Dungeon, 50th floor.
The moment Leon's group arrived at the entrance leading to this floor, they knew things were bad.
Connecting the 50th floor and the 51st floor was a sloped rocky wall.
Because this rocky wall was covered everywhere with yellowish-green slime, yet the faint sounds of frantic shouting and earth-shaking explosions could be heard, it was immediately obvious that something had happened.
Everyone's hearts tightened, and they ran together through the gray forest, returning below the flat terrace where the camp was located.
Upon reaching this spot, they finally laid eyes on the massive swarms of worm-like monsters flattened against the rocks.
They were clinging to the rocky terrace and crawling upward, spitting dissolving liquid at the people on the terrace.
Riveria and the others were scattered across the rocky terrace. Some raised shields to withstand the incoming dissolving liquid, while others stood at the rear, using magic or directly launching long-range attacks with bows and arrows at the worm monsters, setting off bursts of explosions.
"Mages, rest on the spot! Archers, ready! Loose!"
Riveria issued commands from among the crowd, sending waves of arrow rain falling.
Regrettably, the effect of the arrows was far inferior to magic. Even when they hit the worm monsters, they couldn't achieve a one-hit kill. Moreover, the moment the arrows touched the body fluids of the worm monsters, they would be corroded. The arrows could only cause the attacked worm monsters to lose their grip on the rocky wall and fall, failing to reduce the number of enemies.
Furthermore, once the mages unleashed their magic, the worm monsters would enter a state of frenzy due to the mana reaction, desperately crowding toward the rocky terrace, causing the living space of the people in the camp to be gradually compressed.
"Riveria!"
"Everyone!"
Seeing their companions encountering a crisis, Ais, Tiona, and Tione could not maintain a shred of calmness. Without a second thought, they charged toward the camp at their absolute fastest speed.
"Damn it!"
Bete cursed under his breath, yet he also rushed forward without a pause, his speed still astonishingly fast.
But the one who was faster than them was Leon.
Upon seeing the rocky wall covered with worm monsters and seeing that their companions on the rocky terrace were also in a terrible situation, he didn't think twice and directly activated his magic.
"Light of the Heavens, Sword of the Stars!"
The brief incantation was completed in an instant. Leon abruptly drew the Jade Staff worn on his left waist. The magic gem at the tip of the staff lit up, causing a magic circle radiating brilliant starlight to spin forth, transforming into a battery that shot out thick shooting meteors one after another.
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!!!"
The shooting meteors blasted onto the rocky wall one by one, piercing through the bodies of the worm monsters and blowing away large amounts of rock, causing the entire rocky terrace to vibrate.
Dust and stone fragments immediately burst open on the rocky wall, falling down under the pull of gravity.
"That magic—it's Leon!"
"Leon is back!"
"The Captain and the others are back too!"
"Fantastic!"
The companions on the rocky terrace immediately recognized this magic, becoming overjoyed.
"They're finally back."
Riveria, whose face had been tightly strained, also let out a sigh of relief.
By this time, Ais and the others had already leapt along the rocky wall, jumping with their maximum speed to return to the rocky terrace.
During this process, whenever they encountered those worm monsters, they would use the momentum to shatter the rocks beneath their feet, knocking them all down the cliff without coming into contact with the body fluids on them.
"Ariel."
Ais didn't hesitate for a moment to activate her own exclusive magic once more, letting the wind wrap around her body as she charged into the swarm of worm monsters that had crawled over the rocky wall and onto the rocky terrace.
Splat! Splat! Splat!—
Godspeed slashes immediately appeared one after another among the swarm of worm monsters, slaying them on the spot.
Ais's sword techniques were as sharp and cold as always. Every strike was a fatal blow, every strike strived to cut the enemy in half. Not a single monster struck by her remained intact; they were either cut into two sections or hacked into fragments, unable to even detonate themselves.
The dissolving liquid was deflected one by one by the wind wrapped around the young girl, unable to touch her at all.
Compared to an Ais like this, Bete, Tiona, and Tione, who also came to help, appeared much more disheveled.
The three of them, who didn't dare to engage in close-quarters combat with these worm monsters, could only do the same as before. They either used minimal movements to knock the worm monsters down, causing them to lose their mobility without detonating, or used methods like enticement to make the worm monsters kill each other.
"Tsk! Too troublesome!"
"It's too troublesome!"
"Really—too troublesome!"
