· Renowned in Orario

"What! Someone challenged a floor boss and triggered a Dungeon riot!"

The adventurer stared in disbelief at the middle-aged adventurer named Made. In Orario, even among the top-tier Familias, every expedition to challenge a floor boss was a massive, organized undertaking. It wasn't because there were no high-level adventurers capable of defeating a floor boss; it was entirely because a floor boss, upon entering a berserk state, would trigger a Dungeon riot. Not only would the floor boss's power increase drastically, but endless waves of monsters would be drawn to its side, guided by its frenzy.

In such a situation, even top-tier adventurers would fall into crisis under the endless siege. That was why, whenever a top-tier Familia organized an expedition to challenge a floor boss, they would spend months preparing.

"Yes, it was because that lord challenged the floor boss and triggered a Dungeon riot. At the time, we thought it was one of the top-tier Familias conducting a raid, but when we arrived, only that lord was there, fighting the floor boss all by himself."

"We weren't injured because that lord failed; it was because he killed the 17th-floor 'Goliath' in a single strike! After the 'Goliath' died, the rioting monsters tried to flee the 17th floor. We happened to be in the passage they were using to escape, which is how we got caught in the chaos!"

"We only survived because that lord, upon noticing the riot, rushed to save us and collapsed the tunnel behind us."

Listening to Made, the Adventurer Guild fell into silence. What had they just heard?

A single person had challenged a floor boss, not only succeeding but also causing the fearless monsters of the Dungeon to flee in terror. Furthermore, he had rescued the majority of the nearby adventurers before the monsters could escape, and then collapsed the tunnel.

In everyone's minds, a powerful, mysterious, and kind figure emerged. For the first time, they realized that Orario possessed such a formidable adventurer, one who would disregard his own safety to rescue others in danger.

"Made, do you know the name of that adventurer?"

An adventurer suddenly asked, and the others turned their gazes toward Made as well. They were all curious about this mysterious and powerful figure—which of the famous top-tier adventurers could it be?

"I don't know. It was my first time seeing that lord as well."

The middle-aged adventurer named Made shook his head. He had no idea who the man was; he certainly didn't match any of the renowned adventurers in Orario.

"You don't know?"

"No, but I remember what he looked like: black hair, black eyes, and a silver-white basin-like object on his head. Oh, and he was using two black short swords."

"Black hair, black eyes, silver-white basin on his head."

Inside the Adventurer Guild, some adventurers felt as though they had seen this person somewhere before, though it didn't quite match the person in their memories.

"Made, was that person laughing constantly during the battle? And was that laughter filled with bloodlust and madness?"

At this moment, an adventurer spoke up. He had encountered a similar presence on the fifth floor of the Dungeon yesterday, but he wasn't sure, because Made had said that this lord had challenged a floor boss all by himself today.

Made carefully recalled Lu Qiming's battle against the floor boss and nodded.

"That lord was indeed laughing throughout the fight, and the laughter was just as you described. Do you know him?"

The adventurer scratched the back of his head and smiled sheepishly.

"How could I possibly know such a lord? I just saw him from afar on the fifth floor of the Dungeon yesterday. However, that lord seems very familiar with Eina."

"Eina?"

All the adventurers turned their heads toward Eina, who had been standing there in a daze ever since Made described the appearance of the man who had soloed the floor boss.

Hearing someone call her name, Eina finally snapped back to reality. Seeing the many adventurers staring at her, she offered a faint smile.

"I don't know if the person you're talking about is Lu Qiming, but he does have black hair and black eyes. As for the thing on his head, it's a stainless steel basin he brought from his hometown, and his weapons were ones he bought just this morning."

Following Eina's words, everyone was certain that the person she spoke of was the same powerhouse who had soloed the floor boss. After all, black hair and black eyes were quite rare in Orario, and the iconic weapons and the silver-white object on his head matched Made's description perfectly.

"So that lord's name is Lu Qiming! I wonder which top-tier Familia he belongs to!"

The adventurers began to discuss it fervently. Some claimed Lu Qiming was a hidden trump card of the Loki Familia, others said he belonged to the Freya Familia, and some even suggested the Apollo Familia.

As the discussion and speculation grew, some adventurers, determined to prove their theories correct, began to argue with those who disagreed. The shouting escalated until some started drawing their weapons, ready to brawl.

"Ah! That hurts, you jerk, you stepped on my wound!"

"Who was that? Who dared to sneak-attack my crotch?"

"Enough! Stop arguing!"

Eina watched the scene spiraling out of control and shouted, putting an end to the farce.

The bickering adventurers stopped and looked at Eina. For one, this was the Adventurer Guild, where they all had to make a living, and for another, the man they were arguing about was clearly close to her.

"Qiming hasn't joined any Familia yet, so you can stop arguing!"

After saying this, Eina immediately began shooing the gathered adventurers away so that the doctors and pharmacists could treat the wounded.

The adventurers pushed aside by Eina didn't mind. What they cared about now was her last statement: Lu Qiming hadn't joined a Familia! This meant that he possessed such immense power without the aid of a "Blessing." If he were to receive a "Blessing," wouldn't he become even stronger?

At this thought, the eyes of every adventurer began to gleam. If they could get their own deity to recruit this man into their Familia, their group could become one of the top-tier Familias in Orario, perhaps even the strongest!

Imagining their own Familia rising to the top, the adventurers turned and left the Adventurer Guild, sprinting toward their respective headquarters.

Some who were still confused looked at the departing crowd in bewilderment. One of them grabbed a friend from his own Familia.

"Lisa, where are you going in such a hurry?"

"Nothing, I just remembered it's that time of the month, I need to head back."

Lisa looked at her dense teammate in silence, forced to tell a lie. Everyone present now knew that the man named Lu Qiming hadn't joined a Familia, but only a few realized the potential to recruit him.

If she blurted it out, the chances of her own deity successfully recruiting him would drop significantly.