abnabooks Chapter 178 The Family Cursed for a Year
Chapter 178 The Family Cursed for a Year
Chapter 178 The Family Cursed for a Thousand Years
He was almost dragged into the deepest part of the dungeon, where he encountered the mutated Amphispina and barely escaped with his life.
This was even more dangerous than being tricked by Freya's Familia! If Roy doesn't settle this score with them, he doesn't deserve to awaken the "blood for blood" skill.
He couldn't swallow this insult!
Roy believes in quick revenge and doesn't play the game of forbearance, gentlemanly revenge, or the old adage "it's never too late to take revenge." He settles scores on the spot and never holds grudges overnight because his enemies have to die that very night!
Unless you're truly outmatched.
By observing the members of the Ikeros Familia captured by Ryu and the Loki Familia, it becomes clear that Remton was not someone they had prepared, but someone else entirely.
In fact, even without these people's testimonies, Roy could probably guess. Don't treat those gods and adventurers as fools; there must be a reasonable logic behind everything.
The Ikelos Familia initially sought wealth and had no intention of harming people, so the god Ikelos went to great lengths to lead them into the sewers.
After losing the duel, the Ikelos Familia decided to overturn the table and attempt to rob the place.
Even so, no one is foolish enough to attack a god; this is the greatest taboo in the mortal realm!
Only gods can harm gods!
There is another force behind the scenes.
With connections to the Ikelos Familia and a feud with the Astrea Familia, these two characteristics combined suggest that their only target is the Thanatos Familia.
They're all inside a man-made maze—double happiness!
The other party had schemed against the two of them. Roy wanted two hundred, two thousand, or even twenty thousand of them dead! Only by hurting those demons and monsters hiding in the shadows would the other party dare not provoke him!
Seeing Roy's fierce expression, bones creaking, wounds reopening, and blood staining the white bandages, Liu looked tense and said, "Don't get agitated."
Two-stage reversal.
This time, it was Ryu's turn to show a helpless expression. Her sky-blue eyes were fixed on Roy, both anxious and worried. How badly was he injured? And he was still thinking about revenge.
Ryu couldn't help but recall the time when her entire clan was wiped out, feeling that she hadn't been as ruthless as Roy back then. Under Ryu's comforting words, Roy's expression gradually returned to calm, but the murderous intent and coldness deep in his eyes did not diminish at all; on the contrary, they grew even stronger.
Liu sighed, changed Roy's bandages, and sprinkled the topical medicine left by Amid on the wound.
The elven girl's gentle, cool hand glided over the wound, tickling it while also providing a slight coolness that eased Roy's pain.
While dealing with the situation, Liu said with a headache, "At least tell me what happened first!"
Roy nodded and asked, "Do you know Daedalus, the craftsman who built the Tower of Babel?"
Ryu's eyes flickered. "I know. It is said that he was the first servant of the great god Uranus, who built the Tower of Babel and was the world's greatest legendary craftsman."
"Number one in the world? We should probably add 'human' before that," Roy laughed.
In this world where gods have descended to earth, who dares to claim "number one in the world" before the gods?
Roy continued, "After this legendary craftsman completed the construction of the Tower of Babel, he entered the underground city by chance and was awestruck by its wonder and grandeur. His most prized work, the Tower of Babel, paled in comparison to the underground city."
This was the first time Liu had ever heard of such a thing.
After the dressing was changed, the elven girl became engrossed in listening.
The story of Daedalus is over a thousand years old, and not much information has been left to this day. We can only hear his name in some heroic tales.
At this moment, Roy asked with a smile, "Miss Ryu, if you encountered an adventurer whose level and skills surpassed yours, what would you do?"
Without hesitation, Liu replied, "Cultivate, fight, level up, improve myself, surpass my opponent—"
"Could it be?"
As she spoke, seemingly remembering something, Liu's voice abruptly stopped, and her sky-blue eyes widened.
"That's right, just as you think!" Roy nodded slightly, confirming Ryu's guess. Every genius is proud and will never allow themselves to fall behind others, and Daedalus is no exception.
Roy said, "Daedalus's pride was shattered by the masterpiece that is the Dungeon, and it turned into an obsession. He wanted to create a masterpiece that was even more perfect, spectacular, and great than the Dungeon."
"That's impossible!"
Liu's voice trembled slightly.
That's an underground city! To this day, no one knows how many levels it has. Starting from level forty, its area is equal to the entire city of Orario.
The idea of creating a work that surpasses Dungeon Fighter Online is terrifying.
Roy murmured, "But he still did it, exhausting the rest of his life to create his perfect masterpiece in some corner of Orario. That's the origin of Daedalus, the artificial labyrinth!"
Ryu's breathing filled the room.
It really exists! The artificial labyrinth of Daedalus! She seemed to have heard something incredible, a secret hidden for millennia, the darkness concealed within the city.
Roy added, "Of course, it would be impossible to complete this work on a human lifespan."
Liu's tense face relaxed. So that means the man-made maze shouldn't exist. Roy's next sentence made her heart jump to her throat again.
Roy said, "So the legendary craftsman came up with another idea."
Liu glared at Roy, "Can't you just finish your sentence in one go? You can scare people to death."
"Sons and grandsons, endlessly, using a curse, etch this will to build the artificial labyrinth into their blood. From this day forward, his descendants will be cursed whenever they see the artificial labyrinth, trapped in endless work, according to the notes left by Daedalus."
Build that man-made maze.
As Liu listened, she felt a chill run down her spine, her petite body feeling incredibly cold.
To bind one's descendants with a curse in pursuit of one's ideal of building an artificial labyrinth is too selfish, even more despicable than the conservative and rigid elves.
Ryu swallowed hard. "So that's how it is—"
"Yes, in this era, the descendants of Daedalus are still underground, continuing to build that man-made labyrinth," Roy said.
Liu was speechless; it was terrifying.
Then she realized that Roy's revenge led her to the eighteenth floor to find the person who dug the hole.
Liu's beautiful brows furrowed even more deeply. "Are the people who plotted against us descendants of Daedalus?"
Roy said, "Daedalus had two descendants in this era, Dix Perdix and Baka. The former was the leader of the Ikelos Familia, and the latter was Dix's brother, a member of the Thanatos Familia."
Ryu looked puzzled. "The Thanatos Familia?"
Roy said meaningfully, "The most powerful dark faction in Orario, without exception."
Liu's face darkened.
If you say that, then I won't be sleepy anymore!
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