Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

The number of casualties, the large tracts of ruins in the third and fourth districts, the sad atmosphere, and the devastated scenery were all reminders that the turmoil brought about by the immortal spirit's clone had not completely ended with her defeat.

Tonight, even the pub was deserted and much quieter.

The uneasiness that spread from the turmoil did not begin to subside until night fell completely.

After a welcome dinner that was neither grand nor lively, and the atmosphere could only be described as harmonious rather than cheerful, the group returned to the clan's residence in the quiet night.

"Just rest here today."

Welf nodded and did not refuse Su Mo's invitation to stay overnight.

The room that belonged to Haruki had been arranged long before departure. As for Welf, Su Mo let him pick a room as his own. Even if he didn't convert, as a member of the team, it would be much more convenient to have a place to stay here.

After washing up and going to bed, the magic stone lamps dimmed one by one, and Su Mo also updated his own ability value after Bell.

Su Mo: LV.2.

Strength: D542 → C623 Durability: C611 → B704 Dexterity: D573 → C656 Agility: C614 → B701 Magic: C644 → B737 Elements: I.

I've been beaten more often recently, and today I was almost on the verge of death. All of this is reflected directly in my ability values.

'Durability' finally surpassed 'Agility' again and returned to the second place.

However, the daily growth rate can reach '80+', '90+'... Is this the charm of the krypton gold that upgrades the left eye three times in a row and opens the upper limit space three times in a row?

The upper limit of the capacity of 'Encouragement' should be the level of 'D500+'. An upgrade of the left eye can open up nearly four small levels of upper limit space.

3x4=12, 12+5=17, SSS1700+… Roughly estimating his own upper limit bottleneck, Su Mo sincerely felt that this "system" was most likely the same as what a certain penguin claimed, which was the kind of "you can become stronger by spending money".

Putting down the paper, Su Mo raised his hand and touched his left eye.

The upgrade of the left eye did not bring any new abilities, but it did bring some changes.

When I saw the immortal's clone today, it was obviously different. The hazy magic halo in my vision before had suddenly faded a bit. Not only did the magic halo begin to become brighter and clearer, but its color was also becoming vivid.

Of course, I don’t know if this is only the case with the immortal’s clone.

In order to determine how much the 'magic vision' has been enhanced, we need to observe more monsters and make comparisons to find out.

"Has anything happened to Demeter's family recently?"

Hearing his Lord God's sudden question, Su Mo hesitated for a moment, then turned around and nodded to his goddess, "How did you know?"

"I was a little suspicious when she didn't come to the dinner last night. Today, she didn't even attend the emergency meeting. Given her personality, she should have made time to come no matter how busy she is. It's totally unlike her to just not come."

Su Mo sorted out his words and said: "The situation of Demeter's family is indeed very bad. The goddess has been held hostage..."

As Su Mo recounted in detail what happened to Demeter's family and the situation of the harvest goddess, Hestia's frown deepened, and finally she even scratched her head as if to vent her anger.

"You actually used the children as a threat, pushed Demeter out as a shield, and even wanted her to bear the blame and endure the misunderstanding and hatred of the children. This is simply an insult to her divinity!"

As Hestia spoke, she recalled the figures at today's Lord God Assembly.

"What kind of idiot would do such a thing...?"

The figures in my mind began to decrease, but after they were reduced to single digits, they increased again.

No wonder Loki said that today, as if everyone was the murderer. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that some guys were indeed suspicious, but the degree of suspicion varied, and they could not be completely ruled out.

"The guild and several major clans are all preparing, and will attack the man-made labyrinth when the time comes. As long as the hostages can be rescued, the goddess will no longer have a clamp on them, and then we will know clearly who is behind the scenes."

Seeing the anger, worry, and deep thought on her delicate and flawless face, Su Mo could only comfort her. It was precisely because he knew that if he said it, something like this would probably happen that he was reluctant to say it before.

Hestia shook her head slightly, "It's not that easy to break through the man-made maze."

Whether it is the strength of the fallen fairy clone or the fact that she can appear directly on the surface, these two things actually explain a lot of things.

"Do you have any suspects?"

If it is impossible to break through the artificial maze and rescue the hostages, the only way to solve this deadlock is to find out who is behind the scenes.

"Yes, and I am thinking about it more and more."

