After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

Serafia hesitated slightly, then nodded gently and said, "Of course, sir traveler, I can give you some if you need them..."

"That's too kind of you. Please sell it to me. By the way, Miss Saintess, we haven't exchanged names yet, have we? My name is Mu Qiu."

"Seraphia".

The girl walking ahead did not stop. Her long golden hair fluttered slightly behind her head as she softly said, "Traveler, you can just call me Serafia."

During the conversation, a group of hissing cave goblins and a giant rat with red eyes darted out of the shadows in the dungeon.

However, these low-level monsters posed no threat whatsoever to Mu Qiu and his companions, and could not even slow them down.

Serafia did not directly take action; she simply used the Holy Light Orb to steadily illuminate the path ahead.

Fiona stepped forward to the front of the group to deal with the monsters.

Vera dawdled to the back of the group and walked alongside Mu Qiu.

"Master, do I really need to deal with monsters of this level?"

Vera's pointed ears twitched slightly, probably because she felt the cloak was in the way. She took off the hood and cloak, revealing a pair of long, snow-white legs that stretched out from under the mage's robe. She would quicken her pace from time to time, walking to a position slightly ahead of Mu Qiu, making him unable to help but cast her gaze at her frequently.

"...Of course not, but you should focus on what's ahead. There might be high-level monsters here."

"Then the Holy Maiden will deal with it, right?"

The two talked for a while before descending several more floors.

The team was extremely efficient at clearing out these low-level monsters, and they made almost no stops along the way, reaching the tenth floor in no time.

The environment on this level has become significantly more complex. The passageways are no longer singular; multiple branching paths have appeared. Thick, dark purple vines have begun to grow on the rock walls, secreting strange liquids.

Mu Qiu wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the shape of these vines looked rather odd.

"Could it be that I've finally caught Vera and the others' lewd filter?"

Mu Qiu lagged behind the group, and with nothing else to do, he began to observe the vines on the rock wall.

These vines look rather lewd, like the kind that would attack female adventurers.

"These vines are so small, just burn them."

Vera raised her hand, and instantly released fire magic, burning the vines on the rock wall to ashes.

"According to previous records, the guardian of the tenth floor should be a mutated large cave spider, and its nest is usually at the end of the main passage."

Serafia introduced them softly.

"But... this time the magical reaction... is a little off."

She paused slightly, her face, covered by a black cloth, turned towards the depths of the main passage, and her tone became somewhat solemn: "The magical fluctuations inside... don't seem like those of a tenth-level lord."

As she spoke, the priest descended, and she unconsciously tensed her thighs, rubbing them back and forth, her snow-white thighs trembling slightly.

This underestimates the influence this elf lady has on her.

Even at a distance of several meters, the curse seemed to be intensifying.

Serafia tried her best to remain calm and said, "It seems that the impact of the riot is more serious than we expected. It must be that high-level monsters from the lower levels have come up through some means."

Sure enough, when the four entered the cave at the end of the main passage, the scene before them confirmed Serafia's perception.

What lurked deep in the cave was not a giant spider at all, but a huge monster, as tall as two people, covered with a dark red, hard carapace!

It has scorpion-like pincers and a tail, but its head is more like an enlarged version of a ferocious beetle. Its compound eyes gleam with a violent crimson light, and its mouth drips highly corrosive saliva, which makes a "sizzling" sound when it falls on the rocks.

The magical pressure emanating from his body had clearly reached the level of the Gold Rank.

This is a Lord-level monster that usually only appears on the 30th floor—the Giant Rock Scorpion Armor Beast!

"Roar--!"

Almost the instant the giant rock scorpion-armored beast spotted the intruder, let out a threatening roar, and raised its massive pincers—

Fiona, who was standing at the front of the group, had already reacted. Her hand suddenly felt a little heavy as a two-handed greatsword appeared in her hand. She did not draw the sword, but instead charged forward like an arrow, scabbard and all!

Using the momentum of her charge, Fiona gripped her greatsword, still sheathed, tightly with both hands and swung it up like a hammer, smashing it down onto the giant rock scorpion's raised pincer joint!

"Oh!"

A dull, loud bang exploded in the cave!

The hard pincer joints were twisted and deformed by Fiona's powerful blow, causing the monster's massive body to stagger and let out a painful groan.

"Vera!"

Fiona landed a successful blow and, without pausing, shouted loudly.

"I know, I know~"

Vera responded languidly, simply raising her mithril staff gracefully without chanting a spell, and the magic was instantly released.

Several magical vines covered with sharp thorns burst forth from the ground in an instant, like agile giant pythons, and wrapped around the giant rock scorpion beast with astonishing speed, completely entangling it.

"Hoo! Hoo!! Hoo!!!"

The giant rock scorpion struggled angrily, but the thorny vines were not something a gold-level monster like it could tear apart. Instead, they tightened, binding it completely in place, making it unable to move.

"It's now!"

Fiona seized the opportunity and finally drew her sword, her golden peak battle aura surging around her and pouring it all into the greatsword.

