For the rest of the journey, Rieg and his party followed the policy of avoiding war as much as possible.

Their purpose is only the spring water of the Cadmus Spring, and they also have to fight the strong dragon of Lv.6, so they can save a little energy at this time, so they can concentrate all their forces on dealing with the strong dragon.

Even Refia was instructed by Rieg not to use magic until it was a critical moment, so as not to cause a waste of mental power.

Although Refia still has a lot of spiritual power recovery pills on her body, considering that she has to go to the 59th floor later, and she needs to go through many battles on the way, the waste of materials is best saved as much as possible.

This was also the policy advocated by Finn, and after a two-week expedition, the family's supplies were running out, so it became a top priority to avoid the consumption of props and medicines in order not to run out of supplies on the return journey.

In such a situation, even Ace was obedient and rushed out without seeing the monster, and Theona also put away the big double blade and obediently followed behind, not to mention that Tione was in a hurry, in order to fulfill Finn's instructions, whoever caused unnecessary waste first, she would be in a hurry first.

Among all the people, only Rig is more unscrupulous, although he didn't mess around too much, and rushed out when he saw a monster, but he has always maintained the effect of [La Muller], blessing everyone with protective magic.

"You're a waste of mental energy."

Thionne, on the other hand, had complained about Rige's extravagance.

However, Rieger's fluttering words blocked Tionne's dissatisfaction.

"It's okay, I have the ability to heal."

The indifferent words made Tione stop speaking for a moment.

"Perverted."

Theona scolded Rieg in frustration.

Ace and Refia were a little mixed.

The highest level of "refinement healing" ability, this unprecedented development ability, the mental power recovered every second is probably massive, right?

With this level of development ability, even if Rig has been using magic, I am afraid that there will be no situation of exhausting mental power.

This makes it difficult for female swordsmen who often use expensive magic and defender mages who use magic as their main means of combat not to feel mixed feelings.

The two had only one idea.

"I want it so much."

Unfortunately, this is an extravagant hope.

In this way, the group only experienced a few unavoidable battles, and other than that, it was always smooth.

Because of the map, even if the terrain and road conditions are very poor, the road is intricate, and it is completely a maze, but everyone is still constantly moving towards the destination.

Walking like this, everyone suddenly felt that there seemed to be fewer monsters.

"Why do you feel that there are fewer monsters?"

Theona was the first to wonder about this.

"Is it because we deviated from the main line?"

Refia looked at the map, equally confused.

The location of Cadmus Fountain is at the depths of the 51st floor, just off the normal route to the 52nd floor.

Refia means that it is not because of the deviation from the normal route that there are so few monsters in this area.

"But the last time I went to look for Cadmus Spring, there didn't seem to be a lot of monsters in this area."

Diona's words of confusion once again made Tione frown.

Ace also lowered her eyes.

Li Ge looked thoughtful, but his heart couldn't help but tighten.

"I always feel that this situation seems to have been mentioned in the original book?"

Once this idea was in place, Riggna's remarkable memory played an important role.

He carefully recalled the plot of the original book, and finally a lightning bolt suddenly flashed through his mind.

"It can't be that, right?"

Rig couldn't help but mutter.

"What?"

All the women, including Ace, heard Rieger's murmur and froze.

At this point, Rig suddenly turned to Refia.

"Refia, how far is it from the spring?"

Rige's sudden inquiry overwhelmed Refia for a while.

"Just, it's the cave at the end of this road, it shouldn't be far away."

Although a little overwhelmed, Refia answered Rige's question.

But almost as soon as Refia's words fell, Rig rushed out.

"Mr. Riger!?"

Refia exclaimed.

"Rieger!"

The two sisters, Tiona and Tiogne, were also stunned.

Only Ace, when she saw Li Ge rushing out, her eyes were also condensed, and she turned into a gust of wind without hesitation and rushed out.

"Wait!"

"What are you doing!?"

"Miss Ace!"

Diona, Theogne, and Refia finally couldn't stand anymore and quickly ran up and rushed forward.

By this time, Rig had already rushed into the cavern at the end of the road.

As soon as he entered the cavern, Rig immediately stopped.

"Rige."

Ace followed, standing beside Rigg, and then her eyes widened.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Run, run!"

"Whew, whew...."

Diona, Tiogne, and Refia all arrived, some complaining, some gasping.

