Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

Boom!

Raul, shield in hand, pinned the goblin shaman against the rock wall, gripped his longsword, and plunged it into the monster's heart from below.

Roar!

The monster let out a mournful howl, exploded into black ash, and a skull fell to the ground.

Without their sacrifice, the goblin zombies froze, then collapsed to the ground, the crisis averted.

Sharl, emerging from the black pot, clapped his hands happily: "Clap clap clap clap! Raul is amazing! No wonder he's been promoted to Level 2, a high-level adventurer! He took down such a powerful monster in an instant!!"

"Hehe, not really, it's all thanks to Charles's reminder," Raul said modestly.

"How could this be? You decapitated that enhanced species in one strike! It's all thanks to your strength! Boss! You're incredibly powerful!"

"No, haha." Raul was a little smug.

The war has ended.

Alfia emerged from the food storage at the back, her item bag containing over a dozen complete dancing butterfly wings radiating blue light, as well as various plants that only grow in the dungeon.

"I've finished collecting all the materials here. I was lucky to find a lot of materials for making stamina potions."

Immediately afterwards, she lowered her head to sense the monsters on the ground, skillfully using her dagger to precisely shove aside the monster corpses and dig out the magic stones.

"Let me help you." Charles carried the nearby corpse over.

Raul sat on the ground, panting. Seeing Alfia's condition, he couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Miss Fia's eyes are... Ah... I mean, even with an eye patch on, can she still see monsters clearly?"

Alfia didn't look up, and simply said, "This is a magical artifact that seals the eyes, it won't obstruct my vision."

"A seal?" Raul asked doubtfully. "Isn't it something related to enhancing perception?"

"That's a terrifying demonic eye that unleashes mental pollution once you look directly at its true form," Alfia read in a serious tone.

Raul's expression turned strange...

"Could this be what the gods call 'chuunibyou' (a Japanese term for adolescent delusions of grandeur)?"

Charles grinned mischievously: "It seems so."

Alfia secretly stepped on Charles's foot, then swept past the crowd with her pack on her back.

A moment later, the work of collecting the magic stones was completed.

Raul looked at the commission form and suggested:

"We've almost finished recovering the materials from the upper level, and the unexplored areas assigned to us have also been cleared. Let's leave the rest to the other adventurers. We'll make some adjustments and then head into the middle level."

Chapter 259 No, boss, where are you?

"The boss is right! Whether it's lower-level monsters or enhanced species, they are all life-or-death threats to novice adventurers. Let's set off quickly!"

Charles stood up, his tone impassioned.

Raul raised his fist: "Oh! Let's go!"

He had not forgotten the mission he was entrusted with. This time, leading the team was also an opportunity for him to seize control of the clan. If he could bring Ciel-kun into the fold, he would not need to worry about the captain's schemes!

I must make everyone recognize my abilities!

Looking at Raul, who has regained his enthusiasm.

Alfia sighed.

Based on the team's revealed strength, this configuration is just right for entering the mid-tier. However, this is on the premise of not encountering enhanced species.

"It's too sweet," Alfia muttered to herself.

……

The team resumed their journey, quickly passing through the tenth and eleventh floors, which had no designated areas for missions, and then proceeded along the proper route to the twelfth floor.

"This is the last floor before entering the middle level. Let's get used to it here."

Raul was very cautious. Despite Charles's encouragement, he wanted to show his reliable side even more.

He's different now; he's a seasoned, high-ranking adventurer!

Before them was a corridor shrouded in thick fog, but inside the cave below, there was not a trace of fog; the two were clearly separated, as if they were separated by an invisible wall.

"The fog here is so thick! I can't see anything at all!"

Standing at the entrance to the tunnel where the two floors meet, Cassandra noticed the change in her surroundings.

Of all those present, no one but her would ask such a naive question.

However, this gave Raul a chance to shine.

In the space between floors, in front of a cavern free of dense fog, Raul spoke eloquently:

"Because starting from the 10th floor, the dungeon will be shrouded in fog! And compared to the light fog on the 10th floor, a 'dense fog layer' will form here. At that time, visibility will be reduced to less than two meters, so please don't stray too far from me during the subsequent operations!"

