I was invincible in the dungeon with a funny character skill

Although having a beautiful young woman's holy sword is a wonderful thing, unfortunately, Wang Xiaoming currently has no way to obtain it. At least, he needs to get through this expedition first.

After receiving a disappointing answer from Gareth, Wang Xiaoming chatted with her for a few more words before returning to the middle of the team and joining the battle.

Although Wang Xiaoming wasn't in a hurry to gain combat experience, now that they've entered the deeper levels, Wang Xiaoming had to take action. One reason was to support Yazi from the rear, and the other was to reduce the burden on the Loki Familia.

After all, the monsters after the 37th floor were becoming more difficult to deal with, and even LV5 adventurers would get injured.

Wang Xiaoming didn't rush to the front line because if he engaged in close combat, his efficiency would be too high, and he would steal other people's monsters. So, Wang Xiaoming gave up close combat and chose ranged attacks.

In order not to consume his own magic power, Wang Xiaoming took out his magic stone AK47, which he hadn't used in a long time. Unknowingly, this weapon, which he had created at the very beginning, was now gathering dust in his space pocket.

When Wang Xiaoming took out the AK, the members of the Loki Familia were all puzzled. They didn't know what this weapon was. The people of the Loki Familia had never seen Wang Xiaoming use an AK before, so they were very curious about this weapon.

Then, they witnessed the firepower of the AK in Wang Xiaoming's hand.

Magic beam bullets could hit the monster's body from an extremely long distance, and at critical moments, they could interrupt the monster's movements. Wang Xiaoming didn't directly attack the monster's weak points.

Compared to the low-level monsters, these deep-level monsters were taller. They weren't the giant type, but they definitely had a combat advantage, which meant that even short people couldn't easily hit the monsters' weak points.

Among adventurers, there weren't many archers, especially skilled ones, because there was a profession called mage. As a ranged unit, mages were obviously more popular.

But today, Wang Xiaoming showed them what a true archer was!

Standing in the center of the team, Wang Xiaoming continuously fired at the monsters that emerged in the distance. The light beams formed by magic bullets hit the monsters almost instantly after being fired. The flight time was extremely short, and the monsters basically had no chance to dodge unless Wang Xiaoming deliberately missed.

Although Wang Xiaoming's shooting skills weren't at a soldier king level, the passive skill [Cat's Body] gave him excellent physical coordination. As long as he could hold the gun steady and aim carefully, he could shoot accurately.

With Wang Xiaoming's help, the Loki Familia suffered far fewer losses in their battles with the monsters.

Along the way, Wang Xiaoming emptied two magazines, which fully demonstrated the arduousness of the journey.

The floor boss of the 37th floor, Udaeus, was directly killed by several LV5 adventurers who had obtained new powers. Then, on the 49th floor, the floor boss Balor was attacked by several LV6 adventurers. Bete replaced Gareth, the original main force, activated Wolf's Breath, and directly used the Werewolf Six Styles in coordination with the remaining two LV5 adventurers and a group of LV4 adventurers to kill the floor boss of the 49th floor.

In this way, after spending a day, the entire team finally arrived at the 50th floor.

Like the 18th floor above, the 50th floor was also considered a safe floor. Although Wang Xiaoming felt that there was no such thing as a safe floor in the entire dungeon because it could be safe one second and then suddenly change the next. If the 18th floor could change, did that mean the 50th floor wouldn't?

But at least for now, the 50th floor was safe.

Inside the huge space of the 50th floor, the entire team stopped. The Loki Familia had been here before, so they were very familiar with the situation here. On the open space, there were even traces of the campsite that the Loki Familia had built the last time they came.

"Mr. Ming, I'm sorry to trouble you."

Finn led the logistics team to Wang Xiaoming to ask for supplies.

Wang Xiaoming nodded and began to take things out of his space pocket.

The exploration after the 50th floor was something that low-level personnel couldn't participate in. They needed to do some preparations here first, set up a camp, heal the injured, and restore their condition.

After taking out the camping supplies from his space pocket and handing them to the logistics team, Wang Xiaoming turned his attention to the Loki Familia members who were recovering.

Although Wang Xiaoming had been supporting from the rear all the way, some people were still injured, even Tiona, who was at LV5 and had been given Riven's skills by Wang Xiaoming, which made Wang Xiaoming a little puzzled.

"Mr. Ming, is something wrong?"

Finn stood beside Wang Xiaoming. He looked at Wang Xiaoming's gaze towards the recovering members with doubt and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Well, Captain Finn, there are indeed some things that I find quite strange."

