My Level Zero System

"You... what are you saying?"

Andrew thought that he had misheard because his mind was still not clear. But Kain once again confirmed it.

"I'm not mistaken, take me there."

Afterwards, because he could not convince Kain, Andrew was forced to show him the direction they had split up to escape, which was also where the monsters gathered.

"I didn't think there would be that many monsters, this has never happened before…"

"Tell me what happened, in details of course."

Although the monsters Andrew was afraid of had become moving skill points in Kain's eyes, he still didn't let down his guard.

There must be a reason behind every unusual thing.

According to Andrew's description, these monsters seemed to actively attack the Adventurer group, which was not strange at all, what was strange was... it seemed like these things attacked in a methodical and strategic manner.

Kain asked Andrew to describe it in more detail, so he could only rack his brain, sifting through every memory in that chaotic situation.

After listening, Kain roughly guessed something.

It seemed like the monsters were being controlled, but not like a puppet, but more like how swarms of insects act in nature.

This was strange, because these were monsters, not animals. These things only exist because of the killing of living things filled their insides. They might have a fighting instinct, but that was as far as it went.

They never showed this kind of behavior before, a pretty obvious herd behavior.

Kain thought, reminds how he had once seen a guardian monster wandering outside a room it was not supposed to be in. Although it had never happened again, it seemed to be showing signs.

And this strange incident, this too, stops as just another small sign.

But to Kain, this seems to reflect the same conclusion.

The rules of the Dungeon, which have overwhelming proofs and confirmations, are slowly crumbling.

Kain did not know how to dire the consequences would be, but if a leader and commanding horde of monsters were to attack a city, it would be an absolute disaster.

"Stay here, I'll go see."

Kain urged Andrew, then began to go deeper into the Dungeon.

The fourth floor of the Dungeon was a fairly large cave system filled with swamps and small lakes. There was a Salamander lurking below, waiting for prey, but for almost the entire length of the path, Kain's [Seek] didn't register a single enemy.

After walking for quite a while, Kain finally saw quite clear traces of battle, and blood stains.

"Looks like this is the place Andrew told me about."

Kain thought to himself, deciding to follow the trail of blood.

And then, he finally caught something.

Kain hid behind a rock, looking down at a lake not far away.

At this moment, there were dozens of Salamanders crowded together, it looked arbitrary, but Kain keenly realized that this was a simple terrain arrangement when the army wanted to protect a certain target, such as the general in charge.

And at the most heavily guarded location, a Salamander was lying on a rocky outcrop. Compared to the other Salamanders, this one was twice as big, and on top of that, it had a pair of giant wings growing from its back.

And placed in front of the Salamander commander seemed to be the remnants of the Adventurer team, a total of three males and one female, all of them extremely exhausted and haggard.

Kain could see that all the other monsters maintained pure lethality towards living creatures, however, the Salamander in command seemed to be completely different.

It captured it alive, like a victor carrying the spoils of war back to its fortress.

Is this really something a monster is capable of?

It must be known that for monsters, the concept of capturing alive has never existed, but this action before their eyes has broken that short-sighted perspective.

But consider these things later, must destroy monsters and save people first

Kain's golden eyes flashed, many moves were drafted in his head in a short time.

[Thunder Summon].

With a boom, the lightning bolts fell, disrupting the monsters' formation. But the lightning bolts fell not just once, but several times, causing some unlucky Salamanders to be directly killed or rendered incapable of fighting.

The monsters' countless terrifying screams overlapped, forming an unintelligible chord. Suddenly, the leader Salamander let out a scream, causing all the other Salamanders to stop their chaos.

And they began to split into small groups, scattering in all directions to search for the attacker's location.

Just as Kain had predicted.

And the purpose of doing so was to give the monsters enough danger, plus the ability to hide. If the Salamander leader was smart enough, it would realize that continuing to gather in one place would only make it a target for [Thunder Summon] to strike down. So the most reasonable strategy was to split into many small groups of monsters to spread out and search over a large space in a short period of time, once Kain was caught, he would quickly be surrounded.

But that's enough.

Even for Kain, facing a terrifying number of hundreds of Salamanders attacking at once would be enough to kill him, even a few dozen Salamanders releasing magic at him would be enough to make Kain run away.

So the most viable option would always be to tear the enemy apart and destroy them piece by piece. And Kain had created the right circumstances for the Salamander commander to think that was a reasonable option.

"So let's play a game..."

Kain said softly, containing a hint of excitement.

Having intelligence does not mean being fool-proof. In some ways, intelligence is even more fool-proof than pure instinct.

Because there is one thing that will remain as the back of wisdom, and that is doubt.Co

The monster remained in its original position with ten other Salamanders on guard duty. Although it had not changed, the four unfortunate Adventurers had been tossed aside without any attention, indicating that the monster was focused on other things.

Although this thing still did not fully possess what could be called an ego or a complete intellect. But the seeds of thinking had sprouted in its head.