"Drink!"

She let out a sharp cry, spun half a circle, and concentrated all her power into the next strike.

Tier 4 Skill - Charged Heavy Slash!

The giant sword drew a heavy arc, accompanied by a whistling sound that tore through the wind pressure, and slashed fiercely towards the scorpion-armored beast's neck!

Pfft——!

The dark red carapace shattered with a crack, and a large amount of foul-smelling blood gushed out.

“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah-!”

The Giant Rock Scorpion Beast was severely injured and let out a dying howl. Its huge body shook violently, and its struggles became more and more intense, but it still could not break free from the vines.

"Fiona, do you knights really need to go to such lengths to deal with a monster of the same level? Let me help you."

Vera pursed her lips, then slightly raised her hand. In an instant, an ice spear radiating bone-chilling cold condensed and shot through the air, piercing the wound on its neck and ending its life.

Boom!

The monster's enormous body crashed to the ground.

"This guy is clearly a defensive monster!"

Fiona planted her greatsword on the ground, turned around, and snorted: "Maybe it even got enhanced by the dungeon. It's common knowledge that the boss monsters in the dungeon are stronger than human professionals, isn't it?"

"They are better than ordinary professionals."

Wei stretched out her slender white fingers, shook them, and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "It's only natural that a female knight like you, who has grown up through hard work with free talent, can't instantly kill monsters of the same level."

"But even the monsters in the dungeon are just cheap monsters in the end. Compared to professionals like me who have advanced using expensive potions, they are just a bunch of trash."

"...There's nothing to be proud of about advancing in rank using potions! Shouldn't you elven mages be meditating instead?"

Fiona couldn't help but shout.

Although she also relied on potions to advance to the Gold rank, she also cultivated diligently and did not rely entirely on potions to advance—mainly because that would be too costly, and her family could not afford it.

Vera immediately gave her a look of disdain: "Huh? What kind of outdated ideas are those? Of course mages have to drink potions. Mages who rely on meditation without drinking potions are useless mages, right? Is there really anyone in this world who doesn't drink potions at all?"

"Where is Miss Serafia?"

Mu Qiu couldn't help but look at Serafia.

Serafia's gaze drifted as she reached out and fiddled with her hair. "Hmm... Ah... Well... Asceticism is certainly important, Mr. Traveler, let's continue on our way."

Mu Qiu: "..."

So even the saintess needs to drink magic potions!

"Instead of moving forward, let's search here first."

As Mu Qiu spoke, his gaze swept across the cave and he noticed a narrow passage on the right.

Vera's pointed ears twitched slightly, and she let out a soft exclamation: "Does that sound like someone calling for help?"

"It should be in here."

Mu Qiu pointed to the passage on the right.

The passage wasn't long, only about four or five meters. As soon as Mu Qiu walked through it, he saw the figure inside.

She was a young woman who was almost completely naked. She had a cascade of long black hair, a charming and beautiful face, and pitiful eyes. She was only covered by a few tattered strips of cloth, which barely covered her vital parts. Her wrists and ankles were also bound by broken shackles.

"Waaah...please...save me...I'm so scared..."

Fiona paused, her grip on the greatsword loosening slightly, a hint of hesitation on her face: "This is... a trapped slave?"

slave?

Mu Qiu frowned slightly and subconsciously sent the detection function over.

The system's guidance tone was detected, but no attributes were detected.

[Hey host, is this your first time encountering a mimic?]

【whether.】

A treasure chest monster?

Mu Qiu was taken aback.

No wonder we couldn't detect its attributes; it's not a slave at all, it's a mimicry monster!

Based on the pattern, if the answer is yes, the system will most likely give him a few more treasure chests...

"no!"

【Wow, you're an expert! I guess you don't need this mimic. Let me help you exchange it for a real slave.】

Mu Qiu: "?"

You think you can turn a mimicry into a real slave?

Mu Qiu looked on expectantly, only to see the figure explode into a cloud of smoke with a bang, and then a treasure chest appeared on the spot.

Ok?

Why is it a treasure chest?

[Oops! I swapped the positions of the mimic and the slave, and then I swapped the positions of the slave and the mimic! Now I can't find the slave!]

Mu Qiu's lips twitched.

If that's the case, wouldn't a slave end up in the location that should be a treasure chest?

Another treasure chest monster will appear in the slave's location?

"Huh? Where did that girl go?"

Fiona opened her eyes wide in confusion.

"It looks like... a mimic?"

Vera was also a little puzzled. She picked up a pebble from the ground, squatted down, and casually brushed her pert bottom against Mu Qiu's calf before standing up and throwing the pebble to test the treasure chest's reaction.

"But why did it suddenly turn into a treasure chest? Could this also be a disguise?"

Chapter 104 The Saintess, Ready to Vent Her Desires!

"Would you know if you open it and take a look?"

Mu Qiu knew this was the real treasure chest, so he walked over without hesitation and opened it.