In this chaotic world, it all started when they found an elf girl

　When the dust from the explosion caused by the Wind of Light settled, the morale of the Apollo Familia plummeted as they saw that Goliath had been defeated.

　Most of the members were dejected.

　The only exception might be Daphne, whose pretty face revealed a hint of pleasure.

　"Hmph, let's go!"

　Hyacinthus, his face grim, led a large group of defeated soldiers toward the passage to the sixteenth floor.

　Roy laughed and said, "Take care, and don't come back to see me off."

　Hyacinthus turned back, wanting to say a few harsh words, but after hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and left.

　"Let's go." Daphne pulled the blue-haired girl away. Cassandra Illion was her roommate in the Apollo Familia. She was timid and cowardly, and talked nonsense all day long, like a child talking about her dreams.

　Cassandra stared blankly at Roy's retreating figure, "Justice will pierce the sun!"

Chapter 57 Goliath's Gold Coins

　[Successfully hunted down the floor master Goliath, gaining 1000 attribute points and a silver treasure chest.]

　Congratulations on winning the Goliath scarf!

　After the Apollo Familia members left, Roy, now free, checked the pop-up notification panel. Goliath seemed to have emitted a burst of brilliant golden light before his death.

　Name: Roy

　Rating: 2

　Strength: 47 → 247 (G)

　Endurance: 18→218 (G)

　Dexterity: 68 → 368 (F)

　Agility: 130 → 430 (E)

　Magic Power: 88 → 276 (G)

　Development Ability: Adventure (I)

　Skills: My Lord is Here, Blood for Blood

　Magic: Lord of Thunder

　……

　Roy allocated his attribute points, adding the 188 attribute points he had previously saved. Having just leveled up, his stats were already approaching those of a seasoned LV.2 veteran who had been around for years. If anyone knew, they would be terrified.

　Roy then clicked "Open Treasure Chest".

　[The Silver Treasure Chest has been opened! Congratulations on obtaining three bottles of Panacea (Advanced), an Equipment Enhancer (Epic), and Celia's Treasure Map!]

　Name: Equipment Enhancer

　Quality: Epic

　Description: Select a piece of equipment to enhance it, upgrading its quality to epic level, with a success rate of 99%.

　……

　Title: Celtia's Treasure Map

　Quality: Uncertain

　Description: This is a map showing the burial site of the "Elven Saintess Celtia." Please proceed with caution.

　……

　Name: Goliath Scarf

　Quality: Epic

　Description: This material, dropped by Goliath, the main character of the floor, is three meters long and two meters wide. It has the same protective capabilities as Goliath and is highly effective against physical attacks.

　……

　Roy saw the pop-up notification panel; as expected of a silver treasure chest, it had yielded quite a few good items. Potions were a regular feature, as were equipment enhancers…

　But compared to the generous rewards mentioned above, Roy's gaze was fixed on that unremarkable parchment scroll—Celtia's treasure map.

　Celtia!

　This name may be unfamiliar to ordinary people in this world, but those who know a little about ancient heroes will find it resounding.

　In Orario, there is a Hero's Bridge, which is adorned with more than thirty statues. These statues depict the heroic figures of the legendary humans who fought tirelessly in ancient times to seal the great hole—the Underground City—and the great heroes who accomplished their great feats on the land of Orario.

　Shalwon, descendant of the Wolf Emperor; Ivelda, Empress of the Amazons; Jazanev, the Immortal Lord; Xitu, the Overlord Spear; Sofia of the Fairy Dynasty; the Great Hero Albert…

　Sertia is one of them.

　The first elven royal to leave the forest, she traveled the world, slaying countless monsters that had escaped from the dungeons, and was hailed as the Elven King and Holy Maiden.

　Treasure map!

　A fiery glint flashed in Roy's eyes, indicating that there must be many good things in the other party's graveyard. Wasn't this tempting him, an adventurous person?

　However, this matter needs to be kept strictly confidential.

　The Elven royal family is an extremely special existence within the Elven community. The respect that all the Elves in the world have for the Elven royal family even surpasses that for the gods.

　To illustrate, consider the two elves of Freya's Familia—the white and black knights—who, like Riveria, are LV.6. Yet, they must treat Riveria with utmost respect and dare not show the slightest disrespect.

　If the elves found out that he was going to dig up the tombs of the elven royal family, the elves of the whole world would probably unite and scatter his ashes.

　There happened to be an elf in front of him.

　"what happened?"

　When Ryu noticed that Roy's gaze was a bit off, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly.

　Roy shook his head repeatedly. Not to mention the two Freya Familia elves, even Ryu in front of him could crush him.

　After defeating the floor master Goliath, the entire seventeenth floor seemed to quiet down, and the frequency of monsters appearing began to decrease. Roy picked up the magic stone that Goliath had dropped; it was heavy, and it was worth a lot of money just for that.

　Roy asked, "Our backpacks are almost full. Shall we go back to the surface? Or are we going to the eighteenth level...?"

　If it were the usually decisive and efficient elf girl, she wouldn't have hesitated at all. Seeing that Ryu hadn't made a decision yet, how could Roy not know what was going on?

　"Let's go to the eighteenth floor."

　Liu sighed, "We've already reached the seventeenth floor. It would be really unreasonable not to go and take a look. We have to face it eventually."

　Roy wasn't surprised. He deactivated his Thunder Avatar—something he couldn't let anyone see—and carried the large backpack full of magic stones and monster materials on his back.

　The two headed towards the passage leading to the eighteenth floor.

