Danmachi: Reaper

Currently, they were walking towards the 10th floor, on this floor there were many rooms and short paths. Meanwhile, the distance between the ceiling and the floor was quite high, probably around 10 meters or so.

Even so, the entire floor seemed well-lit as the glowing rocks illuminated every path they walked.

Different from the previous floors, starting from this floor, the number of monsters that appeared was relatively high and varied.

If on the previous floors they only encountered one or two of the same type of monster at a time, on this floor they would encounter many types of monsters that appeared simultaneously at one time.

Plus, the relatively high and fast number of monster appearances makes this floor a hell for novice adventurers.

No new species of monsters appeared here; instead, creatures like Kobolds, Goblins, and War Shadow from the previous floor appeared in stronger forms.

At this moment, a group of red-colored monsters appeared in their field of vision.

As Kelvin moved in front of Sylpha, he raised his fist, as if to crush these monsters with both hands.

A few meters away from them, it was a monster that resembled an ant but with a body that was thousands of times larger than a normal ant. They were red in color and had four legs with two arms. They had a hard shell with a powerful strike, as well as being able to secrete pheromones that attracted their fellows in an emergency.

Killer Ant.

Together with the War Shadow, they are monsters known as "rookie killers."

Not without reason, but because beginners tend to underestimate them, ignoring that Killer Ant will attack in groups and that they have high attack power.

With those two things, many leaders died when faced with them.

"Sylpha, let me fight them myself!"

"Huh?! But-" Sylpha was dumbfounded, looking at Kelvin in disbelief.

"Just trust me!" Kelvin glanced at Sylpha with a serious look.

"B-All right ...."

Sylpha couldn't help but agree, after all if something unexpected happened, she could take Kelvin away with her speed.

Moreover, if she combined it with the skills she had. Sylpha was pretty sure she could take Kelvin away if conditions did not allow for them to fight.

Although it was a dishonorable way, and they could have done a "pass parade", but Sylpha didn't care if she had to do that if it was to save Kelvin's life.

*Squeak!

*Squeak!

*Squeak!

Three Killer Ant quickly moved towards them. Kelvin reacted, he jumped into the air and dodged their attacks. For now, he would just dodge all their attacks to increase his Dexterity and Agility stat.

Moreover, with his Reduire Ajouter skill, all monsters within his range area would have their stats reduced by at most 30%, which depended on how many enemies were around him.

In addition, half of the reduced enemy stats will be added to his own stats permanently.

Let's say one of these Killer Ant had a total stats of 500, and depending on how many there were, then the total of all their stats would be reduced by 30% covering an area around 3 meters from Kelvin.

Meaning, the total initial stat reduction of each Killer Ant was 150, and half of those 150 stats would be added to Kelvin's evenly distributed stats.

Moreover, this skill has no restrictions and will activate automatically when dealing with monsters. And the downside of this skill was that it wouldn't activate when dealing with creatures other than monsters.

"Sylpha, lend me your dagger!"

"A-Ah, yes!" Sylpa reacted quickly as she drew her dagger and threw it towards Kelvin.

Kelvin grabbed the dagger, his lips forming a smile as he started running and moved quickly to one of the Killer Ant that was in front of him.

And in one fell swoop ....

*Pu-chi!

Kelvin slashed at the area around its neck, which was quite soft and made the Killer Ant's head fall off and die.

*Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

Seeing their comrade killed, the remaining two Killer Ant immediately squeaked as they swung their huge claws furiously.

Kelvin skillfully dodged all their attacks, and in the nick of time, he swung his hand and thrust his dagger into the mouth of one of the Killer Ant and tore its mouth open from the inside.

Not stopping there, Kelvin swung his dagger quickly and pierced its eyes, making it squeak in pain as it died and disappeared into black smoke.

The one remaining Killer Ant felt a sense of crisis as it faced Kelvin. He then vocalized loudly as if calling for reinforcements at this time.

Only, there wasn't a single Killer Ant left, so his cries were futile, and he was quickly killed by Kelvin on the spot.

"Kelvin-sama, are you alright?" Sylpha approached Kelvin with worry.

"Mn, I'm fine. What do you think of my abilities just now?"

"You're so amazing, Kelvin-sama! I didn't even have time to react because you consumed all the Killer Ant in an instant!"

Hearing the praise from Sylpha, Kelvin shyly scratched the back of his head.

And finally, since all the monsters on this floor had been finished off by Kelvin, they decided to go to a deeper floor.

For some time, Kelvin killed all the monsters that approached them with ease. During this period, his blindfold came off and he would open his eyes when fighting with monsters. But, if they were just walking to the next floor, he would keep his eyes closed to sharpen his senses.

"Sylpha," Kelvin looked at Sylpha, making her turn her head towards him, "how many more floors do you think we can survive in our current state?"

