72 Ethan Encounters Pass Parade!
Chapter 72: Ethan Encounters Pass Parade!
Without any suspense in the battle, Ethan, who was now a level 2 adventurer, along with the A++ rank noble phantasm Excalibur, had already far surpassed the silverback in strength.
This can no longer be called a 'battle,' but rather a one-sided crushing.
'Pfft—'
A burst of blood sprayed as the blade pierced through the body of the silverback.
The monster's massive body, in the face of death, was just as fragile as a feather.
'Boom—'
Accompanied by a burst of black ashes dispersing, only a magic stone was left lying on the ground.
"Truly worthy of being called 'the light saber,' especially the blackened version."
Looking at the Excalibur Morgan in his hands, Ethan felt that if he faced Goliath again, he no longer needed to fight so hard; he could just unleash the giant beam of light and 'nuke' it directly.
Of course, this was just his wishful thinking, as with his current magic reserve, he really couldn't unleash the true power of his noble phantasm.
Particularly since Excalibur was an A++ rank Noble Phantasm, unleashing it required an enormous amount of magical energy.
The significant difference in Artoria's strength before and after her blackening in the Fifth Holy Grail War can be attributed primarily to Shirou's inadequate mana reserves as her Master.
After blackening, Saber no longer had concerns about depleting magical energy, using powerful moves as though they were regular attacks.
Before this transformation, she had to be conservative with her mana usage; after all, excessive consumption could deplete Shirou's mana reserves.
And as for Shirou's mana reserve, well, there's no need to say much, a few light cannons from our king, and he'd probably be drained dry.
Having put away the Excalibur, Ethan continued to move forward; one time was not enough, he hadn't had enough fun yet.
It's similar to playing "Minecraft"; after going through the trouble of crafting a Diamond Sword, wouldn't you want to use it to defeat a few more bosses?
Since it was late at night, he didn't encounter many people along the way.
The entire dungeon, at this time, seemed a bit silent.
'Tap tap tap—'
A series of rapid footsteps suddenly sounded; judging from the sound, there were quite a few people.
"It's all your fault, insisting on going to kill the killer ants."
"Who knew these killer ants were so tenacious, they're still not dead after all that."
"Just shut up, the swarm of killer ants is quickly approaching."
"Hurry and run~"
Despite the noisy voices still being some distance away, Ethan roughly understood the situation.
These people were seeking death; although the individual strength of the killer ants was weak, they were a swarm-type monster.
Once attacked, they would emit a special pheromone to attract their companions.
In the upper floors of the dungeon, countless adventurers have perished under the siege of the killer ants.
The term 'newbie killer' originates from this; in the upper levels of the dungeon, they truly are 'formidable enemies' for low-class adventurers, no joke.
After being surrounded by a swarm of killer ants, even weaker level 2 adventurers would likely suffer.
"Hm? There's someone ahead."
"We're lucky, let's quickly move past that person."
"Isn't this bad?"
"What's wrong with that? Would you rather die in his place?"
"..."
The so-called 'kindness' often exists only when one's own safety isn't at stake.
When real danger arises, the vast majority of people will become the most selfish.
To survive, they will do whatever it takes, let alone using others as a scapegoat; they would not hesitate to even murder some innocent guy.
At this time, Ethan also noticed a group of people with dark skin, each dressed in revealing attire and with good figures, only their dusty appearance made them less appealing.
And he recognized them; amazoness race, like dark-skinned girls from his previous life.
Orario also has a significant population of this race.
"What a handsome young man, under normal circumstances, I might have spent a night with you for free, but now, well, I'm afraid we can only wrong you."
The leading woman of the Amazoness race said this to Ethan.
Her three companions, looking at Ethan, all wore expressions of 'pity' on their faces.
Such a handsome man, if it was other times, they would usually be very greedy, even if it meant giving away their service for free, but under the current circumstances, they didn't have time to waste.
'Shah shah shah—'
A loud rustling sound arose, and behind the group of Amazoness women, a dense swarm of killer ants surged forward.
Seeing this, Ethan began to wonder what these people had done to stir up the killer ants' nest.
Observing the situation, it was clear that the monsters had emerged in full force.
"We're sorry, handsome, but we have no choice," The Amazoness woman said to Ethan as she quickly approached.
Ethan was no fool; he naturally understood that the other party was trying to divert the danger towards him.
And such an act, in Orario, was also known as 'Pass Parade'.
This is a tactic used by adventurers in the dungeon; when retreating, they lead the monsters chasing them to another adventurer's location, to attract the monsters' attention so they can escape.
Although the unwritten rules of the dungeon state not to interfere with other adventurers' actions, in a crisis situation, some teams will also use such despicable tactics to survive.
Although such behavior is very despicable, in the face of real life-threatening danger, honor and shame are no longer important.
Glancing at the approaching swarm of killer ants and then at the quickly departing amazoness team.
Ethan's expression instantly turned cold; well, he really hadn't expected that one day, he too would be used as a scapegoat by others.
'Shah~ Shah~'
The sound of some type of insects moving rapidly approached; the swarm of killer ants was now close at hand.
Killer ants are monsters; in their cognition, all humans are enemies, so, even though Ethan was not the one who provoked them, they would still attack him.
'Swish—'
"Projection, begin—"
Accompanied by Ethan's words, a sword was projected beside him.
"Broken Phantasm—"
'Boom—'
The next second, the newly projected sword was used by him like a 'hand grenade,' thrown out and directly detonated.
Although this was also 'Broken Phantasm,' it was probably the lowest level.
But, to deal with the current situation, it was absolutely sufficient.
'Boom boom boom—'
The entire cavern began to collapse in the violent explosion.
Broken Phantasm, directly detonating the projected weapon, the destructive power caused was not small.
The already not so wide cavern directly collapsed because of this explosion.
And this directly blocked the advancing route of these killer ants.
This was not to imply that Ethan couldn't handle the killer ants, but rather than fighting these monsters, he was seeking the real instigator to 'return the favor'.
They had subjected him to a 'Pass Parade', so he intended to reciprocate with a significant 'gift'.
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