a child? The bedroom?”
Aina didn’t react at first. After two seconds of being stunned, her cheeks turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“Meimei…Merlin, what’s in your head?”
Aegina drew back, glaring at Merlin with a red face.
“How long have we known each other? You actually want to do… something like that? It’s too early. No, that’s not what I mean…”
Aegina was completely incoherent.
At this time, the waitress standing next to her had a smile on her face.
“Haha, teasing the lady at the counter is really fun.”
“But you too, little brother, accidentally said something so powerful.”
“So, you are the counter girl’s boyfriend?”
Looking at the cute waitress’s curious eyes, Merlin smiled and waved his hand.
“Not yet.”
“Also, can we order now?”
“Oh, that’s enough.”
The waitress came to her senses and immediately placed the menu in front of Merlin.
Merlin randomly picked a few dishes that looked delicious and ordered them.
“Okay. Also, do you know Xi’er and Anya?”
“They have been staring at this side since the beginning.”
“Yeah, I just met him today,” Merlin nodded and explained.
“Really? The client is quite popular with women.”
“By the way, my name is Lunova Fast, just call me Lunova. Let’s get along well in the future.”
After saying that, the waitress named Lunova hugged Merlin’s arm affectionately, as if she was doing it on purpose for someone to see, and then left quickly.
After Lunova left, Merlin immediately felt several cold gazes staring at him.
The one who was most hurtful was Aegina who was sitting opposite him.
“Oh, I see. You are indeed a playboy. You have found a new partner in such a short time. This is really amazing. I admire you very much. Yes, I really admire you very much.”
Aegina spoke in a sarcastic tone, her mouth almost pouting to the sky, her face full of dissatisfaction.
Seeing this, Merlin smiled slightly and did not continue the conversation on this topic, but took the initiative to ask.
“So, Aegina, what was that thing you just said about my abilities?”
After hearing this question, although Aina was still a little angry, she explained slowly.
“It’s like this, Merlin, with your ability, you can open a shop by yourself, and then you won’t have to go to the dangerous maze anymore.”
After the words fell, the air became quiet.
Merlin was slightly shocked, and naturally heard that Aegina was discussing this matter very seriously.
Then, he naturally has to give a serious answer.
“I……”
Chapter 17 Magic Gun (Old Version)
After coming out of the Mistress of Fertility, Aegina looked at Merlin hesitantly.
“Merlin you…no, it’s nothing.”
“See you tomorrow then.”
“Well, see you tomorrow.”
Merlin waved at Aegina and watched her leave.
He had considered Aina’s previous suggestion.
He opened a small shop specializing in selling unique items that only he, an alchemist, could create.
And the props produced through alchemy are, not to say absolutely accurate, but extremely difficult to replicate.
Therefore, as long as the effects of the alchemy items are publicized, the number of customers can be guaranteed.
But the problem is that although this method is stable, it takes time to accumulate slowly.
And the most important point is that other people will not buy many rare materials.
For things that are truly valuable, others will only barter for them or keep them for themselves.
In other words, only by becoming an adventurer can you have a greater chance of obtaining those precious materials.
And if he could obtain these materials, it would not be impossible for him to create the equipment he imagined.
For example, Iron Man’s armor or Gundam.
Of course, given the current situation, he is still a long way from creating those things.
“Even a common orichalcum weapon costs millions of faris, not to mention the various enchantments and properties. It is normal for the price to increase tenfold. If it is a first-class weapon, it will be an astronomical figure.”
“If you want to create a battle suit that can integrate mountain copper, it is obviously impossible without dozens of them.”
The dozens of units here are not w, but e.
“Forget it, let’s think about it first. The magic spear is ready.”
“I still need to consider the selection of materials and construction of the magic spear. I will ask someone tomorrow. I remember someone said before that someone in Hephaestus’s family can forge a magic sword.”
“Maybe I can go over there tomorrow and ask if I can find a way to make a magic spear.”
“Knock, knock!”
Inside the workshop.
Welf kept hammering on the steel billet that was about to take shape.
With each hammering, the shape of the steel blank gradually took shape, and finally gradually became the shape of a long sword.
After the steel billet was formed, Welf couldn’t help but speed up the hammering.
Because he knew very well that this was the critical moment. Only by finding a way to remove all the air and impurities in the sword blank, the hardness of the sword would be greatly improved.
After a few minutes, the shape of the red sword blank was completely fixed.
After seeing this scene, a gleam of light flashed in Welf’s eyes, and he quickly placed the sword blank in his hand into the quenching water bucket beside him.
A large amount of white smoke came out, and after a few seconds, he picked up the sword he had just made.
“Well, it looks pretty perfect. Hmm… cracks?”
Welf was checking the sword, and when he noticed the crack on the sword, his expression turned grim.
The sound of shattering echoed.
The next moment, the long sword he had just forged shattered into pieces and turned into slag, leaving only the hilt.
“Damn it… I failed again. Sure enough, my sword still can’t withstand so much magic power.”
Welf clenched his fists in regret, his face full of resentment.
It has been his lifelong wish to create a magic sword that will not break.
However, now, no one knew how much time had passed and how much material and money had been wasted, but he couldn’t even catch that shadow.
No magic sword can withstand such a large amount of magic power, and it will inevitably break into pieces after being used a few times.
This time, the prototype of the magic sword he created shattered even as it was taking shape.
This is not surprising. After all, the magic power he added this time is three times greater than before.
“Withstands magic power? It’s just a weapon, why add unnecessary functions to it?”
Calm voices came from the door of the workshop.
Welf, who was immersed in his own world, reacted immediately after hearing this.
“who?”
Welf turned his head and saw a black-haired young man who was slightly shorter than him, but the aura he exuded made him feel a little uneasy.
That feeling was as if facing a ferocious beast with hidden fangs.
If you are not careful, you will be swallowed up.
“Merlin, that’s my name.”
“I heard that you can forge a magic sword?”
Merlin glanced indifferently at the tall, red-haired young man in front of him.
“Magic sword? Ah, sorry, I don’t know who told you that, but I won’t make a magic sword for anyone.”
“So, please…”
Before Welf could finish his words, he was interrupted by Merlin’s words.
“What I want you to make is not a magic sword.”
Welf blinked, then turned and looked at Merlin with a puzzled look.
“No, if you don’t want to forge a magic sword, then can’t you just find someone else?”
Welf said somewhat speechlessly.
Although he would not forge a magic sword for anyone, it did not mean that he did not have the pride of a magic sword forger.
“Because what I want to create is also a magic sword type weapon.”
“Of course, there is a difference between the shape and the sword.”
“Ah? The shape isn’t a sword? Is it still a magic sword?”
Welf’s face twitched, and he seriously doubted whether the man in front of him was here to cause trouble.
“As long as the magic can be used and the effect is the same, does it have to be in the shape of a sword?”
Merlin’s words choked Welf to the point of being speechless, because it was right.
As long as you can use magic, it doesn’t matter if it’s not a sword.
In fact, there are quite a few magic swords, even daggers and other strange shapes.
“So, who are you?”
“Me? Merlin.”
“What I want to create is a long-range weapon like a crossbow, but smaller and more powerful. Of course, it can even use magic.”
Merlin spread his hands and said seriously.
When Welf heard this, he felt that Merlin was joking with him.
“It’s more powerful than a crossbow, smaller in size, and can even use magic?”
“In that case, why not just use magic?”
Welf almost shouted these words.
In his opinion, the guy in front of him named Merlin was obviously here to cause trouble.
However, compared to Welf’s anger, Merlin still had a calm expression.
“Really? I don’t think so.”
“What I want you to build is a gun. Of course, it is fundamentally different from the gun you understand.”
“And what I need is your wisdom in forging the magic sword.”
Merlin talked eloquently and added a sentence at the end.
“Don’t you want to create a magic sword that won’t break and can withstand magic power?”
“Then why not try to change into other shapes? Maybe, different results will appear?”
After hearing Merlin’s words, the expression on Welf’s face changed repeatedly.
Because Merlin’s words did enlighten him. If he let go of his obsession with the shape of the sword, perhaps different results would be achieved.
“I…well, I can listen first.”
“If the gun you’re talking about is a low-end weapon, don’t blame me for kicking you out.”
Chapter 18: God’s Attention (Old Version)
Zongman: Don’t move, Aisi, your family still owes me money: Chapter 18 God’s attention picture and text
The next day, afternoon.
When Merlin came to Welf’s workshop again.
What he saw was Welf slumped in front of his work table, staring at him with two big dark circles under his eyes.
“Ah, you’re here.”
Welf glanced at Merlin weakly, then pointed at the object on the table in front of him.
“The gun you want is right there.”
“I didn’t expect such a small thing would require such precise skills and craftsmanship.”
“As you said yesterday, I will try to add the power of the magic sword into this weapon.”
“And according to what you said, the purpose is no longer to store but to release. But can we really create a magic gun by doing this?”
Welf raised his head and looked at Merlin with some suspicion.
At this time, Merlin had already walked to the table, picked up the magic gun he had crafted, and examined it carefully in his hand.
This is a pistol with a somewhat thick and long body. There is no muzzle at the front end, but two rows of heat dissipation holes. There is also a clear boundary on both sides of the gun, which divides the upper and lower parts of the gun body very clearly.
It looks as if the gun is assembled from top to bottom.
The magazine part of the gun is a long groove, which seems to be used to load square batteries.
“Hmm… perfect.”
After Merlin checked it out, he couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
Even he hadn’t expected that Welf in front of him could create the gun in the anime he had seen just based on his simple description and rough sketch.
Not to mention other functions, just in terms of appearance, they are extremely similar.
As for the rest, he needs to find a solution.
If you can achieve this level, then you should be able to use refining to turn this gun into a complete magic gun.
“Okay, how much do you want in terms of compensation?”
“I am very satisfied now. It is not impossible for you to ask for a little more, but…”
Merlin looked up at Welf in front of him and talked about the reward.
However, at this moment, Welf forced himself to stand up, staring at Merlin with burning eyes.
“I don’t want any reward. I just want to know how you plan to use this…magic gun.”
“I want to see with my own eyes the power of this magic spear.”
Welf clenched his fists slightly, and his breathing became three times faster.
In fact, he was very clear that his words had slightly crossed the line.
After all, the structure and purpose of this magic gun are completely different from almost all the weapons he knows.
There is no doubt that this is an extremely special weapon.
Because of this, as a blacksmith, he couldn’t help but want to know the power and effect of this weapon.
Moreover, this weapon was made by his own hands and used the skills of the magic sword. He naturally wanted to know what kind of effect it would have.
The air became quiet at this moment, and the only sound that could be heard was Welf’s slightly heavy breathing.
Merlin frowned slightly and was about to speak.
A stern voice came from behind him.
“Actually, I’m also curious about the power of this weapon.”
“Can I watch for a while, too?”
Merlin turned around after the words were spoken, and what came into his sight was a tall red-haired woman wearing a white shirt and black trousers.
Her right eye was covered with a black blindfold, and her hands were clasped across her chest, making her big buds more prominent. A large area of ​​white could be seen through the slightly open neckline.
There is no doubt that this is a charming queen, especially the black eye mask which adds a mysterious aura to her.
“Lady Hephaestus!”
Welf, who was standing behind Merlin, couldn’t help but show a look of shock on his face after seeing the red-haired woman.
“Ah, Welf, sorry for coming here without saying hello.”
Hephaestus smiled and waved at Welf.
“No, that’s nothing, but why are you here, Master Hephaestus.”
Welf shook his head and looked at Hephaestus with some confusion.
“Ah, that’s because of what Tsubaki said before. There’s an interesting guy who was able to persuade a stone-headed person like you to forge a magic sword. Naturally, I want to see who he is.”
“But I didn’t expect that what they created was not a magic sword, but other weapons.”
“That intrigued me even more.”
“Specially looking for a weapon made by a magic sword forger, so it is naturally a magic sword.”
Hephaestus said as she walked up to Merlin and her eyes fell on the magic spear in his hand.
“By weapon, did you just say…a gun?”
“Yeah, but it’s not a handheld gun.”
Merlin nodded, explained, and bowed slightly to Hephaestus.
“Meet the Goddess Hephaestus.”
“Ah, don’t be so reserved. I’m not a god here. I’m just a blacksmith.”
Hephaestus smiled and waved her hand.
“Well, then… Miss Hephaestus?”
“It’s okay without Miss Jia.”
“So, how does this weapon called a gun attack?”
“And I heard you talking about the magic spear earlier!”
Hephaestus’s red eyes stared straight at Merlin, as if she wanted to swallow him up.
That pure desire to explore made Merlin a little panicked.
“Well, this weapon is not completely perfect now.”
Merlin exhaled and raised the magic spear in his hand.
At this point, if he doesn’t show his skills, I’m afraid the two of them won’t let him go easily.
Especially, the one who appeared before him was the lord of Hephaestus, the god Hephaestus.
“Not perfect? ​​You mean, this weapon is not in its complete state?”
Hephaestus held her chin in her hand, looked at Merlin and said tentatively.
“Yeah.”
Merlin affirmed.
“So, what should we do to perfect this magic sword or magic spear?”
Welf couldn’t wait any longer, so he stepped forward and stared at Merlin intently.
In that state, he wished he could just snatch the magic gun and do it himself.
“Well, wait for me for a moment.”
Merlin said as he walked to the workbench, put the magic gun in his hand on the table, and stretched out his hands to place them on the gun.
“call……”
As the two words fell, a dazzling white light enveloped the workbench.
After more than ten seconds, the white light gradually dissipated.
At this time, Hephaestus and Welf, who were standing at the back, were extremely nervous, with curiosity and anticipation on their faces.
“It’s done!”
Merlin withdrew his hand, a hint of excitement appearing on his face.
(I added a picture, the description may be a little inaccurate, I hope you don’t mind too much)
Chapter 19 Your Workshop Can’t Stand It (Old Version)
[Magic Spear (Unnamed)]: Forged by Welf Clozo, a blacksmith with the blood of a magic sword, it uses the craftsmanship of the magic sword to make the gun body extremely easy to conduct magic power, greatly increasing the efficiency of magic power utilization. Under the mysterious alchemy, it completed the enchantment process and became a unique special magic weapon.
[The power is determined by the amount of magic in the magic stone used, and the magic attributes of the magic stone can be added. If the magic stone does not contain any attributes, it will become an attack without attributes.]When he touched the magic spear, the introduction to its various properties appeared in Merlin’s mind.
“The magic attribute of the magic stone?”
Merlin couldn’t help but mutter softly.
His mumbling also attracted the attention of Hephaestus and Welf.
“The magical properties of the magic stone? Lady Hephaestus,” Welf was stunned for a moment and looked at Hephaestus with some confusion.
Hephaestus nodded slightly, waved her hand, and looked at Merlin.
“Merlin, you mean that this weapon called the Magic Lance requires the use of Magic Stone?”
A look of surprise appeared on Hephaestus’s face.
“Ah, yes.”
Merlin came back to his senses and nodded in affirmation.
After all, if he wants to actually demonstrate the power of the magic gun, he naturally cannot avoid the step of loading it with magic stones.
And he didn’t have any ready-made magic stone on him, so he had to borrow one from Hephaestus or Welf.
No matter what, the place where the magic stone is needed will definitely be exposed.
“Huh, this is really surprising, to actually use magic stone. Although there are many magic stone products on the market, this is the first time I have seen it actually used in weapons.”
Hephaestus said with a little surprise.
After she finished speaking, a look of surprise appeared on Welf’s face standing opposite her.
“Even Lady Hephaestus, is this the first time you’ve seen it?”
“Magic stone weapons, are they so rare and precious?”
Welf couldn’t help but ask out loud.
After hearing his question, Hephaestus shook her head, with a hint of smile flashing in her red eyes.
“No, quite the opposite. It’s not because they are rare and precious, but because magic stone weapons are very fragile and useless.”
“Because once the magic power in the magic stone is consumed, the magic stone weapon will be completely scrapped and become a useless piece of scrap metal. And because of the circulation of magic power, the durability and hardness of magic stone weapons are completely incomparable to ordinary weapons.”
“Finally, the power of a magic stone weapon is almost entirely determined by the magic power of the magic stone itself. In other words, if you want to increase the power of a magic stone weapon, you must use more powerful magic stones. Moreover, the magic stones of deep-level monsters are extremely precious. Using them to create a weapon that will almost certainly break is a complete waste of precious materials.”
Welf understood Hephaestus’ explanation, because the magic sword he made faced such a problem. If it was scrapped after a few uses, he might not even be able to get back the money for the materials.
“So, Merlin, your magic gun is not the kind of junk that breaks down after a few uses.”
Hephaestus said, with a meaningful smile on her face, looking at Merlin.
Her intuition told her that the weapon that the young man in front of her had spent so much effort to create would definitely not be a piece of junk that would be scrapped after just a few uses.
Merlin did not answer Hephaestus’ question but looked at her and asked.
“Are there any magic stones?”
“Magic Stone, um… yes,” Hephaestus smiled and glanced at Welf.
“Welf, I just happened to have one on my desk, go get it.”
“Yes, Master Hephaestus.”
After Welf left, Hephaestus turned to look at Merlin.
“So, regarding the previous question, what is the relationship between the magic properties of the magic stone you mentioned and this weapon?”
There was a hint of curiosity in Hephaestus’ eyes.
After all, not many people, even among blacksmiths, know about the magical properties of magic stones.
However, just now, the young man in front of him mentioned this word.
Merlin did not give a direct answer to this question, but instead asked a question.
“What is the magic attribute in the magic stone?”
“Oh hoo,” Hephaestus smiled and explained slowly.
“In fact, many magic stones contain magic attributes, and those attributes also correspond to the various attributes of magic. Basically, the original monsters of magic stones that contain magic attributes will also use magic of the corresponding attributes.”
“To give you the simplest example, the middle-level monsters, the hellhounds, can breathe fire, and their magic stones also contain fire attributes.”
Hephaestus’ explanation was easy to understand and Merlin quickly understood it.
Not long after the two finished their conversation, footsteps were heard. It was Welf who had left earlier.
“Ah, I’m back. Just in time, I remember the magic stone that Welf brought back contained the attribute of fire.”
Hephaestus stepped forward, smiling.
“Hoo…Hoo…Hephaestus, the magic stone.”
After Welf took a few breaths, he handed the magic stone in his hand to Hephaestus.
Obviously, in order to witness the power of the magic spear as quickly as possible, he ran back and forth.
Even though he was exhausted and out of breath, his face was still full of excitement and anticipation.
“Thank you for your hard work,” Hephaestus took the magic stone and immediately handed it to Merlin.
“Okay, the magic stone is here, so how are you going to use it?”
Hephaestus looked at Merlin with great curiosity in her eyes.
You know, this magic stone is as big as a fist.
And no matter how you look at it, the magic spear in Merlin’s hand cannot fit such a magic stone.
In this situation, how can Merlin use the magic power in the magic stone?
Similarly, Welf was also very curious about this matter.
“Use it just like that.”
Merlin tapped the magazine position with his left hand, and the magazine popped out quickly, then he picked up the magic stone.
With a familiar flash of white light, the fist-sized magic stone soon turned into a long strip that could just fit into the magazine.
Then, Merlin stuffed the magazine filled with magic stones back into the magic gun.
“Huh?”
The sound of surprise echoed over the workshop.
Both Hephaestus and Welf were shocked by the scene before them.
They had never imagined that Merlin would use such a cheating method to embed the magic stone into such a small box.
However, they both calmed down soon.
That’s right, no matter how you change the shape of the magic stone, its essence will not change.
In fact, they could also use forging techniques to cut the magic stone into that shape, but it would take a little more time.
“So, what are you going to do next?”
Hephaestus couldn’t help but urge, with a hint of excitement in her voice.
“Is there a training ground?”
Merlin asked calmly after closing the magazine.
“Ah, just show it here,” This time, Welf, who was standing aside, couldn’t help but urge him. Even if he was blamed by Hephaestus for being rude later, he still wanted to see the power of this magic spear as soon as possible.
“Here? Forget it. Your workshop will be destroyed.”
Merlin said calmly, without any emotion in his calm voice, as if he was just stating a fact.
After hearing this, Hephaestus, who was standing nearby, looked even more expectant.
Chapter 20 The Goddess’s Invitation (Old Version)
In the open space outside the workshop.
Merlin checked the magic gun in his hand and glanced at Hephaestus and Welf beside him.
“You two, stand a little further away.”
“Oh, okay.”
Although Hephaestus felt a little strange, she still did as Merlin said and stood a little to the side.
And Welf couldn’t wait to urge: “Okay, let’s get started.”
Rather than wondering whether he would get hurt, he wanted to know the power of the magic spear.
“Okay then.”
Merlin didn’t say anything else, but instead clenched the magic spear in his right hand, raised it and pointed it at the big tree more than ten meters away.
“Bang.”
Gunshots rang out.
The next moment, a fireball the size of a human head flew towards the big tree at an astonishing speed.
“Puff.”
A charred hole was smashed directly into the trunk of the tree, and sparks were still burning at the edge of the hole.
A few seconds later, the big tree fell to the ground.
Deathly silence enveloped the open space.
After seeing this scene, Hephaestus and Welf were shocked.
“They actually used magic, a fireball!” Welf’s eyes widened. “This power is like a magic sword!”
However, Hephaestus was only surprised for a moment and quickly calmed down.
“It’s power is indeed comparable to that of an ordinary magic sword, but the power of this magic spear is not just that.”
Hephaestus said as she turned to look at Merlin with a reassuring smile on her face.
She clearly remembered that Merlin had said that if it was used in the workshop, the workshop would be destroyed.
The power of the fireball just now was far from reaching that level.
“Sure enough, I can’t hide it, God of Forging.”
Merlin sighed quietly.
He originally wanted to hide the power of the magic spear, but now it seems that he cannot hide it from Hephaestus at all.
“Ah? Lord Hephaestus, what you mean is that what you just said is not the maximum power of this weapon?”
Welf blinked and asked in disbelief.
“Of course I am sure of that. If it is only that powerful, it would be an apology to my magic stone of deep demons.”
Hephaestus grinned and looked at Merlin with confidence.
“So, stop hiding it, Merlin, and show it.”
“yes.”
Merlin simply replied and raised the magic spear in his hand again.
