Chapter 653

"Water Blade~"

A pack of Hellhounds, the size of calves, capable of using fire magic and also known as Arsonists, were sliced into pieces by blades formed from high-speed circulating water currents.

This place was the 14th Floor Labyrinth of the Dungeon; the terrain still resembled a cave, but whether it was the number of monsters or their spawn rate, both had already far exceeded the degree of the Upper Floors.

If they were just ordinary Adventurers, stepping into the Middle Floors without adequate preparation would most likely result in death in this dangerous Middle Floor area.

"Hiss~"

From the higher cave ceiling above, a monster covered entirely in pitch-black scales launched a sneak attack at the Black Robe figure below, who appeared to be in an unguarded state, cleaning up the battlefield.

The speed was very fast, the sound only the wind-breaking noise caused by its streamlined body due to excessive speed; however, upon closing to within two meters of the Black Robe figure below, it was as if struck by some invisible force.

With a Bang, it smashed directly onto the ground, its body wrapped in black scales emitting cracking *Creak Creak* sounds.

Gravity Magic — Heavy Pressure Domain, roughly only about 20 times gravity pressure, was maintained by Broly within a two-meter radius around himself.

He, who seemed defenseless against lurking monsters, effortlessly crushed to death the monster that had sneak-attacked and plunged headfirst into the Heavy Pressure Domain.

No sword used, no fist used, not even an Energy Bullet used — just pure Magic; Broly still moved unimpeded in the Middle Floor area of the Dungeon Labyrinth.

Compared to fist, foot, and sword techniques, Broly's Magic was unremarkable, but unremarkable did not mean not formidable; Water Creation, a magic involving his drinking water freedom in his past life, the first magic taught to him by Aqua, needless to say, he had long since mastered thoroughly.

And the like of Water Blade, Water Cannon — attack magics using water as a medium — when pursuing Roxy across multiple loops in the Six-Faced World, Broly had also long since learned them inside out.

Perhaps having him independently research new Water Magic would not work, but merely learning, mastering, and using some Water Magics that had already been researched out was an easy matter.

Even excluding sword techniques and fist/foot arts, Broly's skill in casting Water Magic, placed in the Six-Faced World, was also not inferior to the Dragon God's.

Besides Water Magic, the Gravity Magic imitated from the Dragon King Sword's innate Gravity Magic was the second Magic Broly was most skilled at using.

The reason was none other than Gravity Magic being extremely convenient for the matter of super-weighted training, and boosting the power of Energy Bullet moves being another benefit it possessed.

Of course, pure Gravity Magic was not too suitable for killing monsters; the monster crushed to death by Gravity Magic behind him had its Magic Stone inside also crushed to pieces by gravity; fortunately, a single fairly hard Tooth Drop remained.

Broly picked up the Tooth from the ground, cancelled the Gravity Magic maintained around himself, took out a Monster Lure, and entered the 15th Floor Dungeon Labyrinth.

"Moo~"

A bovine cry rang out; attracted by the Monster Lure, Minotaurs — which usually only appear below the 15th Floor Labyrinth and count as a mainstay even among Lv2 Monsters — charged over one by one, but before reaching Broly, these Minotaurs would be sliced in half by near-imperceptible Water Blades.

The only hindrance these Minotaurs produced for Broly was the Magic Stones dropped upon death and the occasional Horn Drop that popped out, requiring the boy to bend down and pick them up.

On the road, Broly also encountered an Adventurer party; they were battling several Minotaurs; when Broly passed by, he subconsciously just insta-killed the Minotaurs.

"Hey, what's your deal? Don't you know the Dungeon has a rule against snatching others' prey?"

Their prey killed, the Adventurers of that five-person squad immediately looked over; unlike the info broker encountered in danger yesterday, these people were properly hunting monsters, so towards Broly who struck out to steal kills, they felt not gratitude but some indignation.

"Uh, is there such a rule?"

Broly really didn't know, but thinking it over, he felt this rule should exist.

"Sorry, killed them subconsciously."

Broly deliberately said in a deep voice.

"Oi, you looking for trouble?"

Hearing this, the female Adventurer in the Adventurer party seemed provoked by his words.

