Chapter 19: Humanity
From the fiftieth floor, the day and night of the dungeon begin to synchronize with the human world. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The night sky of the dungeon is no different, the crescent moon and the stars set off each other, illuminating this world full of slaughter, I wonder if it is comforting the dead souls.
Wood sat at the entrance to the next floor, wiping the morning light with his hands and his eyes looking at the night sky.
I've heard many people say that every person who dies becomes a star and then lights the way forward for the living in the night sky.
Wood couldn't help but wonder if there would be relatives, close friends, and lovers in the memory he lost.
If so, are they still alive, are they still looking for him.
Or have you long given up.
If he has turned into white bones, will he still turn into stars to shine on his path?
Even if he has forgotten.
Affection is a luxury thing, and even more so in this day and age.
What would happen to him if one day his memory returned, he didn't know.
Perhaps it is only possible to bless the living and then offer a bouquet to the dead.
He could feel that his past must not be very dull, and it may affect his current life.
He loves his current life, his current family, and his current lover.
Thinking about it, he actually began to have a sense of fear about recovering his memory.
Are some things really in the past?
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Ninety-ninth floor.
The two black snakes were looking around, their bodies tense, ready to burst out at any moment.
Their companions had fallen, but they had not even seen the appearance of the killer.
The strong smell of blood irritated the nerves of all the creatures present.
Hiding in the shadows, Wood moved, jumped up in a stealthy state, and stretched out his dagger to stab one of the smaller black snakes.
The black snakes, who were highly focused, reacted immediately when they saw Wood, one turned his body to avoid the dagger, and the other had already spewed out magical flames.
Wood was ready to shoot a magic projectile at the erupting flames, and the dagger had already pierced into the body of the smaller black snake.
The magic projectile collided with the flames, creating an explosion that made the larger black snake unable to see what was ahead.
At this moment, a physical bullet suddenly appeared from the explosion and shot at it, and it had no idea that the enemy still had such a hand.
What a cunning human!
Dodge is not in a hurry, and is directly pierced by bullets through the body, wailing in pain.
The other smaller black snake was not stabbed by the dagger, and twisted its body to bite Wood directly on the snake's tail.
Wood grinned, didn't pull out the dagger to dodge, and instilled magical energy through the dagger into the black snake's body, and then turned the dagger hard.
"Boom!"
The magical energy instilled in it was directly detonated, and the snake body was blown off from the middle, which was a very violent way to kill, so the smell of blood around it became stronger.
The larger black snake found his companion dead, resisted the pain of the gunshot wound, and pounced on Wood.
Wood lifted the morning light, another magic bullet.
Black Snake also knew that he could not take it head-on, so he twisted his body very nimbly, dodged the bullet, and bit Wood, who had no time to fire a second shot.
It can finally avenge its companions.
Wood leaned forward, dropped his gun, and threw a heavy punch at the lower end of the open mouth.
The black snake didn't expect this human to have such great strength, and without any preparation, he was beaten and closed his bloody mouth.
Wood plunged the dagger into the black snake's lower abdomen, and once again magically irrigated.
Black Snake knew what was going to happen next, and immediately reacted, trying to break free from the dagger, but Wood directly detonated.
"Jump!"
This explosion was not comparable to the power just now, because the magic irrigated so little that it only caused a small wound.
Black Snake realizes that he is no match for this human and begins to run away, wanting to call his companions.
But the Black Snake still miscalculated.
Wood's greatest power isn't the sheer amount of magic, nor the breathless stealth, nor the Dawn Spear.
He's survived until now thanks to this monster's speed!
Wood's smiling face appeared in the eyes of the fleeing black snake, along with the muzzle of a gun emitting a thin smoke.
"Bang!"
A physical bullet went directly through the black snake's head, and without any wailing, it fell directly.
It was dead, and its eyes were still very unwilling and sad, staring at Wood.
Wood looked at this look and couldn't help but wonder, when did he start to be indifferent to this look?
It was only when I killed the first monster that I realized that they were also alive.
Once, after killing a little goblin, I don't know if it was its parents or sisters, they wielded their swords in grief to break his murderer to pieces.
At that time, he didn't have a group of maids, he didn't have such a good relationship with Betty, and he didn't have any desire to survive.
Under the gaze of those eyes that were grieving because of emotion, he almost gave up his resistance.
Because at that time, he didn't know what he was living in this world for.
In the end, his desire to survive still wins, and he raises his dagger and kills the Goblins, a smell of blood that he still haunts.
