Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

"So, you have completely abandoned your self-esteem?"

"It's not abandonment. I bow my head so that I can really pick it up! I don't want to be a coward who is unwilling to admit this and can't even do it."

"that……"

Along with a gentle voice, a blue-gray-haired girl popped her head out from behind Liu. "You have come to see Liu before, but you never made such a request. So can I ask you a question? What is the reason for you to suddenly make such a change?"

Su Mo raised his head and met the blue-gray eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. He said in a deep voice: "My God, be prepared to bow your head for me. She doesn't have to do that. The one who should bow his head is me, and I have always been!"

A god who chose to bow his head for his family, and a human who decided to change himself for this... Liu sighed softly, "Come in! Follow me to the backyard."

“Come on~!”

Hill cheered Su Mo as if he was giving him support, and Su Mo nodded to show his gratitude.

Following Liu to the backyard, Su Mo encountered several people looking at him with suspicious eyes.

The backyard was quite spacious. The elf girl was not a talkative person and her instruction style was quite direct. She picked up the wooden sword and signaled Su Mo to draw his sword and prepare for battle.

Su Mo naturally would not refuse such guidance.

Drawing his sword and looking at Liu who was casually posing, Su Mo did not suppress his emotions. Instead, his emotions and fighting spirit continued to rise.

The stronger the will, the stronger the effect... Before, he wanted to enter a purely rational state by calming himself down completely. Looking back now, it was obviously the wrong way. To enter that state, what is needed is not calmness, but a firm will.

Gambling with one's own life and trying one's best, of course, is to win the final victory——

If you are unwilling, you should shout. There is no need to suppress your anger. There is no need to hide your inner feelings.

Be it cowardice or pessimism, it is not shameful. What is truly shameful is not daring to face these things.

Building a "strong" shell by pretending to be strong is just a disguise. A person who is unwilling to admit his own weakness and sorrow is just avoiding -

Face it! Face your cowardly self, in order to say goodbye to your yesterday self, in order to become stronger——

The surging emotions and fighting spirit became increasingly high, and finally, as if going from one extreme to another, Su Mo once again experienced that feeling of being detached.

Emotions no longer controlled me, my senses became sharper, and even my thinking seemed to become faster... No! It wasn't just like that, the skill that appeared clearly strengthened this ability.

"...?!!"

Sensing Su Mo's change keenly, Liu's expression gradually became serious.

Finally, Su Mo took action.

He took three precise steps, and using the advantage of the weapon's length, he was out of the reach of the wooden sword. At the moment he took the third step, the sword blade chopped down with the force it had accumulated.

For a rookie adventurer, this sword was already quite swift, but the opponent he faced was by no means a rookie.

The wooden sword instantly blocked the falling sword, Liu leaned forward, and the wooden sword locked onto the opponent's throat along the spine of the sword.

"!"

The attack that seemed certain to succeed was dodged at the last moment, and Liu couldn't help but feel a little surprised. While the opponent leaned back to dodge the wooden sword, he turned the tip of the sword and pointed it directly at her chest, making it impossible for her to get close. This way of dealing with and reaction ability did not seem like a pure rookie.

The thoughts in his mind did not affect Liu's movements at all. He retracted the wooden sword and hit Su Mo's wrist holding the sword with a side strike. At the same time, his left foot landed in the direction where Su Mo was retreating, caught Su Mo's foot and tripped him, causing Su Mo to lose his balance physically and mentally the next moment.

The center of gravity of his body was unbalanced. At the critical moment, Su Mo, who was falling, supported himself with one hand, exerted force from his waist, and kicked the elf girl in the side.

It was this blow that finally made Liu understand the source of the abnormality.

The opponent's fighting style was indeed very crude, and it was obvious that he had not received any systematic training. He was undoubtedly a newcomer, but his mentality was not. The inevitable nervousness and panic of newcomers were not found in him at all. Even in a critical moment, he could accurately grasp the opportunity and was much calmer than many senior adventurers.

