Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 481 Extreme
The world of Dicuo, the deep maze, the sixty-fourth floor.

"Burt, up there!"

"Damn it, Greg, get out of the way!"

In a dark and depressing underground tunnel, several figures of different races, clothing and genders were guarding a cave entrance, frantically attacking one black monster after another that looked like mice but were stronger than ordinary tigers and leopards, rushing out from the depths of the tunnel.

“Squeak, squeak…!” “Squeak, squeak, squeak…!!”

“Get out of here, everyone!!”

A harsh sound like rusty iron rubbing against a grindstone echoed in the corridor. A silver-haired werewolf youth with bandages wrapped around his upper body and a look of wildness and violentness rushed forward with all his strength. He passed over the heads of his companions and left two silver-white scratches in mid-air. In an instant, he cut several rat monsters that had drilled out from the top of the rock wall into pieces.

"Well done, Bert! Those bastards almost got you. Drink it!"

The middle-aged bearded dwarf, who had just narrowly escaped an ambush by these rat-like monsters with their maximum stealth abilities, praised the werewolf youth, then vigorously swung the battle axe in his hand that was half a body taller than himself, growled, and took a heavy step forward.

boom--! !

The battle axe in the dwarf's hand smashed to the ground with a loud bang, and the storm and shock wave it created instantly crushed the black blood falling from above and the dozens of rat monsters rushing out of the corridor in front of him.

"Everyone, back off!!"

Suddenly, a calm and low growl sounded from behind. Upon hearing it, the werewolf youth and the dwarf who were rushing in the front stopped in their tracks and dodged to the sides at the same time.

“——I order you to shoot. The elves’ flaming arrows will rain down like rain and burn all the barbarians!!”

Almost at the moment when the two men dodged, a pleasant chanting voice with a rapid speed sounded from behind them, and then dozens of huge fire arrows like siege crossbows whizzed past, passing a pungent smell of burning in the air, and penetrated into the depths of the dark corridor.

Bang——! !

A scorching flame erupted from the pitch-black passage, and the screams of numerous monsters being burned rang out from the flames.

"Ms. Riveria!"

The next second, a quick and pleasant voice sounded. The orange-haired girl with a ponytail who had just released a group attack magic ignored everything else and hurriedly reminded a mature female elf with long emerald green hair who was holding a staff not far away.

Immediately afterwards——

"Come! Red Lotus Flame, merciless raging fire, you are the incarnation of Karma Fire, annihilate all the troops...

The green-haired elf, who had been concentrating his magic power with his eyes closed the previous second, suddenly opened his eyes, raised the staff in his hand high, and chanted rapidly.

"——Burn everything, Sword of Surtur! My name is... Alver!!"

A pleasant chant full of majesty fell, and in an instant, the temperature in the entire corridor began to rise rapidly, and then...

boom--! !

I saw extremely dazzling pillars of fire rising into the sky from the bottom of the cave, instantly engulfing the monsters that rushed up again and quickly burning them to ashes.

After more than ten seconds, when no other sounds came from the end of the corridor, the people present finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh... I finally stopped them. These monsters that Mr. Dao Ji called the derivatives of the abyss are too scary."

The orange-haired elf girl, who looked the youngest among the group, breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the corridor finally quiet down.

"Finn, are Ace and the others okay?
The green-haired female elf with a dangerous lady hairstyle did not relax like the orange-haired elf girl because of the disappearance of the enemies. Instead, she held her staff and looked at the yellow-haired dwarf boy standing beside her.

"Don't worry, with Mr. Dao Ji accompanying us, Ai Si and the others finished much faster than us. They had already finished it five minutes ago."

The yellow-haired little human boy named Finn raised the spear in his hand and put it against his shoulder. He smiled at the green-haired elf Livilia and said something to comfort her. Then he looked around at the people who were not injured, nodded slightly, and said:

"Let's go, it's time to meet up with them."

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, the few people nodded slightly, reorganized their formation, protected the two elven mages in the middle, and followed Finn back.

As they moved forward, a faint smell of blood gradually wafted into their nostrils. Among them, a silver-haired werewolf youth named Bert twitched his nose slightly. After confirming that there was no one he knew in the scent, his expression relaxed and he continued to move forward with Finn.

After turning a few corners, a picture suddenly came into their sight:

In a spacious space shaped like an arena, a blonde half-elf girl wearing light armor and looking a bit naive was guarding the entrance with a sword. Next to her, there were two brown-skinned, short-haired twin sisters who were wearing revealing clothes and looked very rough, guarding there with her.

