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

You know, countless LV1 adventurers died at this level.

Even though Kashima and the others are already LV1 adventurers, it is still a question whether they can overcome this difficulty.

If a breakthrough can be achieved, it means that everyone's future will be opened up.

If you can't break through, you might already...

Time passed minute by minute, and soon it was almost dark.

Just when their hearts sank to the bottom, several figures slowly walked out from the entrance of the maze.

The tall figure walking in front was none other than Takemurai's leader, Kashima Sakura.

And behind Kashima, there were several people following.

"Ah, Sakura!"

Jian Yulei's tense shoulders couldn't help but relax, and his face showed intense joy and excitement.

"One, two, three, four! Well, everyone's back! All back alive!"

Tears appeared in the corners of Jian Yulei's eyes.

Just as he finished speaking, a figure quickly passed by him and rushed directly towards Merlin who was at the end of the queue.

"Woo, that's great...that's great, Merlin. You're back, alive."

"Wow, wow, I almost thought you, thought you... Gurgle..."

Hestia said as she rubbed against Merlin, tears and snot dripping onto him.

Looking at Hestia crying like a little kitten in his arms, Merlin rubbed her head with a somewhat amusing look.

"Well, I'm back, Tiaya."

Although this time it took longer, there was actually no particularly urgent situation.

Even the silverback ape encountered on the twelfth floor was basically within Merlin's expectations.

In other words, he has already taken into account the possibility of all monsters appearing in the shallow layer.

Unless you encounter a wave of hundreds of monsters, it will be no problem to survive.

If Merlin's thoughts at this moment were known by Kashima and the other two, they would probably be so shocked that they would be speechless.

In fact, whether they were surrounded by a large number of killer ants or suddenly encountered silverback apes, they almost thought they were doomed.

On the other side, Takemikazuchi looked at Kashima and the other two with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Ah, you guys did a great job. You actually made it to the twelfth floor."

"You are all my best children, I am proud of you!"

Jian Yulei secretly wiped the corners of his eyes and kept looking at the three people and nodding in praise.

However, what puzzled him was that in response to his praise, the three of them turned their heads away, with slightly complicated expressions on their faces.

Such a situation naturally made him a little puzzled.

"What's wrong, Sakura?"

"With that expression?"

"Now you can accept compliments openly and without any problem."

"After all, if you work harder, you will be able to reach the middle level."

Jian Yulei asked.

"Um... Lord Takemurai."

"Actually, this time we are..."

Kashima spoke a little embarrassedly, and when he was about to explain, Hestia, who was not far away, had already dragged Merlin over.

"Alright, Ajian, it's time for the celebration party, the celebration party!"

After hearing Hestia's words, Takemikazuchi nodded and immediately gave up the idea of ​​asking further questions.

Not long after, an extremely lively celebration banquet was held at the Jianyu Lei clan's stronghold.

The celebration banquet was very lively and lasted until late at night.

"Oh...more, more...Merlin, I can still...drink."

"Hurry up and fill it up for me."

In the room, Hestia, who was already lying on the bed, was still talking in her sleep.

Looking at the sleeping Hestia, Merlin smiled and covered her with the quilt before sitting down at the work table again.

"Okay, although we don't have time to replace the magic stone today, we can try that defensive weapon first."

Merlin said as he took out a round, crystal-clear bone from his storage bag.

It was the skull of the rare silverback ape.

Of course, in addition to the skull, he also prepared a few things, the largest of which was a shield.

That’s right, what Merlin wants to forge is a shield.

Of course, it is not an ordinary shield, but a shield that can both attack and defend.

Just like the shield of a captain of a certain country.

Of course, Merlin has not yet found a material comparable to vibranium.

However, this did not affect his decision to make a low-quality version first.

"These are the materials. The resulting effect needs to be...toughness, strength, hardness, elasticity, and..."

Merlin was thinking about what the effect and appearance of the Merlin Shield he was going to create would be.

The success rate of refining is related to the material, but it is also related to whether there is a complete composition in his mind.

Once you have a complete composition and design in your mind, even if the refining fails, you will be able to give the missing materials and defects.

A few minutes later, when Merlin completed the basic composition of the shield, a rough design appeared in front of him.

Merlin looked at the shield on the drawing with excitement on his face.

"Okay, time to get started."