　After passing through the long corridor, a bright light came into view. Roy subconsciously squinted, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw a shocking scene reflected in them.

　The eighteenth floor is a safe zone; it has no maze or dividing walls, but is a large, circular space where monsters typically do not spawn.

　The steep rock walls that surround the entire floor and extend all the way to the ceiling are filled with dazzling crystals, and it is those countless crystals that shine to form the blue sky.

　The beautiful scene is simply a masterpiece of nature, something that human beings could not possibly create.

　It is said that some wealthy people even spent a lot of money to hire adventurers to protect them and help them descend to the eighteenth floor in order to see the scenery here.

　Upon seeing this beautiful scene, the tycoon even decided that he wanted to be buried there after his death.

　Roy and Liu are now at the southern end of the eighteenth level, with a cave leading to the seventeenth level behind them.

　A vast expanse of green forest stretches from the south to the east, with emerald streams and springs visible in the distance. To the north lie sparsely wooded wetlands.

　Roy followed behind Ryu, and the two walked along the path through the forest. Before them came a strange graveyard, filled with all sorts of weapons and staffs.

　The burial ground of former members of the Astrea Familia.

　The corpse was eaten by the monsters on the 30th floor of the dungeon, and Ryu only managed to retrieve some of the weapons.

　The place is picturesque, or in other words, remote and far from any town. Few adventurers venture here, and the weapons in the cemetery are mostly damaged, so no one would bother to steal these scraps.

　Therefore, cemeteries can guarantee long-term tranquility.

　Liu placed the flowers she had picked along the way in front of the grave. Her usually cold and aloof face melted as if an iceberg were melting, revealing a complex mix of emotions including remembrance, pain, and bitterness. Large tears fell from her eyes.

　"Alyse, Kaguya, Leila..."

　Liu uttered the names of her former teammates, her voice choked with emotion, "The Rudrak clan has been wiped out. I've avenged you. Don't worry, I'll eliminate everyone connected to the dark factions!"

　Roy's face showed respect for his elders and he silently offered a bouquet of flowers.

　"Let's go back!"

　"So soon? It wouldn't hurt to stay a little longer."

　“There’s no time to dawdle. I need to pay off the debt as soon as possible. If Lady Astraea is burdened with such a heavy debt, Alyssa and the others will not forgive me.”

　Listening to the elven girl's persistent words, Roy muttered silently, "She's so stubborn. She can't even see that she's being schemed against by that ancient monster who's hundreds of millions of years old."

　But that suited him perfectly; it was time to play his next card. A sinister smile crept across Roy's lips.

Chapter 58 Let's deal with the Apollo Familia!

　Back on the ground, Roy and Ryu, as usual, went to the guild headquarters to exchange their magic stones for money.

　Today's harvest: 2.42 million fali!

　The fragment of Goliath's magic stone was in pretty good condition and sold for nearly 1.5 million. Another large bag of gold coins was placed in front of Roy and Ryu.

　Every day, the adventurers around them watched as the two of them took away a huge bag of gold coins. They were completely dumbfounded. What kind of money-making speed was this? It was even more exaggerated than the assembly line of the mint.

　Of course.

　Roy and Liu may appear to be just two people, but in reality, there are probably five, six, or even seven or eight people working together.

　The two of them were in charge of rampaging through the dungeon, while several Thunder Avatars picked up the loot from behind. These free laborers didn't have to share any money, and they were having a blast.

　Leave the guild headquarters.

　Walking alongside Ryu, Roy's eyes darted around, and he deliberately sighed, "So slow, when will we finally pay off this debt?"

　Over the course of the week, their earnings were around eight million falies, plus the extra income from the Goliath magic stone. However, Goliath can't be farmed every day; there's a one-week regeneration interval.

　Unless you go down to the 20th floor or higher to find even rarer materials, earning 700,000 to 800,000 a day is the limit.

　It will take at least three to four months to raise 60 million fiat currency, and even longer if there are unforeseen circumstances.

　Going down to the twentieth floor means that Liu will need to fill in the gaps in Roy's knowledge of that floor, which will take a considerable amount of time. In any case, it will take at least three months to pay off the debt of 60 million Faris.

　The elven girl paused in her steps.

　Roy's words successfully caught Liu's attention, and a hint of guilt surfaced in the depths of her eyes.

　This matter had nothing to do with Roy. The other party had already done more than enough by helping her wipe out the Rudra clan, yet she still wanted to drag the other party into doing hard labor.

　Liu Xiao's face was serious. "You don't need to come with me. You can focus on doing your own thing."

　Roy already has the strength of LV.2. As long as he avoids particularly dangerous secret realms and is extra cautious, he won't be in any danger...

　Suddenly, Ryu lowered her head in frustration. She had almost forgotten that Roy would deliberately go to dangerous places, and who knew what would happen without her by his side.

　“No way, I don’t like giving up halfway.” Roy shook his head and smiled.

　Roy's words made Ryu feel even more guilty.

　“Actually, I have a safer and faster way to make money. I wonder if you’d be interested.” Roy’s lips curled up as he stared intently at Ryu.

　Ryu keenly caught a glint of danger in Roy's eyes. "How could I not be interested?"

　"cannot!"

　Roy smiled and said, his domineering tone leaving even Ryu, a LV.4, feeling helpless.

　Liu sighed, "I'll just listen for a moment."

　"Let's deal with the Apollo clan!"

　"--What's the meaning?"

　Roy's next words nearly made Ryu choke on her own saliva, causing her to cough violently.

　Roy lowered his voice, "Through the War Game, seize the property of the Apollo Familia!"

　"???"