What do you mean subconsciously? They were laboriously fighting monsters, this person walked over without a word, made a move to steal the monsters, and still acts justified?

"Looking for trouble?"

Broly voiced doubt, and the next instant, over ten Water Blades swept past the body edges of that group of Adventurers with the speed of a thunderclap leaving no time to cover ears.

"I have no intention of looking for trouble; you all still being alive is the best proof."

Broly used Water Blades to extinguish this group of Adventurers' anger, not even glancing at the Magic Stones dropped by the casually resolved Minotaurs, and walked straight past the Adventurer party members whose bodies had frozen rigid.

Only when his figure disappeared into the front cave, vanishing completely, did the Adventurer party behind recover their wits.

The Caravan Leader Captain looked at the gullies and cracks appearing on the ground and the wall behind, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, then said to the other squad members: "That should be a passing High-Level Adventurer, not a kill-stealer; it's us who misunderstood the other party."

The other squad members nodded repeatedly; the feeling of brushing past death just now made them feel their bladders were somewhat tight even now.

"However, who exactly is that? Seems we've never heard of such a person in Orario either?"

The female Adventurer only asked after collecting the Magic Stones on the ground that others didn't want.

Orario has many Adventurers, but the vast majority are Lv1 Minor Characters.

Those able to rise to Lv2, unless just promoted, have all heard of their titles.

After all, the Gods like this routine; as long as one promotes to Lv2, they gather together to give a title or something.

And they all make a living in the Dungeon; the majority are also peers who see each other constantly.

Let alone that person just now, who should possess the strength to kill their entire squad.

"That Magic the other party just used, didn't have any chant at all, right?"

"Instant-cast Magic that activates faster than Short Chant Magic; if it were an Orario Adventurer, they'd definitely be famous long ago."

"In that case, it should be an outsider who hasn't been in Orario long."

"Captain, I feel that Black Robe guy will definitely become famous in the future."

"Can you say something we don't know?"

The Human Captain replied irritably.

"Today's harvest isn't bad either; time to head back."

"Eh, didn't you say we were going to the 18th Floor?"

"Originally we were going, but that person walked ahead of us, and their route is clearly also heading to even lower Labyrinth floors; following behind them we won't have any harvest; rather than going to the 18th Floor for no harvest and getting gouged at Riviera's Inn, better to return above ground, sell what we have, and go drink a cup at 【Harvest Mistress】."

"Ah, then what are we waiting for, let's hurry back; I love the Honey Mead there too much, especially the wine personally served by the gentle and charming Xier Jiejie."

This Adventurer party soon headed toward the Upper Floors; by the time they left the Dungeon, Broly had also arrived at the 17th Floor.

"Wasn't it said there's a Floor Lord here?"

Broly found it somewhat strange.

And the so-called Floor Lords are some powerful and gigantic monsters, the only one in the entire Dungeon, active only on specific floors, existences like bosses.

After waiting a while in the Crystal Cave with no monsters appearing, Broly went to the 18th Floor Labyrinth.

The moment he left the Slope Tunnel, what appeared before him was a vast expanse of lush woods, and the crystals of the 17th Floor overhead actually refracted light resembling sunlight.

The 18th Floor, the Adventurer Manual writes, is a rare Safe Floor where monsters do not spawn, and here there is also a Transfer Town built by adventurers, named 【Rivira】.

Flowing water appeared under his feet, frozen into ice sheets; using gravity magic in reverse to offset gravity, Broly kicked the thick ice sheets out toward the cliff, then jumped up following them.

He is a mage now, so naturally he should devise a movement method convenient for a mage's identity, yet the ice sheets were seen controlled by him flying toward the town in the woods.

"Hey, the newbie adventurers coming to the 18th Floor lately are really useless, can't they bring back more high-value materials to sell, or come to my shop and spend some money?!"

"Moduo Boss, your shop sells expensive stuff, and the purchase prices you offer for materials are low too; it's already good if anyone comes to patronize your business."

