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

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Chapter 58 Conspiracy (I will add more if I get ten monthly tickets)

The thin man with a gray hat sneaked out of the tavern and soon came to a corner in the back alley where miscellaneous items were piled up.

In that corner, a handsome blond young man wearing a traveling hat was leaning against the wall, watching his arrival with a smile.

"Hey, how's Asfy?"

Hermes asked with a grin and a wave.

After he finished speaking, the slender man took off the gray hat on his head.

Immediately afterwards, his figure began to twist and he soon turned into a beautiful blue-haired woman. His thin figure was because she was a woman.

Asfi took out his glasses from his pocket, put them on his face, and looked at Hermes opposite him speechlessly.

"Just as you expected, Master Hermes, those people took the bait immediately."

"However, Lord Hermes, you are truly despicable. He's just a new adventurer who hasn't been around long, yet you actually resort to such tactics against him?"

"Do you have a grudge against that Merlin?"

Asfi couldn't help but ask out loud.

"Have a grudge? No, how could that be?"

"I really admire Merlin-kun. He's only at level 1, but he's able to display strength comparable to a level 4 adventurer. He's even been able to obtain extremely powerful magic items."

"I can't even admire such a talented adventurer, so how could I possibly hate him?"

Hermes' words made Asfi frown.

"Since you didn't hate him, why did you deliberately lead that group of people to snatch the magic item from him?"

Previously, on the seventeenth floor, in addition to Porus's men and Merlin and his two companions, there was another group of people mixed in.

That was Hermes and Asphi.

Even compared to Borus and others, the two of them entered the seventeenth floor earlier.

However, after entering the seventeenth floor, the two used special magic props to hide themselves.

[Hades' Helmet]: It can make the wearer enter a transparent state, unable to be detected by vision.

The two of them used Hades' helmet to hide their movements so that they were not seen by Goliath.

Of course, if it comes to high-level monsters, such as monsters in the deep, such concealment methods are not enough.

Because those monsters don't just rely on vision to perceive their enemies, they also rely on hearing, smell, and even magic to capture them.

With the help of Hades' helmet, the two saw the shocking scene on the seventeenth floor.

At first, Asfy couldn't understand why Hermes had to go to the seventeenth floor and stay there for such a long time.

After seeing Merlin take out the iron tube-like magic prop, Asfy understood everything.

It turned out that Hermes had probably anticipated that something like this would happen, so he came to the seventeenth floor early to wait.

"Well, a hero's growth requires certain trials. Especially for adventurers, growth isn't just about strength; more importantly, it's about mental growth."

"I'm trying to tell Merlin-kun that you shouldn't save people carelessly in the maze. If you save a bad guy, it could lead to a bad outcome."

Hermes grinned and spread his hands.

Asfy rubbed his head, wondering how much truth there was in the words of Hermes, who was smiling all the time.

Even though she was the leader of the Hermes Group and had been with Hermes for many years, she still couldn't see through Hermes' thoughts at all.

"Master Hermes, to what extent have you foreseen this?"

"Asifi, I am not God. Oh no, I am God, but I am not omniscient."

"However, I had anticipated the current situation to a certain extent. I just didn't expect Merlin-kun to be so much better than I imagined."

"With such an interesting guy around, isn't it too much to ask me to not play with him?"

The corner of Hermes' mouth twitched, and a smile as innocent as a child appeared on his handsome face.

"Aha……"

Asfi sighed deeply. "I don't care what will happen if this gets exposed."

"Well, Asifi, don't frown so much, think more positively."

"Also, Merlin-kun is much more cautious than we thought. Find an opportunity to hand over Hades' helmet to those people."

"With the ability to become invisible, I believe I can definitely bring quite a surprise to Merlin-kun."

Hermes grinned, a gleam in the depths of his eyes.

In fact, when he was on the seventeenth floor, he saw a very familiar figure.

He didn't know why the strongest man appeared in that place.

Could it be that the woman is doing something behind the scenes?

Could it be that the woman also discovered this new fun he had just found?

Forget it, there is no point in thinking about these things now. After all, if this young man can't even overcome this small setback in front of him, then I'm afraid it will end here.

……

".cut."