Since Finn asked, Wang Xiaoming would say something. Anyway, they were partners.

"After the entire team entered the dungeon, I have been in the middle of the team, so I can observe the overall situation of the team. At the beginning, when entering the dungeon, relying on a large number of high-level adventurers, they could push through horizontally. I can understand this, but starting from the 37th floor, the team's pressure began to increase, and I found that some people began to get injured when fighting monsters. I can also understand this. Injury is inevitable, but when entering the floors after the 40th floor, I found that this phenomenon began to become serious, and even the main members at LV5 were injured."

"Are you talking about Tiona and the others?"

"Not only Miss Tiona and the others, but Mr. Bete was also injured. To be honest, this makes me quite puzzled."

"Is there anything puzzling about that?"

A question mark appeared on Finn's head. He was equally puzzled by Wang Xiaoming's statement. Wasn't this normal?

"This kind of thing is very normal in the dungeon. Although Tiona and Bete are high-level adventurers, monsters are sometimes difficult to deal with. As high-level adventurers, they must withstand the damage in the front. Not only them, but even I sometimes need to take damage."

Listening to Finn's words, Wang Xiaoming sighed helplessly.

"Captain Finn, I don't mean that people shouldn't take damage. When fighting monsters, taking damage is definitely necessary, especially some very powerful elite monsters. In team battles, someone needs to be in the front to engage in melee harassment and take damage. What I mean is, why can't there be a professional damage taker in the team?"

In Wang Xiaoming's view, the familia's expedition was fine at the beginning, but the deeper levels later on looked like a twenty-four-person raid in a game.

But the problem is, why isn't there a single tank in this twenty-four-person raid! Don't you guys bring tanks when you raid?

148. The Noble Blue Profession

As everyone knows, soloing a dungeon relies on damage, but raiding as a team relies on teamwork.

In many fantasy works, as long as adventurer teams are involved, the most reasonable configuration is to have a tank, an assassin, a ranged damage dealer, a mage, and a support. The tank is mainly responsible for stacking the thickest armor and taking the most damage. They may even have taunt skills to constantly draw the monster's aggro.

But the adventurers in the Danmachi world are different. The adventurers of small familias basically only hang around in the upper and middle levels, while the adventurers of large familias, like the current Loki Familia, have teams of dozens of people when they go on expeditions. They do a good job in teamwork, but they haven't considered the problem of front-row damage taking.

Basically, the entire Loki Familia only has three types of units: melee warriors, ranged burst mages, and follow-up healers. Wang Xiaoming can understand not having an assassin because the deeper they go, the bigger the monsters become, and the role assassins can play begins to decrease, but he doesn't understand not having a tank. You need to know that throughout the entire expedition, the Loki Familia's entire team's healing skills are really not timely enough.

During battles, the front-row melee units are almost all squishy. It's not that Wang Xiaoming looks down on them, but the two Amazons, Tiona and Tione, wear clothes that are more revealing than the other. They're the kind of outfits that would make them the female lead in an ecchi anime at any time. They basically don't have any protective equipment. Although Ais has some protective equipment, she wears light armor in order not to affect her speed. When encountering strength-type units, she's basically squishy too.

If it weren't for the skills Wang Xiaoming gave them, one could actively open a shield, and the other could accumulate a wind shield through movement, the two of them would be no different from being defenseless.

As for the remaining LV6 adventurers, excluding Riveria, who is a mage, Finn and Bete don't have any protective equipment. The only one who looks like a heavy tank-type fighter is Gareth.

But unfortunately, Gareth is actually a strength-type offensive player, not a tank.

Just like Finn said, even he has to go up and take damage at some critical moments.

Good heavens, a team of twenty-odd people, a dozen DPS, three delayed healers, and the rest are all logistics support. Are you serious?

"So, why don't you bring a shield?"

Shields exist as equipment in this world, but as far as Wang Xiaoming can see, not many people are willing to use shields. The orphan adventurers from small familias don't count because they can only play in the upper and middle levels, but why doesn't your large familia have anyone using a shield?

"Shields are too bulky and affect movement speed outside. If the movement speed outside is reduced, it will affect us in battles with monsters."

Finn also had his own explanation for Wang Xiaoming's question.

"Okay, I roughly understand what you mean."

In this world, Finn feels that shields and thick armor will affect people's movement speed. To put it bluntly, it's one point: the adventurers in this world rely on talent, the so-called God's Grace, which is to unearth each person's talent. The people in this world value damage talent the most.

