The next day arrived, and Desmond woke up at five in the morning. He had planned to enter the dungeon very early, so he had browsed around the system shop a little, bought some trap materials he could use if necessary, looked at a few low-grade swords, bows and arrows, and when the clock struck six, he left his room and arrived at the castle entrance.When he arrived at the entrance, Isabella herself greeted him, and Desmond was surprised.He had assumed the Duchess had already left the castle for her morning duties."I did not wish to go anywhere without seeing you off, Lord Desmond. I thought you would be staying in the dungeon for a long time, as many people would be coming with you. I wanted to see you before you left; I hope I have not been rude," said Duchess Isabella in a gentle tone.Desmond was frankly pleased to hear these words. He had been here less than a week, but he was receiving the necessary respect and affection. It was a genuinely good feeling."Thank you, my lady.

His gaze lingered on the answer column for a moment. Desmond couldn't grasp what it was directly, but he managed to catch a glimpse of an idea.It was a magic puzzle.He understood this when he looked at the magic algorithm within the column and the answer column itself, which required the meaning for the answer.Desmond had to figure out how much mana to add to the answer column based on a formula and algorithm he didn't know.This was a very, VERY difficult puzzle.The dungeon really hadn't given Desmond any formula. It seemed to just want him to solve it himself.To be blunt, it made every hair on Desmond's body stand on end. The young man hadn't been this excited in a very long time, but right now, the only thing that scared him was the possibility that he could kill himself along with everyone else.He had to calm down and look for an answer.And that's what he did.Within a short time, he had taken a notebook and a pen out of his inventory.Then, without waiting even a second, h

Desmond didn't want to kill the monsters on this floor directly with his magic.Of course, doing so would not only allow him to ascend to the fifth floor at an incredible speed, but it could also double or even triple the number of floors he could reach.Desmond wasn't after that, though. The young man wanted combat experience, and he wanted to gain that experience through qi.He hadn't engaged in a single battle using qi so far. All he had done was train and strengthen his qi. Of course, this made the energy layer in his body much stronger, but there was an immutable truth: something that hadn't been practised could never surpass something that had been practised extensively.Therefore, the young man took the sword from his inventory and held it tightly in his right hand. Since he would not be using magic, he took a small, knife-like sword, barely twenty centimetres long, in his left hand.With that, he charged forward at full speed.There were perhaps over a hundred magical beasts r

"We must tell him, Nyx. You know what kind of person Desmond is. He is ambitious, but if he does not see a glimmer of hope at the end of the road, he will turn to something else. Considering that the Sages' spirits deem him sufficient, you must command him to purify the floors."The events within the sacred palace of Olympus were, of course, entirely different.These sudden words directed at Nyx instantly silenced the entire sacred hall.The person who uttered these words was Erebus himself, and this ancient man had not spoken wrongly; Desmond really was that kind of person.When Nyx heard these words, she merely nodded her head up and down. In short, the ancient goddess had approved her husband's words.However, Desmond managed to see a message window that had suddenly appeared in front of him:[Whatever you do, keep moving forward. Keep moving forward until you think you can't move forward anymore, until you feel you're tired.]At first, Desmond did not realise that this system wind

Desmond didn't wait even a second after speaking and pointed the huge box he had brought out at one of the nobles.When this noble approached Desmond with a look of astonishment, the young man calmly asked, "Could you hold the box steady, please?"Although the nobleman looked at him in astonishment, he did not fail to reply, "Of course."Desmond then opened the lid of the huge box... or rather, this thing that could be called a safe.What was inside was something that would make anyone who could see inside the box smile."I may be thinking in a racist way, but I don't know much about vampires, Your Majesty. I only know that you prefer dark colours instead of bright colours," Desmond said suddenly, pointing to the inside of the box."That's why I thought it appropriate to bring you a set of clothes," he added.Upon hearing these words, Andromeda rose from her throne without breaking her smiling expression and then slowly began to descend the stairs leading to the throne.When the Ancie