Chapter 89: Monster Slaughterhouse! The Soon-to-Respawn Floor Lord, Goliath
The monster siege before them was something the Takemikazuchi Familia had never experienced. Logically, they would have chosen to retreat directly.
Not to solve the problem head-on.
Now, there were many more things to consider. Liam and Lili were on a joint Familia expedition, and their respective gods were familiar with each other.
Moreover, the other party's god had paid an extremely generous reward!
Kashima did his best to find a countermeasure and immediately ordered, "Mikoto, prepare to use magic to temporarily control the besieging monsters."
"Chigusa, get ready to lead Lili and Liam away."
"And you... Captain."
"I'll be responsible for holding back the monsters with Mikoto. As long as we can stall for time, we'll have a chance to retreat." Kashima replied decisively.
If they were strangers, of course, he would use "Monster Gifting" to ensure the Familia's safety. But the current situation was different!
He exchanged a look with Mikoto and didn't explain further.
Mikoto understood the meaning in his eyes, took a deep breath, made a decision for battle, and began to chant the incantation for her magic skill in a low voice.
"—Calling upon the name of the supreme, with reverence and awe."
"Alright."
Knowing this was a well-considered decision by Kashima, due to her introverted and somewhat timid nature, just as she turned around.
Preparing to tell the Hestia Familia the news of their retreat, she saw Liam, his face showing unconcealed fatigue, walking towards them.
Compared to her reservedness when facing Kashima, when looking at the young man of similar age before her, Chigusa's feelings were more of reverence.
"L-Liam."
The young woman was just about to explain that she would lead them away first, but noticed Liam, despite his tired face, casually wave his hand.
His calm eyes swept across the front; the number of monsters was quite considerable.
In the narrow passage environment, there was simply no room to dodge. This would allow the effect of the Drawing Sword skill to be maximized.
If not for his excessive stamina consumption, Thrusting Smash, a charge-and-engage skill, would also be a good choice.
Facing the worried gazes of Kashima and Mikoto, Liam walked past them to the front line. The monsters were restricted by Mikoto's "Futsunomitama" magic.
In the strong gravity environment, the ground faintly showed spiderweb-like cracks.
The monsters restricted by the magic's range couldn't advance, while the monsters behind were attracted by the adventurers and continuously squeezed forward.
From an objective point of view, the gravity magic "Futsunomitama," its heaven-defying degree was comparable to the lewd fox Haruhime's Magic Mallet!
"This is your magic technique, right?"
Liam's gaze swept over the young woman's grave side profile, then he said in a relaxed tone, "Mikoto, buy me some time."
"Okay."
The excessive consumption of mental energy had already made Mikoto's face slightly pale. Her ability scores in magic were relatively ordinary.
She couldn't maintain "Futsunomitama" for a particularly long time.
But since it was Liam's decision, it meant he was confident enough to deal with the vast number of monsters before him!
And the facts did not exceed Mikoto's expectations.
He didn't charge into the monster group with two short swords as usual, but instead, stood unusually still.
"This is…"
A deep confusion flashed in the young woman's eyes, but Liam's next move completely surpassed her understanding of swordsmanship.
The price of using "Selfless Sword Aura" was the consumption of physical stamina. His right hand rested on the scabbard on his other side.
Liam held it with one hand, his white demonic hand gently supporting the scabbard.
Lunging forward, he assumed the opening stance for an Iai Drawing Sword slash. His eyes were full of calm, like a deep, tranquil lake.
He continuously charged up power.
When his body was fatigued, the extra stamina consumption would put a strain on his body. Even so, Liam's heart was still filled with anticipation.
"Increase the quality of the Selfless Sword Aura…"
"To achieve a stronger damage effect over a wider range. The principle is even simpler than I imagined!"
He continuously poured the Selfless Sword Aura into this short sword, whose quality had been improved by Tsubaki's forging, compressing and purifying the sword aura.
The humming sound erupting from the blade was a resonance unique to him!
Liam gradually comprehended the true essence of sword aura, only feeling his body and the flowing sword intent completely merge.
The feeling of fatigue didn't disappear because of this extra gain. In its place was a heartfelt, exhilarating joy!
Ahead, the "Futsunomitama" magic maintained by Mikoto showed faint signs of collapsing.
With such a vast number of monsters, the gravity magic could only achieve a restrictive effect and couldn't cause substantial damage.
And the mental energy consumption to maintain the magic had already pushed Mikoto to her limit. Her face was pale, and her figure was about to fall to the ground.
Until the magic effect could no longer be maintained.
Mentally exhausted to the extreme, the young woman, who could only support herself with her tachi, had a look of dejection, "Sorry, I'm... already..."
"At my limit."
"What a terrible line."
Temporarily suppressing the urge to complain, Liam, with an unchanged expression, looked at the monsters in front, now freed from the restriction of the Futsunomitama gravity magic.
They surged towards him like a tide.
The last shred of stamina in his body was all consumed in the process of this one sword slash. A brief, extremely fast flash of sword light passed.
