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

"Well, you guessed it right. This glass bottle can absorb the impact of the shaking liquid. As long as the liquid is still inside the bottle, it won't explode."

"Once the bottle breaks and the liquid leaks out, the impact will cause the liquid to explode violently, igniting a flame."

After hearing all this, the three people present were so shocked that they were speechless.

"The blood of a hellhound can actually have such an effect? ​​It's amazing." Kashima couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Merlin, you're really amazing."

"Ah, indeed. If it weren't for Master Mei, we might have been in a very bad situation. Thank you."

Ming also bowed his head to express his gratitude to Merlin.

Even Chigusa, who had been taken advantage of by Merlin before, looked up at Merlin shyly and thanked him.

"Thank you, Mr. Mei."

After thanking him, Chigusa remembered something and added in a low voice with a hint of shyness on her face.

"And the one before... I didn't pay attention to it."

"Really? Then can I do it again?"

Merlin raised the corner of his mouth slightly and looked at Chigusa with a smile.

After hearing this, Chigusa quickly hid behind Ming like a little rabbit.

"Lord Mei, if you want to come, then... just rush over to me." Ming opened his arms with a blushing face, looking like he was willing to sacrifice himself for justice.

"Okay, enough joking. Everyone, take a short break and adjust yourselves before crossing into the eighth floor."

Kashima clapped his hands, spoke seriously, then turned to look at Merlin and asked solemnly.

"Also, Merlin, I'll be counting on you next."

At this moment, Kashima no longer regarded Merlin as a new adventurer who could only follow them and pick up magic stones, but as a strong man with rich knowledge and experience. Because of this, his tone became much more respectful.

"I should be the one asking for your help. Without you leading the way, I can't reach the twelfth floor."

Merlin shrugged and smiled.

Hearing this, Kashima smiled, clenched his fists, and a determined look appeared on his face.

"Ah, then let's all work together, we will definitely succeed in this expedition."

Chapter 8 A ray of light in despair

The twelfth level of the maze.

"If we go further, we'll reach the thirteenth floor, which is the middle floor. But now is not the time to explore."

"Now that our original purpose has been achieved, it's time to return."

Kashima pointed ahead, towards the entrance to the thirteenth floor, his face filled with excitement and delight.

Because this was the first time they reached such a deep floor.

Although he really wanted to explore the middle level at this moment, his reason told him that now was not the time to explore.

Merlin, who was standing not far behind, relaxed his expression a little after hearing what Kashima said.

It seems that Kashima is not arrogant enough to explore the middle level with its current configuration and strength.

Just from the eighth floor to the twelfth floor, their team encountered many troubles and dangers, which could definitely not be described as smooth sailing.

Going to the middle level in this state would be like asking for death.

"Ah, I never thought we'd actually reach the entrance to the middle level. Without your help, Master Mei, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to do it alone."

Ming couldn't help but turn around and look at Merlin with gratitude, "Thank you very much."

"The expedition isn't over yet. It's not too late to thank you once we're back on Earth."

Merlin waved his hand and checked the items in his storage bag. More than half of them were used up, and tens of thousands of fares were gone.

However, compared with the props consumed, the harvest is also very rich.

Looking at the storage bag stuffed full of magic stones and precious materials, Merlin couldn't stop smiling.

With this batch of materials, he can refine more props and even consider refining a more handy weapon, such as... a gun.

There is a severe shortage of long-range weapons in this world. One of the reasons is the existence of magic, which makes long-range weapons almost worthless.

However, for Merlin, who is not a magician, a suitable long-range weapon is very important.

After all, it is not an exaggeration to say that his ability value is at the bottom among LV1 adventurers.

In such a situation, it is naturally impossible to rush up and fight the monster head-on. Long-range consumption and attack are the safest means.

Of course, Merlin had also thought about adding ways to improve melee combat capabilities in the future, but with limited funds at the moment, improving long-range attack methods was the most direct and effective way.

"Merlin is right. Now is not the time to relax. It won't be too late to relax once we get back to the surface."

Kashima lifted the axe to his shoulder.

"Alright, the configuration for the return trip is still that I walk in the front, Ming stays in the middle to be on guard, and then Merlin and Chigusa, you two follow behind."

Just when Kashima had arranged everything and was preparing to return, Chigusa, who was not far away, had a strange expression on her face and her body was shaking.

