When morning came, the entire Familia assembled at our Home’s front yard after breakfast, with our weapons and armours polished and sharpened, as well as a couple additional bags filled with medicine and extra equipment. One of the bags was given to me to carry, one that was almost more than half my size with a tower shield strapped on the back. The same was given to Tris only hers looked to be a bit bigger than mine.

  Apparently, this was the usual load for most Adventurers heading for the Middle Floors, something that I had never known due to only ever dealing with the Upper Floors. And with the ease Tris was carrying it, she had plenty of experience doing exactly that.

  “Is everything ready?” Jeanne asked.

  “Got as many potions required from the Blue Pharmacy.” Lisa noted, “Naaza was really pleased with the order, though she still charged us quite a bit.”

  “We had ordered quite a lot of them in bulk.” Drake pointed out.

  “Miss Marco finished the maintenance on our weapons nicely too.” Garos noted as he checked his shield, “And with no complicated contraptions this time.”

  “Good.” She then turned to address us, smming the pommel of her spear to get our attention, “Alright, listen up! As you all know, this month’s expedition goal is to finally dive into the Lower Floors. I’m sure most of you are well experienced in the Middle Floors, but that isn’t an excuse to be careless. Stay vigint, look out for each other, and stay alive. Got it!?”

  “““Understood!”””

  “Alright. Let’s go, Hecate Familia!”

  As one, we all made our way to Babel, and our expedition truly began.

  “Can’t believe we have to leave behind all those magic stones…” Tris sighed as she smashed her mace into an Orc.

  “We don’t have the time and energy.” Drake expined as he sliced into an Imp, “You of all people should know that.”

  “Yeah, but it still feels like a huge waste…”

  After what felt like an hour of hit-and-run monster sying in the foggy twelfth floor, we made it to the stairs to the next floor. I was allowed to take down a few monsters that came my way, though it was tricky with the bag and tower shield on my back.

  “Okay, the Middle Floors are coming up!” Garos called out, “Dae, after this floor, you are on support duty only! Do not fight any of the monsters unless it is truly necessary!!”

  “Yes sir!”

  “Alright, everyone! We are charging right to Under Resort—!”

  *CRACK*

  As if on cue, the walls by the stairs cracked. Moments ter, out crawled a monster known to be the strongest in the Upper Floors, an Infant Dragon. It turned to look at us, head reeling back to release a fming breath—

  “Screw off.”

  With one clean strike from Jirou’s okatana, its head was sliced clean off and its body colpsed onto the ground. The Infant Dragon that required at least a party of Level 1&2 to take down was killed with one swing.

  So, this was the strength of our Fami’s strongest Adventurer, the strength of the one with the alias ‘Bloody Bde’.

  “How is he not the captain?” I asked.

  “I asked that every time I came down with him.” Leos sighed.

  “Mostly due to the fact that he isn’t fit for such an administrative role.” Jeanne told us, “Not to mention his drinking problem.”

  “Ah, that’s true.”

  “Hey, are we going or not?”

  “Coming!”

  “There’s no way I can finish all of this in time…!”

  “You reap what you sow, Misha.”

  Misha let loose a small whine as she worked on the massive stack of documents on her work station. In hindsight, she should have heeded her friend Eina’s advice and started working through it instead of letting it pile up.

  Now she was required to finish all of it before ending her shift; considering the size of the stack, that was borderline impossible.

  “Help me, Eina… I’ll treat you to dinner…” She whined to her friend.

  “Hah… fine…”

  Without another word, Eina took the top third of the stack and started working through it; Misha thanking her before working on hers too. They might just go through this yet!

  “…Hey, Misha.”

  “Hm? What is it, Eina?”

  “Aren’t you worried about your Adventurer?”

  “Hm? You mean Dae?”

  “Yeah.” Eina nodded, “She’s attempting to go through to the Lower Floors, right? But even if she is going with her Familia, she has only been an Adventurer for a few months. Isn’t it a bit too early for her to even attempt to reach that far?”

  “She would be fine.” Misha told her, “While I’m not sure about Dae herself, her Familia had reached the twenty-fourth floor before. They are well experienced in the Middle Floors, not to mention their captain is a Level 4 Adventurer.”

  “Really? What Familia is she from?”

  “The Hecate Familia.”

  Misha could hear the jaw dropping from her friend’s face from the mention of that Familia. She couldn’t bme her, since that Familia was quite infamous in Orario.

