From Skeleton Soldiers to King of the Undead - Chapter 176 Undercurrent

Hal completed breaking the limit and his strength was greatly improved.

However, under Roja’s test, it was found that his strength and physical strength were only barely close to the super level of ordinary people, and did not reach the average level of super level.

The Lich’s explanation for this is that Hal still needs a period of training to consolidate his realm.

His strength will continue to improve during training until he reaches his physical limit again, and that’s when he is ready to hit the next level.

This process can take as fast as a few months or as slow as many years, depending on the individual’s physical fitness and level of effort.

However, Hal should now be considered a level three adventurer.

Roja asked him to quickly register at the Adventurer’s Guild in Orario.

“Teacher, what about you?”

“The morning after tomorrow, I will wait for you on the twentieth floor.”

The young man was a little confused, but he quickly left and ran towards the distant city.

After he left, Roja entered the lake nearby.

He used the Sage’s Key to open a tomb-like passage at the bottom of the lake, and then returned to the maze through this hidden passage of unknown origin.

Hal’s matter is over, just wait until he is dragged into the ruins.

Before the “Contradiction Spiral” begins, Roja plans to continue to improve his strength and reach lv27 as soon as possible by hunting monsters.

…

The twenty-seventh floor of the maze, foggy swamp.

A large thick white mist enveloped the entire floor, making it difficult for ordinary people to see people clearly from twenty meters away.

The ground was full of knee-deep water and soft mud, and green and yellow water plants half as tall as a man were growing thickly.

“Wow, wow…”

Three heavily armed adventurers waded through the foggy swamp.

It is difficult to see the distant scenery around you clearly.

Slender, skeleton-like black figures loomed in the distance, like water ghosts wandering in the swamp;

Hundreds of half-meter-long red dragonflies flew above the head, their slender scarlet tongues stretched and retracted in their ferocious mouthparts, and their wings made a “buzzing” vibrating sound;

The ear-splitting screams of “croak, croak” came from all around. Giant frogs were hiding in the mist, and their flat mouths with fat lips were big enough to swallow people in one bite;

“Crash, crash, crash…” There were waves on the water surface not far away, and there was a huge and slender black shadow swimming slowly under the water. It was unclear what kind of monster it was.

If an ordinary person were to walk in this swamp, he would probably be swarmed by various terrifying-looking monsters in an instant and eat them.

Adventurers hunting here will also have to face a steady stream of monsters coming from the sky, water, and even the mud under their feet. They are more dangerous than the Fengjin Road on the 26th floor.

“Ren, are we almost at the entrance to the next floor?”

A female mage asked softly.

She looked to be in her teens, holding the staff tightly in both hands and looking around nervously.

Next to her was a young male warrior with a similar appearance to her, with an equally nervous expression.

This pair of brother and sister adventurers had been hunting in the upper area. In order to enter the ruins that were about to be opened in the City of Order, they found a guide to go below the 20th floor.

After coming down, they realized that the danger level in the middle area was not at the same level as that in the upper level.

High-level monsters that can rival the floor masters in the upper areas can be seen everywhere, and second-level monsters with various dangerous abilities swarm in desperate numbers.

If they were the only two hunting here, they would probably be torn apart by the monsters soon.

“Shh! Don’t talk casually!”

The old warrior who was walking at the front, wearing armor and holding a sword, turned back to glare and scolded in a low voice:

“You have no idea whether there are monsters with sensitive hearing nearby, so shut up!”

When he saw the two of them shut up, he continued to move forward.

During this period, as the ruins were about to be opened, Renn’s guide business was very good.

But at the same time, he scorned these novices – with only this little ability, he dared to come down below and join in the fun. Did he think he wouldn’t die quickly enough?

Even though Philip, whom he brought down a few days ago, joined the team of Grand Magister Barbara, he still looked down upon him in his heart.

So what if I join the top ten teams?

In the underground maze, only one’s own strength is the only criterion for judging one’s level.

“Wow!”

At this moment, water waves suddenly exploded all around.

Several flesh-colored tentacles covered with veins and blood vessels and as thick as their wrists suddenly emerged from the mud under their feet and tightly wrapped around the waists of several people.

The true form of the tentacle rolled violently in the mud below, trying to drag the prey into the mud.

