"Whew!"

The howling wind sounded.

It was the sound of someone running at full speed.

When she came back to her senses, Ace found herself running like this, like a gust of wind, desperately rushing out of the battlefield stained red by the firelight, and swept away in the direction of the Red Crystal Main Pillar.

Her target is the creature attached to the large red crystal pillar——— "Orb Fetus".

"Ace?"

In the firelight, someone called out to Ace in a stunned voice, as if she didn't expect her to suddenly take such an action.

The enemy also seemed to be a little surprised, so they called out new monsters in a panic.

"Giant Flower!"

The white-robed man who didn't know where to hide shouted loudly, causing one of the two remaining giant flower monsters on the Red Crystal Great Main Pillar to move, and with a rumbling vibration, it fell off the surface of the stone pillar like the previous one.

"Who——!a, whoa, oh

With the roar of a broken gong that was enough to set off a storm, the giant flower monster opened its fanged mouth and pounced on Ace like a snake that preyed on small animals.

Suddenly, Ace's whole body was bathed in the roar of the giant flower monster, as if she was enveloped by a real storm, and her long golden hair flicked wildly.

In the face of the bloody mouth that could easily swallow ten of herself and suffocate into her stomach, the silver saber that Ace held in her hand was about the same as a toothpick, and even if she cut it out, it would not be able to cause much damage to that giant body, which had just been proven.

Therefore, in order to reach the target's side and kill the non-existent life as quickly as possible, Ace decided to liberate her true power.

"Ace! Other! ”

The boy who was also able to use this power, but who could easily burn the giant flower monster without activating this power, seemed to have guessed Ace's plan and shouted at her.

It's a pity that Ace, who only has the "jewel fetus" in her eyes, resolutely liberates her true power before that.

"Wake up. 】”

The atmosphere around the blonde-haired and golden-eyed female swordsman began to become disordered.

"[Wind Spirit Rush]!"

The most extraordinary additional magic is awakened in this moment.

So, the atmosphere shook up.

And so, the wind whirled.

Like an invisible layer of armor, the air flow wrapped around the delicate body of the female swordsman, pushing away everything around her.

Faced with the oversized monster approaching in front of her, Ace increased the wind power to its maximum output and attached it to the Love Sword.

"......Whoa, who

The Giant Flower Monster reacts violently to the female swordsman's magic.

The female swordsman carried the howling wind and flew in front of the huge monster in one fell swoop.

Immediately after, a sword light attached to the wind appeared.

It was a cold sword light.

It was a huge sword light.

The blonde-haired, golden-eyed female swordsman slashed at the huge monster that was biting, unleashing an exaggerated slash that swept through a thousand armies.

The powerful wind roared with the flash of slashing slashes, causing the horizontal burst of sword light to cut off the bloody jaw, cut off the huge petals, and cut off the monster's head.

“————”

The roar of the broken gong suddenly stopped.

Time seemed to stop at this moment.

The strongest female swordsman with the name of [Sword Queen] used all her strength, and she did not hesitate to awaken the miracle of the wind and sent out a swift slash, which was faster, more neat, more ruthless, and simpler than the boy who sang the magic of wide area annihilation, and slashed the giant flower monster that was even larger than the floor master, and should not have been able to defeat it by white-knuckle combat.

"W-"

Faintly, the sound of the white-robed man gasping was mixed with full disbelief and echoed in the big hollow.

Ace herself felt incredible.

This is the first time Ace has used wind (magic) since ascending to Lv. 6.

Ace could clearly feel that her wind (magic) had become stronger, and it was still stronger than a little bit, and she was more foul than before.

The reason why Ace, who used to be Lv.5, can be called the strongest female swordsman in the city is because of the power of this magic, so that she has the same combat power as the adventurers of Lv.6 when she is at Lv.5.

Now, Ace has leveled up to Lv.6, and her magic has become more unusual, powerful, and incredible than ever.

