Left hand, [Ice Scathach]
These swords were originally forged by his own hands, so the efficiency of projection is extremely high.
Shirou launched a surprise attack with lightning speed, so fast that the air vibrated.
The blade split the air, and flames instantly spread, burning and spreading along the mantis's metal armor.
Just as the flames burned and spread, Shirou's body rotated, and then he slashed out the second sword—this time it was the left hand's [Ice Scathach].
The sudden alternation of high temperature and extreme cold caused the hard metal shell to instantly become brittle.
With a crisp cracking sound, the mantis's shell finally collapsed.
After all, from the beginning, Anya was the one who helped Shirou practice. The number of times their metal clashed was beyond imagination.
When pulled out again, the tip of the spear was covered with flesh and blood encasing the monster's magic stone.
After a shrill scream, the hard shell of the mantis monster crashed to the ground.
Seeing this scene, Lefiya and Haruhime widened their eyes and couldn't help but exclaim: "So, so amazing..."
Anya gently flicked the spear, and the magic stone emitting a bewitching red light fell into her hand. She flicked her tail: "This cat wouldn't be so wasteful, meow. This is a rare monster's enhanced species, a super precious thing, meow. Whether it's the magic stone or the dropped items, it will definitely sell for a high price, meow."
Shirou nodded: "That's right, crystal mantises themselves are already rare. Although they are not as rare as young dragons, it is indeed not easy to encounter this kind of monster's enhanced species."
Of course, this is under the circumstance that their team configuration is sufficient to easily deal with this mantis with a subjugation difficulty of .
Although Shirou and the others easily solved the enhanced crystal mantis, it was because the strength of this team itself far exceeded the norm.
High defense, low durability, this mantis obviously has such characteristics—in game terms, it has high armor and magic resistance, but low health points.
And for ordinary adventurers, this kind of high-attack, high-defense enhanced species is very threatening.
Lunoire looked around and asked softly: "Do you know these adventurers?"
Her words echoed in the empty room, however, the surroundings were silent, and no one answered.
Haruhime and Lefiya especially felt uncomfortable, such a scene was too cruel for them.
Shirou's gaze swept over these remains, and he said softly: "Collect their belongings and take them to the safe zone on the eighteenth floor, bury them as much as possible."
Shirou turned and walked towards the corner of the room. In that dim corner, there was still a figure curled up, it was the elf girl who had survived the attack by the mantis monster.
Shirou slowly approached, trying to lighten his footsteps. He squatted down, lowered his eyes and looked at the other party, and asked in a gentle voice: "May I ask, what is your name?"
After a while, she finally opened her mouth, her voice weak and trembling: "Filvis... Filvis Challia."
Chapter 188: Banshee.
He didn't know the elf girl in front of him. Considering the usually sensitive and wary nature of the elf race, Shirou didn't act rashly, but entrusted the task of negotiation to Lefiya, who was also an elf.
"Pa!"
A crisp sound echoed in the air.
The moment Lefiya's hand was about to touch Filvis's shoulder, Filvis suddenly raised her hand and slapped her arm away without hesitation.
Many elves have a severe "cleanliness obsession" and are extremely resistant to physical contact with other races, Lefiya is very clear about this.
Because of this, Lefiya's personality seems somewhat different among the elves.
And the fellow elf in front of her obviously also has "cleanliness obsession", but what confuses Lefiya is that she is also an elf!
Could it be that Filvis's situation has become so extreme that even a female elf cannot touch her?
"Ah, no, it's... it's okay."
However, being suddenly slapped away by a fellow elf, she inevitably felt a little hurt.
At this time, Filvis seemed to have slightly eased her emotions, barely breaking free from the shadow of facing the monster and the tragic slaughter just now. She held onto the wall of the labyrinth room, trying to stand up, but—
Realizing this, Lefiya's heart tightened, and she instinctively wanted to reach out and help her, but remembering the scene of being slapped away just now, she couldn't help but hesitate.
Unlike bone cracks or fractures, this degree of bone misalignment may lead to incorrect bone connections if healing magic is used rashly, resulting in worse consequences.