It's almost the same as what the God Hermes said... Su Mo said, "Don't worry too much, and don't act rashly. Whether it's the guild, the major clans, or the secret Hermes clan, they are all investigating and helping the goddess."

"Don't worry! I won't be reckless. I will never do anything that will make Demeter more passive."

Although she said so, Hestia had already screened out several people who deserved serious suspicion in her mind, but this was not something she could say to the person in front of her.

Based on her understanding of the person in front of her, as long as she mentioned the names of those who were worthy of serious suspicion, he would definitely investigate even if it was risky.

For things like this, of course she'd better talk to Uranus, Hermes and the others directly. At worst, she could go talk to that tablet clown.

After hearing this assurance, Su Mo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the current situation of Hestia's family is not very good, he still does not want his own main god to be involved in a more dangerous situation.

'Perhaps the heretics should also speed up their progress.'

At the moment, not only his own main god, but Chun Ji has also settled down in the base. It is only a matter of time before she converts to Buddhism and joins the clan. Rather than protecting him in secret, he feels that letting the mermaid girl stay with them will make him feel more at ease.

197

Chapter 197: The tavern in the early morning.

It was a new day, the sky was gloomy and there was a drizzle in the early morning.

But such weather was not enough for Su Mo and Bell to change their schedule. As usual, they started morning exercises in the backyard of the "Hostes of Fertility".

It was just a little different from usual. Su Mo only practiced for less than two minutes this morning, and then he went back to the house and sat on a chair to rest.

"Mr. Su Mo has become really powerful, as he can make Liu not hold back at all!"

The gray-haired girl brought Su Mo a glass of juice. Her words seemed to be praising him, but she was kicked away by a roundhouse kick. At this moment, Su Mo, whose left cheek was obviously red and swollen, felt that this was more of a comfort.

"Miss Hill knows how to give compliments."

The sparring session ended quickly this morning. It all started when Miss Elf suddenly asked him to show his full strength.

This is undoubtedly a difficult thing to do.

Because the wooden sword in the elf's hand, even though it was made from the branches of the Great Sacred Tree, was not only tough enough, but also had the property of amplifying 'magic' and had the effect of a magic wand, but it was ultimately only a second-level weapon.

Even though it is not metal, after his transformation, his 'elemental' ability can be further enhanced. Even if the Goddess's Sword, which has been strengthened to the extreme, cannot completely cut it off, it will most likely cause damage to it.

So he had to settle for the next best thing and had a speed contest. As for the result, the injury on his cheek was very obvious.

Without a complete outbreak in an instant, even if the speed can gain a certain advantage, as long as the elf still has the ability to parry and can maintain the stalemate, then victory can be achieved even by relying solely on defense.

Fighting two levels higher, he is still facing an opponent who focuses on 'agility' and 'dexterity'. If it is a real life-and-death battle, he may still be able to win, but actual combat training is not a battlefield where you can use all your strength.

"This is not just a rhetoric! Even I can see that Mr. Su Mo is quite remarkable to be able to do this."

"Don't try to be lazy, come and help me."

Before Su Mo could respond, Mia's mother's shouting came from the kitchen.

Hill pouted mischievously, which was very cute, but he still went back to the kitchen obediently, and just happened to pass by Lunova who was coming down from the second floor.

"You should be able to go even faster, right?"

Lunova first glanced at the kitchen, and when she didn't hear anyone calling, she walked towards Su Mo.

After learning that Su Mo killed two LV.4 and several LV.3 yesterday, not only Bell and others were shocked, but the girls in the tavern were obviously even more shocked.

In just a few months, the extremely weak young man who was unable to resist ordinary human traffickers was suddenly able to kill adventurers of the same level as them. This change... simply did not give people enough buffer time to accept it calmly.

"The faster you are, the shorter the time you can maintain it. There is actually not much point in using this ability for training."

Without a word, he squeezed himself dry. Apart from being able to improve 'durability' and 'magic power', it was difficult to improve other basic ability values, not to mention the most lacking skills training.

"That's right. This ability is more suitable for life-and-death battles in every way."

As long as one cannot fully let go of one's hands and feet, one cannot truly demonstrate the power of this ability. Perhaps only in a battle where life and death are at stake can one tap into its full potential and fully unleash its upper limit.

"By the way, can you upgrade now?"

Not to mention the 'Brutal One', he killed two of them head-on at LV.4. To accomplish such a feat, no matter how demanding the upgrade of 'God's Favor' is, the higher-level experience should be enough.

