Silver Dragons are spawning in this dungeon!

The life on this level appears to be completely extinct.

Those cave bats, I don't know where they came from or where they went.

The gray bat swarm vanished without a trace.

Hilo suspected that the gray bats had entered another level.

If they continue to wreak havoc on other creatures, few will be able to survive.

This underground city is probably finished.

Have you ever been a city lord? You're just making assumptions and throwing things around haphazardly.

Now, it seems these creatures on each of the several layers are doomed.

Standing on tiptoe, looking at the gray bat corpses scattered all over the ground, Hilo suddenly realized something.

Looks like we're going to have to worry about food again...

Are these gray bats edible?

Hilo poked at it a couple of times, and the gray bat, missing an arm and a leg, was oozing dark purple blood from its wounds.

It seems like they can't eat much.

If one had to put it into words, a dragon's stomach should be able to digest this flesh and blood containing toxins.

Novi stepped forward, brought her nose close, and a sour, foul smell hit her.

The smoke made Novi retreat repeatedly.

Eating this stuff is like eating naked piss; you might as well just eat dirt.

Or you can simply crush the stones on the ground, mix in some water and some soil.

It can be made into a special kind of bibimbap.

Upon arriving at the pond, as expected, the water was polluted, murky, and smelled foul.

The fish inside had all died long ago.

Hilo left with Novi, disappointed.

They thought of the lizardmen clan, whom they had always considered as a potential enemy.

Prepare to swallow the iron sword and eliminate future troubles forever.

Now, before Hilo and Novi arrive, they follow the lizardmen's cave.

Sure enough, there was no movement inside, and on the ground were bones with some scarlet flesh bits.

Not a single member of the entire lizardman clan survived.

On the third level, aside from Hilo's bug-level magic reserves, probably no creature could survive for more than two hours under those conditions.

I wonder how many levels this dungeon has. Perhaps creatures on the seventh or eighth level could withstand it.

The two dragons searched through the ruins, looking for anything of value.

A moment later, Novi suddenly let out a gasp.

Hilo turned his head and saw Novi holding a small flag, which she had taken from a lizardman whose skeleton was noticeably larger.

It is embroidered with cloud patterns, like the textures of clouds and waves.

The little flag emitted bursts of magical energy.

The ruins in front of them had been thoroughly searched, so Hilo turned around and went to Novi's side.

When Novi saw Shiro arrive, she instinctively tried to hide the flag behind her back.

"This is what I found! It's mine..."

Novi said timidly in a low voice.

She knew that if Shiloh hadn't saved her just now, she wouldn't have had any chance to find this thing now.

But if this flag falls into Hero's hands, it will probably end up in his stomach.

Such a beautiful thing, gone in an instant...

But Novi overcame her greed and handed the flag to Hero.

Hilo cast an identification spell and discovered the magical loop above.

First-level spell, blessing spell.

Simply put, it increases attack accuracy, boosts morale, and dispels fear.

It's useful to the dragon race, but not that much.

Hilo handed the flag back to Novie and told her to keep it safe.

"You can keep it, I'm not eating it now."

"So we still have to eat it?" Novi said, somewhat disappointed.

When Hilo handed the flag back, they initially thought Hilo looked down on the spell.

But little did I expect, it was just a matter of time.

However, it's good to be able to spend even a second longer with the treasure.

Novi looked at the flag over and over again.

Hilo saw Novi's greedy look.

I found it somewhat amusing.

He then said, "It's just a low-level magical item, what's the big deal?"

But Hilo's constant glancing at the flag betrayed him.

He also felt it was a real pity, but if he didn't improve his strength, he would have difficulty protecting himself in dangerous situations.

Without the magic shield, he and Novi would probably have been eaten away by the gray bats, leaving only their skeletons.

We can't stay in this underground city any longer; we need to find a way out.

Fortunately, the exit of the dungeon should not be hard to find; it is located in a special place on each floor.

Generally, there will be traps or monsters guarding the dungeon, as well as spells to drive away monsters, causing the creatures in the dungeon to instinctively leave.

Creatures are not allowed to roam freely between levels, and this serves as the first line of defense against intruders.

Hilo thought of the woodland they had visited before.

Since no living creatures were present, he guessed that it was probably a biological repelling spell at work.

They continued running towards the woods with Novi.

The moment I stepped into the woods, a sense of disgust washed over me, emanating from the branches, the ground, and the air.

It was as if the whole world was rejecting Shiloh and Novi.

It is a fourth-circle spell, a banishment spell, and the method of constructing the magical loop is extremely ingenious.

Using grass and soil as a medium, and these grasses and plants being quite unusual, they constructed something resembling a magic circle.

It covered the entire area.

In general, for creatures in dungeons, going down is easy, but going up is difficult.

Like the gray bat, if it could, it could rush all the way to the depths of the underground city.

Fortunately, as a silver dragon, Hilo already possessed high mental strength, and dragons also had top-tier resistance to magic.

Despite his extreme disgust, he still led Novi deeper into the woods.

The feeling of disgust grew stronger as I went deeper into the subject.

Fortunately, the blessing spell in the flag they had picked up earlier worked, and Novi infused it with a little magic. The flag emitted specks of white light, which landed on Shiro and Novi.

First-circle spells seem insignificant compared to fourth-circle spells that are designed around the environment.

However, it was that slight increase in mental resistance that allowed Shiloh and Novi to successfully see an arched doorway ahead.

Upon entering the gate, one is greeted by a spiral staircase that winds its way upwards, circling the stone wall.

This was clearly not designed for dragons; the steps were so small that even one of Hilo's dragon claws couldn't fit.

Designed solely for humanoid beings, Shiloh and Novi climbed upwards.

There were no dispelling spells inside, so there wasn't much pressure.

I walked around the stairs two and a half times, but I still hadn't reached the next floor.

It wasn't until another two and a half laps that we finally reached the exit on the upper level.

With Hilo's sharp intellect, he recognized the symbol ↓Ⅲ on the archway.

If the floor below is the third floor, then this floor is the second floor.

Stepping out of the archway, it was quite dark outside, at least a bit darker than the third floor.

Hilo gradually adapted to the darkness outside and discovered that the second layer was more humid than the third.

The cave walls were somewhat slippery, and the passage was narrower than the third level.

It appears even darker and more oppressive.

This made Hilo and Novi feel even more uncomfortable, and their dragon wings almost touched the stone walls on either side when they spread out.

This place made Hilo feel very uneasy; if something blocked both ends of the cave, there would be no way to retreat.

Hilo believed it would be better to find a direct route to the first floor, or even the ground.