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

like the inland taipans, through," Rui told him. "They're more like pythons. They're constantly engaging in this huge wrestling war with each other as they're piling on top of each other at the center of the

the esoteric ore deposits are under that pile?"

that they seem really preoccupied

as to why the pythons were doing what they were doing, but he had to admit that as long as

get started," Rui told Kane when they

drew his hot air pipe and sword, before inhaling a deep puff of

THWOOM

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

actions before turning towards Rui,

HIIIISSSSS!

abandoned what they were doing before immediately dashing

his eyes, preparing his sword, he intended on mowing them down as much

they did not go to him, they immediately stopped at their paralyzed siblings whose flesh had turned rigid after being hit by Rui's hot air wind blast

Rui frowned, confused as he sky-walked around the increasingly large pile of snakes,

collection of esoteric ore deposits

them, glancing back at the

ore deposits, but unfortunately, his confusion and

on?')

to why they

the esoteric ore deposits of this floor were strangely

pythons and the esoteric ore

be…?" Rui

it be what?" Kane asked as

his hot air pipe, before inhaling and launching a heated