  The Hecate Familia was one of the smallest Familia of the current generation, with their members only reaching the two digits just recently.

  Despite that, they were in the higher ranks among all the Familia in Orario, thanks in part to the fact that more than two thirds of its members were High Css Adventurers, having three Level 3 Adventurers as well as two Level 2 on top of having two Level 4 including its captain.

  Such a Familia was nearly unheard of today, not since the te Astrea Familia which disbanded two years ago. A lot of the newer Adventurers thought they were bluffing, but their track record says otherwise.

  Unfortunately, its infamy came from the members themselves.

  While there were a couple of Adventurers in the Familia that could be called decent individuals, like some of their rookies, most of them were known to be troublemakers both in and out of Orario. There were countless rumors that portrayed them as troublemakers that had caused many incidents since their founding.

  It didn’t help that one of their Level 4, a swordsman known as the Bloody Bde, was notorious for starting bar fights at random taverns ever since he came to Orario.

  They were the type of Familia that many in Orario tended to avoid unless it was necessary.

  “You sure got your work cut out for you…” Eina noted.

  “Nah, Dae isn’t that bad. Though it would be nice if she could rely on me more…”

  After the registration and orientation, Misha had hardly ever interacted with Dae, even as her Advisor. She knew that the more veteran members of her Familia had that covered, which was nice since it gave her lesser things to do, but it made her feel kind of unnecessary.

  Besides yesterday, the st time they interacted was when Dae had gone past the fifth floor to the sixth floor during her first week and had nearly got herself killed by an Enhanced War Shadow; her captain had to basically ordered her to come to her Advisor for guidance on how to handle the lower levels of the Upper Floors.

  It also didn’t help that she looked to have an eternal deadpan expression akin to the Sword Princess, even if her appearance was simirly pleasing to the eyes.

  Though she was way better than most of her other Familia members. That Kyumaru guy still freaked her out whenever he came to the Guild.

  After leaving behind the Infant Dragon’s corpse much to the chagrin of Tris, we made our way through the Middle Floors, specifically the area known as the Cave Labyrinth.

  It was called that for its winding tunnels that act like a maze much more complex than the Upper Floors. Its tunnels were often the reason why many Adventurers perished, either from starvation due to getting lost and running out of supplies; or more commonly, by getting cornered by monsters in a dead end.

  We repeated the same hit-and-run tactics from the Upper Floors, only with Jirou, Kyumaru and Drake leading and Garos, Jeanne and Leos pulled up from the rear while Tetra and Lisa provided magic support to both ends and me and Tris acted as supporters for them. So far, we must have descended several floors already.

  “Ignitis Lumine!!”

  Tetra’s magic tore into the bigger monsters that got into her range, the Minotaurs and Wyverns getting decimated within moments. The smaller ones, like the Hellhounds and Almiraj, managed to dodge past most of the spell and rushed towards us.

  “Hmph!!”

  Kyumaru charged forward through the smoke and cut them down with his katana, Drake following right behind him with his trench knives. A Dungeon Worm burst out of the ground behind them, only for it to be sliced to half by Jirou almost immediately.

  Tris handed Tetra a Mind potion to replenish her Mind, just as Garos blocked a stone axe thrown at them by an Almiraj. The rabbit monster was then immediately taken out by one of Jeanne’s spears getting thrown through its body.

  “On your left!”

  “Thanks!”

  Several Hellhounds had managed to dodge past all three men and fired bsts of fire at Lisa, which Leos quickly got in front of to block. Not a moment ter, Lisa unloaded her magic on them.

  “O spirits of wind, blow hard and far. Send my enemies flying; Void Impact!”

  A bst of air shot out from her hand and smmed into the pack hard with an impact akin to a hammer, sending them flying back. Lisa immediately swung out her kusarigama at them and sliced into both of them; their bodies turning to ash moments ter as their broken magic stones dropped to the ground with a thud.

  “Your magic sure is useful, Lisa.” Tris noted.

  “Yeah, but it isn’t all that powerful compared to Tetra’s. Its speed is all it has going for it.” She sighed.

  “But it is still very effective.” I pointed out, just as my hand instinctively shot up and grabbed the stone axe being thrown at me out of the air. Once I had located the one that threw that, I aimed and threw it right back at it, embedding it deep in its head.

  “For a newbie, you sure are handling yourself pretty well, Dae.” Lisa pointed out.