Bete, Tiona, and Tione spoke these words simultaneously, their faces filled with irritation.
"Ais!"
Bete couldn't take it anymore. He leapt to Ais's side and shouted.
"Any amount is fine! Give me some wind!"
Saying this, Bete stomped his foot heavily, cracking the ground beneath him.
Looking closely, Bete's legs were equipped with a pair of metal boots that could cover up to his knees.
These metal boots were entirely silver-white in color, with quite sharp curves, giving off a strong impression of being not only slender and elegant but also sturdy and durable. The center of the shin area of the metal boots was also embedded with topaz. That design made it look less like protective gear and more like a weapon.
The truth was indeed so. This pair of metal boots was by no means protective gear, but a genuine weapon. A mark identical to the one on Leon's Dragon-Fang Sword was engraved in its corner.
That was the mark of the Hephaestus Familia, proving that the creator of these metal boots was that blacksmith Familia famous throughout the mortal realm.
Its name was Flosvirt. It was a second-tier special armament manufactured by the Hephaestus Familia. Although it was second-tier, it possessed a special effect that not even some first-tier special armaments had.
This special effect was the ability to absorb external magic and temporarily add the characteristic attack power of that magic. Combined with the striking power of the metal boots themselves, it could cause the power of attacks to receive a massive increase.
"Wind."
Ais called out softly, letting the wind swaying around her body blow toward Bete.
Inside the metal boots on Bete's feet, the topaz located on the shin area immediately radiated brilliance, completely absorbing the incoming wind.
In the next second, the metal boots along with Bete's feet were wrapped in a raging airflow, just like Ais.
"Excellent."
Bete, who had obtained a magical power identical to Ais's, grinned. Astounding strength erupted from beneath his feet, and his figure directly vanished from sight. Carrying a terrifying momentum and wind pressure, he charged toward the worm monsters.
"Vanish for me!!!"
Accompanied by a furious roar, the werewolf youth transformed entirely into impact force itself, overturning the bedrock beneath his feet and blasting air currents. With a spinning kick, the metal boots equipped on his feet transformed into flashes of light, blasting away countless worm monsters along the way and crushing them all.
Having the protection of the wind, Bete no longer feared the dissolving liquid. All the dissolving liquid was deflected by the wind wrapped around the metal boots, allowing Bete to finally unleash his hands and feet to fight to his heart's content.
That matchless momentum and the offensive that was enough to crush everything—even surpassing Ais—thoroughly stimulated the Amazon twins on the scene.
The Amazons were inherently an extremely warlike race. Tiona and Tione had been suppressed and frustrated fighting up until now. Now, seeing the werewolf youth whom they had always been at odds with displaying such divine might, how could they possibly restrain themselves any longer?
Particularly Tione; the composure and calmness on her face shattered directly, and the violence and rage pressed deep within her heart for a long time finally erupted.
"What are you acting arrogant for?!"
Following a furious roar that completely destroyed her past image, Tione went berserk.
"Bam!"
Amidst a dull impact sound, Tione threw a punch, blasting straight onto a worm monster's body.
She abandoned her favored kukri knives, directly utilizing her physical body to fight.
Moreover, unlike Gareth's striking style of retreating upon contact and using only clever force to send the worm monsters flying—thereby ensuring minimal contact of his hands with the dissolving liquid—Tione directly erupted with her maximum strength. She actually drove her fist into the worm monster's body, her entire arm submerging into the creature's torso, shattering the magic stone existing inside its body.
The consequence of doing this was naturally a one-hit kill of the worm monster, but the worm monster likewise detonated on the spot, drenching all the dissolving liquid accumulated inside its body right onto Tione.
Instantly, the skin, flesh, and clothes on Tione's body dissolved amidst bursts of sizzling sounds.
Yet Tione paid no heed to this. Carrying a sky-turning rage, she charged toward the next worm monster, punching out and driving her fist into the opponent's body once more, shattering the magic stone and killing the worm monster on the spot.
This kind of life-for-life fighting style terrified the surrounding Loki Familia members.
"—That person, has she lost control again?"
"This love-crazed brat!"
Finn and Gareth, who arrived late, saw this scene. One's expression shifted slightly, while the other cursed aloud.
"Finn! Gareth!"
Riveria shouted upon seeing the two.