But in the next second, the scene that imprinted into everyone's eyes made everyone's eyes widen like Ace.

I saw that for some reason, the cave in front of me was brutally ravaged.

Whether it was the walls, the floor, or the ceiling, everything seemed to have been damaged in some way, either full of cracks or simply shattered, and it was a mess.

Many of the trees that grow here are either broken or crushed.

And that's not all.

What really surprised everyone was that there were signs of dissolution everywhere, causing some parts of the trees to turn dark purple, emitting black smoke and emitting an indescribable stench.

"What's going on?"

"How did this happen?"

Tiona and Tionne looked at each other.

“......”

Ace's brow furrowed deeper and deeper.

"Ah, the spring."

Refia took a step back unconsciously, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a corner of the cavern.

There, a spring sits and shines with a mysterious deep blue glow.

It was the fountain of Cadmus, and it seemed that there was still a lot of water in it, and it didn't seem to have been swallowed up by the strong dragons guarding here.

"No, what about the dragon?"

Tiogne immediately sensed something unnatural.

That's right, the strong dragon that was supposed to stay here is not there.

Or rather, it's gone.

The crowd involuntarily shifted their gaze to the front of the Cadmus Spring.

There's a lot of dust piling up in that location.

“...... It can't be the remains of a strong dragon, right? ”

Theona's unintentional whisper silenced everyone.

Everyone stared at the remains of the monster that had turned into a large amount of dust, apparently the remains of the monster that had exploded into ashes after losing the magic stone (core), and were silent for a long time.

Needless to say, the monster guarding here is dead.

The question is, who killed the dragon monster classified as Lv.6?

"It can't be an adventurer, right?" Theogne whispered: "It seems that we are the only clans who are on expeditions during this period. ”

There are not many families who have the ability to expedition to this level in Olali, and there are only a few of them.

And none of those clans, as far as Tionne knew, had recently entered the dungeon expedition.

Therefore, it is unlikely that this was the work of someone from another family who came to the expedition.

That is to say-

"Cannibalism of monsters?"

Theona muttered to herself.

A chill broke out in everyone's hearts.

Because, they knew very well, if this was a cannibalism between monsters, then things might be in trouble.

Monsters generally don't attack other monsters.

Monsters will attack other monsters, so in general, there are only two possibilities.

The first is a sudden, accidental event.

If a monster suffers from an accident and becomes irrational, it is possible to make them fight each other without distinction until one of them falls completely.

The second is an anomalous state of affairs.

In the dungeon, some monsters will increase their strength by ingesting the magic stones of other monsters, and then frantically devour the core of their compatriots, making themselves stronger and stronger.

This type of monster is often called the enhanced species, and due to the relationship between devouring the magic stones of other monsters, its own strength has been greatly improved, far exceeding the original classification level.

These monsters are rarer than the rarer species, and can grow stronger as they eat the Orb, eventually becoming even a greater threat than the Floor Owner.

Because of the huge danger of this kind of monster, it is possible to attack adventurers for the magic stone, cross the floor, and constantly create disasters, once discovered, the guild will immediately reward them, and even assign adventurers to crusade.

So, here's the problem.

What kind of situation does the situation belong to?

"Have you seen the magic stone? Ace? ”

Tionne asked with control of his emotions.

"Nope."

Ace's response was succinct and to the point.

"There are drop items!"

Refia had sharp eyes, saw a pair of wings falling from the dust, and picked them up.

"Do you have dropped items without magic stones?" Tiona pressed her eyebrows and said, "I have a bad feeling." ”

"A strengthened species that can devour a strong dragon?" Tionne's face distorted slightly, and he said, "This joke is not funny at all. ”

Hearing this, before others could react, Li Ge, who had been staring at the entire cave, turned around and left.

"Rieger!"

"What's wrong again!?"

The crowd turned around like frightened birds.

"Back to camp."

Rieger had only one word.

If his memory is not wrong, this expedition is the first time that the Loki clan encountered those things in the original books, then the camp is probably not good.

"Really."

Rieger sighed.

"Was my first expedition the one I ran into those things?"

I really don't know whether to say good or bad luck.

"Let's go!"

Rig took a step, and his speed suddenly increased, rushing in the direction of the 50th floor.

All the women, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end they all followed Riege.

The group rushed straight off the trail and into the main line on the 51st floor, entering the spacious terrain.

That's when —

"Ahh——!h

The terrible screams rang out.