  “Thanks.” I nodded, “Though being a supporter is kind of restrictive.” Heaving this giant bag around wasn’t as easy as my partner made it out to me.

  “It helped to have the Artel Assist Skill.” Tris told me, “Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it.”

  “There’s a hole up front! Get ready!”

  We stopped chatting and prepared ourselves for the plunge. Right in front of us was the Cave Labyrinth’s unique gimmick.

  Aside from its winding pathways and tunnels, there were also several portholes dotted all throughout its floors, all leading to the levels below. They were random in their location as well as how deep it would be, with most of them being traps that dropped Adventurers into a room of monsters.

  Normally, these were avoided by most Adventurers unless absolutely necessary. Even the strongest parties tend to not attempt to tempt fate with them.

  Our group, on the other hand, had decided to search for them in order to reach the lower floors quicker. From what I know, we were the only Adventurers to actively use them as shortcuts. So far, we had jumped down at least five portholes with only two of them having us dropping into a Monster Party that the vanguards took out pretty quickly.

  “Alright, jump!!”

  Garos took the lead and jumped down first, followed by Kyumaru and Jirou. Me, Tris, Tetra and Lina jumped next, with Jeanne and Leos taking up the rear after us.

  A few moments of weightlessness ter, we emerged into a rather massive room, rger than any room we had been into.

  “Oh, lucky! We made it all the way down to the seventeenth floor.” Leos noted happily.

  Its walls were smoother compared to the usual bedrock in the tunnels we had traversed. The lighting appeared to be brighter as well. On one end was what looked to be a massive wall that towered over us.

  “What is this room…?” I mused.

  “That’s the Wall of Grief.” Jirou told me, “This is where the Monster Rex Goliath spawns.”

  “Monster… Rex…?” I think I’d heard that name in passing once before.

  “A kind of extremely powerful monster. The Gods referred to them as floor bosses, whatever that means.” Leos expined to me, “They usually spawn past the Upper Floors at certain floors at fixed intervals. Goliath usually spawns every two weeks.”

  “They are extremely hard to kill. It usually takes a few Familias working together to take it down.” Tris added.

  “Ah…”

  “Let’s head to Under Resort right away.” Jeanne noted, “We were lucky to reach here during the intermission. I don’t want to push that luck any further than I wished.”

  “Got it. Everyone, stay in formation and make haste!!”

  Following Garos’s orders, we dashed towards the exit as quickly as possible. I gnced back at the massive wall. Monster Rex, huh? What kind of monster would spawn from that kind of wall?

  “It is a shame that I couldn’t see it…”

  “Ah…”

  “Oh…”

  The silence after I had said that had me looking around as everyone stared at me before I realised what I had just did. “…Ah shit.”

  “…Did Dae just do what I think she did…?”

  “M-Maybe the Dungeon didn’t hear her—”

  *CRACK*

  Moments after my partner said those words, a huge crack grew on the massive Wall of Grief. It was way rger than any I had seen before.

  “Crap, Dae jinxed us!”

  “Run for it!!”

  Without looking back, everyone immediately just started running as fast as we could. Garos then shouted at me, “Dae, Rule 1 of being an Adventurer, NEVER try to tempt the Dungeon! That is just asking for a Monster Party to drop on you!!”

  “I know!! I’m so sorry!!”

  “Less talking, more running!!” Jirou shouted.

  “GROOAAAAHH!!”

  A loud roar echoed throughout the room, I gnced back to see what looked to be a gigantic gray skinned humanoid. Despite being covered by its dark bangs, I could feel its red eyes on us as it ran towards us at speeds that shouldn’t be allowed for a creature of that size.

  “It’s gaining on us!!”

  “Just Keep running!! I’ll take the rear with—!!”

  “Dae, look out!!”

  Leos got behind me and swung his shield back and catching the Goith’s massive feet, the ringing sound of cshing metal echoed upon impact. The force of its strike was strong enough to send him flying.

  “Leos!!”

  “That isn’t good—scatter!!”

  We broke formation just as it stomped its foot down on us, everyone scrambling away to avoid it. The shockwave from it had us flying and tumbling all over.

  “Are you still alive, Leos!?” Garos shouted.

  “I-I’m still breathing…!” Leos called back, “And nothing’s broken…”

  “That’s good.”

  *CRACK* *CRACK* *CRACK* *CRACK*

  Countless cracks started to appear all over the room. Moments ter, several other monsters spawned out of the walls as well. Minotaurs, Almiraj, Hellhounds, Dungeon Worms, all the monsters that we had fought before were emerging one after another next to the room’s exit.

