Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

The outcome has been decided.

The Shadow Ghost's attack speed and power did not decrease at all, but the continuous offensive no longer existed.

It was just a shadow ghost, and it couldn't create the same pressure as before. Finding an opportunity to counterattack, Su Mo cut off the dark arm with a sword and then jumped into the enemy's arms.

The sword blade flashed with cold light.

The upward slash instantly cleaved the enemy's chest and split the magic stone.

"..."

With a muffled dying scream, the monster's pitch-black body suddenly turned to dust.

Witnessing the collapse of a large amount of dust, Su Mo suddenly seemed to lose all his strength. He collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

Letting his lungs gasp for air, Su Mo took out a healing potion from the package, poured half of it into his mouth, and then sprinkled the other half on his shoulder blade where blood was flowing.

A slight chill spread from the wound, Su Mo's tense nerves began to relax, his abnormal calmness began to fade, and many emotions surged into his heart again.

'What is this situation?'

Rational, calm, and thinking like a cold machine... How did he do it?

Skills, magic?

He has such skills and magic.

system?

Obviously not.

Su Mo thought about it again and again, and could only attribute it to the potential unleashed at the critical moment of life and death.

After slowing down his breathing, Su Mo stood up, walked to the remaining shadow ghost's body, and collected the magic stone.

Starting from the fifth floor, the frequency of monsters spawning in the dungeon has increased significantly, and the frequency will only increase faster on the sixth floor. He must hurry.

Magic Stone. There are very few low-level monsters on the sixth floor, and the monsters no longer produce magic stone fragments.

However, after Su Mo tried to absorb a magic stone, he was sure that there was no essential difference between the so-called "magic stone" and "magic stone fragment". The reason why the guild distinguished between the two was mainly to distinguish the purchase price of the two.

Unscrupulous business behavior!

"Roar--"

Behind me, there were bursts of low growls.

Su Mo put away the magic stone and looked back. Deep in the cave, he saw the scarlet eyes of a large number of ferocious beasts.

But Su Mo had no intention of backing down.

He may not be in good physical condition at the moment, but he is in better shape than ever before.

"call……"

Su Mo took a deep breath, suppressed all the emotions in his heart, and calmed himself down. If he could enter that state once, he would naturally be able to do it a second time. If not, then he would have to go through the life and death test again...

Chapter 9 Skills

Sumo

LV.1

Strength: H196→G214 Durability: G247→G281 Dexterity: H188→G206 Agility: G201→G223 Magic: IO

"Skill"

【Determination of Sorrow

Mental resistance increased.

Pain blocking, delayed fatigue, rational traits

The stronger your self-will, the stronger the effect.

"magic"

Ainsel

·Duplicate Magic

The maximum number of clones is 'two', and the ability value is divided into two after the clone.

There is no distinction between primary and secondary avatars, and each has independent thinking and personality.

·not available

·? ? ?】

Hestia looked at the ability value formed by the "sacred text" on her slender back, and her sky-blue eyes narrowed deeply.

For two consecutive days, the growth values of all attribute values except 'durability' have been below double digits. But today, all attributes have increased by an average of about 20 points, and the main attribute of durability has increased by 34 points, and the skills have also appeared...

"...Skills have appeared."

Su Mo was stunned at first, then his face suddenly showed joy.

"Skills? What kind of skills?"

Hestia verbally explained the increased ability values and skill effects.

After listening to Hestia's narration, Su Mo suddenly had a lot of thoughts.

Pain blocking, fatigue delay, and mental resistance enhancement are all easy to understand. Rational traits should refer to that pure rational state. The stronger the self-will, the stronger the effect... As expected, calmness is not a necessary condition for entering that state.

"Now that we've talked about ability values, let's talk about why the ability values have increased so much today, and why the skills have appeared." Hestia gritted her teeth and said, "Do you have any clues? Or, what do you want to say to me now?"

"Actually, it's nothing serious. After I changed my equipment, I found that it became easier to defeat the monsters on the fifth floor, so..."

Su Mo was helpless as he couldn't lie to God.

"So I went straight to the sixth floor!" Hestia's voice, which had been gentle a moment ago, suddenly changed. "You don't even have one attribute value that reaches the qualified area of 'F', and you dare to rush to the sixth floor? Are you trying to piss me off to death?"

In order to become a qualified main god, Hestia has recently been cramming a lot of knowledge.

The sixth and seventh floors of the dungeon are where most new adventurers die.

The ability value limit that a new adventurer can reach in half a month is almost 'H' regardless of whether it is a field of expertise or not. Reaching 'G' in one field is already very powerful. If a new adventurer does not already have considerable combat qualities before becoming an adventurer, it usually takes two or three months to reach the ability value range of 'F'.

Only when reaching this qualified and safe limit will new adventurers move on to the sixth floor.

Because the difficulty of the dungeon levels 6 to 12 does not increase layer by layer. The sixth level is undoubtedly a hurdle. As long as you can cross it, then going down to the thirteenth level will not be smooth sailing, but at least there will be no insurmountable levels.