The sound of mechanical interlacing was heard.
The muzzle cracked up and down, expanding more than twice its size. Behind the black muzzle, a terrifying glow of fire flickered.
Another gunshot rang out, but it was different from the previous fireball.
This time, a terrifying pillar of fire emerged from the muzzle of the gun, which transformed into a heat ray and blasted straight forward.
The diameter of the flame ray was nearly half a meter, and the terrifying heat directly penetrated three large trees before dissipating.
Wherever the flame ray passed, it left a shallow pit burned by the terrible heat.
At this moment, the air suddenly became quiet, and the only sound that could be heard was the crackling sound of the flames burning the wood.
“Gulp.”
Welf swallowed nervously, looking at the scene in front of him in disbelief.
In his sight, the three big trees that required four or five people to hug were easily pierced through.
And it was pierced through at the same time in one breath.
This terrifying power is comparable to that of a second-grade magic sword, and is even very close to that of a first-grade magic sword.
You know, the magic sword itself is more precious than ordinary weapons, and the value of the second-level magic sword is actually close to that of the first-level quality weapons.
And now, he has actually created a weapon of this level.
This naturally shocked Welf again and again.
Hephaestus was also shocked by the scene before her.
“I didn’t expect that the power would be several times greater than I imagined.”
Hephaestus couldn’t help but walked forward, grabbed Merlin’s shoulders, looked at Merlin with shining eyes and said.
“How about joining my clan? I’ll give you the treatment of a deputy leader. Even with Welf’s help, it’s still an extremely impressive feat that you can create such a weapon.”
“But most importantly, your amazing way of thinking.”
“A magic sword does not necessarily have to maintain the shape of a sword.”
“As long as it can exert its power, any shape is acceptable.”
“Your wisdom will be the key to opening up a new era of forging.”
Hephaestus said this with great excitement, her eyes filled with desire, as if she wanted to eat Merlin.
Merlin touched his cheek slightly embarrassed by the sincere enthusiasm.
“I’m sorry, Hephaestus, but I already have a Familia. Besides, I’m pretty comfortable here, so I don’t plan on changing Familia.”
Merlin’s words were like a bucket of cold water, which immediately cooled down Hephaestus’s enthusiasm.
“Ah… do you have a clan now? Ah… it’s really… such a pity… um, it’s such a pity.”
Hephaestus said “what a pity” twice in a row.
This shows how much she values ​​Merlin.
“Well, if you change your mind, you can always come see me.”
Hephaestus said, patting Merlin’s shoulder gently before leaving.
After Hephaestus left, Welf immediately rushed forward and grabbed Merlin’s shoulders.
“Merlin, this weapon, oh no, it’s called the magic spear, right? How does it achieve such amazing power?”
“Did you do that magic earlier? Or…”
There was intense curiosity and enthusiasm in Welf’s eyes.
It was obvious that the forger’s soul in him had been completely ignited.
The power of this magic spear is three times stronger than any magic sword he has ever made.
However, he had no idea how this magic gun could exert such amazing power.
Facing such an enthusiastic Welf, Merlin rubbed his head and hurriedly made an excuse.
“Ahem, let’s talk about this another day. I just have something to do and need to leave first.”
“Let’s talk about it another day? Oh, what time is that? Let’s…”
Welf spoke again and again, looking determined to achieve his goal.
Under such circumstances, Merlin had no choice but to set a time and escape quickly.
Otherwise, you might be left here for half a day and unable to leave.
After Merlin left, Welf stood there, stroking his chin with a serious expression, and no one knew what he was thinking about.
Chapter 21 Plan (Old Version)
Hestia’s base, in the basement of the dilapidated temple.
“Merlin, listen to me. I sold a hundred portions of fried potato balls today. Even the stall owner praised me for doing a great job and gave the rest…”
Hestia recounted what happened during the day with a smile on her face.
“Yeah, I see. By the way, Tiaya, after dinner, can you help me update my ability values?”
“Ah, updating the ability values? But it hasn’t even been three days since the last update.”
“I see. Could it be that you feel that you have become stronger since the last expedition?”
“Okay, okay, I’ll update you right away. But if your ability value doesn’t increase, don’t be too disappointed, Merlin. After all, an adventurer’s strength can’t be improved overnight.”
Hephaestus nodded, put down the dishes in her hands, and immediately updated Merlin’s ability value.
A few minutes later, Hephaestus’s hand holding the paper recording the ability values ​​began to tremble.
“Ah? No, it’s only been two or three days, and your ability value has increased so much?”
“What happened on the last expedition, Merlin? Did your ability value double?”
Hestia looked at Merlin in disbelief.
“Well, let me see,” Merlin said, taking the paper recording the ability from Hestia with some curiosity and examining it carefully.
[Strength 200, Durability 150, Dexterity 300, Agility 260, Magic 400]“The ability value has increased so much?”
After seeing the updated ability values, Merlin’s eyes showed a little more surprise.
But soon, he figured out the reason.
Perhaps it was because he had almost single-handedly killed the silverback ape on the twelfth floor before.
In terms of pure ability value, the gap between him and the silverback ape can be said to be extremely huge.
Because of this, it is not surprising that he gained a huge increase in his ability value according to the so-called great deeds mechanism.
“Ah, I didn’t expect that my Merlin is actually a genius. After only one week of becoming an adventurer, his ability value has reached G level, and his magic value has even reached F level. This is amazing.”
Hestia hugged Merlin excitedly, and her proud big buds pressed against Merlin’s head, almost suffocating him.
“Okay, Tiya, let go quickly. I’m having a bit of a breath problem.”
“Oh sorry, I’m so happy.”
“I didn’t expect the progress to be so huge.”
“Well, tonight, even if you act a little naughty, Merlin, I can pretend I didn’t see it.”
Hestia smiled meaningfully at Merlin.
After hearing this, Merlin touched his nose in embarrassment. It seemed that the “prank” he played on Hestia before going to bed last night had also been discovered.
However, now that he had God’s special permission, Merlin was naturally a lot bolder tonight.
Soon, in the basement of the temple late at night, there were faint heart-pounding breathing sounds, which lasted until the second half of the night.
The next day, Hestia’s potato ball frying colleague and part-time friend Takemikaze was surprised to find something strange.
Hestia, who had never been late before, was late today for the first time, and was late for a long time.
When Hestia arrived, Jian Yulei couldn’t help but ask the reason with some concern.
Hestia blushed and said that she didn’t sleep well last night.
Although Jian Yulei expressed doubts about this reason, since the Hestia was fine, he did not ask too much.
However, while working, Jian Yulei was somewhat puzzled to find that Hestia always looked at the clothes on her chest strangely, and then her face turned red.
He couldn’t understand this strange thing, and finally he could only conclude that Hestia’s clothes might be a little dirty, so she was paying so much attention to it.
After waking up, Merlin stretched out his body.
“Huh… After releasing some energy, I feel refreshed.”
“It’s a bit of a pity that Ti-ya is too shy and is only willing to… But it’s also fun to take it slow.”
Merlin smiled and immediately got out of bed to think about today’s plan.
“With the Silverback Shield and the Magic Gun Wielder, the shallow monsters should be no problem.”
“Then you can try to go to the middle level.”
“But… the monsters in the middle layers gather in alarming numbers.”
“And there will be a monster feast.”
“A large number of monsters appear. Even if you have all the tools, it will be very dangerous if you encounter them.”
Merlin thought carefully about the risks and benefits.
“Well, as expected, now it is better to upgrade in the shallow layer first, earn some money, and then consider moving to the middle layer.”
Merlin didn’t want to lose his life because of acting too hastily.
But he is very clear that his current strength is still very weak.
A truly powerful adventurer, like those at LV5 or LV6, could even fight against an army of 10,000 people alone, or even destroy an entire country.
And once he was targeted by such a terrifying existence, he would surely die with his current strength.
In this world, oh no, I should say in all worlds, the one with the bigger fist is the real winner.
The weak have no power.
Whether it is to protect his current life or to protect his God.
Must become stronger.
And for Merlin, the fastest way to become stronger is to make more money.
With money, he could unleash his alchemist’s greatest power.
“Let’s set a goal first. Before entering the middle level, we must gather all the equipment.”
“It would be best if I could reach a level comparable to that of a LV4 adventurer, or at least LV3.”
Merlin thought about it, made a plan, and immediately thought of a way to exchange money.
“Well, as expected, let’s sell the sticky slime solution first.”
“I have about ten bottles on hand, so which one should I go to?”
Merlin decided to go to the street first and visit a few more stores before making any decisions.
Chapter 22 This is not a date! (Old version)
“No, no.”
“Go away and don’t disturb my business.”
“You want to sell such a small thing for 10,000 fares? Are you crazy? Are you crazy too?”
“One hundred faris at most, no more than that.”
After running through most of the pharmacies in the commercial district, Merlin rubbed his head and calmed down a little.
He had basically foreseen such an outcome.
After all, he was just an ordinary LV1 rookie adventurer and had no fame at all.
Even if he exaggerated the effects of this sticky slime solution, no one would believe it.
“It seems that we need an opportunity for publicity in order to sell well.”
“Well now, after all, we still have to go to the shallow level first and get some more money.”
“But before that, some things must be made first.”
Now Merlin’s means of attack and defense have basically been determined, and what remains is to find a way to increase his speed and evasion ability.
Merlin already had an idea about this.
In an anime he had watched, a group of ordinary people were able to climb walls and run on rooftops and burst out at astonishing speeds through a device made of steam.
Merlin planned to build this set of mechanical devices.
Previously, it was because the magic power was not enough to support the refining of such a large item.
But now, with the magic power value almost increased by ten times, there should be no problem of insufficient magic power when making these items.
And when enchanting the magic sword wielder, Merlin had already recorded the technology of making magic swords into alchemy.
In other words, when he creates other items next time, he can also use the same craftsmanship as the magic sword.
The items and props produced at that time can also use magic stones to increase their power.
“But the existing mobile devices we have built are not fast enough. It would be best if we could increase the speed by several levels.”
“As expected… we still have to add magic.”
“Now the craftsmanship of the magic sword is recorded in alchemy, which can absorb the magic power of the magic stone. So if I can find some magic arrays to increase its power…”
Thinking of this, a terrifying light flashed in Merlin’s eyes, and his expression suddenly became clear.
That’s right, the magic he needs to add to the mobile device this time is very simple, it is a simple wind acceleration magic.
As long as the launching hook of the mobile device can be accelerated by wind magic, the burst speed can be increased several times.
Even though he is only at LV1, it is possible for him to burst out with a speed comparable to that of a LV2 or even LV3 adventurer.
The only slightly troublesome thing was where he could get the wind-type acceleration magic circle.
“Magic books are extremely precious in this world. It is better to say that magic itself is an extremely precious thing.”
“We are very lucky to have been able to obtain the technology to make magic items from Welf.”
Merlin walked towards the Adventurer’s Guild while thinking.
At this time, he could only rely on Aegina’s wisdom.
“I’m very sorry, Merlin. I don’t know much about magic because the information in this area is very valuable and is not something that a mere employee like me can access.”
Aegina bowed her head towards Merlin apologetically.
“No, it’s okay,” Merlin himself didn’t have too many expectations.
After all, based on the information he knew, he already knew the value of magic.
Especially the magic books that allow users to learn magic are worth hundreds of millions of fares.
Because of this, it was natural that Aina didn’t know this information.
“Okay, I’ll be leaving first then.”
Merlin waved his hand and was about to leave when he thought of something and looked at Aegina.
“By the way, Aina, does the shallow level have any commissions that require a lot of money?”
“A lot of money?”
“Shallow?”
Aegina said, and immediately opened the thick book in her hand and started searching.
“Ah, I got it. The commission that pays the most at the shallow level should be this dragon scale.”
“There is a rare monster in the shallow layer, a young dragon. The scales on its body are very hard and are the best material for making armor.”
“The reward for this commission is one hundred and fifty thousand fares.”
“If we complete this one, ordinary LV1 adventurers won’t have to go into the maze for almost two or three months.”
Aegina said, looking at Merlin in confusion.
“Why, Merlin, you’re asking for this commission? Are you planning to take this one?”
“Yeah,” Merlin nodded in affirmation.
“Ah? Are you really going to take this?”
Aina’s face twitched, and her expression looked a little unnatural.
“Merlin, although I know that you can make some strange props, this young dragon is the strongest monster in the shallow layer. It is stronger than the silverback ape you encountered before.”
“Although there is no floor master in the shallow layer, this young dragon is almost a substantial floor master, and its strength is infinitely close to the level of LV2.”
“You are only level 1, you will be killed in an instant.”
Aina persuaded earnestly.
“Yeah, I know.”
Merlin nodded and held out his hand.
“So, give me that commission.”
“Ah? What do you know? Even though you know it, why do you still want to answer it?”
Aina didn’t know what to say. As a counter girl, she had no right to refuse adventurers’ commissions.
“Merlin, seriously, don’t let this get you down. The young dragon is…really strong.”
Aegina persuaded softly with a hint of sadness in her beautiful green eyes.
“The LV1 adventurer team I was in charge of before was killed by the young dragon. No one survived.”
“The horror of a young dragon is beyond your imagination. Don’t joke with your own life.”
“Adventurers must never take risks.”
Looking at Aegina’s worried face, Merlin sighed softly.
“All right.”
Now that Aina has said this, it is naturally difficult for him to force her to accept the commission.
And once he enters the maze, he can kill the young dragon and bring back the materials and complete the commission.
“Well, I’m glad you understand.”
Aina finally breathed a sigh of relief, and most of the tension on her face disappeared.
She was really afraid that Merlin would forcefully accept the commission.
Looking at Merlin, whose expression was a little gloomy, Aegina pursed her lips, leaned close to Merlin’s ear and spoke in a low voice.
“How about this, in a couple of days when I’m free, I’ll take you around Orarinedo.”
“Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a date. It’s just… taking you to get familiar with the city.”
Looking at Aina’s slightly red cheeks, Merlin’s heart couldn’t help but warm.
It was obvious that Aegina was taking his feelings into consideration.
“Ah, I see. Thank you, Aegina.”
Merlin couldn’t help but thank him.
Chapter 23 The Abandoned Girl (Old Version)
On the twelfth level of the maze, in a cave.
“Well, the young dragon’s activity range is from the eleventh to the twelfth floor.”
“However, I have been looking for more than two hours and still haven’t found it.”
“Is this a rare monster? The probability is really low.”
Merlin took a bite of the slightly hard bread and thought about where to find the baby dragon next.
At this moment, miserable screams came from the passage ahead.
“Anyone else?”
Merlin was stunned for a moment, then after some thought he walked towards the direction where the voice came from.
Maybe, you can meet a baby dragon.
After turning the corner, in an empty corridor, four or five pangolin-like monsters were surrounding an extremely petite girl.
The girl was wrapped in a thin grey robe and carrying a large package on her back that was three or four times bigger than her.
At this moment, the girl was holding a dagger-like weapon in her hand, pointing it at the pangolin monsters around her.
However, how could that small dagger fight against those monsters?
You know, the skin of those pangolin-like monsters is extremely stiff. Even with super-hard weapons, it takes some effort to break it.
With a dagger like that, let alone breaking through the defense, it would be impossible for it to even leave a trace.
“Woo woo…get away, get away!”
“Leave Lily alone.”
The petite girl kept waving the dagger in her hand, trying to drive away the monsters, but it was in vain.
The monsters gathered around her obviously realized that she was trying to be brave, and they approached her little by little.
At this moment, Merlin’s arrival naturally attracted the attention of the monsters and the little girl.
“child?”
Merlin was stunned for a moment, and looked at the blocked little girl with some confusion.
Why are there children in the maze?
Just as Merlin was thinking about these things, one of the monsters suddenly rushed out and rushed towards Merlin.
The guy’s body shrank into a ball in mid-air and slammed towards Merlin fiercely.
Faced with this attack, Merlin raised his hand without any hesitation and fired a shot.
A fireball flew out of the muzzle and collided directly with the pangolin-like monster in mid-air.
The smoke rolled, and when it disappeared, the monster fell to the ground with its four legs up in the air, its four claws shaking constantly, and there were many burn marks on the surface of its body.
It was obvious that the fire just now had a great effect on this guy.
Merlin’s sudden attack also alarmed the remaining pangolin monsters.
The monsters immediately gave up attacking the little girl and instead curled up into balls and charged towards Merlin.
However, this group of monsters obviously had the wrong opponent.
Continuous gunshots echoed in the passage.
Several fireballs hit the monsters directly.
Soon, this group of monsters, like the first one, fell to the ground with their legs up in the air, unable to move.
At this time, Merlin took off the silverback shield behind him and walked in front of the group of immobile pangolin monsters.
One, two, three times…
A minute later, all the pangolin monsters turned into magic stones and entered Merlin’s pocket.
After resolving all this, Merlin walked towards the little girl curled up in the back.
“Are you okay?”
“Ah, thank you for saving Lily.”
The little girl tugged at her grey robe a little nervously, quickly got up, and bowed her head to thank Merlin.
“A maze is not a place for children.”
Merlin glanced at her calmly and said in a cold voice.
“Where are the people who brought you here? Where are they?”
After hearing this question, the little girl named Lily had a slightly gloomy expression on her face.
“Lily is just a dwarf, not a child.”
“And the adventurers who brought Lily here… abandoned Lily.”
As Lily said this, she gritted her teeth and her face was filled with anger and unwillingness.
Merlin, who was standing opposite, roughly guessed the situation after hearing this.
It seems that the group of adventurers encountered this group of monsters. In order to escape successfully, they abandoned the weakest member of the team, the little girl named Lily, oh no, the dwarf, as bait.
Although this behavior is extremely shameful, it is also the most correct decision.
When being chased by a bear, you just have to run faster than your companions.
This is the cruel truth.
In the face of life and death, only one’s own survival is the most important.
After the air was quiet for a moment, Merlin asked.
“So, what are you going to do now?”
After hearing the question, Lily couldn’t help but raise her head, and a look of expectation and pity appeared on her dirty little face.
“Um…if it’s possible, Adventurer, can you take Lily away?”
“Of course, Lily will definitely give you the reward.”
“And Lily is also a supporter. She can help you, the adventurer, pick up magic stones and materials. Moreover, Lily can use crossbows. The shallow roads are…”
“Ah, if that doesn’t work, please allow Lily to follow you. That’s fine too. Lily will never cause you any trouble.”
Lily tried desperately to promote herself, her eyes filled with nervousness and fear.
Merlin was also very clear about this.
After all, they are now on the shallow twelfth floor.
Normally, if there is no team of three or four level 1 adventurers to explore, it is easy to die here.
The dwarf girl in front of him named Lily was obviously three times weaker than an ordinary LV1 adventurer.
After all, she is just a supporter and her combat power is extremely weak.
Once she is abandoned here, she will die soon.
Looking at the cautious Lily, Merlin raised his eyebrows and said lightly.
“As long as you don’t drag me down, it’s up to you.”
After hearing this, a bright smile broke out on Lily’s little face.
“Well, Lily will never cause any trouble to you, the adventurer.”
“Yes, Master Merlin.”
Just like that, Merlin returned to the ground with the support girl named Lily.
However, when we arrived near the exit of the eleventh floor, we encountered an accident.
(I will see if I can write the data in the next two days, so if I can, please read the latest chapter)
Chapter 24 You Are Seeking Death (Old Version)
“Ah, isn’t this Ede? I didn’t expect you to escape from the twelfth floor.”
“Could it be because of the adventurer next to me?”
A middle-aged man with animal ears on his head walked forward and looked at Lily who was following Merlin with a smile on his face.
“Kanu…Mr.”
Lily couldn’t help but shudder and immediately shrank behind Merlin.
“Hey, hey, hey, Erd, is this the right attitude to have when you reunite with your companions?”
The man strode over with a sinister smile on his face.
However, before he could take the second step, Merlin’s cold voice echoed in the passage.
“Get lost, raccoon cat!”
“Don’t make me say it a second time.”
Merlin said as he took a step forward and looked at the orc named Kanu with a terrifying cold light in his eyes.
“Ah? Master Adventurer, what you said is a bit too much.”
“The little human behind you and I are companions.”
“I was just catching up with my friends. How dare you say such outrageous words?”
Kanu said as the smile on his face gradually faded, replaced by a cold chill.
“Or do you want to stand up for this little human race?”
“I see, Master, this is also the first time you have met this little human race. So, there is no need to be hard on us just because of a dirty little girl.”
After Kanu finished speaking, two more people walked out from the corner of the passage and blocked Merlin’s way.
The air also became quiet at this moment, and the only sound that could be heard was Lily’s rapid breathing.
“I… that, Master… Merlin, you should leave. After all, Lily is just an incompetent supporter. It’s not worth your… wasting time and energy.”
Lily said as she pulled down her hood so that it covered her entire face.
“Hahahaha, that’s right, Erde, your only companion is…”
Kanu walked forward with a smile and opened his arms in a welcoming gesture.
However, at this moment, something cold was pressed against his head.
“Are you deaf, raccoon cat?”
Merlin put his finger on the trigger of the Dominator and glanced at Kanu coldly.
“I found her. She’s mine.”
“Do you want me to say more?”
“No…don’t, don’t get excited, sir.”
Kanu panicked and quickly raised his hands to show that he had no hostility.
For some reason, he instinctively felt that the thing against his forehead was extremely dangerous, and it might be some terrible weapon or prop.
“I…I was just joking. Hey, you two, why don’t you get out of the way?”
Kanu immediately yelled at the two people not far ahead.
After hearing his words, the two men looked at each other and made way.
“Ah, Master, you see, this is just a misunderstanding. Now can you put this dangerous thing away?”
Kanu looked at Merlin with an apologetic smile and said.
Merlin didn’t say anything else. He put away the Dominator and shouted to Lily behind him.
“Let’s go, Lily.”
After saying this, he strode forward.
Lily, who was standing at the back, showed shock and disbelief on her face after hearing this.
She had never expected that Merlin would actually… actually stand up for her.
After being shocked for a moment, tears welled up in Lily’s eyes and she nodded firmly.
“Lily will be here soon.”
After saying that, Lily quickly took two steps at a time and chased after Merlin.
Just as the two were about to walk out of the passage, an angry shout came from behind them.
“Assholes, who allowed you to leave?”
