15th Floor!

Chapter 50

On the fifteenth floor of the underground labyrinth,

The surrounding is very quiet, and there are no monsters in sight nearby.

The light becomes darker, and the air seems moist, carrying an earthen smell.

The light sources above in the ceiling flickered like a campfire and dimly illuminated the place.

In such an environment, two people silently walked towards the depth of the dungeon floor.

"According to guild information, this area should be where the black wyvern was last spotted." Sirius carried his silvery-gray spear and read the marks on his map.

According to the map, this place was where the suspected irregular monster was last seen.

Although a whole day has passed since the monster was sighted, it should still be somewhere nearby, hunting monsters or adventurers. After all, it should not be afraid of anyone on this floor as an irregular monster.

"The information should be correct. There are some adventurers nearby…." Suddenly, he heard Ryuu's cold voice.

Compared to her previous outfit, Ryuu covered half of her face with a mask, and the hood of her cloak was pulled entirely down, revealing only a pair of clear blue eyes on her face.

When Sirius saw the crusade mission issued by the adventurers' guild, he knew he was not the only one involved in this incident.

Many adventurer teams who thought of themselves as strong, or wanted to gain some merit through this incident, also accepted the guild's commission and set off to the fifteenth floor.

It has resulted in a surge in the number of adventurers in this area.

To hide her identity, Ryuu had no other choice but to cover her face.

While they were talking, suddenly, a rough-sounding voice came from behind.

"Damn! Why are there so many people on the fifteenth floor? They are completely hindering our crusade mission…."

Sirius and Ryuu heard multiple sounds of footsteps gradually near them. They looked at the fork in the way behind.

When they turned around, a team of four armed adventurers walked out of the darkness with dark faces. They seemed depressed and frustrated.

They had some sort of black tattoos on their faces which added a bit of deterrence. They don't look like good people with such tattoos on their faces.

When the group walked out of the darkness, they were about to continue complaining but suddenly stopped after seeing Ryuu and Sirius in front.

The tall man among the group looked at the leisurely figure of Sirius holding his spear nonchalantly. His mind sank, and he quickly determined that this person was not easy to mess with.

Then, he looked at the masked figure beside the boy and felt even more dangerous. His instincts were warning him not to mess with her.

The tall guy immediately dismissed the idea of having a conflict with the two.

"Sorry for the disturbance. We'll leave immediately." The guy immediately dragged his companions back, leaving no chance for them to talk back.

Sirius and Ryuu watched them disappear into the darkness with confused expressions.

"Well…" Sirius didn't know what to say.

"Why did they leave so suddenly?" Ryuu was also puzzled.

Since the last group didn't notice their presence, Ryuu and Sirius could hear their complaints.

Unlike the puzzled Ryuu, Sirius immediately understood the man's intentions. That guy wanted to avoid having some conflict with them.

"Nothing too serious. It's just self-protection." Sirius gave his opinion.

"Self-protection??" Ryuu was more confused after hearing this.

"Yes. Anyway, we should not be concerned about this. We have other things to do at the moment…." Sirius wanted to end this topic quickly.

Ryuu couldn't understand what he meant and could only bury her doubts deep inside.

However, after she discovered that Sirius had no intention of further explaining, she gave up her intention to talk.

Tap! Tap!

The two continued their search for the irregular monster, and the sound of their footsteps resounded throughout the passageway.

Suddenly, a roar came out of the ground.

"A minotaur?" Sirius tightly held his spear and looked at the monster that emerged from the depths of the darkness.

Many monsters often bring nightmares to the adventurers on the fifteenth floor. Since entering this floor, it was the first time Sirius had seen this famous monster.

After all, the most iconic monster in 'danmachi' is a minotaur.

Minotaur is a cow-headed humanoid monster with bronze-color skin. Despite having slow and simple movements, it is one of the strongest monsters in the Middle Floors.

The minotaur took a heavy breath, contracted its muscles, and sprinted toward Sirius and Ryuu's location.

The bull's head and the muscular body made it look scary and vicious as it sprinted toward them.

Unlike the usual level 2 monsters like hellhounds and almirajs, the minotaur's strengths are obviously better.

"ROAR!!!"

The cow-headed monster didn't give Sirius any chance to continue thinking and smashed the ground and ran wildly, swinging its heavy stone ax.

"Center of Earth!"

BOOM!!!

When the ax was about to hit Sirius, a dark-gold rock pillar emerged from the ground and blocked the attack. The attack slashed a small piece of the rock pillar, but it still withstood nonetheless.

Suddenly, a shockwave came out of the pillar and pushed the monster back a few steps.

"Meteor!"

Then, Sirius cast his magic to move at a fast speed and dashed toward the monster.

Ryuu looked at his figure and felt complicated.

Why does he want to rush toward a powerful level 2 monster when he is just a level 1 adventurer?

If she didn't witness his true strength, she would definitely think he was a higher-level adventurer.

However, before Ryuu could continue her thoughts, Sirius had already attacked the monster.

Swish!

"GRAH!!!"

The sharp end of the spear slashed a deep wound on the minotaur's chest, causing blood to gush out. The attack's impact caused the monster also to let go of its weapon.

When Sirius took a few steps back, the disarmed minotaur started roaring in pain.

It viciously looked at its perpetrator and ferociously tried to punch him. Sirius narrowly avoided the attack and grabbed his spear to slash again.

After a few seconds of back-to-back fighting, countless wounds spread across the minotaur's body.

Typically, Sirius's strength is incomparable to that of a minotaur. Although he has a speed advantage against it, it would be useless if he couldn't injure it.

Human beings have never been a race known for their strength. They are known for their skills and wisdom.

They rely on skills and wisdom, using various tools and weapons to injure their opponents, defending against the attacks of their foes using armors, etc. These are some of human's proudest achievements.

Sirius was able to gain the upper hand in the battle thanks to his superior weapon.

As a backup weapon meant for the [Braver] Finn, his spear has sharpness and durability, second only to that of a first-class adventurer's weapon.

Although it is inferior to the current weapon in Finn's hand, it is undoubtedly a good weapon for a level 1 adventurer.

Thankfully there are no other spearmen in Loki Familia. Otherwise, no sane person would miss out on this weapon. It's a good spear.

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