The Ultimate Lich King

Ye Yu slowly opened his eyes and moved his body.

Because it is an underground building, you can't hear the chirping of sunrise birds or see the sun, so you can only tell the time by feeling.

"Is it only five o'clock?"

He raised his head and looked at the clock hanging on the door. It seemed that he hadn't slept for long.

But I'm not too tired. In this situation, it wouldn't be a problem to just go to the dungeon.

The unknown device on the ceiling shines dimly like phosphorescence, looking like a so-called magical product, so that even underground, the room is not completely surrounded by darkness. It achieves the effect of being able to observe the surroundings with the naked eye.

He wanted to get up, but found that something seemed not right about him. Only then did Ye Yu notice that there was something round on his body under the sheets.

Because it was so light and barely felt, Ye Yucai didn't notice it immediately.

This was the second time we slept together, but the girl's sleeping condition didn't seem so bad last time. Ye Yu thought this a little funny, lifted the quilt and looked at the sleeping girl with her head buried in her chest.

The girl's posture was a typical insecure posture, and that look made Ye Yu feel a little distressed. It is actually easy to get up without waking up the girl, but somehow, I don't want to let go of this warm and comfortable pillow. This is a veritable god-level pillow.

Just holding the girl's body and enjoying the tenderness, Ye Yu slowly moved his body and planned to get up.

When the bodies that were in close contact with each other slowly separated, Hestia uttered "Hmm..." in her sleep, moved her body and rubbed her face against hers like a coquettish baby. Ye Yu's chest.

"I really like to act like a spoiled brat..."

He gently pressed his forehead against the girl's cheek, and then Ye Yu stood up and left the room quietly.

"What... I told you not to treat people like children anymore... Ye Yu is an idiot."

Sighing into the slightly cold morning air, Hestia shrank her body and got back into the warm bed again.

As if she could still smell Ye Yu's scent, Hestia closed her eyes with peace of mind.

"You must...come back safely..."

Ye Yu walked alone on the main street, which had a different atmosphere than usual. The avenue, which is neither noisy nor complicated, gives people a very empty feeling. The stone shops built on both sides of the road still have their rolling shutter doors tightly closed.

The eastern sky is already bright. Even in the morning I can feel the scent of people. There were hobbits preparing to open a shop, and dwarfs who were adventurers like me were teaming up to talk about something. Probably going to the maze.

However, Ye Yu is also an adventurer, but his appearance does not attract attention at all. He does not have a piece of armor that is very important for an adventurer, and he is also carrying something like a vegetable basket in his hand.

The basket belonged to Xi'er yesterday, and Ye Yu planned to return it to someone else on the way.

When passing by the tavern that I passed last night, I saw Xi'er moving tables and chairs in preparation for opening the store. Xi'er was obviously slightly startled when she saw Ye Yu.

"Adventurer-sama, are you going to the dungeon so early?"

Xi'er asked in surprise after taking the empty basket.

"Yes, in order to make enough money as soon as possible so that I can repay my kindness to you."

When facing someone other than Hestia for the first time, Ye Yu said this in a joking tone.

"Well... Adventurer-sama, your attitude is much better than last night, but it would be nice if you could put a little smile on your face when joking. This is not a bad joke."

Although she said this, Xi'er couldn't help but laugh when she saw Ye Yu's expression.

"Well... I'm not laughing?"

Ye Yu touched his face, and his serious look amused Xi'er again.

"Okay, just wait for me."

Xi'er walked into the shop carrying an empty basket and walked out a moment later. The basket in the girl's hand was once again filled with exquisite snacks.

"You got up so early, you must have not had breakfast, right?"

"Why……?"

"Please don't be polite. We are friends, right?"

"Friends?"

Ye Yu murmured to himself, but the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously, making Xi'er in front of him excited as if he had discovered a new world.

"Hey, adventurer-sama, you know how to smile. You look pretty when you smile. You must smile more in the future."

"Just call me Ye Yu."

"Hey, hey, hey... Now I'm starting to look a bit raw. Please do your best today, Ye Yujun."

Smiling lightly to cheer up Ye Yu, the girl immediately turned around and returned to the store to continue working.

Because it was still very early, no one could be seen in the dungeon, and even the first level seemed empty.

In this case... we should be able to meet monsters, right?

But Ye Yu was doomed to be disappointed, because even if there were no adventurers on the first floor, Ye Yu still hadn't encountered a single monster after wandering around for a long time.

When the number of adventurers gradually increased, Ye Yu seemed a little impatient.

What on earth is...what's going on? Why don't I encounter monsters at all?

This huge maze-like dungeon has always been full of mystery.

There is only one underground labyrinth left in the world. According to the knowledge Aina gave Ye Yu, it existed in the lower world long before the arrival of the gods.

There is a saying that the lowest level of the labyrinth leads to hell, the demon world or something like that. The gods seemed to know something, but they had no intention of telling them anything.

"A maze is a maze. What other things are you pursuing in a maze?"

These are words that the gods often talk about, full of inexplicable meaning.

And during the conversation with Aina, Ye Yu also learned an incredible thing, that is, this maze is actually alive.

However, there will be no flesh-colored walls attacking adventurers, and the terrain of each level will not change. As evidence, the maps of the strata that adventurers have traversed and made can be sold to the guild. But as you get to the lower classes, the area becomes unbelievably huge, and I heard that there are many classes who fail to make complete maps because of this.

Or it means that it will be repaired, and the damaged maze structure will be repaired automatically.

It is said that the labyrinth is composed of the lower level of magic stone, or the upper level substance. Only the composition of the labyrinth has not been fully explained by scholars until now, and it has only been shown to occur.

Also, since it is a substance similar to magic stone, the sunlight is very bright even if it cannot reach the maze. Especially on the first floor, the area equivalent to the ceiling emits phosphorescence like lighting, making it ridiculously bright at all times.

And monsters are like the life that this living maze breeds.

Although it sounds like a joke, in fact they do crawl out of the maze walls like chicks emerging from their shells. Many people have seen this scene with their own eyes. This is why no matter how adventurers hunt monsters, there will always be an endless supply of monsters.

But why have I not seen the birth of a monster for so long?