After all, if a monster invasion were to occur while they were sleeping, they would truly die in their beds.
But this no longer concerned Wang Xiaoming, as he had completed all the tasks he needed to do.
This time, his entry into the dungeon was primarily to familiarize Sakura and Medea with the dungeon, especially the upper levels.
Although the Hestia Familia now had Wang Xiaoming, they would undoubtedly continue to have new recruits joining in the future.
However, the Hestia Familia had already become the top Familia in Orario. Wang Xiaoming's desire for leveling up had diminished, and the members' leveling speed was no longer a pressing concern.
In terms of current surface combat power, the entire Hestia Familia possessed the strongest Familia leader and a large number of LV5 members.
In terms of high-end combat power, the Hestia Familia's theoretical combat strength was already top-tier.
Most importantly, no one in the Hestia Familia could be judged by their theoretical combat power. Everyone in this Familia appeared to have a certain level, but in reality, almost all of them were monsters with a level of LV?. If the main members of the Familia were to take action, other Familias, even the Freya Familia, would be instantly defeated.
Apart from the gods who obeyed Ouranos's orders on the surface and whose combat power was unknown, the entire Hestia Familia had two words written on their faces: Invincible!
Therefore, Wang Xiaoming did not plan to take Sakura and Medea directly to the 52nd floor, [Dragon's Kettle], to level up, as there was no real need for them to do so.
Moreover, Sakura and Medea's combat abilities were more like those of people from the Danmachi world. One was a greatsword warrior, and the other was a magician, their styles perfectly fitting the Danmachi world. It would be a waste not to experience it properly.
So Wang Xiaoming planned to let them slowly experience the dungeon and enjoy the fun of conquering the dungeon and leveling up, something that other members of the Familia had not enjoyed.
After all, the others started leveling directly from the 27th floor, and later even went to the 51st floor as LV1 to hunt dragons. The monsters beyond the 50th floor were miserable, being wiped out completely every day during that time, leaving no survivors.
So, in the following days, Wang Xiaoming began to take Sakura and Medea into the dungeon continuously. As for the plan to return to Hakoniwa, Wang Xiaoming had Leticia working on it, while he took advantage of this time to spend more time with Sakura and Medea.
After all, they had only just arrived in Orario and definitely needed him by their side. However, Wang Xiaoming would always take them through the route once first, and then let them descend from top to bottom, just like before the 17th floor.
Wang Xiaoming always had them experience it in units of one floor boss.
For example, the first round was floors 1-17, focusing on the 17th-floor boss, Goliath.
After the mutated Goliath was dealt with by Wang Xiaoming, Goliath would not respawn in a short period of time, so Wang Xiaoming first took Sakura and Medea to the second round.
The second round was floors 19-27, ending with the 27th-floor boss, the Twin-Headed Dragon.
The following two rounds were the same. In short, the focus was on the four Heavenly Kings of the dungeon bosses, allowing Sakura and Medea to experience them continuously.
The dungeon experience also greatly surprised Sakura and Medea.
Sakura herself was a modern person. Although she was a magician, she didn't really understand the mythical fantasy world. But not understanding meant that she yearned for it very much. So everything in the dungeon, especially the various different environments, terrains, and even buildings and seasons after the terrain became larger from the 19th floor onwards, made Sakura feel that the fantasy world was really magical.
Medea was the same. As a member of Greek mythology and a member of the Argo, Medea had experienced many adventures, but she was still amazed by the dungeon with such magical settings.
In Medea's words, each floor of these dungeons was an independent world, which was a very rare miracle!
Indeed, the dungeon was, strictly speaking, a kind of miracle, but this miracle had never been fully understood and lacked security.
As a result, the continuous exploration of the dungeon took half a month.
Mainly, most of the time during this half-month was spent getting familiar. There were fewer monsters in the early stages, but after reaching the middle levels, the number and quality of monsters began to increase.
