The Martial Unity

"I swear…" Kane chuckled. "There has probably been no one in history who has been as creative with clearing dungeons as you have been."

Kane couldn't help but think back to the many remarkably creative and unusual solutions that Rui applied to get things done.

The one that stood out the most, of course, was when Rui used the water of an entire floor to astronomically increase the rate of exploration of the Shionel Dungeon, discovering twelve dungeons in a single day. Who could possibly claim to be able to do such a thing?

"I need to trace a path from this floor all the way to the Root floor," Rui murmured.

In order to lure them away with his heat, he needed to find a pathway that was large enough to accommodate a large number of pythons that were aggressively eager to reach any heat. This wasn't something he could do on the run after already luring them out, he definitely needed to plan things ahead of time.

"Alright, see ya," Kane nodded.

Rui nodded before exploring his surroundings with Riemannian Echo, mapping the entire area with his senses.

"That should do just fine," Rui murmured as he spotted a giant tunnel that seemed to be headed downwards, immediately sky-walking towards it.

After a while, it appeared that his fears of the tunnel being a dead-end weren't true, he soon began experiencing a familiar sense of pressure.

('I'm getting closer,') Rui's eyes narrowed.

He had experienced this pressure many times in the recent past, having visited the Root Floor to get a good understanding of the capabilities of that part of the Shionel Dungeon.

About a few hours later, he had found what he was looking for.

need to rely on the

atmosphere told him everything he needed to know. The avalanche of pressure that crashed onto him, warning him not to go any further, it

just hope that the heat my hot air pipe generated will be hot enough for the pythons to ignore the overwhelming sense of danger,') Rui sighed. Though he wasn't too sure how that would be true. He needed to get a solid grip over himself in

was unfortunate, but there wasn't much he could if it turned out that this wasn't the case. There were only so many

Rui paused as he found a tunnel pathway that opened up to the Root floor. Having completed his objective, he immediately turned around and headed back

you were looking

pipe to heat the path that I want them to follow. If all things go well, it should be

certain about that, but he didn't comment. The good part was that there wasn't much to be lost, they weren't particularly risking their lives or anything of the sort, not

didn't end up inside the Root Floor like Rui wanted them to, at worst, he would not gain something he hoped he would. He

were theirs

let's begin," Rui

Rui's shoulder and the two of them disappeared into thin

Several seconds later;

THWOOM

pythons froze before cocking their heads in the direction of Rui's target, before immediately dashing towards

that Rui had found leading all the way down to the Root Floor. The tricky part for Rui was to keep lighting up the path as he guided

Rui was moving too and adjust his technique to work in that direction. The misdirection of his technique was an active element and Kane needed to know what direction he was moving in, in

slow, by Martial