Zongman: Don't move, Aisi, your family still owes me money

“Well, it’s great value for money!”

Merlin nodded with satisfaction and carefully put away the seven poison arrows.

After all, if he accidentally touched the arrow, he would die on the spot without even having time to find a healer for treatment.

After putting away the poison arrow, Merlin took out another set of materials from the storage bag.

It was a glass container filled with blue liquid, about the size of a palm.

"If it's a speed-type monster, then use this."

"Slime solution."

"This is quite cheap, only one hundred faris for all this."

"Then, combine it with the spider legs."

"Refine!"

The familiar white light lit up again, then quickly dissipated, and then only a bottle of blue liquid remained on the table, which looked much darker than pure slime solution.

[Sticky Slime Solution]: It has super strong stickiness and can stick any objects it touches together. It lasts for 1 hour, but the stickiness will disappear when exposed to flames.

"If it comes into contact with flames, it will become zombie-sticky. This means it might not be effective against monsters that can breathe fire. However, if you avoid this, any speed-type monsters that get stained with this slime will completely lose their advantage."

"next."

"Monsters with high defense, well, this is fine."

Merlin began to prepare his next trump card.

"Goblin bone meal, combined with killer ant teeth."

"Refine."

[Corrosive Powder]: Can corrode the opponent's defense, reducing it by 30% for three minutes.

"Just having defense reduction isn't enough. We need to add some offensive methods, and then methods to deal with groups of monsters. Hmm, I'm not sure if one night will be enough."

Merlin muttered as he continued to refine it.

When white light gradually appeared on the horizon, Merlin rubbed his big dark eyes, his face full of excitement.

"Ah, I've finally finished refining everything. I've already finished more than three bottles of magic potion."

"If I hadn't run out of money, I would have wanted to prepare some more."

"Uh... No, I feel a little dizzy, go to bed quickly."

Merlin climbed onto the bed in a daze, touched the familiar pillow, and buried his head in the soft pillow with the right temperature. If it were in the past, he might have played with it reluctantly, but now he was so tired that he didn't even have the slightest desire. The strong sleepiness made him fall into sleep quickly.

Hestia, who had woken up not long ago, smiled slightly when she saw Merlin curled up against her chest.

"What a lovely child! He wasn't naughty last night. Oh, it turns out he stayed up late again. He clearly said so."

After seeing the two dark circles under Merlin's eyes, Hestia rubbed his head with some heartache.

"It's okay even if you don't work hard, but... you definitely won't listen."

Hestia spoke softly, kissed Merlin lightly on the cheek, tiptoed out of bed, and carefully walked to the door.

"Then Merlin, I'm leaving first."

Hestia whispered before leaving.

Chapter 3: Is the lady at the guild counter a nympho?

In the commercial street, at the potato ball stall.

"Hey Hestia, good morning. You're here pretty early this time."

Takemikazuchi, who was roasting potato balls, wiped the sweat off his face and greeted Hestia who was walking over.

"Hey Ajian, good morning. By the way, I have something to discuss with you."

After Hestia came over, she looked at Takemikazuchi seriously.

Jian Yulei naturally realized something immediately, nodded, put down his chopsticks, and walked out from behind the stall.

"So, Hestia, what is it you want to talk about?"

"Actually, it's like this. My child wants to explore deeper levels, but he's still alone. I'm a little worried he might be trying to be brave. So, if possible, could you let him team up with a few of your children and explore deeper into the shallower levels?"

"Then let him recognize his own strength so that he won't push himself too much or take too many risks."

After listening to Hestia's words, Takemikazuchi smiled and nodded.

"Oh, I see. I understand."

"Indeed, many children are eager to achieve success after becoming adventurers."

"But becoming stronger doesn't happen overnight."

"Don't worry, Hestia, leave this matter to me."

"It just so happens that several of my children also want to explore deeper floors."

"This is also an opportunity for them to recognize the limits of their own strength."

Hestia asked with a little concern, "This...isn't it dangerous, Jian?"

"Well, there will definitely be danger, but I believe that with Sakura and the others' strength, there will be no problem."

"And Hestia, don't you also want to tell that boy about the dangers of the maze this time?"

"If the danger is insurmountable even as a team, it would be reckless to venture out alone."

Hestia gradually calmed down after taking Yukaku's advice.

"Well, Ajian, you're right. As for the time, tomorrow is okay?"

"Tomorrow is no problem. I'll talk to Sakura and the others when I get back."

"Oh, by the way, Hestia, come to think of it, I still don't know the name of your child."

Jian Yulei smiled and crossed his arms over his chest, a hint of smile glittering in his eyes.