Although Sakura and Medea were both strong and possessed the strength of Servants, their killing efficiency was relatively low when facing monsters.
Of course, this relatively low was compared to the people in their own family.
Agulera, who came from the Strike the Blood world, had a combat style of not moving at all, directly summoning a bunch of Familiars to push forward, belonging to the summoner style of play.
As for the vampire trio from Hakoniwa, the gifts and powers they possessed were top-notch. Most monsters were instantly dealt with by the Dragon's Shadow. The advanced gifts from the pure-blooded dragon system tree were so domineering that even the bodies of dragon species could be easily cut open. As a result, when they fought, they simply strolled along, and then the monsters were dealt with by the Dragon's Shadow, even faster than Agulera.
Compared to these truly cheating women, Sakura and Medea seemed very ordinary. Their monster-killing efficiency was much lower in comparison, but being lower was normal.
Wang Xiaoming was not in a hurry. He could take his time with them, and Wang Xiaoming could just accompany them slowly.
Starting from the middle levels, Wang Xiaoming no longer waited for them in the floor boss's room, but accompanied them all the way, constantly telling them what each floor's monsters looked like and what abilities they possessed, introducing them like a science popularization.
This was very convenient for them to adapt to the dungeon.
With Wang Xiaoming's half-month of companionship, Sakura and Medea quickly became familiar with the monsters in the dungeon.
However, due to their individual abilities, their exploration eventually stopped at the 39th floor.
After all, with their abilities, the 39th-floor boss was still a bit troublesome for them to handle. Fortunately, they succeeded in the end, but starting from the 40th floor, the difficulty would increase to a new level.
Let's leave those for the other members of the family to slowly explore together with them.
Wang Xiaoming was about to start taking Leticia and the others back to Hakoniwa.
776. Community Camelot
Hakoniwa, this paradise for Shura gods and Buddhas, a hell for ordinary bottom-level humans and other species, was still operating normally today, at least on the surface.
The sun in the sky, under the control of a certain star spirit, rose and fell according to the trajectory set by the gods, illuminating the entire Hakoniwa.
Outside the eastern outer gate of this Hakoniwa, at the end of the world, a cyan space gate appeared, and four figures emerged from it, then began to fall rapidly.
"So, every time we come to Hakoniwa, we have to fall from the sky?"
Wang Xiaoming complained as he fell.
"Master seems to have a grudge against appearing from the sky."
Leticia was beside him, maintaining a head-down falling posture, smiling as she looked at the speechless and complaining Wang Xiaoming.
"I guess so. The main thing is that there's nothing new about it, but it's not a problem. I used to be treated like this before, but it doesn't matter now."
Behind Wang Xiaoming, black dragon wings appeared, directly stopping his speed abruptly. At the same time, he reached out and scooped up Leticia and Lamia.
Leticia had long known that Wang Xiaoming would do this. As long as she went out with Wang Xiaoming, she had never flown up on her own, because Wang Xiaoming would seize any opportunity to hug her, not letting her fly on her own, with the excuse of not making her so tired. Leticia was speechless, the reason was too casual.
Lamia completely obeyed Wang Xiaoming and did not resist at all, so Wang Xiaoming could do whatever he wanted without saying anything, just doing it.
As for Lamia, when Wang Xiaoming spread his wings, she directly pounced on Wang Xiaoming's back, wrapped her arms around Wang Xiaoming's neck, and hung on him with a smile on her face.
Wang Xiaoming directly became a state where he had one person in each hand and one on his back, and then began to fall.
As vampire royalty, they actually all had their own wings, which were the wings transformed from the Dragon's Shadow, but none of them opened them, and all of them hung on Wang Xiaoming, and then Wang Xiaoming took them all the way down.
Flapping his wings, Wang Xiaoming landed with the three of them, gently placing Leticia and Lamia on the ground, and then patted the small hand around his neck.
"Lamia, we've landed."
"Okay!"