"Leave the command to me, Riveria." Finn pressed down all emotions, putting on the mask of the Captain, and began to calmly issue orders, saying, "You start incanting magic right now. Gareth, you're in charge of defense."
"Understood." Riveria nodded, and she grabbed Lefiya, who had rushed over panting, saying, "Lefiya, you come over too."
"Ah?" Lefiya almost didn't react, and only after a moment did she hurriedly reply, "O-Okay!"
"You over there!" Gareth was even more direct, shouting to a nearby member, "Give me your shield!"
That member hurriedly handed the shield in his hand to Gareth, letting Gareth walk toward the frontline to be responsible for blocking the steps of the worm monsters along with the rest of the shield-holding vanguards.
At this moment, Tiona also threw caution to the wind completely.
"Ahhh! Whatever! Let's get through this obstacle first before talking!"
Although she didn't go berserk like her older sister, she no longer acted timidly like before. The large double-bladed Urga in her hands, which she hadn't utilized, spun and danced once more. Like a windmill, it slashed toward those worm monsters under Tiona's charge.
Splat! Splat! Splat!—
Large numbers of worm monsters were hacked into pieces on the spot by this rapidly dancing massive weapon. The dissolving liquid that sprayed out after detonation was avoided by Tiona with all her might, unlike Tione who was drenched directly, so she hadn't suffered any serious injuries for the time being.
But the large double-bladed Urga in Tiona's hands was not so fortunate. Every time it hacked a worm monster to pieces, it would be stained with their body fluids and corroded by the dissolving liquid. Over time, it began to become tattered, no longer retaining its original sharpness.
"Waaa, my Urga—"
Tiona had tears in her eyes, her heart aching so much she couldn't breathe. Yet she still didn't stop. Instead, as if to let the weapon about to sacrifice itself gloriously radiate its final brilliance, she danced it even faster, actually killing quite a few worm monsters for a time, greatly alleviating the worm monsters' offensive.
"The precursor to the end, the pure white snow."
At this time, the voice of the city's strongest mage and elven royalty incanting magic finally resounded.
"Facing the twilight hour, whip up a fierce gale."
The cloak on Riveria's body floated up. The "Magna Alfs," one of the supreme five staffs embedded with nine magic gems in her hand, was held high, radiating an eye-piercing light.
"The enclosed light, the frozen earth."
A massive magic circle appeared beneath Riveria's feet, enveloping Lefiya by her side as well as several other elves who were likewise incanting magic.
As the strongest mage in the city, Riveria possessed two skills that directly acted on magic.
The first skill was called "Fairy Anthem," which could amplify magic effects and expand magic range. The greater the incantation chant length of the activated magic, the greater the enhancement effect of this skill, making it extremely powerful.
The second skill was called "Alf Regina," which could strengthen the "Magic" parameter and simultaneously strengthen the magic used by mages of the same race existing within her own magic circle.
Because of the existence of "Alf Regina," Finn had specifically formed an elven mage unit exclusive to Riveria. Now, the members of this unit gathered around Riveria one after another.
Including Lefiya, the magic incanted by all the elven mages at this moment received an enhancement, their power exploding.
"Deep blizzard, thrice severe winter—My name is Alf!"
Riveria, standing at the center of the magic circle, was the first to complete her incantation. With this as a start, the incantations of the crowd of elven mages were also successful one after another.
"Wyna Fimbulvetr!"
This was a short-chant wide-area annihilation magic, and it was also Riveria's most commonly used offensive magic, with the ice attribute.
Although it was only a short-chant type, under the amplification of Riveria's outstanding "Magic" parameter and powerful skills, and further enhanced by a top-grade staff like Magna Alfs, the power of this magic was also immense to an absurd degree.
A blizzard appeared without warning, howling as it swept across the entire rocky terrace. Everything in its path was completely frozen; even those worm monsters were exactly so, directly transforming into ice sculptures one after another.
"Fusillade Fire Volt!"
Lefiya unleashed her wide-area annihilation magic right after the revered royalty, and the mages of the same race beside her also shot out their fully incanted magic one after another, creating a genuine magic feast.
A grand bombardment immediately covered the entire battlefield. Various supernatural magical powers such as ice, fire, thunder, and light fell like hail, striking the earth and striking the monsters, blowing away, burning, piercing, and crushing all the worm monsters.
Explosions occurred one after another, causing the entire rocky terrace to shake violently.
That scene was exceptionally spectacular.
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