Looking Forward to Another World

Chapter 650 "Rivera"

Underground city, level 18.

As the first safe floor of the underground city, it is also considered by many to be the most beautiful paradise in the underground city. Although Li Ge has been here before, he has never had the opportunity to seriously appreciate the scenery here.

When he came here for the first time, Li Ge passed by with the expedition team of the Familia. He did not stay here longer, and continued deep into the underground city with his companions, and left here soon.

When he came here for the second time, Li Ge was looking for someone to go deep into the underground city and prepare to single out Ais, the master of the 37th floor, Udaios, so he passed by in a hurry and quickly headed to the 19th floor.

It was not until this time that Li Ge entered the floor known as the "Maze Paradise" for the third time, and finally had enough time to appreciate the scenery here.

"It's hard to imagine that this is an underground city."

After walking out of the cave with a slope and entering the 18th floor, Li Ge spoke frankly.

At this time, the boy and girl walking together were standing in a grassland-like terrain, with their backs to the cave passage leading to the 17th floor, welcoming the warm light falling from above.

Ahead is a forest with sparse trees.

Above is the ceiling of this floor, which is covered with countless crystals like a dense forest.

A crystal block as dazzling as the sun is emitting soft light, forming a sky. The brightness of the crystal will change with the passage of time, forming "morning", "day" and "night" periods.

It is daytime on the 18th floor. These beautiful, luminous crystals can also be said to be the characteristics of this floor. They are not just on the ceiling. There are such crystals growing in every corner of the entire floor, even in the forest. There are jagged crystal pillars growing in the gaps between the trees and on both sides of the forest road, which look quite dreamy.

"The floor owner... didn't show up."

Aisi said this softly.

The floor master of the 17th floor is also the first floor master in the dungeon, a super large monster with a classification level of Level 4 - Goliath.

The location of this monster is the cave room that Li Ge and Aisi just set foot in.

In the cave room where the floor master Goliath is located, the passage leading to the 18th floor is at the end of it.

In other words, if you want to enter the 18th floor, you must pass through the room where the floor master Goliath is.

Li Ge and Aisi were already prepared to fight the floor master, but when they came to Goliath's room, Goliath did not appear. Instead, there were many people who appeared on the 17th floor. monster.

The scene was exactly the same as when Li Ge had just returned to this world and broke into the room of the floor master Udaios on the 37th floor.

Of course, the highest classification level of ordinary monsters that appear on the 17th floor is only Lv. 2. In front of Li Ge and Aisi, monsters of this level are no better than grasshoppers casually jumping out on the street.

So, the two of them rushed into the cave at the same time, one on the left and the other on the right. They quickly eliminated all the monsters in ten seconds, and then swaggered into the empty cave on the deepest wall and passed through. The passage there leads to the 18th floor.

Ais seemed a little concerned about the absence of the floor leader Goliath, so she asked Lige, who was looking up at the crystal jungle on the ceiling, to look back.

"They must have been knocked down, right?" Li Ge said: "After all, the floor master's room is the only way to the 18th floor. If there are strong senior adventurers who are ready to enter here, then the other party will easily solve the problem. A giant monster is also a normal thing."

Unlike ordinary monsters, the birth of a floor master usually takes a long time.

Like Goliath, if it is defeated, it usually takes about two weeks to be born again.

It was precisely because of this that when Li Ge returned to this world and appeared in the room of Floor Master Udaios on the 37th floor, the ferocious skeleton monster with a classification level of Level 6 did not appear.

From the time Li Ge left to the time Li Ge returned, only about four or five days passed in this world. Naturally, this time was not enough to give birth to another Udaios.

"Let's go to Rivera Town."

Li Ge, who had seen enough of the scenery, said something to Ais and walked into the forest.

"…………"

Ais followed silently, as if Li Ge was taking the lead and following him step by step.

