lerbook Chapter 348 The Omnipotent Hexagonal Monster
Chapter 348 The Omnipotent Hexagonal Monster
Chapter 348 The Omnipotent Hexagonal Monster
Eighteen-story maze park.
Hundreds of adventurers had gathered at the elevator entrance, which had been as noisy as a market, but quieted down as soon as Roy and his group appeared.
It wasn't just their strength that intimidated everyone, but also the sense of security that the Astrea Familia provided.
Many adventurers know that if they encounter difficulties, the Astrea Familia, these kind-hearted people, will not stand idly by. With the strongest Familia protecting them, their anxiety is immediately relieved.
Is the elevator malfunctioning?
When Roy, Ryu, Tione, Tiona, and the others learned what had happened, they looked at each other in disbelief. They had just taken the elevator down, and less than half a day later, it malfunctioned. What a coincidence!
Ais's slender shoulders trembled slightly, her small face lowered, a thin blush spreading across her almost transparent skin, and glistening tears stubbornly swirling in her golden eyes, wetting her long eyelashes. Her silent sobs made her appear exceptionally fragile.
Ultimately, she was just a fourteen-year-old girl. Apart from fighting, she wasn't completely ignorant about anything else, but she wasn't far off either.
I panicked when this unexpected event happened.
Until her eyes caught sight of Roy, a sense of relief washed over her anxious heart.
"Leave it to me," Roy said. Given the close relationship between the two clans, he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
"Uh-huh!"
Ais's little head was almost leaving afterimages as she nodded.
Roy entered the elevator and went straight to the control panel. He had previously learned about the structure and principles of such devices out of curiosity, so finding out the cause of the malfunction was not difficult.
The adventurers nearby seemed docile and adorable, no longer as impatient and aggressive as before.
These people dared to make a few comments about the young Ais because they knew very well the personality of this "Sword Princess"—at least she wouldn't hit anyone.
Roy, however, is different.
This ruthless man's "justice" has buried several clans, earning him a formidable reputation. In addition to his well-known titles, adventurers privately refer to him as the "God of Justice" and the "Living Yama."
Imagine how terrifying it would be if a villain had Satan tattooed on his body, and Satan had Roy tattooed on his body.
Ais tilted her head, puzzled. She felt that these adventurers had become much friendlier, and when she looked at them, they would respond with a smile.
Roy and the others paid no attention to the changes around them, focusing their attention on the elevator.
Roy carefully inspected the control panel.
"Could it be that the magic stones have run out? Just like those magic stone products?" Tione asked.
This elevator is also powered by magic stones; once the magic stones are depleted, it can no longer be started.
Liu, standing next to him, gently shook her head. "Impossible. The school district engineers conduct inspections every day."
The level of importance that the guild, the school district, and the various clans attached to this large elevator project far exceeded everyone's expectations.
The eighteenth floor is not the end!
The guild and the school district's ultimate goal is to build to the 51st floor! If it weren't for the fact that the dragon's breath was too terrifying to defend against starting from the 52nd floor, they would have even planned to build to a deeper floor.
The engineers would check hundreds of times a day to get more accurate data, so it's impossible for such a basic mistake as running out of magic stones to happen.
Roy carefully removed the control panel and checked for any possible malfunctions one by one.
He wasn't a professional engineer, but as Orario's top blacksmith, he had some knowledge in this area. The blacksmiths of the Gubnew Clan even came to consult him with blueprints before starting construction.
This large elevator is a product of collaboration between three technologies: equipment, magical artifact, and magic stone product.
In less than ten minutes, without any difficulty, Roy easily found the cause of the malfunction.
Roy examined the removed sensor. This small device was damaged, preventing operating commands from being transmitted from the control panel to the whole unit, thus preventing it from starting.
But upon closer inspection, the sensor is bent like a crescent moon and has faint, dense cracks.
"Are these signs of vandalism?"
Liu Dai frowned slightly. Her clear voice wasn't loud, but it was enough for adventurers with keen hearing to hear it.
"What?!"
These words were like pouring cold water into a boiling oil pan. The adventurers, who had been silent or whispering, erupted in a frenzy, with incredulous exclamations, angry growls, and gasps of surprise all mixed together.
The reputation of the Astrea Familia speaks for itself!
Adventurers may not like this familia, but like the general public, they absolutely believe in it.
If Roy and the others dare to say it, they dare to believe it!
"Damn it!"
"Who the hell did this?!"
"Do you want to kill us all?!"
The vast majority of adventurers present instantly flew into a rage, their anger rising and falling, their eyes bloodshot with fury, their arms gripping their weapons with bulging veins, glaring at their surroundings.