"I'm quite interested in the young man who could make you, Hestia, care so much."

"Merlin."

"Merlin, huh? That's a name that sounds quite Eastern. Could it be that he came from the Far East?"

"Hmm? Ajian, you're not thinking of poaching my Merlin or something like that, are you?"

"Hahaha, I'm just simply interested. By the way, how about arranging a celebration banquet after this team-up is over? Then, I can also meet this young Merlin."

"Hmm, a celebration banquet? That's a good idea. Since we're planning a celebration banquet, we should make it grand. Okay, I'm motivated now. I'll definitely make some extra money in the next couple of days and prepare lots of delicious food for Merlin."

"Oh, that's the momentum! We must sell out all the fried potato balls today!"

……

Inside the Adventurer's Guild Hall.

"Huh? Merlin, are you saying you want to take all these commissions?"

Aegina leaned forward, her face almost touching Merlin's.

"Yes," Merlin nodded slightly and pointed at Aegina's collar.

“You can almost see it.”

"Ah? Ugh..."

Aina was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening. Her pretty face flushed red, and she suddenly pulled back and covered her chest.

"Merlin, you pervert, if you found out, you should have warned me earlier."

Aegina glared at Merlin shyly.

Merlin smiled and shrugged, not commenting.

"Can I leave now?"

"Oh, okay, no... Merlin, are you really planning to take on all of these dozen or so commissions?"

The half-elf girl suddenly realized that now was not the time to be shy.

"Okay, come with me to the next office and we can have a good chat."

"Well, can't we not go?"

"no!"

Led by Aina, the two soon arrived at the office next door.

After entering the room, Aina spread out all the commissions Merlin had received on the table and slapped the table angrily.

"Merlin, haven't you only been an adventurer for a week? And now you're planning on heading to the seventh and eighth floors? No, you've even accepted a commission from the eleventh and twelfth floors."

"What on earth do you want to do?!"

"Until yesterday, weren't you still exploring the fourth floor? Now you want to go to the twelfth floor in one breath?"

"This is no longer an adventure, this is clearly suicide."

"And look, you even accepted the commission from the young dragon. Do you know how powerful this young dragon is? Even a team of experienced level 1 adventurers wouldn't dare to confront this powerful monster head-on. Although there are no floor masters in the shallow layer, this young dragon can be considered a monster at the level of a floor master."

"You know, the LV1 rookie adventurer team I was in charge of encountered a baby dragon on the twelfth floor and was completely wiped out."

Aegina scolded Merlin harshly, her spit almost spraying on Merlin's face.

At this moment, Merlin slowly added.

"This time I'm not going alone, but with other people in a team."

"Team up? Ah... just tell me earlier."

The anger on Aina's face dissipated a lot. She pushed her glasses and asked, "So, which family are you teaming up with to explore?"

"I'm just giving you some advice. If it's a bad family, it's best to turn it down."

"The Jianyu Lei clan."

Merlin recalled.

"The Jianyulei clan, oh I remember, the members of that clan are pretty nice. And their hair color is the same as yours, all black. Could it be that you are also from the Far East?"

"Also, their overall strength is already considered upper-tier among LV1 adventurers. Their activity range has always been between the eighth and tenth floors."

"Well, if we go with them to the eleventh and twelfth floors, it shouldn't be too dangerous as long as we don't encounter a baby dragon."

"but……"

Aegina paused, then leaned forward again, her emerald eyes fixed on Merlin.

"Remember, never take any risks. Remember, Merlin, even though these words may hurt you, I still have to say them. You are still just a new adventurer, and your strength is at the bottom of the LV1 range."

"This time, even if we're exploring with members of the Jianyu Lei clan, we must be extremely careful, and then..."

An hour later, Merlin returned to the Adventurer's Guild Hall, rubbed his old waist which was a little stiff from sitting, and looked like he had lost all desire to live.

"Ah, I didn't expect that even in this other world, I would still be taught."

Just as he finished speaking, he noticed that many eyes around him were looking towards him.

At the same time, the sound of whispers returned to the air above the hall.

Out of curiosity, Merlin couldn't help but listen and couldn't help but laugh and cry.

These adventurers have a really great imagination.

Not long after Merlin left, Aina also walked out of the office.

The next moment, she immediately felt countless gazes staring straight at her, and those curious gazes were mixed with a hint of another meaning.

"Ok?"

Aegina frowned and took two steps forward.

Soon, the sound of people's discussions drifted into her ears.

"Hey, look! That silver elf counter clerk is out. I heard he just brought a new adventurer into the office to eat."

"I just felt something was wrong. This guy had been staring at others with a scary look before. So that's what it meant."