From that time on, he began to find the meaning of life and form his own life.
Fortunately, he was still lucky to take an important first step as an idealist.
Every adventurer who is still fighting monsters with weapons should have experienced this struggle, and chose a different path.
There are always some people who don't want to live like a walking corpse.
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Another night came, and Wood swabbed his weapons and began to prepare for dinner.
At this time, a group of people came up to him, and Wood had already noticed it and didn't care.
In dungeons, there is only one big difference between a compatriot and a monster for adventurers, and that is that you don't know when he will raise his weapon against you.
Maybe in the next second, maybe never.
In the light of the fire, Wood saw the people coming.
A male warrior and a male mage in the lead, as well as a female priest.
As I walked in, I saw that both the mage and the warrior were carrying their companions on their backs.
The leading warrior held his weapon and looked cautiously at Wood by the campfire.
Wood looked relaxed, pointed to the hot meal, and said, "Eat together?"
After hearing this, the warrior man communicated with the two companions behind him, and then slowly walked into the fire, for fear of some traps.
This is the normal reaction of adventurers, and if they don't have this bit of caution, they won't survive this level.
The three men lowered the two seriously wounded companions to the ground, and then the warrior man held out his hand to Wood: "Hello, my name is Jack. ”
Wood shook his big rough hand: "Hello, just call me Hunter." ”
Neither of them reported each other's surnames, and even their first names should be fake.
The two of them who knew it didn't break it, and this reaction seemed normal to them.
The meals in the pot are prepared by the chef in advance and then heated in the dungeon and eaten, which is very convenient, delicious and indispensable.
Compressed rations are so unpalatable!
"May I ask if my brother is a person, what kind of profession?" said Jack, seeing Wood alone.
Wood picked up a few pieces of beef from the pot and replied, "I'm a little out of place, so I'll have to be a lone ranger." Fortunately, I was lucky enough to survive until now. The profession is an assassin, and there are some demonic bloodlines, and they are destined to have no chance with the priest, so they may not be able to help you. ”
Wood also understood what Jack meant, nothing more than to find a more skilled priest to treat his companions.
The teenage priest was so tender that their companions didn't look like they could hold much longer.
Jack also fell silent, and the big man's eyes were slightly red.
The young priest behind him blessed his seriously injured companion with one healing spell after another, and it didn't take long to consume two bottles of magic tonic potion, but there was still no sign of improvement.
I started crying because of self-blame.
She felt that she was so useless that as a pastor, she couldn't even do her job well, so she could only watch her companions die.
She didn't want anyone on this team to die.
Except for the sound of the wood being burned, only the cry of the maiden remained.
......
The night was spent on alert, and the first rays of sunshine of the morning were ushered in.
Their companions did not survive the night, and were reduced to cold corpses.
At this time, the priest girl had broken down, and the male mage was by her side to comfort her, and the two looked like a couple.
Jack begins to dig holes in the ground with his weapon, and Wood begins to help.
It was too dangerous to carry the corpses of two companions back to the ninety-first floor, so you had to be buried in the dungeon.
It took some time to dig two deep pits, and everyone buried the bodies together.
Sticking their companion's weapons into the grave as a tombstone, they couldn't do more.
The three of them mourned over the tombstones, and Wood went to help clean up the monsters that were not long-sighted and wanted to disturb them at such times.
The mourning of the three did not last long, and after one last glance at the grave of their companion, they held back their heartache and left.
"Thank you for your help. Jack said, looking at Wood.
Wood shook his head, indicating that he hadn't done anything, and said, "Good luck, if you make it back alive, your companions will be happy." ”
He could tell that the team had a lot of affection.
Jack's eyes were already very determined at this time, and as the captain, he knew his duties very well.
He must get the rest of his companions out of this dungeon!
"Sikai Aric. My real name is from the city of Kena. ”
Xi Kai reached out again and made a real self-introduction.
Wood didn't think much of it, and once again shook his rough hand: "Wood Ainz, Kiel City." ”
The two smiled bitterly and patted each other on the shoulder.
After that, the two did not speak again, and went in different directions.
One is going to get home alive with his companions, and the other is going to get the first stage kill.
I hope that we can meet each other again in the future, and then drink together and start telling the story of the adventure after the separation.
Friendship between men is sometimes simple and does not require too many words.
......
Leaving the place shrouded in grief, Wood continues to search for the entrance to his ultimate goal.
When the sun reached its highest point, he finally found it.
