The suicide attack carried out by Evilus on Rivira Street did not affect Ron, Tiona, and the others as they rested on the Safe Floor.
More accurately—
No adventurer would ever associate something like that with the Loki Familia. That golden reputation alone saved them a great deal of trouble.
After soaking in the hot springs and resting through the entire night, the physical exhaustion brought on by two consecutive days of high-intensity combat had completely disappeared.
Ron looked at the area before him, a place that resembled a paradise isolated from the world.
He knew very well...
Their brief period of leisure was about to end.
"Morning."
"Captain Ron, breakfast is ready."
Mikoto, who had already unlocked her "housewife" attributes, had gotten up early to prepare a simple meal. At the very least, it tasted far better than dry rations.
The girl raised her head.
At least in terms of energy and spirit, she looked visibly refreshed.
"Once we fill our stomachs, we can start thinking about setting out."
Their destination was the 24th Floor. Before reaching the end of the Middle Floors, there would be no more Safe Floors where they could rest. Just thinking about the absurd difficulty of the monsters down there—
Honestly, even with her current Lv.3 strength, Mikoto still found it extremely taxing. But correspondingly, it would also allow her abilities to improve in a much more comprehensive way.
This was exactly the result she wanted after joining the Hestia Familia.
"Yeah."
"We'll stick to the same approach as before. Clear out all the special monsters on each Floor first, then consider advancing deeper."
As for splitting up—
Ron absolutely, positively would not consider doing that during this Familia Expedition. If they ran into another mutated Floor Boss blocking the path again, things probably wouldn't end nearly as easily.
After quickly finishing breakfast, he looked toward the beautiful girls who had only just woken up and were currently washing up, then chose to check his "Revival" skill.
[Revival: 1]
"..."
Even while inside the Dungeon, the number of Revivals still refreshed once the second day arrived. As for the remaining two chances, they could be replenished by consuming Soul Shards.
This was Ron's greatest reliance while exploring.
The unfortunate part was that—
The appearance timing of mutated Floor Bosses could not be controlled, and there was no precise way to track time inside the Dungeon either. Otherwise, things would have been much simpler.
'What a shame...'
'This talent can only be used inside the Dungeon.'
If he could bring that talent into Orario, then the moment he reached Lv.4, Ron was confident he could march straight into the Ishtar Familia and directly kidnap Haruhime out of there!
Just as he was making preparations, the other members of the Familia—Daphne, expedition supporter Tiona, and the rest—displayed extremely high adventurer professionalism, without any unnecessary dawdling.
Very quickly, they had already finished preparing for the deeper exploration.
Having long since grown accustomed to the "Dungeon Abnormal Situations" that seemed to follow Ron everywhere, Tiona's eyes were filled with anticipation toward today's Dungeon, which was once again full of unknown dangers.
"Are we leaving already?"
"..."
Ron did not answer.
His gaze briefly swept across the faces of the beautiful girls before finally locking onto the gloomy girl standing habitually behind her best friend Daphne at the very back.
Cassandra.
Five Dimension Troia.
From a transmigrator's perspective, he was completely immune to the effects brought about by magic. Which meant that her prophetic dreams were effectively warning bells for what awaited them on this journey.
Lansseax.
The Fire Giant.
Neither of those two Floor Boss raids had gone particularly smoothly. If possible, Ron genuinely hoped that the upcoming exploration could proceed safely and without incident.
'It should...'
"..."
Faced with Ron's gaze, Cassandra instinctively lowered her head. Her pale cheeks, half-hidden beneath her long blue hair, reflected her naturally timid personality.
After their previous two conversations, she actually understood very clearly—
Ron was asking about her "prophetic dreams," and whether they would encounter any special danger during the upcoming Dungeon exploration.
To be trusted—
To even become someone whose words were acknowledged and affirmed, naturally made Cassandra very happy.
But, when the girl recalled what had happened last night, a faint blush immediately spread across her fair cheeks. There was no way she could directly tell Captain Ron...
That because he was there, she had felt so safe that she simply fell asleep, right?
"There... probably won't be any problems."
Hope flickered within Cassandra's eyes. After experiencing these Soulslike-style Dungeons, she had naturally grown somewhat in terms of personality, no longer hiding behind others all the time.
Summoning her courage, she stood beside her best friend Daphne.
"Last night, I didn't dream about... anything bad related to the upcoming exploration. Even if there really are unknown dangers—"
"I believe..."
"Everyone will definitely make it through safely!"
"..."
This was absolutely the best news possible.
Without the hidden danger of another mutated Floor Boss, then all they needed to face were the special monsters altered by Soulslike corruption. There was basically no need to worry about safety issues.
Ron finally let out a sigh of relief.
Because—
Given the kind of bullshit this godforsaken Dungeon loved to pull, if it suddenly started dragging out Floor Bosses straight from Elden Ring or Dark Souls and then buffed all of their stats across the board—
He didn't even dare imagine how horrifying the price of clearing them would become!
"Then..."
"Let's move out!"
Walking at the very front of the expedition party was the group led by Ron—the members of the Hestia Familia. Ironically, supporters from the Loki Familia were following behind them instead.
Their adventurer levels alone already spoke for themselves.
And after personally experiencing the rescue operation carried out by Ron and her younger sister Tiona, Tione's mood became unusually heavy whenever the topic of "prophetic dreams" came up again.
Under normal circumstances, she definitely would've dismissed it as nonsense—nothing more than psychological stress messing with someone's head.
But according to Cassandra's description from yesterday—
The Fire Giant.
The sea of flames that swallowed all of them whole.
Every single thing had actually happened on the 17th Floor.
So why was everyone else acting like they didn't care at all?
Even she herself...
Had only remembered those clues she ignored yesterday because of Ron's questioning!
"Yeah..."
The Amazoness girl tugged awkwardly at the corner of her lips.
"Seriously, how did this suddenly-appearing Hestia Familia end up looking like it's full of hidden monsters and geniuses?"
Futsunomitama—
The gravity magic capable of controlling mutated Floor Bosses.
That gloomy girl with "prophetic dreams" that acted like warning signals.
Commander Daphne, whose magic could temporarily increase defense and durability resistance, and so on...
Especially—
Ron, the captain of the Hestia Familia.
Whether it was his "Dungeon Hatred," his "revival from near death," or all sorts of overwhelmingly destructive magic—
That guy... was a complete monster through and through!!
"I..."
"I seriously can't figure it out."
But Tione knew that once this Familia Expedition ended, it probably wouldn't even take very long before the Hestia Familia, under Ron's leadership... would very quickly become one of the top factions in Orario.
At the same time, the girl was also looking forward to what kind of future awaited them once the Loki Familia and the Hestia Familia truly entered into full cooperation.
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