“You… you’re still bleeding…”
Li Si touched her head and found a patch of bright red.
After all, it was the Minotaur’s detection skill.
Surviving it was already a stroke of luck; the bleeding effect would probably take a day or two to subside.
She looked at Jian in her arms, who seemed terrified and hadn’t snapped out of it yet.
Li Si felt a bit embarrassed; this time she had gone too far.
She originally wanted to cure Jian’s habit of sneaking photos.
When she noticed Jian following, she deliberately led her on, but unexpectedly lost her.
Then she happened to find the Minotaur and thought to kill it first, but Jian popped out from some corner.
If not for Strict Father’s Perception, she might not have made it in time.
Li Si tried to put Jian down, but seeing her still clinging tightly to her neck and not daring to let go, she had to let her hang there for now.
“Li Si, are you okay!”
Lili Ya ran over anxiously, having switched back to her staff and trying to use healing and purification.
But the bleeding status was level 25; even Suoda, who had already changed classes, couldn’t completely remove it.
Li Si didn’t mind; as long as she replenished blood in time, the damage of losing a drop or two per hour was not a problem.
“Hey! What’s wrong with you!”
Liewata angrily approached Jian.
Although she believed in Li Si’s strength, if Li Si had been a bit slower just now, this blacksmith apprentice would have died here.
Li Si shook her head to stop Liewata.
Now that the battle was over, the minotaurs in the dungeon had sensed something, and the ground was shaking slightly—a result of a large number of minotaurs surging out.
The first priority now was not to reflect but to quickly collect the loot and retreat.
Next to the Minotaur’s corpse, no one dared to distribute the loot arbitrarily.
Even Xi Er, who had delivered the final blow, silently left the spot after the kill.
This clearly meant giving up the loot.
With the killer absent, everyone else turned their eyes to Li Si.
Luo La was the first to speak: “These should belong to you and your team.”
Ailin was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
In the previous battle, reminded not to use skills, they had almost lost all advantages of their class change.
Instead, Li Si, who only knew Basic Swordsmanship, repeatedly kited the Minotaur, using high agility and superb weakness detection to deliver explosive damage like an Assassin.
Now recalling, Ailin couldn’t help trembling with excitement.
As a swordsman, she had always believed that higher-level, stronger sword techniques were the only path to becoming a Sword Saint.
But after seeing Li Si’s serious battle, everything was overturned.
Ailin was very glad she decided to join this eradication operation.
To fight side by side even once with such a destined great swordsman in this life was definitely the greatest honor for a swordsman.
“These should all belong to Fairy Tail.”
Another Defense Force member voiced agreement.
“Right! All belong to Fairy Tail!”
“Yes! This is all because of Lady Li Si’s leadership! These spoils should belong to Lady Li Si.”
Seeing that everyone declined, Li Si didn’t stand on ceremony.
She signaled Lili Ya to take it all, but she tossed the pair of bull horns to Liewata.
“Make this into a horn; it can put minotaurs into a brief state of fear.”
Liewata understood Li Si’s intention immediately—this was to add a defense measure for the village.
Even if the nearby minotaurs retreated, the Hot Spring Fruit was still there, and it was inevitable that scattered minotaur groups would attack the village again.
She didn’t refuse and gratefully accepted the horns.
Li Si glanced at the Minotaur’s corpse, which was emitting magical energy, and felt a bit regretful.
The ground tremors grew more violent.
This dungeon was clearly collapsing.
Such a large Magic Beast corpse could yield a lot of materials if dissected, but it was a pity—there was no time.
The ground beneath their feet began to crack clearly.
Li Si decisively ordered a retreat.
Now that everything had happened as Li Si said, no one doubted her; everyone withdrew to the upper levels.
On the path to the upper levels, groups of minotaurs were also scrambling to escape.
The loud stamping echoed through the entire dungeon.
Having lost the Minotaur’s mental influence, the other minotaur’s eyes became clear.
Along the way, they only ran upwards; even if they engaged in battle, they would just stomp a few times and immediately disengage at the first opportunity.
A large group of minotaur’s surged out of the lower levels.
The adventurers waiting on the first floor had already received notifications in the area channel, but seeing the tidal wave of minotaur’s, they couldn’t help worrying about the team below.
Some adventurers tried to attack the minotaur’s, but after a few hits, they found that the minotaur’s state was as reported in the channel—lacking aggression and just fleeing.
Only then were they completely relieved.
“That lady… really succeeded…”
A Defense Force member looked incredulous.
The minotaur’s, a problem that had plagued Hot Spring Village for dozens of generations, was solved just like that.
The member looked up at the sky.
The sky was dusky yellow.
Less than a day had passed since Li Si led the team into the dungeon.
“This… is Dictator Li Si…”
At the entrance of the rift valley, a team followed and weaved through the minotaur’s, running out together.
Almost the moment they ran out, the entire dungeon behind them collapsed into a pile of dust with a roar.
Li Si hadn’t expected that this dungeon, which hadn’t yet turned into a proper dungeon, would be so unstable.
Good thing they ran fast.
She turned to look.
No one had fallen behind.
Although everyone had varying degrees of injury, they all seemed fine.
After a final confirmation in the area channel and receiving safety replies from everyone, Li Si announced loudly, “The Minotaur Dungeon has been eradicated.”
“Lady Li Si! Lady Li Si!”
Deafening cheers erupted around them.
No one cared about the scattered minotaur’s anymore.
All eyes were on the silver-haired figure who had led the team safely out of the valley.
Everyone saw clearly that Li Si was only level 15, not even class-changed.
Originally, in their concept, Dictator was just a legend of the Beginner Village, but at this moment, they firmly believed that this legend would continue throughout the entire adventuring world.
“If… Lady Li Si creates an adventurer party… I will definitely join!”
A young Defense Force member at level 14 made the greatest vow of his life towards the setting sun.
“Dictator… Li Si…”
Liewata gazed at the dazzling silver back ahead.
Listening to the admiring voices around her, she suddenly felt dazed.
Was someone like her really worthy of adventuring with such a person?
She wanted to become stronger, that was true.
She really liked Li Si, that was also true.
But in the end, she was just a mage who could only cast sparks.
Liewata hugged the giant horn tighter.
Previously, she had been willing to give up everything to become stronger, to go to higher and farther places.
But after meeting that person, such thoughts seemed to have become a mistake.
“Hehehe~ You want to join my team? Too weak, don’t hold me back.”
“But your temper is quite similar to a certain serious person. If it were her, maybe you’d get along, but no matter what, it doesn’t change the fact that you’re just a burden.”
Liewata lowered her head.
Suddenly, she understood.
Things in this world aren’t about just wanting to do them; you have to be worthy.
How could someone as weak as her be a burden to an adventurer as destined for greatness as Li Si?
Liewata slowly let out a breath.
At this moment, she felt she had let go of something.
Letting it go completely relaxed the string that had been taut for years.
It was very relieving, but the world seemed to instantly lose its color.
Suddenly, into this desolate world burst a flash of fiery red.
That fiery red collided with the silver light, erupting in a violent sonic boom.
“Hehehe~ Long time no see, Li Si. I heard from Beowuna that you’re a woman. Never thought it was true.”
The victorious team that had just reached the village entrance was instantly cut through by an intense color like flames.
That flame-colored figure carried a silver-haired person for dozens of meters, finally slamming them against a boulder with a bang.
Li Si wiped the blood that had started to flow again from her head, looked at the figure who had pinned her against the rock wall, and said helplessly, “Sigh, the crazy one is here.”