Zongman: Don't move, Aisi, your family still owes me money

"I didn't expect that this elf was so hungry that he brought that guy in directly. Did you see the boy who just came out?"

"Ah, I saw it. The boy looked completely drained, and he kept rubbing his waist."

"This is horrible, horrible! Hey, look over here! If you don't run, you're going to be caught and completely drained."

After hearing the content of the conversation clearly, Aina's face twitched and her expression became extremely ugly.

However, before she could catch the adventurers and argue with them, they just scattered like birds and beasts and ran away.

"Oh damn, it's all Merlin's fault!"

Aina stamped her foot angrily. "Next time we meet, I'll definitely give him a good lecture!"

Chapter 4: Jian Yu Lei Clan

In front of the central square.

Merlin, who came out of the Adventurer's Guild, was sitting in front of the flower bed in the square, waiting for the arrival of the members of the Jianyu Lei clan.

This time, he temporarily joined the Jianyu Lei clan's team to experience the feeling of being in a team and to understand the situation in the shallow and deeper levels in advance.

Even while waiting, Merlin was not idle. He looked at the adventurer's manual that Aegina had given him earlier, trying to understand the strength of the shallow monsters.

"This adventurer's handbook even records the habits of orcs. That's really amazing."

Merlin glanced at the Adventurer's Handbook in his hand and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Next time you see Aegina, be sure to thank her."

There was a sound of footsteps, gradually approaching him.

Merlin couldn't help but look up, and what came into his sight were three adventurers with the same black hair and black eyes as him.

Although the girl with short black hair standing at the back cannot be seen because her hair covers her eyes, she should also be black.

You know, black hair and black eyes are rare in the city of Orario.

According to Hestia's explanation, all members of Takemikazuchi's family are adventurers from the Far East, so they all have black hair and black eyes.

Merlin put away the manual and stood up.

Almost as he stood up, the tall young man in the lead stopped in front of him.

"Hello, is this Merlin?"

"I'm."

"Are you three members of the Jianyu Lei clan?"

Merlin nodded, glanced at the three of them, and secretly assessed them.

The tall man standing in front of him with a big axe on his back looked like the captain of the team. Judging from his equipment and weapons, he was a front-line fighter.

The pretty girl with a ponytail following behind him is most likely a swordsman, judging from the katana at her waist. She excels in movement speed and attack power. She is probably the secondary damage dealer in the team and a part-time guerrilla fighter.

As for the girl at the back whose hair covered her eyes, judging from the bow and arrow on her back, she was obviously a ranged fighter.

Overall, for a team of LV1 adventurers, it is relatively balanced.

No wonder Aina said earlier that Team Takemure’s strength was considered superior among all the LV1 adventurers.

"Yes, let me introduce myself. I'm Kashima Sakura, leader of the Takemurai clan, and I'm also in charge of the command. Welcome to the team."

Kashima cheerfully extended his hand towards Merlin and greeted him with a smile.

"Hello," Merlin nodded slightly, shook hands, and looked at the girl with ponytail beside him.

"Is it my turn now? My name is Yamato-no-Mikoto, so just call me "Mikoto". I hope you will give me your guidance in the future."

Ming took a step forward, bowed slightly towards Merlin, and gave his name.

All of a sudden, the only one left was the archer girl standing at the back.

"Lord Chigusa, it's your turn."

Ming gently pushed the girl's shoulder and urged.

"Ah...Ming-chan, um...um...my name is Chigusa, please take care of me."

The girl named Chigusa, after reporting her name, blushed crimson and shyly hid behind Ming.

"I'm sorry, Merlin. Chigusa is a bit shy and isn't used to interacting with strangers she meets for the first time. But she'll be fine after a little adjustment."

At this time, Kashima stepped forward and tried to smooth things over.

"I hope you don't mind."

"I don't care. Rather than that, let's get into the maze quickly. After all, it's getting late."

Merlin waved his hand and urged.

"Ah well, you're right."

"Alright everyone, this time our target is the twelfth floor, which is also the last of the shallow layers. We must be extremely focused this time to explore."

After encouraging everyone, Kashima led them towards the maze.

……

The sixth level of the maze.

"Everyone, be careful. You'll encounter a war shadow on this floor. It's very fast, and its claws are very sharp. You must keep your distance and deal with it calmly."

Kashima, who was walking in front, turned around and reminded everyone.

Of course, this sentence was actually said to Merlin.

After all, Merlin was the only one present who had not yet reached the sixth floor.

