Eero's brow furrowed, feeling his attacks weren't that effective. He raised his sword, stopping the claw attack.
Clang!
He slid back on the ground, leaving two long marks on the floor, stopping his inertia. "If weapon attacks don't work, then the only option left is to kill this guy using force," Eero thought to himself.
"Grw Wwww"
Looking at the Goliath roaring at him, Eero sheathed both swords calmly.
The adventurers witnessing the battle, their faces changed. "Don't tell me this guy is going to take on that monster physically," one of the adventurers said hesitatingly. Others were also puzzled.
Eero glanced at the claw attack and punched toward the claw amidst the wide eyes of the adventurer. Upon touching the claw attack, both Goliath and the adventurer froze.
The ground cracked below Eero's feet. His figure flickered, turned into air, and shot into Goliath's stomach with his elbow.
Goliath felt an unimaginable force, slid back on the ground, then got angry and moved forward to attack again.
Eero similarly collided, then at a faster speed, redirected and attacked again. This time, he kicked Goliath's chest, throwing him back, sliding on the ground.
Goliath stood up angrily, smashed the wall beside, and started attacking again.
The adventurers froze in shock, looking at Eero strangely. He was stopping Goliath's attack with his own and thrashing the monster around with even faster attacks. Slowly, an awe spread through their hearts. It was the first time they saw someone thrashing a monster physically, and Goliath at that.
Eero frowned. The redirection of the force in Goliath's attacks was slowly taking a toll on his body. But he glanced at Goliath's body, which was deforming and bulging from different sections.
"Just a few more attacks, and I will burst this guy's body," Eero thought, colliding again, then turned and punched his stomach using both fists.
Eero is using a force technique to forge Goliath's body by redirecting its own attack force and returning it. Also, the force is concentrated in the monster Goliath's body.
After attacking a few more times, the ground cracked. Eero appeared in front of him, shot his knee into his stomach, then landed on the ground. Eero's eyes widened as he coughed up blood, backed away, looked at his blood on his palm, then gazed at Goliath calmly. "This guy is a little tough," he said, clenching his trembling bloody palm.
"Grw Wwww," Goliath roared angrily. The next second, cracks spread through his whole body. Eero sighed in relief.
Kaboom!
A huge blast happened. The whole dungeon room shook, and even the ground vibrated a little. Eero raised his arm, tightened his body, and tackled the coming air and magic flow.
After a while,
Looking at the big crystal lying on the ground, he collected it along with Goliath's monster materials.
[Excelia gathered successfully]
[Please Select: Level]
"Well, let her upgrade my status, or she will become more depressed if I level up again," Eero thought to himself. Then, he turned around and glanced at the adventurer party captain walking toward him in awe.
"Thank you for saving our lives. We didn't expect this monster would turn out to be so strong," the captain thanked, then introduced himself. "I am Silford, the captain of the Wolf Adventure Party."
Eero nodded and replied, "I am Eero, an adventurer. Also, no need to thank me. I was just going to hunt the Goliath and take away its crystal."
Then he stood up, nodded at the other adventurers behind him, left the monster room calmly, and activated 'Lord of Light.' Feeling a rush of warm current through his body, his injuries and body damage repaired slowly. He walked toward the next floor, the safe zone Reverie.
The adventurer party also left after being healed by the healer in their party.
Eero appeared on the 18th floor, looking at the scenery inside.
The 18th Floor is a safety point where no monsters are born, though some monsters can come up from the floor below. It is also called the Under Resort. The floor is filled with crystals and nature. Large forests and lakes cover the floor. Within the forest are blue crystals of different sizes that reflect the light from above, causing the forest to be filled with a pale blue glow.
The exceptionally high ceiling is filled with brilliant shining crystals of two colors: white crystals in the center that resemble the sun, and blue crystals surrounding it that resemble the sky. The amount of light from the crystals depends on the time and cycles through the day.
On the eastern side of the island facing the lake stands the city of Rivira. It is located 200 meters above the lake on a cliff. Level 2 adventurers would need to be extremely capable to reach this floor solo.
Eero walked through the gate of the city, looking at guards on lookout towers and the city, which is quite populated with adventurers, looking at vendors and hawkers selling their products on stalls.
He walked and appeared in front of a blue crystalline-shaped item and then glanced at the black rock beside it. Also, there are other ore materials. "I didn't expect I would find high-level material here on a stall rather than outside in the guild," Eero thoughtfully observed the metal ores on the stall.
"How much are these?" Eero said, looking at a young adventurer wearing blue armor.
"I don't know the price. We found those materials on the 27th floor, so according to the floor price ratio, I will sell you each item at 270,000 Valis," the young adventurer replied.
"I will give you 300,000 for each. Sell them to me," another adventurer appeared from behind and said, pointing at the metal ore on the stall.
Eero turned and glanced at him and at his arms and palm, then glanced at the stall owner. "Well, sell it to him. He is offering more money. I am a blacksmith; your price is expensive. I will give 100,000 Valis for each materials, no more."
Both of them were surprised. The stall owner smiled wryly, then nodded. "I will sell it to you," then glanced at the boy who just bid helplessly.