This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 53 53. [You’ll be right if you listen to me]
The footsteps of the eight black-robed men echoed between the stone walls. After entering the cave, it was pitch black, but no one lit a torch or cast illumination spell, as if the darkness had no effect on them.

A few minutes later, Lacus, who was at the front of the team, suddenly stopped.

The tip of his nose twitched slightly under the shadow of the hood. In addition to the smell of blood, the air here also had the fishy smell of wild beasts.

After a moment, Lacus let out a soft laugh.

He saw through his prey's trick immediately but didn't take it seriously.

"You're quite clever, but this isn't a truly uninhabited area. What monsters could possibly..."

While talking to himself, Lacus turned the last corner and saw a giant bear in front of him that was two stories high. It was staring at them with squinted eyes and slowly stood up!

"Lacus... sir?"

Hearing the hesitant voices of his men behind him, Lacus's brain was working rapidly.

The giant bear looked familiar, but he couldn't remember what species it was.

But just based on its size, it shouldn't be too weak.

The holy book must be found, otherwise, not only will he not be able to attend the promotion ceremony, he will even be severely punished.

There are no branches in this cave, so the thief must still be hiding somewhere inside.

After all, this is the wilderness close to human activity areas, not a real wilderness or a deep dungeon area, so the level of the monsters should not be too high.

My level is 40, plus my 7 subordinates...

Lacus was still trying to analyze the strength of both sides, but the giant bear couldn't wait any longer.

If it encountered so many people normally, it might hesitate, but now, nameless anger was lingering in its heart, and it wanted to kill these invaders who disturbed its sleep immediately!
The giant bear roared, raised its palms high, and then slammed them down, unleashing its skills.

[Gravity Field LV6]

In an instant, a weight nearly twice their body weight fell on the black-robed men present, and everyone staggered due to being caught off guard.

The iconic skill made Lacus scream out: "Tyrant Bear!?"

But soon, Lacus regained his senses.

Under the gravity field of a real adult tyrant bear, there was no way that he and his men could stand so "easily"!

In other words, this two-story-tall giant bear is actually just a cub?
Thinking of this, Lacus immediately spoke up to stabilize the morale of the army that had been shaken by the three words "Tyrant Bear".

He had already seen that one of the guys was trying to escape, and he would definitely deal with him when he got back!
"Don't panic!
This is just a cub or a subspecies, we can kill it if we show our strength!
Don’t forget, no one will be happy if they return empty-handed! "

Lacus' words worked, and the black-robed people finally calmed down and prepared to fight back.

Snapped--

The black-robed man on the far right who had just raised his staff was slapped into a meat pie by the giant bear.

Although the LV6 gravity field could not crush them directly, it made several of them lose their flexibility.

People with stronger strength can still move against gravity, but a mage has to use up all his strength just to stand, let alone dodge the giant bear's slap.

The team that had just been organized fell into panic again after one of its members was killed instantly.

Some rushed forward with red eyes, some tried to retreat to avoid the fight, and the one who wanted to run away before actually ran out!
"A bunch of trash!"

While cursing, Lacus turned into a bat wrapped in black mist and flew behind the fleeing man in black robe.

He changed back to his original form, grabbed his head from behind, and bit his neck.

The man tried to push Lacus's head away with both hands, but he couldn't do anything because of the difference in strength.

The resistance became increasingly powerless, and in the end only a drowning whimper remained.

With blood all over his mouth, Lacus pushed away the guy who had turned into a mummy.

"Come on! I'll kill anyone who takes another step back!"

His unquestionable order crushed the last bit of hesitation of others.

There was no other choice. Even though another unlucky guy was knocked against the wall and turned into a groaning pile of rotten meat, the remaining few people still rushed forward.

Lacus was not idle either. He raised his hand and drew the blood from his dead subordinate's body. As for the half-dead man, he died naturally after the blood was drawn out.