Lamia responded playfully, then let go and slid down from Wang Xiaoming's back, standing beside Lamia with a smile on her face.
Wang Xiaoming smiled and shook his head at Lamia's playful appearance, then looked at Leticia.
"Letizia, can you tell where we are right now?"
Letizia glanced around. They had landed on a huge rock that towered over the surrounding forest.
"Judging by the terrain and vegetation here, Master, you've returned to the outer gate of the East District."
"Looks like we really have a connection with the East District."
Wang Xiaoming stroked his chin, sighing with emotion. The moment he arrived in Little Garden, his system had alerted him that the corresponding divinities had returned: Rama's divinity, Nidhogg's divinity, the Ancestor of the Vampires' divinity—all had returned. He felt power coursing through his entire being!
Meanwhile, Letizia began outlining her carefully laid plans.
"Master, according to our plan, to contact the Halloween Queen, we need to go to the North District to find a Community that can assist us."
"During the Fire Dragon Birth Festival, many Communities were invited, including the Community 【Willo'wisp】 under the Halloween Queen's banner. We can contact the Halloween Queen through them."
Wang Xiaoming's purpose in coming to Little Garden was to contact the Halloween Queen and obtain the Gift that could connect different worlds—the Gift of Boundary.
However, the Halloween Queen wasn't someone anyone could meet. Even three-digit powerhouses found it difficult to meet her. It wasn't that they couldn't find her Community's base; the Community 【QueenHalloween】 led by the Halloween Queen had its own base.
But Wang Xiaoming couldn't go to that base right now, because it was a high-ranking Community. Ascending to the floors where high-ranking Communities resided required authorization.
Not to mention Wang Xiaoming, even Letizia wasn't qualified to go there. Wang Xiaoming couldn't just use 'Empty-Handed Blade Catch' to drag someone over.
You had to know, the Halloween Queen was a Star Spirit, and as a Star Spirit, few weren't problem children. In other words, they were short-tempered. Dragging her over would directly lead to them becoming mortal enemies, wouldn't it?
The Halloween Queen, one of the three great problem children in Little Garden, possessed immense combat power, capable of directly confronting two-digit powerhouses head-on. Coupled with her Star Spirit nature, Wang Xiaoming, in his current state, really couldn't defeat her.
Although Wang Xiaoming's combat power was at the three-digit level, even Rama's power couldn't allow him to defeat the Halloween Queen. The special nature of Star Spirits gave them innate advantages, making them virtually unkillable.
Even trash like Algol, the Medusa of Little Garden, was still alive after being beaten up by the gods as a Star Spirit. She was merely sealed and had her power reduced.
Immortal, she seemed utterly immortal.
Therefore, Wang Xiaoming planned to directly cooperate with the Halloween Queen.
And to cooperate with the Halloween Queen, a friendly relationship was naturally required. Building a good relationship with the Community under the Halloween Queen's banner was the first step.
Wang Xiaoming's return point in time was the same as his departure point.
Therefore, the current time was just shortly after the Fire Dragon Birth Festival held by the stratum ruler of the North District in the original storyline.
The Community 【Willo'wisp】 under the Halloween Queen had participated in that Fire Dragon Birth Festival.
Moreover, their Community was located in the North District.
"Very well, let's do as you say, Letizia. We'll go to the North District."
"Then, Master, what identity shall we use to go there? Have you decided on a name for our Community?"
In Little Garden, if you wanted to do anything, even basic living, you needed a Community identity. Otherwise, you couldn't enter many places. It was essentially Little Garden's identity card.
Previously, Wang Xiaoming had joined Ouroboros and acquired Rama's identity within it. That's right, Wang Xiaoming still remembered that Rama's surface identity. However, now that he wanted to cooperate with the Halloween Queen, he needed a new identity, and this new identity preferably belonged to a Community.
Even if you thought you were brave enough to appear as a villain, as a Demon Lord, that wouldn't work either, because even Demon Lords had Communities—either they joined someone else's or created their own.