The one who shouted the curses was the orc named Kanu.
Merlin stopped, turned around and looked at him from a distance.
“Really? It seems that you have chosen the most foolish path.”
There was no emotion in the calm voice, as if he was just stating a fact.
After hearing this, the expression on Kanu’s face became extremely ugly.
“Stupid? I think you are the stupid one. You are willing to lose your life for such a little girl.”
“Oh, I see. Are you a lolita complex?”
“You are actually interested in such a dirty little girl with no figure?”
“Don’t worry, when you die, I will take your body to the monster.”
“How dare you threaten me? I will make sure you won’t be able to rest in peace even after you die. When I return to the ground, I will find your clan and kill all of their members when I have the chance.”
“Then……”
Kanu spoke recklessly, not noticing at all that Merlin’s expression had turned extremely gloomy.
“You know, what I hate most is when someone threatens me.”
“Now, you can die.”
Merlin said, raising the Dominator in his hand.
At this time, Kanu and the other two had already drawn their weapons and rushed towards Merlin quickly.
Facing the attack from three people, Merlin directly pulled the trigger.
A terrifying heat ray shot out from the trigger in Merlin’s hand and pierced directly into Kanu’s head.
After the heat ray pierced Kanu’s head, it even burned a big hole in the rock wall of the passage behind.
The two people who had rushed forward with Kanu turned pale and their eyes flashed with intense fear after seeing this scene.
“This… Kanu, is dead?”
“What is that…?”
“Magic? Is there magic that fast?”
“Why is there no chanting?”
While the two were still in shock, Merlin raised the Dominator in his hand again and pointed it at one of them.
Another heat ray spurted out.
The guy with the afro didn’t even have time to react before half of his body melted.
The remaining person turned pale after seeing this scene, and immediately realized that they had offended someone they could not afford to offend.
“Ah, monster…”
The man shouted loudly and ran away immediately.
However, before he could take two steps, a black shadow quickly flew out from behind and hit him directly on the back.
Immediately afterwards, a heat ray pierced his chest, and he died on the spot like his other companions.
The battle lasted only three minutes from the beginning to the end.
It happened so quickly that even Lily behind Merlin didn’t have time to react. Everything was over.
Chapter 25: Will I, an incompetent person, be needed? (Old version)
“Hey, Master Merlin… this…”
“Lily, I…”
Lily was a little confused, looking at Kanu and the other two who had fallen to the ground and turned into corpses in disbelief.
A few minutes ago, she was in the mood of rising from hell to heaven, and then falling back to hell again.
However, within just three minutes, her emotions soared from hell to heaven again, and the change was so drastic that she was completely at a loss.
She was very clear about the strength of Kanu and the other two, as they were considered veterans in LV1 adventures.
If the three of them join forces, even the LV1 upper adventurers will have to give in.
However, now, in just three minutes, Kanu and the other two were all dead.
And all of them were killed in one hit.
There was no energy left to even let go, he was killed so simply.
Kanu, who had been exploiting and suppressing people like a devil, died just like that.
Such a thing naturally made Lily extremely shocked.
While she was still in shock, Merlin had already walked up to the bodies of Kanu and the other two and began to touch them.
Soon, Merlin came back with several bulging money bags.
“Okay, time to go.”
“Ah? Go?”
“Oh.”
Lily was stunned for a moment before she reacted.
“But Lord Merlin, is it okay to just leave the bodies of these people here?”
“just in case……”
“It’s okay. I have sprinkled powder that will attract monsters on them. It won’t be long before they are eaten by monsters until only bones are left.”
“Others will only think that they died in a monster attack. Ah… here it comes.”
“Hide.”
Before he could finish his words, Merlin immediately grabbed Lily’s hand and quickly hid behind a rock.
“Woo woo…” Lily whimpered twice subconsciously, then she realized that a large number of horned rabbits and killer ants were gathering around her. She was so scared that she had to shrink in Merlin’s arms, not daring to move.
There are so many monsters, not to mention that they are only LV1. Even if LV2 adventurers come, it will not be easy to deal with them.
And Lily was extremely worried that these monsters would discover them.
However, when the monsters finished eating the bodies of Kanu and the other two and dispersed in groups of three or four, they still did not find the two of them.
Such a situation naturally surprised Lily.
“Master Merlin, why didn’t those monsters attack us?”
Lily couldn’t help but ask the question in her mind.
“Deodorant fragrance can remove the bad smell on your body.”
“You know, most monsters sense their enemies through smell, vision, and hearing.”
“And they couldn’t see where we were hiding, and the smell was removed, so they wouldn’t be discovered.”
“Deodorizing fragrance?”
Lily blinked her eyes, looking confused.
“But Lily has never heard of such a prop before.”
“And it can even affect the monsters on the eleventh floor. This deodorizing fragrance is too powerful.”
Lily couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Because I did it myself.”
Merlin explained casually and headed towards the exit.
“You made it yourself?”
Lily was even more shocked, but Merlin had already walked forward at this time, so she hurriedly chased after him.
“Wait for me, Master Merlin.”
Although Lily had many doubts and questions, considering that they were still in the maze, Lily did not ask.
It wasn’t until they were back on the ground, next to the flower bed in the square, when they were about to separate, that Lily couldn’t help but grab the corner of her clothes, hesitated for a moment, and couldn’t help but look at Merlin and ask.
“Um… Lord Merlin, why… did you want to… save me?”
If it was on the twelfth floor, Merlin might have been acting out of sympathy.
So, when Merlin was blocked by Kanu and his men on the eleventh floor, he had absolutely no reason to rescue her who had nothing to do with him.
And more importantly, Lily had no idea that she had any value in being saved.
Be it her health or money, she simply couldn’t afford it.
Under such circumstances, Merlin not only saved her, but also dealt with Kanu and the other two, helping her to completely avoid being exploited in the future.
Even if Merlin was really a lolita complex as Kanu said, he would not risk being killed for a dirty and unattractive little human.
The air fell completely silent after Lily asked this question.
Merlin slowly lowered his head, glanced at Lily, and spoke.
“Need a reason?”
“Yeah.” Lily nodded in affirmation.
“Because I saved you from being supposed to die, your life belongs to me.”
“How to use it is naturally decided by me.”
“And those guys are planning to encroach on my interests.”
“It’s that simple.”
Merlin began to explain.
After hearing this explanation, tears rolled down Lily’s eyes and she burst into tears.
“Wow… Lily is just a dirty little human. She doesn’t have a perfect body, she’s not cute, and she’s weak. She can’t even make any money. She’s just a piece of trash that’s useless.”
“Does Lord Merlin need a Lily like this?”
Lily cried like a little kitten.
It’s not because she was treated as an object or something.
Or maybe she had already gotten used to it, so she didn’t care about it.
What she cared about was that even if she was useless, she would still be needed.
And they are even willing to risk their own lives and be killed to save him.
She had never encountered anything like this before.
Or rather, no one would do this for her.
She’s nothing more than a filthy, useless little human supporter.
Being exploited, hated and despised is a daily routine.
She was brought along simply because she was very cheap and could be abandoned at any time.
And now, Merlin actually needs her like this.
Even if it was a lie, she was very happy.
Not to mention, she knew very well that this was not a lie.
Because what happened not long ago has clearly proved that Merlin’s words and actions are consistent.
With very little knowledge of the situation, Merlin was willing to offend Kanu and the other two for her, and even to kill them.
“Well, after a few more years, maybe it will grow up, right?”
Merlin grinned and reached out to rub Lily’s little head.
“Wow… Master Merlin is an idiot. The size of the dwarfs hardly changes after they reach adulthood. They just can’t grow up.”
“Woo woo…”
Lily cried even harder, but her little face was full of joy and excitement.
Chapter 26 Congratulations from the Goddess of Beauty? (Old Version)
“Tiya, I’m back.”
Merlin opened the door, but did not see the familiar blue figure.
“Excuse me.”
At this time, a somewhat weak voice came from behind Merlin.
Immediately afterwards, a petite figure followed Merlin’s footsteps and walked into the house.
Her height, which was only half of Merlin’s, naturally revealed her identity.
“Ah, I didn’t expect that Lord Merlin’s residence would be like this.”
Lily popped her head out from behind Merlin, her little face full of curiosity. After looking around the basement, she said with some surprise.
“Master Merlin, there is only one bed.”
“At night, will you sleep on the sofa?”
Lily looked at Merlin in confusion.
However, Merlin ignored him and pointed to the only bed.
“If you’re tired, you can go to sleep first. I still need to do something.”
“Can I watch from the side?”
“casual.”
After hearing this, Lily nodded and sat on the edge of the bed, watching Merlin’s work curiously.
At this time, Merlin came to the workbench and immediately took out the materials obtained from the maze today, preparing to refine them into new props.
At this time, Lily, who was sitting on the bed, subconsciously looked at the materials on the workbench.
Her little face was immediately filled with shock.
“The tongue of a frog archer, the skull of a ground spirit, the teeth of an orc, the wings of a blue swallowtail butterfly, and even the fur of a silverback ape?”
Lily didn’t know what to say.
The materials on the workbench included almost all the monsters in the shallow layer, and there were also many elite monsters, such as the silverback ape.
However, all these monsters turned into materials and lay on the workbench.
If you don’t have enough strength, you won’t be able to get so much material.
What made Lily even more frightened was that Merlin explored the maze alone.
In other words, Merlin killed so many monsters and obtained so much materials with his own strength.
This strength is even not inferior to that of a LV2 adventurer.
It was also at this time that Lily recalled the terrifying strength that Merlin had displayed in the maze before.
No, it should be said that strange prop.
The power of that item was so great that it could kill Kanu and the other two LV1 adventurers in an instant.
The terrifying power is in no way inferior to that of a high-quality magic sword.
No… maybe even more.
Plus that weird item called deodorizing incense.
“Master Merlin, what a strange adventurer.”
Lily couldn’t help but mutter under her breath.
At this time, Merlin, who was sitting in front of the workbench, had already started making props.
【Pharmacy】
[Effect]: Enhance strength, improve endurance and speed, and restore magicka.
[In the process of refining…]【Successfully Refined】
[Potion (Unnamed)]: An all-purpose potion that increases strength, endurance, speed, and magic power at the same time. The effect lasts for three minutes.
“Three minutes? But if used at a critical moment, it can also turn the tide of the battle.”
“Then call it the universal potion.”
Merlin shook the golden potion bottle in his hand and placed it beside the table.
At this time, Lily looked at the golden potion curiously and asked.
“Master Merlin, what does this potion do?”
“A potion that increases strength, speed, endurance, and magic power for a short period of time.”
“Well, I named it the Almighty Potion.”
Merlin answered casually and continued to make the next prop.
[Refine]【Batarang】
[Effect]: Increase sharpness, power, and paralysis effect.
[Batarang]: Power 80, made from monster blood, has the effect of temporarily paralyzing the enemy’s body (lasts for a quarter of an hour)
“We already have the batarang, so the next thing is to refine the maneuvering device first.”
“Once we get the magic circle, we can just go through the enchantment process and it will be done.”
Lily, who was sitting on the bed next to her, went from being shocked at first to being numb, and finally to being relieved.
“Phew… Sorry, Lord Merlin, Lily is a little sleepy. I’m going to bed first.”
Lily rubbed her eyes, lay down on the bed and fell asleep immediately.
Too many things happened today, and many of them completely shattered her worldview.
Especially because her master Merlin is so mysterious and powerful.
Although he seemed a bit cold when we first met, he is actually a gentle person.
After all, even someone as incompetent and useless as her can save people.
Ah, tomorrow will definitely be a beautiful day.
With anticipation, Lily soon fell asleep.
Merlin, who was working on the workbench nearby, refined seven or eight props before lying down on the bed to sleep.
In a daze, he always felt that the feel of the pillow this time was a little different from before, and a little hard.
However, the size is just right, and it feels like a small pillow when held in your arms.
So Merlin quickly fell asleep.
Tonight is the banquet of the gods.
In the past, Hestia would never attend such banquets.
But things are different now. There is one more mouth to feed in her family.
She can’t always be the one being fed. Occasionally, she needs to show the majesty of God.
Tonight, she said that she would get a bunch of delicious food to reward Merlin no matter what.
Of course, besides this, she has another purpose.
While eating her delicious food, Hestia looked at the gods coming and going, searching for the familiar red figure.
However, even after she had eaten and drunk her fill, she still didn’t see that person.
“Could it be that Hephaestus didn’t come to participate?”
Hestia couldn’t help but grumble, a hint of disappointment flashing in her eyes.
Just as she was about to leave, a graceful figure came up to her.
That slender figure and perfect appearance immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding gods.
Similarly, Hestia immediately saw the goddess in front of her.
“Freya?”
“Ah, Hestia, long time no see.”
“I heard that you finally have a family member?”
Freya smiled slightly and looked at Hestia with an unusual light in her eyes.
That’s right, the one who appeared here was the god of Orario’s most powerful clan, the goddess of beauty Freya.
“Hmm… nympho, you’re not targeting my Merlin, are you?”
“Let me tell you, that is absolutely impossible…”
Hestia looked at Freya with a wary look on her face.
“No, I just want to congratulate you.”
Freya smiled, said nothing more, turned around and left.
Looking at her back, Hestia was confused and had no idea why Freya came to her.
Could it be that he was really just congratulating her?
Chapter 27: Stagnant Loki Family (Old Version)
Zongman: Don’t move, Aisi, your family still owes me money: Chapter 27: The stagnant Loki family
Loki family.
In the hall.
An oppressive atmosphere hung over the hall.
The people of the Loki Group have just experienced the failure of the expedition and are now holding a review meeting.
“I am so disappointed in you. The 52nd floor is the floor we have already explored.”
“However, on this floor, we lost half of our food and supplies, and even some of our team members were injured and had to retreat.”
“Do you know the reason for this failure?”
Finn stood in the middle of the hall, his little face full of seriousness, his eyes scanning directly at the cadres and members of the Loki Group present.
Everyone who looked at him lowered their heads in shame.
“Yes, I know.”
At this time, an Amazon girl sitting on the sofa raised her hand.
“Tiona, well, you say.”
Finn glanced at her and gave her a slight nod for her to speak.
“It was because Tione, who was in charge of the food, was careless that we lost the food. Then, because we were hungry, we couldn’t exert our original strength, so we failed.”
After Diona finished speaking, Dione, who was sitting next to her, surprisingly did not refute.
In the past, at this time, she would definitely loudly refute and express her different opinion.
But this time, she couldn’t do it.
Because what her sister Diona said was true.
“I’m sorry… Captain, it’s all my fault…”
Tione couldn’t help but bow her head and apologize.
“Well, Tione’s mistake was indeed one of the reasons for the failure, but it was not the only reason.”
Finn waved his hand calmly.
“Wow… Captain…”
Tione looked touched, and was very relieved that Finn could speak for her.
However, Finn’s next words made her fall from heaven to hell on the spot.
“However, as a veteran, Tione actually made such a low-level mistake. He really needs to reflect on it. If the supplies are still there, the expedition can continue.”
“Wow, wow, wow…” Tione burst into tears, her emotions betrayed in an instant.
“Okay, let’s put Tione’s mistake aside. Apart from that, you still have a fatal mistake.”
“Anyone knows?”
Finn said and looked towards the others present.
The air was quiet for a moment, and then a small hand was raised.
“It was because we didn’t check the supply situation in time, and neglected to detect the monsters around us.”
It was Ais who spoke.
“Huh? Aisi, no matter what, we can’t let such a small matter lead to the failure of the expedition.”
Bert, the werewolf who was standing not far away, snorted speechlessly.
But just as he finished speaking, Finn glared at him sternly.
“Ah, that’s right, Bert. It was that little thing you mentioned that led to the failure of our expedition this time.”
“You are already mature and experienced adventurers, but when you reached the 52nd floor, you neglected to check your supplies and the surrounding monsters.”
“As a result, all supplies were destroyed.”
“And without supplies, even the most powerful adventurer will be helpless.”
“And this is the most critical point.”
Finn explained slowly.
After hearing this, Bert and the other people present had ugly expressions on their faces.
The preaching and reflection meeting lasted for more than an hour.
Soon, everyone present left in twos and threes, and soon only the three giants of Loki’s family were left in the hall.
“Finn, I think the lecture just now was a little… excessive.”
The dwarf Grace stroked his beard, looked at Finn and said with a smile.
“Well, sometimes, necessary strictness is necessary.”
At this time, Livilia, who was sitting next to him, slowly spoke up and reminded him.
“This time, they did make a very serious and low-level mistake.”
“If you don’t learn from this, it will become a fatal factor when you explore deeper floors.”
“Ah, Livilia is right, that’s why I became the villain. I hope they can listen to me a little bit.”
“By the way, Livilia, how is Ais doing?”
Finn waved his hand and turned to look at Riveria and asked.
“Hmm… not very optimistic. Her ability value has not improved. She is… very anxious.”
Livilia shook her head, a hint of worry showing on her pretty face.
“Ah indeed, it’s been more than two years, it’s normal to be anxious.”
“We also went through that period.”
Grace smiled, not showing much worry on her face.
“Believe in them. Whether it’s Ace, Bert, or Diona, they are all very talented and will surpass us in no time.”
“Ah, I agree with that, but being too anxious may lead to bad results.”
“You must pay attention to this point.”
Finn reminded in a deep voice.
“Oh, I know. I’ll take care of Ai Si later.”
Livilia nodded slightly.
“Really? Then I’ll go and give Bert some instructions.”
“That kid is too passionate. He needs to slow down sometimes.”
“Okay then. I’ll leave it to you. I’ll go to the guild to see if there’s any new information about the deep labyrinth.”
Just like that, the meeting ended and the three giants decided on the next course of action.
Before the next expedition, they need to calm down and digest the experience of this expedition.
“I’m sorry, Ai Si Tan, your ability value has hardly increased. But don’t worry, after all, we are all the same.”
After checking the ability values, even Loki, who was always smiling, comforted Ais.
“Um……”
Aisi simply nodded, quickly straightened her clothes and walked out the door.
“No… changes.”
After going out, Ai Si bit her lips lightly, and a trace of solemnity and melancholy appeared on her pretty face.
It has been more than two years, and after she entered LV5, her ability value has almost stopped growing.
How can we increase our ability value?
“Ais.”
At this moment, a shout brought Ais back to her senses.
“Riveliya.”
“Aisi, it’s not a good idea to stay in the clan all the time. How about going out to relax? Maybe you can find an opportunity.”
Livilia walked forward and looked at Ais.
“Um…Okay.”
Aisi couldn’t find any reason to refuse, and she really wanted to go out for a walk to ease her slightly depressed mood.
Just when the two arrived at the commercial district, they encountered a small incident.
Chapter 28 My Time is Precious (Old Version)
Commercial street.
“Lord Merlin, are you planning to sell this potion?”
“This is such a waste. You actually sold such a good potion.”
“It’s better to keep it for yourself.”
Lily looked at the bottles of potion filled with golden liquid in her hands with a little regret.
“I can’t use so much, and I need to get some funds.”
That’s right, although the all-purpose potion is very effective, it is not useful to him now.
So using these props that you don’t need temporarily to exchange for some funds is naturally the best option.
However, just as the two of them had just passed through the commercial district, two graceful figures came towards them.
They were two beautiful women, one green and one gold, with slender figures, delicate little faces, and fair and flawless skin.
They were two women with completely different styles. The green-haired elf walking on the left exuded a majestic aura of a royal family. That heroic aura coupled with her slightly cold face made people want to conquer her.
Walking on the right is a beautiful blonde girl who looks like an elf, with a slender figure, long golden hair, and a cute face. The only flaw may be that there is no expression on her face. She looks like an exquisite doll with a fixed expression.
Even Merlin couldn’t help but stare at these two beauties for a moment after seeing them.
This is a beauty who is different from his God in another sense.
And just as Merlin was stunned for a moment, Lily, who was walking in front of him, didn’t notice the two women approaching and bumped into them.
And the bottles of universal potion in Lily’s hand flew out.
Lily’s face turned pale, with intense panic in her eyes.
You have to know that those all-purpose potions, according to her estimation, are worth tens of thousands of faris.
If it breaks into pieces, even if I sell it, it may not be worth that much money.
Just as those bottles of universal potion were about to fall to the ground.
The two beauties acted quickly.
The beautiful blonde girl waved her hands in the air like a phantom, and then accurately grabbed most of the potion in her hands.
The remaining bottle of potion was caught by the green-haired elf nearby.
“I caught them all. Are you okay?”
Aisi said as she handed the almighty potion in her hand to Lily.
“Ah, thank you.”
After Lily came to her senses, she hurriedly took the potions from Ais, then lowered her head to thank Ais.
But at this time, she discovered that one bottle was missing.
And the last bottle was held in the hands of the green-haired elf beauty beside her.
“Ah, that…”
Lily looked at the green-haired elf beauty in front of her with some confusion and nervousness.
For some reason, she always felt that it took a certain amount of courage to talk to this beauty, and she felt an inexplicable huge pressure when facing her.
“Rivellia?”
Ai Si, who was standing by, looked at Livilia with some confusion and asked in confusion.
“Shh, Aisi, don’t talk yet.”
Livilia raised her hand, motioning for Ais to shut up, while she carefully pulled up the all-purpose potion and examined it in front of her eyes.
A faint light flashed in her emerald eyes.
“This is amazing. Not only can it restore magic power, it can even increase strength. Moreover, while restoring magic power, it also slightly increases the upper limit of magic power. This… potion… is too powerful.”
Livilia couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise, and a look of surprise appeared on her beautiful face.
“Potion? Awesome?”
Ai Si, who was standing by, naturally couldn’t understand the value of the potion.
But she knew that since the knowledgeable Livilia said it was powerful, then this bottle of potion must be really powerful.
“Um, Dwarf Tribe, what is this potion…”
Livilia said, looking towards Lily.
Lily was so frightened by the inexplicable aura emanating from Livilia that she was speechless.
At this moment, Merlin walked quickly forward and came in front of Lily.
“Potion, what’s the problem?”
Merlin glanced indifferently at the green-haired elf beauty in front of him.
Although this elf is very beautiful and has a unique aura.
But this doesn’t mean that Merlin will let down his guard just because she is beautiful.
