I'm in a mess, starting with a meteor shower!

"what?"

Lily was a little confused. Aren't they the same thing?

"Remember, it's rare!"

“Uh…oh, I remember, Fujimaru Ritsuka-sama.”

Despite her confusion, Lily chose to obey Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"As for why I chose the bow, it's not that I chose the bow, but that the bow chose me."

As Fujimaru Ritsuka spoke, she flicked her right hand, and an arrow appeared in her hand. She then drew her bow, nocked the arrow, and suddenly shot it upwards.

After a whooshing sound, the corpse of a lizardman fell from above and slammed heavily at Fujimaru Ritsuka's feet.

After completing the shooting, Fujimaru Ritsuka looked down at Lily.

"Like this."

PS: Regarding the issues about monster corpses and materials mentioned by readers in Chapter 23, the problem of excessively high material drop rates has been fixed. In the future, the material drop rate for the main character will be reduced.

Secondly, regarding the issue of monster corpses, it's been too long, and I might have misremembered. So I went back and checked. In the second chapter of the first volume of the original light novel, there was a specific description that monsters leave behind corpses after they die, which can be used to extract materials. Only after the magic stones are removed will they turn into dust.

Alternatively, you can break the magic stone while defeating a monster. The monster, deprived of the magic stone's power, will turn into dust, and the magic stone will lose its magic and become scrap. As for materials, they will drop with a chance after the monster is separated from the magic stone and its body turns into dust.

The animation has been modified so that monsters turn to ash after they die, leaving behind magic stones and materials, which is different from the original light novel. I've followed the original light novel's setting here.

There's also the floor issue. I'm so confused. The 13th floor isn't the Giant Tree Forest; it's the 18th floor after that. I got it wrong again. I've already corrected it.

P.S.: Finally, please add this to your favorites and recommend it!

Volume 1: Chapter 27. He is the Challenger

I see you!

As Fujimaru Ritsuka shouted, he fired an arrow into the forest. The arrow pierced the air like a shooting star, accurately hitting a roaring minotaur and shattering its skull.

The head vanished instantly, abruptly halting the beef man's charge. His muscular body then knelt on the ground, his knees slamming hard against the earth before he collapsed forward.

"As expected of a minotaur, but unfortunately I hate minotaurs."

As Fujimaru Ritsuka spoke, she put away her longbow.

He glanced at the minotaur's corpse, then turned to look at Lily behind him.

"Alright, the rest is up to you, Lily."

"Yes...!"

Lily walked to the minotaur's corpse, took out a knife, and began to cut open the minotaur's chest to remove the magic stone.

However, compared to her initial wariness, her face is now only numb.

After Fujimaru Ritsuka demonstrated his longbow, which he could summon at will, Lily concluded that it was a magic bow. The ability to store it freely was clearly a magic bow's own magic. The arrows that appeared out of thin air were also definitely magic bow magic, since she had never seen an archer pull out arrows out of thin air before.

So she started thinking about how to get her hands on this magic bow and then sell it for money.

As for the claim that Fujimaru Ritsuka is not harmed because he is a member of the Astrea Familia and a righteous member, that's impossible, absolutely impossible!

No matter who it is, as long as they can get something out of her, Lily will cheat and swindle them on an equal footing!

So, after the adventure on the 13th floor officially began, Lily started to think of ways to trick Fujimaru Ritsuka.

For example, someone might claim to be very familiar with the 13th floor and offer to help scout out monsters.

This is the simplest and most basic method. Once an adventurer team enters a mid-level dungeon, they will generally be cautious. It is perfectly normal for someone to go ahead and explore first.

But Lily's purpose in investigating wasn't really to investigate; she wanted to find out which areas ahead were hiding monsters so that when Fujimaru Ritsuka passed by, she could lure all those monsters over.

This is the 13th floor. If it were the 1st to 12th floors, she wouldn't need to investigate at all; she could tell where the monsters were with her eyes closed.

Fujimaru Ritsuka agreed to Lily's suggestion, but the result was completely different from what Lily had expected.

After Lily returned from her reconnaissance mission, she reported to Fujimaru Ritsuka, and the two proceeded together. However, when Lily used the stones she had collected to lure all the monsters over, she didn't see the monsters cornering Fujimaru Ritsuka. Instead, Fujimaru Ritsuka stood still, frantically firing arrows, instantly killing all the monsters that came from all directions! Whether they were lizardmen, hellhounds, or minotaurs, they were all annihilated with a single arrow, giving the monsters no chance to struggle. Spot them, fire; fire, kill! The effectiveness terrified Lily!

