Chapter 320

Chapter 323: We’re Rich, Y’all! (Please Subscribe!)

After Izay and Ais chose to take on the commission for the twenty-fourth floor, they specially sent a letter written in godly script back to the Twilight Manor before setting off, letting Loki and the others know about this news.

The commission document brought by Eina had detailed instructions marked on it.

The first location they needed to head to was Rivira Town on the eighteenth floor, where the commissioner stated that there were “helpers” who had also accepted the mission and were waiting for them.

After meeting up with the “helpers,” they would then proceed towards the food storage on the twenty-fourth floor.

Currently, Izay and Ais had safely arrived at the sixth floor.

Since there was no sense of urgency, the two of them had been moving forward at a leisurely pace all along.

“Cat, blast it!”

Facing the monster born from the wall, known as the “Newbie Killer” Battle Shadow, Izay held up Cat from his arms and gestured that it was her time to shine.

“Meow~!”

Cat obediently meowed once, and then a pale pink energy surged from her body.

Just by giving the Battle Shadow a glance from afar, its body made of armor and shadow instantly shattered into pieces, falling onto the ground with a “kara kara” sound.

In the end, a small fragment of a Magic Stone glimmered with a bluish-purple light on the ground.

Telekinesis — one of Cat’s four innate talents.

As a Celestial Spirit, Cat’s energy attribute is Mental. If categorized according to the system of Seria, she belongs to the Psychic-type Pokémon.

Xiao You, on the other hand, is Light and Fire attributes, having two attributes.

When these two little ones activate their talents, there’s no need for incantations or any warning signs, perfectly inherited from Izay.

However, since they were only born a few days ago, their current strength is still very weak, and using their own powers alone is still a bit shaky.

Cat is doing better; telekinesis is quite easy to handle, and in just a few short days, she has developed decent combat abilities.

Xiao You’s situation is slightly worse; currently, she can only manifest a pair of wings to fly around for play, with no real combat ability.

The strongest “Analysis Replication” is still unusable, simply because her “level isn’t high enough.”

Izay could understand.

“Analysis Replication,” as the name suggests, is the talent to analyze others’ powers and replicate them for oneself to use.

Aside from being “unbelievably strong,” there’s not much else to say about it.

However, every activation consumes a large amount of energy, and the replicated power is also influenced by the individual’s capabilities.

Right now, Xiao You doesn’t even have enough energy for a single analysis, so she can only sulk and watch her sister “show off her prowess.”

With a whine, she snuggles against Ais.

“Meow~!”

Following the first Battle Shadow, several more monsters appeared, but they were all dealt with by Cat’s telekinesis. After the battle ended, Izay and Ais continued advancing deeper.

All the Magic Stones and dropped items along the way were collected without hesitation by Izay!

As the saying goes, even the smallest mosquito is still meat. In the past, Izay didn’t bother picking up Magic Stones from the upper areas purely because their value was too low and they took up backpack space. It was a decision based on weighing the benefits.

Now things are different.

His personal space’s length, width, and height have all increased tenfold, resulting in a thousand-fold increase in volume, more than enough for him to indulge.

Unlike before, when just a few snacks would nearly fill it up.

Adding the space from the support backpack behind him…

We’re rich, y’all!

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Continuing forward smoothly.

Izay and Ais quickly stepped into the seventh-floor area.

At this moment, an unexpected scene entered their field of vision.

An adventurer was stealthily looking around, seemingly confirming that no other adventurers were nearby.

Judging from his cautious manner, he probably wasn’t doing this for the first time.

Izay and Ais were relatively close to him, on a slope not far away.

But perhaps due to the vast disparity in Ability Values, he hadn’t detected their presence at all, continuing to carefully keep watch.

Then, monsters appeared next to the adventurer — Murder Ants commonly found on the seventh floor.

He calmly responded… killed them… and when only one Murder Ant remained, he pulled out a cloth bag from his backpack, stuffed the dying ant into it, and carried it into a cave tunnel.

“Is he… trying to lure monsters?”

Ais tilted her head upon seeing the adventurer’s actions, her first thought being the traditional adventurer mindset.

To use the characteristic of dying Murder Ants calling for backup to gain a large profit.

“Hmm… you’ve only guessed half of it, Ais.” Izay replied after some thought.

“—?”

“It’s more likely the ugly mutual harm among adventurers.”

There was a tinge of reflection in Izay’s voice.

Just now, with his superlative dynamic vision, he clearly saw the emblem on the adventurer’s armor.

It was the crest of a chalice set against a crescent moon, the symbol of the Soma Familial Group.

Similar to the jester emblem on Izay and Ais’ equipment, representing the Loki Familia Group, they both indicated the faction to which the adventurers belonged.

Although unclear why, Eina seemed not to have noticed anything about the Soma Familial Group.

But now encountering this, Izay couldn’t help but recall the event happening at this time.

The path to redemption of the young Liliruca Arde.

She should be currently under Ms. Beier’s guidance, right?

Oh no, maybe she’s scamming Beier instead?

“Izay, are you saying that person wants to exploit the monster’s nature to pull a black-on-black job?”

As soon as Izay finished speaking, Ais frowned slightly, also guessing the direction of events.

Don’t let her usual air-headed appearance fool you; she has been an adventurer exploring this Underground Maze for nine whole years!

She’s long since familiar with the dirty dealings within the adventurer community.

“That’s how it is… members of the Soma Familial Group can do such things, and it might as well be considered their daily routine.”

Speaking of which, Izay had already jumped down from the slope.

All this could be attributed to the lackadaisical governance style of the Wine God Soma.

Or rather, this recluse deity simply has no talent for managing his followers.

As a Wine God, Soma possesses brewing skills that reach the divine realm, capable of creating divine wine even with mundane materials from the lower world.

On the contrary, his management skills are abysmal, having fallen below the safety line.

He understands nothing about managing an organization, like someone who knows nine out of ten things but is completely clueless about the last one.

Yet, as a Deity, he must somehow express divine will within his own group.

So this deity decided to reward his members with divine wine brewed by his own hands, acting as a catalyst for the faction while showing his concern for his “children.”

The genuine Divine Wine that outsiders yearn for exists merely as a reward within the Soma Familial Group, fully demonstrating his care for his followers, right?

However, unexpectedly… the members became addicted to it.

Every member wanted to get their hands on the divine wine first, eventually leading to ugly competitions where they began sabotaging each other.

From Soma’s perspective, he probably just wanted to offer homemade fine wine as a reward at a cost he could afford. However, his “children” instead fell into the trap of divine wine addiction, repeating foolish behaviors.

Seeing their exposed ugliness, the Wine God couldn’t help but feel disillusioned.

His intentions were not bad; he only wanted to give rewards and did not mean to harm anyone. But the actions of his followers made him lose faith in the pitiful residents of the lower world.

Thus, he secluded himself, indulging in winemaking day and night, continuously rewarding the annoying believers who kept pestering him for “divine wine,” using them as a means to earn the resources needed for brewing.

From a promising familial group, it has become a tragic relationship of exploitation.

Izay didn’t want to judge who was right or wrong; regardless, the current Soma Familial Group was now a twisted organization driven solely by profit.

For the sake of earning profits and obtaining divine wine, its members wouldn’t hesitate to deceive and kill their companions.