Ch.9 Liliruca Erde°
The dungeon, first floor of the maze
"Would a person like me be punished by God?"
Playing with the dagger engraved with the "Ηϕαιστο?" logo in his hand, Estelle whispered to himself jokingly.
From the moment he stepped into the blacksmith's shop, he had already entered performance mode. Through his invisible misery, the blacksmith of the Hephaestus family felt pity for him.
Then, by inadvertently revealing that he had been in a dungeon, the other party felt that he had a rare talent.
Then he brought the state of the anime hero to life, making that man feel that he was a kind and innocent person.
The ultimate purpose of doing this is to obtain an internal recommendation from the Hephaestus Familia so as to help him join the Hephaestus Familia.
Who would have thought that after all his calculations, the blacksmith would give him a dagger for self-defense and spare clothes before leaving?
This made Estelle feel embarrassed for a moment.
I don't know if I will be struck by lightning if I deceive the good old man like this. I'd better wait until I join the family to repay his kindness today.
Putting the dagger in the quiver, Estelle took off the bow behind him and walked calmly through the maze passage.
Dungeon 1–12th floor, in Orario, is called the upper floor by adventurers and is suitable for novice adventurer teams of Lv1 and Lv2.
The monsters on the 2nd to 5th floors are basically low-level monsters such as goblins, kobolds, and underground lizards.
The deepest place Estelle was yesterday was only up to the fifth floor of the maze, which is considered a relatively safe floor, and fortunately, he did not encounter a relatively large underground lizard.
His plan was only to kill monsters on the fifth floor; he didn't want to go to the sixth floor before acquiring falna.
There are two reasons: one is because his equipment is not up to standard and will be damaged easily, which is not cost-effective.
Secondly, he thinks it's enough to have this strength since it will be very hard to upgrade if he has a terrifying base value.
"Ka Ka Ka!"
The sound of the stone wall breaking suddenly came, and Estelle skillfully pulled out an arrow from the quiver, winding, drawing the bow, aiming, and doing other actions in one go.
"Whoosh!"
The arrow cut through the air and directly penetrated the goblin's eye socket at ten o'clock, easily killing him with one blow.
"Ding! Goblin killed +3, got 15 experience points!"
He stepped forward to pick up the fallen magic stone, put it in his pocket, and then recovered the arrow that fell on the ground.
Nowadays, it is not difficult for Estelle to kill one or two goblins instantly. Only when facing five or more goblins at the same time will he choose to use kite tactics.
Based on this speed, as long as there are no accidents, it shouldn't be a problem to kill hundreds of goblins today.
One day's income can probably cover nearly a day or two of basic living expenses. I have to say that adventurers are really a high-income profession.
But there is a downside, which is expensive equipment.
At the level of Lv5, the cost of equipment maintenance seems to be 10 to 20 million.
Adventurers seem to... to burn money.
But Estelle's idea of joining the Hephaestus family became more and more determined.
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Dungeon, third floor of the maze
"Pfft!" The dagger pierced into the body of the last goblin, and the monster hanging on Estelle's back turned into a handful of black ash and dissipated.
"Ding!! Kill a goblin and get 5 experience points.
Ding!!! The experience value is full, the level has increased, and the current level is 4."
Estelle bent down to pick up the fallen magic crystals and looked back for about 20 seconds before finding all six magic stones.
Looking at the forty or so magic crystals in the quiver, Estelle reckoned that it should be nine in the morning, so he randomly found a crossroad and sat down.
He took off a cloth package hanging on the quiver and opened it, and there were six slightly deformed fried potato balls inside. This was the lunch Estelle prepared for himself.
Although it is not very good, it is better than a large amount.
Estelle, who was born in the countryside, is not so particular about it.
After wiping his hands on his body for a while, he picked up a fried potato ball, sat on the ground without any image, and started to eat.
After eating four potato balls in a row, just as he was about to get the fifth one, there was a faint sound of cursing in his ears.
"waste!"
"I only gained so much in the whole morning today. You must be taking a nap somewhere!"
"Trash! Trash! Trash!"
Feeling that the scolding was not too far away from him, Estelle went to take the fried potato ball, re-tied the cloth package, and stuffed it into the quiver.
Picking up the bow leaning on the side, he walked in the direction of the source of the sound.
After walking through a fifteen-meter-long stone wall passage, Estelle discovered the source of the sound, which was at the corner on the left.
With his back against the stone wall, he quietly eavesdropped for a while, then slowly looked towards the other side of the corner.
Seven men dressed as adventurers were punching and kicking a supporter who was lying on the ground with an unidentifiable gender and a huge package on his back.
By observing the equipment on these adventurers, Estelle can roughly judge that the level of this group of people should not be high, maybe only Lv1-Lv2.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be doing such shitty things on the upper floors.
Silently withdrawing his head, Estelle was ready to make a move.
It's not because he is kind or good, but he seems to have a slight impression of that person, not wanting to regret not helping that one since it's very rare for him to have an impression.
He stepped back a little to avoid meeting those adventurers head-on and shot an arrow at one of them.
"Who is there?"
Hearing the extremely vigilant questioning sound from the other adventurers
Immediately after...
In the next second, a "whoosh" sound was heard, and a slender sleeve arrow pierced another adventurer opposite him.
Estelle will not be like the idiot in the TV series, who will walk out with his hands raised after being discovered.
He knew very well that, with the sh*t behavior and character of those adventurers, as long as he walked out, the initiative would belong to those adventurers.
But he couldn't keep the stalemate like this, so he calmly said, "I just happened to pass by; I hate what you all did, so leave now or else my arrow will pierce your head."
After saying that, he turned around and distanced himself more.
They saw him, but they hesitated before a few people left and gradually drifted away.
It's more beneficial for them to leave since the distance between them is 10 meters, and coupled with his precise shot, they don't want the risk of being shot in the head.
They remember his face, and this grievance will be redressed sooner or later.
Estelle was still leaning against the wall vigilantly, so that even the supporter who was carrying an exaggerated package had stood up from the ground and was wiping the dust off his body.
Looking at the skillful movements and silent performance, it is obvious that the group of adventurers often bullies them.
Under Estelle's gaze, the supporter took off the hood on his head and was the first to reveal a pair of chestnut-colored vertical ears.
Estelle was slightly surprised when he saw the other person's appearance clearly.
Because he knew the girl in front of him, she was the little human girl Liliruca Erde.
This girl is obviously one of the side protagonists in Danmachi, the exclusive supporter of the hero Bell!
In other words, the adventurer just now is from the So Ma family.
I really didn't expect... to meet the earlier plot characters again so soon.
Thinking of Estelle here, he couldn't help but take another look at Lili, only to see the ears on the top of the girl's head trembling slightly.
not good!
Seeing something bad in his heart, Estelle quickly dodged to the side.
Immediately after
He knew very well that, with Lili's character, as long as he dared to show his head again, the second attack would definitely greet him.
What's more, it may be a magic sword attack!
Don't underestimate this Lv1 small human supporter; Estelle knows very well that she hides a powerful magic sword that is powerful enough to hurt Lv4 adventurers.
He didn't think he could dodge or withstand the attack unleashed by the magic sword.
Even so, he was annoyed by this behavior, so he calmly said, "Like I said, I just happened to pass by; helping you is one thing, but repaying me like this is really cruel."
After saying that, he turned around and fled away without stopping.