Kelvin's sword was shattered, and Sylpha didn't bring her sword, this time they were completely disarmed. Moreover, none of them were people who would wear heavy armor like Gareth's

The two of them came to the dungeon without a single piece of armor attached to their bodies. Sylpha was one thing, but for Kelvin, the armor would only burden his body and he wouldn't be able to move freely.

If it was other adventurers, they would certainly die in the dungeon without armor and protection. It's just that, what is being discussed is the MC and also the Heroin of this story, they of course have clearly greater strength than other adventurers in Orario.

Moreover, their physical strength is certainly above average, allowing them to defend against level 1 or 2 monsters with just their fists and kicks.

Well, that would be useless against monsters that could fly.

"By the way, what is the condition of Artemis-sama and the other Familia? Do you know anything?" Kelvin looked at Sylpha as he asked.

Of course, he often met the members of the Artemis Family, as they often visited Sylpha who worked in her house.

Moreover, Kelvin's relationship with them was also quite good. Although it couldn't be called close, but Kelvin could be sure that the Artemis Familia considered him as part of their family.

"Um, I heard they're coming to Orario a few days from now." Sylpha smiled as she remembered something about her Family.

Of course, even though she had retired as an adventurer, it did not mean that she could not hunt monsters with her Family comrades anymore.

In fact, Sylpha took some time off to help her Family's hunting missions when they were in the village where Kelvin was living at the time.

In fact, Kelvin had also come along with them a few times.

Although he was a boy, but strangely Artemis had a good impression of Kelvin. For some reason, Sylpha and the other members of the Artemis Family also saw their Goddess looking quite close and pampering Kelvin several times when they were alone together.

This raised their curiosity.

Was Artemis, who was known as the Goddess of Purity, starting to open up to the opposite sex?

Well, so far, they know Artemis is very strict when it comes to things like love and the opposite sex.

That is why there is a rule that members of the Artemis Familia are prohibited from having relationships with the opposite sex, and strict rules about love.

It was also what made Sylpha retire as an adventurer, because she wanted to take care of the young Kelvin at that time.

Even so, he did not leave the Familia, and remained a part of them. A special right given to her by Artemis himself.

Although confused at first, Sylpha assumed that Artemis did not see Kelvin as a member of the opposite sex, but rather a child.

That was also what made her get the special task of taking care of Kelvin until now.

"Really? I can't wait to meet them!"

"Fufu, Kelvin-sama seems to really like Artemis-sama, huh?" Sylpha covered her mouth with her palm, "isn't Kelvin-sama satisfied with Sylpha?"

Although Sylpha said this playfully to tease Kelvin, but she couldn't help but feel jealous that Kelvin was paying more attention to Artemis than her.

"No, it's not that..., it's just that I somehow feel a certain bond with Artemis-sama...." Kelvin scratched the back of his head, saying awkwardly as he turned his face in another direction.

"Ah, could it be----"

"---Watch out!"

Before Sylpha could finish her sentence, Kelvin suddenly pushed her aside, causing her to be thrown several meters and fall to the ground.

And at the same time ....

*Bamm!

The ground shook, making Sylpha gasp as she immediately searched for Kelvin's whereabouts.

"Kelvin-sama?!"

What she saw in front of her was, a herd of huge monsters, reaching three meters in height, with huge bodies and filled with fat. The monster had a pig's face, which looked sinister with two fangs facing upwards.

Seeing this, Sylpha instantly recognized their condition.

Kelvin noticed the Orc's presence, and quickly pushed him away to avoid being hit by his attack.

Inevitably, Sylpha wanted to reproach herself. As a level 4, how could she not notice the Orc lurking behind them?

In fact, her perception ability was inferior when compared to Kelvin who was still level 1.

"Are you okay, Sylpha?"

A few meters away from Sylpha, Kelvin could be seen wiping his sweat as he smiled while staring at the few Orcs in front of them.

"I'm fine. How about you, Kelvin-sama?" Sylpha looked at Kelvin with concern.

If it was under normal circumstances, she might be able to react quickly and cut down these Orcs with her sword. It was just that Kelvin had asked her to leave her sword at home, and she had no weapons with her, except for the short dagger hanging from her waist.

It was just that, it would be quite difficult to fight a horde of orcs using only a low-grade dagger. If possible, Sylpha wanted to take Kelvin away and go to safety.

However, he decided against it when he saw the excited expression on Kelvin's face.

"No problem. It looks like this dungeon won't let us rest in peace."

Despite saying that, Kelvin grinned as he stared at the Orcs in front of him.

He began to move as the Orcs ran up to him. Maneuvering, and narrowing the distance as he then swung his fist hard.

Unfortunately, the force of his punch did not faze the Orc, and in return, the Orc swung his hand and sent Kelvin flying and crashing into the wall behind him.

"Kelvin-sama!!!"

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