Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

Besides these, there are plant-type monsters that are traps, such as "Exploding Pine Cones" and "Spiky Cactus" that attach to special plants.

at the moment……

"The jet of white light of destruction!"

Xia Er swung his beast-taming whip, and the blue dragon roared as it unleashed "Light Erosion," melting the "Blood Dragon" that lunged at it.

Shattered! Crushed! A thunderous cheer!

Watching the magnificent dragon breath destroy everything, Ciel recalled a classic line from the movie. He gradually began to understand President Kaiba and seemed to be about to become President Kaiba himself.

Because riding a beautiful dragon is really cool!

“Waaaaaaaaaaaa——”

While Shar was engrossed in hunting monsters and feeding them to the blue dragon, a scream from Jallus came from beside him.

Looking back, Jaluo's feet were tightly bound by thorns that had burst from the ground.

Then, in the jungle on both sides, on a green, plump cactus that was only about 50cm tall, a hole resembling a human face appeared. It spun in place, shooting out a rain of needles.

"Holy crap, a sharp-pointed bumper fist?!"

In Ciel's吐槽 (tu cao, a form of humorous commentary/criticism)...

Jāra commanded the "giant" he had temporarily captured, who used a wooden club—a natural weapon from the maze—to block some of the attacks.

Ciel's eyes lit up, and he flung Rimuru away, swallowing the cactus whole in one gulp.

"Great job, brother! You've done a great job! You've filled in the traps in the maze perfectly."

"Tsk..." Jaluo pouted, grunted a few times, and pulled out the needles from his body.

After tending to his wounds, he summoned his fellow members and watched as the monster Paru, now fully healed, returned to its original state.

"You! Stay behind with the monsters to buy time!"

The chosen one turned pale, but being the weakest, he was unable to resist and could only accept the beast-taming whip, attempting to rely on the captured monsters.

Just then, a whooshing sound came from afar.

A figure dressed in a black robe and wearing a skeletal mask was rushing towards them, with Astrea's Familia pursuers close behind.

"Damn it, they're good for nothing but causing trouble, let's go!" Jaluo clicked his tongue.

With absolutely no intention of providing assistance, they abandoned the rearguard and led their elite troops rapidly into the deeper layers of the labyrinth.

"Roar--"

The sounds of fighting raged behind us all day long, and the firelight illuminated the buildings and set the forest ablaze.

Xia Er took the lead, piloting the blue dragon to clear the way.

At the same time, he glanced at the cadre who had quietly slipped into the group amidst the chaos, but did not say anything to warn him.

A moment later, the favors bestowed upon Charles behind the scenes suddenly became apparent:

Losing streak: 5

That's terrible. My good comrade who was covering the rear has had to start anew.

……

31 floors.

Jaluo repeated the previous steps: replenishing the monsters, arranging for cannon fodder to cover the rear, collecting the necessary biological samples, and then quickly advancing.

Losing streak: 6

32nd floor... 33rd floor...

34 floors.

The two families chased each other from the 25th floor to the 35th floor, and two days had passed.

The Astrea Familia has been relentlessly pursuing and attacking them, and they have already lost 10 of their officers. There are no more cannon fodder to sacrifice. Level 3 members are already the core of the Rudra Familia, and they cannot be wasted here easily.

"Damn it! Why are these guys so persistent! We've already taken a detour, yet they still managed to find us!"

According to Sharl's original plan, some un-ascended cannon fodder beast tamers, along with the captured monsters, would buy enough time. Once they entered a deeper part of the labyrinth, they should be able to completely escape the entanglement.

However, the Astrea Familia, as if they were precognitive, could quickly track down even those who took unconventional routes.

"This puts me at a disadvantage..." Charles muttered as he watched his losing streak increase.

Losing streak: 9

At this level, even if you harvest crops now, the rewards should be quite good.

However, only three days have passed, and the Astrea Familia is still pursuing them, so the number of consecutive defeats will continue to accumulate.

However, it won't be so easy to trick Jara into sending out officers anymore. Hopefully, the Astrea Familia will be more cooperative and send out more good companions to start afresh.

Charles glanced casually at the group of more than 30 people dressed in standard bone-faced black robes. He couldn't tell which one was the rat who had infiltrated the clan earlier.

He's starting to miss Gin again; it must be quite interesting for him to be here.

……

36 floors.

From this level onwards, you enter the deeper parts of the dungeon. The number of monsters and the atmosphere of the environment are completely different from the lower levels. If I had to describe it, it would be a sense of despair.

