Chapter 130: The Expedition Begins, Target Level 45!

Chapter 130: The Expedition Begins, Target Level 45!

The early morning sun shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows into the bedroom. Feeling the soft touch of the bed, Cassandra still felt a sense... of unreality. She was still living in the former home base of the Apollo Familia, only its name had been changed to The Hearthfire Manor.

She had changed Familias.

But it felt as if the change wasn't particularly thorough.

Not to mention the various experiences during this period, which were truly hard for her to describe.

Before the Apollo Familia was disbanded, her prophetic dreams had constantly warned her, but the reality seemed to be somewhat unexpected.

After the Familia was disbanded and she became a free agent.

Following her close friend Daphne, she chose the Hestia Familia, which was currently most suitable for her. She wasn't ostracized by the goddess because of her former identity.

On the contrary, after a short rest.

She was about to go on a Dungeon expedition in full swing…

"Strange."

"But it seems pretty good?"

Knowing she was going to participate in a Dungeon expedition with Liam, Cassandra was also making her own preparations.

Compared to her time in Apollo's Familia, her current life was really peaceful and happy.

This atmosphere, she liked it very much.

"I must perform well. So now, I'll make the most adequate preparations to deal with the most dangerous situations. Various types of potions are indispensable…"

"Maybe my preparations are superfluous, perhaps the result will be like this…"

Though she spoke pessimistic words, the movements in Cassandra's hands did not slow down.

On the contrary, because she was going on an expedition with Liam, her preparation work was done with particular earnestness and care.

She had considered all sorts of crises that might occur. She didn't let her guard down just because she hadn't had a nightmare recently.

"Phew, I've finally finished all the preparations."

Cassandra's role was that of a healer. She herself had two healing-type magics.

One was Healing Nightmare, which was a debuff-clearing magic with detoxification and curse-removing effects.

The other was Light of Thor, which was an area-of-effect recovery magic. The higher her mental power, the greater the recovery effect and the larger the covered area.

With these two magic healing types, her ability in the healing department was very good.

Carefully examining the package of various supplies she had prepared, she had already done the utmost she could as a healer.

"Cassandra, I'm coming in."

A familiar knock came from outside the door. After Cassandra responded, her close friend, Daphne Lauros, walked in.

And upon getting a response, Cassandra directly pushed the door open and entered.

"Cassandra, are you ready? It's about time to set off."

Daphne had a straightforward and capable personality to begin with. A simple glance, and whether she had an answer was no longer that important.

It was just that she found the expression on Cassandra's face to be somewhat complicated.

Sighing, and revealing an "as expected" expression, Daphne walked directly to Cassandra's side.

"Cassandra, are you thinking about random things again? Did you have another nightmare?"

"No, I didn't have a nightmare."

Cassandra shook her head and then explained, "After joining Liam's Hestia Familia, I feel... it's pretty good."

"I'm just a little worried, worried that I won't do well enough."

"Thinking about these things now is completely pointless."

"You have to know that now, we've joined the platform with the greatest potential, the best treatment, and arguably the most suitable prospects for us."

"So we just need to take it seriously and do what we can."

As if feeling her words weren't enough, Daphne reached out and pulled Cassandra's hand. This was treatment that the former Apollo Familia members had never had.

"We've already joined the Hestia Familia. Now is a new beginning, so don't think too much."

"Okay, I can only say I'll try not to think too much."

Cassandra's tone was sheepish. Her personality was the more pessimistic type; her first thought about anything was often the worst-case scenario.

On the contrary, the attitude of her close friend Daphne made the young woman feel a sense of envy.

It's so nice. If only she could be as optimistic as her close friend.

Of course, changing one's personality is a very difficult thing.

Compared to the small backpack Daphne had prepared, the volume of Cassandra's prepared backpack was nearly three times that of the other's.

Hurriedly preparing everything, the two set off together towards the meeting point.

By the time Cassandra and Daphne arrived at the meeting point, the other members of the Familia had already gathered.

In contrast, it was Cassandra and Daphne who ended up being the last members to arrive at the meeting point.

Perhaps their conversation just now had delayed them a bit?

"We're really sorry, we're late."

Cassandra and Daphne both hurriedly apologized to Liam. First impressions were very important when cooperating for the first time.

Most crucially, the one before them was Liam…

Liam saw the two's flustered expressions, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly, "Hey, I'm not some man-eating monster."

"Besides, it's not our appointed time yet. So strictly speaking, neither of you is late."

Hearing Liam's explanation, Cassandra and Daphne's nervous emotions finally eased completely.

Sizing up the current teammates in Liam's team, Daphne was thinking about what she should do to integrate into the Familia.

Soon, an idea came to her mind.

To integrate into the team as quickly as possible and gain the recognition of her teammates, led by Liam, she should, of course, display her own value as much as possible.

Liam noticed Daphne had come before him, "Daphne, what's wrong?"

Daphne placed a hand in front of her and then looked at Liam seriously.

"Mr. Liam, when I was in the Apollo Familia, I served as a commander. Regarding the command of the expedition team, I think you can rest assured and leave it to me."

"This can also reduce your burden. What do you think?"

Liam looked at Daphne. The current Daphne possessed Lv2 strength. As a team commander, Daphne's ability was sufficient.

Moreover, he wasn't keen on the role of being a commander himself.

What he cared about most was improving his own strength as much as possible. In this world, only strength was the most important thing.

In the face of absolute power, all darkness and injustice will be crushed.

And absolute power naturally also represented absolute justice. Only strength and the blade in his hand held absolute loyalty to him!

Liam looked at the people in his team, and a wave of emotion rose in his heart.

