Dungeon, 44th floor.

It's a very hot floor, as if you're inside a volcano, and it's so hot that you feel like you've entered a steamer.

In this level, the earth is basically fiery red, and there are crooked rocks rolling down everywhere, and the walls of the labyrinth are also cracked and blackened everywhere, as if they have turned into charcoal, and there are bursts of red light in the faint traces of cracks, which makes people wonder if there is magma flowing in this wall.

The monsters that are active in this level are mainly rock monsters with a classification level of Lv.4 ——— Flame Demon Rock.

That's right, it's the source monster that the dead used to explode the flaming stone in the 24th layer earlier.

The Flaming Stones dropped from their bodies are contraband that can be used directly for bombs without being processed, so even if someone defeats the Flame Rock here and collects it from their bodies, it can only be sold to the Guild or to a small number of commercial clans such as the Hephaestus clan who are allowed to use the Flame Stone to process important goods.

In other words, although this drop item is still precious, there is no room for bargaining.

Coupled with the instability of the Flame Stone itself, if you carry it casually, it may explode directly due to impact or other reasons, causing unnecessary loss to the troops, so even if there are adventurers who have come to this level on an expedition, they will generally not fight with the Flame Demon Rock casually unless necessary.

But on this day, in this scorching floor, a group of vicious adventurers were in a fierce battle with a group of monsters composed of flaming demon rocks.

"......Oooo

The werewolf youth rushed to the front first, and while he didn't hesitate to twist the tattoo on his face and roar, he raised the metal boots equipped on his feet and kicked at the Flame Demon Rock Group that was blocking in front of him.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" ………

With a fierce sound like firecrackers, the werewolf youth kicked back and forth among the monsters with unrivaled momentum, like a tornado that crushed the monsters, kicking and exploding the flame demon rocks on the spot, making them die no longer dead.

"Hey! Don't just grab someone else's prey! ”

The Amazon girl with the big double blade shouted angrily, and at the same time, she leaped towards the head of the Flame Demon Rock, slashed it down, turning into a rampaging meat grinder, and where it passed, all the Flame Demon Rock was cut in half, turning into dust and scattering on the spot.

"Tsk......"

Holding a pair of recurve knives, the other Amazon girl ignored the staggering image and silently rushed forward, leaping up and down like a dance, stepping back and forth, shattering, severing, and strangulating all the roaring flame demon rocks.

The three first-level adventurers of the Loki clan of Lv.5 were like this, almost violently crusading against the monsters on the 44th floor, so that the monster group seemed to be shocked by the ferocious momentum of the three, and couldn't help but retreat for a while.

But this did not affect the three of them in the slightest, but made the three of them more vicious and violent.

"Since it's a monster, then don't give me back!"

"Come on! Let's fight! People are full of strength now! ”

“…… You two, go aside, and I'll leave it here. ”

Bert, Diona, and Theogne rushed into the monster pack again with different expressions and the same emotions, staging a one-sided ravage.

In the face of three first-level adventurers with a level as high as the apex of Lv.5, these monsters with a classification level of only Lv.4 appeared to be extremely weak and were slaughtered inhumanely.

The vicious momentum of the cadres of the family clan frightened the partners of the same family clan.

"Uncle, Big Brother Bert, what's wrong with them?"

"Who knows......"

"What's this stimulus?"

"It's scary......"

On the side, the members of the Second Army of the Loki Clan, who were holding weapons and opening an encirclement net against the monster group, were staring dryly, looking cowardly and cowardly.

Raul, Angel, Aricia and the others looked at each other, and Refia was trembling there with her wand, obviously frightened by Bert, Diona, Theogne and others.

The second-level adventurers, mainly the members of Lv.3, witnessed the fierce fighting style of the first-level adventurers, so they could only stay where they were, breaking out in a cold sweat and cowering.

"Even Miss Ace ......"

Refia also looked in the other direction, a somewhat worried expression.

There, the blonde-haired, golden-eyed female swordsman was alone in a battle with a group of flaming demon rocks.

"Poof!" "Poof!" "Poof!" "Poof!" ………

The long golden hair flies, the slender figure flies, the girl is wantonly killing in the monster group, the silver saber in her hand is danced so that she can't even see the afterimage, you can only see the silver trajectory in the space, every time you swipe it, a monster will be cut in half, and die quickly without any pain.

The blonde-haired and golden-eyed girl also turned into a war queen, slashing and killing in the monster group with a faceless face.

