Just after Leon entered the passage, Aria, who was talking to Ais about her life over the years, suddenly asked, "What's the name of the boy who came with you?"
Ais asked, tilting her head, "You mean Leon?"
Aria nodded, then asked with concern, "So that elven boy's name is Leon. He's gone to the next level. Is everything alright?"
She didn't know whether Leon and Ais had gotten down through their own strength or through some special method, so she was a little worried about Leon going down to the next level.
"It's alright. Leon has even killed the black dragon who had ascended to godhood. There are no monsters in the dungeon that can threaten him." Ais said, shaking her head slightly.
Upon hearing this, Aria was stunned, clearly not expecting Leon to have such a record.
"He even killed a god? That's incredible. It seems this boy named Leon is the strongest hero." Aria said with a slight smile.
"Mmm, Leon is very special, very incredible."
Ais's eyes lit up when Leon was mentioned, and then she began to talk about what she knew about Leon. The more she talked, the brighter her eyes became.
Aria's eyes flickered when she saw her daughter like this. 'Has Ais met her own hero?'
Ais had no idea what her mother was thinking, and continued to talk incessantly about Leon.
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Meanwhile, Leon had reached the 91st floor at top speed.
Upon reaching the 91st floor, he immediately used veins of light.
After seeing the situation on the 91st floor, he narrowed his eyes slightly. "Just like the 89th floor... a Monster Rex."
Like the 89th floor, the 91st floor was also occupied by a singular creature, a Monster Rex.
The Sphinx.
It is a creature with the body of a human and the head of a human in Egyptian mythology.
Based on the aura emanating from it, Leon could confirm that it was also a Level 10 monster.
This was to be expected.
Cerberus on the 89th floor was already Level 10. How could the monsters on lower floors be weaker?
Meanwhile, Leon also discovered that the Sphinx, like Cerberus, showed no intention of taking any action. It's unclear whether it failed to notice his arrival, or whether it simply didn't care about it.
"The previous Cerberus was like this, and this Sphinx is also like this, it's really interesting."
"I used to think that gaining enough excelia to max out stats would be difficult, but now I've encountered two Level 10s."
"Even without that black dragon that became a god, these two Level 10s are enough to increase my stats and accumulate enough feat for leveling up."
"I don't need to worry about Ais and the others' future."
Leon murmured to himself, looking at the Sphinx sleeping in the center of the floor, without taking any action.
As the Veins of Light spread outwards, he began searching for the key to the next level.
Both the 89th and 91st floors were so strange, Leon was quite curious about what was going on on the next floor.
Soon, he found the key, and opened the passage.
During this time, Leon's movements were neither significant nor insignificant, but the Sphinx remained completely still.
Leon didn't mind and stepped into the passage. He no longer needed excelia or a feat, so he didn't want to needlessly battle the Sphinx.
The more powerful the Monster Rex, the longer the respawn time after eliminating them. If he really killed the Sphinx, Ais and the others would have to wait a long time to have such an opponent.
Based on the previous pattern that Udaeus's refresh cycle was three months for Level 6, and Balor required half a year to respawn as a Level 7, Level 8 would require at least a year, and Level 9 would probably take two years. As for Level 10, he estimated it would take at least three years.
This was too long.
Making Ais and the others wait for so long because of his whim wasn't a good decision.
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Soon, Leon entered the 92nd floor. Upon arriving, Leon, as usual, activated Veins of Light to investigate the situation on this floor. However, what he discovered made him narrow his eyes slightly.
"Still the same. This time, it's Anubis?"
"Could it be that these last ten floors are all occupied by Monster Rex of Level 10?"
Leon pondered as he looked at the 92nd floor, which was exactly the same as the previous two floors—91st and 89th.
He began to verify his conjecture, quickly finding the key and opening the passage to the next level.
93rd floor, 94th floor, 95th floor.
Leon made it through three floors in one go. All three floors housed Monster Rexes: Asura, Frost Giant of Norse mythology, and Fenrir.
"It seems that the remaining floors are all the same. However, the deeper the floor, the stronger the monsters become. Fenrir on the 95th floor is at the peak of Level 10."
"Could the 96th floor's Monster Rex be god-level?"
Leon murmured to himself as he stood in front of the passage leading to the 96th floor.
The next second, he took a step and entered the passage, heading towards the next level.
Upon entering the 96th floor floor, Leon squinted his eyes.
"It seems my guess was right, the monster rex here is at the divine level."
"Horus, huh. It's made no move, just like the previous monster rexes."
"A god-level being was actually born in the dungeon?"
"Since beings at the level of gods can be born, why not choose god-level monsters as the Three Great Quests?"
"Is it because the dungeon can't control these level 10 monsters?"
"Can the dungeon not even control a Level 9 monster?"
"So the dungeon chose a level 8 monster and nurtured it?"
After confirming the situation on the 96th floor, Leon fell into deep thought.
When the three Great Quests were first created, they were all at level 8, which were enhanced species that could grow.
After going to the surface, the three Great Quests all grew to level 9, and the Black Dragon even reached level 10.
However, both the Hydra at level 9 and the level 10 monsters on these floors are clearly better choices.
In addition to the special circumstances of the monsters on these floors, and their indifferent attitude towards him, an outsider, Leon had reason to suspect that the dungeon could not control the monsters that were born at Level 10 or higher, and it was even possible that the dungeon could not control the Hydra, which was at Level 9.
Of course, it's also possible that the Level 9 Hydra that was defeated by Leon before was not an enhanced species and could not become stronger like the three Great Quests, so the dungeon had no choice.
After much thought, Leon was still unsure of his guess. He shook his head slightly and sighed, "That's all in the past, the dungeon can no longer cause trouble. What I care about most now are these Monster Rex."
"Why have these Monster Rex stayed here all these years without making a sound?"
"Never mind, I can't figure it out. They haven't made a move, so I shouldn't disturb them. I'll continue to the next floor and see what's going on there." Leon murmured softly, glancing at the sleeping Horus, then found the key and entered the next floor.