Su Mo nodded slightly, "Of course you can, but you still have to wait until your basic ability value comes up."

It's not necessarily SSS1700+, but 'SSS' for all attributes is still necessary, and the range of 'SSS1200+' to 'SSS1400+' should not encounter a bottleneck, so you can directly upgrade to open up the upper limit space again and continue to push the bottleneck period back, and you can maintain the rapid growth stage even without krypton magic stones.

"sharp……"

Recently, Lunova feels that her cognition is constantly being challenged.

It has been less than half a month at most, and the equipment capacity has been upgraded again. If it were not for the need to consider the basic ability value, this rapid upgrade record that was just set a few days ago would probably be broken again.

Upgrading, how can it be so easy?

The two were talking, and soon the elf dressed as a shop assistant came down from upstairs.

"You'll be able to graduate from me soon."

Liu walked slowly closer and said this to Su Mo.

The battle just now made her extremely certain that the person in front of her would surpass her in the near future.

This time may be one month, or several months, but it will definitely not be too long.

“My skills need more polish.”

No one would choose to self-harm in battle unless they were forced to do so. Yesterday, the LV.4 goddess of beauty taught him a good lesson.

Why has the reliance on the 'crown' become stronger recently?

Fighting against opponents of higher levels is one aspect, and the other aspect is naturally that his ability values increase too quickly, and he lacks patience, resulting in his combat skills being only above the passing level among those of the same level, not outstanding at all, and he is even inferior to adventurers of higher levels.

Since it is difficult to gain an advantage in this regard, we can only rely more on other means.

It is obvious that he is now taking a crushing approach based on super-high basic ability values, supplemented by controlling metals and mainly relying on the 'crown'.

"I don't want to fall completely into the 'ability value' trap."

The existence of the 'Crown' largely concealed his lack of skills, but the problem of lack of skills still existed. Especially after the upgrade, the growth rate of the ability value was even faster than when it was LV.1, and this problem was becoming more obvious.

In this respect, the Elf Girl's problem was the exact opposite of his.

Although the elves had not updated their abilities for several years, their skills were no less refined than those of first-level adventurers.

Liu nodded slightly, "This aspect is indeed becoming your shortcoming."

The opponent's improvement in combat skills is actually not slow, but it seems a little insufficient compared to the speed of improvement in ability values.

"Ms. Liu, have you ever thought about updating your ability values?"

Hearing this question suddenly, Liu was stunned for a moment, but then she reacted.

If it is not an upgrade, but just a simple update of the ability value, there is indeed a way to do it without converting if there are gods willing to help... But in the end, Liu still shook his head, "No, I have no intention of pursuing the pinnacle."

Her basic ability value is close to its limit and cannot be upgraded. The purpose of forcibly updating her ability value is more about pursuing 'S999'. It will not actually improve her strength much and there is no need for it.

Seeing this, Su Mo did not force it.

"I think Liu can give it a try... Please use it, Mr. Su Mo!"

Not long after, the gray-haired girl brought Su Mo a large plate of fried noodles while talking.

"Thank you!"

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Chapter 6 LV..

Although Miss Hill also suggested it, the upright elf still chose not to accept it.

If 'S999' was really that easy to achieve, she would have done it when she was at LV.1.

Furthermore, without converting, forcibly updating the ability value requires the use of a banned potion. She does not think that it is worth spending money, energy and time to find it just to improve the ability value by less than half a "small level".

This practice is also a blasphemy against the 'favor' engraved on her by the goddess.

The upright elf was resolute in his attitude, so the topic naturally ended quickly.

As the girls in the tavern started to get busy, Su Mo also began to fill his stomach.

There is practical training in the morning, and he needs to recover his condition as soon as possible.

Two large plates of fried noodles, three long loaves of bread, a portion of stewed potatoes with meat, and a portion of grilled fish, along with juice, filled his stomach to the brim. His recovery ability was doubly enhanced, and he lay on the table and closed his eyes to rest for a while. By the time Bell finished his training, his physical condition had not recovered to a high level, but at least he had gotten rid of his fatigue.

Taking the lunch box from Mia's mother, the two of them started to walk home with the lunch box in the drizzle.

When they got home, everyone had already woken up, and the five of them and the god spent breakfast eating and chatting.