This is a rather amazing talent.

With his feet interlaced, he dodged Su Mo's side kick like an elegant dance, then turned around and kicked Su Mo far away.

"Ah, Ryu is really harsh."

"Ryu is always like this, meow~"

"Hey, he stood up immediately."

At some point, several girls appeared at the windows on the second floor.

Seeing Su Mo rolling on the ground, getting up immediately after the force was released, Liu narrowed his sky-blue eyes slightly, "Dungeon, which floor have you explored?"

"sixth."

"Without anyone to teach? Alone?"

Su Mo nodded, and the next moment, he resumed his fighting stance.

After getting the confirmation, the surprise that was hard to conceal was revealed in Liu's eyes.

"is that a lie……"

"What's wrong, meow?"

"That child is the one Liu picked up more than ten days ago! He definitely did not receive any favor from the gods in the past ten days. He looked like an exiled nobleman, weak and frail. How long has it been? Less than half a month, and he can already explore the sixth floor of the dungeon by himself? And without anyone teaching him?"

Hearing this, the girls quickly recalled how fast they had grown as rookies.

Chapter 11 Commission?

"Is it weird~ meow~?"

Catman——Ania Frommel looked puzzled. "It's only the sixth floor. Meow arrived there the first time I entered the dungeon."

"How many days after you received the grace?"

"It seems like less than half a month, meow~"

Hearing the cat-man's answer, Lunoa Fast, as a human, immediately realized that he had asked the wrong person... The cat-man's talent for agility and speed is top-notch among the orcs, and he has a considerable advantage in the early stages.

"Don't use your stupid brain as a reference. If you are a layman without combat skills, it usually takes two or three months for a human to explore the sixth floor on your own." Another cat-man, Chloe Lolo, took over the topic and said, "It took less than half a month to reach the sixth floor, and there was no one to guide you. This is already a remarkable growth rate."

Liu felt the same way.

She knew better than anyone how weak the human in front of her was half a month ago. Just half a month had passed... it was as if she had been reborn.

——He might become a great adventurer——

Inexplicably, Liu recalled the words that Hill had said. When it comes to judging people, she is indeed much worse than Hill.

"I think I know how to train you."

As soon as he finished speaking, without any usual exertion of force, Liu's figure suddenly appeared in front of Su Mo.

His hair stood on end instantly, Su Mo raised his sword to block, and the moment the weapon collided with the wooden sword, Su Mo's body flew out again.

"Your counterattack ability is good, but before you think about attacking, you should learn to defend first. Whether it is a monster on the lower level or an outstanding adventurer, the counterattack opportunity you perceive may not be a real opportunity. It is more likely to be a deception, a trap."

His fighting habits were easily seen through and targeted, but Su Mo was not discouraged at all. He just stood up silently, holding the sword in front of him and taking a defensive stance.

The battle continues—

However, although it is called a battle, it is more like Su Mo being knocked down and thrown away again and again.

It looks like one-sided abuse.

The difference in attribute values between Lv.1 and Lv.4 was an insurmountable gap. Even if Liu did not use his strength and speed to overwhelm him, the difference in combat experience alone could not be bridged in a short period of time.

But this is not a real battle, and victory or defeat is meaningless here.

The injuries on his body kept increasing, but Su Mo's eyes became brighter and brighter. His shortcomings were constantly pointed out, and the other party kept guiding him to correct them. The direction of improvement had never been so clear, and the progress bit by bit was so clear that he didn't want to stop at all.

His will became stronger and stronger without him noticing. The pain in his body was not worth mentioning at all. His increasingly agile and insightful thinking made Su Mo like a dry sponge, quickly absorbing the "water" he could reach, and gradually immersed himself in the rhythm of constantly improving his own fighting methods.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour...

"… Meow~ Doesn't he feel any pain?"

Anya Frommel, as a former member of Freya's family, she had seen many outstanding warriors, but she had never seen such a tough newcomer.