"In the dense fog, we need to report our numbers at any time to confirm our positions."

"If you accidentally get lost, please stay where you are and do not move."

"Yes!" Cassandra lowered her head nervously, staring at the white weeds on the ground, unable to imagine what would happen to her if she got lost in this fog.

This stage of the dungeon is still too early for her, who has only recently received the blessing.

……

Half an hour later, the team successfully passed through the "armory" filled with white dead trees.

Raul's reminder, like setting a flag, came true.

"Report your numbers..."

“1~嗷~2~3~5~6……”

"Where's number four?!" Raul exclaimed in surprise, stopping to check.

All that was in front of him were Pochi, Cassandra, Alpha, Shire, and Alfia.

"Where is Miss Fels? Where did Miss Fels go?!"

Oh no! Miss Fells, who looks the youngest and is also a therapist, has gotten lost!

Raul cupped his hands to his mouth and shouted...

But no one responded.

"Has anyone seen where Miss Fells went?" Raul asked nervously, his forehead covered in cold sweat. "When was the last time Miss Fells was seen?"

Alfia looked down and recalled, "It seems like it was three minutes ago."

Raul realized something was wrong!

Miss Fia's vision is not clear, and she is following behind Miss Fils, so it is normal that she cannot keep an eye on her companion's movements at all times!

He should have realized this problem sooner.

"Can you sense Miss Fils' location? Miss Fia has a 'sensory' ability, right?"

Previously, Alfia had reminded Raul of the location of the enhanced species, which led Raul to misunderstand.

Alfia is simply sensitive to sound and magic...

"Let's go back and look for her. There are monsters roaming around, so she shouldn't have gone far," Charles reminded them.

Raul nodded, and the group regrouped and returned.

They hadn't gone far when they found Fels looking up at a giant white tree.

"Miss Fells, are you alright?"

Fels shook his head.

Raul breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, he hadn't been silently carried away by a monster, the worst-case scenario.

"Then why did you suddenly leave the group?"

Fels pointed to the giant tree: "This tree houses an unusual monster's nest. If left unchecked, it could very well evolve into a 'mutation.' No, it might already be a mutation."

It was a structure made of branches, resembling a bird's nest, and its area was nearly ten meters.

"This isn't the behavior of a 'young dragon'; it must be some other monster that doesn't belong to the 12th floor."

The sage hadn't quite transitioned out of her role yet, and when she saw the dungeon's unusual scenery, she couldn't help but stop and study it.

"This is the tree of the 'Arsenal,' isn't it normal for it to be a little strange?" Raul explained.

"This living underground city will provide the most natural weapons for the monsters wandering within the labyrinth."

"The 'Arsenal' is part of the dungeon; even if destroyed, it will quickly regenerate."

"In this terrain, monsters that you can defeat with your bare hands will become troublesome once they receive support from the dungeon. So it's best not to linger here, especially for a newbie like Miss Fels."

Raul recalled the "Fromm" he encountered during his expedition with the captain. They wielded huge clubs resembling monster bones, and with a casual strike, they could dent the vanguard's large shield.

only……

Charles covered his mouth, turned his head to suppress a laugh: No, kid, what common sense are you trying to teach a guy who's been patrolling the dungeon for eight hundred years?

She probably knows exactly where and how many flowers are in the underground city.

What made Ciel most unable to contain himself was...

Fels actually started discussing it with Raul in a very serious manner:

"This isn't natural terrain, and these are monsters without intelligence. They don't have the habit of building nests like birds. This isn't something they would do!"

Fels' subconscious is that of a heretic.

"Even if it was the work of a monster, so what? That's no excuse for you, Miss Fels, to leave the team without permission." Raul put his hands on his hips, striking a captain's pose: "If you discover something unusual, your job is to alert the captain, not to act alone!"

“…Sorry, it was unintentional…” Fels looked at his delicate hands and subconsciously apologized.

She forgot that she had become a newbie and thought she was conducting a routine patrol of the dungeon.