The more beautiful a woman is, the more thorny she is.
He is very clear about this.
Only by remaining vigilant when dealing with them can you avoid being hurt by their thorns, and eventually even their weak points can be touched.
“oh?”
“You didn’t make this potion?”
Livilia’s gaze fell on Merlin.
Merlin didn’t try to hide anything and simply nodded in acknowledgement.
Anyway, he will have to sell this universal potion later, and if anyone is interested and investigates carefully, they will be able to find out that it came from his hands.
It is only natural to suspect him.
But Merlin didn’t care much about this.
Rather, he cared more about accumulating funds quickly than the risk of being known by others.
With funds, he will be able to create stronger equipment.
For example, Batman’s suit and Iron Man’s armor.
He can even make potions that can transform him into the Hulk.
However, I currently do not have the funds to purchase materials of that level to try.
Because of this, he has to make money first.
And all the funds he currently has on hand, added up, is less than two hundred thousand faris.
For an ordinary LV1 adventurer, it is definitely a huge sum of money, but for him as an alchemist, it is still too little.
And now is an opportunity.
“Oh, can we go over to the side and talk?”
Livilia looked at Merlin seriously and suggested.
“Well, my time is still quite tight, if it weren’t for…”
Merlin stroked his chin and spoke in a thoughtful tone.
“Master Merlin, we obviously don’t have…” Lily tugged at the corner of Merlin’s clothes curiously and spoke in a low voice.
“Shh,” Merlin quickly turned around, glared at her, and made a shushing gesture.
Seeing this, Lily immediately understood.
“A thousand faris!”
“If you’re willing to chat with me, can I give you one thousand faris for an hour?”
Livilia waved her hand gently and looked at Merlin and suggested.
“good.”
Merlin nodded and agreed.
He deliberately hinted at asking for money just to tell the elf named Livilia in front of him that his time was precious, so as to gain a certain degree of dominance in the subsequent conversation.
Such little tricks were often used in the world before I traveled through time.
(There will be another chapter later, I will post it even if it’s the next day)
Chapter 29: Playing the long game (old version)
In a quiet corner of a tavern shop.
Merlin and Lily sat on one side, and opposite them sat Livilia and Ais.
“Let me introduce myself first. My name is Livilia Rios Alf, and this is my companion from the same family, Ace Wallenstein. You can call her whatever you want.”
Livilia waved her hand and introduced herself.
After Livilia finished speaking, Lily, who was sitting next to Merlin, widened her eyes and looked shocked.
“Livelia? Could she be the strongest magician in Orario, the Nine Magic Princess?”
“The other one is Ace Wallenstein, isn’t that Sword Princess?”
“Wow… Lord Merlin, these two are famous figures in Orario… We…”
Lily was completely panicked and her speech was stuttering.
Seeing this, Merlin quickly pressed her head and signaled her not to speak.
“My name is Merlin, and this is my companion, Lily.”
“So, what you want to talk about is this bottle of potion?”
Merlin said as he placed the bottle of omnipotence potion he had recovered from Livilia earlier in the middle of the table.
No matter who the other party is, what he will do will not change, that is to maximize his own interests.
Why do you take the initiative to give up because the other party is a celebrity or are you afraid of being at a disadvantage? That is just stupid behavior.
“Yes, that’s right. You said you made this potion that can restore magic power and increase strength?”
Livilia nodded slightly, and looked at Merlin with an unusual light flashing in her green eyes.
“Ah yes, besides…”
Merlin paused and corrected.
“Not only does it restore magic power and increase strength, it can also improve speed and endurance.”
“This is an all-purpose potion that I developed on my own.”
As Merlin finished speaking, Ais, who was sitting next to Livilia, couldn’t help but reveal a hint of shock in her eyes.
“Increase strength, speed, endurance, and magic power?”
“Almighty potion? This… is amazing!”
Aisi’s praise came from the heart.
Adventurers who frequently go in and out of the maze cannot do without the use of potions.
Among them, recovery potions and mana potions are the most common, and occasionally you can see the rare strength-increasing potion.
As for the potion that Merlin mentioned before, which could increase three or four items at the same time, she had never heard of it before.
“Ah, it’s really amazing. It can actually increase four attributes at the same time. However… this potion must have a flaw.”
Livilia is not a novice adventurer, so she naturally understands that such a powerful enhancement attribute should also have its flaws.
“Roar, you are worthy of being the famous Miss Nine Demon Princess.”
Merlin nodded slightly and deliberately called Livilia by her nickname.
Livilia raised her eyebrows slightly, “Just call me Livilia, so, what is the flaw of this all-purpose potion?”
After Livilia asked the question, Merlin smiled and said, “Ms. Livilia, your question touches upon commercial secrets. Do you think I will tell you casually?”
At this time, Ais, who was sitting next to Livilia, couldn’t help but puff up her cheeks slightly after hearing Merlin’s words.
That angry look seems kind of cute.
Of course, no matter how cute she is, Merlin won’t be soft-hearted because of it.
“Well, I know this, so what do you think of three thousand faris, young man?”
Livilia spoke out as if she had expected this.
“No, I won’t charge you for this information.”
Merlin waved his hand and answered.
Livilia was slightly surprised. She didn’t expect Merlin would not take the opportunity to make some money at this time.
“Just as you said, Miss Livilia, great power naturally comes with certain drawbacks, and the drawback of this all-purpose potion is how long it lasts.”
“The effect of the all-purpose potion can only last for three minutes.”
“But, in three minutes, you can do a lot.”
“Ms. Livilia, I think you, as the strongest magician, should understand this.”
Merlin said, glancing at Livilia calmly.
“Three minutes is enough to do a lot.”
Livilia nodded in affirmation.
For magicians, they can complete the chanting of magic within three minutes.
Not to mention, for the soldiers charging at the front line, they can kill several or even dozens of monsters in three minutes.
While Livilia was thinking, she felt a hand pulling her sleeve.
“Livelia, I… want it.”
Ais stared at the bottle of universal potion on the table, then turned to look at Livilia, her calm face full of desire.
In fact, not to mention Ais, even Livilia wanted this all-purpose potion very much. It would be best to get a few more bottles to study.
However, after the last expedition, their family was almost in debt of more than 10 million faris.
Before this debt is paid off, we still need to save where we can.
“Young man, can you sell me this all-purpose potion?”
Livilia pursed her lips, glanced at Merlin, and asked softly.
Because now, the choice lies entirely with the human boy in front of her.
In fact, the boy didn’t have to sell it to her at all.
She believed that there would never be a second bottle of this potion in the entire Orarium.
If you miss it, it will be very difficult to meet it again.
The next moment, Merlin spoke.
However, his words shocked both Livilia and Ais.
Even Lily, who was sitting next to Merlin, widened her eyes.
“This bottle of all-purpose potion is for you.”
Merlin said, pushing the all-purpose potion in front of Livilia and standing up.
“Lily, let’s go.”
“Eh? Ah, Lord Merlin, wait for me!”
After being stunned for a moment, Lily hurriedly caught up with Merlin.
After they got out of the door, Lily could no longer control the doubts in her heart and asked.
“Lord Merlin, why did you give them that bottle of potion? Could it be that you were bewitched by them both?”
Lily tilted her head and thought to the end, and could only come to this conclusion.
However, just as she finished her words, she was hit by Merlin’s knife.
“What’s in your head? It’s just a long shot.”
“Once they know the effect of my almighty potion, they will no longer be able to tolerate ordinary potions.”
“Then, I will be able to reap a lot of benefits.”
Merlin explained calmly.
“Oh, I see. As expected of the black-hearted Merlin, he made a very shrewd plan. He was not at all mesmerized by the beauty of those two.”
Lily couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
“Lily, why do I feel like you’re changing your ways and scolding me?”
“Well… who made Lord Merlin…”
Chapter 30: Beyond Rare Items? (Old Version)
After the two men left, Livilia’s eyes fell on the bottle of golden potion on the table.
“That young man didn’t even ask for money? What on earth was he planning?”
Livilia felt a little confused and doubtful.
Obviously, before this, the boy named Merlin gave her the impression of being a very shrewd businessman, a very calm person who would not be affected by fame or other things.
Well, if I have to say, I am somewhat similar to her.
However, this young man did not ask for money in the end. Instead, he gave her this bottle of priceless potion for free.
What is the reason for this?
But now the human boy named Merlin has left, so she can no longer ask for the reason.
“Livilia, this potion can…”
At this time, Ais, who was sitting next to her, looked at Livilia with a hint of strong curiosity and expectation in her eyes and said.
“Well, I’m sorry, Aisi, I have to take this bottle of potion back and study it.”
Livilia looked at Ais with an apologetic look on her face.
“Woo…” Aisi’s pretty little face puffed up slightly.
Livilia naturally noticed Ais’s dissatisfaction and couldn’t help but reach out and touch her head.
“Aisi, potions and the like are just external objects after all.”
“You heard what the young man said just now. The effect will only last for three minutes.”
“Although you become stronger during those three minutes, you will return to your normal strength after the effect ends.”
“Oh… I know.” Ai Si nodded honestly, curled her lips and continued: “However, I still want to try, maybe I can find an opportunity for a breakthrough.”
After hearing this, Livilia smiled.
“The opportunity for a breakthrough? Well, I’ll give it to you after I’ve finished my research.”
“But remember, Aisi, potions and the like are just external objects after all. Don’t make a habit of relying on them.”
Livilia rubbed Ais’s head lovingly and gave her earnest instructions.
“Yes, I understand.”
Aisi nodded obediently.
After returning to the clan, Livilia immediately plunged into the research of potions.
If she could develop this all-purpose potion, future expeditions into the depths would become much easier.
However, the more she studied, the more shocked Livilia became.
Because the ingredients in the potion are almost all those she is familiar with.
However, those materials, when mixed together, can make this all-purpose potion?
Such a thing is totally impossible.
Because some of those materials even have repulsive properties and will conflict with each other.
“Hmm… I can’t figure it out… I can’t figure it out… As expected, I still have to try to refine it myself.”
After Livilia muttered something, she immediately called other members of the clan to help buy materials, and then she personally made a replica of the almighty potion.
However, no matter how she imitated it or adjusted the ratio, she could not produce the same all-purpose potion.
Moreover, some of the potions, far from having any positive effects, caused diarrhea in the clan members who were treated as guinea pigs after drinking them.
Because of this, within just one day, rumors spread among Loki’s family that Livilia was researching a strange potion.
Such rumors even alarmed Finn, the leader of the Loki group, to come forward.
“Livelia, are you there?”
Finn knocked on the door of Riveria’s room.
However, Livilia, who was hiding in the house, did not respond to his knock on the door, but continued to concentrate on studying the almighty potion in front of her.
Seeing no response for a long time, Finn could only push the door open.
After entering the room, Finn immediately saw Riveria, who was huddled in front of the table concentrating on studying the potion.
It looked as if he was possessed by a demon.
“Rivilia? Rivilia?”
Finn had no choice but to reach out and shake Livilia’s shoulders, which woke her up from her possessed state.
“Ah, Finn, what’s wrong?”
Livilia came back to her senses, touched her head and looked at Finn.
“Livilia, there have been some bad rumors circulating in the clan recently, saying that you are researching some terrible potion to punish those members who do not follow the rules and are lazy in their training.”
Finn waved his hand and explained.
“Ah? Um… who spread this rumor?”
“That is not the case at all.”
Livilia was confused.
“I’m just researching a high-level potion that can increase mana and have other effects. There’s no such thing as poisoning the members.”
Finn was a little confused by Livilia’s explanation.
Why is the gap so big?
And at this time, Livilia also explained the effect of the all-purpose potion.
After hearing this, Finn looked at the bottle of golden potion on the table with some disbelief.
“So, this potion can really increase strength, speed, endurance, and magic power at the same time?”
“You know, a potion that can increase two attributes at the same time is already an extremely rare recovery item, and I have never heard of one that can increase four attributes at the same time.”
Finn held his chin and looked at Livilia in disbelief and asked.
“Ah, me too. That’s why I want to research and replicate this all-purpose potion. This way, my chances of success will be greatly increased when I go on expeditions to the deep layer in the future.”
Livilia nodded slightly and stated her ultimate goal.
After hearing this, Finn touched his chin, thought for a moment, and looked at Livilia.
“But Livilia, I have a question. Does this item called the Almighty Potion really have the effect you described?”
“I don’t want to think that, but you might be deceived.”
“After all, an item that increases four attributes at the same time is not something that can be explained by the word rare.”
Livilia could naturally understand Finn’s words.
“Ah, in that case, let’s find someone to test the effects of this potion. What do you think?”
Livilia stroked her chin and made a decision.
Because what Finn said did make sense. Although she could feel that this potion had the effect of restoring magic power and increasing strength, nothing else could be felt.
And if someone actually drinks this potion to test it, then they can get the most direct result.
“Then I’ll go find someone.”
Finn nodded and said with an expectant smile on his face.
Naturally, he was curious about the prop that Livilia was so interested in.
“Well, that’s not necessary. I already have a candidate. Aisi has been wanting to give it a try for a long time.”
Livilia waved her hand and picked up the all-purpose potion.
“Really? If this is a test, one person alone may not be enough. I’m afraid we need a suitable opponent.”
After Finn thought about it, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
“Come to think of it, isn’t there an opponent that is suitable for Ai Si?”
“Eh? Ah, Finn, you’re not planning on–“
“Well, it just so happens that during the previous expedition, the two of them had some conflicts, and we can take this opportunity to resolve them directly.”
Livilia rubbed it and said with some concern.
Chapter 31 LV5 Battle (Old Version)
“Hey, did you guys hear that the showdown between Bert and Ace is about to begin? I’m afraid this kind of thing doesn’t happen once a year.”
“Ah, I heard it, and this time, the captain even gave permission. That’s right, the captain approved of the duel.”
“This is really exciting, Ace and Bert. You know, they are both level 5, and they are also the top fighters in our group. This duel cannot be missed.”
“What do you mean Ai Si wants to fight with Bert? I have to see it. I really want to see Bert, that arrogant guy, being beaten to the ground by Ai Si.”
The news that Ace and Bert were about to duel soon spread among the Loki clan.
At one point, most of Loki’s family gathered on the grass in front of the mansion, all discussing this matter.
Even the Amazon sisters who were relaxing on the street not long ago immediately returned to their clan after hearing the news.
“Ah, I didn’t expect that Ace would fight Bert. This is really exciting.”
“Well, it would be even better if I could replace Ais.”
Tiona held her chin and said with a little regret.
“Forget it, Diona. With what you said, you would be killed instantly if you faced Bert.”
Tione, who was standing nearby, glanced at her unhappily and waved her hand.
“Oh, that was a bit too much. Although Bert is really fast, I’m not that slow. And if I hit Bert once, then…”
Tiona couldn’t help but defend herself.
Of course, she still had to admit that Burt was better in terms of speed.
“Ah, yes, yes,” Dione was too lazy to argue with her and turned to look towards the entrance of the mansion.
“Here I come.”
“Ah…why is it Bert’s?”
Tiona said somewhat disappointedly.
“Humph, a bunch of losers, just like to watch the fun.”
Bert put his hands in his pockets and glanced proudly at the people gathered on the grass.
And wherever his sight reached, everyone in the Loki group lowered their heads, not daring to look him in the face.
The open space that was extremely noisy in the previous second became surprisingly quiet in this second.
However, before long, the quiet air was broken by a happy shout.
“Aisi, this way, I’m waiting for you.”
It was Diona who shouted. She raised her hands and waved them towards Ais who had just walked out of the door.
“Well, Diona, you guys are here too.”
Ais nodded gently to Diona and Dione, and walked towards the grass.
“Tsk,” Bert clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction and glared at Diona viciously.
“Bah, Ace, knock Bert down.”
Tiona showed no fear at all. She made a face at Bert and then gestured to Ai Si to cheer her on.
Ais nodded expressionlessly.
“Humph, you will soon know who will be knocked down.”
“Aisi, I was already annoyed with you during the previous expedition. Why did you rush out alone? Do you think our strength is not enough?”
“This time, I will let you know who is the strongest.”
Bert clenched his fist, raised his finger and pointed at Ais’s nose.
Just as he finished speaking, a small rebuttal came from the side.
“Isn’t Grace the strongest? And in terms of overall strength, Miss Ais is obviously better!”
“Ah? Who’s talking nonsense there?”
Bert, a werewolf, had very sensitive hearing, so he naturally heard the whispered rebuttal at the first moment.
His sharp gaze quickly locked onto a blonde elf girl.
“Hmm? Lefiya? You said that? Why, you want to fight me first?”
Bert clenched his fists and glared at the elf girl fiercely.
“Ah… Woo, I…” The blonde elf girl was so scared that she was about to cry.
At this moment, a beautiful figure stood in front of her. It was Ais.
“Bullying is not good!”
A hint of anger appeared on Aisi’s calm face, and she stared at Bert.
“Haha, am I bullying you?”
“This is just a warning to the weak.”
“Ah, seeing you protecting the weak makes me want to vomit.”
“Okay, come on, Ais. I’m going to stomp your head on the ground right now and show everyone who’s stronger!”
Bert moved his arms and legs, and a terrifying and murderous aura emerged from his body.
Faced with this scene, Ais patted Lefiya’s shoulder gently and quickly came to Bert.
But before picking up the sword, Ais opened a bottle of golden potion and drank it in one gulp.
“Potion?”
“Humph, you want to use the power of the potion? Only the weak can use that kind of external power.”
Bert snorted coldly, his eyes full of disdain; “It seems that you have fallen too, Ais!”
Facing Bert’s ridicule, Ai Si showed no expression and slowly raised her sword.
“Okay.”
“Oh, really? Then… go to hell!”
Bert’s face twitched, and he quickly rushed towards Ai Si.
A fierce fight broke out in this open space.
Most of the people present couldn’t even see the situation of the battle clearly.
All they could see were two blurry black shadows that kept colliding like lightning.
Half a minute later, Bert and Ace temporarily pulled away, and an eerie silence enveloped the air.
Everyone present held their breath and dared not make the slightest sound. This moment of silence was like the calm before a storm.
In the spectator seats, Tione’s hand that was holding his arm was trembling slightly, and there was a strong surprise in his eyes.
“Ais’s speed has actually… caught up with Bert! No, she’s even slightly faster than Bert. How did she do that?”
“Hey, Tione, are you saying that Ais’s speed is faster than Bert’s? She’s faster even though she didn’t use magic?”
Tiona looked at Tione with surprise and asked curiously.
“Shh, the crucial blow is coming!”
Tione quickly covered Tiona’s mouth and looked straight ahead.
At this moment, the peaceful atmosphere was broken.
Bert was the first to take action.
“Haa …
Facing Bert’s murderous attack, Ais calmly raised the sword in her hand and faced it head-on.
The harsh sound of metal clashing echoed over the grass.
A strong shock wave spread in all directions, and people of low levels were even blown to the ground by this strong shock wave.
And after that shrill sound, the winner was decided.
Bert raised his right foot and placed it next to Ais’s head.
And Aisi’s sword also appeared on Bert’s right cheek.
It seems that they are evenly matched.
However, the next moment, a shallow blood mark appeared on Bert’s cheek.
“Tsk, damn it!”
Bert’s face twitched, his expression was a little distorted, and a terrible cold light appeared in his eyes.
“Don’t think this is the end. I still…”
Before Bert could finish his words, two figures suddenly fell from the sky and landed between him and Ai Si.
And those two people were the chief and deputy chief of Loki’s clan, Finn and Livilia.
“That’s enough, Bert. The winner is decided.”
Finn glanced at Burt calmly and reminded him.
“That’s right Bert. Continuing to fight won’t change the outcome.”
Livilia also spoke softly.
“Tsk, I haven’t lost yet.”
Bert glared at the two of them fiercely. Although he said that, he still obediently retracted his legs.
“Aisi, I’m just not in good shape today, but I didn’t lose!”
“Next time we meet, I will definitely beat you!”
Bert turned around and glared at Ai Si, then quickly left the scene after saying these harsh words.
After all, it would only be embarrassing to continue staying here.
Chapter 32 Detective Tione? The Sorrow of Riveria (Old Version)
Zongman: Don’t move, Aisi, your family still owes me money: Chapter 32 Detective Dione? Livilia’s sorrow picture text
After everyone had dispersed, Livilia and Finn called out to Ais.
“Aisi, wait, we need to tell you something.”
“Um, okay,” Aisi nodded slightly before turning to the Amazon sisters.
“I’m sorry Tiona, Tione, I need to talk to Livilia and the others first.”
“Oh, I see. Come back soon.”
Diona waved her hands and looked at Ai Si with a smile on her face: “Yeah, I actually slapped that Bert hard in the face. It was really a relief.”
“Aisi, go quickly and don’t cause trouble for the captain.”
Tione glared at Ais with some envy.
Just like that, soon Ais left with Livilia and Finn.
The only ones left there were the two Amazon sisters.
“Ai Si is really amazing. She can even beat Bert easily.”
“It’s only been a few years since Ais became LV5.”
Tiona couldn’t help but sigh.
However, just as she finished speaking, she realized that Dione beside her was frowning and thinking about something.
After seeing this scene, Tiona couldn’t help but ask in confusion.
“What’s the matter, Tione, thinking about things so seriously?”
“Ah, don’t you find it strange, Diona?”
Tione said, turning her head to look at Tiona.
“Strange places? No.”
Tiona shook her head.
“Idiot, didn’t you notice that Aisi’s speed and strength are obviously much faster and stronger than usual.”
Tione gave her sister a speechless look.
Although she always knew that her sister was careless and hardly used her brain to think about things.
But I didn’t expect that I couldn’t even discover such a thing.
“Ah, well, now that you put it that way, it does seem to be a bit like that.”
After Tiona recalled it carefully, she nodded slightly in affirmation.
“Aisi’s speed was so fast that my eyes couldn’t catch up with her at that time.”
“Yes, Aisi’s condition at that time was indeed different. It looked as if she had used buff magic.”
Tione stroked her chin, a thoughtful look appearing on her brown face.
“Eh, magic? But I don’t feel any magic at all.”
“Idiot, I’m just giving you an example. It’s true that Ais didn’t use magic in that state, but don’t forget that she drank a bottle of strange potion before fighting Bert.”