Being knocked down, knocked down, and hit in the vitals again and again, this happened dozens of times in a short period of time. The accumulated injuries should be enough to knock a person down completely. But every time, the boy stood up quickly, and there was no change in his eyes, expression, or actions.

It was as if he never got tired and couldn't feel any pain at all.

"Does it have the skill of 'durability'?"

"No! The skill of 'durability' is not like that."

“That’s a special skill.”

The girls upstairs became interested, and the girl named "Hill" standing at the entrance of the corridor also had her eyes gradually shining.

The 'seeds' wrapped in turbid colors were shining, and the shining light pierced through the turbid shell, and were growing at a speed visible to the naked eye...

……——……

"Su Mo...?"

Walking down the stairs, Hestia looked at the sky outside the door, then looked at the figure in front of her, and subconsciously wondered if she was having an illusion.

It was already eight o'clock, and the person who was supposed to go out early was right in front of me?

"Breakfast is ready, Lord God."

“Ah~? Oh!”

Hestia sat down with Su Mo in a daze. After picking up the soup spoon, she suddenly reacted, "We haven't even gone to the dungeon yet. Are you trying to stop me? Immediately, right now, give up! This is impossible. Even if you can stop me today, you can't stop me here forever."

"I don't have such an idea."

Su Mo spread jam on the bread and replied, "I found a teacher and trained with her for a whole morning. I feel a little tired now. So if I want to go to the dungeon, I need to rest well before going."

Teacher? I've been training for the whole morning? ...Hestia blinked. "Is it an adventurer from another clan?"

"She's a waitress at the 'Hostes of Plenty' tavern, a kind-hearted elf lady. I was almost kidnapped by human traffickers before, and she saved me."

"Kidnapping? There's actually such a thing..."

Su Mo briefly described his experience of being rescued.

The breakfast time passed slowly as the two of them enjoyed their food and talked. However, after breakfast, Hestia seemed to be afraid of being stopped, and while Su Mo was cleaning up the dishes, she quickly rushed out the door.

"I go first!"

Watching Hestia's back as she trotted away, Su Mo smiled at first, but soon realized something was wrong. The direction Hestia's back disappeared in was not the direction of the Hephaestus clan's residence?

Where are we going? Are we going to the Mistress of Plenty?

Su Mo took a step forward, wanting to catch up, but his steps stopped instantly.

Even if she really went to the 'Hostes of Plenty' tavern, he actually had no reason to stop her.

Is it really necessary for teachers to seek the child's consent when meeting with parents... Su Mo smiled and retracted his steps. After sending the dishes back to the kitchen, he slowly went upstairs to rest.

After a battle, she had some minor injuries on her body, but they were not serious. However, both physically and mentally, she was more exhausted than fighting monsters for several hours. Compared to her, a second-level adventurer, the monsters on the sixth floor were as weak as babies.

I lay down on the bed, and when I opened my eyes again it was almost lunch time.

After lunch, Su Mo packed his bag and weapons and headed for the dungeon, but today, he stayed in the guild for a little longer.

"Hello, I want to issue a commission."

Now that you have made up your mind, you cannot miss any opportunity to improve your own strength.

If he wanted to improve his strength as quickly as possible, it was far from enough to rely on a teacher and weapons. He needed a sum of money that would allow him to temporarily have no worries and fully guarantee his leveling efficiency, a magic book that could make up for his shortcomings, and more magic stones.

So, it's time to find a suitable angel investor.

Chapter 12 God and God

Family headquarters

At nightfall, the red-haired, red-eyed goddess Hephaestus, dressed in her family's uniform, sat at her desk. She looked at the round object kneeling on the floor with its head lowered as low as possible, and let out a tired sigh.

"Don't look at me like this, I'm also very busy."

"..."

"Even if you don't make any noise or trouble, but just stay there like a bug, it will make me lose motivation and reduce my work efficiency. Do you understand?"

That's right, the round object kneeling on the floor was none other than the goddess Hestia.

"Are you listening, Hestia?"

"..."