Chapter 102 Rank Up

Next morning,

"Eero-kun, good morning," Hestia sitting on his back shouted cheerfully.

Eero woke up in a daze, looking at her always cheerful expression. 'She has so much energy,' after taking shower.

He went to prepare breakfast, looking at Hestia happily eating.

After saying goodbye to Hestia and informing her he will return after few days, he left the shop wearing armor, amidst the reluctant expression of her.

Inside the guild building,

"What are you going to do with so many magic stones, Eero-kun? We have magic stones, but only 1st to 3rd level magic stones can be sold outside," Eina said calmly.

Eero nodded, then asked about the price. After knowing the price, he left calmly. 10,000 Valis for level 1 magic stone; he can't afford it.

Inside the dungeon, he appeared on the 18th floor. Looking at the Rivira City, 'Next, I am going to clear the 19th floor today and stay for a few days in this dungeon.' Eero decided in his heart.

He appeared beside the shop he brought metal from in order to return the sword. Looking at the closed shop, he left the city and walked toward the 19th floor entrance.

After coming out of the tunnel leading to the 19th floor, glanced at the wooden structure around and the weird trees far away in different places around.

The 19th through 24th Floors are known as the Large Tree Labyrinth. The walls, ground, and ceiling are made out of wood, making it seem like the inside of a giant tree. Instead of phosphorescent light, radiating moss grows across the floor and gives off blue light.

These floors contain a large amount of unexplored areas and a large variety of insect-type monsters. The plant diversity on these floors often provides ingredients used to make healing items, resulting in many resource gathering quests being issued for this area.

Eero collected a lot of Level 2 and 3 magic stones and a few Level 4 after hunting those worms. The quantity of monster spawning on these floors is very high. It took him just fifteen days to reach the limit of Level 3, including breaking through the attribute limit two times, reaching SSS 1699 attributes as he expected.

The 24th Floor is at least half the size of Orario, and there are rare trees that produce valuable gems which are guarded by Green Dragons, the strongest monsters on the floor.

Eero sitting on a long extended tree branch, eating a purple fruit with a small thorns. 'It's bitter, feels like eating banana with aloe vera mix, although I haven't eaten aloe vera before,' he thoughtfully commented, while his brow furrowed,

Feeling discomfort in his stomach, "It seems this fruit was poisonous. Well, what can I do? I haven't brought food. I can only eat these plants," Eero muttered thoughtfully,

Lord of Wood!

Instantly, his hair and eyes turned into jade color, and the discomfort from his stomach disappeared. He started feeling intimacy from the surrounding plants.

Looking at the huge floor and areas around, some are above and some are below. There are tunnels and ways toward the lower floors. He can see the blue flickering water flowing in the lower floors like watching water in the well, from the extended branch of the tree he is sitting upon.

"Well, it's time to upgrade, and then explore the water city below," Eero muttered thoughtfully, glanced at his status panel.

[Excelia gathered successfully]

[Please Select: Level]

Eero clicked the Level. Instantly, the familia crest behind his body became hot, and as always, a warm current spread through his whole body. Feeling relief in his whole body he closed his eyes comfortably, as if the current waves are massaging his body.

After a while, the warm feeling disappeared. He opened his eyes, disappointed a little. Next second feeling his strength increased by leaps and bounds a smile appeared on his face.

He glanced at the free attribute more than 700, all because of eating magic stones he gathered by killing the unimaginable quantity of worms on this floor.

Also, the monsters in the water city below are more than in this tree labyrinth.

Looking at his status panel:

Eero

Level 4

STR 734 B

DEX 734 B

AGI 734 B

END 734 B

MAG 734 B

Luck SS

Exclusive Talent: [Lord of Elements]

Skills:

Balancer

Magic Eater

Arcane Resonance

Arcane Fusion

Mystery Development Skill:

Alchemist

"Another skill, Arcane Fusion? Also, the smith disappeared. Instead, it became a Mystic Development skill, Alchemist," Eero muttered thoughtfully. He clicked on Arcane Fusion.

Skill definition expanded in front of him.

(Arcane Fusion empowers the user to merge disparate magical energies, spells, or elements into a unified and synergistic whole.)

"Amazing. Using this skill, I can try merging my Lord element form and different element attacks, which I couldn't do before," Eero muttered in surprise. Suppressing the thought of trying, he clicked on Alchemist.

(Mystic Skill Alchemist, combining the two growth skills Smith and Chemist. It can govern the law of material and change the composition of matter, synthesizing different materials to produce weapons and potions.)

Eero became speechless. 'It's definitely because of eating all types of poisonous plants and fruit on these tree labyrinth floors and then healing myself. I gained the Chemist skill, and now I can recall all those plants and fruit I had eaten and their properties and effects.' Then he smiled wryly. It feels like self-abuse granted him a skill.

…

The entrance to the 25th Floor is known as the Second Line. The 25th through 27th Floors are known as the Water City. The 25th Floor marks the beginning of the Great Fall, a huge waterfall estimated to be 400 meters wide and twice that in length, which lasts until the 27th Floor.

The 25th Floor was also described as being a paradise of water.

On the 27th floor,

"Hurry up! There are so many. We have to leave this floor right away," an adventurer party was navigating through a series of passageways varying in elevation around the waterfall to reach the passageway toward upper floor from their current floor.

A red carnivorous dinosaur monster that is five meters in height is menacingly chasing them while colliding with the surrounding.

"Why did a lower floor monster appear here?" The Adventurer exclaimed in horror, looking at his companions missing arms and legs regretfully. 'This damn monster attacked so sneakily.'

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh," a long cry sounded.

"Nion…." The captain turned, and his eyes widened to the extreme, looking at his companion whose half shoulder disappeared and fell on the ground.

"Hurry up! Shoot this monster. Don't let him near Nion," he shouted angrily and ordered.