To put it bluntly, as long as you have the talent to fight well, you will be valued by the familia and then cultivated as a priority, and you will be able to become the familia's main force.

Melee strong attackers and ranged magic units are both valued, healing units are not valued much, and support units are the least valued.

In this world, one's status is directly related to how much damage you can 'C' out. Every adventurer dreams of fame and fortune, and the way to achieve it is by dealing the most damage.

“So, have you ever considered equipping supporters with shields?”

“Supporters with shields?”

Finn looked at the supporters setting up camp with some confusion, then shook his head.

“Impossible. They don't have much combat ability. If they carry shields, they won't be able to fight at all.”

“Supporters aren't necessarily without combat ability; they just lack combat experience. Every Familia's main combat personnel starts from having no combat experience to becoming highly experienced. Some people, when their initial skills manifest, receive offensive skills, so you think they're good at fighting and take them into battle. Others have weight-bearing skills as their initial skill, so you assume they're supporters. In reality, if you took them into battle, their performance would surprise you.”

Indeed, in Wang Xiaoming's view, based on Finn's understanding of weight-bearing, supporters should be a very promising profession.

“Firstly, some supporters possess special weight-bearing skills. This is the essence of their ability to act as supporters. They can carry several times more weight than ordinary people without affecting their movement speed. So, if you replace that weight with heavy armor, a shield, and a one-handed sword, it still won't affect their movement speed.”

“That's certainly true.”

Finn nodded, agreeing with Wang Xiaoming's point.

“Moreover, I know of a supporter skill called [Behind-the-Scenes Hero], which grants ability enhancements when the equipped weight exceeds a certain threshold, with the enhancement proportional to the weight. With this skill, the more weight a supporter carries, the stronger they become. In this case, a supporter equipped with heavy armor and a large shield wouldn't have weak attack power due to the ability boost, am I right?”

“Indeed.”

“So, even if the current main members aren't suited to changing their combat styles, you can have some supporters with suitable physiques and special weight-bearing skills act as frontline defenders. Train them and make them the backbone at the very front of the team. There's absolutely no problem with that, is there?”

“Let them choose a specific development direction, specializing in defense and absorbing impacts, preferably with a taunt skill so that monsters are forced to attack only them. This way, when the whole team is taking on powerful monsters, one person can hold the monster back, allowing the remaining main members to kill the monster more efficiently.”

“Their individual combat power might be limited because their damage output isn't as good as other full DPS personnel, but they will be very important in team actions.”

“Also, remote healing roles are very important. Real-time healing during battle is always more useful than follow-up treatment, because it can maintain the combatants' fighting condition.”

Wang Xiaoming's words made Finn fall into deep thought. He was moved and began to bite his thumb, considering the feasibility of this team planning.

Wang Xiaoming didn't disturb him but accompanied him in thinking. Finn was considering the feasibility of Wang Xiaoming's team planning, while Wang Xiaoming was also thinking about the distorted development of this world.

In the adventurer teams, not to mention the sacrifices made by the green professions responsible for support in the rear, it's outrageous that no one develops the noble blue professions. If this were any other world, you wouldn't even be able to enter high-level dungeons without blue professions, okay?

After Finn thought for a while, he spoke up.

“Mr. Ming, can you tell me more about developing shield-bearing personnel and healing personnel?”

“No problem.”

149. Skill: The Fifth Heavenly King

As a seasoned gamer, Wang Xiaoming was naturally very clear about team dungeon runs. After Finn asked to exchange ideas, Wang Xiaoming directly took out his rich dungeon experience, telling him how noble the blue professions were, and how important the green professions were, and that they must be developed well.

The exchange benefited Finn greatly, and he was also very surprised by Wang Xiaoming's insights. He didn't expect that dungeon runs could be done this way, having one or a few people specialize in getting beaten up.

However, Loki Familia has developed to this point and has been following the current fixed model for a long time. They won't be able to change in a short time, and cultivating a tank role requires a lot of resources.

After Wang Xiaoming and Finn exchanged ideas, they temporarily separated because they had other things to arrange.

Finn needed to communicate with the other members of Loki Familia and arrange the dungeon-delving personnel for the remaining floors. Because the floors after the 50th floor are not something that low-level members can participate in. A level 2 logistics team isn't qualified to enter. If they go in, they will really be crushed with a single touch.