"It's not Chigusa, what's wrong?"

"Sakura... Sakura... behind... behind!"

Chigusa's face was pale and her hands holding the bow were shaking.

"Sakura-sama, get out of the way!"

At this moment, Ming drew the samurai sword from his waist and rushed towards Kashima.

At this time, Kashima naturally understood that there might be a monster behind him. He quickly gripped the axe and turned around.

The next moment, he saw the monster's face clearly.

It was a monster that was nearly four meters tall, with silver fur, a tall, muscular body, and fists that were three times larger than a human head.

"Silverback Ape!"

Kashima's face changed drastically and his expression became extremely ugly.

You know, the silverback ape is already a very powerful existence among the shallow monsters.

Whether it's speed, strength or defense, it's not something that ordinary LV1 adventurers can contend with.

Even for adventurers at level 1 and above, they need to cooperate and work together skillfully to solve the problem.

"Roar!"

The terrifying roar echoed in the air.

The silverback ape rushed to Kashima, swung its huge fist, and smashed directly towards Kashima.

At this time, Ming had already run to the side of the silverback ape, and the knife in his hand chopped fiercely towards the silverback ape's thigh.

However, the silverback ape ignored the attack on Ming.

"Keng!"

The sound of metal clashing echoed in the air.

"so hard!"

Ming's hand holding the knife trembled slightly and his face turned pale.

She used all her strength, but the attack did not hurt the silverback ape at all.

Not to mention injuring the silverback ape, it couldn't even break its defense. Only a shallow mark was left on its silver fur, and not even blood came out.

At this moment, she understood why the silverback ape ignored her.

At this time, the silverback ape's huge fist had already hit Kashima.

In a hurry, Kashima had to hold the axe in his hand across his body to defend against the punch.

"puff."

A dull sound echoed.

Kashima flew backwards and hit a wall more than ten meters away before stopping.

"Wow..."

After spitting out a large mouthful of blood, Kashima subconsciously wanted to stand up, but his legs were shaking and he couldn't stand up at all. Even cracks appeared on the axe in his hand.

It is conceivable how terrifying the silverback ape's previous punch was.

At this time, Kashima struggled to raise his head, and what he saw was a scene that made him extremely desperate.

The silverback ape waved his hand and took his life firmly in his hands.

At this time, although Qiancao continued to attack the silver-backed ape with arrows, those arrows were easily bounced off.

Obviously, the arrows shot by Qiancao were not powerful enough to break through the defense.

"Ah...wu..."

The man who was caught by the silverback ape coughed up a mouthful of blood and his face turned extremely pale.

"Wuwu... let go quickly!"

At this time, Qiancao was so anxious that tears fell from her eyes, but it was of no use.

“Hurry… run!”

"Chigusa!"

The captured person could only squeeze out these words from between his teeth.

After all, she was doomed to die at this moment, so she could only let Chigusa escape.

However, at this moment, Ming caught a glimpse of a figure in the corner of his eye.

It's him!

A glimmer of hope flashed through his mind.

Chapter 9: Destroy the Silverback Ape without fighting?

"Let her go, monkey!"

Merlin came behind the silverback ape and raised the crossbow in his hand.

"puff."

"puff."

"puff."

Three arrows flew towards the silver-backed ape.

The first one was bounced away, and the second one hit the place where the first one left a mark, piercing the silverback ape's skin.

The third arrow pierced through the second arrow and penetrated deeply into the body of the silver-backed ape.

"Roar!"

Feeling the pain, the silverback ape roared angrily, threw away its life, and pounced on Merlin behind it.

Merlin had already opened up a distance of more than ten meters.

At this distance, even if the silverback ape was very fast, it would still take two or three seconds to reach Merlin.

This period of time is enough for Merlin to do a lot of things.

"go."

Merlin took out a small bottle and threw it at the silverback ape.

"Oh!"

The small bottle exploded instantly, releasing a large amount of black powder, which immediately attached to the silverback ape's body.

However, the silverback ape did not slow down and rushed directly in front of Merlin.

However, when it was three meters away from Merlin, the silverback ape was surprised to find that it could not move any further. Something was firmly binding its feet.

The silverback ape subconsciously lowered its head and saw a pool of blue liquid, and it was standing in the middle of the pool of liquid.