"Huh...refined."

Merlin took a deep breath and began to refine.

A white light enveloped the workbench.

In that light, the silverback ape's skull, shield and other materials were gradually melting.

Merlin could feel that the embryo of the shield was about to take shape.

And the more this time, the more important it is.

Because of this, even though sweat had dripped onto his nose, he did not move to think, but instead controlled the melting and reconstruction of the material.

This time, the refining process lasted for three minutes.

After completing the refining, Merlin was so tired that he collapsed on the workbench, and his magic power was completely exhausted.

"Haa ...

"This shield actually consumes so much magic power."

Merlin said this with a look of trepidation on his face. After several seconds of rest, he raised his head and looked at the shield on the table that was red and white, with a white five-pointed star on the blue part in the middle.

"It's done."

[Do you want to name the armor? ]

"Then it's called the Silverback Shield!"

Chapter 13 Business Opportunities, Night Invitation

Adventurer's Guild.

"Huh? Merlin-kun!"

"Can you tell me where you got this magic stone?"

"This is the Silverback Ape's magic stone. Don't tell me you defeated the Silverback Ape?"

Aina looked at the fist-sized magic stone on the counter with shock on her pretty face.

After she finished speaking, the LV1 adventurers who were talking in the hall couldn't help but look straight at Merlin, with a hint of shock in their eyes.

Because the silverback ape is in the shallow layer, it is an elite-level monster. An adventurer who can kill the silverback ape alone means that his strength can be said to be a top-level adventurer in LV1.

"No, it wasn't my credit. I defeated him together with my powerful companions from other clans."

Merlin glanced at the adventurers approaching from the corner of his eye and deliberately raised his voice slightly.

After hearing his words, the group of adventurers who had gathered around immediately lost interest.

"So he teamed up with a Level 2 advanced adventurer. No wonder he was able to defeat the Silverback Ape."

"I thought he was a genius, but it turns out he's just a support person running errands."

"That is to say, how could such a well-known person dress so poorly?"

The adventurers cursed a few times and then dispersed in twos and threes.

In their opinion, anyone who could drag a LV1 new adventurer and defeat the silverback ape must be a LV2 senior adventurer.

Although the silverback ape is an extremely terrifying monster to these LV1 adventurers, it can still be easily dealt with by the LV2 advanced adventurers.

However, at this time, only Aegina, who truly understood the truth, knew the level of Merlin's teammates.

"No, Merlin, you... uh... come over here and talk."

After hesitating for a moment, Aina gritted her teeth, grabbed Merlin's hand, and walked towards the office in the back.

Although she knew that some bad rumors would probably spread after this, she was more concerned about the silver-backed ape than the rumors at the moment.

After the office door closed, Aina grabbed Merlin's shoulders and asked anxiously.

"So, what exactly is going on?"

"Don't tell me it was a member of the Jianyu Lei clan who solved it."

"First of all, I'm very clear about the strength of the Jian Yu Lei clan members."

"Although they are at the top of the LV1 adventurers, they are all quite powerful and are veteran adventurers. However, even if they were all combined, I'm afraid they would not be a match for the Silverback Ape."

"So, what is the real situation?"

Looking at the aggressive and menacing Aegina in front of him, Merlin knew that this matter might not be so easy to get away with.

After all, Aina clearly understood the strength of Kashima and others.

The Silverback Ape is a very powerful monster in the shallow layer, and its strength is probably second only to the strongest rare monster in the shallow layer, the dragonet.

Not only does he have terrifying strength and amazing defense, but his speed is also much faster than that of an ordinary LV1 adventurer.

Because of this, even veteran adventurers at LV1 would choose to flee when they encountered a silverback ape in a team.

However, now, Merlin and others actually killed a silverback ape, and no one died.

How could this not shock Aegina again and again?

This was the first time she had encountered such a thing in the few years she had been working as a receptionist for the guild.

"I'm not going to run away, so calm down."

Merlin grabbed Aegina's shoulders and persuaded her.

"Ah...sorry, I might have lost my composure a little."

Aegina also regained her composure at this time, sat down on the sofa opposite, pushed her glasses, looked at Merlin and asked.

"So, what's going on, Merlin."

"Well, to put it simply, I used some props and the cooperation of others to deal with the silverback ape."

Merlin waved his hand and explained concisely.