"Aisi, Diona Dione, are you guys having any trouble here?"

"Don't worry, Captain Finn. With Brother Daoji here, there's no chance for us to take action. Look, Aisi is getting so depressed because she has never had a chance to take action."

Tiona, one of the Amazon sisters, was leaning on a large curved sword. When she heard the voice behind her, she waved her hand in relief, indicating that Finn didn't need to worry about the situation on their side.

"No...depressed, I was just...observing his sword."

The blonde half-elf girl who was standing there in a daze tilted her head slightly and shook her head when she heard her companion mention her name, denying Diona's statement and corrected it seriously.

"Well, Ais, I know you're a studious person, but we're deep in the labyrinth right now, and we've encountered the wrath of God and new types of monsters. Wouldn't it be better for you to focus on fighting and saving your life?"

"What's more, that Dao Ji brother's sword moves are too weird. Aisi, can you really understand his sword moves? It feels like it's almost like magic!"

"I understand... a little."

"Huh? Really? Tell me what you understand?"

"There is wind. When he draws his sword, the wind will first become very fast, and then... suddenly disappear."

"…Forget it. I should have known that asking you would be pointless."

"Alright, everyone be quiet, let's go downstairs and meet up with Mr. Dao Ji first."

Finn looked at Diona, who was talking nonstop, and after giving her a warning, he moved his gaze to the circular field below that looked like an arena:
On the uneven rocky ground, there were monster corpses that had been neatly cut into pieces and were quietly scattered there. In the middle of the group of monster corpses, a young man in a white robe could be seen sitting cross-legged on a large sword with a long sword placed flat on his legs. His eyes were slightly closed, and he looked as if he was resting.

Seeing this, Finn leaped forward and landed steadily on the field below. He came in front of the young man in white robes, bowed as he had learned from him before, and said:

"Mr. Daoji, thank you for your hard work."

As he finished speaking, the young man in white robe slowly opened his eyes. A hint of sharp sword intent emanated from his dark pupils, but it was perfectly restrained the next moment.

He waved his right hand, put away the two swords on his legs and the one under his seat, dropped them to the ground, bowed to Finn, and said politely:

"Captain Finn, you are too polite. I am just doing my duty."

Dao Ji said, looking at the group of Loki family members standing at the cave entrance behind Finn, and said:

"At the same time, there is one more thing I may need to explain to Captain Finn." "Please go ahead."

"Just now, I used some unique means to successfully contact several friends from the same place as me, and learned some bad news. So although I am a little sorry for everyone, I wonder if you can ask Captain Finn to stop this expedition, call off the troops, and retreat with me to the 30th floor?"

Dao Ji looked at the leader of the Dwarf Tribe who was only 2/3 of his height, and said to him with a serious expression:
"Although I know that you must be unwilling to return home after having come all the way here, if you continue to walk, there is a great probability that you will encounter a huge crisis that even I will not be able to protect myself. Therefore, I hope that Captain Finn and you will think carefully about it."

A voice that was neither humble nor arrogant came out of Dao Ji's mouth. Finn was stunned at first, then he showed a hint of contemplation, and finally looked at his left little finger. After thinking for a few seconds, he looked up at Dao Ji in front of him and said in a calm and calm voice:

"Okay, we'll listen to Mr. Daoji and organize a retreat immediately."

Finn said, turning to look at the people standing above him, and said loudly:
"You should have heard it, Livilia, get ready, we are going to evacuate here soon!"

"Well, Aisi, let's go, stop being in a daze, and prepare to retreat."

"Oh."

"Tsk, even though I feel a little unhappy that I have to retreat after all this trouble, but since even that guy said there is danger, I have no choice but to go back first!"

"Oh, that's rare. I thought Bert would definitely object."

"What a joke! I'm not stupid. It's you, Amazon, who has been just hanging around here watching the show these past few days. You haven't done anything at all!"

"There's nothing we can do. He was injured in the previous battle. The injured must be healed properly, right?"

Inside the cave, as Finn gave the order to retreat, the atmosphere of the entire team became noticeably more cheerful.

Dao Ji nodded slightly upon seeing this, and did not say anything more to Finn. He calmly summoned two swords, one large and one small, and leaped up, stepping steadily on the giant sword that was 6 inches wide.

"In that case, I will be responsible for clearing the way ahead. If you encounter any accidents in the back, please inform me in time using the methods I have mentioned!"

call out--! !

After saying that, Dao Ji took a small step forward with his right foot, and in an instant he rushed out of the cave with a sharp sonic boom and disappeared into the corridor in front.