"Drawing Sword."
A large-area sword aura slash, imbued with flowing light, swept towards all the surging monsters in front.
Even the Minotaurs with their relatively strong defense, when their bodies came into contact with the attack range of Drawing Sword.
Were cleanly cut in half.
In the relatively narrow passage environment, the sword aura slash left a shocking mark on the rock surface, its effectiveness undiminished. Dust from the rocks falling from the walls…
The monsters' bodies, after being cut in half at the waist, completely dissolved into gray-black dust…
Turning the current narrow cave passage into a "slaughterhouse," comprehensively clearing out all the monsters gathered here!
Sword Soul.
It was all about the efficiency of clearing monsters.
The cave environment of the middle Dungeon levels was like a natural monster grinder. It only required a Drawing Sword to solve the problem.
If that wasn't enough, then two!
Looking at the completely cleared and empty passage before him.
Liam felt an exhilarating feeling like playing a hack-and-slash game. He sheathed his short sword again and turned around with a satisfied look.
"This is the feeling."
They had already held high psychological expectations for Liam's strength, but when a brand-new combat method was truly presented before them.
This shocking feeling was still hard to shake off.
Relying on "Futsunomitama" magic to restrain the monsters, after the gravity field effect disappeared, they swarmed in like a tide.
Kashima knew he couldn't deal with the monsters.
Then the end of the Familia expedition, as well as all members of the Takemikazuchi Familia, would meet their end here today.
And then…
Liam, who was originally exhausted and could have retreated with them, instead proactively shouldered the responsibility of fighting the monsters!
Using that unimaginable magic attack method.
Directly mowing down the monsters that were about to sweep over the area in front. Regardless of the type, the final result…
Was only death!!
"It's... over?"
Looking at the wall, which had a sword aura slash mark left on it, it was precisely because he knew how thick the Dungeon walls were.
That Kashima's face was incomparably stiff. Let alone directly sweeping through the monsters before him.
Even himself, at full strength, could at most leave a gash on the wall. He couldn't imagine what kind of power this was!
He tried to ask his surrounding companions, but no one could answer his question.
Realizing that Liam's last bit of stamina might have been depleted, Mikoto disregarded the刺痛 (stabbing pain) in her head caused by excessive mental energy consumption.
She didn't care about the easily slaughtered monsters or how Liam had done it…
She just felt inexplicably bad, purely because her own strength couldn't provide any help.
Without thinking carefully, she rushed ahead of Lili and supported Liam.
The young woman ignored Lili's frowning brows and said decisively, "Captain Kashima, let's find a place to rest first."
"No problem."
The monsters gathered in the passage were all cleared by Liam. The subsequent process was smoother than expected. Following the planned route.
They found a temporary spot to make camp.
And in a corner no one cared about, Kashima's mood was only one of complex silence. He had found a safe area to serve as a temporary camp.
Once again taking on the role of the night watchman, this was the most he could do for the team.
Provide a safe resting environment as much as possible, let Liam maintain a good state, and continue tomorrow's Dungeon conquest.
Both were Level 2 adventurers.
But the strength gap between them was like a chasm, a gap that he could never close no matter how hard he tried!
"Captain Kashima…"
What interrupted Kashima's thoughts was Chigusa, whose short hair covered most of her face. She had finally found a target to confide in.
The young woman sat on the ground, hugging her knees, tilting her head to observe Kashima's expression, "Are you in a bad mood?"
"You can't say that…"
Being able to safely retreat from a large number of monsters, Kashima's mood was quite good. As for the strength gap between him and Liam.
His mood suddenly became resigned.
A Lv2 adventurer was already a very rare existence in Orario; there was no need to make comparisons.
Facing Chigusa's curious gaze.
Kashima spread his hands helplessly, "Lv2 might be my limit. For Liam, it's very likely just his starting point."
"It's just that sometimes I feel the gap between people is really huge!!"
The subsequent Familia expedition, the overall process was smoother than the previous two days. Mastering the DPS god-tier skill "Drawing Sword."
The stamina consumption was also lower than expected.
This skill deservedly became Liam's main attack method, adapting to all environments, regardless of the number of monsters.
All were taken away directly by Drawing Sword.
By the time they reached a new passage area, that bit of consumed stamina had long since recovered. Setting aside the improvement in ability scores, in terms of experience.
After speed-running through the middle level's 16th-floor area of the Dungeon, his level had already reached Lv31.
Just before heading to the next floor, Lili stopped Liam in his tracks, giving a comprehensive briefing on the next floor.
This concerned their safety.
"Ahead is the 17th floor. The Labyrinth floor lord, Goliath, exists in this area. Goliath's ability scores are close to Lv4."
"It's definitely not something we can handle."
When she said the last sentence, Lili's face was stern as she watched Liam's reaction. She then immediately said, "But it's fine to pass through now."
"The information the Adventurer's Guild gave me is that the Loki Familia, returning from their Familia expedition, dealt with Goliath along the way."
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"The next respawn, the time should be the day after tomorrow!"
(End of this chapter)
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