The two crossed an entire forest and prairie to the lakeside located in the west of the 18th floor. They passed a bridge that was obviously built by manpower and landed on the huge rock island in the center of the lakeside.

At the highest point of the island, on a very conspicuous cliff, there is a beautiful village decorated with white crystals and blue crystals growing on the ground.

"Is this Rivera?"

Li Ge looked at the arched entrance made of wooden pillars and flags, and murmured with curiosity.

——"Rivera".

This is the name of the great female adventurer who originally founded this town on the safe floor of the dungeon.

The great female adventurer was named Rivera Santilini.

In order to commemorate her, this only town built in an underground city was named after her.

However, although this town enjoys a high reputation among adventurers, it has also been called "black market", "gangster town", "gathering place of lawless people" and other extremely unpleasant nicknames.

"I haven't been here for a long time, either."

Aisi said next to Li Ge, seeming to notice Li Ge's curiosity.

"This is my first time here."

Li Ge smiled at Ais like this, walked through the arch and entered the town.

All the buildings here are temporary constructions made of wood or curtains.

There are cave-like shops and hotels, which are built using natural horizontal caves or hollows in the rocks.

There are stall-like vendors everywhere, but those just find a place to sit down and set up their stalls, which looks extremely simple.

Since this town is built on a cliff, there are steep slopes everywhere and there are steps made of logs everywhere.

In this town with uneven terrain, there are lush vegetation and crystal pillars growing everywhere.

As for the humble buildings, they are almost all shops.

Weapon shops, prop shops, narrow hotels and a few taverns, these shops all serve adventurers as their main service group, creating a landscape similar to Orario's Adventurer Street.

The only people walking on the street were adventurers and a few supporters. They were well-armed, and you could tell they were high-level adventurers at a glance.

After all, this is the middle level, and the people who can hang out here are basically adventurers of Level 2 and above. Unless someone brings them here, there are only a few low-level adventurers here who can be seen everywhere on the surface.

The arrival of Li Ge and Ais seemed to attract the attention of these high-level adventurers.

"It's [Sword Lady] and [Cunning Swordsman]..."

"The first-level adventurer of the Loki Familia..."

"The strongest magic swordsman and the strongest female swordsman in Orario..."

"...Why are these two people here?"

The adventurers whispered to each other and quickly lowered their heads. They suppressed all the arrogance of the senior adventurers, and looked at Li Ge and Aisi with awe.

First-level adventurers, adventurers of this level are placed in Rivera Town where high-level adventurers can be found everywhere. They are also strong men at the top, and it is difficult to even meet them in ordinary times.

Now that they suddenly saw two influential figures who had caused a lot of commotion in various senses recently, these high-level adventurers naturally couldn't put on any airs. Some even accelerated their pace and left, as if they were worried about accidentally causing some trouble. look.

Ais seemed to be used to the appearance of these people, and Li Ge did not pay attention to them, but looked at the surrounding shops.

"Sure enough, as mentioned in the rumors, things here are very expensive."

Li Ge shook his head like a smile.

"Things here have always been expensive..."

Even Ace said so.

Because it is not easy to secure supplies in the underground city, no matter how high the prices are, their things can still be sold.

Whether it is drinking water, food, or even weapons and elixirs, all kinds of materials needed for exploring the dungeon can be found here, but they are all sold at extremely high prices.

This is not a matter of being twice as expensive, but several times more expensive than the same items sold on the ground, even one or two zeros more.

People who run businesses in Rivera Town are convinced that adventurers cannot carry too much supplies into the dungeon, and at critical times they will be unable to continue exploring due to the exhaustion of supplies, so they wantonly raise prices. To a point that feels incredible.

However, if adventurers want to explore the dungeon for a long time, it is not enough if they do not buy supplies here, because returning to the surface takes too much effort and time, and is quite inefficient in terms of exploration efficiency.

What's more, if the adventurers harvest a large amount of loot on floors below the 18th floor, which causes heavy loads on their bodies and affects their exploration, they must take the loot to this floor to dispose of it.