“Potion? Ah, that potion smells kind of sweet, and it’s golden in color.”
“What does the golden potion taste like? I really want to try it.”
Tiona licked her tongue as she spoke, curiosity evident on her little face.
Hearing this, Tione couldn’t help but give her a stab blow.
“Just eat.”
“I suspect that the potion that Ais drank earlier might have an effect comparable to that of a buff magic.”
After listening to Tione’s inference, Tiona said with some disbelief.
“Comparable to buff magic? Is there really such a powerful potion?”
“Aisi, where did you get it from? I want to taste it, too. Oh no, try out the effect.”
“As for the origin of the potion, I think it was probably obtained from Livilia.”
Tione rubbed his chin and deduced.
“Livelia? Ah, I see. Livelia has been researching some potion recently. Could it be that Livelia made it?”
Diona answered immediately.
However, her answer was a little different from what Dione thought.
“Well, this is possible, but it’s different.”
“Think about it, almost all the members who were caught by Livilia to test the drugs in the past two days have diarrhea.”
“That is to say, Livilia did not make this rare potion, and look at Livilia’s actions just now.”
“Well, I suspect… this potion might have been obtained by Livilia from somewhere. I’ve been trying to replicate it these past two days, but I haven’t been able to do it, so I want to try out its effects first?”
At this point, Tione noticed that her sister was staring at her.
“What’s wrong, Tiona?”
“Ahhh, that’s amazing, Tione. You just looked like… Riveria, analyzing calmly.”
Tiona clapped her hands and said with admiration.
“Well, after all, I have been following Livilia for several years, so I have learned a lot. Oh, no, you should say I am like the captain.”
Tione glared at her unhappily.
“Like the captain?”
“No, no, no, that’s impossible. Something like that is totally impossible.”
Tiona couldn’t help but laugh.
Tione on the side kept retorting, and the two girls played and fought like this.
What they didn’t notice was that in a corner not far away, a dark shadow heard their entire conversation.
“Damn it, I see… That old woman must have given Ais some potion, so Ais’s speed and strength became so strong.”
Bert shrank back stealthily, clenched his fists, and his face was full of unwillingness.
“I was wondering why Ai Si’s strength suddenly increased so much. It turns out that he used that damn potion.”
“What a despicable bastard!”
“Speaking of which, that old woman actually hid such a rare potion.”
“After Aisi used that potion, her strength increased so much. If I use it, I will definitely be stronger than her. That’s right!”
“Yes, if we can get a bottle from the old woman.”
“I can knock that bastard Ai Si down in a minute.”
“Asshole Aisi, just wait for me. The next time we meet, it will be your end.”
Bert said this and turned around and left quickly, disappearing without a trace.
What meanness? What depravity? Compared with winning or losing, those are secondary.
Winning is everything, the result is everything!
The other side.
After carefully asking Ace about her feelings, Livilia and Finn came up with a shocking figure.
“Too powerful, this effect. Within the time frame, today’s strength and speed have both increased by nearly 10%. Depending on personal ability, it is possible for the strength to increase by more than 30%.”
Livilia couldn’t believe the data she had just analyzed.
“Oh, this is amazing. I didn’t expect the effect of this potion to be so powerful.”
“So, Livilia, can you make this potion called the All-Purpose Potion?”
Finn also nodded and looked at Livilia expectantly.
His words petrified Livilia on the spot, and her expression froze.
“Well…ah…I’ll find a way.”
Livilia’s face twitched, and after squeezing out these words, she drove Finn out in the name of research.
After driving Finn away, Livilia rubbed her head with a worried look on her face.
“Ah, you actually took advantage of the situation to make such a boast. This is really unlike me.”
“However, if this all-purpose potion can be mass-produced, it will significantly improve the expedition.”
“But the problem is…”
“Wow… Looks like I have to go meet that boy again.”
Livilia sighed softly, with a hint of helplessness in her eyes.
At this moment, she completely understood why the young man gave her a bottle of potion for free.
Because the young man knew very well that she would never be satisfied with this bottle of all-purpose potion.
That’s why I’m so confident.
“I hope that young man doesn’t have too big an appetite.”
In the quiet room, Livilia’s sigh mixed with a hint of helplessness echoed.
Chapter 33: 3D Mobile Device? (Old Version)
“Master Merlin, we have already bought all the materials you requested, but what are you going to do with all these materials?”
The materials she bought included not only steel and metal, but also some strange materials such as ropes and fish hooks.
And there is also hard steel material which is quite expensive.
“Are you trying to make weapons?”
Lily asked curiously.
“Weapons? Well, they can be considered weapons, but strictly speaking, they are tools.”
Merlin waved his hand and glanced at the materials in front of him.
“That’s probably about enough.”
He asked Lily to buy all the materials he could think of.
The rest is left to the omnipotent alchemy.
When refining, alchemy will automatically select the most suitable materials for combination.
And this time, what he wanted to refine was a mobile device.
Because of the lack of magic circle, Merlin planned to postpone this matter.
However, after meeting Orario’s strongest magician, Princess Nine Demons, yesterday, he immediately changed his plan.
The shortest would be two or three days, and the longest would be a week. The Nine Demon Princess, um, the beautiful elf named Livilia, would definitely not be able to sit still.
Then Merlin will have the opportunity to gain knowledge about magic.
After all, the other party is the strongest magician, and his attainments in magic are naturally extremely high.
If even Livilia couldn’t get something like a magic circle, Merlin would naturally give up the idea of ​​joining the magic circle.
Merlin let out a light breath and immediately began to use alchemy.
Then he kept thinking about it in his mind, recalling the appearance and functions of the various mechanical devices.
Unlike the enchantment process for the magic gun, this time he needs to create it from scratch.
In order to achieve the ideal effect, it naturally needs to be done delicately and meticulously. Only in this way can the best mechanical device be created.
Lily, who was standing not far away, naturally understood that this was a critical moment. She didn’t even dare to breathe, for fear of affecting Merlin.
Beads of sweat dripped from Merlin’s forehead, and time passed by minute by minute.
When the liquid object on the workbench completely solidified into a solid object, Merlin finally released his hands and breathed a long sigh of relief.
“Huh, it’s finally over. I almost thought I was going to be drained dry.”
Merlin leaned back in his chair, his face covered in sweat, his eyes flickering with a hint of palpitations.
With his current three-digit magic power value, he was almost drained of magic power when refining this mobile device.
When refining, the larger the weapon, the more magic power it consumes.
Of course, if you pursue fineness and refinement, or if you construct and refine it from scratch, the magic power consumed will also increase.
If these three situations are added together, the magic power consumed can be said to increase exponentially.
Fortunately, his magic power was just enough to complete the refining of the mobile device.
“Master Merlin, what…is this prop?”
At this time, Lily, who had been standing at the back and watching, dared to jog forward and looked at the very strange prop that appeared on the table with curiosity.
It was one, no, two long square boxes.
It is about as wide as two palms, and about one meter long.
There was also a hole at the top of the box, and it was pitch black inside so the structure couldn’t be seen clearly.
Lily had no idea what this prop was used for.
“This? Um, a three-dimensional maneuvering device.”
“Well, it’s called a maneuvering device for short.”
Merlin sat up straight, grinned, his eyes sparkling with brilliance, and kept reaching out to touch the three-dimensional device in front of him.
[Motorized Device]: Inspired by a prop from a certain anime “Attack on Titan”, this device allows ordinary people to fly over rooftops and walls at an astonishing speed. After being transformed by mysterious alchemy, it no longer consumes steam but uses magic stones instead. The energy is lighter and the efficiency is greatly improved. In addition, more parts are added to introduce magic, making this three-dimensional device possible to shine in another world. (You can add a wind magic circle to increase the speed. The current magic circle is 0, and the number of magic circles can be increased by 1)
“Replacing the consumed steam with magic stones has greatly improved efficiency. Moreover, after the modification, the main body on the back is omitted and directly integrated into the devices on both sides, which also greatly reduces the weight.”
Merlin stroked his chin and muttered to himself.
“Steam? Magic stone?”
“Ah, Master Merlin, you mean, this item is activated using a magic stone?”
Lily’s eyes were full of curiosity, and she couldn’t help but ask, “Well, if you don’t mind, Master Merlin, can you let Lily see this prop?”
You have to know that as a supporter, her own combat power is very weak, so she learned to use various props, and unknowingly developed a habit of collecting and understanding rare props.
Because of this, this strange prop naturally aroused Lily’s strong curiosity and stimulated her desire for knowledge.
“Yeah, that’s fine.”
Merlin nodded and immediately agreed to Lily’s request.
In fact, even he himself wanted to see the effect of this improved mechanical device.
“But we can’t do anything here, let’s go outside.”
Merlin said as he immediately picked up the maneuvering device and began to assemble it on his body.
A few minutes later, he put on his mobile gear and brought Lily outside the temple.
Because this area is full of deserted streets, there is hardly a single person around.
And because people have moved away, there are still many abandoned buildings.
And this kind of terrain is just perfect for the use of mobile devices.
“Lily, stay away.”
Merlin checked the equipment on his body and gave instructions to Lily beside him.
“Ah…yeah,” Lily nodded and took a few steps back.
Seeing this, Merlin pulled the trigger.
“puff!”
A powerful airflow instantly erupted from the bottom nozzle of the mobile device hanging on Merlin’s waist.
The terrifying force pushed Merlin up, and at the same time, two hook-like objects were shot out from the hole at the top and quickly nailed onto the wall of the house in the distance.
The rope contracted rapidly, under the action of two forces: pushing and pulling.
This caused Merlin to crash directly into the wall at an astonishing speed.
In just one second, Merlin appeared on the wall twenty or thirty meters away.
Looking at the wall that was getting bigger and bigger, Merlin’s face twitched and without any hesitation, he immediately raised the silver-backed shield in his right hand.
A huge noise echoed, and Merlin crashed directly into the wall.
Chapter 34 Investment (Old Version)
“Lord Merlin, Lord Merlin?”
“Where are you?”
Lily was in the ruins, calling out Merlin’s name.
“This way.”
From the corner, Merlin’s voice was heard.
“Ah Master Merlin, Lily is here.”
Lily quickly approached and saw Merlin lying in the corner of the wall, holding a shield, in the area that was crushed by the rubble.
“Master Merlin, are you okay?”
Lily quickly moved away the rubble and asked with concern.
“Ahem, it’s okay.”
Merlin coughed twice, blew away the dust on his face, picked up the silverback shield and stood up.
“Well, thanks to this shield, it’s not a big deal.”
Merlin said, glancing at the silver-backed shield in his hand, a hint of relief flashing in his eyes.
In fact, he just had a premonition that the car might flip over, so he stuffed the silverback shield into his arms in advance.
Such a move is obviously very wise.
Otherwise, at worst you’ll suffer minor injuries.
“Shield? Did this shield absorb the impact?”
Lily looked at the silver-backed shield in Merlin’s hand with some disbelief.
“Well, this shield is not only hard, but also elastic.”
Merlin explained casually and threw the silverback shield in his hand away.
After the silver-back shield hit the opposite wall, it immediately bounced back into Merlin’s hand.
After seeing this scene, Lily was so shocked that she couldn’t speak.
The fact that the shield could be so agile was beyond her imagination.
But soon Lily remembered something else that surprised her even more than the shield.
“Master Merlin, what was that chicken claw device just now, and how could it make you so fast?”
“Lily didn’t even see clearly before you flew out, Master Merlin.”
“So fast!”
“It’s a maneuvering device,” Merlin corrected Lily’s speech error with a smile.
“In addition, it is not flying, but using the pulling force of the hook and the power of the magic stone to achieve that.”
“Wow… it’s a bit complicated. Lily doesn’t quite understand it.”
Lily rubbed her little head awkwardly.
“Well, it’s okay if you don’t understand.”
Merlin waved his hand and walked outside.
Seeing this, Lily caught up and asked worriedly.
“Lord Merlin, you are not going to continue trying that device?”
“It’s too dangerous.”
“If you try this a few more times, your body won’t be able to take it.”
“And that speed is too fast. Even a Level 3 adventurer would probably be no more than that.”
Looking at Lily’s worried little face, Merlin touched her head.
“Don’t worry, I will test it more safely this time.”
“Besides, I won’t joke about my own life. Don’t you know this best, Lily?”
“Ugh… okay.”
Lily pouted slightly, and although she was still a little dissatisfied, she had no choice but to agree.
After coming outside, Merlin stretched his arms and legs a little, then began to try the maneuvering device again.
Because of the experience from the first time, Merlin was already prepared this time, so when he flew quickly to the wall, he did not crash into the wall as awkwardly as before.
With the first successful experience, what follows is repeated practice and familiarity.
As the sun gradually set, Merlin finally became familiar with the basic operations of the maneuvering device.
Although he was still a long way from the dwarf among the attacking foodies, he was no longer as miserable as before.
at night.
Dinner time.
“Oh, Master Merlin, you are amazing. You are so skilled at using such a difficult tool. Lily really admires you.”
“That’s too fast, and it can fly.”
“And the other props and weapons that Master Merlin made are also very powerful. It feels like they are from another world.”
“It’s totally not on the same level.”
As Lily spoke, a strong look of envy appeared on her face.
Just as she finished speaking, Merlin put down his chopsticks, took out a small crossbow and placed it on the table.
“Lily, you will use this from now on.”
Merlin spoke calmly and began to explain the effect of this mechanical crossbow.
“This mechanical crossbow is different from an ordinary crossbow. It can fire three bullets at a time. Of course, the most important thing is that this area is where the magic stone is set.”
“As long as you place the magic stone here, fire magic will be automatically added to each arrow.”
“That is to say, the power of each of your shots will be greatly increased.”
While Merlin was explaining, he suddenly noticed that Lily, who was sitting opposite him, had tears in her eyes.
This situation completely confused him.
“What’s wrong? Lily?”
“Wuwu… No… Why… Lord Merlin, are you so nice to… Lily.”
“Lily is obviously an incompetent and useless supporter. Anyone can replace her. Besides, Lily is not pretty at all. Even if she sleeps with you, she will not make you happy, Master Merlin.”
“However, Lord Merlin, you not only saved Lily’s life, but also gave her such a precious item… Gushi… to use.”
“Lily, how should I…repay your kindness?”
Lily cried as she spoke.
“Ah, well, to put it simply it’s…investment.”
“Yes, investment.”
Merlin said as he reached out and touched Lily’s little head.
“Because I think, Lily, you will bring me a lot of benefits in the future, so I will invest in you.”
“If you, Lily, are really incompetent and good for nothing, then I will naturally not make any investment.”
“Finally, I just needed a suitable pillow to hug when I go to bed at night.”
After hearing these words, Lily stopped crying and a bright smile bloomed on her little face.
“Uh, well… Lily won’t say words like that again.”
“Sure enough, Lord Merlin is a lolita complex. What pillow? His hands are clearly on him when he sleeps…”
Before Lily could finish her words, the basement door was suddenly pushed open.
“Merlin, I’m back.”
A voice filled with joy echoed over the basement.
Yes, the one who came back was Hestia, who had not been back for nearly two days.
Hestia was stunned when she saw Lily sitting in front of Merlin.
Lily was also stunned because it was her first time seeing Hestia, especially after seeing her majestic chest.
Only Merlin said this very calmly.
“Welcome back, Tiya.”
“Wow, wow, wow…Merlin, you actually found a vixen and came back.”
“I already had it all, but he took it home after being away for just two days.”
Merlin rubbed his head, and after looking at Hestia’s tearful and dissatisfied face, he realized that it would take a lot of effort to explain.
Chapter 35 He’s causing trouble again? (Old version)
There was a commotion in the hall.
The reason is simple: Orario’s strongest magician, the Nine Magic Princess Riveria, appears here.
This naturally made the lower-level adventurers present feel a little nervous and depressed, and they didn’t dare to speak casually.
“Hey, Lady Livilia, what can I do for you?”
When Aegina saw Livilia coming, she immediately went to greet her.
“Well, there’s something going on.”
Livilia nodded slightly in affirmation.
“I know. Please come this way. Let’s talk in the office.”
After Aina glanced at the other adventurers in the hall, she immediately led Livilia to the office.
After entering the office, Aegina poured Livilia a cup of tea and sat down.
“Well, Aegina, it looks like your tea-making skills have improved a lot.”
Livilia took a sip of tea and looked at Aegina with a smile on her face.
“Ah, after all, it’s been a long time since I last made tea for you, so my skills have naturally improved.”
Aina’s slightly tense shoulders couldn’t help but relax and she asked with a smile.
“So Lady Livilia, what is the question you wish to consult?”
“Well, I want to know information about the adventurer Merlin.”
Livilia said softly.
Aina, who had just taken a sip of tea, spat out all the tea in her mouth after hearing this.
“Ah, that… Lady Livilia, were you talking about Merlin?”
Aina wiped her mouth and asked for confirmation.
“Yes, that’s the name he gave. And judging from his attire and aura, he is definitely an adventurer.”
Livilia nodded slightly in affirmation and continued her description.
“He looks like a black-haired boy in his early twenties, about this tall, and…”
In fact, when Livilia mentioned the word black hair, Aegina was immediately convinced that the Merlin Livilia was talking about was probably the same person as the Merlin she knew.
“Well, that…”
Aina pursed her lips, her heart tightened, and a hint of nervousness appeared on her face.
“Lady Livilia, what do you want to talk to Merlin about?”
“Could it be that Merlin offended you somewhere?”
“If that’s the case, I’d like to apologize to you for mentioning him. To be honest, Merlin is just a level 1 rookie who has just become an adventurer not long ago.”
“I don’t know much about the rules between adventurers, so…”
Aegina looked at Livilia nervously and kept lobbying.
Beads of sweat covered her forehead.
Ah, that damn pervert Merlin, could it be that he said something rude and offensive because Lady Riveria is so pretty?
Ah bastard, I was so worried about him before, I didn’t expect it to cause such a big mess.
At this time, Aegina could only think of ways to speak good words for Merlin in order to calm Livilia’s anger.
However, the next moment, Livilia’s words shocked Aegina on the spot.
“No, it’s not that the boy offended me, but I have something I want to discuss with him.”
Livilia shook her head slightly and explained in slightly ambiguous words.
Aina hesitated, pushed up her glasses, and spoke.
“Lady Livilia, Merlin is actually the adventurer I’m in charge of, so if it’s okay, could you tell me a little bit about what exactly happened?”
“Actually, I personally know a little bit about this Merlin.”
Although Aina knew that it was not good to interfere in other people’s affairs like this.
Not to mention, Livilia is like a senior to her.
However, after all, this matter was related to Merlin, whom she knew.
She still wanted to know what had happened, whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
“Well, since he’s the adventurer you’re in charge of, Aina, I’ll reveal a little bit. I’m sure the boy won’t mind.”
Livilia nodded and began to explain.
“It’s because of a recovery item called the All-Purpose Potion.”
“This recovery item is very effective. If we can obtain a certain amount, it will be of great help to our Luoji’s expedition.”
“So, I want to get in touch with that boy and see if I can buy more.”
After listening to Livilia’s explanation, Aegina’s heart couldn’t help but fall.
It seems that the worst thing did not happen.
“The universal potion?”
“I remember that Merlin can indeed make some strange props, but what kind of potion would attract the attention of Lady Livilia?”
Aina asked in surprise.
“Ah yes, I have to say that boy possesses an amazing talent.”
“So Aegina, which clan does that young man belong to?”
Livilia waved her hand and looked at Aina and asked.
“Well, actually Merlin is a member of Hestia’s Familia.”
Aina said with a little embarrassment.
“Hestia’s Familia? Hmm… this Familia…”
Livilia thought about it and didn’t find this name among the large families she knew.
As if she could see what Livilia was thinking, Aegina hurriedly explained.
“Well, Lady Livilia, the Hestia Familia was actually only recently formed. And Merlin was the first member of the Hestia Familia, so it’s normal that you don’t know.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Aegina, if you’re not busy, you can…”
Livilia looked at Aegina a little embarrassedly.
“Yes, no problem, Lady Livilia, I will take you to the Hestia Familia’s station.”
“But… I hope that Lady Livilia will not be too surprised no matter what you see.”
“After all, Hestia’s Familia isn’t as powerful as Loki’s Familia.”
Aina said meaningfully.
And Livilia was not stupid, and she immediately understood the meaning of Aegina’s words.
“Ah I know, Aegina, I won’t look down on Hestia’s Familia because of that.”
Livilia nodded repeatedly and gave assurance.
Soon, under the leadership of Aegina, the two arrived at the base of Hestia’s family.
Because no one answered the door, Aegina took Livilia directly into the basement.
After seeing the scene on the bed, both Livilia, who had experienced many ups and downs, and Aegina, who had only learned about men and women from textbooks, were completely stunned by the scene before them.
Chapter 36 Young man, you need to respect yourself! (Old version)
“Mei…Merlin-kun!”
Aina’s pretty face flushed red, and that sharp voice echoed throughout the basement.
“Well, who is it, making so much noise so early in the morning?”
After hearing his name, Merlin woke up from his deep sleep.
Just when he wanted to move his arms, he found that his left and right hands were tightly bound by something and he could not move at all.
Helplessly, he had to stretch his neck and look towards the door.
“Oh, Aegina, it’s you.”
After seeing clearly who the person was, Merlin yawned and immediately lay back down on the bed.
“If you have anything to say, let’s talk about it this afternoon. I was so busy last night that I finally fell asleep this morning.”
“Now, let me sleep a little longer.”
Merlin said this with his eyelids drooping and he looked like he was about to fall asleep.
Aina’s face twitched and her expression became extremely ugly.
“You were making a lot of noise all night? You just fell asleep this morning?”
“Well, Merlin, that’s very kind of you.”
“I was wondering why I hadn’t seen you in the past two days. It turns out you were hiding in the base, doing such shameless things. You actually… You actually did it all the way until the morning, and the targets were two of them.”
“I was worried that you might have been hit hard by what happened last time. I never thought… you would actually…”
“Ah, you big pervert Merlin, I don’t care about you anymore!”
“snort!”
After saying this, Aina snorted coldly and slammed the door and left.
At this time, Merlin’s confused brain finally became much clearer.
“Ah? Aegina? Shameless things? Ah…”
After Merlin was stunned for a moment, his slightly slow brain finally came to its senses.
