Chapter 83: No Weapon, Just Use a Tree Branch Instead!
Compared to the monsters on the upper levels, the experience points gained after killing Hellhounds had a significant increase. This was good news for Liam. He had temporarily given up using sword aura.
With pure combat techniques, the sharp blade could still easily break through the monsters' defenses.
It was far from reaching a troublesome level. If he paired it with the sword aura slash of "Secret Sword Art," the process would be much easier.
With a crisp and clean upward sword swing, he split a Hellhound in two. The dead monster dissolved into gray dust.
"The number of monsters is still not enough…"
"I wonder if the Sword Soul class level can reach 35 during this Familia expedition."
Confirming there was no danger around, Liam bent down to pick up the dropped magic stone. It was very simple to increase the efficiency of monster grinding: "Drawing Sword."
The effect he "manually inputted" was definitely not as wide-ranging as the original version.
After all, even with the "Flowing Stance" amplification effect, the maximum range of an ordinary sword aura slash could only cover a distance of 3 meters in front of him.
Unless he later changed class and mastered the higher-level Extreme Ghost Sword Art.
"There's still a long road ahead…"
「Liam Moon」
「Level: 28」
「Experience: 0.001%」
He never thought he could get fat in one bite. Leveling up step by step and gradually mastering more skills of the Sword Soul class was the most important thing.
He shifted his gaze from the class template. The stamina consumption from this level of combat was completely negligible.
Liam turned around and looked at the Takemikazuchi Familia, who were preparing to support him. His face was calm without any ripples. He reminded Lili.
"Pack up, let's keep moving."
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Being directly ignored, Kashima's mood wasn't complicated. On the contrary, he felt it was very reasonable. Apart from the ordinary monsters encountered in the upper levels.
Which Liam was too lazy to deal with, there hadn't been a situation where help was needed until now.
Facing a Monster Party, and exploring the middle levels for the first time – situations that would make ordinary adventurers treat with seriousness – he relied purely on strength.
A crushing steamroll!
Kashima looked at Mikoto, feeling as if the remuneration they received was burning his hand. His eyes were complex as he said, "Let's see how things go later. When he really needs... our help."
"Other times, just consider it as accompanying the expedition."
"Mm."
Observing the battle without any hindrance, setting aside Liam's unprecedented swordsmanship, what truly made Mikoto see clearly was... the gap in their combat abilities.
Against monsters of the same strength level, she would adopt a conservative style.
She would absolutely not be like Liam, who, even when facing a monster siege, would still choose to proactively break through. His basic skills were extremely solid.
And his dual-wielding swordsmanship was a technique she had never seen before…
Recognizing the gap between adventurers was not hard for Mikoto to accept. She sincerely commented, "Whether it's adventurer strength or swordsmanship mastery…"
"Liam, trained in a high-pressure environment, is much stronger than me!"
"At least you still have room to catch up…" Feeling the slight frustration in Mikoto's tone, Kashima scratched his head and said with an awkward smile.
Is there really room to catch up?
Looking at Liam's back, the silent young woman didn't answer. The gap between them was something only a true sword user could understand…
To be precise, it was the difference in their pursuit of the way of the sword!
Mikoto shook her head lightly, her smile full of bitterness, "I hope so."
The subsequent Dungeon exploration became Liam's main stage. Gradually mastering the Hellhound monsters' attack patterns, paired with sword aura slashes.
He dealt with them very quickly.
The price was a slight consumption of physical and mental energy, in exchange for training his ability scores and increasing the experience points of his Sword Soul template. With no time for reference.
Liam maintained high-intensity combat.
It wasn't until his physical stamina was gradually depleted and he had to rest, of course, he didn't entrust the burden of safety to the adventurers of the Takemikazuchi Familia.
"That's it for today's exploration."
The goal for the first day of the Familia expedition, smoothly pushing the progress to the 14th floor, at this rate, reaching the goal set by the Adventurer's Guild. Including the round trip distance, could be completed within 5 days.
As a supporter, Lili naturally had no objections. Finding a relatively safe floor area, she put down her huge backpack and began to set up a temporary camp.
Kashima, Chigusa, and the others, who had been uninvolved bystanders the whole time, looked at each other.
They wanted to say that with their team's strength, they could have safely conquered up to the 16th floor today, but looking at Liam's calm face, they ultimately remained silent.
The situation was very clear.
He probably wanted to use the Familia expedition to train his ability scores?
"I'll take the night watch tonight." Finally, it was Kashima who broke the stalemate, proactively taking on the duty of watch for the temporary camp.
Otherwise, he really couldn't justify the remuneration received for supporting the expedition.
"No problem."
Liam didn't refuse.
Physical fatigue must be relieved by replenishing energy and getting adequate rest. Before the Soma Familia incident was completely over, those two days of exploration.
Even with Lili following him.
Resting at night without adventurers to help with the watch always carried a safety risk, and it was difficult to fully adjust his physical condition.
As long as they didn't encounter any particularly great threats, the Takemikazuchi Familia could still be trusted.
"...This is also one of the few things we can do." Recalling his Lord God's instructions at that time, to conceal the truth of the employment.
Kashima's honest face sighed helplessly.
Without staying idle, he helped Lili set up the temporary camp.
And Mikoto, who couldn't help, her gaze rested on Liam, who was leaning against the wall eating and resting. She knew the strength gap between them wasn't just in swordsmanship.
It was their attitude towards the pursuit of the way of the sword.
And after experiencing a high-intensity Dungeon adventure, the fatigue between his brows was visible to the naked eye. Requesting a sparring match at this time would be making things difficult for him.
"Um…"
Sitting on the ground and hugging her knees, the young woman hesitated. She changed her idea of a sparring match to asking Liam about his pursuit of the way of the sword.
"I'd like to ask…"
Before Mikoto could finish, Liam, having finished the bento in his hand, turned his head, his face calm, "You mentioned sparring swordsmanship before?"
The development was somewhat beyond her expectations. Mikoto had never thought that Liam would still remember the casual request she had made after a long day of exploration.
She looked up, her eyes expectant, "Is that really okay?"
"Of course."
"Consider it a post-meal digestive exercise." It was to satisfy the expectation of his expedition teammate. Besides, after a normal meal, he couldn't possibly rest so quickly.
When Liam looked at the weapons they each carried, he fell into a brief, deep thought.
He looked up at the expectant young woman and asked, "Right now, do you have anything else on you that can substitute for a weapon?"
"...No."
Knowing Liam's concern, Mikoto shook her head lightly. It was impossible to carry a training wooden sword during a tense and dangerous Dungeon exploration, right?
And there weren't many things in the cave that could be used as a substitute.
She didn't feel disappointed. On the contrary, her impression of the less talkative Liam improved a lot. This wasn't about his attitude, but simply respect for her.
"Then how about…"
After all, what Mikoto used was the sword style taught by the war god, Takemikazuchi. Liam was truly quite curious. Noticing Lili preparing to start a bonfire.
A tree branch about to be broken for kindling.
He got up, and under Lili's puzzled gaze, picked out a straight branch, suggesting casually, "Just use a tree branch instead?"
(End of this chapter)
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