The anger previously directed at the guild, the school district, and Ais was immediately transferred to the unknown culprit.
With their lives at stake, the crowd's anger soared to the heavens, wishing they could skin that person alive!
"Ais, who rode this elevator today?" Ryu's gaze shifted to Ais.
,
Ais pondered, occasionally opening her small mouth.
Roy patted Ryuna's delicate shoulder. "No need to ask anymore, I've already found it."
Everyone present looked at Roy with surprise.
Roy said, "Criminals sometimes return to the scene to ensure their safety, destroy any evidence they might leave behind, or to relive the feeling of control and pleasure they experienced while committing the crime, and to enjoy the superiority of being 'outside' the crime."
Through the observation of the power of the earth, the facial expressions and every subtle movement of everyone present clearly appeared in Roy's mind.
They accurately located the trio of adventurers.
Before he finished speaking, Roy's figure had already disappeared, moving as fast as a ghost, weaving past the many adventurers, and appearing at the very back of the group without warning, unleashing a terrifying speed of LV.7. Apart from a few girls of the same level in his own group, the others could only see a blur flashing before their eyes.
fast!
It was so fast it was breathtaking!
The adventurers felt a bone-chilling cold surge up from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads, and the hairs on the back of their necks stood on end. If Roy wanted to kill them, it would be no more difficult than stepping on an ant.
Fortunately, Roy's target was not them.
A trio consisting of a dwarf boy and two human youths appeared behind Roy, who pressed down on the dwarf boy with his large hand.
Roy said, "Mr. Ruan, a former member of the Apollo Familia, could you explain this?"
Ryu, Tione, Ais, and the other girls, along with many adventurers, looked over in surprise upon hearing the sound.
Daphne and Cassandra's pupils constricted slightly.
They recognized that the two humans and the dwarf Ruan were former members of the Apollo Familia.
After the War Game was lost, Apollo was banished from Orario, with only Hyacinthus, a fanatic, being exiled along with him; the others were freed.
Seeing their former teammates again here felt strange. Of course, Daphne and Cassandra had no nostalgia for that time; now they just wanted to stay by the side of the boy they admired.
"These are the adventurers who used the elevator today," Ais's soft and calm voice rang out.
The surroundings fell into a deathly silence.
But it was more like the calm before the storm, with many adventurers' eyes bloodshot and their mouths twisted in a sinister grin.
Luan slapped Roy's large hand away, staggered, and shouted in a panic, "What are you saying? How could we possibly damage the elevator!"
Roy looked at them with a calm expression. "Did I say you were the ones who sabotaged the elevator?"
Luan and the two humans felt their hearts sink to the bottom.
What's the difference between this and admitting guilt without being asked?
There's no point in continuing to argue. The moment you're caught, the cat-and-mouse game is over. In Orario, lying is extremely difficult; the gods are like human lie detectors!
Bring it to the surface and let the gods question it.
Roy said in a deep voice, "Tell me what you did, or I can't guarantee your safety."
The killing intent of hundreds of adventurers surged like a tidal wave. If Roy and his group hadn't blocked them, those three would have been torn to pieces long ago. As for the cause of death, what need is there for a cause of death in a dungeon?
Coupled with the terrifying pressure from Roy's LV.7 aura, the mental oppression caused by this was too much for the two humans, who were only LV.2 and Luan of the dwarf race, who was only LV.1. They were so frightened that their legs went weak and they knelt on the ground.
He recounted the entire incident in detail.
The three seized an opportunity. They were the only adventurers heading to the eighteenth floor. They took the elevator down to the seventeenth floor, where Ais rushed out, killed the monsters, and protected the adventurers who had reached that floor.
In that brief moment, they were left inside the elevator, where they took the opportunity to damage the control panel sensors.
"Why do such a thing?"
A hint of anger flashed in Ais's calm eyes, making her think it was her fault.
Lu An's bloodshot eyes were fixed on the elevator, and a hoarse, grating voice, like sandpaper scraping, escaped his throat. "It's all its fault, all this metal lump's fault! Our business is going to collapse!"
The voice suddenly rose in pitch, filled with twisted hatred, and the small body trembled violently from obsession.
Upon hearing this, everyone instantly understood the reason.
The Luan trio weren't targeting Ais; to put it bluntly, the elevator was affecting their business in Rivera Town, causing a significant drop in revenue. So, they took a risk and attempted to sabotage the elevator.
"For such a ridiculous reason, you want to kill us all? I'll kill you all!"