  “And now a Monster Party!?” Lisa cried, “Things couldn’t get any—”

  ““Don’t jinx us again!!””

  “What now?” I asked.

  “We have no chance of beating it by ourselves.” Drake pointed out, “And its speed is unreal for something that big, so we can’t outrun it.”

  “Not to mention all those monsters that just spawned…” Kyumaru noted, “We don’t have the manpower to deal with both a horde and a Monster Rex at once.”

  “Then there’s only one option.” Jeanne noted, “Stun the Goliath with magic, clear a path and then book it for Rivira. Let’s leave its defeat to Bors and the others.”

  “Agreed.” Jirou noted, “Then our formation is settled.”

  “Got it in one…” Garos then shouted out, “Tetra! Ms Jeanne! Start chanting!! Leos; you, Dae and Tris with me on guard duty!! The rest of you, keep that thing back as long as you can!!”

  “““On it!!”””

  We all dashed into our formation, with almost every attacker lunging at the giant monster. Meanwhile, Tetra and Jeanne remained at the back while chanting their respective magic as a magic circle appeared under each of them.

  Though in Jeanne’s case…

  “Ride through the sky—Rise from the deep! May your rage rain down—Burn all with your fury, o great guardian of the sky—dweller of Tartarus!”

  Unlike Tetra’s chant, her chant seemed to be a mixture of two different spells being chanted at the same time. Such a feat was impossible for any mage except for Jeanne herself, made possible thanks to her unique Skill; Caster Duet. With it, she could cast two different spells at the same time at twice the cost. That earned her the alias of Orthus; the two headed hound.

  Though I wasn’t sure where the hound part came from…

  As the spell casters carried on chanting, the front liners all made valiant efforts to strike some kind of damage against the Goliath.

  Lisa was swinging her kusarigama at the giant, her weapon barely making a scratch on its hide. Sometimes she pulled herself up onto its arm and struck with her sickle to little result before she quickly jumped off to avoid getting swung off by it.

  Kyumaru, Drake and Jirou got in close, sshing at its feet and ankles with only the Level 4 managing to cut into its hide. The other two were having as much luck as Lisa with their attacks leaving only scratches. It didn’t help that their weapons were getting worn down with each strike, diminishing the effect of their attacks even more.

  “Dae, shield!”

  “On it!”

  I handed the tower shield from my pack to Tris who used it to block a fming assault from a pack of Hellhounds, while Garos and Leos took care of them. A few Almiraj had come close, only for them to be taken out by a few punches and kicks from me. So far, the rear guards were barely pushing back the onsught of monsters charging at us without stopping. Hopefully, the spell casters will finish up their magic chants soon.

  Eventually, the inevitable happened; Drake’s knives were the first to snap at the hilt. The sudden breaking of his weapon caught him by surprise and left him open for the Goith to swing at him.

  “Protect my comrades with your song, spirits; Venti Troy!”

  Garos chanted out his spell and a translucent shield projected itself in front of Drake, taking the blow and breaking. That gave the Level 2 enough time to move out of harm’s way, the giant’s fist barely grazing his cheek.

  That spell unfortunately drew its attention, and it dashed towards us. Garos and Leos took to the front with their shields ready as our vice-captain recited another spell.

  “Be steady, my body. Be steady, my heart. Pnt thy feet and stay strong. Be strong, be steady, be the protector. My heart is steady. My heart is strong. My spirit will not waver. Defender Spirit!”

  A glow covered both of them as their shields took on the Goith’s fist. This time, they held their ground and did not get flung back. They even managed to push it back and some.

  “May they know your judgement—Feel the fmes of your sins!”

  “The ground will be scorched and reborn!”

  “Magic is ready!!”

  At that call, the attackers all ran back towards us, just as Jeanne and Tetra unleashed their spells at the Goith.

  “Ignitis Lumine!!”

  “Caelum Lupical—Tartarus Canis!!”

  Jeanne’s magic, which consists of two bsts of lightning and molten magma in forms of a wolf and a hound respectively, shot towards the Goith and hit it straight in the face and through its foot. It groaned out in pain as it dropped to its knees while grabbing his smoking head.

  Meanwhile, Tetra unloaded her fming arcs of magic right at the hordes of monsters, destroying a whole lot of them and managing to clear a path for us towards the room’s exit.

  “Right! Now, book it!!”

