You call this magic?

It turns out that he is not the only one exploring here. He can't tell whether he is disappointed or relieved.

Anyway, keep going.

Starting from the tenth floor or so, Ethan discovered that the terrain and area of ​​the maze became more and more exaggerated. Almost every floor was much larger than the previous one. If it continued to expand at this rate, it might be larger than the royal capital by the 30th or 40th floor.

Although the monsters were not particularly strong, Ethan's mood became not so good after being in a depressing environment like a cave.

Hopefully this maze doesn't have too many levels, otherwise it might become difficult to handle, as the number and strength of monsters are finally starting to evolve.

Fire-breathing dogs, tall minotaurs holding axes, and fast-running upright rabbits. Ethan felt that if these things were thrown to the upper floors, one of them would be enough to kill all the monsters on that floor.

But with this level alone, it still can't defeat Ethan's hatchet.

Finally, Ethan saw the most magnificent scene he had ever seen during this cave exploration.

Walking out of the passage, there is a large hole in front of me, which is about dozens of meters long and wide. The top of my head is probably dozens of meters high as well.

The surrounding area is made up of countless neat and pure white stone walls. At first glance, you may think that they are walls with traces of human beings, but if you look closely, you will find that they are completely the wonders of nature. If you look closely, you can even find flowing colors. It seems that there is a high concentration of magic on the walls, but if you feel it, you will find that there is nothing.

At the other end of the hall facing the passage is the entrance to the next floor, probably.

After all, there is no other way.

However, this big hole gave Ethan a strong sense of déjà vu, as if he would suddenly enter the opening animation if he took a few more steps forward.

Yes, this place really looks like a venue for a boss battle.

Ethan had just taken a few steps forward when the ground suddenly began to shake. Ethan's heart trembled. Could it be that his bad luck really came true?

So he simply stopped and looked at the place in the entire cave where the magical reaction was the most exaggerated.

Next to the exit of this floor, on the flattest wall, a magical reaction suddenly appeared.

Soon, as a large grey hand broke through the wall, the magical reaction became obvious. If it was before fighting Minus, he might have been secretly surprised, but now... it was just normal.

He simply crossed his arms over his chest, thinking about how to fight, while carefully observing the appearance of this thing.

It was a giant whose palm alone was longer than an adult's height. It easily reminded Ethan of the giant animation that was very popular in a certain year, but this thing seemed to be a little more ferocious than that giant.

These were monsters he had never seen before. For the first time, Ethan began to doubt himself: was he really still in the original world?

The giant didn't give Ethan time to think. He spread his legs and pounced towards Ethan with a deafening howl.

He walked forward towards the other person, pointing his finger.

【Murderous Magic】×2

Two magic beams pierced through the giant's ankles at an extremely fast speed, causing the running giant to fall directly, raising huge dust and an earthquake even more severe than before on the ground.

The giant roared in pain, obviously becoming furious because the little man Ethan had hurt him so easily. He tried to struggle to get up, but in an instant, his whole body suddenly became heavy and he was unable to break free from the magic net created by Fuhuo.

However, at this time, Ethan had already crossed the distance between the two sides and came in front of it. He had no habit of giving the other party time to rest.

【Kalia Great Sword】.

A huge sword made of pure magic power, taller than the giant's body, appeared.

"Die to me!"

Volume 2: Dungeon Encounters (I): Chapter 2: Memories of This World

In the face of Ethan's first-sight kill combo, even larger monsters would find it difficult to withstand it, unless the opponent is a dragon.

Ethan has never actually seen a dragon, and has no idea how powerful this race is. Anyway, according to Fulilian, even the weakest dragon cannot be defeated just by looking at it.

As for the stronger ones, even the brave team had to go through difficult battles before they were able to win.

At this level, Ethan is not able to commit fraud for the time being.

Watching the giant in front of him turn into ashes, Ethan suddenly fell into deep thought.

Because this thing dropped an extra-large purple stone, which must have weighed two or three times as much as him.

Excuse me, should I take it back?

Just as he was thinking, a burst of dense footsteps suddenly came from the entrance to the next floor.

Ethan turned his head and saw a group of fully armed adventurers pouring out, but after seeing Ethan and the huge stone in front of him, everyone's face became extremely exciting.

"You killed Goliath?"

It looked like the leader had come out, with muscles all over his body, a ferocious face, and a black eye mask. He looked full of courage and could be quite intimidating to novice adventurers.

Judging from the attitudes of the others, this person seems to be not only responsible for speaking, but also the leader of this group.