Surprisingly, Filvis did not resist this time, and did not even show a bit of discomfort.
Lefiya widened her eyes and shouted in disbelief: "Eh? Why?!"
Filvis's eyes were lowered, not knowing what she was thinking.
[Iron Hammer Snake Ruin] smashed into the giant Goliath's knee, making a crisp cracking sound. The giant's body lost its balance and directly knelt on the ground, making a huge roar.
Chloe agilely stepped on her shoulder, and Lunoire immediately stood up abruptly. With the help of this force, Chloe lightly leaped onto Goliath's neck.
[Liberated Light Arrow, Holy Wood Bow, I am the master of the bow. Snipe! Fairy Archer.]
One black, two white, three arcs of light flashed, which were [Kanshou and Bakuya] thrown by Shirou, and the spirit bow light arrows shot by Lefiya.
Also a Goliath, compared to the special black Goliath, this ordinary individual has far less defense.
Even if the complete magic stone is still in the body, its life will come to an end.
Compared to the desperate battle with the black Goliath last time, this battle with the ordinary Goliath can be described as easy and freehand.
Anya, who had been fighting the giant in the front and had almost directly broken open Goliath's body with her spear, stepped forward, cut open the giant's chest, and took out the complete magic stone.
Anya said.
For large monsters like Goliath, the most efficient subjugation method is to directly shatter the magic stone in its chest.
Obtaining this magic stone, as well as the magic stone and dropped items of the enhanced mantis monster, their first adventure can be said to be very fruitful.
"Let's go, next, head to Rivira Town."
Shirou said, he steadily carried Filvis on his back, leading the group towards the safe zone on the eighteenth floor.
Standing there was a burly, muscular man with black hair and blue-green eyes, wearing an eye patch on his left eye, and a hideous scar running through his eye was faintly visible.
"Everyone, thank you for helping to subjugate Goliath."
Morel Eld, the leader of Rivira Town, a human warrior.
Under his leadership, Rivira Town's economy is booming and its development is thriving.
His right hand held the [Sword of Aliases].
On the crimson blade, the flames of the magic [Scarlet Pimpernel] blazed, the sword enveloped in fierce flames, emitting a scorching light.
As the mantis monster attempted to block the oncoming black and white twin swords with its sharp forelimbs, Wei Gong's red blade had already slashed violently at its metal shell.
Although the monster possessed extremely strong magic resistance, the flames still clung to its surface, rapidly eroding its defenses.
The cold air, carrying the edge of the ice sword, fell along with the blade, fire and frost acting on the monster's shell simultaneously.
Wei Gong took a step back: "Anya."
Unlike Lefiya, whose coordinated attacks were not yet fully developed, he and Anya had already formed a tacit understanding, requiring no excessive instructions.
The cat-girl switched places with Wei Gong, the red spear tip flashing as it pierced through the shattered part of the metal shell, Anya stirring the spear.
After the magic stone was removed, other parts of the monster's body, except for one of its forelimbs, began to decay rapidly.
Lunoa: "Not bad, Anya. I thought you would just pierce the magic stone directly."
Hearing this, Kroe touched his chin and pondered: "Speaking of which, is this the first time a 'Crystal Mantis' has appeared as a strengthened species? The latest illustrated book the cats saw didn't mention this kind of variant, meow."
Anya thought for a moment: "That means, after we report the information to the guild, the cats can also get an extra bonus, meow."
To encounter such a rare monster on their first dungeon adventure, their luck could be said to be quite good.
But for the other adventurers who encountered this mantis before, this was obviously not a lucky thing.
Especially Wei Gong, who could completely suppress the mantis's fierce slashes in close combat, and the projected weapons directly cracked the monster's super-hard shell, which had both physical and magical resistance.
Therefore, once the metal shell was broken, it became extremely fragile.
Fortunately, probably because the metal shell was too heavy, its movement speed was not so fast, and even with wings, it was difficult to fly quickly. This should be the biggest weakness in this mantis monster's abilities.
The adventurers' eyes fell on the several broken corpses in the room, and a sense of heaviness welled up in their hearts.