  Everyone immediately took off towards the opening as fast as we could. Or get carried towards it in the case of the extremely exhausted Tetra under Drake’a arm. The few remaining monsters tried to stop us but were quickly dealt with by Jirou and Kyumaru.

  “Keep it up!!” Garos shouted, “We’re almost home free!!”

  “GRROOOAAAHHH!!”

  “What the hell!?”

  The loud roar of the Goliath echoed throughout the room. I looked back and nearly tripped in horror at the sight of the giant, still recovering from Jeanne’s attack, charging towards us at speeds impossible for someone with only one leg.

  “How is that possible!?” Drake cried out.

  “Don’t look back!! The exit is just there!!” Jirou shouted.

  “Forget killing the monsters!” Jeanne stated, “Just avoid their attacks! Let the Goliath take care of them for us!!”

  We picked up our pace and ran faster than we had ever done; formation be damned as we ducked and weaved through the monsters. And judging from the roars and cries behind us, the Goliath was going through them like they were insects.

  After what felt like hours, we finally made it into the exit, just as the Goliath’s hand smmed down behind us.

  “W-We made it out…!” Leos panted out.

  “Never thought we would end up dealing with a Monster Rex spawning on us…” Kyumaru noted.

  “No thanks to Dae!” Drake then grabbed my shoulder and started shaking me as he scolded, “You damn idiot!! Didn’t yesterday show you how bad the Dungeon could be for those who would try to tempt it!?”

  “I’m sorry!! It just slipped out!!”

  “Now, now…” Lisa tried to calm him down, “What’s done is done. She just has to be more careful next time, right?”

  “She better.” Drake huffed as he let me go, “Any form of carelessness in the Dungeon is an invitation for it to kill you in the worst ways possible…”

  “Drake…”

  The way he said it seemed to have come from experience. Did he nearly die from a simirly careless action before?

  “I don’t know about you guys, but I would prefer we head out before you-know-who starts getting ideas.” Jirou stated.

  “Agreed. Let’s move.”

  At Garos’s command, we continued on our way through the corridor until we exited on the other side into the first ‘safe’ area of the Dungeon.

  “Whoa…” I gasped as I took in the sights in front of me. “So amazing…! Is this really in the Dungeon?”

  “The first time was always the most breathtaking.” Jeanne noted with a giggle.

  Despite being underground, it was just as bright as it was above ground thanks to the countless crystals in the ceiling that glow brightly to simute sunlight. It also had akin to a forest around it, along with streams and springs.

  With such beautiful scenery, it was no wonder this pce was called Under Resort.

  Under Resort was the only floor in the Middle Floors where monsters would not spawn. The reason for it was unknown, but it didn’t really matter to the Adventurers that had taken advantage of it to rest up during their many expeditions.

  “We took longer than we had hoped…” Garos mused as he gazed at the dimming crystals in the ceiling, “Doesn’t look like we could make time for the Tree Labyrinth today. Let’s set up camp for the night. We’ll head there first thing tomorrow.”

  “Too bad we can’t show off Riveria to Dae, huh?” Jirou noted.

  “Riveria… that’s the town run by Adventurers, right?” I asked.

  “Yup. It is one heck of a town, I tell you.”

  The Guild once had an outpost down here, but the cost of maintaining it was too much for them to fund so they shut it down. Some Adventurers had taken the opportunity to build a small town from it, and that became the rogue town known as Riveria.

  Though it was known to get destroyed only to be built back up time and time again. Why do they keep building it if they eventually get destroyed anyways?

  “Wouldn’t it be better if we stay there instead?” I asked.

  While monsters didn’t spawn on this floor, I’d heard from Drake that monsters from the lower floors were known to make their way up to Under Resort from time to time and roam the forest, making camping out in them extremely risky.

  “It would be preferable, but the inns there are notorious for hiking up the prices on a whim.” Lisa expined to me, “And after all our preparations, we don’t have the extra funds for it.”

  “I see.”

  “Don’t worry. We had done this a lot of times.” Kyumaru told me, “Just trust in us, okay?”

  “Mm. Okay.”

  “Enough chatting about. Let’s go.”

  Following Garos’s lead, we made our way into the forest. Along the way, we encountered a few monsters that were instantly taken out with incredible ease. We eventually found a small ft space under some trees next to a flowing stream to make camp.