That look is really scary, and people can't help but worry.

"What are they excited about?"

On a jutting rock, Grace spoke to Finn and Riveria beside him, in great confusion.

Behind Grace, the forgers of the Hephaestus clan led by Tsubaki were also looking at Ace and the others who were slaughtering monsters below, and they were talking in a whisper, and there was a little fear in their expressions.

One can imagine how vicious and powerful Ace, Bert, Diona, Thiogne and others are at this moment.

This made Grace, who had not previously operated with the Vanguard, feel depressed.

"After the convergence of the 18th floor, as soon as they entered the 19th floor, these guys immediately rushed out, slaughtering monsters without saying a word, and the slaughter has not stopped until now."

"What the hell is going on?"

"If this mess continues, will they still have the energy to deal with the harsh battles below the 50th floor? The rest of the group won't be able to gain experience points! ”

Grace complained to Finn and Riveria in a reproachful tone.

This isn't the first time Grace has complained.

Just like he said, from the moment he entered the 19th floor, Ace and the others began to go berserk, leaving others with no chance to fight.

This situation has been maintained for four whole days.

Since the day of the expedition, it has taken everyone four days to arrive here, and Ace and the others have slaughtered monsters all the way to this level without saying a word.

It's no wonder that Grace complains, blames, wonders, and puzzles.

He really didn't know what happened to Ace and the others.

Of course, he had some guesses.

"Is it because of the anomaly on the 9th floor?"

Four days ago, when Grace set out with the second unit, which was the follow-up unit, and passed through the 9th floor, they were shocked to find that the level had been destroyed to the point that it had lost its original shape.

That floor was reduced to ruins, and there were even fires burning continuously, and many places were directly blown up to the point of potholes and charred black, which made Grace and the others stunned.

Afterwards, they learned that there was an abnormal situation in the upper level, and a large monster in the middle level appeared on the upper level, causing a commotion.

However, the mid-level monsters are only around Lv.2 at best, so is it possible to cause that kind of damage?

No way.

Therefore, Grace had already realized that on that day, in the 9th floor, something happened that no one knew about.

In this regard, Finn and Riveria, who arrived on the 18th floor first and waited for Grace and the others at the entrance to the 19th floor, explained a word.

"We witnessed two battles."

"Yes, two battles with different specifications, but equally powerful."

That's it.

Finn smiled wryly as he watched the chaos below from the bulging rock.

"Don't care, they're just stimulated."

It was really stimulated.

The fierce battle between Rig and Horta, and the terrifying strength displayed by both sides, caused the first wave of irritation for Ace and the others.

Then, the rookie adventurer fought to the death against the Minotaur, whose strength was far above him, and finally won the process and result, which caused a second wave of stimulation to Ace and the others.

The first wave of stimulation made them realize that they were still weak compared to those two monsters.

The second wave of stimulation is to make them understand that even the weak have the possibility of shouting and roaring at the strong and eventually defeating them.

So, the flame in the hearts of Ace and the others was ignited.

This ignition lasted for four whole days.

As a result, Ace and the others have been fighting and fighting like this, and they will not stop.

Looking at Ace and the others like this, Finn was actually thinking about what happened four days ago.

When the battle was over, the rookie adventurer collapsed from exhaustion.

Hedin took him and left Finn with a word.

"This stupid rabbit's adventure barely passes, but I would advise you not to touch him or meddle with him."

"Although I don't want to admit it, he is the one chosen by the goddess."

"If you don't want to start an all-out war with us, you'd better act as if you didn't see today's events."

With these words, Hedin took the unconscious junior adventurer and the little Humanian girl who seemed to be the companion of the newcomer, and left with Hegny and the Gulliver brothers.

At the time, Finn had only asked one question.

"What's his name?"

Hedin answered this question.

"Bell Clony ......"

Whispering the name, Finn took it to heart as he turned his gaze to look at the boy who was definitely not worse than the rookie adventurer, or even better, and had already touched Olarie's "top of the sky".

He's down there, too, in the Flame Demon Rock group.

It's just that he is not like Ace and the others, who are frantically slaughtering monsters, but in the stunned eyes of many magicians, he is experimenting with a newfound magic.

"[Flame Volt]!"

Surrounded by the monster horde, the young swordsman did not draw his sword, but reached out and released a lightning-like flame.

That's Bell Cloney's magic.

(End of chapter)