Anya sighed softly, her ears drooping slightly: "This is what it means to be an adventurer..."
He bent down and separated the personal belongings and remains of the dead adventurers.
Then, the crimson blade shone in his hand, and with a wave, the flames quickly ignited the remains, the firelight flickering, holding a brief funeral for these departed souls.
Her body trembled slightly, her arms tightly hugging her knees, as if only in this way could she find a sense of security, her fragile and helpless appearance heartbreaking.
The elf girl raised her head, her eyes filled with sadness and fear, as if the nightmare she had just experienced still lingered in her mind.
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"Filvis Challia."
Wei Gong repeated the name.
Lefiya stepped forward, her tone gentle and concerned: "Miss Filvis, can you still walk? Do you need help?"
She carefully reached out her hand, trying to gently support Filvis's shoulder. However, something unexpected happened.
"Eh?"
Lefiya was stunned, her face full of confusion and incomprehension. She had not anticipated Filvis's reaction at all, and was at a loss for a moment.
After all, among the Loki Familia's companions, there were several elf compatriots who were psychologically very sensitive to contact with other races.
She did not have this kind of arrogant and strange coyness, her personality was gentle and kind, and she treated all races with a friendly heart, and among some gods, she had the unofficial title of "the elf's good child."
"S-Sorry..."
Filvis apologized in a low voice, her voice tinged with guilt.
Lefiya responded somewhat flusteredly. She understood that Filvis's actions were likely not out of personal will, but a physical instinct.
"Ah!"
Accompanied by a scream, Filvis fell heavily back.
Only then did Lefiya notice that the elf girl's left foot was severely injured. Her movements were very unnatural, and blood was seeping out of her white boots.
Lefiya: "Filvis's bones seem to be severely dislocated. In this situation, it's not really suitable to use magic to heal directly..."
Unless it was Amiti's [Dia Fralter], a high-level healing magic, it would not be possible to ensure correct restoration.
"I'll do it."
Wei Gong's voice broke her hesitation. He bent down and steadily supported Filvis's shoulder.
The elf girl naturally leaned on Wei Gong, as if the boy gave her enough sense of security.
"Oula—"
Lunoa stomped heavily on the ground, using the reaction force to spin her body around, the gauntlet on her left hand swinging rapidly like a pendulum.
"The cat's going in!"
Kroe shouted loudly, and Lunoa immediately knelt on one knee, the strong female pugilist supporting herself steadily.
She swung her dagger, effortlessly slicing open Goliath's gray-brown nape.
Then, Kroe gracefully flipped and landed lightly, her figure like a fluttering butterfly.
[Pierce through, unfailing arrow!!]
The single-shot magic that could automatically track and aim at the target went straight for the wound that had been cut open on Goliath's neck, while the black and white twin swords cut open the giant Goliath's brown skin from both sides.
The flesh and blood on both sides and in front were cut off by Wei Gong, and the neck was sniped by a precision-guided light arrow. As a result, the giant Goliath's head fell directly down.
This was still the case when the team's hidden trump card, Haruhime, had not taken action, and even Wei Gong had not actively participated in the battle much—Filvis had been leaning on his shoulder, making it difficult for him to take action, and he only threw out the twin swords at the end.
"An intact Goliath magic stone, such a big one. This thing should be even rarer than Goliath's drops."
Therefore, as the weakest [Labyrinth Lone King], Goliath's magic stone fragments are common, but complete magic stones are not so easy to obtain.
Lefiya carefully put the giant magic stone, which was dozens of times larger than an ordinary magic stone, into her backpack. Filvis watched quietly, still without saying a word.
However, unexpectedly, when they arrived at the entrance to the eighteenth floor, someone was already waiting for them.
His appearance was rugged and unruly, but his eyes revealed a shrewd light. When he saw Wei Gong and his group, the man immediately showed an ingratiating smile.
"Senior Morse?"
Wei Gong roughly guessed the identity of the person in front of him.
Although his strength was not outstanding among adventurers of the same level, Morse's talent in business management was extremely excellent.