"What are you saying, don't I bear the risk of transporting goods back to the surface? Newbies who just promoted to Lv2 sell their stuff here, then go down the Labyrinth light-equipped — the safety factor is who knows how much higher. Besides, material purchase prices are low, everyone buys at this price, or do you think someone is secretly cornering the market and offering higher prices?"

"Ah, how could that be, everyone's at the same price, this way no one has to compete."

"Right right, anyone who dares start a price war is the enemy of us all."

The few people running shops in Rivira were chatting idly when suddenly someone looked at the sky, as if something glittering was approaching.

"Ah, looks like something's flying over!"

"Is it a monster?"

Although the 18th Floor doesn't spawn monsters, occasionally monsters from the 17th or 19th Floors accidentally wander into the 18th Floor.

Some monsters that only travel on land are quickly cleaned up by the adventurers here, but some flying monsters then loiter on the 18th Floor, counting as the only danger in this Safe Floor.

"Wait, doesn't look like a monster, seems like a person."

"Let's go, take a look."

Broly controlled the ice sheet to descend, and discovered a group of rough-looking adventurers running toward his landing spot.

Of course, they didn't approach rashly, merely standing Not Far away, sizing up the Black Robe figure on the ice sheet with curious gazes.

"Let me ask something, where did the 17th Floor Labyrinth's Layer Lord go?"

Stepping off the ice sheet, Broly looked at the male adventurer closest to him and asked.

"Hah, why should I tell you, hmm, if it's the 17th Floor Layer Lord Goliath, he was subjugated by the Loki Familia who expeditioned to the Deep Floors Labyrinth a while back; if he's to respawn, it'll probably take another two or three days."

Moduo originally wanted to refuse to answer this question, but the other party flicked over a coin of the largest denomination; taking money to sell information that wasn't precious to begin with was perfectly reasonable.

"I see."

Broly nodded.

"Then do you have intel on other Layer Lords?"

He asked again.

As for what kind of monster in the Dungeon is most valuable, there is no doubt it is the Layer Lords.

Not only are their Magic Stones large, their drops are also rare; Broly originally came for the Layer Lords.

Pity, this thing, after being subjugated, unexpectedly has a not-short respawn time.

"25th to 27th Floor, the Dominant of the Blue Waterfall, the Twin-Headed Dragon 【Amphisbaena】's information, if you want it, fifty thousand Valis."

"Hey, Black Robe mage over there, I only need forty thousand Valis."

"Kote, are you trying to steal my business?"

"Information like this isn't something we agreed on; you can sell it, I can sell it too, and besides, my intel might be newer than yours."

"Yours is from how many days ago?"

"One week ago."

"Mine is from two days ago."

"Tch~"

The rough man who quoted forty thousand Valis smacked his lips, but didn't speak further.

"How about it, fifty thousand Valis?"

At this, Broly reached into his Black Robe, fished out a Money Bag.

Counted out half the amount from inside, and tossed it over.

"Thanks, this Boss, regarding the mobile Layer Lord Twin-Headed Dragon, two days ago an adventurer saw it at the lake in the southeast corner of the 26th Floor, however, this kind of intel has timeliness; if you go to the 26th Floor and don't see it, you can't ask for a refund from me."

At this, Broly didn't argue either, stepped back onto the not-yet-melted ice sheet, didn't linger on this Safe Floor, and continued taking off toward the next Floor.

"That guy's planning to go subjugate the Twin-Headed Dragon 【Amphisbaena】, right?"

After he left, the Rivira Town adventurers discussed.

"Looks like it."

"Who is he, does anyone know him?"

"Wearing a Black Robe, didn't even show his face, even if it's someone we know, there's no way we'd recognize who it is."

"Then who has that kind of flight method?"

"Hah, I've only seen the Sword Princess use 【Wind Spirit Sprint】 to glide in the sky, never seen anyone able to stand on ice and fly up, down, left, right all over the place like riding a Magic Stone Elevator!"

"Are you sure it's ice, and not some newly developed Tool?"

"Who knows?"

Broly caused a bit of a stir, but this isn't what he cares about right now; what he cares about more is whether the Layer Lords in the deeper Dungeon Labyrinth are still there.