Obviously, Aegina probably understood what he just said to mean in that way.
Heaven and earth are witnesses that he did not think about that at all last night. Instead, he tried his best to comfort Hestia who was jealous, and to stop Lily who had been fanning the flames and deliberately teasing him.
It was not until dawn that the two women, tired of making trouble, let him go.
And just now, Aegina obviously heard his words with another meaning.
If he really did it, Merlin wouldn’t deliberately make excuses.
However, the problem is that he didn’t do anything like that at all, but he was accused of such a crime, which naturally made him feel innocent.
At this moment, Merlin also noticed another figure standing at the door.
Naturally, the green elf beauty made Merlin think of her identity first.
“Ms. Riveria?”
“Well, you still remember me. Looks like I don’t need to introduce myself again.”
Livilia glanced at Merlin with her green eyes and spoke softly.
“I have something I want to talk to you about, young man.”
“Okay, but can you wait a moment, Miss Livilia?”
Merlin glanced at Hestia and Lily who were hugging his arms.
Obviously, before getting down to business, he wouldn’t be able to get out of bed unless he dealt with these two.
“Okay, Tiya, Lily, let go quickly. I have something to take care of.”
Merlin gently pulled his arm away and spoke to the two women beside him.
“Oh, are there any guests, Merlin? Phew… No, I’m too sleepy. You’ll have to entertain them.”
“I’m terribly sorry Lord Merlin, but Lily is also very sleepy and can’t help with the tea.”
After the two girls apologized, they opened and closed their eyes and went back to sleep.
Only then was Merlin able to get out of bed.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, Merlin immediately noticed Livilia standing in front of him, with a blush on her beautiful face.
“Hey, young man, are you going to talk to me like this?”
Livilia coughed lightly and said meaningfully.
“Like this? Ah…”
Merlin was stunned for a moment, and looked down in the direction of Livilia’s peripheral vision, and then he discovered something serious.
That is, his pants were taken off at some point during last night’s farce.
And because he didn’t like to wear a shirt when sleeping, he now returned to his most primitive and simple appearance, without a piece of cloth on his body.
“That Miss Livilia…”
“For us elves, mating is just a way to reproduce offspring. Because of this, we don’t casually have physical contact with others.”
“But it seems to be different for you humans.”
“The act of mating is actually an act of expressing affection or having fun.”
“Of course, I’m not saying that this kind of thing is bad, but…”
Livilia paused and looked at Merlin with a cold face.
“Young man, you still have to learn to respect yourself.”
After saying this, Livilia turned around and left the basement.
“Ah… Miss Livilia, this is… a mistake…”
Merlin curled his lips and had to swallow back his unfinished words.
Rather, even if he really said it, Livilia probably wouldn’t believe it.
After all, no one seeing such a scene would think that nothing happened last night.
Unless it is a child who is as innocent as a blank sheet of paper, he or she might believe it is a misunderstanding.
“Well… never mind. I can’t explain it anyway.”
Merlin only thought for a moment, then immediately suppressed the depression in his heart.
Besides, he would definitely develop that kind of relationship with Hestia and Lily in the future anyway.
So even if I’m misunderstood, it doesn’t matter.
However, Livilia’s arrival made Merlin certain of one thing.
“It looks like a big fish has taken the bait.”
Merlin’s mouth curled up slightly, and he quickly put on his clothes and went outside.
At the entrance to the dilapidated temple, Livilia was standing by, obviously waiting for him.
As for Aina who had escaped earlier, she was nowhere to be seen and most likely went back to the guild.
Forget it, I’ll apologize later and stabilize the big customer first.
Merlin walked quickly forward and came in front of Livilia.
“Ms. Livilia, so, what do you want to talk about?”
“Almighty potion.”
Riveria whispered the word.
“Young man, didn’t you foresee such a situation?”
Livilia said, looking at Merlin with an unusual gleam in her emerald eyes.
“How could that be?” Merlin smiled and shrugged, then raised his hand and pointed to the abandoned streets inside.
“Ms. Livilia, if you don’t mind, how about we talk while we walk?”
After hearing this, Livilia blinked and looked at Merlin with some surprise.
“Young man, you are really cautious. It would be better if you could be as cautious in your private life as well.”
Instead of staying in one place, they chose to talk while walking, which was obviously to prevent being overheard by others.
Even if someone is following you, they can find out immediately.
“Ahem…”
Merlin’s face turned slightly red and he quickly changed the subject.
Chapter 37: Livilia: Any Condition is OK (Old Version)
“So, Ms. Livilia, you want to buy the all-purpose potion?”
Merlin asked.
“Yes, if possible, can you provide it in large quantities?”
Livilia nodded slightly and asked.
Of course, when she actually asked this question, she didn’t hold out much hope.
After all, such a rare recovery item, no matter how talented the boy in front of him is, he probably can’t produce it in large quantities.
It is naturally impossible to provide it in large quantities.
“I don’t know, Miss Livilia, how many bottles do you want?”
Merlin didn’t say yes or no, but instead threw the question to Livilia.
“Um… ten… no, twenty bottles are available?”
After Livilia hesitated for a moment, she looked at Merlin with some anticipation in her eyes.
Since Merlin in front of him can say such words, it probably means that he has some confidence.
Because of this, Livilia doubled the number in one go.
If they could have twenty bottles of omnipotence potion, then next time their Loki group might be able to expedition to the 55th floor.
There is no exaggeration in this.
Judging from Ais’s performance after drinking the almighty potion, if all the cadres of their Loki Group could have two or three bottles of this potion, it would be able to play a role in turning the tide of the battle at the critical moment.
“Twenty bottles? Well…it’s not impossible.”
Merlin deliberately answered with slightly ambiguous words.
He knew very well that too much of a good thing would become cheap.
And now that Livilia would take the initiative to find him, it means one thing.
That is, this universal potion cannot be copied or imitated by Livilia.
You know, even the strongest magician in Orario can’t copy it.
Then don’t worry, the second one will appear.
Since no one would secretly copy it, the price would naturally be entirely decided by him.
During these two days, Merlin also went to several potion stores and investigated the prices of some potions.
Because of this, he was a little undecided about the price of the bottle of universal potion in his hand.
So, his strategy was to throw the problem to the other party.
“Is it not impossible? Well… is there any difficulty with the materials?”
“If that’s the case, there won’t be any problem if we provide the materials.”
Riveria suggested.
Her words also made Merlin realize that Livilia might have seen the ingredients of the almighty potion, so she could say such words as providing the materials.
At the same time, Livilia’s words also contained the meaning of testing him.
If he mentioned ingredients that were not included in the universal potion, then it would be obvious that he was deliberately deceiving people and asking for too much.
Doing so might not only make Livilia unhappy, but might even end the deal.
The opponent is one of the few first-level adventurers in Orario and the strongest magician, Jiu Mo Ji.
Well, we can’t be careless for even a moment here.
“Hahaha, Miss Livilia, you’re joking. Those materials are not worth much, so there’s no question of them being in short supply.”
Merlin smiled and rubbed his head, his brain working rapidly.
How to maximize benefits while telling the truth is what he needs to do most at the moment.
After hearing Merlin’s words, a hint of surprise flashed in Livilia’s eyes.
This boy didn’t lie intentionally? He could have spent a lot of money on the material, but he took the initiative to tell the value of the material.
Could it be that she had misunderstood, and the boy in front of her was not actually the profit-driven type?
Just as Livilia was thinking about whether she should redefine her evaluation of Merlin.
“The slightly troublesome thing is that I am an adventurer, Ms. Livilia.”
After Merlin finished speaking, Livilia was stunned.
They weren’t talking about potions, so why did they suddenly bring up professions?
Just when Livilia was a little confused, Merlin explained.
“An adventurer’s job is to enter a maze and explore, not to refine this kind of item.”
“In fact, I took out these universal potions only to exchange for funds for exploration. I don’t plan to do this kind of business for a long time.”
Merlin said this sincerely, without a trace of falsehood in his words.
That’s right, he didn’t lie at all, so even if Livilia in front of him had the ability to see through lies like a god, it would be of no use.
After all, everything he said was true.
Whether you are selling the Almighty Potion for money or you have no intention of relying on it all the time, it is a fact.
Because of this, even the elves, who were very sensitive to emotional fluctuations, could not tell that Merlin was lying.
Because he didn’t lie at all, he just told the truth.
“Oh… is that so?” Livilia pursed her lips, a trace of gloom creeping over her beautiful face.
Because she understood that everything Merlin said was true.
An adventurer’s main job is indeed adventuring and exploring, and making items like this recovery potion can’t even be considered a side job.
Then all of a sudden, the situation became a little troublesome.
And from Merlin’s previous words, it is not difficult to infer one thing.
That is, maybe the all-purpose potion she can buy this time may be the last batch.
And this is not what Livilia wants to see.
After all, the Loki clan’s expeditions were not just once or twice.
This year’s expedition plan includes the exploration of the 58th and 59th floors.
If possible, it would be best to explore the 59th floor this year.
And now, the farthest they have reached is the entrance to the 54th floor, and they have not even fully explored the 54th floor.
You know, this is only the 54th floor. If you go to deeper floors, the monsters there will be more powerful and more dangerous.
In fact, there were many deadly dangers in this expedition, and there was also a certain element of luck involved in being able to retreat to the ground without losing any lives.
If they had the Almighty Potion, a rare item that can increase their overall ability by nearly 20%-30%, it would not be so dangerous.
Thinking of this, Livilia pursed her lips gently, and a serious look appeared on her beautiful face.
On one side is the entire clan’s expedition, and on the other side is personal gains and losses.
The decision to make is obvious.
Livilia exhaled lightly, raised her head and looked at Merlin, and said solemnly.
“Young man, if possible, can you continue to provide this all-purpose potion to our Loki clan?”
“Of course, I know this kind of work is definitely not what you intended, so I will give you corresponding compensation.”
“As long as it is within the scope of what I can do, any conditions are acceptable.”
After hearing this, Merlin’s mouth curled up to reveal an extremely bright smile.
Yes, that’s right, this is exactly the result he wanted.
“Really? If that’s the case, then Miss Livilia, my request shouldn’t be difficult for you.”
“Gurgle.”
Livilia’s throat rolled, a hint of nervousness appeared on her beautiful face, and the hand that was holding the corner of her clothes was trembling slightly.
At this moment, she immediately recalled what happened in the basement not long ago.
Although she was not completely ignorant about that matter, most of what she knew was hearsay and from books.
What if… What if…
If this young man made such a request, what should she do?
Just when Livilia was getting nervous, Merlin stated his conditions.
“Ms. Livilia, I want…”
Chapter 38 Is he really after my body? (Old version)
“Is this really all that’s needed? Young man.”
Livilia put down the pen in her hand and handed Merlin the paper she had just drawn with various magic circles recorded on it.
“Well, that’s enough.”
Merlin nodded, immediately picked up the paper and carefully examined the magic circle on it.
Livilia, who was standing opposite, looked at Merlin’s serious expression and felt some complicated emotions in her heart.
The boy did not make such a request because she had no feminine charm, or was he simply taking her feelings into consideration?
Just by drawing a few magic circles, he agreed to the long-term trade request for this rare recovery item.
Until now, Livilia still felt that it was a little unreal.
Although, knowledge about magic is relatively precious and rare.
But in fact, what is truly precious is the magic book.
After all, a magic book allows the user to learn a magic spell permanently, so it is normal for it to be auctioned at a sky-high price of hundreds of millions of farthings.
Even Riveria, the strongest family in Orario and the strongest magician of the first-level adventurers, could not easily afford such a high price.
If what Merlin asked for was really a magic book, Livilia would naturally not agree.
After all, this price is really too expensive.
You know, the cost of an expedition for their Loki group is only tens of millions of faris.
The price of a magic book is enough for the Loki group to complete several expeditions.
In Livilia’s opinion, although this all-purpose potion does have value beyond imagination, it is definitely not irreplaceable.
But even if Merlin asked for a few million faris, she thought it was normal.
However, Merlin didn’t ask for a magic book, let alone a magic book. He just made a simple request.
That was to let Livilia record on paper what she knew about the magic circles of different attributes.
Yes, it is such a simple request.
You know, when a magician casts magic, the magic circle will appear.
Different magic will cause different words and patterns to appear in the magic circle.
But all magic circles have one common feature, that is, even if the magic circle is restored and magic power is injected into it, the magic cannot be restored.
A magic circle is just a byproduct of releasing magic. Even without a magic circle, some adventurers can still use magic.
Because of this, no one has studied magic circles since ancient times.
Because the magic circle is meaningless.
This is common knowledge known to almost all adventurers.
However, now, this young man in front of him, who possessed exceptionally outstanding talents, actually wanted a magic circle of a different nature.
What does he want to do?
Could it be that he intends to release magic through these magic circles?
All kinds of doubts arose in Livilia’s mind, and her eyes were fixed on Merlin.
“What’s wrong, Miss Riveria?”
“Is there something on my face?”
After Merlin put away the magic circle, he looked up and found that Livilia was staring at him.
“Oh no, nothing.”
A blush flashed across Livilia’s face. She quickly turned her head away, coughed lightly and said, “Oh.”
“But young man, is it really okay if the request is just this?”
“In fact, it is possible to make more requests.”
Livilia couldn’t help but say.
As it stands now, what she took out is completely disproportionate to the value of the almighty potion.
“No, this is enough.”
“It is very helpful for my research.”
“And for me, it doesn’t matter who I sell the potion to.”
Merlin waved his hand gently.
“But if this kind of rare item could be sold on the market, it could be sold for a much higher price, and…”
Livilia bit her lip lightly, feeling that she owed Merlin.
After all, if their Loki clan controls this almighty potion, then it will naturally not flow into the market, and this will also invisibly kill the possibility of selling the almighty potion at a higher price.
Merlin interrupted Livilia before she could finish.
“Ms. Livilia, when do you need twenty bottles of the Almighty Potion? I still have seven or eight bottles on hand. It will take some time to make them, so can you give me a deadline?”
“Huh? Oh oh, well if it’s possible, can you give it to me in two weeks?”
Livilia calculated and said the time of the next expedition.
“Two weeks? That’s more than enough.”
Merlin said as he picked up the magic circle and turned back.
Looking at his departing back, Livilia felt extremely complicated. After all, no matter from which angle she looked at it, she had taken great advantage.
Just as Merlin was about to walk away, Livilia thought of something.
That is, until now, she has not mentioned the price of the universal potion.
“Wait, young man, what’s the price of the all-purpose potion?”
“How about I give you the money in advance!”
Livilia walked forward quickly and suddenly stood in front of Merlin.
After all, she is a first-level adventurer, so her speed is naturally very fast.
“Money? Ah, the materials for the all-purpose potion don’t cost much, so Miss Livilia just give me some hard work money.”
After saying this, Merlin left without waiting for Livilia to answer.
This time, Livilia did not chase after him, but stood where she was, with a hint of helplessness and a bitter smile on her beautiful face.
“What a strange boy.”
“When we first met, he seemed to be profit-seeking.”
“But now, instead of taking advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money, he just asked for a few magic circles.”
“Why on earth is that?”
After thinking for a long time, Livilia still couldn’t get an answer.
At this moment, an extremely fanciful and unrealistic idea flashed through her mind.
“Could it be that this young man… took a fancy to me… wu… no, it’s impossible.”
“I am an elf, I am old enough… and…”
“Well, it’s impossible… definitely not… but the way that boy looked at me from time to time before was like…”
Livilia’s beautiful face was flushed with an alluring blush.
If there were any members of Loki’s family standing by at this moment, their jaws would probably drop in shock.
How could people not be shocked because the usually serious ice beauty Livilia actually showed a shy expression like a girl?
(I have checked various data, and then referred to the red funds of the Loki family after the expedition to the 59th floor. After comprehensive consideration, I gave a consideration of nearly 100 million Faris for the expedition to the 54th floor. I hope you brothers will not be too entangled.)
Chapter 39 Triple Enchantment? (Old Version)
late at night.
In the basement of Hestia’s base.
On the bed not far away, Hestia and Lily had already fallen asleep.
Meanwhile, at the workbench, Merlin was finishing up the most important task of the day.
The light of refinement enveloped the workbench.
Under that light, streamlined green patterns appeared on the surface of the originally ordinary mechanical device, looking like a light breeze.
Soon the light faded away, and the refining was completely completed.
[Wind Magic Array (Speed ​​Up) Enchanted Successfully][Maneuverable Device]: … (Current Magic Circle 1)
[Wind Magic Circle (Speed ​​Up)]: Can greatly increase speed in a short period of time (50%)
After seeing this hint, Merlin’s heart couldn’t help but fall.
“It seems that the previous experiments on other items have greatly increased the success rate of this enchantment.”
“Although the magic circle is useless to other people, I, who possess alchemy, can enchant the magic circle onto other objects and use the magic that corresponds to the magic circle.”
“And it’s just a magic circle that speeds up, but it can actually increase the speed by 50%.”
Merlin’s face was filled with excitement.
You know, the speed brought by the original mechanical device is extremely terrifying. It is possible to fly a distance of nearly 20 meters in one second.
And now, with the enchantment of this acceleration magic.
The original speed of the mobile device was increased to a higher level.
“However, if the speed is too fast, it will become difficult to control, and my body is still a little too fragile. In addition to improving the ability value, I also need to consider creating a set of inner armor.”
“It must provide a certain degree of toughness and softness while being able to provide defense, and it is best if it also has the ability to resist magic.”
Merlin wrote down in his notebook the requirements and effects of the equipment he needed to make next so that he could find the corresponding materials.
“Okay, we have the device to increase the speed. As for the long-range attack method, we have the magic gun equipper. As long as there are enough magic stones, we can continue to suppress the firepower.”
“But if we face a super-large monster that is resistant to toxins and has a lot of health, then the power of the ruler may not be enough.”
“Even if you use an item that reduces defense, it won’t make much sense if your own attack power is low.”
“And sometimes there may not even be a chance to stop for a short while, so a melee weapon is indeed necessary.”
“We also need a killer weapon that can make the final decision at the critical moment.”
“It has to be as powerful as possible, and to a certain extent, it can also be used through the magic circle…”
As Merlin thought, his hand subconsciously drew the structure in his mind on the blank paper in front of him.
He had previously made an upgraded version of the Fire Bottle, a prop that could release flames on a large scale.
However, the cost was too high, and the effect was not much better than the fire bottle, so he gave up.
But now, it’s different because we can use magic circles to enchant.
Since wind magic array can achieve acceleration, fire magic array can also increase firepower output.
“But the power of the flame magic circle alone is not enough, and the speed is also a problem. If it is too slow, it will be easy to be dodged. So it turns out that we need to add something else.”
“If we use the acceleration of wind magic and then combine it with lightning magic, we may be able to increase the speed and power.”
“So these are the necessary things, and then…”
When Merlin stopped writing, the prototype of the weapon had already appeared.
The drawing shows a cannon-like weapon.
This is also what Merlin thought of, a weapon that can maximize the power and also has the advantage of being easy to slack off.
The main body of the cannon is divided into two parts.
Each part is about half a meter long.
And below the connecting part, there are two protruding snap-like structures, and there is also a handle.
Finally, at the bottom, a shallow layer was separated, which was where Merlin placed the magic stone.
“Well, it’s a portable magic cannon. You can give it to Lily to carry when exploring. Then, when it’s critical, you can just take it out and assemble it for use.”
“That’s roughly the structure. Next, we’ll try to enchant three magic circles at the same time.”
Merlin said, looking up at a pile of small iron blocks made of hard steel material piled in the corner of the table next to him.
A careful observation revealed that some of the small pieces of solid steel had cloud-like patterns on their surfaces, and those patterns were exactly the same as those on the mechanical device.
That’s right, before enchanting the mobile device, Merlin used these small pieces of hard steel to conduct enchantment experiments.
During this process, he gradually mastered the skills of enchanting items with magic circles, thereby greatly improving the success rate.
“Try these first.”
Merlin picked up one of the pieces and attempted to enchant it.
[Enchantment][Wind Magic Circle + Fire Magic Circle]【……】
【Failure of Alchemy】
“Ah, it’s not that simple…”
Merlin looked down at the small piece of iron in his hand which had turned into a ball of powder, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.
“The failure rate is already so high with just double enchantment, how high would it be with triple enchantment?
“And if it fails, the materials will be completely shattered. Could it be that these materials cannot withstand the magic power generated by the double magic array?”
“It looks like I have to go to Hephaestus again.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Merlin thought of something.
“ah……”
“I seem to have forgotten the agreement with that guy.”
“But…it shouldn’t be a big deal.”
Merlin shook his head and put the matter behind him.
“Once the magic cannon is made, we can move on to the middle level. As for melee weapons, I’ll think about it in the next two days. It would be best if I could use the magic sword’s craftsmanship. Hmm… It looks like I really have to go find Welf.”
In a workshop of Hephaestus’s family.
“Ah, cut.”
Welf sneezed loudly.
“Well, who is scolding me?”
“Forget it, let’s check this weapon.”
Welf glanced down at the magic spear he had just forged.
“Sure enough, there is no magical fluctuation, there is no such feeling at all.”
“Without that guy’s enchanting technique, even if you can create the same look, you can’t replicate that power.”
“It’s just a useless piece of iron.”
Welf sighed deeply and threw the magic gun in his hand into the corner.
There, the same things were piled all over the floor.
“Looks like I have to go meet that guy.”
Chapter 40: Three Minutes of Being a Real Man? (The remaining one will be added tomorrow, I’m stuck) (Old version)
The base of Loki’s family.
The three giants of Loki’s clan all gathered together.
On the table in front of them were seven bottles of omnipotence potion that Livilia had received from Merlin not long ago.
“Oh, is this the universal potion?”
Finn stroked his chin and leaned in to examine the Almighty Potion on the table.
“I didn’t expect that this kind of potion would have an effect comparable to a panacea.”
“And in a sense, it may be much more useful than a panacea.”
After Finn finished speaking, the dwarf sitting next to him picked up a bottle and looked at it carefully.
“Ah, indeed. If my strength were improved, I wouldn’t have to get hurt.”
“And this potion is said to improve endurance? This is too outrageous.”
“Is there really such a powerful potion, Riveria?”
Gray said, and couldn’t help but look at Livilia across from him.
