"The twelfth floor is the current frontier of floors," Rui told him. "We're going to clear it."

"If it's the current frontier of floors, then that probably means that it's going to take quite some time to harvest all those organic and mineral ores, right?" Kane asked.

"Right," Rui nodded. "Your stealth is going to be quite necessary to keep our identities hidden."

The two of them navigated through the many tunnels in the dungeon. Kane mostly followed Rui who confidently plodded through them without any hesitation.

Suddenly, he drew his sword, swinging to his side.

SPLAT

Kane's eyes widened as a decapitated serpent collapsed to the ground, still slithering while its head rolled away.

"Careful, stay away from the head, it's still alive and will bite anything that goes near it," Rui warned him, while carefully avoiding the snake. "The head can survive for days after its decapitation, and its venom is still extremely potent. Neither of us will survive a single bite."

"Woah…" Kane murmured as he kept a healthy distance away from the head. "Is that a snake native to one of the floors of the dungeon?"

Rui nodded in response. "It's known as the Inland Shionel Taipan. A highly venomous species of serpent."

"What floor is this from?" Kane asked.

course," Rui replied before he sheathed his

correct?" Kane glanced at him with

nodded. "Let's get going,

Rui had the ability to focus his Riemannian Sense in one particular direction, he could fully explore tunnels while

down a tunnel in order to see what was at the end of the tunnel. That was something that no other Martial Squire could do, it would save him time when

STEP

paused, gesturing for Kane to stop and signaling for him to use

PAT

as they started walking to ensure the Void Step technique stayed

they entered the floor. "We're

eyes widened as he beheld the environment they had just stepped

were underground?" Kane looked up

he too looked up with raised

why we're looking at

blue sky, for some reason. It was an extremely bizarre sight that made them question

wasn't too caught off-guard. "The reason is unclear, however, it is not the sky. The ceiling of the floor still exists, it's just giving

novel," Kane

is, but it isn't what we should be focusing on," Rui gestured around. "There are countless Inland Shionel Taipans infesting this area outside of

his surroundings. The snake they killed earlier freaked him out a lot, thus he couldn't help but

with grass that exceeded their height. It obstructed his vision and made it harder for him to sense

a certain direction, before quickly pacing

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255