My Level Zero System

This place was supposed to forever be a forbidden land for Adventurers, until a Magus with a monster to kill appeared.

Kain killed monsters while leisurely adding his skill points to [Thunder Magic].

However, he still paid attention to his attacks. He did not want them to damage the stone path. After all, destroying the stone path to lose the enemy was only a backup plan when the situation was extremely dire.

In fact, Kain could also use these devious paths to his advantage.

The narrow path gave the Pythonels many advantages in surrounding the enemy. But the high terrain here was a disadvantage, because this terrain did not allow the Pythonels to surround him immediately.

They have to climb.

Thus, Kain had plenty of time to use a [Thunder Summon] below the water's surface, destroying the monsters in his way.

Because of that, the number of skill points he accumulated also increased extremely quickly.

[Thunder Magic ★] 943/1000 (+56)

At the end of the second day, Kain took inventory of the skill points he had obtained and couldn't help but feel happy.

It's not wrong to call this place a forbidden land, an Adventurer's dead zone. The number of monsters here is truly terrifying.

Even though those Pythonels were just a wave of Kain's hand, the power of a single Pythonel was enough to overwhelm a grown man. And imagine being chased and surrounded by hundreds of such monsters, or even more?

Even if it were just the most ordinary Pythonel, with its hard scales and poisonous fangs, it would still be the most terrifying nightmare for anyone who came here.

But for Kain, this was a gold mine.

The monsters were weak, numerous, and gathered together, like a sumptuous feast presented to him for his enjoyment.

Even so, Kain would not be fooled by his initial overwhelming power into thinking he could just walk past here.

At the same time, while moving, he also confirmed his guesses, all of which matched.

If all the obstacles that blocked his path the first time were interpreted as the "first layer", then the obstacles that appeared behind him to block him the second time were the "second layer". The layout of this second layer was not much different from the first layer, except for one special point: the shortest path of the second layer was connected to the longest path of the first layer.

That's why if any normal Adventurer party were to attempt to advance down this path, they would quickly be stopped.

On the other side of the Dungeon, in a place unknown to him, a strategist, a hunter was setting traps.

And the prey, is Kain.

But isn't Kain the same?

He is also a hunter, waiting for his prey to show weakness.

Actually, his somewhat arbitrary action today was a test.

He wondered, if the monster knew its trap was useless against Kain, would it switch to some new strategy?

Testing the prey's thinking ability is the first step.

But he still had a second purpose.

He wanted to test how much control this mysterious monster leader had over the other mindless monsters.

If the appearance of monsters is random, then there is nothing to say.

But if this is not a coincidence, the existence of this trap says a lot.

The Salamander leader on the fourth floor was still quite naive, but the purpose it expressed was very intuitive and realistic.

Protect itself.

The Salamander leader took control of all the other monsters in that floor, controlling and directing them to attack the Adventurers, setting up a tight protective circle around it.

But the leader monster on the fifth floor didn't seem to be like that.

If it could control all the monsters on the fifth floor, and its purpose was to protect itself, then it could completely let the Pythonels block all the stone passages.

With that huge number of Pythonels, this is extremely possible.

Even the Adventurers would have a hard time dealing with this situation. Even if they didn't enter Pythonel's attack range, they wouldn't be able to escape, and dying of thirst and hunger here would be the most terrible death.

Switching to water travel below is also impractical.

First, climbing down a steep cliff, about fifty meters high, was no small challenge. And don't even think about jumping in because below is water, just one small mistake can cause your lungs to be crushed.

Second, after successfully climbing down, assuming there are no more monsters below because the monsters have all been pulled up to the other side of the stone path, then how can you keep the supplies in the flooded state? From the light reflected by the glowing grass at the bottom of the water, Kain estimated that the depth of the water below couldn't be less than two meters, a height that already exceeded the height of most people. Even if they raised their arms to lift the supplies out of the water to avoid getting wet, they would still drown.

However, this could be overcome if their supply containers were made of leather, and were watertight.

Third, there is still the problem of dampness, but not about supplies, but about the bodies of the Adventurers.

Soaking, getting cold, and getting sick is a basic enjoyment for everyone. And when Adventurers soak too long, they get sick.

This is an extremely serious problem, in the Dungeon, even a common cold can kill the strongest of people.

Of course, where there is a problem there is a solution. The third problem or even the second problem could be solved if they somehow brought a boat.

And the probability of this is too small.

To know what to prepare, they must have information. And if they want information, the people ahead of them must be able to communicate this information. And in reality, this is impossible under the assumptions that Kain makes.

This vicious cycle is literally the real dead zone.

No need for complicated strategies, just this simple is enough to force everyone to death.

But why didn't the monster do that?n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om