A burly adventurer was the first to unleash a thunderous roar, veins bulging on his forehead like lizards, his eyes bloodshot with extreme rage.
These words were like a spark thrown into a barrel of boiling oil, instantly igniting a raging inferno in the crowd!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
A chilling metallic scraping sound suddenly erupted as hundreds of adventurers, their eyes blazing with fury, moved with terrifying precision, simultaneously drawing their gleaming weapons: longswords, battle axes, daggers, and heavy hammers—
It exudes a chilling, murderous intent!
Lu An and his two companions were deathly pale and trembling.
If it weren't for Tione, Tiona, and the others stopping the adventurers, the three of them would have been hacked to pieces.
"Get out of the way, or I'll chop you all up!"
"Astraea Familia, you lot, are you trying to meddle in other people's business again?!"
"We absolutely cannot let them get away!"
The adventurers' furious roars echoed through the sky, their distorted faces reflected in the sharp blades of their swords, and an astonishing killing intent filled the air!
The scene was showing signs of spiraling out of control.
Ryu, Alyssa, Daphne, and the others frowned. With their strength, it wouldn't be difficult for them to beat all the adventurers present to a pulp.
But this is an underground city!
Even on the eighteenth floor, where monsters don't spawn, accidents often happen. If these adventurers are seriously injured and another accident occurs, they have no confidence in protecting everyone. In that case, the deaths of these people will be blamed on the Astrea Familia.
The best option was obviously to abandon the Luan trio and let them be killed by the angry adventurers, which would be their just deserts and there would be nothing to complain about.
But the girls from the dependent families felt more or less unhappy.
These three people were identified by Roy, and the authority to deal with them should belong to the Astrea Familia!
"stop!"
At that moment, Roy's calm voice rang out.
The voice wasn't loud, but it was like a cold wind blowing from the far north, instantly piercing through the raging clamor and imprinting itself deep in everyone's eardrums.
I won't say it a second time!
These words were like icy water poured over everyone's heads. One second the adventurers were bloodthirsty and full of killing intent, the next second, their wildly beating hearts seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible icy hand, and their raised weapons froze in mid-air.
Time seemed to stand still around us!
The adventurers stood frozen in place, not daring to tremble even slightly, as if an ultimate demon king had emerged from the depths of hell stood before them.
"We've captured them!"
Roy said calmly, "The power to deal with them is in our hands. Don't forget that."
The adventurers forced back their anger.
This world doesn't tell you how powerful you are just because you're angry or how loud you shout. Those who have honed their skills in the dungeon are being told clearly that if they keep causing trouble, this young man in front of them will actually take action against them!
When Roy's invincible iron fist, at level 7, came crashing down, none of the adventurers present could withstand it.
Tiona grinned, "As expected of the captain!"
Tiony, Daphne, Cassandra, and the others wore proud smiles on their pretty faces.
Liu looked slightly helpless, but the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
Alexie stared blankly at the scene. Roy's words had subdued hundreds of enraged and unruly adventurers. Although using threats was not in the name of justice, it felt so good!
In the past, they certainly wouldn't have been able to handle the situation just now and would have had to let the adventurers run rampant.
"Justice needs the support of power. Thank you, I've learned another lesson." Alexie gazed at Roy with her jewel-like eyes, feeling a surge of emotion.
Stunned all the adventurers, Roy magically produced a mysterious bracelet and various tools. Wearing the bracelet on his wrist granted him the ability to develop "mysterious" abilities.
That sensor was a small magical gadget. Although Roy wasn't very good at making magical gadgets, it was enough to replicate a sensor.
Make it fresh and use it immediately!
While Roy was making the sensor, he said to a burly man, "Perth, don't do anything stupid."
"Hmph, what nonsense are you spouting!"
Perth snorted coldly. The existence of the elevator had indeed greatly affected business in Rivera Town, but he was not as bad as the Luan trio.
After saying that, Perth led the onlookers away.
Before leaving, you could still hear Perth muttering to himself, "Riviera town needs to transform from now on."
The old practice of black market shops charging dozens or even hundreds of times more in prices is definitely no longer viable. Those adventurers aren't stupid; they won't be ripped off every day.
The existence of the elevator may not necessarily be a bad thing for them, as they no longer have to painstakingly carry supplies from the first floor to the eighteenth floor.
It can transport a large amount of supplies at once.
At most, the price of supplies will return to normal slightly, the risk of transportation will be greatly reduced, and there will still be profits to be made. Only brainless guys like Lu An's trio would think of sabotaging the elevator and risking mutual destruction.
