Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

It wasn't that she didn't care about Shirou Emiya; it was just that in the heat of battle, no one had the energy to think about anything else.

All the strength in his body was focused on fighting, on how to survive.

"The 58th floor—"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bert's expression became excited, and he suddenly prepared to head towards the passage to the 57th floor.

"Stop! What are you doing!?"

Finn quickly stood in front of Bert.

"What else could it be! The Loki Familia won't abandon any of their comrades. Staying there will only lead to certain death. I must rescue Shirou Emiya!!"

Bert's expression turned incredibly angry as he looked at Finn.

Although he loathed Shirou Emiya, he was, in any case, his comrade.

"Have you ever wondered why the cannon dragon on the 58th floor didn't attack even though we fought for so long on the 57th floor? And why that fallen fairy didn't catch up?"

Finn remained perfectly calm, staring intently at Bert, who was filled with rage.

"Because of Emiya Shirou?"

This is almost an obvious answer.

Bert and Ais also realized what kind of desperate situation they had been facing.

Under the relentless onslaught of monsters, coupled with attacks from the cannon dragon on the 58th floor and the pursuit of the fallen fairy, the situation became even more dire.

They couldn't imagine any possibility of survival.

Chapter 497 Breaking into the 50th Floor Master

"I don't want to lose my comrades again!!!"

Even so, Bert's expression remained unchanged, and he retorted to Finn in a tone that showed no mercy whatsoever.

But Finn also wanted Shirou Emiya to leave with him.

However, that was Shirou Emiya's decision, and it was also the most likely way to get everyone out of the dungeon at that time.

"You all continue heading upstairs, I'm going down to rescue him!"

Bert exhaled, looking at Finn without any hint of blame.

Having spent so much time together, Bert and Finn had explored countless dungeons together. He might not know Shirou Emiya, but he definitely knew what kind of person his leader was.

Finn would never abandon any of his comrades, nor would he be a commander who would order his comrades to their deaths just to save his own.

In addition, there's Shirou Emiya's own way of helping others without seeking anything in return.

Bert believed that Shirou Emiya might actually give his life for someone he had only known for three days.

But that doesn't mean Bert is willing to accept everything Shirou Emiya does without a guilty conscience.

"What could you have done in the past? We barely made it to the 57th floor with everything we had. Going towards the 57th floor now is no different from suicide."

"Are we going to stay like this until Shirou Emiya dies?"

Finn fell silent.

He had actually considered reaching the 18th floor as quickly as possible, resupplying there, and then returning to the 58th floor as soon as possible.

But this is not realistic.

Not to mention that just going back and forth like this would take at least a day.

After such a long battle, everyone was exhausted.

This kind of exhaustion is not only physical, but also mental.

Even after reaching the 18th floor and being healed by healing magic or potions.

Physical and mental fatigue are difficult to eliminate.

In this state, if one were to venture into the 57th and 58th floors, where endless monsters emerge, the outcome would likely be the same.

"I promised Shirou Emiya that I would bring everyone back to the surface safely."

"Bert, we need you!"

After such a long battle, everyone was exhausted.

However, compared to the others, Bert, Ais, Finn, and Grace are still in relatively good condition.

But they were still very tired.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Bert kept tapping on the wall beside him. He also had his own thinking ability. When he calmed down and thought about it, Bert could clearly understand what kind of situation he was in.

He quickly realized what he needed to do most at this stage.

That's why Bert was so unwilling and angry.

A sense of powerlessness welled up once again.

"Commander, do we not have any more time to rest?"

Ais's expression also changed at this moment. Like Bert, she also wanted to save Shirou Emiya, who was in a hellish situation where he had almost no chance of survival.

But she understood even more that Shirou Emiya was indispensable in enabling the entire expedition team to reach the 57th floor so safely.

If this continues, it will undoubtedly trample everything Shirou Emiya has done underfoot.

"I'll gather them together and continue towards the 49th floor. Ais, Bert, you two scout ahead first. If anything seems amiss, don't act alone; immediately run towards the main force."

"This is a critical moment. Don't try to be a hero in this situation. If we want to return to the ground safely, everyone's efforts are essential!"