Level four monster, swamp monster.

“Poof!” Renn swung several swords like lightning, instantly cutting off the tentacles entangled in him.

The brother and sister adventurers screamed in surprise, and were suddenly pulled down by the huge force of the tentacles, and disappeared into the water.

“Help!” They struggled to emerge from the water and shouted for help to Ren, struggling to get out of the mud at their feet.

What a waste!

Ren cursed in his heart and dove in, holding a knife to fight the monster hidden deep underground.

Water splashes exploded, mud waves rolled, and after a violent movement, a stream of bloody water suddenly spurted out from the ground.

The swamp monster was killed, and the surviving siblings were fished out by Ren.

“Thank you, thank you…” The siblings were emotional, admiring and grateful to the old man.

“Thank you for what? I saved you guys, so I want more money!” Ren snorted, feeling a little proud.

He has been in the maze for most of his life and has never really left the battle.

Although he is now old and frail, the strength he has accumulated over the long years is not comparable to that of ordinary fourth-level adventurers.

“Now let’s continue…”

However, just as the old man took a breath, his expression suddenly changed again.

The noise from the battle just now was too great, and the invisibility and silence spells originally cast by the female mage had long since expired. At this time, all the monsters around them noticed them.

It would be okay if they were just low-level monsters, but not far away, twenty or thirty huge crocodile-shaped monsters were attracted.

High-level monster, Phantom Water Crocodile.

This monster is huge in size, has amazing power, and can use water element spells at will.

And like the Sad Wolf, it is a monster that can be transformed into elements, so ordinary slashing attacks will not work at all!

In this case, Ren himself would have to run for his life, and it would be even more difficult to protect the two third-level adventurers.

As for the two siblings, their faces turned pale after seeing so many high-level monsters.

“We can’t fight, we have to teleport and escape.” Ren frowned and took out a purple gem.

Many experienced adventurers in the maze will prepare this kind of life-saving prop.

Although it can only be teleported within the 27th floor, and I don’t know if it will be teleported to a more dangerous area, but if I don’t leave, I will obviously have to wait for death.

“Gugua! Gugua!” “Buzz buzz—”

Not only the phantom water crocodile, but also other surrounding monsters, including giant swamp frogs, murderous dragonflies, and giant-toothed piranhas, all began to pounce crazily.

The female mage raised her staff and set up a magic barrier to isolate these low-level monsters.

“let’s go!”

Seeing that the crocodiles were about to pounce, Ren crushed the purple gem and opened a square portal.

Just when the three adventurers were about to escape,

“——!”

Suddenly, an invisible wave spread from a distance.

Wherever he passed, the noisy monster cries suddenly disappeared.

“Crack…” The fat devil frog’s pupils expanded and lost the breath of life;

Hundreds of red dragonflies in the sky fell down like dumplings, clattering on the water;

“Gulu gulu…” A huge piranha with a body size of more than two meters and a mouth full of sharp teeth floated up from the water with its belly turned white…

“boom!”

The solid spell shield shattered like glass.

“Well–!”

The two adventurers, brother and sister, rolled their eyes, blood flowed from their nostrils, and they fell straight up.

“Puff puff puff puff——”

The dozens of phantom water crocodiles that were about to pounce in front of them all turned into water splashes with loud explosions.

“Buzz!”

The opened portal also turned into a ball of purple light in the explosion.

“Ahhhhh!”

Ren held the long knife tightly with one hand, pressed his head hard with the other hand, bent over and screamed in pain.

At this moment, he felt that countless red-hot steel needles were suddenly piercing into his brain. The pain was so intense that he almost fainted!

Damn it!

Which damn mage is this? Be sure to complain to the guild when you go back!

Fortunately, the invisible energy fluctuation only lasted a few seconds and then disappeared.

“Ho, ho…”

After a few seconds, the old man gasped and gradually recovered.

He straightened up and looked at the monsters around him that had turned into corpses, and his eyes gradually widened.

Let’s forget about the complaint…

——Strength is paramount in the maze. He almost lost his combat effectiveness under the aftermath of a spell, and he is far from qualified to offend the opponent.

“I’m in trouble!”

Ren didn’t dare to stay any longer, so he picked up the seriously injured brother and sister adventurers and quickly escaped from here.