Therefore, the first thing Wang Xiaoming needed to do was create a Community to give himself an identity.
Wang Xiaoming had already thought about this when Letizia reminded him before entering Little Garden.
"The Community's name is simple. Our Community will be called Camelot!"
777. Lady White Rabbit, they're back
Camelot, in Arthurian legends, was the city where King Arthur grew up, and also the main city of Great Britain in Arthurian legends.
Just like Wang Xiaoming named Hestia Familia's base in Orario the City of Ideals, in Little Garden, Wang Xiaoming planned to directly use the name Camelot.
The moment Wang Xiaoming spoke the name, it was captured and acknowledged by Little Garden's central authority. Wang Xiaoming and the three people around him, Letizia, were all defaulted as members of the Community 【Camelot】.
"The Community is established, so next is the banner."
Every Community had its own banner, which represented the Community. Once a Community's banner was taken away, it was equivalent to that Community becoming 【Nameless】. Letizia's previous Community 【Arcadia】 was destroyed by a Demon Lord, its banner was taken away, and then it became 【Nameless】. Little Garden had many, many 【Nameless】.
"For the Community's banner, let's just use our Familia's banner."
Hestia Familia's banner was a symbol that Wang Xiaoming had drawn when he established Hestia Familia. For this, he even made a flag: a blue background with a gorgeous symbol of a flame entwined around a longsword in golden thread.
Wang Xiaoming took out his Familia banner from his dimensional pocket. The moment it was taken out, the banner was scanned by the central authority and directly recognized as Camelot's banner.
The Community 【Camelot】 was thus completed.
Wang Xiaoming and the three of Letizia could now be considered to have identities in Little Garden.
"A wonderful banner, Master."
Letizia nodded in satisfaction as she looked at the fluttering banner.
"The Community has been established, so now we can act in the name of the Community."
"Very well, let's exchange some currency first, and then use the Boundary Gate to teleport directly to the North District."
"Understood."
Wang Xiaoming gave the order, and Letizia carried it out.
Under Letizia's guidance, the four began moving towards the outer gate.
Their entry point was located outside the outer gate of the East District, which was the end of Little Garden's world. This was the intersection of countless worlds, but in essence, everything outside of Little Garden was a void. If they jumped down, they would probably fall directly into the boundless void and then not know which world they would fall into.
Wang Xiaoming's destination was the North District. On this Little Garden, which looked like a cake and was as large as a star, if they wanted to move quickly, they had to use the Boundary Gate, or a special Gift. Obviously, Wang Xiaoming and the others didn't have that kind of special Gift. Even if Wang Xiaoming flew, he didn't know how long it would take. Spatial movement also required coordinates; without coordinates, spatial movement wouldn't know how long it would take.
To use the Boundary Gate, they needed Little Garden's currency. Without currency, giving gold wouldn't work.
Therefore, the first thing Letizia and the others needed to do was exchange currency. The easiest way to exchange currency was to directly find the Thousand Eyes shop under the Two Goddesses' banner.
As two-digit existences, the Two Goddesses' Community 【Thousand Eyes】 was the largest commercial Community in Little Garden. Even most areas in Little Garden used currency issued by Thousand Eyes, which could almost be said to control Little Garden's currency issuance rights.
The group quickly arrived at the outer wall and began walking along it. By walking along the outer wall, they soon found the outer gate set on the outer wall.
However, what surprised Wang Xiaoming was that the outer gate they found was actually the same outer gate they had left Little Garden from.
But thinking about it, it made sense, because of the characteristics of the sub-world. When Wang Xiaoming left this world, the time in this world would be frozen. When Wang Xiaoming re-entered this world, he would directly appear in the next instant after leaving this world.
Therefore, when Wang Xiaoming returned to this world, he was not too far from the location where he left, which was why he appeared outside the outer gate of the East District.