Finn quickly assigned tasks to Ais and Bert, and they immediately headed towards the passage to the 57th floor.

There was almost no time for Finn and the others to rest. The threat of the 58th floor cannon dragon was ever-present. They trusted Shirou Emiya, but they still had to do their best to advance to the upper floors.

"Floor 54, the monsters still haven't respawned!"

Ais's figure transformed into a phantom and appeared in front of Finn.

The abnormal number of monsters seemed to only occur on floors 58 and 57. After they struggled to break through the monster horde on floor 57, none of the monsters on the floors above had yet respawned.

Almost without any obstacles, Finn led the expedition team to the 51st floor, a floor that the normal cannon dragons could not reach.

Hope shone in the eyes of all the adventurers, for they knew that the perilous situation was over, and all they needed to do was rest briefly before returning to Orario with the glory of breaking through to level 59.

However, as Finn got closer to the 50th floor, he felt his thumb getting more and more painful.

It was as if something was waiting for them.

However, there was no need to speculate, because at that moment, the astonishing roar that resounded throughout the entire floor surged forth from in front of them.

"Roar!"

As if their brains had been violently struck from the inside, or as if their eardrums had been hit by a terrifying shriek, all the adventurers in the expedition team turned pale in an instant, covered their ears, and screamed in agony.

Bert and Ais, who were standing at the front, seemed to have been hit hard by something heavy. Their shoulders slumped and they knelt on the ground.

It was like an ancient ferocious beast, or a demon from hell, possessing an aura and magic power far exceeding human imagination—a terrifying and violent aura, and an astonishingly fierce and malevolent energy.

Immediately, Finn saw the enormous black shadow standing at the entrance to the passage leading to the 49th floor.

There were dragon-like creatures coiled up in front of the passage.

It is not a dragon; its body is entirely black, and its bones grow in an extremely bizarre and twisted manner.

You can see claw-like bones protruding from various parts of this creature.

Its head was grotesquely grotesque, and its body was enormous. On that bizarre head was a blood-red eye, as red as a ruby.

His entire body exuded an extremely terrifying aura of ferocity.

Muscles bulged out of its body in an extremely irregular manner, and crimson orbs, exactly the same as its eyes, also appeared on its body.

Its powerful aura caused the air around it to be squeezed and shaken apart by the terrifying pressure.

The entire 50th floor became pitch black because of its presence.

Immediately, it seemed to spot Finn and his group, and a fierce glint flashed in its ruby-like eyes. Raising its ferocious head, it opened its mouth filled with sharp fangs and let out a high-pitched roar towards Finn.

"Roar!"

The terrifying roar that resounded through the heavens and earth once again transformed into a sonic wave that seemed to materialize, engulfing the entire expedition team like a shockwave. It turned all the rubble on the ground into a storm of sand and dust, which raged wildly.

Finn's expression turned serious at that moment.

"The owner of the 49th floor—Baror!"

Chapter 498 The Red-Clad Man Standing Atop Sword Hill

A Reality Marble is a product of materializing the mental world. It is essentially a small world, and therefore it is rejected by the real world at birth and cannot affect the real world.

If Shana and Alastor were here, they would easily sense that strong sense of incongruity, even distortion.

Although the power of existence is mostly equivalent to concepts such as magic power or spiritual power, it is a unit of combat power.

But it represents more than just the concept of energy.

When something exists here and can be observed by people, it must possess what is called the power of existence.

However, for Crimson Denizens, among all the things made up of the power of existence, only humans are structurally most similar to Crimson Denizens, making them the most efficient to devour.

The power of other objects, such as buildings, animals, etc., will only weaken the entity if it is devoured, so it can only devour humans.

The use of the power of existence can slow down the distortions that occur in the world, but it can also accelerate the distortions.

Under Shirou Emiya's altered magical power, he forcibly made the world acknowledge the existence of his little world.

It could even be described as a form of erosion, an erosion capable of impacting the real world.

At this moment, on the 58th floor, the surrounding walls, illuminated by countless crimson flames, appeared lifeless and utterly pale.

At first glance, the air was filled with desolation.