A ball of blood gathered in his hand, and then condensed into cones and shot towards the giant bear. Each shot could blast a bloody hole in the giant bear's body.

However, compared to the giant bear's huge body, these injuries are just superficial.

As the battle continued, his men died one after another, and in the end only Lacus and Avina, who was not good at close combat, were left.

As a last resort, Lacus could only rely on repeatedly transforming into a bat to fight the giant bear that was already covered in wounds.

After dodging the bear's paw once again, Lacus turned all the remaining blood in his palm into a spear, swooped down from mid-air with it, and stabbed the giant bear's eye with the spear!
"Go to hell, you beast!" "Master, be careful!"

Lacus, who was already blood-thirsty, didn't notice Avina's reminder at all.

The giant bear used its acceleration skill after being severely injured. This hateful blow hit Lacus before he could react, and he immediately smashed into the wall like a cannonball.

After one palm strike, the giant bear was no longer able to hold on. It wailed twice and fell heavily to the ground.

"Sir, are you okay?"

Avina hurried to check on Lacus. If the commander died, her subordinates would be in big trouble.

Unexpectedly, an arm pierced Avina's heart amidst the rubble.

"Oh... you..."

Lacus, with a ferocious face and half bat-like shape, supported his upper body which was still able to move, knocked down Avina who was suddenly seriously injured, and sucked her blood in big gulps.

His injuries were too severe and he would die if he didn't replenish his blood, which was rich in vitality.

As his subordinate, Avina should sacrifice her life for him in this situation!
Only after he had sucked the last drop of blood from the person in his arms did his broken spine barely reconnect.

His current strength is less than 20% of his peak period...

Looking at the cave filled with the smell of blood but with no living people, Lacus dragged his weak body, drew the blood from the giant bear, and then exploded it into countless tiny blood blades that shot in all directions.

After a short and intensive series of collisions, the entire inner wall of the cave was covered with fine scratches.

After taking a quick look around, Lacus couldn't find anything unusual.

He was not good at tracking, but he had no choice but to eat Avina just now.

That damn human might have slipped away during the chaos!

After searching around unwillingly again, Lacus could only roar angrily and turned into a bat and flew away.

Now he had to find more blood from living people to heal his wounds...

The cave fell into silence again.

After waiting until the sun rose outside, something the same color as stone moved in the gap between the rock wall and the ground.

It turned back to its original color, and Dylan, who had been lying there for half a day, crawled out from underneath half-dead.

"Survived... survived..."

Although he was lucky enough not to be directly affected by the attack, the gravity field was still effective on him, and his old bones were almost broken.

Thanks to the mimicry that has been upgraded to LV3, it is perfect for a newbie like me!
[You will definitely survive if you listen to me]
Looking at the small booklet claiming credit next to him, Dylan wanted to say something.

These black-robed people, or rather, the demons led by vampires.

He's not afraid to fight the giant bear. Is he looking for me?
How can...how can...

Dylan stared at the pages of the book with a dazed look on his face.

Maybe...it's really to find myself...

Thanks to the help of this book, I was able to escape with my life.

[Lift me up, I can still help you]
This time, Dylan didn't hesitate and directly held the yellow book in his hand and raised it up.

There were faint sounds of wind and wailing coming from all around the cave, but Dylan felt nothing except the sounds.

Then, a force surged from the book into Dylan's body.

After a brief shock, Dylan regained his strength!

Do not!
Not just recovered, but better than before!

Although it’s not much, it feels like the attributes have increased!

"sharp……"

[Of course, as long as I'm here, you can become even stronger!]
"Become...stronger..."

[Yes, now we just need to find a remote place where even if someone dies, it won’t attract attention, such as]
"Like a dungeon!"

[......]
[Ah, um]
[Dungeon, also available]
In the sunshine, Dylan walked out of the cave exit with a bright look on his face.

After identifying the direction, he put his loyal companion, the yellow book, close to his body inside his clothes and walked towards the dungeon.

(End of this chapter)