Chapter 87: Level Up! New Skill Methods
The situation was no different from what Liam had expected. After the floor reached the middle levels, Minotaur-like monsters already possessed a sliver of consciousness.
When facing an unbeatable adventurer, they would instinctively flee.
The Minotaur he encountered when he first registered as an adventurer was one that had been scattered by the "Loki" Familia and had fled to the shallow levels.
"The deeper you go, the higher the difficulty of conquering…"
Utilizing his speed advantage to deal with the last Minotaur in the spacious passage, the question of how to improve combat efficiency.
Was something Liam had to consider.
He couldn't possibly have to struggle so much to defeat them one by one every time he encountered an experience reward room, right?
If he couldn't clear out all the monsters in front of him in a short time, the Takemikazuchi Familia members who came to help would very likely steal his experience!
"I still need Drawing Sword."
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A very small number of fleeing Minotaurs disappeared into the complex cave passages. Liam didn't pursue them deeply.
The harvest was already sufficient.
These two days of exploring the middle levels, the experience accumulated from killing monsters, including encountering an extremely large number of Minotaurs.
The Sword Soul class template's level had smoothly risen to 29.
This was definitely good news for him. The goal of the compulsory Familia expedition was, before leaving the Dungeon.
To master as many Sword Soul skill methods and train his ability scores as much as possible.
Noticing the battle, which belonged exclusively to Liam, had ended, her clothes were clearly stained with blood. The young woman proactively walked over.
Looking at Liam, whose eyes were clearly still wanting more.
Mikoto hesitated whether to speak. After thinking it through, her frank personality held nothing back, "Thank you for saving me just now."
"If it weren't for you…" She paused for a moment here, her expression briefly silent. The other person had rescued her.
Yet she had no way to express her gratitude.
A "hero saves the beauty" scenario – Mikoto, who came from an orphanage, had actually never experienced these things.
But this didn't affect Liam's status in her heart at all. It was a completely different feeling from her admiration for her Familia's god, Takemikazuchi.
Specifically, what she held was probably... a good impression?
Not minding Mikoto's attitude, Liam waved his hand with a relaxed smile, "We're all teammates on a Familia expedition. It's reasonable to help each other."
"Thank you."
Even though he said that, Mikoto still stubbornly expressed her thanks. It was just that when facing the concerned gazes of her Familia members.
A sense of guilt enveloped the young woman's heart.
It wasn't just thanks for Liam saving her, but also the consequence of dragging down the team's progress. Mikoto was just about to apologize.
"Um..."
"Let's set off." Liam didn't give her a chance to speak. He casually waved his hand and led the expedition team deeper.
Thanks to getting enough rest last night, Liam maintained a good exploration state. He wasn't in a great hurry to complete the Familia expedition.
The main point was training to improve his ability scores.
Following the passage where the Minotaurs had gathered, he continued to explore deeper. As long as the targets were the monsters along the way.
The Takemikazuchi Familia could provide the final safety guarantee.
Knowing this, he held nothing back in the subsequent battles. Experiencing an exceptionally long period of slaughter.
Liam had already forgotten about time.
The continuous influx of experience points was enough to alleviate his numb mood. When his stamina was depleted, he would stop to rest.
Once his body's energy was gradually replenished, he would once again plunge into Dungeon exploration, or more accurately, launch a slaughter against the monsters!
Raising the Sword Soul template's level, for Liam, was a form of swordsmanship training.
Constantly honing the sword aura that consumed his physical strength, casting aside all worries to fight to his heart's content, and tempering the shortcomings of his techniques amidst danger.
"This feeling is truly exhilarating!"
Liam didn't feel it was tedious; he was even somewhat addicted to it. This wasn't just training in terms of swordsmanship techniques.
It was more about cultivating his combat instincts.
This kind of all-out slaughter scene was just daily routine for him, but in the eyes of the Takemikazuchi Familia, with whom he was not yet familiar.
The effect of the scene could only be described as shocking.
The Level 2 adventurer Liam, who had not set foot in the middle levels…
The strength he now possessed was very reasonable! His extremely strong combat skills against monsters were not due to talent, but relied on this unimaginably intense combat.
This repetitive training also brought a qualitative change to Liam's ability scores.
Realizing the huge strength gap that existed between them, both also Level 2 adventurers, it was hard for Mikoto not to feel frustrated.
But their subsequent time together undoubtedly made her change her original thoughts.
The young woman's gaze was fixed on Liam's back, her tone filled with emotion, "I suddenly feel that for Liam to have this kind of strength."
"Is very reasonable!!"
"This is probably the gap in talent…" Kashima's serious face showed no change in expression, but his eyes were unavoidably complex.
He really didn't want to admit it, but the facts were right before his eyes.
Although he was of a similar age to Mikoto and Chigusa, Liam's individual strength had already surpassed all the members of their Familia.
Kashima's self-deprecating remark, however, was not acknowledged.
The relaxed look on the young woman's face gradually disappeared, replaced by seriousness. Mikoto's attitude was unprecedentedly serious.
Mikoto's personality was to let things go, to seek truth from facts.
She looked at Kashima and corrected him, "Perhaps he does indeed possess potential that surpasses ours, but to just use so-called 'talent'."
"To cover up the effort he has put in, isn't that taking things a bit for granted?"
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Feeling her serious attitude, Kashima looked towards Liam in the distance, who was dealing with monsters crisply and cleanly. His mood became even worse.
Being talented was already a blow.
The key was being talented and still investing all one's energy into Dungeon training. How the hell were ordinary adventurers supposed to live?
He wanted to complain.
But in the end, Kashima just shook his head with a bitter smile, "He's talented and willing to work hard. He deserves the strength he has now!"
Not hearing the discussion among the Takemikazuchi Familia members, he cleared away all the monsters before him, having already forgotten the number he had grinded.
What could test the results was only the experience bar of the "Sword Soul Template."
The muscle soreness and mental fatigue brought by the high-intensity Dungeon training were now all ignored by Liam.
After two long days of training on the Familia expedition.
The vast number of monsters in the middle levels, the experience points accumulated from continuous slaughter, had smoothly raised the Sword Soul template's class level to 30.
"So."
"Can I get some skills that improve my combat methods?"
Skills like "Flowing Stance" and "Overdrive" all provided combat damage amplification. They certainly had an effect.
But they were just laying the foundation.
Now, with the new skills provided by the level-up, it was hard for Liam not to look forward to them. He decisively opened the "Sword Soul Template" to check.
「Liam Moon」
「Level: 30」
「Experience: 0.001%」
「Skills: Triple Slash (Lv5), Moonlight Slash (Lv4), Backstep Cut (Lv4), Flowing Stance (Lv5), Flowing Stance - Pierce (Lv1), Overdrive (Lv3)」
「Mastery: Secret Sword Art, Weapon Tempering」
「SP: 100」
「New skills are currently available for learning. View them?」
(End of this chapter)
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