……

On the other side, in the wrong world, the surface.

"It seems that Dao Ji won't be able to spare any time for a while?"

"From my experience with him, he should be a typical man of action. I guess he is busy leading Loki's followers to retreat now, right?"

Inside the carriage, Xin Lailai waited for a few minutes but still to no avail, looking at the original location of Dao Ji's projection, and then looked at Yamu and the Death Bearer again:
"Since Daoji is temporarily unable to spare the time, let's first clarify our situation. Yamu, the Dead Holder, you two should be on the surface now, right?"

"Yes."

"Same."

Yamu waved his hand, and the deceased nodded slightly, each giving an affirmative answer.

"Very good. In that case, we don't need to worry about Dao Ji for now. According to the current situation, we theoretically have more important things to do than to support Dao Ji immediately!"

After getting the answer, Xin Lailai looked at the two people in front of him, a deep look flashed across his dark pupils, and he said in a deep voice:

"Yamu, do you still remember how we were able to break into the Alienated Town in the Black Fourth World?"

"The Alienated Town... I see. Indeed, in a situation like the Earthly World, there is a high probability that Paradise will send that thing in. So, are you planning to use this time to collect more World Sources so that you can use them as fuel for that thing?"

"That's right. Now the world of Dicuo has just entered the chapter of Freya's family. You should have received the relevant main quests. Since you have to intervene anyway, you might as well find a way to get as much world source as possible."

Xin Lailai said affirmatively, with a hint of coldness in his pupils. Seeing this, Yamu raised his eyebrows slightly, then narrowed his eyes slightly, paying attention to the expression on Xin Lailai's face. His eyes moved, and then he shrugged and joked in a joking tone:
"Hey, you're not going to kill all the characters in Orario, are you?"

"We don't have to kill them all, but there's really no need to keep those characters who are relatively weak but have important roles to play, especially those gods. Sending one away will bring a lot of world resources."

"There is also Lily, the supporter beside Bell Crane. Her own strength can be ignored. We don't need her cleverness, and bringing her into the maze is a complete burden. However, she plays an important role in the plot, so the most suitable approach is to make her the source of the world."

"Not only her, in fact, Hestia, Welf, Ming, and even Bell Crane himself are actually not very useful to us."

"In other words, after we complete the main mission, there is actually no need to keep these important plot characters. As for Haruhime... I have a tool that can control people's minds. We can use it to control her and let her still be used by us after Bell and others die."

Xin Lailai said this calmly, and his reaction was so indifferent that it didn't seem like they were discussing which people to kill, but more like they were discussing which brand of biscuits to eat.

"..."

"I say, are you serious about what you just said?"

Yamu looked at Xinlailai, was silent for a while, and then asked a question.

For the sake of the source of the world, he can kill all the characters of the good and lawful camp in the derived world, and control one of the heroines of the original work with props for his own use. If it were before, even if someone told Yamu that these words were said by the black-haired young man in front of him, he would probably just think that the other party was acting and talking nonsense.

but now……

"Of course. If we don't do this, no matter how hard we try, we will probably only be able to harvest less than 100% of the World Source in the end. The three of us combined will only get less than 300%, which is totally insufficient to support the Abyss Suppression Device."

"Of course... Tsk, to be honest, I am somewhat shocked to hear such a plan coming from your mouth."

Yamu clicked his tongue, narrowed his eyes slightly, and made a gesture of lighting a cigarette. After exhaling lightly, he looked up at the top of his head, wondering what he was thinking.

"But, to be honest, I really can't find any fault with your plan, but I'm a little curious, what on earth forced you to this point?"

"Someone predicted that we would die in this world, and we want to live, that's all."

Xin Lailai said calmly, the eyes in his dark pupils were cold and firm.

Upon hearing this, Yamu paused his hand movements slightly, and after a moment of silence, he let out a long sigh.

"Is that so? Then it seems there is really no way..."

“Although I don’t know what the Abyss Suppression Device you mentioned is, but if you just want to obtain the source of the world, I may have a better plan.”

Before Yamu could finish, a cold and pleasant voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Yamu's words.

The Death Carrier, who had not spoken much, looked at Xin Lailai who was sitting in the seat in front of him, then glanced at Yamu beside him and said:

"If we limit ourselves to Orario, the amount of World Source that we can obtain is indeed very limited. But have you forgotten that in the entire world of Dicuo, the one with the highest World Source content is neither Bell Crane, the protagonist, nor the gods who host the world's will, but..."

"The final boss of Dicuo - the Black Dragon of the End."

……

(End of this chapter)