Chapter 130: Encountering Xenos in the Dungeon!
Pshk—
Blood scattered as the final monster was cut down.
The area around him was covered with dense piles of magic stones and a large number of monster drops, spreading across the ground.
Originally, Ethan had wanted to head deeper down and find some powerful monsters to test his current strength.
For example, the Floor Boss that appeared on the twenty-seventh floor, the two-headed dragon Amphisbaena.
According to the Guild's records, it was a Floor Boss with a "potential ability of Lv.5."
In fact, because the Water Capital was filled with flowing water everywhere and served as its home field, its combat strength might even be comparable to Lv.6.
In the past few months, Ethan had not heard anything about the two-headed dragon being reborn, so he planned to try his luck.
The result was that he did not find it.
However, although he failed to encounter Amphisbaena, he unexpectedly entered an "unknown area" of the Dungeon.
After a thousand years of exploration, many parts of the Dungeon had already been developed.
This was especially true the closer one was to the upper floors.
But starting from the middle floors, because the terrain became increasingly complex and chaotic, there were still some undiscovered "areas" hidden in certain corners.
And the deeper one went, the wider and more complicated the Dungeon became.
"Hoo… I should've brought Paimon with me."
Looking at the magic stones and drops scattered all over the ground, Ethan opened a passage to Imaginary Number Space and stored everything inside.
As for Paimon, she was still sleeping soundly at home.
To be honest, Ethan even suspected whether Paimon was actually a cursed corpse.
As a cursed corpse, she was a foodie, had rich emotions, liked sleeping in, and even refused to get out of bed.
It was truly hard to imagine that she was something that had been created.
Looking around, he saw protruding rock walls everywhere.
There were also many caves in those walls, leading to unknown places.
This place looked like a gathering point.
Who knew how many monsters had gathered here?
However, all of those monsters had now been dealt with.
Tap, tap.
"You're Ethan Starfall, right?"
"Hm?"
A sudden voice rang out.
Ethan turned around and saw a standing lizardman appear before him.
The lizardman wore leather armor and carried a weapon in his hand.
Compared to the cruel monsters of the Dungeon, he was completely different.
Behind him stood a group of monsters as well.
Goblins, Kobolds, Needle Rabbits, Sirens, Orcs, and even War Shadows were among them.
As for their identities, there was naturally no need to say much.
They were special individuals active within the Dungeon.
Intelligent monsters.
Xenos.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Lyd. I'm a Xenos."
"I see. A monster with intelligence like Sarah."
"I came to meet you this time to thank you. Back in the Artificial Labyrinth, thank you for saving so many of our comrades and even protecting them until they returned to the Dungeon."
The lizardman named Lyd thanked Ethan.
Among the surrounding Xenos, Ethan could also see a few who held "dissatisfied" emotions toward him.
Clearly, not every Xenos had the same attitude as this guy.
Ethan even suspected that some of these Xenos might have been among those who had seen him last time.
"You don't need to thank me. I'm not some good person. The reason I protected those Xenos was because of Sarah. Personally, I don't have much goodwill toward you."
"That may be true, but you still saved our comrades. Otherwise, they might have died in the Artificial Labyrinth, or even been sold outside Orario."
"You're an interesting guy."
Looking at the sturdy lizardman in front of him, Ethan smiled.
He did not dislike this kind of straightforward personality.
However, after sweeping his gaze around, he did not see Sarah anywhere.
That made him a little confused.
Logically speaking, once he entered the Dungeon, Sarah should have been able to sense him and come looking for him.
But even now, he had not seen her shadow.
Instead, he had run into these Xenos.
"Where's Sarah?"
"She went to the deep floors. She said she had to become stronger before she could truly inherit the name of 'Gorgon.' We haven't seen her in quite a while either."
Lyd said this somewhat helplessly.
Among the Xenos, he was definitely one of the strongest.
However, after Sarah returned not long ago, the balance of power among the Xenos had been broken.
Having completed her transformation and inherited the "Spirit Origin - Gorgon," Sarah's strength had long since surpassed Lyd and the others.
Still, there were no messy conflicts among the Xenos.
Since Sarah had become stronger, they were also happy for her.
"Then why did you come to see me with such a large group? What do you want?"
"Our returning comrades said you gave Sarah something, and that was why she became what she is now. Her strength also increased so much because of it."
"Yes. Is there a problem?"
"Although this may be a little rude, I still—"
"If you think it's rude, then don't say it."
Before Lyd could finish speaking, Ethan directly interrupted him.
It was still the same sentence.
He was not some saint.
He could not even be considered a good person.
Putting aside the fact that the current Ethan did not have any extra Spirit Origin or anything like that, even if he did, he would not give them to this group of Xenos.
They were not relatives.
They had no close relationship with him either.
Why should he help them?
It was not like they were his people.
Roar—
Not far away, a Skull Sheep let out a roar, clearly dissatisfied with Ethan.
It was also one of the Xenos from back then.
It would never forget what had happened that day in the Artificial Labyrinth.
Especially when this man had threatened them.
He had made them take part in an experiment, and he had done so with a clear hint of coercion.
If not for Sarah, then if it had been anyone else, everything might have ended right there.
"If I were you, I wouldn't show hostility in front of someone I can't beat. That kind of thing can get you killed very easily."
Roar—
A single sentence directly frightened the Skull Sheep into taking several steps back.
Ethan's terror was like a nightmare, forever etched into its memory.
"Calm down. We came here with goodwill."
At that moment, Lyd walked over and stood in front of the Skull Sheep, blocking it behind him.
His eyes met Ethan's directly.
Looking at Lyd before him, Ethan sized him up for a moment.
Compared to the other Xenos, he was indeed different.
As for the Skull Sheep, that one really made Ethan's scalp tingle a little.
This guy was either causing trouble or on the way to causing trouble.
And because of Ethan's words, many of the surrounding Xenos also began looking at him with faint hostility.
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