Due to worrying about the other Layer Lord's safety, Broly also didn't plan to go down the Labyrinth via normal paths; he stopped in the air above an Uninhabited Forest on the 18th Floor and put up an Energy Shield.

The next moment, with a Bang, his whole person slammed straight into the ground.

The 18th Floor ground was breached.

The 19th Floor environment flashed by in a blur.

Then, the 20th, 21st, 22nd...

The latter half of the Dungeon Middle Levels Floors were speedrun by Broly in an extremely brutal manner.

After skipping unnecessary Labyrinth floors and entering the 26th Floor, the sound of rushing water finally rang in his ears.

An extremely spectacular Giant Waterfall, spanning three Labyrinth floors, its entirety a cobalt color, appeared below Broly.

Of course, besides the main Giant Waterfall, the 25th~27th Floors also have many Water Vein Lakes, constructing an extremely complex Underground Lake System, with large numbers of aquatic Monsters surviving here.

Broly had no feeling toward the magnificent Waterfall below; right now he only wanted to find the Target he truly intended to Hunt on this Dungeon Dive.

Broly followed the Giant Waterfall into the 26th Floor, and after Arriving At the coordinate position bought for 50,000 Valis, he began Perceiving Breath on the Branch Family Lakes.

Beneath the broad Lake surface were large amounts of complex Breath, but the strongest Breath was still the one Deep in Lake Bottom.

"Ice Spear~"

Water Flow formed a Giant Triangular Pyramid shape overhead, then Condensed; with a wave of Broly's hand, over ten-meter Ice Cones plunged into the Lake.

Not long after the Ice Cones were invested, some Bright Red color emerged from the Lake bottom, immediately followed by a Giant Shadow Breaking Surface.

The injured Twin-Headed Dragon stared angrily at the Black Robe figure above the Lake, its body still stuck with the Ice Cones Broly had thrown down.

"Roar~"

Just as the two dragon heads raised up and let out Angry Roars at Broly, hundreds of thousands of Water Blades smashed down head-on.

Lv. 5, with Strength Comparable to Lv. 6 in water, the Floor Boss Twin-Headed Dragon 【Amphisbaena】, was actually beaten by high-speed Water Blades from Angry Roar into Painful Wail.

And amid Scales Shattering and Blood Flowing, the Twin-Headed Dragon's right head finally spewed Red Mist capable of Dissolving contacted Magic.

Broly, discovering Water Blades would be Dissolved by that Strange Red Mist before attacking the opponent, froze for a moment.

Obviously, he didn't know this Twin-Headed Dragon was a Monster with Special Attack Defense against mages; the Red Mist its right head spewed could Anti-Magic, and its Scale Armor had very strong Resistance to Magic Power effects.

Otherwise, with Broly's First Ice Spear, this thing might have been Killed at Lake Bottom, not like now, not only having vitality to Struggle but also capability to Resist.

Blue Flames spewed by the left head enveloped toward Broly in mid-air, forcing the Saiyan Disguised as a Mage to Manipulate Gravity Magic for Rapid Movement and evasion.

However, Blue Flames pursued relentlessly behind, while the Red Mist's Function range grew Larger, compressing his evasion space.

Until Broly Checked the Nearby area, finding Only Monsters, No Adventurers, his figure then Left the Ice Sheet.

When the Ice Sheet was hit and melted by Blue Dragon Breath, his person Arrived At the lower jaw of the Twin-Headed Dragon's left head spewing flames.

Gripping his Fist, Broly delivered a heavy Uppercut to the Twin-Headed Dragon's left head.

"Bang~"

The dragon head exploded; Broly punched again, and the right head spewing Red Mist also exploded.

Fist Wind blew open Broly's hood.

Floating mid-air, Disguised as a Mage but somewhat forced out of character by the Twin-Headed Dragon, Broly's Consciousness only surfaced one Defiant thought: Who said fist users aren't mages, Fist Technique is also Magic!

The Twin-Headed Dragon, Floor Boss 【Amphisbaena】, after meeting the Saiyan, following 3 minutes 22 seconds of Struggle and Resistance, perished under the Black Robe Archmage (Broly)'s Fist Technique.

(Chapter End)