In Rivera's most luxurious hotel, in a luxurious room with a large bed that could accommodate two people, Merlin sneezed loudly.

"Well, is anyone missing me?"

"Ah...it can't be...Aegina."

Merlin stopped what he was doing, and a green, graceful figure flashed through his mind.

"After last time, I accidentally forgot to apologize."

Merlin's face twitched, and Aegina's angry face appeared in front of him.

"Well, speaking of which, in a short video I saw before, the love guru, a certain child, said that women are emotional animals."

"Prepare a small surprise and gift, and you should be able to gain forgiveness."

After Merlin thought about it for a while, he remembered something.

That is, Aina wears glasses when she works.

So...Mao...

"Of course, ordinary glasses won't work, so let's add some functions that can help her."

"For example, it could magnify text information to relieve eye strain. Ideally, it could also allow for the ability to sense surrounding enemies and... well, finally, a function that could directly display the adventurer's ability values."

After finalizing the details, Merlin immediately began to try to make the magic glasses.

Of course, he has no worries about materials. After all, he is the benefactor of Porus, the owner of Rivera Town. Basically, all the materials that Porus can call upon can be used.

After all, Porus owed him a loan of 10 million.

Chapter 59 Are you testing me with this?

"It's done!"

It fell along with Merlin's voice mixed with a bit of excitement.

A pair of black-rimmed glasses lay quietly on the table.

“It actually worked the first time.”

Merlin looked surprised and picked up the black-framed glasses, examining them in his hands.

[Magic Glasses]: Glasses with magical auxiliary functions such as magnification, exploration, telescope, and enemy perception. At the same time, they can view the basic ability values of other adventurers, up to a maximum of their own level + 3.

"This is truly astonishing. It looks like it is indeed good material and has come in handy."

Merlin's mouth curled up slightly.

Although the materials consumed this time are worth about 100,000 faris, the profits are also huge.

Moreover, compared with the 9.9 million faris that Porus still owed him, these 100,000 were just a drop in the bucket.

"Well, with this, I believe Aina will forgive me."

"Then next is the material that Goliath dropped earlier."

Merlin put his black-rimmed glasses on the table beside him and took out another material.

It was a piece of gray monster skin, nearly one meter long.

And this piece of skin is Goliath's skin.

You know, the defense of the floor master Goliath is 123, which is very amazing.

The source of its amazing defensive power is its elastic and hard skin.

[Goliath's Exquisite Skin]: It has super toughness, elasticity and defense. It can be said to be one of the best skin materials you can get in the middle level. It is an excellent material whether it is used in armor, improving the defense of equipment, or making inner armor.

"Can armor or inner armor also be used to increase the defensive power of equipment?"

Merlin stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then remembered a piece of equipment he had somewhat forgotten about.

Silverback Shield.

With the level of equipment he had updated, the quality of the Silverback Shield was slightly lower.

Merlin immediately took out the silver-backed shield from the backpack in the corner.

【Refine】

[Combines the advantages of Goliath skin and improves defense and elasticity]

[Refining…]

【Refining Success】

【Do you want to name it?】

"Silverback Shield 1.0."

[Silverback Shield 1.0]: This upgraded super-hard shield has the characteristics of a floor lord Goliath. It has an extremely hard appearance and high toughness and elasticity. Even when facing attacks from LV4 monsters, it can withstand them for a period of time.

"After upgrading, can it withstand attacks from LV4 creatures? This Goliath's skin is truly terrifying."

"It's a pity that most of it has been consumed, and only this small piece is left."

Merlin looked at the table with some regret, as only one-third of Goliath's delicate skin remained.

"The remaining part can be used to make a personal protective gear."

Merlin thought for a moment and put away the remaining skin.

Because next, he has something more important to refine.

All the way up to the eighteenth floor, he could feel a vague gaze staring at him in the dark.

But he couldn't find that person.

If it wasn't his illusion, then the other party's strength was far above his.

Whether it was true or not, Merlin planned to prepare in advance.

"Assembling a magic cannon takes too much time, and if we're facing high-level adventurers, they definitely won't be a sitting duck."

"Then we need a faster speed and a method that prevents it from escaping."