Unlike other boss passages, the final level entrance is a quaint gate similar to a portal, but there are not so many runes on it, and the crystal ball has no color, only a number is marked on it.
100!
It's simple and straightforward.
Wood slowly approached the gate, and the closer he got closer, the more he could feel a huge killing aura, very terrifying, and very cold.
Finally, he checked the equipment on his body to make sure that everything was fine, took a deep breath, and put his hand on the crystal ball.
"Teleport!"
As with entering and exiting the dungeon, he was transported to an unknown dimension.
It was still a big mountain, but there were no trees, there were corpses and bones everywhere, and the smell of rancid was very strong.
Wood has already collected information and information about the boss of this level.
There will always be only one final boss in the first stage, and that is the goblin riding the dragon.
Whenever the boss is killed, this space will be refreshed and everything will be reset.
After that, the Goblin Clan will find the strongest warrior and re-mount the dragon to become the boss of the guard.
Now the bones all over the place have told Wood how strong the dragon goblin is this time, and it must be a tough battle.
Walk your way through this strange land, hold your dagger tightly and watch your surroundings.
He had opened his eyes, but found no living beings in the vicinity.
There are only two possibilities, one is that this boss is outside the range of the mind's eye, and the other is that this boss has the ability to shield detection.
If it's the second one, it's troublesome.
The sky in this world was not clear at all, it was gloomy, and the sun was obscured by dark clouds.
After a long time, there seemed to be no life in this world except for Wood.
The air filled with the smell of corpses, the oppressive atmosphere, tormented by an inexplicable hollowness.
There are a lot of people who choose to leave at such moments, but Wood doesn't.
He found a clean place to sit and stopped searching around.
He was almost certain that the boss was nearby, and wanted to torture his will.
"Come out, let's fight to the death, isn't this your fate?
After saying that, the whole world was still silent, and there was not even a word of the wind.
"Actually, I'm scared too, I feel that you are strong, at least stronger than those predecessors I have collected. I can now choose to go home and wait like a coward for you to be killed by a brave man, and then come and defeat your successor to get through this level. ”
Wood took out the morning light, feeling the surging battle intent coming from the gun.
"But it's a pity that my companion didn't agree, and I suddenly wanted to be that brave man, a brave man to kill you!"
As he spoke, he began to instill magic into the morning light.
"Come on, I don't care what you're thinking, let me see what the strongest goblin is capable of!"
Standing up with Dawn, Wood could already feel a chill in the air in addition to the rancid stench.
A green pterosaur suddenly appeared in the void, one step away from the real dragon.
There was a stout warrior sitting on top of the massive body, and Wood didn't even realize that this guy was a goblin at first.
The gorgeous armor that came out of nowhere, and the body that was not wrapped in armor revealed pieces of muscles full of strength.
The muscles were covered in scars, and it was evident that the goblin had been through countless battles.
Holding a knight's greatsword in one hand, the greatsword shimmered, at least above the level of excellence.
A very cold look that can only be possessed by having experienced countless battles on the battlefield.
"Human, I can feel that you are strong. ”
The goblin actually understood the human language, and rode on the dragon and said to Wood, "You still have a chance to go back." ”
Wood shook his head and smiled, "I really want to fight a strong man like you, and then live and become stronger." Don't you want to?"
The goblin looked at the excited humans and continued, "I don't want to. I just want to stay alive and kill more weak adventurers and make the families who are still waiting for them feel miserable. ”
Wood held up Dawn, "You're such a coward. ”
The goblin saw the muzzle of the gun pointed at it and began to hold the greatsword in both hands: "I have always been a coward, and since the day I hid at the bottom of the lake, afraid to see my companion being killed by humans, I have been a coward. ”
The goblin blessed the greatsword with some attributes, and then continued: "I don't want to fight with you, I also want to kill more weak adventurers. You humans are selfish, aren't you?"
"you!!!!!
The goblin saw the magic bullet whizzing in, and although he didn't know what it was, he cautiously took out his greatsword to block it.
"Boom!"
When the magic bullet encounters an obstacle, it explodes directly.
Wood began to drink a potion of tonic, knowing that it couldn't do any harm to the horrible creature at all.
The smoke cleared, and the explosion was blocked by the blessed shield on the goblin's body, which had no effect.
Wood continued to raise his graceful golden spear at the goblins, who were already in combat mode.
"Hey, goblins, let me tell you one more thing about humans. ”
There was a pause, and his eyes became determined.
"Even if humans start killing their own kind, that's our own business?!!!
The voice was loud and angry, and it was a human reprimand for its prey.