Because from the 52nd floor to the 58th floor, it's all the same environment, called [Dragon's Pot]. This place has a special environment, which is floor disregard.

The attack from the [Cannon Dragon] on the 58th floor can directly pierce through the floors, reaching as high as the 52nd floor. This means that without sufficient defense and early warning capabilities, even a level 5 adventurer, if not careful, can be killed directly across floors by the [Cannon Dragon]'s attack. You never know when the floor under your feet will burst open, turning into a huge dragon breath with a diameter of 10 meters, and then the whole person will be directly turned into ashes.

Then the remaining people have to face the many [Flying Dragons] flying out of the blasted passage. Anyone who knows how troublesome ground units are when facing a group of flying dragons knows what's up.

For the safety of the Familia members, Finn must make arrangements to have the low-level people stay on the 50th floor, and then the high-level members form a team to enter the 52nd floor.

Finn was busy having a meeting, organizing the high-level members to enter the 52nd floor, and Wang Xiaoming also had his own things to do.

Yazi, because she had been fighting with Aisi and her team all the way, was now implicitly regarded as a member of their team and was resting in Aisi's team's tent. Wang Xiaoming wasn't worried about her.

What Wang Xiaoming was going to do now was to find a place to rest and then see what his two newly acquired achievement skills were like.

Like the first time he reached the 18th floor, this time when he reached the 50th floor, Wang Xiaoming got two new achievements.

That's right, a total of two achievements, both of which appeared when he reached the 50th floor.

[Achievement: We are the Four Heavenly Kings]

The floor bosses of the 17th, 27th, 37th, and 49th floors, Goliath, Twin-Headed Dragon, Udayeus, and Balor, are known as the Four Heavenly Kings of the Dungeon!

(I remembered it wrong before, the floor boss of the 27th floor is not the Earth Dragon, but the Twin-Headed Dragon)

Wang Xiaoming personally killed Goliath, then watched Burt kick the Twin-Headed Dragon to death with one kick. This time, he also witnessed Loki Familia beat up Udayeus and Balor, so he had seen all four floor bosses and got this special achievement.

[The Fifth Heavenly King]

[Trait: Four Heavenly Kings, Four Guardians, Four Vajras, countless experiences tell us that four is a magical number. Having witnessed the demise of the Four Heavenly Kings, you are their witness, and they are willing to call you the Fifth Heavenly King!]

[With this trait, when facing enemies within an organization with a number of four, you can apply to the other party, and the other party will unconditionally trust you, allowing you to join their organization.]

Good lord, does this mean that the Four Heavenly Kings always have five? And after applying, the other party will unconditionally trust me, that's so interesting, am I going to do an undercover job?

Wait, in that case... the Four Heavenly Kings of the Dungeon, can I join them? Will the kind Mr. Goliath trust me and not attack me, and then I can just walk to his neck and give him a knife?

Oh no, that's not right. With my current ability, Mr. Goliath is also a one-shot kill for me. I should say Udayeus and Balor, I haven't cut these two gentlemen yet. Will I be able to give them a friendly backstab then?

After all, the magic stones of the floor bosses are the stable consumables needed for my new store.

[Achievement: You Will Definitely Go Down to the 50th Floor!]

It's the same achievement style as when I went down to the 18th floor.

So, what skill does this achievement give?

[Listen to Me, Listen to Me]

[Trait: Every protagonist has their own characteristic lines. As the protagonist, you should also have your own characteristic lines. When you say specific lines, you will trigger a specific BUFF.]

This skill is an active skill with a higher priority than [Look at Me, Look at Me]. When [Look at Me, Look at Me] is activated, you can actively choose to activate [Listen to Me, Listen to Me].

As expected of the same mode of achievement, the skill names are almost the same.

However, this skill feels much stronger compared to the previous wooden board dialogue. It gives Wang Xiaoming the feeling of being like the previous [BGM Warrior], triggering different BUFFs through various different methods. This skill has a lot of development potential.

This thing, in terms of functionality, even overlaps with [BGM Warrior], but the problem is that [BGM Warrior] can only play one BGM at a time, and only one BUFF can take effect, but this skill can be activated at the same time as [BGM Warrior], which means that Wang Xiaoming can stack BUFFs!

Just like Ainz Ooal Gown, before the battle, I'm going to stack all the BUFFs on myself first, [BGM Warrior] [Listen to Me, Listen to Me], and there's also [Sugar Warrior], which Wang Xiaoming has never used, frantically stacking his attributes, making his attributes explode directly, and then directly using Super-Tier magic.