Yes.
From finding the Ganesha Familia captain Chanis for verification, being tracked by Adventurers, and choosing to trust Keare and use his method to leave the Familia, Lili clearly realized that she had no turning back.
As for…
Paying everything as the price, in her opinion, was better than continuing to stay in the Soma Familia!
"That…"
"What do you mean by paying everything?"
The girl timidly raised her head. If he just wanted to make money, he could have completely exploited her 'Cinder Girl' secret to take all the money.
But Keare didn't do that.
That also meant that his demands on her were definitely more than just that.
"Actually, it's not as complicated as you think."
As long as Lili didn't betray him, she would be the Familia's best housekeeper and Supporter.
Keare pondered carefully: "The Familia I'm in is very short on people and needs a stable Supporter to help with my upcoming Dungeon exploration."
"Mhm."
Lili nodded seriously, but her eyes were still confused:
"You've talked about the benefits, so where are the drawbacks?"
She hadn't even started teasing him yet!
But facing the girl's surprised gaze, Keare felt his demands were too conservative. He emphasized again: "Mhm… The drawback is."
"After this storm ends, you need to seize the future."
"Huh?"
Lili struggled to understand Keare's words and didn't press further. After all, the premise was leaving the Familia and ending this storm, which was also a feeling she had developed after spending time with him.
He was different from the Adventurers she had encountered.
Even if he made excessive demands, it was still better than her situation in the Soma Familia, where she was oppressed by Adventurers every day.
"What are your plans next?"
"Continue exploring the Dungeon, but I need to rest first."
Returning to the main topic, after the Soma Familia tracking team interlude, it was still early morning at most. Leaving the Dungeon now would be a waste of time.
As for the clue to overthrow Chanis?
That was purely fabricated to lure Decree into joining. In the original work, he was indeed involved in the trade of Xenos, but there was no concrete evidence.
Reporting it to the Ganesha Familia would be completely useless.
What Keare needed to do next was still to improve his abilities as much as possible. Even if other Adventurers started tracking him, he would use the same solution.
To some extent—
It was like getting free ability points!
"At least in the Dungeon, you'll be relatively safer. Also, regarding your living place, it's best to move so you don't run into other people."
—
After a short physical adjustment, Keare, along with his Supporter Lili, once again began a comprehensive exploration of the Dungeon.
During this time, they encountered many Murder Ant monsters, but with previous combat experience, he gradually became skilled at fighting these high-armored monsters.
Attacking the monster's weak points.
Ensuring the sharpness of his short sword, and also saving stamina.
The bad news was:
Killing Murder Ants didn't yield any drops; the basic income relied entirely on magic stones.
He didn't intentionally count the number of kills. The Dungeon training was nothing more than high-intensity combat, developing the potential within his body as much as possible.
During this time.
Keare also attempted to use 'Plunder' on the monsters, but the results were somewhat unsatisfactory; the skill couldn't affect these creatures.
It was normal to think so.
They were all products of the Dungeon, and there was no scene of the Legendary Hero plundering ability points from monsters.
"Even without Rabbit's 'One-Point Aspiration,' with the Plunder skill, I can still break through to an SS-rank rating. I just don't know what the limit is?"
Slowing down the fastest level breakthrough for a false reputation.
What he gained was a full SSS-rated stat monster, which Keare considered worthwhile. Besides, there was also a saying that a tall tree catches the wind.
"Steady accumulation."
"Legendary Hero's second playthrough, he could even endure Dungeon Play. There's no reason I, in Dungeon or Familia, shouldn't have the patience for this kind of improvement, right?"
...
The Dungeon had no concept of time.
Constant exploration and high-intensity combat, this kind of mental numbness was unavoidable. Fortunately, today, his Supporter Lili was accompanying him.
Occasionally chatting was also a relief for his mood.
When his physical strength was exhausted and he was hungry, he would rest in the safe passages between floors.
Soon.
Keare reached his target floor for the day, which was also the limit his current abilities could explore: the 9th floor. The environment hadn't changed.
It was still a dark and deep cave, but the space was significantly larger.
Relying solely on the lantern fruit on the walls was no longer enough for much illumination. To spot monsters lurking around, he relied more on intuition.
Even—
The number of monsters he encountered was constantly decreasing.
In a Dungeon that constantly spawned and regenerated monsters, this was definitely a bad sign for Keare. Could it be that an Adventurer had cleared them all out?
The greatest possibility was that there was a powerful monster nearby!
"Ahead…"
"Mr. Keare."
And the girl's gasp drew all his attention. Following her pointing finger, he found that in the dark cave ahead.
Like mushroom buds, reflecting the wall lanterns, was a shimmering scale powder.
It spread indiscriminately across the ground, a new monster he hadn't encountered in the Dungeon. Keare's heart involuntarily grew vigilant.
"Purple Butterfly?"
"Or…"
As they gradually drew closer.
He finally saw the monster's full appearance: transparent blue wings constantly swaying, spreading faintly glowing scale powder, an extremely dazzling butterfly.
Even though it was in the Dungeon.
The monster's graceful posture still made Keare briefly stunned.
Rare Species: Blue Butterfly.
A single monster could not create this scene. With the faint illumination, he realized the number of monsters far exceeded his imagination.
A very large number of Blue Butterfly creatures.
"Does this count as… finding a gold bar in the Dungeon?"
Rare Species monsters are usually very dangerous, but the Blue Butterfly was an exception. If you got scale powder on you, at most you would be inflicted with a poisonous abnormal status.
And Keare's 'Recovery' magic could ignore these restrictions.
"So…"
"I don't have sword qi, so how do I deal with these flying small monsters?"
The Legendary Hero was indeed right.
Mastering a variety of weapon types was very important, at least when encountering a large number of rare Blue Butterfly monsters, he would have a way to deal with them.
"Lili."
"Do you have enough crossbow bolts?"
"It's not easy to encounter so many rare monsters. I can't even imagine how much their drops will sell for at the exchange!"
"Enough, enough."
She really wanted to say that all the money she had saved could be given to him.
But looking at the eager young man, Lili ultimately didn't speak. And, from a slightly different perspective, Keare wasn't as…
Cold?!