The efficiency was so high that after each monster kill, it took time for Lily to peel off the magic stones and collect the dropped materials before the next kill could begin. As a result, killing monsters became the shortest thing to do, while finding monsters and collecting magic stones and materials took the longest.

Lily was in charge of the entire process of peeling off the magic stones and collecting materials. As a result, after a lot of work, she didn't manage to trick Fujimaru Ritsuka. Instead, her own hands started to ache from the high-intensity collection work. At one point, three words popped into her mind: Is this reasonable?

To this, Fujimaru Ritsuka could only say: Kensuke EX! Girl!

Compared to Arash himself, I'm already a complete novice. If you saw Arash with a barrage of arrows that sliced ​​off an entire mountain, you probably wouldn't even know what to say.

Despite the soreness in her hands, Lily packed all the minotaur materials into her backpack, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and stood up with her backpack on.

"Fujimaru Ritsuka-sama, all the materials and magic stones have been collected."

"How much have you collected so far?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Lily's backpack and asked.

“You’ve killed a lot of monsters along the way, and now my backpack only has about a quarter of its space left.”

"Okay, then let's skip this floor and go straight to the next one."

After saying that, he walked forward.

"Wait a minute, Fujimaru Ritsuka-sama!"

Looking at the road ahead, Lily couldn't help but speak to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"What's up?"

"Sir, the next floor is the 17th floor. Are you sure you want to go?"

Floors 13-16 are the cave area, which is a similar type of maze. The monsters and terrain are the same, but due to the overall characteristics of the dungeon, the area will increase with each floor.

But the next 17th floor is different. It's a separate floor where monsters are strengthened, and powerful floor bosses spawn at fixed intervals.

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka performed very well along the way, the floor master was no ordinary monster.

"Of course I'll go. Didn't I say at the beginning that the floor owner just refreshed the page? If we take it down, we should be able to accumulate a lot of merits."

Adventurers need experience to level up in dungeons, and this experience is earned by defeating monsters. Defeating the floor boss is considered a major achievement. For a level 1 player, if you can defeat the floor boss of the 17th floor solo, this achievement is enough to directly level you up to level 2! But currently, no one can do this.

Therefore, Lily didn't believe Fujimaru Ritsuka's words at all; all she wanted to do now was ensure her own safety.

"Lady Fujimaru Ritsuka, are you sure you can safely evacuate when facing Goliath?"

After all, it's common for adventurers to use their teammates as a shield in emergencies. As someone who was recently used as a shield, Lily wasn't comfortable with Fujimaru Ritsuka, even though Fujimaru Ritsuka was from the Asteria Familia.

If you're on floors 13-16, the monsters are powerful, but if you run away frantically, you can still escape. However, if she's thrown out to face the floor master, Lily thinks she'll probably die.

"Evacuation? I really haven't thought about it."

Fujimaru Ritsuka could sense Lily's nervousness.

"Because I'm very strong."

I know you're strong, but can you really be stronger than the original poster? You're only LV1, while the original poster is LV4!

"Fujimaru Ritsuka-sama, I think it would be better to be more cautious when facing the floor master."

Lily's eyes were filled with distrust, and she even slowed her pace slightly, falling at least two body lengths behind Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Such a small movement could not escape Fujimaru Ritsuka's perception.

"Do not worry."

As she spoke, Fujimaru Ritsuka stopped and turned to look at Lily behind her.

"It is the challenger!"

Volume 1: Chapter 28. Meteor Double!

Floor 17, the final floor of the first phase of the dungeon, is home to various enhanced monsters and the first powerful floor master.

While the monsters on other floors are generally at level 2, the floor master, Goliath, is at level 4, making him the most terrifying enemy for low-level adventurers in the early stages.

There are also enhanced hellhounds and minotaurs here, each of whom can easily solo novice adventurers, making it an area that no newcomer would dare to venture into.

However, these enhanced hellhounds and minotaurs were still easy prey for Fujimaru Ritsuka, who could take them down with a single arrow.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, who inherited Arash's archery skills, shoots arrows with unparalleled accuracy, as if she had an auto-aiming device. Moreover, the monsters in the dungeon have very little intelligence; they attack mindlessly whenever they encounter an enemy, without retreating or dodging. Even when they do dodge, it's according to pre-set rules, just like a computer program.

So when faced with the arrows shot by Fujimaru Ritsuka, they made no attempt to dodge. In fact, to onlookers, it looked as if they were banging their heads against Fujimaru Ritsuka's arrows.

Therefore, the enhanced hellhounds and enhanced minotaurs on the 17th floor still pose no threat to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

After once again eliminating an enhanced minotaur with a single, headshot arrow, Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Lily behind her.

"I'll trouble you with this one too."

"No trouble at all."