In view of this, the things here are sold at extremely high prices, but the purchase price when purchasing the goods is kept extremely low, in order to obtain huge profits.

Adventurers often make use of this base when they long-term conquer the floors below the 18th floor, repeating the process of accommodation, exploration, selling off loot, accommodation, and exploration again until the exploration is over and they are ready to return to the surface.

In order to explore and conquer, these adventurers can only accept the reality of being squeezed by the merchants in Rivera Town, making it a famous black market and gangster town.

From what Li Ge saw now, he could clearly see the surrounding stores. Instead of soliciting customers enthusiastically, the clerks sat there with sneers and swagger.

They are also adventurers, but they look like bandits. No wonder this place is considered a gangster town.

Of course, they also saw Li Ge and Aisi. The sneers on their faces froze at the moment they saw them. Although they didn't show fear like the adventurers on the street, they still felt like they were shrinking. I felt like I was worried about something, which was replaced by bursts of rustling commotion.

"...Is it because a Level 4 adventurer was killed here before, so these guys overreacted when they saw a Level 1 adventurer appearing?"

Li Ge was thoughtful.

Suddenly, Aisi said something.

"arrive."

Hearing this, Li Ge came back to his senses and saw a cave appearing on the rough rock wall.

"Is this the tavern designated by the magician?"

Li Ge glanced at the entrance of the cave. There was a signboard with the name "Golden Cellar Pavilion" written in Common Language on it. A red arrow was drawn diagonally downwards and a wooden staircase was set up leading to the interior of the cave.

"...I didn't even know there was a tavern here."

Ais seemed to be looking at this place with some surprise, and became a little curious about the tavern designated by the mysterious magician.

"The location is indeed very secret."

Li Ge found that the two of them had deviated from the main street and entered a dimly lit path.

"Then...do you want to go in?"

Ais asked.

"certainly."

Li Ge spoke calmly, stepped onto the stairs first, and walked down.

It didn't take long for the two of them to reach the bottom and enter the tavern hall, which didn't even have a door.

There are crystal pillars containing yellow light growing here. The space is neither big nor small, surrounded by black rocks. There are only a few tables and chairs in the center. Like the buildings outside, it is very simple.

"...There are so many people."

Ais looked at the inside of the tavern and said this.

As she said, there were actually many guests in this remote tavern. Adventurers filled five tables, some were drinking here, and some were playing cards. There was only a bar in the corner of the tavern. It was empty and contained a wine cabinet filled with bottles of various colors.

Before Li Ge and Aisi arrived, the place was full of laughter and lively.

But after Li Ge and Ais arrived, the sound here suddenly dropped by more than 90%.

Whether it was the humans drinking or the orcs playing cards, they all lost their voices at this moment.

They looked at Li Ge and Aisi walking down the wooden stairs, and their expressions all changed.

"————"

quiet.

The oppressive silence.

The first-level adventurers of the Loki Familia are also the famous Orario's strongest magical swordsman and the strongest female swordsman. The appearance of this pair seems to scare everyone here.

"I……"

Ais took a step forward and was about to say something, but was stopped by Li Ge.

Li Ge then set his sights on one of the positions in the tavern, and asked Ais to look over.

There, there was an adventurer wearing a white robe and a hooded hood. His appearance was unclear, but he could vaguely tell that he was a woman, sitting quietly.

Ais took a closer look and realized that the other person exuded a good sense of presence, as well as a faint sense of mystery and elegance. She even peeked out a few strands of aqua-blue hair from the hood where the other person lowered his head deliberately. color.

"Aqua blue hair..."

Aisi's heart moved.

Could it be that this person is...

When Aisi recognized the man's identity, Li Ge also walked into the tavern and came to the other party.

"Let's get to know each other."

Li Ge smiled faintly, but the words he said made the atmosphere in the tavern suddenly drop to freezing point.