The sixth level is the most difficult and dangerous level among the upper levels.

"Don't be angry, Lord God! Please believe me, I made full preparations before setting foot on the sixth floor."

Maybe she had made preparations, but they were definitely not sufficient... Hestia's eyes stayed on the newly appeared 'skill'. 'Determination of Sorrow' was the name she gave it, and just from the effect of the skill, she could already hear the silent wail.

With a heavy sigh, Hestia said, "You have grown quite fast. There is no need to push yourself or force yourself all the time."

Is it fast?

Su Mo suddenly wanted to tell the god behind her that after she met the fastest white rabbit, she would know what is really fast. Compared with him who took a month and a half to reach LV.2, his growth rate has begun to slow down. He can only barely maintain double-digit progress every day by "skipping levels to gain experience", which is really not fast at all.

"Sorry for making you worry."

"I told you not to use honorifics."

Su Mo smiled and didn't continue the topic.

Hestia did not further advise. The more determined the wailing was, the stronger the effect would be. This was the embodiment of his enlightenment. As his main god, she should not tarnish this enlightenment in any way.

"I'll be gone tomorrow... no, I'll probably be gone for a few days. I won't be coming back to live here for the time being."

Sensing some clues from the other party's tone, Su Mo sat up and said to Hestia: "Are you going to the Hephaestus clan?"

She was obviously the god, but at that moment, Hestia felt like she was completely seen through. She immediately looked around and said, "I just wanted to meet a friend. I haven't visited Hephaestus for a long time."

"Just visit, but don't bring back any 'specialties'."

It goes without saying what the specialty of the Hephaestus clan, whose main business is forging, would be.

Where did the little black knife worth 2 million Fares come from?

Can that really be bought with money?

Obviously not!

It was a gift obtained by a goddess kneeling before another goddess, using her dignity and favors.

He wasn't worthy of her doing this.

Her true thoughts were seen through, but Hestia was not embarrassed at all. Instead, her expression became unusually serious. "Will you leave me?"

"Everyone grows old and dies. I will leave one day."

Hestia shook her head. "You are afraid. You are worried that you will not be able to repay my kindness. Because you know better than anyone that you might suddenly die one day after risking your life. That's why you don't want to trouble me too much, nor do you want to accept too much of my kindness. You are worried that you will not be able to repay me, right?"

"..."

"But for me, it's not like that. You are one of my relatives!"

As Hestia spoke, she stood up and looked down at Su Mo, "I won't let you get your wish. I just want you to owe me a lot, so that you will always remember that you still have a lot of favors to repay."

Hestia would not stop her child from doing something that was worth his life. She would respect his decision, help him, and lend him strength, but that did not mean she would allow him to despise his own life. She would never allow him to always forget about safety.

Gratitude is a kind of bondage.

For a person who does not want to owe others, or even ask for more from God, the best way to control him is to make him "deeply in debt".

"Great kindness can turn into hatred. Have you ever heard this saying, Lord God?"

"I do not believe."

Hestia jumped out of bed, put on her slippers and walked out. "Since you are ready to risk everything, then be more confident and thicker-skinned. Accept all the help you can get. If you are afraid that you will encounter bad luck and have nothing to repay, then just believe that you can do it and overcome everything."

Su Mo opened his mouth, but was speechless again.

Explanations can only convince others, but not a god, and even less can they deceive one's own heart. He really does not have the confidence to defeat himself. He is unwilling to retreat, and is willing to give fate the middle finger even at the risk of his life. The motivation comes more from his inner unwillingness, rather than his expectations for the future.

Has he looked into the future recently?

absolutely not……

"Finally, be prepared to repay my kindness with your whole life!"

After saying this, the goddess closed the door and left handsomely, leaving behind someone who gradually realized his own nature and lowered his eyes.

No matter how fearless he was in battle, fearless of life and death, no matter how indomitable he appeared to be, Su Mo...

"...Still just a coward!"

Chapter 10: An unexpected request

The sun rises and the moon sets

A new day came, but Su Mo did not go to the dungeon early as usual.

Without disturbing Hestia who was still sleeping, he jogged with his weapon in hand, and arrived at a closed tavern ten minutes later.

After taking a deep breath, he knocked on the door of the tavern...

"……what?"

Looking at the figure in front of him who bowed and asked as soon as they met, Liuton was stunned, "You mean, you want me to guide you in fighting?"

"Yes!"

"Why are you looking for me? Where are the seniors in the clan?"

"I am the only one in Hestia's Familia for now."

Hearing this, Liu finally understood a little, "Without the guidance of the seniors, are you encountering a bottleneck in exploring the dungeon?"

"No! The dungeon raiding went pretty smoothly."

Liu frowned slightly, "Then why did you come to me? Wouldn't it be better to train directly in the dungeon?"

"Because I have to become stronger! As an amateur, I lack a lot of basics in combat, and this is something I need to make up for urgently. I used to think that as long as I kept fighting, everything would be solved naturally. But that really didn't work. The reason I thought this way was just because of my humble self-esteem. I was just trying to escape."

Liu couldn't help but be moved by the powerful words.