Coupled with the acquisition of Wind Breath, Ace's magic has become further stronger, and the load on the body has been relieved, and now Ace is only talking about pure basic ability, after getting the wind (magic) strengthening, she has even surpassed Finn and Grace, who are at the apex of Lv.6.

If it were her current self, she would be able to easily defeat Udaios, who had to fight to the death in the past to have the possibility of victory, and Ace had such a conviction.

"It works."

Sensing this, Ace's sharp gaze turned to the fetus attached to the large red crystal pillar.

But when Ace looked at the fetus, she was shocked to find that the eyes of the fetus who were also looking at her seemed to change.

The original gloom became brighter.

What was originally apathy turned into joy.

What was violent turned into longing.

As if seeing the treasure of dreams and the other half of the long-sought one, the fetus rolled its eyes and screamed loudly.

"Ahh

It was a loud cry like the cry of a newborn baby being born.

The screams were full of mania, full of irritability, and sounded a little poignant, and a little sharp, so that Ace felt that her eardrums were shaken, her head was pounded, and she almost vomited on the spot.

"Oops!"

The anxious voice of the white-robed man also sounded.

"Don't! Don't come out! Now is not the time! ”

In response to the anxious screams and pleadings of the white-robed man, the fetus in the orb turned a deaf ear, struggled to move its miniature body, and left the quartz pillar as if it wanted to get out of the egg.

"Ahh

The crying turned into a downright scream, causing the fetus to drill out of the orb, and it actually flew out and flew towards Ace.

“…………！”

Ace avoided the vomiting sensation she felt inside, as if she felt nauseous and physically unwell, and let the fetus pass by her.

The fetus suddenly looked like a child with a temper tantrum, screaming wildly while continuing to chase Ace, looking like she couldn't let go.

"[Lightning strike]."

At this moment, a bolt of lightning flew from afar, burst into this direction, and hit the fetus with great precision, knocking it away.

"Rieger......!"

Ace turned her head to see the boy in the sea of fire in the distance.

Behind the boy was the giant flower monster that was still struggling, and he himself was facing this side, stretching out a finger with electric light flashing on his fingertips, telling Ace that the strange magic he had just released was him.

"Behind!"

Lig slashed at the giant flower monster behind him as he slashed at the giant flower monster that was about to escape from the fire, so that it continued to be burned by the flames, and loudly reminded Ace.

Ace was shocked in her heart, turned around sharply, and set up the silver saber.

"Bell!"

Almost at the same time, the red-haired female weirdo flashed behind Ace, and without saying a word, she slashed the red sword and slashed at the silver saber that Ace hastily erected.

She stared straight at Ace, her green eyes revealing a colder emotion than before.

"Sure enough, it's this gust of wind."

Revis opened her mouth and said this coldly.

"You're Arya."

——— "Arya".

When the name came to Ace's ears, Ace only felt a "buzz" and her head went blank.

This was a stronger shock than the shock I felt when I first saw the "Orb Fetus".

Arya......

Arya.........

Arya............

In her ears, Revith's voice echoed like an echo.

"How do you know this name......

By the time she reacted, Ace had already shouted like this.

At this time, if the people of the Loki clan were here, they would be surprised, right?

The princess of the sword, who has always lacked emotion and has difficulty revealing obvious emotions, is shouting loudly like a panicked girl at this moment.

This is the most serious gaffe for the girl [Sword Princess].

Thanks to this emotion, Ace's strength became stronger and stronger, and while rolling up the whistling wind, she burst into sparks and pressed the sword of despair towards Revith, so that Revith, who had a strange power, was actually pressed back with her upper body.

"Tsk......"

Reviss smacked her lips with an ugly face and whispered.

"With me now, is it really difficult to compete with you who use the 'wind'?"

Revis, who realized this, decisively let go, followed Ace's strength, and retreated backwards.

"Wait!"

Ace naturally refused to let the other party go.

"Giant Flower! Cannibal flowers! ”

Revis, however, looked familiar, and called out coldly, summoning the monster.