…

“Ouch~”

The young dragon squatting on Roja’s shoulder yawned, and a silent scream spread rapidly around.

[Giant Swamp Frog 34/50] [Murderous Dragonfly 50/50] [Phantom Water Crocodile 10/10]…

[A total of 4 low-level monster illustrations have been collected, experience +200, free points +1]

[Collection of “Phantom Water Crocodile” illustration book completed, experience +200, free points +1]

[Experience value: 5035/8530]

As Roja moved in the misty swamp, the young dragon let out silent screams from time to time.

Every time it screams, it will slaughter all the low-level monsters within hundreds of meters, causing the “vibrant” swamp to fall into silence.

‘That’s it. ’

Roja stopped the young dragon’s independent entertainment behavior.

Because the place was full of fog that blocked the view, he allowed the young dragons to make more noise when playing.

However, almost all the nearby low-level monsters were killed, and Soul Scream was not fatal to monsters above level four. If it continued like this, it would cause unnecessary trouble.

“call–“

The young dragon opened its mouth and spat out a wave of blazing golden fire, burning a strange fish under the water into charcoal, and its body floated up.

Then it pounced on the strange fish, tore open the carbonized skin, and devoured the white and tender fish meat inside.

“Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah…”

After the young dragon finished eating, Roja continued to look for the target monster.

He is looking for the strongest monster on this floor, a giant snake rated level five…

“Ahhhh——”

At this moment, a faint scream suddenly came from the distance.

Someone was killed by a monster? Roja thought lightly.

“Go to hell! Go to hell…”

But it seemed that it was not that simple. From the distance, there were sounds of gnashing teeth, words that seemed to be making up for the wound, and the victim’s begging for mercy.

“Don’t kill me! Ah…”

Adventurers fighting among themselves?

Roja’s heart moved and he asked the young dragon to maintain the ghost curtain and fly in that direction.

…

“Let me go, Dim, we are teammates…” A strong man weakly begged for mercy.

He was lying on the mudflat covered in blood. There were several terrible blood holes in his upper body that penetrated his chest and back. The blood soaked a large area of ​​the ground beneath him.

Next to him was the body of a male elf mage, which was completely lifeless.

The person he begged for mercy was a young-looking little human mage with a cruel sneer on his face.

“Let you go? Have you forgotten how you and the elf laughed and insulted me?”

The villain mage said coldly with a hint of hatred.

He held an emerald-green short-handled staff in his hand. He first cast a sound-isolating and odor-isolating spell around the area, and then unleashed a lightning strike on the strong man.

“Oh oh oh oh oh oh -“

The strong man screamed, “We were just joking, you can’t stand it, why don’t you say it?!”

“Haha! Who told you that you were better than me at that time? I had to please you.”

The villain mage had a cold face and clenched a fist with one hand, as if to declare his power.

“But now I’m stronger than you, and I don’t need you two bastards anymore! So go to hell!”

“Uh uh uh!”

After killing the strong man, the villain mage burned the two bodies to ashes and scattered them into the water together with the sand.

The blood stains on the ground were also cleaned up.

Then he lifted the soundproof shield and said in a certain direction: “Sir, I have killed my companions, is that okay now?”

After a few seconds, the void began to squirm.

Then a tall man wearing a black robe and half of his face covered by black cloth appeared.

The masked mage said: “You have proven your determination to join us, and now you are an official member of the faction.

“You will be protected by the abyss in the doomsday that destroys everything, and you will become an apostle of the God of the Abyss and live forever.”

The villain mage seemed very excited and asked: “Sir, when can I become an apostle?”

“not now.”

The masked mage said: “You return to the City of Order and continue to lurk, find a way to attribute the death of your companions to the members who have been discovered, and wait for the order from the faction leader.”

“Yes, I will follow your instructions.”

The villain mage bowed respectfully and saluted the masked man, then looked around, left here, and disappeared into the mist in the distance.

Then, the black-robed masked mage also disappeared again and disappeared on the spot.

Faction? God of the Abyss? apostle?

Roja hid in the dark and witnessed everything.

The black-robed mage uses exactly the same concealment spell as the purgatory fire mage…

He thought for a moment and followed the direction the black-robed mage left.