Chapter 26: Ahead Lies the Field of Carnage

In front of the Slime Cavern, Zhao Ming walked over to where the Steelwater Slime had died and picked up a strange, tooth-shaped object.

“Ugh, I thought it would drop equipment, but it’s just trash,” Zhao Ming muttered, shaking his head as he tossed the thing onto the ground.

Zhao Tianhe didn’t mind the situation and simply turned his gaze toward the Slime Cavern. Since earlier, hordes of elite and regular slimes had been pouring out, with fire elementals being the most numerous, though for now, there were only those two Steelwater Slimes.

At that moment, Zhao Tianhe’s phone rang. He opened his chat app to find a message from Artoria.

“Pick up that dragon tooth. It’s useful.”

“Hm? Dragon tooth? Does she mean that junk?” Only then did Zhao Tianhe realize the video call had been on the whole time, and the camera had caught that scene. He wasn’t sure what use it could have, but he walked over and picked it up anyway. In other people’s systems, this was nothing but trash, but for Zhao Tianhe, a different description appeared.

Dragon Tooth, special item, can enhance Artoria’s class skills in Warrior mode within the Talent System.

“Oh, so this is a special item exclusive to my talent system? Does that mean nothing else dropped because I contaminated it?” The thought made Zhao Tianhe feel a bit guilty, but also resolved not to mention it to anyone—otherwise, no one would ever want to team up with him again.

“Zhao, why’d you pick that up?” Laenise came over and asked.

“A keepsake. I have a habit of collecting souvenirs after defeating strong enemies, even if it’s just trash,” Zhao Tianhe answered offhandedly. “That move just now was pretty awesome, right?”

“It was amazing! Is she a new heroic spirit?” The excitement in Laenise’s eyes made Zhao Tianhe feel somewhat awkward.

“Yeah, but she’s a bit special, so I can’t summon her just yet,” Zhao Tianhe replied, a faint sense of threat rising in his heart. ‘Why does this little girl seem oddly enthusiastic? I definitely can’t let my wives be alone with her…’

“Ereshkigal’s Favor +1”

“What?!” Zhao Tianhe was taken aback. What just happened?!

“Eresh, do you want to meet her too?” Zhao Tianhe typed into the app, using a Chinese input method. Even if Laenise was watching, she wouldn’t understand.

“It’s fine. I just feel like she kind of admires me? Uh, even though I’m just wearing normal clothes today, I’m still pretty confident…” Eresh’s mood was clearly good; she even sent a selfie. But this time, she wasn’t in the outfit she’d worn when first summoned, but a far more formal dress, with both legs sheathed in black stockings adorned with golden patterns. In her hands was an even more ornate spear, its shaft formed by two metallic wheels.

All in all, she looked more dignified, but if he was honest, Zhao Tianhe still preferred bare legs! But in this situation, he could only praise her clothes and suggest she try talking with Artoria more.

“Ugh, she’s always so serious. It’s just like me at work—so dull,” Eresh replied.

“This is a group chat,” Artoria’s reply carried a strange chill, perhaps because she typed in blue.

“Sorry!” Zhao Tianhe immediately sent a kneeling emoji.

“No, that’s not what I meant…” Eresh hesitated, trying to explain herself to Artoria.

Fortunately, fighting had broken out in front of the cavern, so Zhao Tianhe quickly handed his phone to Pixie, drew his sword, and rushed to the front lines!

Hold on—a King Arthur, a goddess of the underworld, trying to court both at once… If I ever cross that final forbidden line with one of them while both have high favorability… what will happen to the other?!

System crash! Death without a corpse!

The thought sent a cold shiver down Zhao Tianhe’s spine, and for the first time he felt genuine fear toward his own talent system!

This isn’t some Multiverse Summoning System—it’s a love triangle simulator straight from hell!

As for being with both at once—don’t be ridiculous! This isn’t some adult manga plot! There’s no way!

‘All in all, I still need to raise their favorability to get stronger, but… I absolutely can’t cross that line! Not until I have surefire survival skills!’

With that, Zhao Tianhe’s spirit burned with renewed determination.

“Come, experience points!” Zhao Tianhe took a deep breath.

Meanwhile, in Rog Town, Liu Caier had boarded a medium-sized flying craft shaped like a matchbox. Unlike the small craft Zhao Tianhe had rented, this one was about the size of a large bus, and being military-grade, its structure was solid and reinforced with protective enchantments.

“What took you so long? That tremor earlier must have something to do with the Slime Cavern!” Liu Caier exclaimed anxiously from aboard the craft.

A middle-aged man in a mage’s robe smiled kindly. “Don’t worry, young lady. It was only a signal delay caused by aging relay equipment. As for the tremors, there’s no conclusion yet. That’s why I’d like to ask—have there been any unusual incidents around Rog Town lately?”

“Unusual incidents? Just those dungeon anomalies. What else could there be?” Liu Caier asked, puzzled. “Anything else?”

“Nothing, just asking,” the man replied with a smile.

“Hahaha, don’t worry, little girl! We’re professionals. It’s only an F-class dungeon—no matter how it evolves, how strong can it get?” A burly, bald man nearly three meters tall, his skin red and covered in pale tattoos, laughed heartily.

He, like Zhao Tianhe, was a summoned heroic spirit from another world, origin unknown, but his strength was on a whole different level—a core member of a B-class dungeon raiding team.

“Don’t get careless,” a thin man said, eyes closed. Though he appeared seated, in truth, his body hovered two centimeters above the chair, never quite touching it, and his forehead was set with a crystal that resembled an eyeball.

There were nine people on the craft in total. Aside from the man who’d questioned Liu Caier, an officer from the Piltover Security Bureau, the other eight were teams of heroic spirits and their summoners.

The reason the Security Bureau had mobilized was that they’d discovered the maintenance workers for the magic web relay station had been killed.

But the question remained: why would those two unknown figures abandon their chance to block the signal?

Perhaps because their goal had already been achieved…