Chapter 118 ?

Chapter 118 Preliminary Exploration of the Dungeon

The origin of the dungeon is no longer available.

People only know that dungeons already existed on this land long before the gods descended, that is, in ancient times a thousand years ago.

The dungeon at that time was a crypt that appeared on the ground, like a huge mouth from an abyss, from which various monsters continued to emerge, endangering the world.

In that era, in order to deal with the disasters of monsters emerging from the dungeon, people built a huge tower at the entrance of the dungeon, which was equivalent to putting a lid on the mouth of the dungeon to stop the monsters.

The giant tower that existed as a cover was the predecessor of the current Tower of Babel.

The reason why it is called the predecessor is that the giant tower has been destroyed many times.

The current Tower of Babel was built with the help of the people at that time after the gods came to the earth thousands of years ago, and it has not fallen down for thousands of years.

And right below the Tower of Babel is where the entrance to the dungeon is located.

As long as you come to the central square, you can see the sacred and majestic white tower towering in the center of the city at a glance.

The base of the giant tower is about several hundred meters wide. Dozens of large arches facing all directions are built on the first floor of the tower.

Jiang Li suppressed his agitated mood, put on a well-equipped breastplate and short sword, and walked into the large archway.

This dungeon, for a long period of time to come, will become his resource for self-strengthening.

As soon as you enter the Tower of Babel, the first thing you see is a huge white hall. From the depths of the hall, there is a faint sound of running water. Many adventurers walked in with bloodstains all over their bodies, and then came out refreshed. .

Jiang Li only took a quick glance, then quickly walked to the center of the hall.

This is a huge hole with a diameter of more than tens of meters.

The openings are vertically distributed, falling vertically to the underground world, like a monster with its mouth wide open, waiting for the prey to jump in unconsciously, and then suffocate.

This is the entrance to the dungeon.

Once you go down to that entrance, you will officially step into the realm of the dungeon.

Following behind the other adventurers, Jiang Li wore a cloak, looked left and right like a country bumpkin, and walked slowly underground along the silver spiral staircase.

…………

"Wow!"

As soon as he stepped into the dungeon, before he had time to look at the surrounding environment, a monster rushed up with strange screams.

It was a monster with a dog's head. Although it walked upright, its skin was gray and rough like a rock. It was about half a person's height. It had black claws on its ten fingers, and its eyes were red. It seemed completely irrational.

The kobold rushed towards Jiang Li at a very fast speed.

"Chila!"

There was a tearing sound of a knife piercing the flesh.

Jiang Li took a step to the side and back, and the kobold accidentally ran towards the dagger in his hand.

The kobold showed a look of horror, but it couldn't hold back its body that was trying to rush out. Its head was cut off instantly by the dagger, and black and red blood spattered out.

The monster's body split into two halves and fell to the ground. The pigment on the body quickly disappeared, and then the albino body also collapsed directly, turning into black smoke and dissipating.

"Crack!"

There was only one blue-purple crystal the size of a fingernail, which fell to the ground from its chest.

"Unlike humans, monsters use as much force as they have, and their behavior patterns are easier to judge."

Jiang Li picked up the blue-purple crystal, his expression remained unchanged.

To him, these monsters were like wild beasts encountered on the roadside, and the beasts even waved their minions at him, showing a clear killing intent.

He will reserve some strength when dealing with humans, but he will never be lenient when dealing with monsters that show their minions to him.

"This is the magic stone."

Jiang Li looked down at the crystal in his hand.

The magic stone is the magic crystal that drives the monster. As the energy source of the monster, as long as the monster is defeated, the magic stone will drop from its body, and it can be exchanged for money when it is brought to the guild. This is the main way for most adventurers to make money .

The magic stone itself seems to contain incredible power, and the guild has mastered the method of using that power to produce many devices that use magic stone as energy, such as magic stone lamps, magic stone stoves, magic stone refrigerators and so on.

These are things clearly recorded in the illustrated book. It seems that the guild also wants adventurers to bring back as many magic stones as possible. There are great benefits in the magic stone trading.

"Go deep."

Jiang Li recognized the map in his hand and walked towards the next floor.

According to the illustrated book, there are only very weak monsters such as kobolds and goblins on the first floor. As long as they have the courage, even ordinary people can defeat them.

According to the recommendation of the guild, Lv.1 solo adventurers can go down to the 12th floor at most. In the case of Lv.1 elites, rookies who have just become adventurers can generally only act on the first five floors.

Jiang Li can defeat Lv.2 adventurers without using supernatural powers. It is not a problem if he wants to come and go below the 12th floor, but Finn warned him not to go to the 13th floor. It is definitely not aimless for him to say that... Let's take a step and see One step is fine.

Jiang Li advanced quickly in the dungeon.

Following the instructions of the somewhat abstract map, he quickly walked through various straight roads and fork roads, went back and forth between the light blue caves, and then found the stairs leading to the next floor, and walked in without hesitation.

After a while, he had reached the fifth floor.

"The illustrated book says that every five floors of the dungeon will have a small increase in difficulty..."

Jiang Li walked down the slope.

What impresses the eye is the narrower corridor than the 4th floor, and the more complex maze terrain. The cave wall has also become a more permeable light green, and a little moss has grown on the corner of the wall. Visibly doubled.

Not only that--

"call--!"

Silently, a lizard about half a person's height swooped down from the wall, and the color that blended with the wall made it look hard to be found and hard to guard against.

"Chila!"

Jiang Li didn't retreat but advanced, he swung the dagger backhand, cut along the lizard's open mouth, and cut its body in half with the sound of flesh tearing.

A slightly larger magic stone fell out, and he picked it up and put it in his pocket.

"Speaking of which, according to the illustration book, it seems that if you are lucky, not only will monsters drop magic stones, but also 'drop items' will appear..."

Magic Stone is a must drop from monsters.

However, some monsters are different from other individuals of the same kind, and may have sharper claws. After defeating them, you may get a drop such as "sharp claws", which is generally better than the magic stone dropped by the same monster. more valuable.

But that was when luck was relatively good, and Jiang Li's luck——

"Well, a rich person like me doesn't need any dropped items at all!"