Chapter 31 Target, Thirty Floors

"I was very guarded when I first met the Boss. I didn't want to eat the food he gave me, but that's how the Boss 'invited' me to eat later! Hehe, isn't it very overbearing? But looking back now, I quite like this kind of overbearing tenderness, so I subconsciously did the same to you just now."

"This... this isn't ladylike at all!! You absolutely must not learn from that rude guy again!"

Perhaps it was being infected by that trace of sadness, perhaps it was because they were both girls, or perhaps it was the 'grace of a meal' between the two of them.

The relationship between Renée and Nina had been drawn much closer without them realizing it.

Inside the tent, Mu An silently turned over and closed the eyes he had opened in the darkness.

...

The next day.

Just as Mu An pulled open the tent, Renée happened to come out of Nina's tent.

Seeing the man's gaze land on her, the young girl snorted coldly.

Nina, on the other hand, seemed a bit nervous. She lowered her head like a child who had made a mistake and spoke cautiously.

"Boss, did I make a mistake again? But last night, I really couldn't bear to let Big Sister Renée sleep outside..."

"Do I look like some wicked stepmother from a female-oriented novel?"

"Huh?"

Nina tilted her head, indicating she didn't quite understand.

Mu An had to explain.

"My meaning is, I'm not some control freak. It's your own tent; you can let whoever you want sleep in it. That is your freedom."

Pausing for a moment, the man added seriously.

"Except for men."

As soon as these words were spoken, Nina waved her hands repeatedly, her pretty face slightly tense, full of seriousness.

"I don't want any man other than the Boss to sleep in my tent!"

"I..."

Mu An subconsciously wanted to say that men and women should keep their distance.

But thinking of how he had 'accidentally' and 'many times' touched her cat ears, which could only be touched by her future partner, he instantly became speechless.

Nina didn't have so many hidden thoughts; she actively leaned her head into Mu An's large hand.

Looking up, her bright, moist beautiful eyes blinked and blinked, making her look extremely cute.

She was so cute that it made one want to reach out and stroke her cat ears.

Unfortunately, Mu An did not 'succeed' this time; before that, Renée had already hurriedly pulled Nina away from him.

"Nina!!"

"What did I tell you last night? Girls need to be reserved!"

"Especially in front of a man like him who you don't know if he's hiding bad intentions in his heart—be careful not to be tricked into giving yourself away!"

Renée was extremely frustrated that Nina wouldn't live up to her expectations.

Mu An glanced at her casually, this time preparing to take a closer look at her relevant information.

[Enemy Detection Radar], activate!

Name: Renée

Rank: 37

Age: 98 years old

Basic Information: Princess of the Elven Race. Possesses super high talent in healing.

A life of luxury has created her tsundere personality, but her heart is kind and innocent.

She has stayed in the Forest of Elves since she was young and read a large number of books about stories like the Hero battling the Devil King to save the princess. She greatly admires heroes and longs for the outside world. This trip, sneaking out, is to experience an adventurous life; it would be even better if she could join the legendary Hero's party.

Due to loneliness, the young girl privately likes to secretly play role-playing games with handmade dolls (Hero battling the evil Dragon, saving the imprisoned princess, and then the two living happily together). Her left hand is the sword-wielding Hero, her right hand is the evil Dragon, and the princess is herself.

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Mu An raised an eyebrow.

[Oh ho, handmade doll games? This tsundere elf has such a strange hobby?]

"But I believe the Boss definitely won't harm me!"

"When we first met, if the Boss hadn't bothered with me, I definitely would have been captured by those Goblins, and the ending afterwards would only have been worse than death."

"But the Boss not only saved me from those Goblins, but also gave me an easy job with food and housing provided."

"He also treats me very gently and gentlemanly on a daily basis."

"Therefore, in my heart, the Boss is absolutely the best person in the world!"

Nina answered very seriously.

Don't look at the young girl as always being muddle-headed; her heart is clearer than anyone else's.

Whoever treats her well, she silently keeps it in her heart.

Hearing this, Renée didn't know what to say for a moment.

Is it 'deliberate' heroism to save a damsel?

As everyone knows, the status of demi-humans is very lowly.

Even she held certain prejudices against them before leaving the Forest of Elves.

Outside, there would be even fewer people willing to go through so much trouble for a demi-human.

If there really were some strange hobby, for instance, coveting beauty, it would be better to just go to a slave trader and buy one, which is more convenient.

Under a slave contract, they are obedient and won't resist.

It's even less likely he would give Nina that super delicious food called 'Jianbing Guozi' (recognized by her, this Princess of the Elven Race).

Thinking it over.

Renée couldn't think of what Mu An could be 'plotting'.

Perhaps just as Nina said... he is a good person?

In the end, the young girl could only mumble vaguely.

"Who knows? After all, no one knows what a leaf will look like when turned over. You can know a person's face, but not their heart..."

"Slandering me at will has caused a great impact on my reputation and inner peace. I am deducting 5 Gold Coins as my mental compensation."

Mu An recorded this 'crime' with a blank face.

Renée: !

The young girl almost flipped out.

She just said a casual sentence and lost 5 Gold Coins?

[What good person? He is absolutely not a good person!!]

...

The following two days.

The three of them were on the road the whole time.

Following the instructions on the hand-drawn map that Renée stole, their final destination was a small human town located on the 30th floor.

There was a magic teleportation array there, which, it is said, could teleport people directly to the surface.

And the higher they went up the labyrinth to smaller floor numbers, the weaker the monsters became.

For example, on the 40th floor, monsters like the Cyclops, which were level 40 or 50, were commonly found.

But after arriving at the 30th floor, the strongest monsters encountered weren't even level 40.

Especially with the help of the level 99 Undead Bone Dragon, the group hardly encountered any danger.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were 'steamrolling' through!

During this time.

After his mana recovered, Mu An used the max-level Undead Summoning many times.

He summoned a level 97 Death Shadow Scythe Ghost, a level 95 Undead Lich Mage, and two level 93 Undead Headless Knights.

The levels had gone up, but in terms of quantity... it was indeed worrying.

It deviated slightly from the Undead army he had initially envisioned, but overall, there was indeed no need to worry about safety issues at all.

By the way.

The two level 10 Little Skeletons that Mu An had summoned at the very beginning had unfortunately sacrificed themselves in a certain rampaging monster wave.

He had originally thought about trying to see if he could use [King of Eaters] to get some skills or attributes from their corpses.

If this method were feasible, he could rely on constantly summoning and constantly devouring Undead Creatures to become fiercely stronger.

Unfortunately, after these summoned creatures died, their corpses instantly exploded into stars in the sky.

They returned directly to the embrace of the Undead world, not leaving him a single chance to devour them.

Mu An could only give up helplessly.