Lily waved as she walked over and began peeling the magic stones off the enhanced minotaur's corpse.

Fujimaru Ritsuka watched Lily peeling the materials and offered a reminder.

"Don't put the magic stone away for now, give it to me, and then give me a Hellhound magic stone as well."

"what?"

Lily was a little confused, but after a moment of doubt, she immediately nodded.

"Yes, Lord Fujimaru Ritsuka."

Why should you hold both magic stones in your hands?

While Lily was muttering to herself, her hands continued their work, enduring the soreness in her hands as she quickly peeled the Minotaur's magic stone. After packing all the other materials into her backpack, she handed the Minotaur's magic stone to Fujimaru Ritsuka. At the same time, she took out the magic stone peeled from the Hellhound from her backpack and handed both magic stones to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Fujimaru Ritsuka weighed the two magic stones in her hand, a satisfied smile appearing on her face.

"Alright, next we should go see Golia."

"My lord, are these two magic stones related to Goliath?"

"Hmm, I want to conduct an experiment to see if I can use these two magic stones to kill Goliath."

"what?"

Lily didn't understand what Fujimaru Ritsuka meant, and Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't offer any explanation.

While chatting with Ryu yesterday and deciding to use magic stones to create magical costumes, Fujimaru Ritsuka still did not give up absorbing magic power with his physical body. However, it was not Fujimaru Ritsuka himself who absorbed the magic power, but his clone!

Absorbing the magic power from magic stones will result in being corrupted by the magic power of the dungeon. In minor cases, it will cause magic chaos and mental pollution, while in severe cases, it can directly turn one into a monster.

But the clones don't need to worry about these things. Fujimaru Ritsuka's clones were created specifically to self-destruct. Since they're going to self-destruct anyway, it's not unreasonable for me to absorb more magic power before the self-destruction to increase its power!

The power of Fujimaru Ritsuka's Noble Phantasm changes with the amount of magic power she possesses. When magic power is insufficient, the power of the Noble Phantasm decreases, while when magic power is abundant or even overflowing, the power of the Noble Phantasm increases. Fujimaru Ritsuka, who is only at LV1, does not have much magic power to begin with, and the clones she creates with magic power have even less magic power. In order to ensure that the main body has enough magic power, each clone of Fujimaru Ritsuka is only allocated 5% of her magic power.

How powerful can a clone with only 5% mana unleash a Noble Phantasm? The 10-meter-diameter crater outside Orario is the most direct proof: small! Too small!

The meteor is an ultimate arrow that tears the earth apart after draining all of its magic power and life force. How could it only have a 10-meter destructive range? It's all because Fujimaru Ritsuka herself doesn't have much magic power, and the magic power of the clone she created is even less!

So, what would happen if the clone absorbed enough magic power, then, despite being under the debuff of being demonized (which doesn't affect the Noble Phantasm's power), it fired a meteor?

With that in mind, Fujimaru Ritsuka led Lily to the Wall of Sighs, the only way between the 17th and 18th floors, and also the place where the floor master Goliath regularly spawns.

Goliath's respawn time is 14 days. Because the respawn point is on the only way between the 17th and 18th floors, adventurers who want to explore downwards must get past him. However, he is a difficult opponent for ordinary adventurer teams to defeat, so the Adventurers' Guild keeps a record of his respawn time.

While exploring the dungeon, Fujimaru Ritsuka saw a notification on the guild's notice board that Goliath would be respawning today.

The last time Golia respawned was exactly 14 days ago, and the Loki Familia was the one that attacked Golia. The Loki Familia's expeditionary force chose to set off on that day, and the Loki Familia, which had a large number of high-level adventurers, was like a speed bump that was torn down.

Now, Loki's Familia is still on an expedition deep in the dungeon, and the task of dismantling this speed bump that is being refreshed has become someone else. Normally, it would be the adventurers and merchants from the 18th floor who would kill Goliath together, because this roadblock would block their path to making money. Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents!

What Fujimaru Ritsuka had to do was to solo Goliath after it spawned and before the adventurers from the 18th floor came in a team!

The moment Fujimaru Ritsuka brought Lily to the Wall of Breath, the Wall of Breath suddenly lit up, and magic surged on it, making the entire wall look as if it were coated with a layer of light.

"Goliath is about to be refreshed!"

Lily watched the commotion at the Wall of Sighs and couldn't help but take a step back.

"Yes, the timing is perfect!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded in satisfaction.

"Lily, could you step back a little? If you get too close, I'm afraid it might affect you."

Lily looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka with some surprise. She had been worried that this person would use her as a shield, but now she was actually taking the initiative to let her back down to ensure her safety. Such treatment really shocked her.

"Yes!"