“I’ve asked Aisi to test it. Both speed and strength have been improved, probably close to 10%. If you consider that this potion can also restore magic power and durability, then it’s normal for it to be worth more than the panacea.”
Livilia nodded and explained.
“I can guarantee this, too.”
Finn spoke at this time.
“I saw it at that time. Before, Ai Si’s speed was lower than Bert’s. But after drinking this potion, not only her speed but also her strength was able to slightly suppress Bert.”
“Where on earth did you get such a rare item, Livilia?”
“This is really beautifully done.”
Finn looked at Riveria with admiration.
“If there are more of these almighty potions, then in the next expedition, let alone the 55th floor, even the 56th floor, oh no, if we are a little more prepared, it would be possible to explore the 57th floor.”
As the team leader, Finn is very clear about the value of these all-purpose potions.
Even though it only lasts for three minutes, it is a prop that can turn the situation around at the critical moment.
Once all members of Loki’s First Army drink this potion, the power they unleash will be extremely terrifying.
Even Finn could imagine that when faced with the siege of a large number of monsters and all of them were at their wits’ end, if the main First Army all drank this all-purpose potion, then it would be entirely possible for them to wipe out the monsters and break out of the encirclement within three minutes.
Finn, who has been the leader of the Loki Group for so many years, is very aware of the value of props that can enhance strength at critical moments.
Not to mention, this kind of item can improve several attributes at the same time.
“The fifty-seventh floor? Is this really possible, Finn?”
Grace looked at Finn in disbelief.
Because for so many years, their exploration progress has been stuck at around the 50th floor, and they can only advance one or two floors every year.
But now, Finn actually said it, exploring three floors in a row.
Such things naturally shocked Grace again and again.
Facing Grace’s question, Finn crossed his arms, looked at him with a slight smile and said.
“Grace, if your strength is increased by nearly 30% in three minutes, what do you think will happen?”
Grace answered Finn’s words without thinking.
“If I can really improve it by one third, then even if I face Ota, I can hold him off for three minutes by myself.”
If there were other people present at this moment, they would probably be so shocked by Grace’s words that their jaws would drop.
Because the opponent is Ota, the strongest adventurer in Orario at level 7.
However, Grace, who was at level 6, was able to hold the opponent back for three minutes.
Any adventurer with a little common sense knows one thing clearly.
That is the LV gap, and the resulting strength gap, which can almost be described as crushing.
The gap of only one level is like a chasm that cannot be easily crossed.
It is almost a rare and precious thing to not be killed instantly.
Despite the difference of one whole level, Grace was able to hold Ota back for three minutes.
There is no need to explain the meaning of this.
Finn and Riveria, who were present, did not think Grace was joking.
After all, both of them have been partners with Grace for so many years, so they are naturally very clear about Grace’s strength.
“Right, Grace, this is the value of this bottle of potion.”
“Let’s use an unrealistic analogy. When the three minutes are up, if you drink another bottle of this all-purpose potion, you can continue to hold Ota back for another three minutes.”
“In other words, as long as you have five bottles of this potion, you can even hold back Orario’s strongest adventurer for a quarter of an hour by yourself!”
Finn said with a grin and a hint of excitement on his face.
“Ah? A quarter of an hour? Five bottles? This…”
Grace’s face twitched and her heart was extremely shocked.
Although he knew that in actual combat, there might not be enough time for him to drink a bottle of potion every three minutes.
But he could have drunk the first bottle of potion before fighting Ota.
In other words… the value of this bottle of almighty potion means that he can hold back the strongest adventurer on the battlefield for three minutes.
You know, on the battlefield, let alone three minutes, three seconds are enough to decide many things.
Although for so many years, the strongest clan in Orario has been jointly served by their Loki clan and Freya clan.
But almost everyone agrees on one thing, that is, Ota’s Freya family, who has the strongest adventurer LV7, is actually the strongest family in the true sense.
But now, the situation is completely different.
At this time, Finn seemed to see what Grace was thinking and slowly spoke those words for him.
“That’s right, Grace. When Ai Si and the others are all upgraded to Level 6, if a full-scale war breaks out between us and Freya’s family, we will definitely win with this all-powerful potion.”
“This is inevitable!!”
Finn waved slightly, his eyes gleaming with a strong light, and his voice was full of excitement.
“Ah, I believe that,” Grace nodded, not doubting Finn’s words at all.
Because Finn is always right, and because of this, the Loki clan has been able to grow to its current size.
“Okay, that’s enough explanation.”
Finn put his hand away and turned to look at Riveria, his face full of anticipation.
“So Livilia, where did you get this all-purpose potion? Well, how much more can you get?”
“Also, how much does this potion cost? Eight hundred thousand? Well, one million faris, it’s within the affordable range.”
Facing Finn’s barrage of questions, Riveria smiled bitterly and touched her cheek.
“Finn, I haven’t asked the other party the questions you asked, so it’s hard for me to tell you.”
“However, that person said that he could provide this all-purpose potion just for our family. Before the next expedition, together with the current seven bottles, he could trade us a total of 20 bottles of the all-purpose potion.”
“Twenty bottles?”
After hearing Livilia’s words, Finn’s pupils contracted sharply and his breathing became faster.
Originally, he thought it would be good enough if he could just keep the seven bottles in his hands, but he didn’t expect that the number could almost triple.
“Ah, in that case, I won’t ask about the provenance. As for the price, it’s one million faris per bottle. If the other party is not satisfied, you can raise the price, but it’s best to get it at one million per bottle. After all, the funds in our group are a little tight right now.”
After finalizing some details, Finn and Grace left.
After they left, Livilia leaned back on the sofa, with a sad look on her beautiful face.
“I don’t know if the boy would agree to one million faris.”
Livilia’s voice, mixed with a hint of worry, echoed in the living room for a long time.
Chapter 41 Pain and happiness? (Old version)
Zongman: Don’t move, Aisi, your family still owes me money: Chapter 41 Pain and happiness? Picture and text
morning.
“Merlin, speaking of which, what weapon do you use?”
Merlin was stunned by Hestia’s sudden question.
“Tiaya, what’s wrong?”
“Well, it’s up to you. Tell me first what weapon you use. I want to give you a surprise later.”
Hestia smiled and shook her head, grabbing Merlin’s shoulders and urging him.
“Well, a short sword.”
Merlin thought about it for a while and gave an answer.
Because his improved mechanical device discarded redundant parts and compressed almost all functions into the two power boxes of the device.
Because of this, the space inside the box is very limited.
Although it can hold some things, weapons like long swords obviously cannot be put in.
As for long-handled weapons, Merlin had no intention of considering them.
After all, if you encounter a narrow space when using a mobile device, the long-handled weapon you carry on your back may become a burden.
And he had planned to hang a shield on the back.
So weapons can only be hung around the waist.
Therefore, it is very important to have weapons that are flexible, easy to use, small and easy to retract.
But if it is too short, it will expose itself to a dangerous position.
Therefore, a certain length is necessary.
“Really? Dagger, okay, I’ll be leaving now. Wait for my surprise, Merlin.”
Hestia smiled and patted Merlin’s shoulder, then left with a confident look on her face.
Looking at her leaving back, Merlin rubbed his head, feeling a little uneasy.
“Merlin, Lady Hestia is not… planning to buy you some short sword weapon, right?”
Lily, who was standing aside, couldn’t help but say.
“Well, it’s possible.”
Merlin nodded slightly. It was not difficult to infer this information from Hestia’s previous words.
“But Master Merlin, I remember that Master Hestia didn’t seem to have much funds.”
“And the price of weapons is not cheap.”
Lily said worriedly, “Lady Hestia, where are we going to buy weapons from?”
“Lord Merlin, now we…”
Merlin thought for a moment and then placed his hand on Lily’s shoulder.
“Lily, follow Tiya. If she does something dangerous, stop her in time.”
“Ah okay, but what about you, Master Merlin?”
“As for me, I have to go out and do something today.”
“And I feel relieved if you are here with me, Lily.”
“Oh… there’s nothing I can do. Since Master Merlin said so, Lily can only agree.”
In front of Hephaestus’s shop.
“Hey, little brother, are you looking for someone?”
A hearty voice came from behind.
Merlin turned around.
What came into view was a black-haired beauty with a ponytail, who looked somewhat similar to a member of the Jianyu Lei clan. Her skin was a healthy wheat color, and she was only wearing a thin shirt on her upper body, the hem of which just reached her belly. Her plump breasts made the lines of the shirt very obvious, and her lower body was matched with a red long skirt, which made her bold aura even more obvious.
Of course, what caught Merlin’s attention the most was that the black-haired beauty in front of him had a blindfold on her left eye despite her smiling face.
And he remembered that Hephaestus, the main god of Hephaestus’s family, also wore an eyepatch, but on her right eye.
“Yes, I’m looking for someone. Are you from Hephaestus’s family?”
The dark-haired beauty nodded and took a step forward, waving.
“My name is Tsubaki Kobrand, and I am the leader of the Hephaestus Familia.”
“Well, Miss Tsubaki, huh?”
Merlin nodded slightly, “My name is Merlin, and I’m here to look for a man named Welf from your clan.”
“Is he here now?”
“Ms. Tsubaki? Haha, no need to be so polite, just call me Tsubaki.”
“You looking for Welf?”
“Wait, Merlin?”
Chun was stunned for a moment, then repeated Merlin’s name twice, and the smile on her face became even brighter.
“Ah, it’s you, little brother!”
Tsubaki said, striding forward and looking Merlin over.
“In the past two days, Welf has been like a madman, creating a weapon called the Magic Spear, and the person he mentioned most frequently was Merlin.”
“And it’s not just Welf. Lady Hephaestus has mentioned your name before as well.”
“So, little brother, what did you do to make Lady Hephaestus and that kid Welf pay so much attention to you?”
After saying that, Chun hooked her hands around Meilin’s shoulders and pressed forward.
Thanks to this, the unique feeling after thousands of temperings distracted Merlin for a moment.
If I have to describe it, it is a kind of wild temptation that makes people involuntarily think of a cheetah running desperately on the prairie.
At this moment, an excited shout from the opposite side echoed in their ears.
“Oh, Merlin! Oh Merlin!”
“You’re finally here!”
With a mixture of intense excitement and joy, Welf, with a towel tied on his head, ran up to the two of them at full speed.
After seeing Tsubaki grabbing Merlin, Welf frowned slightly.
“Tsubaki, let Merlin go quickly, he is my guest.”
“It’s really rude of you to do this.”
In response to Welf’s words, Tsubaki laughed and retorted.
“Hoo, but the little brother doesn’t seem to be annoying, like this.”
Tsubaki poked Merlin’s cheek with a smile and took the initiative to get closer.
“Ahem, Tsubaki-chan… Tsubaki, it’s not convenient for us to have a conversation when you’re like this.”
Merlin coughed and reminded.
“Haha, okay.”
Tsubaki didn’t continue to hang on Merlin, but took two steps back and glanced at Welf.
“Welf, do you mind if I follow along?”
Welf’s face twitched, and his expression became a little ugly.
But Chun was the leader of their clan, so he couldn’t refuse directly, so he could only pass the ball to Merlin.
“Well, Merlin, what do you think?”
“I?”
Merlin was slightly stunned. Before he could say anything, Chun came up to him and hugged his arms. With a “double blow”, Merlin swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
“Merlin, you don’t mind, do you?”
“……Um.”
The power of the double strike is a little bit of a hit.
And the most important thing is, Merlin realized that the Tsubaki who grabbed his arm was probably a very powerful adventurer, and the force was so strong that his arm was slightly painful.
Is this the legendary pain and happiness?
Just like that, under the leadership of Welf, the three of them soon arrived at a meeting room.
Chapter 42 I want them all! (Old version)
“That’s about it. What I want to know is whether there are any materials that are well adapted to magic power.”
“As for the adaptability to magic, then it must be Mithril.”
Welf stroked his chin and gave a standard answer based on his experience and knowledge as a blacksmith.
“Mithril? Ah, that’s a really boring answer.”
Just after Welf finished speaking his mind, Tsubaki, who was sitting next to Merlin, shook her head repeatedly.
“Well, Chun, you didn’t mean it, did you? You know, the material that is adaptable to magic must be Mithril. Can you name other materials?”
Facing Welf’s doubt, Tsubaki waved his hand and spoke slowly.
“It’s true that Mithril has good adaptability, but it’s not the best solution. And the young man never said that he wanted to make weapons. If we just talk about the channel of magic power, the Water Blue Stone on the 25th floor still has…”
Tsubaki continued to talk, and Welf’s face turned a little ugly. He clenched his knees with his hands, looking unwilling.
“Welf, you are still a little naive.”
“Is it really possible to inherit the name of Clozo just like this?”
“It has nothing to do with Clozo.”
Welf argued quietly.
“Oh, yes,” Tsubaki nodded perfunctorily and turned to look at Merlin.
“So, what do you want to make, little brother? A weapon? A prop? Or a piece of armor?”
“How about I help you this time?”
Tsubaki looked at Merlin with interest and made a very tempting suggestion.
You know, Tsubaki is the leader of Hephaestus’s Familia, which means that in terms of forging skills alone, he may be even better than Welf.
“Damn it, Chun. This doesn’t make sense. Merlin came to me first. How could you…”
Welf slammed the table anxiously, stood up, and looked at Tsubaki across from him with an angry look on his face.
You know, this time, it’s about whether he can find an opportunity to improve his forging skills to a higher level.
Because of this, he would not hesitate even if it meant confronting their leader Chun head-on.
Who knows, if you miss this opportunity, when will the next one come?
He was determined to obtain the technology to create a magic spear that was three times more powerful than the magic sword.
Looking at the anxious Welf, Tsubaki looked at Merlin beside him with a joking expression.
“What do you think, little brother?”
“I think it would be best if you two worked together to create it.”
Merlin glanced at the two of them and gave this answer.
Originally, he was going to let Welf forge it, but now it was different, with Tsubaki, who had more knowledge and experience in forging, present, there was no reason not to make use of this profound treasure of knowledge.
“Ah? Cooperation? No, you want me and this woman?” Welf’s face twitched, looking dissatisfied.
“Hey, little brother, are you worried about my craftsmanship?” Chun crossed her hands on her chest and looked at Merlin with a teasing smile.
Merlin didn’t say anything in response to the two’s words. Instead, he took out a blueprint from his arms and spread it on the table.
“This time, what I want to build is this.”
“A portable magic cannon.”
As he finished speaking, Tsubaki and Welf’s eyes all fell on the drawing on the table.
“This is…”
The two of them closed their mouths at the same time and looked at the magic cannon blueprint carefully.
The first one to raise his head was Tsubaki.
“Brother, what kind of weapon is this magic cannon?”
“Bow and arrow? That doesn’t seem right. Could it be a long-range weapon?”
Seeing this type of Chun for the first time, she was naturally extremely curious and looked straight at Merlin and asked.
“A long-range weapon, and one that is even more powerful than a bow and arrow. You can think of it as a tube that can fire magic.”
Merlin described it with a simple metaphor.
“Magic tube? Hmm…interesting,” after hearing the explanation, Chun didn’t say anything else, but lowered her head and continued to look at the drawings.
At this moment, Welf seemed to have found a good opportunity and spoke.
“Just looking at the structure, it’s not that difficult to make. But you plan to add the craftsmanship of the magic sword, right? And this part is to place the magic stone. I can understand that, but what is this part? What do you plan to use this specially marked space for?”
“I remember that your magic spear didn’t seem to have this thing on it.”
Facing Welf’s question, Merlin did not hide anything and explained directly.
“That position is used for enchantment and magic array.”
“Magic circle? Wait, brother, are you going to carve a magic circle on such a magic cylinder? But even if you carve a magic circle, you still can’t use magic.”
Tsubaki looked at Merlin in confusion.
However, Welf, who had seen the magic spear before, did not doubt Merlin’s words. Instead, he stroked his chin and thought seriously.
“I see. No wonder this weapon called the Magic Energy Cannon doesn’t seem to have a particularly complicated craftsmanship. The most difficult part is the magic array.”
“However, you were able to enchant the magic spear before, so that it could use magic, so it is possible to make this cylinder release magic.”
Welf’s mumbling naturally caught Tsubaki’s attention.
At that moment, Chun immediately grabbed Merlin’s arm and begged to see the power of the magic spear.
Considering the need to draw on Tsubaki’s rich knowledge, Merlin nodded in agreement.
After seeing the power of the magic spear, Tsubaki’s attitude changed dramatically.
“I didn’t expect that there is such a weapon. It is conceivable that if this weapon can be mass-produced, not to mention the magic sword, even the work of magicians may be replaced.”
Tsubaki said with a look of shock.
“Mass production is impossible because only I can make this weapon.”
Merlin shook his head and said with absolute certainty.
That’s right, even if someone else stole the magic spear-making process, it would be meaningless.
Because the most critical enchanting step can only be completed by him as an alchemist.
After hearing this, the shock on Chun’s face dissipated a little.
“Yeah, that’s good.”
“So, let’s get back to the original topic.”
“Young man, you obviously want to create a magic cylinder that is several times more powerful than this magic gun, or even ten times more powerful, right?”
“Although I don’t know how you plan to use the magic circle, I have some ideas about the selection of materials.”
“Welf, come and help me.”
Tsubaki said, and immediately commanded Welf.
“Ah? Me? The key part of this magic cannon requires my craftsmanship, why do you want me to help?”
“Just help me if I ask you to. Don’t talk nonsense.”
“Okay, little brother, you will need to show us what effect will appear after the item is attached with a magic circle.”
“After that situation, I can better judge what materials to use.”
“I have a feeling that I can create an incredible weapon!”
Looking at Chun’s enthusiastic and excited face, Merlin had no choice but to swallow back the words “no time”.
Chapter 43 The Majesty of God? (Old Version)
The second floor of the Hephaestus family shop.
“So, Hestia, we haven’t seen each other for a long time, and you came here just to ask me for this?”
Hephaestus leaned on the edge of the work table, rubbed her head speechlessly, and looked at Hestia not far away.
“Oh really, Hephaestus, I can only beg you.”
Hestia said, looking pitifully towards Hephaestus and lowering her head to plead.
“Ah, Hestia, you were obviously like this before, why are you still thinking of doing something that is completely inconsistent with your personality now?”
“And you know, although I’m not bragging, it’s very expensive to have custom weapons from us, easily costing hundreds of millions of Fares.”
“Do you really have the money to order it?”
Hephaestus rubbed her head and looked at Hestia helplessly.
“Ah, please…be flexible on this point.”
Hestia clasped her hands together in a pleading gesture.
Of course, this was also naturally expected by Hephaestus.
“Accommodation? The problem is, this matter is not like that.”
“Once you get used to it here, others will follow suit.”
“And Hestia, your child, as I recall, is a LV1 adventurer.”
“To be honest, there is absolutely no need to use such expensive weapons.”
“Weapons that are too powerful will cause immature users to make wrong judgments, leading to tragedy.”
Hephaestus stepped forward and tried to persuade him earnestly.
As the number one craftsman in heaven, she naturally knew very well that once a person was controlled by a weapon, the consequences would be very serious.
So she didn’t want her friend’s clan child, who she had obtained with great difficulty, to become a person controlled by weapons.
“I know what you said, Hephaestus, but my child is definitely not the kind of person who is mentally immature.”
“So, please.”
Hestia said, looking at Hephaestus eagerly like an abandoned puppy.
“It’s no use looking at me like that.”
“Oh, but I really want to help that child. Well, show a little bit of the majesty of God. Otherwise, I, as a God, will become very useless.”
“So please, Hephaestus.”
Hestia stepped forward, grasped Hephaestus’s hands with both of hers, and pleaded again.
“Ah… well, normally you are a useless god, but you don’t need to change your image at this point.”
“I say, since your child chose you, he must like you the way you are now. There’s no need to force you to change, right?”
Hephaestus was like a gentle older sister, patiently guiding Hestia.
“Ugh… I’m usually kind of useful anyway, I guess.”
Hestia said with a little lack of confidence.
“Okay, Hestia, there’s no point in talking about this matter. You should just give up.”
“I believe that your child certainly doesn’t want his god to be burdened with a huge debt because of this matter.”
Hephaestus shook off Hestia’s hand with all her might, turned around and said firmly.
“As for the money, no matter how many years it takes, I will definitely pay it back, so Hephaestus, please…”
Hestia said, gritting her teeth and a determined light flashed in her eyes, ready to show her determination.
Just as Hestia bent her legs slightly and was about to kneel on the ground, the door behind her was opened with a bang.
Ten minutes ago, when Hestia entered the shop of Hephaestus’s family.
Lily, who had been following Hestia, looked confused.
“Why did Lady Hestia come to the shop of the Hestia Familia?”
“Ah no… Lady Hestia, is she planning to… buy the weapons here?”
Lily’s face turned green.
Because she knew very well how expensive the weapons of Hephaestus’s family were.
Even the strongest adventurers from Loki’s family rarely go to the shop of Hephaestus’ family to order weapons.
But now, Hestia actually ran to the shop of Hephaestus’s family.
This is no longer something that can be described by the word crazy.
After all, Hestia’s family is an extremely poor family. How can they afford it?
Especially when Lily saw Hestia and Hephaestus enter the office together, her face turned pale.
“It’s over, it’s over. Something terrible has happened. Where is Lord Merlin? We must notify Lord Merlin immediately.”
Lily hugged the little head, looking anxious.
At this moment, in the corner of her sight, a familiar figure walked past from the Hephaestus shop.
“Merlin… sir?”
“Why, Lord Merlin is there?”
“Ah… we must hurry and inform Lord Merlin!”
Although Lily had no idea why Merlin appeared in Hephaestus’s shop.
But since Merlin was nearby, she could quickly go and inform Merlin about this matter.
A few minutes later, Lily finally found Merlin in the workshop at the back.
“Master Merlin, something terrible has happened. Master Hestia, Master Hestia…”
“Lily? Why are you here?”
“Wait, Ti-ya? What happened to Ti-ya?”
Merlin, who was studying enchantment with Tsubaki and Welf, was surprised when he saw Lily rushing in.
But what surprised him even more was Lily’s words.
“Ah, there’s no time to explain, Master Merlin. Master Hestia is on the second floor. The family might be doomed because of this.”