A 30-meter-tall "giant tree man" rises from the ground, its drooping roots and leaves posing a threat to adventurers.

Monsters began to employ the concepts of ambush and hunting, and their combat methods became more flexible, leading to a surge in the number of large monsters.

Jallu also found the magical beast he was best at controlling, the "Lemdon Serpent".

However, it took Jaluo quite a bit of time just to subdue this huge monster.

The enormous labyrinth and the powerful monsters greatly slowed down the advance of the Rudra clan, and the pursuers behind them also slowed down, making it seem like a tug-of-war between the two sides.

A cave on the 36th floor.

Water jugs scattered all over the ground, and an overturned campfire.

The roars of monsters and the clash of weapons formed a melody.

"How many times has this happened! How many times have we attacked?! Why are you guys so persistent with me?!" Jarrow cracked his whip, his face contorted in pain. "Damn it, Lambton, crush them!"

"Jarro! Surrender! Today, we will annihilate you and end the Dark Ages!" Alexie, engulfed in flames, stepped on Lambton's head, using the momentum to leap up, and unleashed a fiery slash from the sky.

"Damn it, just you wait!"

They didn't give Jarrow any time to rest. Just as they were about to stop and eat some dry rations, the Astrea Familia attacked again.

This time they lost all their supplies and, using Lambton's ability to travel between floors, forcibly dug up to the 37th floor, thus escaping the attack by Alexandra and her group.

The number of Rudra's retinue shrank again, leaving only 26 people.

now……

Ciel: [Number of consecutive losses: 10]

Chapter 407 Lure the Enemy

On the 37th floor, cracks appeared in the rock wall at the top.

With a loud bang, several muddy Lambtons emerged.

The leaders of the Rudra family, including Jala, crawled out of the collapsed rubble in a disheveled state, blood trickling from their mouths.

"Damn it, come down if you dare!" he cursed at the gradually healing passage in the ceiling.

As members of the Dark Faction, they were quite familiar with the Lambton Bus, but this was the first time they had ever heard of it being called the Lambton Shaft.

In contrast, Ciel was shrouded in a black shield and looked completely unaffected.

The shield formed by [Stacking Armor, Passing] has no time limit. In just a few days, he had already accumulated more than 200 layers. This number of barriers would not shatter even if hit by the black dragon. They were incredibly hard.

If it weren't for the fact that his mental energy was limited, and he could only rely on monsters or attacks from the Astrea Familia to resist energy consumption, and his extremely high [Healing] ability, which allowed him to stack up to 100 layers at most, he would have exhausted his mental energy.

He remembered that Bell's level 4 mental strength was only enough to unleash fire lightning about 72 times.

at the moment……

"Big brother, we've lost four more brothers. If this continues, we'll be played to death by those bitches of the Astrea Familia." A hoarse voice came from behind the skeletal mask.

Jallu kicked Lambton, whose eyes had rolled back, hard: "They're really possessed! How do they always know our location!"

"How about we fight those women to the death!"

"spell?"

Jaluo had considered it, but those guys were far superior in rank. Even if there were still those cannon fodder from before, let alone only 26 cadres, it would be difficult to break their coordinated attack.

With a combined attack and defense of 10 people, and crossfire support, even a level 6 fighter couldn't gain an advantage against them.

One of them looked at Ciel...

"Perhaps, let him..."

Before he could finish speaking, Jaluo kicked him to the ground: "Are you also planning to have me cover your retreat?"

In the Dark Faction, strength is everything. Charles's presence is his only foothold. The tree is nowhere to be seen, yet that "Chariot" holds a seat in the council chamber single-handedly. Isn't that because he's level 6?

"Tsk, I need to think of a way to turn the tables on them!"

Jala's gaze was deep and unfathomable, his eyes piercing through the massive painted walls of the "White Palace" and landing on the "Throne Room" at the center of the labyrinth.

……

at the same time……

Nine members of Astrea's Familia also caught up to the 37th floor.

Noin looked around: "What should we do? Where should we look for Leon?"

Leyana frowned: "Really... you should have stopped at that point. Why did you continue?"

"I have to save Rion-chan..." Maru murmured.

Even with the Astrea Familia currently almost entirely at level 4, the 37th floor isn't exactly a safe haven. Dealing with monsters alone is extremely difficult, not to mention having to keep an eye on the Dark Faction.

"There's no other way... we can only go along with that hothead's pace." Kaguya put her hands on her hips: "Let's take them down in one go."