The Martial Unity

Rui felt strange as he began spotting an increasing number of Martial Squires the deeper they went. Given that the depth of the Shionel Dungeon was sixty kilometers, most Martial Squires were exploring tunnels at a depth of forty to fifty kilometers. Rui could normally relax the deeper he went since he didn't need to deal with the annoying adventurers who were basically associated with Chairman Deacon, or the annoying freelancers that accepted the bounty that Chairman Deacon had put on his head, which had grown by a factor of eight since it was originally instated.

Now all those annoyances were migrating to the places that were normally devoid of human presence.

Rui and Kane traveled deeper until they reached levels that weren't too far from the Root floor at the bottom of the Shionel Dungeon.

It took more than a day of exploring, but Rui finally managed to detect a new floor.

"Finally!" Kane exclaimed. "This damn dungeon finally yields a floor!"

Kane had truly begun to grow sick of the Shionel Dungeon. He couldn't wait for him and Rui to have finally cleared it to that they never had to enter it ever again. Spending an entire day trudging through annoyingly contorting tunnels was not fun.

"What kind of floor is it?" Kane asked, eagerly.

"It's a… snake pit" Rui narrowed his eyes.

"Urgh," Kane's expression soured as he grumbled. "Why can't it be something nice like a bunch of bunnies?"

"It's a little strange though," Rui frowned.

"What is?" Kane raised an eyebrow.

Rui didn't respond immediately as he observed what he was seeing, moving closer toward the dungeon to get a better look.

The snakes seemed to be constantly wrestling with each other to move toward the center of the floor. As if the rest of the floor would lead to their deaths

Rui told him. "They're more like pythons. They're constantly engaging in this huge wrestling war with each

let me guess, the esoteric ore deposits are under that pile?" Kane

Rui laughed mirthlessly. "An advantage that we do have is that

an idea as to why the pythons were doing what they were doing, but he had to admit that as long as it kept them distracted, he was completely fine

get started," Rui told

sword, before inhaling

THWOOM

Ripple struck several pythons, making their flesh rigid and brittle, yet

every single python ceased their actions before turning

HIIIISSSSS!

were doing before immediately

dashed away while Rui narrowed his eyes, preparing his sword, he intended on mowing them down as much as he

rigid after being hit by Rui's hot air wind blast attack. A whole wave of snakes began fighting and wrestling with each

large pile of snakes, trying to reach the targeted pythons that got hit by his

the giant collection of esoteric ore deposits in the center of the dungeon floor

down to them, glancing

taken the esoteric ore deposits, but unfortunately, his confusion and curiosity had

on?')

a dozen theories as to

esoteric ore deposits of this floor were

glanced back and forth between the pythons and the esoteric ore deposits as

it be…?" Rui

Kane asked as he reached

before inhaling and launching a heated