"So what?"

The group of people looked at each other, and some of them even showed relaxed expressions.

"My name is Borus. I'm a bit of a presence in this small town, and I'd like to do business with you." Borus didn't directly ask Ethan's identity. Instead, he smiled and suggested, "After all, it's not easy for you to continue on your journey with this magic stone. We can buy it for a higher price than usual, and we'll also give you some necessary supplies. What do you think?"

Ethan looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect that this guy was so capable.

"Okay, I just want to take a break."

At this time, Ethan had also confirmed one thing.

This place is definitely not the original world. Judging from the way these people are dressed and their temperament, even the way they treat this thing called magic stone is very natural, not like the attitude they use when facing a rare item.

Goddess's stele, what on earth have you done to me?

After confirming that this was not the original world, Ethan began to desperately search for his ancient memories. However... it was really difficult to remember the content that he had not come into contact with for more than ten years.

Seeing that Ethan was so easy to talk to, Borus also came up to him with a smile on his face, and at the same time signaled with his eyes to his younger brothers behind him to move the huge magic stone away.

Following this group of adventurers, Ethan entered the eighteenth floor, which they called the "safe floor."

Based on this information, Ethan secretly calculated the floors he had passed and determined that the place where he woke up was probably around the fourth floor. If he had chosen to go in another direction, he should have been able to walk all the way to the ground.

After walking out of the passage, although there was no change on Ethan's face, there were already turbulent waves in his heart.

The exit of this passage is at a higher altitude, and as soon as he walks out, he can see most of the environment on the eighteenth floor. So, he saw natural light and vast and majestic grasslands, dense forests, emerald green lakes and huge trees standing on the small island in the middle of the lake.

The most eye-catching thing is the huge, glowing crystal on the ceiling at the top of the sight.

This shouldn't be a scene you see underground.

Unlike Ethan's shock, the others were in a good mood because they had avoided a fight and started bragging and chatting as usual. At the same time, Ethan also played the role of a professional listener. After all, what he needed now was intelligence, and listening to these big men bragging was naturally the fastest way.

The journey was quite long, and Ethan quickly grasped the key words.

"Olario", "Family", "Dungeon", "Floor Master"...

Thus, the memories that had been dormant in my mind began to revive.

Memory is an amazing thing. You may not be able to remember anything that once left an impression on your mind, but as long as you see something related again, the memory will quickly flood back. Although there will be omissions, it is still possible to remember the general idea.

"Dungeon Encounter" was quite popular for a while, but for Ethan, the most impressive thing was the blue ribbon goddess who was about to appear.

He still remembered that there were gods in this world, and the gods bestowed upon humans a power called "grace," which allowed them to kill monsters and gain experience points, just like in an online game. After reaching the upper limit of the level, they would need to undergo a "great feat" of unknown specific standards, and then they would be able to complete the level increase when updating their ability values. After the level was increased, the basic values ​​would increase significantly, which was a fairly clear upgrade route.

This way of becoming stronger is different from the way Ethan has always used it. After all, one is to practice, and the other is to kill monsters to become stronger. To Ethan, it feels like he is plundering the power in the monster's body by killing it, but in fact, it is closer to stimulating the potential in the body through fighting itself.

He didn't know if he remembered it correctly, but it seemed that if a god was forced to withdraw his "favor" due to being sent back, the power accumulated in this way would be sealed. Unless other gods were willing to accept adventurers, the seal would be released again.

You have to have a good relationship with a certain god, and the risk is quite high.

So I really had traveled through time again. What exactly was the goddess's stele? Why did it have such power? And how could I get back?

I wonder if the gods of this world have any clue.

It would be better to find a good-natured god to ask about this issue indirectly, but you also have to make sure that the other party will not speculate about his origins and consider his cunning.

Therefore, one of the protagonists, the Blue Ribbon Goddess, perfectly meets this standard.

The next problem was that he didn't know what time it was, and he didn't know where to find the Blue Ribbon Goddess.

The whole Orario is quite large.

However, he shouldn't have any problem with lack of money now.

The adventurer's settlement on the eighteenth floor is called "Rivera". The original purpose was because the eighteenth floor is a safe floor with a good environment, so it is very suitable as a base. It is very convenient to continue going down or returning to the ground, so the adventurer's settlement was built. Now it has developed to provide supplies for other adventurers, but the price is too high. Capitalists will feel that they are very kind when they see it.

Ethan didn't stay here for long. He took the money from selling Goliath's magic stone and left.

