"Have they come?"
When that familiar wind reappeared in the Dungeon, a certain red-haired figure in the deep layers immediately sensed it.
"Not just Aria, but those two Deliverers have come as well?"
Because she remembered Aria, the red-haired Monster Person Ryu could easily distinguish the scent in the wind; this was exactly how she had recognized Aiz.
It was only because Aiz's wind was so similar to Aria's that she had mistaken her before, but she wouldn't make that mistake this time.
Ryu had also gathered some intelligence about the surface through the Adventurers who came to the Dungeon, knowing the relationship between the Deliverers and Aiz.
"This time, I will act with more caution..."
The red figure slowly rose from the ground and looked behind her, at the place where countless vines gathered together.
At some point, several special crystals had appeared there. Although they looked similar to the magic stones dropped by monsters, they were fundamentally different.
These were all seeds of the Fallen Dryad!
Having sensed the arrival of the Deliverers and the appearance of Aria, Ryu also began to work diligently, using her status as a Monster Person to hunt monsters in the Dungeon so the Fallen Dryad could absorb more magic stones.
In just a few days, the Fallen Dryad produced even more seeds. As long as these seeds were integrated into the bodies of monsters, clones of the Fallen Dryad could appear!
After all, the Familia those girls belonged to was the Loki Familia, a top-tier Familia with three Level 6 members. If she didn't show some real skill, even Ryu herself might end up dying at their hands.
"Oh? Time to act?"
As a fellow fusion of monster and human, the white-haired man Olivas naturally sensed Ryu's movements and knew the news of the Loki Familia's imminent arrival.
"Do you need me to help you hold back Finn and the others? If we can take out both Deliverers at once, that city up there will be truly finished, haha!"
"With just you?"
Although they were both Monster People, Ryu's attitude toward Olivas was quite indifferent, not viewing him as a comrade at all.
"In these past few days, I have increased my strength to a level no less than Level 6, while you are still Level 5."
"Come back to me when you've 'leveled up' and are ready to go up together."
As Monster People, they naturally didn't have the Adventurer concept of levels, but Ryu knew that Olivas hadn't significantly improved his strength during this time. Even if he went, he wouldn't be of much use. Rather than letting this half-baked guy act, it was better to leave it to the Dryad seeds!
Carefully checking the number of seeds in her pocket, she had enough to create 8 Fallen Dryad clones.
With this number, even wiping out the Loki Familia was possible.
But just to be safe, Ryu increased the number to 10. After all, there were two Deliverers in the enemy party...
Though they were newly minted Adventurers, it was said they could defeat certain powerhouses even without Falna; their strength was likely formidable.
"So this time... fall together with me, Aria!"
Although her face remained expressionless, her tone revealed an unprecedented confidence.
Clearly, she felt she already had the Loki Familia in the palm of her hand!
After all, the Loki Familia only had three Level 6s. Even adding those two Deliverers, she could overwhelm them with numbers.
"The winner will be me!"
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Roar—!
The massive skeletal monster let out a terrifying roar, and the black sword in its hand smashed toward the ground with unprecedented speed, quickly forming a long, narrow trench with an equally startling depth.
In the next second, countless white bones grew from that pitch-black trench, rushing toward the only two people on the battlefield.
This scene, with bones filling the entire field of vision, was no less of a disaster than a tsunami, and looked even more macabre!
And this was the Floor Master subjugation battle for the two young girls.
The 37th Floor Master, Udaios, possessed strength no less than Level 6. To safely subjugate it, at least the Big Three of the Loki Familia would need to join forces.
But at this moment, most of the Loki Familia members stood in the passageway, watching the battle in the arena from afar, with no one taking a step forward.
"Should I say as expected of the Deliverers? To actually go back and forth with Udaios..."
"No, it hasn't reached that level. They're just holding on, but even so, it's exaggerated. Udaios is about to lose, right?"
"It seems there's no need for us old-timers to take action..."
Everyone from the Loki Familia who entered the Dungeon this time had expressions of disbelief on their faces. After all, they were witnessing the birth of a 'legend' with their own eyes and didn't know what to say.
A Level 1 soloing a Floor Master!
And the 37th Floor Master at that!
This wasn't something an ordinary person could do. Even in the Zeus and Hera Familias fifteen years ago, they had never heard of such a talent.
Perhaps only the legendary hero Argonaut could have done it?
However, looking at how Hyacine and Barbara were panting heavily, they seemed to be fighting with great difficulty.
The two who could manipulate wind naturally had means to increase their movement speed, but even so, they were only barely on par with Udaios.
Add to that the small monsters summoned by the Floor Master, and it was easy to get distracted and take a powerful hit from the boss.
But!
The two girls didn't care about these attacks at all. Ever since they took one hit, they completely gave up on dodging and spent all their energy on attacking.
"It hurts!"
That was the girls' sensation. Being hit by a Floor Master was definitely not easy; it was an unprecedented pain.
But even so, the girls still didn't fall. Instead, they quickly raised their health bars through healing and continued to launch attacks, repeating the cycle...
There was no tactic to speak of; it was completely using their unparalleled healing output to grind the opponent to death.
The level of drama was no less than Barbara soloing Azhdaha!
So the duration of this battle was very long. Even if Hyacine could use recorded healing to launch attacks, it was difficult to quickly finish off Udaios.
In other words, Little Ika was still spinning!
Every few seconds, a storm faintly entwined with rainbows would hit Udaios, scraping some bones off its body, and then continue preparing the next strike.
"Rain, rain, go away!"
"Go! Go! Go!"
Spinning so many times in such a short period, even Little Ika's horse head was getting dizzy... Fortunately, Little Ika was a Memory Spirit; otherwise, such high-frequency attacks would surely have caused it damage.
After an unknown number of Rainbow Storms, the giant skeleton finally turned into fragments.
Seeing this, the two girls finally collapsed onto the ground, drenched in sweat and panting heavily.
Finally... they could rest!
Even Little Ika's eyes turned into swirls, like a cat falling off a swivel chair, rolling continuously on the ground.
"We really... defeated a Floor Master!"
"Now, we should be able to level up, right?"
If nothing else, the girls had defeated a deep-layer Floor Master on only their second trip into the Dungeon; leveling up was absolutely no problem.
It had only been two or three days, right?
Being able to go from Level 1 to Level 2 in two or three days was an unprecedented feat that would likely never be repeated!
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