Chapter 166: Revis's Sudden Attack!
Crack—
In the noisy, chaotic Dungeon, a rare moment of "peace" had arrived. The reason was simple: once every possible threat had been wiped clean, what remained was naturally calm. Even new monsters needed time to be born.
"Master… tasty…"
The ones responsible for all of this, Ethan and his new pet Scorpio, were currently enjoying a small picnic.
"If it's tasty, then eat more."
Ethan looked at Scorpio, who had buried itself in the roasted meat, and found the sight rather funny. Unlike when it directly devoured raw flesh, Scorpio chose to eat cooked food bite by bite, and it had clearly started liking this kind of meal.
"So this is your new pet, Master?"
Not far away, the half-human, half-snake purple-haired woman sat to the side, watching Scorpio eat with a strange feeling in her heart. Sarah understood her master less and less now. Not only could he turn a Xenos like her into her current form, he could even create such a terrifying ancient monster.
It could keep splitting out duplicates, control those duplicates, and have them devour prey to strengthen itself. It was almost exactly like Antares.
Back in the Great Tree Sea, Sarah still remembered that true "scorpion tide" very clearly. In the future, Scorpio might be able to reach that same level too.
That had been a monster capable of threatening the world. Yet after defeating it, Ethan had actually raised another one himself. It was rather funny when she thought about it.
That god Hermes treated her master as a hero who could save the world, yet this hero was now raising a world-destroying monster. If Hermes learned about this, Sarah wondered what kind of expression he would make.
However, none of this had anything to do with Sarah. She was a Servant who had formed a contract with Ethan, meaning she belonged absolutely to him. And this contract had no time limit.
"By the way, Sarah, do you know about the new type of monster that appeared in the deep floors recently?"
Ethan looked toward Sarah. He knew very well that she had always been active in the deep floors of the Dungeon.
At first, Ethan had let her help him collect magic stones. Later, because the amount he needed became too huge, he allowed her to devour and absorb them herself. Now, Sarah's strength was probably among the strongest even among Lv.7s.
"You mean those caterpillar-like things? I know about them. There are a lot of them, and they attack every living thing they meet without care, whether monsters or humans. They also devour monsters' magic stones."
"They really are a group of hardworking 'worker ants.'"
Ethan knew that these new monsters were all subordinates of a certain being deep inside the Dungeon. Their purpose was to help the queen gather magical energy. The monsters and magic stones they swallowed would all be stored inside their bodies.
And the meaning of their existence was to eat until they became fat and full, then offer themselves up for the queen to devour.
However, that was exactly why Ethan had chosen to bring Scorpio into the deep floors. It did not matter who those things were prepared for. As long as he intercepted them, they would become his.
For Scorpio, they were basically great nourishment. There was no way Ethan would let them go.
"Notify the Xenos side. Tell them to stay quiet recently and not enter the deep floors."
"Hm? Did something happen?"
"Deep inside the Dungeon, a certain monster is starting to lose patience."
In the plot of Sword Oratoria, the one who appeared at the end was also only a clone. Its main body still remained somewhere even deeper in the Dungeon.
The newest record the Loki Familia would reach in the future was the 59th floor, yet that thing was still deeper than that.
The waters of this Dungeon were truly very, very deep. No one knew what secrets were buried in its depths.
Why did the great god Ouranos need to use his divine will and prayers day and night to suppress the Dungeon? Why did the Dungeon endlessly create monsters? Why did the Dungeon hate the gods?
Each of these was a huge question.
Clack, clack—
Suddenly, a sound rang out, and both Ethan and Sarah looked over.
Not far away, a red-haired woman in revealing clothes stood there with a greatsword in her hand.
"I finally found you, the heretic among heretics."
The red-haired woman stared at Sarah, as if she had been looking for her all along.
"You again."
Seeing her, Sarah frowned. Clearly, the two of them knew each other.
Ethan also looked at the other party. He could tell that she was not human. To be precise, she was not a pure human, but something closer to a monster, and there was terrifying "evil" on her body.
"Revis, I told you before. I'm not the same as you, so stop looking for me."
"Xenos are heretics among monsters, and you are a heretic among heretics. You are strong. Join us and receive that person's blessing. You will become the strongest individual in history."
"And then what? Become a puppet like you?"
Sarah gave Revis no face at all and directly exposed her true nature. If even her life had been granted by someone else, then naturally, she had become a chess piece in that person's hands.
Facing Sarah's mockery, Revis only shook her head. For a dead soul trapped in hell, being able to return to this world was already an incredible fortune. Whether she was a puppet or not did not matter.
"In that case, I have no choice but to remove you. You are an unnecessary existence."
As she spoke, Revis raised the greatsword in her hand. She clearly had no intention of talking any further.
Sarah also became angry. Was Revis truly looking down on her this much? She had fused with the Spirit Origin - Gorgon, the fallen goddess. Even if she had fallen into a monster-like form, she was not someone an inferior creature like Revis could provoke.
Bang—
Without any warning, the two of them chose to move at the same time with perfect "understanding."
However, in just one exchange, the greatsword in Revis's hand was directly crushed by Sarah. Immediately after, Sarah grabbed Revis by the throat.
That terrifying brute strength made Revis claw and struggle to break free, but it was useless.
Revis's strength was at Lv.5. Sarah, on the other hand, was among the strongest even among Lv.7s.
There was a full two-level gap between them, and those two levels were Lv.6 and Lv.7. This could no longer even be called a one-sided beating.
Hiss, hiss—
Scorpio looked at the captured Revis and sensed the magical energy contained within her body. It wanted to eat her.
For the current Scorpio, Revis could already be considered a feast.
Rustle, rustle, rustle—
Suddenly, at some unknown point, a large black mass of scorpions had gathered around them. Every single one of them stared at Revis like a hungry predator.
At this moment, Revis immediately panicked.
She had finally crawled back out of hell with great difficulty.
Was she going to die here again?
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