Lily’s words made Merlin immediately realize the seriousness of the matter, and without saying a word he rushed to the second floor of Hephaestus’s shop.
“Tiya, are you okay?”
Merlin flung the door open and rushed inside.
However, after entering the house, Merlin was shocked by the scene he saw.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
The scene that came into view was totally different from what he had imagined.
Hestia and Hephaestus were looking at him standing at the door with strange expressions.
“Merlin?”
Two simultaneous exclamations echoed in the room.
Chapter 44: Return the favor? I’ll be gracious then (old version)
“Merlin? Why are you here?”
Hestia’s eyes widened, she looked at Merlin in disbelief and asked.
“Ah? Merlin, you’re here. Did you change your mind?”
Hephaestus’s face was filled with joy, and she looked straight at Merlin.
After the two women finished speaking, they immediately discovered something strange.
That was the other party, and they all knew Merlin who suddenly appeared.
“Hey, Hephaestus, do you know my Merlin?”
Hestia blinked and looked back at Hephaestus.
“Well, Hestia, your Merlin? Could it be that the main god of Merlin is you?”
Hephaestus asked incredulously.
At this moment, time seemed to stand still.
The two women had never expected that the other party actually knew Merlin.
At this time, Welf and Chun, who followed Merlin out of curiosity, also looked at the scene in front of them with some confusion.
“Well, this scene, what is it called as I remember?”
Tsubaki grinned, looking at the scene in front of him with a smile on his face.
“Shura Field, ah, I didn’t expect that Lord Merlin would deceive another goddess. He is really sinful.”
Lily pouted her lips slightly and said with a hint of sourness.
“Well, Shura and the like don’t matter. The real thing is to go back and make that magic cannon as soon as possible.”
Welf, who was standing at the back, said in a slightly bored tone.
At this time, Hestia and Hephaestus in the room looked at each other and realized that this matter might need to be discussed in detail.
“Okay, Tsubaki, Welf, you two can go down. There’s nothing to see.”
Hephaestus said as she glanced at Tsubaki and Welf near the door from a distance.
After the two of them responded, they honestly retreated downstairs.
“Ah Lily, I have something to do. I’ll go down first.”
Lily was also very tactful and left quickly along with Chun and Welf.
All of a sudden, Merlin and the two goddesses were the only ones left in the room.
Seeing this Merlin nodded slightly and walked into the house, looking at Hestia before asking.
“So, Tiaya, why are you here?”
After hearing Merlin’s question, Hestia scratched her head a little embarrassedly.
“Ah, this…that…”
Hestia hesitated, and finally waved her hands and asked back.
“Oh Merlin, when did you first meet Hephaestus?”
“Tiya, your intention to change the subject is too obvious.”
Merlin said, giving her an unpleasant look.
“Haha, Hestia, there’s nothing to be shy about here.”
“Why don’t you just say it directly?”
At this time, Hephaestus walked forward and looked at Merlin with a smile.
“Merlin, you know, Hestia actually came here to ask me to help you make a weapon.”
“Hephaestus!”
Hestia cried out shyly and hurriedly hugged Hephaestus.
“Well, what’s there to be ashamed of talking about something like this?”
“After all, you care about Merlin, so you do this.”
Hephaestus smiled and pushed Hestia away, then looked at Merlin.
“You know, Merlin, Hestia just begged me desperately to make a weapon for you. I’m sure Hestia thinks highly of you, so she did this… wuwu…”
Before Hephaestus could finish her words, Hestia, who looked very shy, covered her mouth.
“Merlin, don’t listen to her. It’s not like that at all. I just…ah, I just came to visit an old friend. I didn’t…”
Hestia’s face flushed as she tried desperately to explain.
However, at this time, Merlin did not say anything, but strode forward, touched Hestia’s head, and spoke softly.
“Ti Ya, even if you don’t do this, you are still an irreplaceable and important person to me.”
“Besides, I like you just the way you are in your daily life. It’s not like you to think too much like this.”
After Merlin finished speaking, Hestia’s body stiffened, and then she threw herself into Merlin’s arms.
“Wuwu… Merlin, it is my greatest luck to meet a clan like you… Wuwu…”
Hestia cried so hard that she wet Merlin’s clothes on his chest.
While comforting Hestia, Merlin looked at Hephaestus across from him.
“Hephaestus, I’m so sorry that Tiaya has caused you trouble.”
“No, it’s not like I’m causing any trouble.”
Hephaestus paused, a trace of sadness flashing across her mature face.
“Since you are Hestia’s child, then… forget it.”
That’s right, Hephaestus had originally planned to persuade Merlin to join her clan.
But no one expected that Merlin was actually a member of Hestia’s family.
Then it is naturally difficult to discuss this matter any further.
After all, she didn’t want to be branded as someone who stole her best friend’s boyfriend.
“Really? Thank you very much.”
Merlin nodded slightly in thanks.
After Hestia calmed down, Merlin sent Hestia downstairs to help look after her.
He himself stayed to talk with Hephaestus again.
Hephaestus had deliberately given him a hint before, obviously wanting to talk to him alone again.
When Merlin returned to the office on the second floor, Hephaestus immediately stated her purpose.
“Merlin, I heard you were going to make some strange weapon again.”
“And this time, Tsubaki and Welf are working together.”
“This is really interesting.”
Hephaestus’ ruby ​​eyes stared at Merlin with intense desire.
“In fact, if you weren’t, I’d really want to snatch it away if you were Hestia’s person.”
“Well, let’s get down to business.”
Merlin replied indifferently.
“Wow… so cold. I really envy Hestia.”
Hephaestus said, looking at Merlin with resentment, and then explained slowly.
“Actually, I want to ask, can I watch them while they’re making it this time?”
“I am very interested in the magic cannon you are researching.”
“And it can actually use magic circles.”
“This is really very curious.”
Looking at the extremely eager Hephaestus, Merlin nodded slightly.
Anyway, given Hephaestus’s identity, if she really wanted to lose face, he couldn’t stop her.
“Really? Thank you so much, Merlin.”
“By the way, is there anything I can do? It can be regarded as a small way of repaying the favor.”
Looking at Hephaestus’ sincere eyes, Merlin hesitated for a moment, then his eyes swept across Hephaestus’s slightly red lips, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
“Well, I won’t be polite. Actually…”
(Additional update ends, keep your word)
Chapter 45: Not a Kind of Power (Old Version)
By the window, Hephaestus looked at Merlin’s back as he walked away, and couldn’t help but reach out and gently touch her lips. A blush appeared on her calm face.
“What an unexpected boy. I didn’t expect that his request would be this… Ugh… He already has Hestia. Haha, what a greedy boy.”
Hephaestus withdrew her gaze, a hint of smile appearing in her eyes.
“However, this straightforward personality doesn’t make people hate it. Obviously, I…”
Hephaestus said, touching the half of her face that was covered by the blindfold.
“What a strange… oh no, I should say a lecherous boy.”
“Please don’t die in the maze, Merlin.”
Hephaestus’ voice, mixed with abnormal emotions, echoed over the office.
Within the Jianyu Lei clan.
Deathly silence enveloped the living room.
Jian Yulei frowned and looked at the Kashima and others in front of him who were dirty and slightly injured, with an extremely serious expression.
“We are very sorry, Master Jian Yulei, we went against your words and went to the middle level.”
Kashima, who was standing in the front, was the first to bow his head towards Takemikaze.
Ming, Chigusa and the other three members who were standing at the back also lowered their heads.
“Sakura, I always thought you were a calm and rational leader, but I didn’t expect you to lead a few people to the middle level.”
“I told you that you guys haven’t broken through LV1 yet, and the middle level is not an area you can explore right now.”
“It is best to hone your skills at a shallow level.”
Jian Yulei couldn’t help but raise his tone and scolded.
After all, in his eyes, all members of his family are his children.
Because of this, he couldn’t bear to see his child die in the maze.
As the leader, Kashima has always obeyed his words.
However, now, he would go against his advice and rashly go to the middle level.
At this moment, Ming raised his head, then lowered it and apologized in a deep voice.
“I’m very sorry, Master Jian Yulei, it’s actually me.”
“It is my suggestion that we go to the middle level.”
“Because… I really want to… become stronger.”
As Ming spoke, he clenched his fists slightly, and his heroic face was full of unwillingness.
“Last time, if it wasn’t for Lord Merlin, I, the lower class, might have died.”
“Whether it’s to repay Master Merlin’s kindness or to prevent what happened last time, we need to become stronger!”
After the command was spoken, Chigusa, who was standing aside, also walked out.
“I’m very sorry, Master Jian Yulei, I actually thought the same thing.”
“I’m too weak. I’ve been held back by Sakura and Ming-chan.”
“If possible, I also want to become stronger.”
Chigusa raised her head, and her dark eyes that appeared from under her bangs revealed determination.
After the two women finished speaking, Kashima also stepped forward at this time.
“No, it was me as the leader who made the decision. If I didn’t agree, I wouldn’t have gone to the middle level.”
“In fact, just as Ming and Chigusa said, I also… very much want to become stronger, rather than being protected unilaterally.”
Kashima said, clenching his fists and slowly telling the truth about the last expedition to the twelfth floor.
After hearing the whole story, Jian Yulei sighed softly.
“I see. I understand. I can understand your thoughts.”
In fact, if he were in another position, he might be as unwilling as Kashima and others.
“But Sakura, I understand how you feel, but you have to know that you can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry.”
“Being too impatient can actually bring danger.”
“It seems that young Merlin may be much more powerful than I thought.”
“In fact, I had a vague guess last time that your expedition might have encountered something, but it didn’t turn out to be like this.”
After thinking for a while, Jian Yulei realized something and looked at Kashima and the others.
“I can allow you to go to the middle level, but…”
Jian Yulei paused and spoke slowly.
“However, you must be accompanied by young Merlin.”
After the words were spoken, a hint of embarrassment and bitterness appeared on the faces of Kashima and the other two.
“Do we need the help of Mr. Merlin again?”
“But Master Jian Yulei…”
Ming opened his mouth, but the words were stuck in his throat and he didn’t know how to speak.
“Wu… Lord Jian Yulei, I…”
There was also a complicated look on Chigusa’s face.
After all, they were able to return to the ground with the help of Merlin’s power.
I didn’t expect that I would have to rely on Merlin again.
Such things naturally made several people feel extremely complicated.
“Because compared to you, young Merlin is clearly more of a seasoned adventurer.”
“Judging from the first time he went to the twelfth floor, I’m afraid that with Merlin’s strength, he can definitely go to the middle level.”
After Jian Yulei finished speaking, the three of them were completely shocked.
“Master Jian Yulei, do you mean… Merlin… is still hiding his strength?”
Kashima widened his eyes and looked at Takemikazuchi in disbelief.
“No, it’s not that I’m hiding my strength, but I’m afraid… I don’t have the opportunity to show it.”
“Young Merlin’s strength…is not the same as your understanding of strength.”
Jian Yulei touched his chin, thought for a while, and then explained slowly.
“As for the details, you may understand it after you team up with him.”
“I think that during this period of time, young Merlin may have become even more powerful.”
Takemura’s words made the three Kashima members who had teamed up with Merlin at the scene extremely horrified.
How many days had passed since they last went to the twelfth floor? Not even a week.
However, in such a short period of time, Merlin became stronger again?
How could three people remain calm after such a thing?
“Being proficient in the use of weapons and one’s own knowledge is also a kind of strength.”
“That’s all I can say.”
“Before you found Merlin, you were training at a shallow level.”
“Did you hear that?”
Looking at Takemikaze’s serious face, Kashima and the others could only nod their heads repeatedly.
Chapter 46: You will never forgive me even if I apologize? (Old version)
Zongman: Don’t move, Aisi, your family still owes me money: Chapter 46 I will never forgive you even if you apologize?
The guild hall is exceptionally quiet today.
The usually noisy adventurers were surprisingly quiet at this time today.
The reason was very simple. Aina in front of the counter had a gloomy face that was three times colder than an iceberg.
The extremely gloomy and terrifying aura made the counter staff and even adventurers afraid to get close.
“Ah, the lady at the counter, I want to take a …”
A new adventurer, not noticing the strange atmosphere, walked up to the only empty counter of Aina and said.
“Huh? You want to accept a commission? Oh, new adventurer, I advise you not to think about accepting any high-level commissions. After all, you are just a newbie. If you are not careful, you will die in the maze.”
“Overestimating one’s own strength will only…”
Aina spoke coldly to the new adventurer in front of her, who turned around and ran away crying.
Only after the adventurer left did Aegina come to her senses.
“Huh? I… uh, seem to have made a mistake.”
“Ugh…it’s all Merlin, that bastard’s fault.”
“It’s been more than two days, why hasn’t that guy apologized to me yet?”
“Could it be that this guy finds me annoying? So, just…”
“No, no, no, Merlin may be a pervert, but he is still…”
Aina said this while shaking her head vigorously.
At this moment, a curious voice echoed in her ears.
“Pervert? Who is it?”
“Who else could it be? It’s that arrogant Merlin. He has only been an adventurer for less than half a month and he is already planning to go to the middle level. It’s really…”
Before she finished speaking, Aina realized who was talking to her?
When I looked up, what caught my eye was a handsome blond young man with a travel hat on his head and a hearty smile on his lips.
“Master Hermes?”
Aegina was shocked.
“Ah, Aina-kun, you are as beautiful as ever today.”
Hermes said, looking at Aegina with a smile.
“Okay, Master Hermes, stop making fun of me.”
“Is there anything I can do for you?”
“Are you going to take the commission?”
Aina asked after she shook her head and took a few steps back.
“Well, compared to the commission or something, I am more concerned about the boy you just mentioned.”
“Is your name Merlin?”
“I just became an adventurer, and I can already go to the middle level?”
“Please tell me Hermes about this…”
Hermes said, moving closer until his entire face was almost on top of Aegina.
However, at this moment, a hand grabbed the back of his collar from behind and threw him to the ground.
“I’m sorry, Miss Aina, my god, for causing you trouble.”
A cold voice echoed in the air.
Immediately afterwards, a slender beauty with short blue hair walked up quickly from behind Hermes and kicked Hermes away.
“Oh, Miss Asphy, no, it’s all right. But you’re doing this… isn’t it…”
After Aina shook her head, she looked at the blue-haired beauty in front of her with some surprise.
That cool aura and intellectual glasses make people think of the word “elite”.
In fact, the Asfi in front of him was indeed an elite adventurer.
It is very famous in every aspect.
Although he is only a LV2 adventurer, he has a certain fame and strength.
In fact, after learning about Asfi’s situation, Aina even suspected that the other party was hiding his strength.
However, there is no corresponding evidence.
“Ah, it’s alright. This attitude is enough to deal with Lord Hermes.”
Asfi shook his head slightly and turned to look at Aegina.
“However, I am also a little curious about what Lord Hermes just said. Can you tell me a little bit?”
“Of course, it’s limited to what can be said.”
Aina nodded and slowly explained.
After hearing all this, Asfi was a little surprised and said, “Really? This is really an unexpected adventurer who actually possesses such a special power.”
“Yeah, this is really surprising. I didn’t expect there would be someone like Asfi.”
At this time, Hermes raised his head from under the counter and said with some surprise.
But his handsome face was covered with mud and looked a little disheveled.
“Same? Lord Hermes, if you don’t speak, no one will think you are dumb.”
“Oh, Asfi, how cruel.”
Hermes smiled and shrugged, then turned to look at Aegina.
“By the way, Aina-kun, so which clan does that Merlin-kun belong to?”
“Yes, Lady Hestia’s Familia.”
After listening to Aegina’s words, a hint of surprise flashed across Hermes’ smiling face.
“Hestia? Really? That guy finally created his own clan.”
“Well, I really need to go and see this.”
Hermes said, adjusting his traveling hat.
“Master Hermes, are you planning something bad again?”
Asfi, who was standing at the back, glared at him unhappily and reminded him, “I hope you won’t cause me any more trouble.”
“Yes, yes. Well, Aina-kun, can you give us a commission to go to the eighteenth floor?”
“Well, as for the content…”
After listening to Hermes’ request, Aegina was a little confused, but still took out the corresponding commission.
After Hermes and Asfi left, Aegina looked at their backs as they left, with a hint of confusion and worry on her face.
“Well, I didn’t expect Merlin to be targeted by Lord Hermes again.”
“I hope there won’t be any trouble.”
“Oh no, I don’t bother with that pervert.”
“Before he apologizes to me, definitely…well, probably…”
Merlin rubbed his head and said in confusion.
“Could it be that someone is thinking about me?”
“Come to think of it, I didn’t discuss the price of the all-purpose potion with Miss Livilia last time.”
“However, he is the strongest magician after all, so he shouldn’t give too low a price.”
“Well, even if it doesn’t make money, it doesn’t matter. Those magic circles have already made back their investment anyway.”
At the same time, in Loki’s family, a sneaky figure was groping in the mansion and heading towards Livilia’s room.
Chapter 47 Night Raid? Aisi made a mistake (old version)
“That asshole old woman actually got seven bottles of the universal potion, and she didn’t even think of giving me one.”
Bert, who was lying outside the wall and moving slowly towards Livilia’s room, couldn’t help but curse.
That’s right, he naturally overheard the conversation between the three giants not long ago.
Because of this, he immediately understood the value of the all-purpose potion.
“I didn’t expect it to be able to increase my strength by 30%. If I had a bottle of this potion, not to mention that bastard Ai Si, even the old woman might not be my opponent.”
Bert lowered his voice and spoke with great confidence.
Although Finn will definitely give him a bottle when they go to the maze later.
But the problem is that Bert can no longer wait until that time.
“We must make that damned Ai Si look good.”
Soon Bert came to the window of the room.
After confirming that Livilia was asleep in the room, Bert knocked on the window, opened it, and sneaked in.
“According to the old woman’s personality, if there is anything, she will definitely hide it under the bed, so…”
Bert said as he moved towards the bed.
After taking a look and seeing that Livilia was still sleeping on the bed, he immediately reached over.
He quickly crawled under the bed, and just as he was about to lift the sheets, a cold chill burst out from under the bed.
“Ah, old woman, you are pretending to be asleep!”
Bert immediately realized something, shouted, and ran desperately towards the window.
However, although his speed is very fast, how can he catch up with Livilia’s magic?
The ice immediately covered Bert’s body, but the next moment Bert broke free from the ice and ran forward.
However, Livilia had already reached the window.
“Bert, who has the guts to steal from me?”
A terrible chill appeared on Livilia’s cold face, and she raised the wand in her hand.
The next moment, the light of magic burst out, and Bert ran away even faster.
After Livilia froze Bert into an ice sculpture and placed it in the square of the mansion, he returned slowly.
However, when she returned to the room, she immediately ran to the location under the bed to confirm the almighty potion there.
However……
“One bottle is missing?”
Livilia was stunned, looking at the six bottles of omnipotence potion frozen on the floor in disbelief.
There were supposed to be seven bottles, but now there is one bottle missing.
And where did the missing bottle go?
“That’s weird. I clearly froze Bert, so who could have avoided my perception and stolen a bottle of potion?”
Livilia was a little confused.
In the entire clan, there are only a handful of people who can escape her perception.
Finn was able to evade her perception, but the problem couldn’t be him.
After all, it was Finn who suggested putting the potion on her side. As for Grace, she was not known for her concealment of breath and speed, so it was impossible.
As for the Amazon sisters, that’s even more impossible.
Then there is only one option left…
“Ais?”
Livilia was stunned for a moment. She didn’t expect that the answer she got after the process of elimination was Ais.
Livilia couldn’t understand why Ais stole the all-powerful potion.
And only one bottle was stolen.
“Hmm… maybe I should ask tomorrow.”
On the other side, inside the room, Ais looked at the almighty potion on the table, a rare look of complexity and entanglement appearing on her pretty face.
“Ugh… I was following Bert earlier and subconsciously stole… took a bottle. How am I going to explain this to Livilia tomorrow?”
A hint of panic appeared on Aisi’s pretty face.
In fact, even she herself didn’t know why she thought of stealing a bottle of omnipotence potion at that time.
Maybe she wanted to experience the feeling of becoming stronger again.
Of course, she knew very well that relying on external medicines to become stronger was not actually a good thing.
But… now that she has been stuck at LV5 for more than two years and her ability value has not changed at all, she does not want to give up any hope of becoming stronger.
“If I can drink a lot of this potion, will my ability score break through?”
“Oh no, this potion is very precious…it can’t be wasted.”
Ais shook her head and put the terrible thought behind her.
However, when looking at this bottle of almighty potion, the face of a black-haired young man appeared in Aisi’s mind.
Perhaps, the young man who could make such a strange potion knew how to become stronger.
Ai Si bit her lip lightly, a hint of determination flashing in her eyes.
That’s right, before the next expedition, she wanted to meet the young man named… Merlin again.
Perhaps, there will be some turning point.
The next day, Ais took the bottle of universal potion that she had stolen last night and came to Livilia to apologize.
Of course, Livilia did not blame her. Instead, she comforted Ais and told her not to worry too much about her ability values.
Instead, he didn’t even steal any fur, and was frozen all night. In the end, he was scolded by Finn, Riveria, and Grace.
This scolding caused Bert to stay at home for three days, but that’s a story for later.
The top of the Tower of Babel.
“Ota, how’s that going?”
Freya glanced at the night view of Orario below and asked the strongest adventurer behind her.
“Yes, Lady Freya, the monster has been trained and can be used at any time.”
Ota bowed slightly and replied.
“Really? That’s good.”
“When the boy enters the maze again, use…”
The corners of Freya’s mouth rose slightly, and a strange smile appeared on her beautiful face.
At this moment, Ota, who was standing behind, hesitated for a moment and then spoke.
“Freya-sama, please forgive me for being blunt. For a rookie who has only been an adventurer for less than a month, there is absolutely no chance that you can defeat that monster.”
After hearing Ota’s words, Freya naturally understood the meaning behind them.
“Oh, I know. But isn’t it more interesting because of this?”
Freya replied with a smile, the face of the black-haired boy flashing through her mind for no reason.
Even she could barely see the boy, but there was no doubt that he was a person who could bring joy and great changes to her and even Orario.
Well, now it is the first test she has given, whether the boy can pass it or not, this is really exciting.