"Don't worry, Master Merlin. If you encounter a war shadow, my sword will never let it touch you."

The man walking beside Merlin patted the knife on his waist lightly and said with determination.

"Well, thank you, life."

Merlin nodded and thanked him.

Just as the two of them finished their brief exchange, Kashima's slightly solemn voice came from the front.

"The monster is coming, be careful!"

Chapter 5 You come as a supporter!

The moment Kashima finished speaking, Ming immediately drew the samurai sword from his waist.

The next moment, three black shadows rushed towards the crowd from the end of the passage.

At this time, Merlin also saw the appearance of the monster battle shadow clearly.

It was a monster made up of black shadows. It looked like a human from the outside, but its body was pitch black. Its hands were sharp claws like those of a beast. On its head was a round mirror-like thing, which was flashing a heart-pounding red light.

Three fighting shadows pounced over at an extremely fast speed.

Kashima, who was at the front, also reacted immediately and swung the axe in his hand violently.

However, his attack was not aimed at the extremely fast war shadow, but at the ground.

"boom!"

Gravel burst forth, and countless stones flew towards the battle shadow.

Although the stones did not cause much damage to the war shadows, they did succeed in slowing them down.

Just when these war shadows slowed down, Ming gripped the long sword tightly in his hand, and rushed out at an extremely fast speed like a crossbow arrow, and came in front of one of the war shadows.

"The first one!"

As Ming's majestic rebuke fell, the knife in her hand accurately cut the battle shadow in front of her into two pieces.

After dealing with this war shadow, she did not stop, but stepped on the wall of the passage and used the reaction force to attack the war shadow next to it.

"The second one!"

Another precise strike.

The battle shadow split in two and fell to the ground.

In just a few seconds, two of the three war shadows were eliminated.

The remaining fighting shadow was now waving its sharp claws and attacking the creature that was standing still.

You have to know that at this time, Ming Ke had just completely exposed his back because of dealing with the previous war shadow, and was in a completely defenseless state.

But at this moment, an arrow tore through the air and quickly hit the round mirror flashing red light on Zhan Ying's head.

"Click."

The round mirror shattered, and the light inside it quickly dimmed, then it fell to the ground and quickly dissipated in a ball of red light.

Just like that, in less than a minute, all three war shadows died.

Merlin, who was standing at the back, couldn't help but be shocked by the cooperation of Kashima and the other two.

Such smooth coordination and mutual trust would have been impossible without years of joint operations.

Even Merlin, who had never been in a team, could tell that the cooperation between Kashima and the other two was very strong.

"Ah...um...are you...okay?"

At this moment, a voice mixed with some timidity came to my ears.

Merlin turned around and saw Chigusa.

Even though he couldn't see his eyes, Merlin could feel that Chigusa cared about him.

"It's okay, it's just that your cooperation is so amazing that I can't help but admire it."

Merlin couldn't help but speak out his thoughts.

At this time, Kashima, who had picked up the dropped materials and magic stones, was still alive and walked over, just in time to hear Merlin's words.

"Amazing? This level is not amazing at all. It can be done as long as we are a little familiar with each other."

Kashima waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Chigusa, I'm so grateful. If it weren't for you just now, it might have been dangerous."

Ming walked over, looked at Chigusa and thanked her.

"No, it's not about fate. Rather, I'm sorry for letting you take risks every time."

Chigusa shrank back slightly and shook her head.

But Merlin, who was standing beside her, noticed that her little face was a little red, probably because she was shy.

"Alright, if everyone is not injured or exhausted, then let's move on. There are more troublesome monsters waiting for us ahead, so everyone must be vigilant."

After giving a reminder, Kashima came to Merlin's side.

"Merlin, if possible, could you please collect the magic stones and materials next?"

After hearing this, Merlin immediately understood what Kashima meant.

It was obvious that Kashima was taking care of him since he was the weakest, so he planned to give him the safest support job.

"Well, thank you, Kashima."

"Haha, it's okay. Just read and learn more this time. You'll definitely need this knowledge when you form a team in the future."

Kashima said, patted Merlin on the shoulder, and then left.

"Teaming up... well, that might be a good idea."

Watching Kashima's back as he walked away, Merlin stroked his chin, wondering what the team he would form would be like.

Chapter 6 Adversity

On the seventh level of the maze, in a rock cave leading to the eighth level, everyone was blocked here.

A large number of killer ants were approaching the few people. They were so dense that they were even crawling on the ceiling. At a glance, there were already more than twenty of them, and their number was still increasing.

"Sakura-sama, what should we do?"