  We had two big tents set up, one for the guys and the other for the girls. By the time we finished setting everything up, the crystals had dimmed down to the point that it looked to be night, and we had sat down around the campfire for a te dinner. We had some dried food and a bit of warm soup.

  “Hey, Dae. Have a taste of this.” Tris handed me what looked like a fluff of pink cotton, “It’s a fruit native to this floor alone. It’s called Honey Cloud.”

  “I didn’t know fruits could grow down here.” I looked at the ‘fruit’ in my hand, it being as light as a wet sponge. Was this even edible?

  “And so does every other Adventurer.” Jeanne noted as she chewed on some nuts, “The Dungeon still has many mysteries about it that schors have been trying to decipher for centuries, even after the Gods had built Babel over it.”

  “It’s best not to think too hard about it.” Lisa helpfully pointed out, “Just accept it as part of the Dungeon’s many little gimmicks.”

  “I see…”

  I bit into the Honey Cloud, and nearly choked the intense sweetness that came out of it. It tasted like someone just fed me an entire jar of pure honey!

  “Hahaha, I guess you don’t have that much of a sweet tooth, huh?” Leos ughed as he handed me a canteen to wash out the taste.

  “Yeah, that stuff is intense.” Jirou chuckled, “Though the girls seem to like it.”

  “It’s not that bad.” Tetra noted while stuffing a few more of that ‘fruit’ into her mouth.

  “Says the kid that eats her weight in sweets every other week…” Drake groaned as he took away a few fluffs from her much to her dismay.

  “Hey, give them back!”

  “No! You had more than enough.”

  We watch the Amazon try to climb on her older partner who was desperately trying not to let her take the sugar fluffs, letting loose a few giggles at their antics.

  “Okay, let’s discuss our pn of action tomorrow.” Jeanne stated, getting everyone’s attention before continuing, “While the end goal is to dive into the first floor of the Lower Floors, we still have to finish the Guild-issued quest first.”

  “Collect drop items from Sword Stags, Libellus, Trolls, and Mad Beetles, right?” Kyumaru pointed out.

  “The monsters shouldn’t be much of a problem.” Jirou noted, “But it would take at least a day to hunt for all of them.”

  “Then let’s postpone our final dive till after we finish the quest.” Garos suggested, “Our supplies should st for two to three more days. We’ll head for the Lower Floors the following day after.”

  “I agree.” Drake nodded, “It would be best if we are in the best possible condition before tackling the Lower Floors.”

  “So we are in agreement?”

  Nods and words of affirmation from all of us was our answer.

  “Right. Then we’ll head for the Tree Labyrinth at first light. Now everyone, rest up. Drake, you got the first watch.”

  He nodded to Jeanne’s orders as we all retreated into our tents to rest for the day. After removing my jacket, I id down on my sleeping bag next to Tris and Tetra, the young Amazon already snoozing away the moment her head touched her mat.

  “You still awake, Dae?”

  “I just id down, Tris.”

  “Ah, right.” Tris sheepishly ughed, “This sure is crazy, don’t you think? The Middle Floors sure are different from the Upper Floors.”

  “Yeah, it is.”

  “I had heard how terrifying a Minotaur can be, but to actually see one charging at you… seeing is really believing.”

  “It sure is.” I noted. If we weren’t in a party with High Css Adventurers, I’m not sure if we could even make it to Under Resort in one piece.

  “And that Monster Rex…” I could hear her shudder at the memory, “I had never thought monsters could be that big.”

  “And it is fast, despite being that big.”

  “Yeah, being that fast while being that huge? The Adventurers that kill it on the regur basis must be something else…”

  “Seeing that Jirou and Jeanne were the only ones that could even hurt it, I would think so.”

  “And tomorrow we will be heading for the Great Tree Labyrinth… man, I’m getting really nervous now…”

  “Mm.”

  We continued to talk throughout the night until we eventually fell asleep.

  Unknown to me at the time, that the next leg of our expedition was going to be one we weren’t going to forget for a long time.

  …To be continued…

  Sup! Finally done with this chapter! Took me a while to finish this, with a writer block and my work schedule being a killer.

  The expedition to the Lower Floors began, and hopefully I didn’t put them to be way too OP while not part of Freya or Loki Familia. With seven High Css Adventurers, the Middle Floors before Under Resort shouldn’t be a problem to them at all.

  As for skills, hopefully Caster Duet isn’t too broken, as we have Leyfia with Elf Ring that allowed her to spam a Level 6 magic spell.

  With that, I thank you all for reading this!