Apollo Family
Apollo, who was eating elegantly, threw his spoon on the floor and looked at a captivating portrait.
"It's so beautiful..."
"It's really a pity that such a treasure has fallen into the hands of Hestia..."
Apollo's eyes grew increasingly bright, then he looked at those around him and gave an order:
"Prepare a feast for all the gods as soon as possible. And remember to send an invitation to Hestia."
The Next Day
Yuri went to the Tower of Babel to hunt, as usual.
Because of his fame, he had to run to a tent and buy a black cloak to hide himself. Then, he blended into the crowd and finally arrived at the Tower of Babel to get in line.
Yuri, with his head down, suddenly froze, feeling an extremely ardent gaze.
He was used to the burning and anxious glances of Amazons. But this time, the gaze was like an erupted volcano, as hot and terrifying as magma. It seemed ready to melt him at any moment, as if it wanted to burn or even swallow him whole, so terribly distorted.
Yuri unconsciously looked up and found that the gaze came from the Tower of Babel.
The Tower of Babel was an installation owned by the Pantheon.
To provide convenience to adventurers, the Guild had built many public facilities here. For example, there were hundreds of showers distributed throughout the first-floor lobby, allowing blood-covered adventurers to bathe before leaving, without affecting the city's appearance. The second floor housed a simple restaurant and treatment center, while the third floor contained several exchange counters identical to those at the Guild headquarters, used to trade magic stones and discarded items.
However, the upper floors of the Tower of Babel served as the residence of a goddess.
Yuri suddenly realized something, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the tower with indifference.
"Can't you contain yourself anymore?"
The only one who lives in this tall tower and could desire him so intensely is probably the goddess of beauty, Freya.
A goddess with unparalleled beauty. Along with the "Loki Familia," her family is known as one of the strongest in Orario.
The "goddess of beauty" always wore a seductive smile on her face. Her beauty stood out even among the gods, and she had conquered the hearts of many deities. She lived on the top floor of the Tower of Babel.
The goddess of love and beauty—a deity who gives herself to the so-called love. In the past, this goddess had been fascinated by those with beautiful souls more than once, and she would use all means to conquer them, one by one. Including adventurers like Ottar of the Boaz race and even members of her own Familia—almost all had received Freya's love.
The love of the goddess named Freya is very noble, because only those with pure and dazzling souls can receive her affection. But Freya's love is also very cheap. This is because, as long as a person's soul is pure and dazzling enough to attract her attention, no matter who they are, they will be favored by Freya.
Therefore, the love of the goddess of beauty, Freya, is both noble and cheap—and Yuri did not want this kind of love.
He stopped and looked at the high white tower that rose into the sky for a long time, his eyes cold and his expression stern.
"No matter how beautiful you are, I'm not interested in a woman like you..."
Yuri said softly, then put on the cloak to hide his face, walked slowly into the dungeon, and continued his leveling journey.
Time Passes Slowly
His fifth boring day cleaning the dungeon began.
The ninth floor was like the interior of a cave; the space was extremely dark. Rocks rose everywhere. The walls, floor, and ceiling were all made of dark stone, and the air was slightly humid.
An almost bottomless passage extended ahead. The road had no curves, but the end was not in sight, as if it could lead people straight to hell.
Additionally, there were caves in the corners of the walls that descended like wells and looked like traps.
These vertical caves actually led to the next floor.
There were many such caves in the intermediate layer. Therefore, for highly skilled adventurers, by making use of these caves and ignoring the monsters that wreaked havoc on the floors, they could descend to lower levels at a faster speed.
For adventurers who had just reached the intermediate levels, however, they were real traps.
Because these caves only led downward and offered no means to climb back up.
Unless you knew how to fly or had a way to climb walls after falling, you would be surrounded by monsters at the next level before you finished recovering, which would be a life-threatening situation.
In addition, from this level onward, the monsters began to possess some special skills. For example, a monster called the Hellhound—a canine creature capable of spewing magical flames from its mouth. It was one of the physically weaker monsters of the middle floors, but its flames had caused so many deaths that using Salamander Wool was practically mandatory for most adventurers exploring the labyrinth. There was a good chance that even high-level adventurers could be reduced to ashes if struck directly. The Hellhound also had an abnormally high resistance to fire magic.
The frequency of monster appearances was also much higher than in the upper levels. Dozens of monsters could appear at any moment. If you weren't vigilant and alert, you could end up dead.
Of course, these risks applied mainly to ordinary level 2 teams.
The rough skin of these monsters was black as coal. They had the shape of dogs, but their bodies were massive—half the height of a human.
If an ordinary team faced dozens of these level 2 monsters, they might have to retreat to the previous floor or risk being completely wiped out.
But for Yuri, these were only routine navigational experiences on the map.
(End of Chapter)
Give me some power stones there you go~😉
It's so good to be back... So much going on has destroyed my personal schedule hehehe