Crossover Anime: Starting from Soul Society and Slicing Through All Worlds

Chapter 19 This is called a giant lizard?! Isn't this a dragon?!

The two A-level missions accepted by Night City are to hunt down a certain poisonous magical beast and to conquer a newly discovered underground labyrinth.

The poison-type monster is said to be a giant lizard. The gas exhaled from its venom sacs has greatly affected the surrounding villages, causing many people to be poisoned.

As for the underground labyrinth, it was discovered not long ago. Judging from the level of the monsters that appeared in the labyrinth, the labyrinth's level is not high, but the boss guarding the entrance is an extremely troublesome monster.

Because the other party was only afraid of fire magic, the guild leader assumed that Night City Crimson Fire Cannon was proficient in fire magic after learning about it, so he entrusted Night City with the task as well.

Whether it's defeating poisonous monsters or conquering underground labyrinths, these are not tasks that can be completed overnight. After all, considering the distance, it's unlikely that you can make a round trip in one day.

Night City didn't want to eat the unappetizing roasted beast meat anymore, so necessary food and fresh water supplies were essential. As for equipment, although Night City didn't need much armor, a decent knife was a must.

The bone knife that Ye Cheng had previously held was forged from the ribs of a monster he had killed. When it was used to cleave the Crimson Fireball, it couldn't withstand Ye Cheng's magic power and shattered into powder when he unleashed the "Godsplitter" slash.

Penniless, Ye Cheng couldn't afford even food or water, let alone a handy weapon. In the end, he had no choice but to swallow his pride and borrow money from Soya again.

Since I've already taken advantage of this woman, why bother eating one bowl or two?

The long sword he picked up from the weapon shop was naturally no match for his own Zanpakuto, but it was still far superior to his previous bone sword.

After purchasing weapons and a large amount of food, Night City did not rush to set off immediately, but instead went to the house that Soya had temporarily lent him.

After tidying up his room and closing the door, Ye Cheng finally got ready to set off.

Unfortunately, Ye Cheng didn't encounter the other powerful and beautiful female tenant that Soya mentioned; otherwise, he wouldn't have minded getting to know her.

After all, we all live under the same roof. If the girl wants to change the lampshade or unclog the sewer in the future, Night City is happy to help.

Five days later, on a grassland hundreds of kilometers south of the town, Ye Cheng, map in hand, finally arrived at the habitat of the poison-type magical beast he had entrusted with.

In the past few days, Ye Cheng first went to the so-called underground labyrinth, and in just half a day, he easily broke through the labyrinth that was said to be only accessible to A-level adventurers.

The monster boss guarding the bottom of the maze is a giant ice python that can unleash breath at extremely low temperatures.

When Night City arrived there, they saw many adventurers turned into ice sculptures, clearly lifeless. These were the adventurers who had failed to conquer the dungeon before.

Although adventurers reap huge rewards, and with a bit of luck they can sometimes make a fortune in a single trip, it's also a job that puts their lives on the line. One wrong move and they could lose their lives. These adventurers frozen into ice sculptures are the best example of this.

Sensing the arrival of the intruder, the ice python let out a threatening hiss at Night City.

The monsters' intuition is far superior to that of humans. When the ice python, which was guarding the gate, saw Night City, it sensed that the human in front of it was not someone to be trifled with and was not on the same level as the previous minions. That's why it tried to scare Night City away in this way.

Unfortunately, Ye Cheng remained unmoved by the ice python's intimidation and slowly drew his long sword. The anticipated fierce battle did not materialize, because in Ye Cheng's view, the ice python's strength was at most comparable to that of Kylian from the Bleach world.

Although its icy breath attack was somewhat impressive, it wasn't very powerful. Under the bombardment of Night City Ghost Path's "Crimson Fire Cannon" and "Azure Fire Drop," this giant ice python ultimately only lasted for less than a minute before dying in despair.

After collecting some rare materials from the ice python and finding proof of his successful dungeon raid, Night City hurriedly headed to his next destination with his spoils.

After several days of travel, when Ye Cheng arrived at the plains where he was now and found the so-called poisonous magical beast, he was completely dumbfounded.

Looking at the enormous creature snoring at the entrance of a cave, Ye Cheng was speechless. Although he had only been in this other world for a short time, he knew that the enormous creature in front of him was definitely not the "giant lizard" described in the intelligence report.

"This is a dragon from another world! No matter how you look at it, this thing has nothing to do with lizards!"

No, Western dragons do look somewhat like large lizards, but what kind of lizard has horns and wings at the same time?!

According to the information he obtained from the Adventurers' Guild, the poisonous monster he was going to hunt was a large lizard-like monster that was about three meters long.

Its ability is to release various poisonous mists, and its strength is roughly at the level that an A-rank adventurer can defeat.

But when Ye Cheng saw the real person and then looked at the crudely drawn illustrations on the commission document in his hand, he finally understood what it meant to say, "The illustrations are for reference only; the actual product shall prevail."

The intelligence indicated it was only five meters long, but in Night City's eyes, the creature was at least fifteen meters long!

Moreover, the so-called "lizard-like magical beasts" now seem to be significantly different. Even if the other party is not a pure dragon-type magical beast, it is at least a subspecies of dragon.

No matter what world it is, dragons are always at the top of the food chain, and the huge purple dragon-like creature in front of Night City could not possibly be an A-level creature no matter how you look at it!

"Damn it, either the intelligence was wrong, or I've been tricked!"

Even with hormones, a five-meter-long lizard-like magical beast couldn't possibly grow to this size in just a few days!

When Night City said he was tricked, he didn't mean he was tricked by the Adventurers' Guild, but rather by the local villagers or lords who issued the commissions.

This is nothing new. After all, the commission fees for hunting a five-meter-long, A-rank lizard monster are worlds apart from those for hunting a subspecies of poisonous dragon that is over fifteen meters long!

By exaggerating the difficulty of the quest, the cost can be appropriately reduced. If the adventurers who come to challenge the quest are able to defeat the opponent, then they will undoubtedly make a huge profit.

If the expedition fails, they can simply make an excuse that their previous judgment was wrong, that the monsters were far stronger than they had previously known, and then pay more money to increase the security level.

As for the adventurers who died, who cares? After all, that's just what adventurers are for, isn't it?

Seeing that the actual situation was far different from the intelligence, Ye Cheng naturally didn't have the habit of being taken advantage of, so he turned around and prepared to leave.

However, just as he was about to leave, he noticed an exceptionally beautiful elven girl with long orange hair slowly approaching the Poison Demon Dragon with a sword in hand…

(End of this chapter)