Truly intelligent people adapt to the times.
Roy glanced at Perth and the others as they walked away, then lowered his head and continued making the sensor.
About half an hour later, it was freshly baked.
Roy installed a new sensor on the elevator control panel, clicked it gently, and the elevator started successfully.
"oh!"
This immediately caused a stir among the adventurers, who stared in disbelief at the boy who actually had the ability to create magical items!
In Orario, no matter how skilled an adventurer is, there are things they are good at and things they are not good at.
Even Ota, who is hailed as the "strongest," is no exception. His ability to command and control his familiars is severely lacking. Only Roy is an all-around hexagonal monster!
"No objections now, right?" Roy's calm gaze swept over the adventurers present.
The many adventurers nodded like chickens pecking at rice.
As a precaution, the Astrea Familia joined the escort team, sending the adventurers stranded on the eighteenth floor back to the surface in batches.
No more sending people down; efficiency has greatly improved, and the job was completed in just half an hour.
Many adventurers were grateful to the Astrea Familia, but also felt a greater sense of awe towards Roy, for this "madman" was not someone to be trifled with!
The Luan trio were handed over to members of the Ganesha Familia and thrown into prison. The trouble and financial losses they caused this time were enough to put them in jail for more than ten years.
"Mr. Roy, thank you so much!"
Eina and the guild staff bowed gratefully.
The elevator malfunctioned and stopped on the eighteenth floor, causing a huge uproar on the ground. People were in a panic, and the guild and school district were in a state of panic.
If Roy hadn't handled the incident perfectly, who knows what other trouble might have ensued? At the very least, the reliability of the elevator in people's minds would have plummeted, which would have affected a series of subsequent tasks.
If it weren't for the fact that it couldn't appear during the day, that guild pig would have come over to thank Roy, its living father.
"Don't worry about it, it's my job." Roy smiled slightly. The Astrea Familia had shares in the elevator project, so how could he sit idly by?
The elevator has been temporarily shut down for a comprehensive inspection and improvement by school district engineers.
Elevator projects benefit both the project owner and the recipient!
Countless people have benefited from this, but before this, none of them expected that it would be deliberately sabotaged. Reinforcing the control panel is a must, and the number of sensors also needs to be increased to several. Even if one or two of them are damaged, the elevator can still work normally, and that is the job of the engineers.
"Commander, let's go back!"
The girls from the clan greeted Roy with smiles.
Roy stood still, touching the removed sensor, a thoughtful look on his face.
Liu asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
"That's a bit strange."
Roy pondered, "The cost for three people to use the elevator to reach the eighteenth floor is 1.05 million falies. Do you think those three people would spend that much money to deliberately sabotage that elevator?"
A word to wake up the dreamer!
The girls of the clan were taken aback. Thinking about it this way, it was indeed a bit strange. The cost of committing the crime was too high! It was equivalent to the entire assets of a small to medium-sized Spring Clan. Even if those three people ran a black market business in Rivera Town, they might not be able to earn it back in a short period of time.
Before this, their attention was focused on the indignant adventurers and Roy, and they might not have noticed this if Roy hadn't reminded them.
Not to mention them, Roy was also just realizing that he needed to solve the elevator problem first.
Roy continued, "And those three people weren't magical artifact makers or skilled blacksmiths. How did they manage to destroy that sensor so precisely without leaving any external traces?"
The internal structure of that control panel was extremely complex. Only Roy, who had seen the construction blueprints and possessed the blacksmith's superb skills and basic knowledge of making magical items, was able to disassemble it quickly. No one else could do it at all.
Those three laymen also had to complete the tedious sabotage work during the brief intervals when Ais went out to kill monsters, leaving no trace on the outside.
Is this even possible?!
Having said all that, Ryu, Ariseh, Tione, and the others realized that something was clearly wrong.
Ryu, "You mean there's another mastermind behind this?"
Roy nodded. "Mention it to Shakti and emphasize this aspect of the interrogation."
"good!"
With a leap, Ryu's graceful figure swept past like a gentle breeze, heading towards the Ganesha Familia's encampment.
"Wow, Captain Roy is amazing!" Alexie clapped her hands, her small hands making a crisp sound, her bright eyes sparkling with undisguised brilliance.
Finding the cause of the elevator malfunction, identifying the Luan trio, suppressing hundreds of rioting adventurers, creating sensors for the elevator, and discovering loopholes in the case—Roy's excellence left even former captain Alexie with no fault to speak of.
At that moment, Alexie was absolutely certain that Roy was a far more outstanding captain than she was!
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