The last giant flower finally broke off from the main pillar of quartz, and together with the man-eating flower that had been wandering around, attacked Ace.

"Ahh

The "Orb Fetus" was also rushing towards Ace, completely ignoring the white-robed man's stop.

"Pop ......"

The fetus stuck to the giant flower that rushed towards Ace in the middle, and then actually merged into the giant flower's body, causing the red vein-like lines to float out like blood vessels and appear on the entire body of the giant flower.

"Who——!a, whoa, oh

The giant flower suddenly roared in pain, and its entire long and thick body began to swell.

Centered on the part of the fetus that was parasitic, the pieces of flesh swelled.

After a while, the silhouette of a humanoid figure emerged from the giant flower's body.

It was a colorful female body, faceless, with long hair and a tube on its head connected to the giant flower, making the giant flower seem to be a riding pet, and it was dominated by the female body.

“■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■——！”

The female body let out a terrible cry, like a high pitch, and like a song, which made the whole great hollow vibrate frequently.

"So, that's ......!?"

Ace recognized the monster.

"On the 50th floor...... The female-sized monster that was defeated by Rig ......! ”

That's right.

The appearance of this monster is exactly the same as the female-sized monster that Lig defeated when he was on the 50th floor.

At least, the upper body of that female silhouette was exactly the same as the female monster encountered at the time, the difference was only in the lower body.

The lower body of the female-sized monster encountered on the 50th floor resembles a worm.

And this time, the lower body of the female-sized monster is completely a giant flower.

A flash of lightning flashed through Ace's mind, and she was shocked to understand something.

"Could it be...... The female-sized monster at that time was also parasitized by the fetus......! ”

When you think about it, there are a lot of similarities.

The worm-type monsters encountered on the 50th and 51st floors that can breathe corrosive liquid have a colorful appearance.

The man-eating flower monsters encountered on East Main Street and this 24th floor are also colorful in appearance.

The female-sized monster encountered on the 50th floor has a female upper body and a worm's lower body.

The female-sized monster encountered here has a female upper body and a giant flower lower body.

This proves only one thing.

That is, these two colorful monsters are likely to have the same origin.

The two female-sized monsters are both colorful monsters parasitized by the "Orb Fetus", except that the former is parasitic with worms, and the latter is parasitized with giant flowers.

The phenomenon of monster explosion that occurred on the 30th floor before also shows that the same event has happened more than once.

So, can you think that in the floors below the 51st floor, there are also "jewel fetuses" sucking nutrients from the food storehouse, and there is a seedbed that can give birth to colorful monsters, so they encounter female monsters and colorful monsters there?

And the anomalies that occur in the floors below the 51st floor are also the work of these new beings who claim to be a combination of humans and monsters?

After the anomalous situation on the 30th floor ended, could the Lv.4 of the Ganesa clan take away from the food depot on that floor be the "Orb Fetus" itself?

That's why Reveys chased him to the 18th floor and killed him?

That's why the mysterious magician said that this thing can't exist and must be destroyed?

Seeing all this, Ace wanted to loudly question the red-haired woman and the white-robed man, asking them what their relationship was with the "jewel fetus" and why they were doing these things.

However, the two weirdos seemed to have retreated, and at the moment when the female-sized monster was born, they seemed to realize that things had failed, and they decisively disappeared into the monster group.

“■■■■■■■■——！”

The female monster screamed and roared, stretching out countless tentacles to Ace, who was covered in the wind, and leaning forward with her upper body, along with the head of the giant flower monster and countless man-eating flower monsters, biting the blonde female swordsman.

And then—

"[Magic is the most powerful, now broken]."

With a faint chanting sound, the boy who finally solved the giant flower monster in the sea of fire appeared, unleashing an invisible slash.

Slashing slices through space.

The slash cuts off the atmosphere.

The slash seemed to be able to cut everything, and it slashed at the neck of a female-sized monster from time to time.

"Poof!"

The female body of the upper body of the monster was suddenly decapitated very neatly.

Blood, sprinkled into the sky.

(End of chapter)