"I will pay attention."
"As for the movements of the Adventurers subsequently arranged by Chanis, you still need to continue observing."
Chanis of the Soma Familia dispatched other Adventurer members to encircle and block, but from the perspective of the result, it was not a bad thing for Keare.
As long as the Adventurers he met were not Lv2.
Utilizing his own combat skills, as long as he defeated them, it would be... moving ability packages for him!
"No problem."
"It's a pity that my strength is limited, and I can't provide much help to you."
When Decree's gaze fell on the exceptionally unfamiliar girl behind Keare, who looked like a Beastman, a flicker of confusion crossed his eyes as he asked:
"That…"
"Liliruca, why isn't she with you?"
"She has other arrangements."
Keare shook his head slightly, avoiding attracting the attention of passing Adventurers. He had no intention of staying here any longer and simply explained to Decree.
Then he took Lili to the Dungeon.
He did not abandon his original plan to explore the Dungeon because of this small interlude.
"If there are no special means."
"It is still relatively difficult for ordinary Adventurers to see through your magic." He said to the quiet girl who was following behind him, her eyes filled with worry.
His expression was calm: "Moreover."
"Even if the worst outcome occurs, don't I still have me?"
"…"
"Thank you."
Lili nodded seriously.
But she never doubted the truthfulness of Keare's words, after all, during their last encounter in the Dungeon, he had proven it with his actions.
The arrows that pierced through armor, the bloody wounds.
She still remembered them vividly. Even if Keare possessed 'Healing' type Recovery magic, this kind of pain still had to be endured.
Are Adventurers all… bad people?
No one could give Lili an answer, but she could confirm one thing.
That is, Keare, whom she had encountered and even had bad thoughts about, was very responsible in helping her escape from the Soma Familia.
"I think."
"Instead of saying thanks, it's better to think about how to seize the future."
"…"
Seize the future.
Lili had heard this phrase many times from Keare. From not understanding it at first, she now clearly knew what he wanted to express.
Staying in the Soma Familia had no future.
Only by successfully escaping and embracing a new life as a Supporter would she have the future she desired!
Thinking of this.
She raised her hand, wanting to actively grasp Keare's arm.
But when she remembered that he knew what she had done to those innocent Adventurers, an emotion called inferiority gradually enveloped Lili's heart.
"Someone like me…"
"Someone so terrible, still has a chance to seize the future?"
"…"
But when she finished speaking and noticed Keare's profound, unruffled eyes.
The girl bit her thin lip and reached out to gently grasp the corner of his clothes: "Someone like me, should I count?"
"Yes."
"But it's not enough."
A bad person does a good deed and is completely whitewashed?
There's no such logic, but forgiving Lili isn't Keare's responsibility. From beginning to end, this was a transaction, and their respective goals were to get what they needed.
But facing Lili's timid gaze.
He hesitated for a moment, then reached out and rubbed the girl's head hard: "If the price is so simple, isn't your future a bit too cheap?"
"…I will continue to be prepared."
The same rhetoric.
When treated this way by members of the Soma Familia, Lili would only feel intense disgust. But facing Keare's half-smile, even if she realized…
Perhaps…
Even she was a bargaining chip!
She didn't have any such thought. Instead, in the extremely quiet Dungeon atmosphere, the sound of her heart beating violently seemed exceptionally clear.
—
The subsequent Dungeon exploration went very smoothly.
When facing a large number of monsters, the short sword was still the fastest way to deal with them. Only when encountering powerful monsters or flying species did arrows become useful.
After all, arrows also cost money to buy.
Thanks to the exploration of the previous days, Keare had already figured out the environment of the floors and successfully passed through the floor passage of the 9th floor, arriving at a new area.
The 10th floor.
It was also the limit of his current ability to explore.
The environment visibly changed. In the empty cave environment, the floor height significantly increased, and new monsters would appear here.
Crucially, there were also "Mist Traps" that could appear at any time.
"Go straight?"
Keare looked around. In the dim environment, visibility was not particularly bad. He could vaguely see withered trees, bushes, and so on in front.
There were no monster figures.
But behind the calm, there must be a strong crisis!
"I need to observe the environment more."
Standing in the safe area at the entrance of the floor, Lili was also a bit unsure. Normal Adventurer teams would choose to wait until the Mist Trap appeared.
Only when it disappeared again would they quickly pass through the current floor.
After all, the floor environment changes rapidly. One moment it might seem normal, but when advancing, there's a dangerous situation where it's completely enveloped by cold mist.
"If we explore cautiously, we wait for the Mist Trap to appear…"
"After it disappears, we use the gap to quickly pass through." Lili frowned slightly, giving the most ideal answer she could provide in the dangerous Dungeon environment.
"After all, there are only two people in our team."
"Even if there's an Lv2 Adventurer leading the team, they wouldn't choose to confront a Mist Trap head-on. If we get trapped inside a Mist Trap."
"It's very possible… to cause a monster feast!"
"Okay."
If it was just Goblins or Murder Ants.
Keare was still confident, their overall strength was relatively ordinary. But when facing new monsters he had never encountered before, appropriate caution was the safest choice.
And facts proved.
The cautious choice was not wrong. After just a simple conversation, the seemingly calm floor in front visibly began to change.
Thin mist continuously rose from all around.
While bringing a slight chill, the windless surging mist was rapidly filling the floor area, and visibility was visibly decreasing.
"Good thing we didn't explore rashly."
With a Supporter.
Safely traversing a Mist Trap would definitely be an extremely difficult thing!
However.
Just as Keare and Lili were waiting for the trap effect to disappear, footsteps that were constantly approaching and frequent came from the stairs connecting the floors behind them.
From the sound.
It could be determined that it was an Adventurer team.
And as they approached, the undisguised conversations of this unfamiliar Adventurer team gradually entered Keare and Lili's ears.
"Vice Captain."
"What in the world is Chanis thinking?!"
"Making all Familia members abandon Dungeon exploration to pursue… that Pallum Supporter named Liliruca, is he out of his mind?"