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"...Xiao Lin?"

Chapter 234 If you keep talking nonsense, you'll be...

Early the next morning, in the Loki Familia's private dining hall, Sword Maiden Ais was having breakfast with several close female adventurers from the Familia.

At this moment, Tiona asked, "Ais, do you have any plans for today?"

The Amazonian sister, who had caused a ruckus at the festival, has shaken off her gloom and is now fully recharged.

"I'm planning to run some dungeons."

Sword Maiden Ais's expression wasn't good.

"Miss Ais is going alone?" Lefia asked with concern.

"Because we need money."

The Sword Maiden Ais said these words with great sadness, which almost made her loyal fan, Lefia, offer to lend her money.

Tiona clearly knew why Ais was short of money, and immediately offered to go with her, since they also needed to make up for the money that the Twin Blades owed.

Unlike the patient and resilient Sword Maiden Ais, she got bored while farming money and ran away because of the festival. So even after Ais had repaid 4000 million Fali, she still owed money to the Gubney Familia.

Seeing that Tiona was going to follow, and wanting to help her idol, Lefia naturally followed along as well.

Tiona declined, saying she wanted to stay with Captain Finn, but at Tiona's invitation, Captain Finn thought it would be good to relax before the next expedition, so he inexplicably assembled a super team.

Brave Finn, Nine Demon Princess Riveria, Sword Princess Ais, Amazon sisters, and Thousand Fairy Lefia.

These few people are all ready to go on an expedition to the dungeon.

That being said, is someone missing?

Putting aside his doubts for the time being, the hero Finn waved his hand and headed to the dungeon with his fellow members of the Familia.

By the 15th floor, the monsters on the upper floors were no match for them. They couldn't even slow down their progress. Moreover, Tiona was the only one who charged down the entire way in a mad dash.

Sheathed her spinning twin blades and stepped into the passageway filled with magic stones, the unsatisfied Amazonian sister pouting.

"Hmm... This is the first time the second generation of the Great Twin Blades has been used, but it seems to be missing something. It's not quite satisfying."

"After all, these are just level 1 monsters. But the next level is the level 2 Minotaur, whose strength should be a level higher."

Hearing her complaint, Finn, the hero behind her, gently reminded her.

However, when they arrived at the 16th floor, there wasn't a single monster there.

And I even ran into someone I knew.

"Oh my, it's Kobayashi and Ms. Ryuu!"

Upon seeing the familiar master-servant duo, Tiona greeted them cheerfully.

Hearing her voice, Kobayashi turned around and was visibly taken aback when he saw several star adventurers from the Loki Familia. He instinctively asked, "Has the Loki Familia already begun its expedition?"

He also wondered why Uranus hadn't told him.

Tiona waved her hand and denied it with a smile, saying, "It's not an expedition. We just went to the dungeon to relax when we had nothing to do. In other words, it's just a small group adventure."

"...This is quite a scary little group."

Xiaolin couldn't help but complain.

These few people, when gathered together, all have the strength to destroy a small to medium-sized clan. And judging from their appearance, it seems that they came to the dungeon just for a suburban activity. I truly feel sorry for the monsters in the dungeon.

"But Kobayashi, you really went too far."

"...Why am I the one being complained about?"

"Because you see, you've defeated all the monsters on this floor, so we have to go to the next floor, right?"

"I'm really sorry."

Xiaolin's apology was insincere and perfunctory.

The dungeon operates on a first-come, first-served basis. This means that if you encounter a monster, as long as you don't steal it or violate guild rules, whoever makes the first move gets to keep it.

Therefore, even when she was complained about, Kobayashi did not feel apologetic.

Tiona turned to look at the dwarfs behind her and asked, "What should we do, Captain? Should we just go down to the 19th floor like this?"

"...No, let's rest for a bit. We need to exchange our previous gains for money." The hero Finn lifted the bag of magic stones in his hand.

The suggestion was agreed upon by the entire Loki Familia, who then extended an invitation: "Kobayashi, would you like to come along too?"

"Hmm... let's go together if possible."

Kobayashi had long wanted to go to the 18th safe level, and this was a good opportunity to go with the experienced Loki Familia members.

After reaching a consensus, Kobayashi and Ryuu joined in.

On the way, the hero Finn spoke to him, "I am very grateful for your help in saving my family members at the festival."

"Thank you so much!"

Lefia closed her eyes tightly and bowed deeply to Kobayashi; her slightly trembling body showed how nervous she was.

She wanted to thank Kobayashi as soon as she saw him, but the shy elf girl hesitated because of her leader and because she didn't have the chance.

Xiaolin had mixed feelings after being thanked.

Because during the festival, Lefia would suffer a severe injury and be on the verge of death, but she would also overcome her psychological barriers and become stronger. However, she missed that opportunity because of Kobayashi.

Sword Maiden Ais asked in confusion, "Kobayashi?"

“…I’m sorry.” Kobayashi snapped out of his daze and said to the bowing elf girl, “Please raise your head, Miss Lefia. I was just repaying the life-saving grace you gave me back then.”

"A life-saving grace?"

“That’s right. I will never forget the kindness of being saved by the Loki Familia.”

“Is, is that so…”

Lefia was a little surprised.

It was Loki's Familia, not Lefia, who rescued Kobayashi in the dungeon. At that time, Lefia was immersed in self-blame and didn't talk to Kobayashi at all. But unexpectedly, Kobayashi would repay the favor because Lefia was a member of Loki's Familia.

At the same time, she also understood that she was saved not because of herself, but because of her clan.

"Alright, alright, you can say thank you anytime. Now let's hurry up and get to the 18th floor. My twin blades are itching for a fight." Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit strange, Tiona took the initiative to break the ice and insisted on going to the lower floor.

"Then, let us treat each other with respect as fellow adventurers."

"Yes, I would be happy to."

Brave Finn and Kobayashi exchanged a helpless smile and then headed towards the safe zone together.

Upon arriving at the entrance to the 18th floor, Kobayashi felt a mix of emotions.

The hero Finn asked curiously, "What's wrong, Kobayashi? You look strange."

"I just feel that it was really hard-won, finally I made it to the 18th floor."

"No, no, no, with your strength, reaching the 18th floor shouldn't be difficult for you."

"That's true, but in reality, I can't get to the 18th floor every time for various reasons."

"Aha……"

He doesn't seem to believe it.

But there's nothing we can do; there are just strange, uncontrollable factors in this world.

After passing through a towering tree, they soon arrived at the 18th floor.

"Wow!"

Upon seeing the view from the 18th floor, Kobayashi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Even though there was no sun, this floor was as bright as day, simply because the ceiling was covered with countless glowing magic crystals.

According to the Loki clan, time here seems to be the same as outside, with day and night changing every 12 hours.

As a result, the ecological environment here is similar to that of the outside world.

"Alright, let's go to town now," said the hero Finn.

The 18th floor is a floor where monsters do not spawn, also known as a safe floor. Therefore, adventurers built a town here for them to rest and trade.

"Commander, shall we rest in the woods as usual?"

"No, let's stay in town this time."

"But it's quite expensive here."

"It's okay, I'll pay for it this time."

"That's great! The commander is so generous!"

Tiona cheered.

When the group arrived in town, they sensed that something was amiss.

"It just feels so strange."

"Yes, there are no pedestrians on the street."

Curious, a burly middle-aged adventurer emerged from a tavern ahead, looking disgruntled and muttering angrily:

"Seriously, are you kidding me!"

"Borus?"