Ethan was not very clear about the purchasing power of the currency in this world. They offered 20 faris for this huge magic stone. Ethan didn't know if it was a lot, so he simply paid the bill.

He didn't care whether the stones dropped by the monsters that were so easy to kill were valuable.

Both parties tacitly agreed not to ask any unnecessary questions, and it seemed like it was just a simple transaction.

"What a face I haven't seen before..." Borus muttered to himself as he watched Ethan's back disappear into the street. "To be able to kill the Labyrinth King alone, he must be at least Level 4. Considering the strength of the Labyrinth King, he should be at Level 5 or above. Does Orario have such a Level 5?"

"I've never heard of it." A nonchalant man next to him replied casually.

"There's no information coming from the ground. Isn't it interesting?" Porus chuckled.

"So, it's from outside of Orario?"

"It's hard to say. Anyway, it's none of our business, so stop asking."

PS: Starting tomorrow, I will update three times a day. There is no reason for this, I think the slow update is also one of the problems

Volume 2 Dungeon Encounter (I): Chapter 3: Another World Standard... No

Labyrinth City, Orario.

Most of the maze stories that Fulilian had told him did not have many ups and downs in the plot. The style of the brave team always started from the first level and moved all the way to the map, killing every monster within sight, looting every treasure chest within sight, and walking through every corner of the maze that could be found. In Xinmei's words, this is the only way to have a sense of adventure.

But in this world, this approach is impossible, because to put it in one sentence, "the dungeon is alive."

Just as monsters are regularly born from the passages, the damage caused to the dungeon by adventurers will also be automatically repaired after a period of time. As for the valuable items dropped by monsters, they will be produced continuously, but the drop probability is quite touching.

In addition, the area of ​​the dungeon gets larger as you go deeper. According to Xinmei's way of playing, he may not be able to finish it until he dies.

The 40th floor or so is already larger than the entire city of Orario. God knows how exaggerated the area of ​​the 100th floor is.

But the most important thing is the magic stone that Ethan got before, which fell from the monster's body. It is a very useful energy material. It can be said that it is because of it that the city built around the dungeon was truly established.

Ethan was currently in the central square of Orario, which was also the location of the Adventurer's Guild and the entrance to the dungeon.

But the most interesting thing should be... yes, the Tower of Babel, which can be said to be the iconic building of Orario.

Looking up, it is towering into the clouds. Because it is too high, I can't see clearly above. There is indeed a strong sense of oppression.

If I remember correctly, the goddess of beauty Freya lives in the upper floors of the Tower of Babel, and the Freya clan under her command is also one of the two strongest clans in Orario.

The greatest characteristic of this goddess is that she can discern the potential of adventurers by the color of the soul she sees with her eyes. When she sees someone with great potential, she will humble herself and run to persuade him. The result is basically that she always succeeds. This is the basis of her clan's strength, which is no different from cheating.

Well, it has nothing to do with him for now. As a pure working man and social animal, I am sure that I will not be able to catch the goddess's eyes... It is better to say that I must not catch her eyes, as this will really cause endless troubles.

After confirming his goal, he went to find the Blue Ribbon Goddess - Hestia, the Goddess of Hearth.

However, just as he walked a distance, he suddenly found that he was being watched.

Hey, do you look like a fat sheep?

He glanced at his own attire, which was basically casual clothing. Compared with the other adventurers around him who were armed to the teeth, he looked like a young man who didn't know his place.

Oh, right.

Ethan looked down at the bag of gold coins on his waist. Of course, that wasn't all the money in it, but some that were hanging outside for easy payment. There were probably about 30,000 to 40,000 faris in it.

"Brother, it looks like you made a lot of money today."

Suddenly, a person blocked his way, and Ethan noticed that he had walked into an alley while thinking about something.

The man in front of him had a ferocious expression on his face, and he looked like a professional robber who was not easy to mess with. Behind him, two or three people surrounded him.

It's a classic among classics. Both the existence of this group of people and their subsequent experiences are too classic.

But when Ethan thought so, he saw the person he thought was the bandit leader reaching his hand behind him.

Then he took out a bottle of wine.

"Hey bro, you must be tired from going to the dungeon today. Do you want a bottle?"

ha?

This quick reversal completely threw Ethan off.

"I'll tell you something in secret. This stuff comes from the Soma clan. Even the Loki clan would spend a fortune to buy it in bulk. It's a rare item with no market... Hey, guess what?"

"Is this your bottle?" Ethan continued with a twitching mouth.