Of course, it was almost his first time leading so many people on an adventure. Recruiting Daphne was naturally also because he valued Daphne's own command talent.

'Because the sacred Khala connects each of our thoughts, allowing us to unite in despair.' Looking at the people in the team, this sentence popped into Liam's mind.

The Khala was a psychic link from a certain game that couldn't be named, allowing the Protoss to share thoughts, emotions, and memories.

If he and everyone in the team could be connected by this kind of thing.

Then their team's tacit cooperation would reach an extremely astonishing degree. Of course, if it really existed, it would be best to only have a surface-level connection.

That is, the precious memories deep in the mind could not be shared, only displaying the most superficial, real-time shallow thoughts in the mind.

The extent of just running what one wants to say through one's mind.

"Mr. Liam, then our next Dungeon expedition, to what extent will we explore?"

Daphne asked Liam a key question, and this question was naturally also the one the entire team was most concerned about.

And the Familia members present all focused their attention on Liam at this time.

Facing his teammates' gazes, Liam frankly stated his thoughts, "We are going to the New World of the lower levels."

"Of course, I haven't decided which specific floor to advance to yet."

"But my idea is, on the premise of ensuring safety and stability, to go to deeper floors as much as possible."

Hearing Liam's words, everyone had a bottom line in their hearts.

The goal set by the captain was a great challenge for everyone. For an ordinary Familia, this was an impossible challenge…

But if Liam was there, perhaps it would be easier than expected?

The lower levels of the Dungeon began from the 24th floor, and for this Familia expedition, Liam's goal was to comprehensively improve his ability scores.

At the very least, he had to raise his Sword Soul template to level 45.

Of course, his current level was 37. The experience required to raise it to level 45 would probably be an exaggerated amount.

Wanting to gain as much experience as possible.

That was to lead the team forward. As for the strength growth of the other members, he could appropriately hand over tasks to them on the return trip.

"Before we set off, let's confirm our supplies again and see if anything is missing."

As the captain of the entire expedition team, Liam also reminded his teammates.

Of course, he didn't forget to check all the supplies and equipment he himself was carrying.

"All confirmed, ready to go!"

"Liam-kun!"

At this time, the leader of the Hestia Familia, who was also a goddess from the heavens, Hestia, ran over directly.

Liam was a little surprised. The gathering time was very early, and he hadn't expected Hestia to be up at this point, "Why are you here?"

"I'm your goddess. You're going on a Dungeon expedition. Then I naturally have to see you off." Hestia's tone was a matter of course.

This made Liam's heart very moved. Of course, with so many people watching here.

In front of so many Familia members, there would naturally be no contact that surpassed their identities.

A simple farewell didn't delay Liam's formation. Even with the expansion of the team's scale, the overall speed of departure did not decrease.

They very quickly arrived directly at the central plaza.

And Liam's arrival, unsurprisingly, attracted the gazes of the adventurers present, especially…

"See that? That's the team of that 'Sword Soul' Liam."

"And I discovered that in 'Sword Soul' Liam's team, it seems none of these members' strength is below Lv2."

"Supporters excluded."

"I'm so envious. I can't imagine how much they'll earn on this Dungeon exploration…"

"Don't even think about it. After all, that's 'Sword Soul' Liam's team. Do you think an ordinary adventurer has a chance to join?"

The interlude ended. When Liam and the others were in the upper levels, they passed through with abnormally swift efficiency.

Having been to the Dungeon an unknown number of times, as for how to quickly get to the next floor, Liam could even recite the route directly.

Many monsters blocking their path were easily killed by Liam's sword aura.

Soon, everyone had speedrun through and arrived at the tenth floor of the Dungeon.

The sound of mechanisms activating appeared in the labyrinth, and a thick fog spread towards Liam's group.

Noticing the upcoming move, Daphne frowned slightly and couldn't help but remind, "Are you preparing to force your way through the labyrinth mechanism?"

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No one answered her, only Liam's silent back.

Daphne's eye twitched continuously. The labyrinth mechanism enveloping the current floor had a chance to trigger a special event, a Monster Party.

The vast majority of adventurers, when encountering this situation, would treat it with extreme caution.

They would absolutely not be like Liam, rushing headlong, almost completely without regard, and even in her view, a bit reckless.

But Liam's posture of forging straight ahead without slowing down at all.

After seeing this, Daphne wanted to proactively remind Liam, but she hesitated.

"Mikoto, do you know? The Dungeon is a very dangerous place. The slightest carelessness can lead to casualties.

Now we've already reached the tenth floor."

Noticing Daphne's expression, Mikoto's face was strange, "Don't worry, Liam is like this. To be precise, this is his daily routine."

Treating a Monster Party as a daily battle?

Thinking of Liam's exaggerated strength improvement speed, it seemed to be true.

Only this kind of high-intensity battle,

could give Liam such astonishing strength and speed of improvement, right?

"But this is a tenth-floor mist feast! An ordinary adventurer, if not careful, could be directly wiped out!"

"Is that so? A mist feast?"

As Liam and the others forcibly passed through this fog, a large number of monsters indeed appeared inside the fog.

What greeted these monsters was Liam, at the forefront of the team, launching a sword aura attack.

The sword aura released by Secret Sword Art, each one was a full three meters long.

These attacks were also very clean and decisive, efficiently and thoroughly clearing all the monsters present.

Not even a single one was left for the teammates behind Liam to handle.

Daphne and the others looked at each other. Wasn't this strength a bit too exaggerated?

Soon, Liam's party arrived directly at the fifteenth floor of the underground.

Liam saw his old friend, the Minotaur.

Five seconds after meeting, the battle began. Five, four, three…

(End of this chapter)

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