Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

Their abilities and stats have also grown dramatically...

Most people have already reached D-rank in terms of ability. After this, if they don't care about potential abilities, they should be able to upgrade.

However, even this Astrea Familia now faces a problem—who will deal with this bandaged man?

"Hey, is anyone else able to stand up?"

"Just kidding, Maru, it's treatment!"

"Horse...right away. Uh, cough cough cough."

Charles swaggered over, shield in hand, and easily punched Nitz in the stomach.

Niz coughed up a mouthful of fluid, her vision went black, she clutched her stomach, and rolled on the ground.

"one……"

The next instant, Charles appeared in front of Lyra and kicked the brat who was trying to throw the Firestone away...

"two……"

Immediately following was Alicia, who collapsed to the ground, staring intently at him. Before Ciel could even step on her, the red-haired girl fainted due to the severity of her injuries…

"Tch, three." Charles retracted his foot and delivered a spinning kick, which landed squarely on Kaguya's face as she silently charged in.

"Four..."

"Five...six..."

"nine……"

Ciel glanced at Maru, who had been knocked unconscious by the shield bash, then looked at the blonde elf lying against the wall, blood trickling from her mouth, unable even to utter a wail:

"What?! That look...does he want to kill me?"

Liu gritted her teeth, her azure pupils shrinking to pinpoints, her expression gloomy. She opened her mouth, but blood blocked her throat, preventing her from speaking.

"Hmph, that's the look in your eyes. If you want to kill me, then keep this hatred and loathe me, and then live on, clinging to life. Run away, seize the last glimmer of hope, and come before me again when you have the same power as me!"

"This once again proves my magnanimity!"

Ryu's pupils contracted sharply. In the bandaged man's eyes, she saw the familiar contempt, and the arrogance that regarded them as playthings.

Tears streamed down her face, and her throat, thick with blood, emitted a humiliating roar as she called out the man's name...

“joker————————”

Chapter 411 Ryu, you can level up now, right?

The furious roar exhausted Liu's last bit of strength, and she fell unconscious.

When I woke up again, I didn't know how much time had passed.

She looked around in pain but found no trace of the monster. Perhaps it was because of the main room on this floor, or perhaps the maze had been damaged and needed to be repaired first.

The only information they could obtain was that they had temporarily survived.

However, this was not good news. The Joker spared her again, and she felt humiliated by the enemy's mercy.

After a brief period of resistance and aversion, comes a compromise based on recognizing reality.

Emerald light spots appear on the palm: [Noah's Healing].

Ryu cast the simplest healing spell on herself, allowing her battered body to move again.

But that's about all it can do. Noah's Healing isn't a powerful healing spell; it takes effect very slowly.

"This is enough." Ryu muttered, swaying as she stood up, her gaze falling on her companions scattered throughout the maze rooms...

"Alyse..."

"Kaguya, Lyra, Ishtar, Maru..."

She rushed to Maru's side first, used healing magic again, and then slapped her to awaken Maru's consciousness.

Seeing Maru's eyelashes flutter, Ryu's face also lit up with a smile: "That's great, Maru. Quick, go check on everyone!"

"Ugh." Maru rubbed her face, not understanding what was happening, before she was pulled up.

"Wait... wait, Leon. Let's gather everyone together first." Maru swayed and collapsed again.

Her right leg was broken, and she was unable to move.

A moment later...

With Maru's group recovery, most of her companions regained consciousness, while Alicia and Aste were left to recuperate due to excessive blood loss.

“I can only heal the visible wounds, but the broken bones are beyond our ability to treat for the time being and will have to be sent to the surface,” Maru said with a bitter expression.

Simple sprains and falls like my own can be easily corrected with simple bone setting to restore mobility. But severe injuries like Aste's, with multiple fractures throughout his body, require surgery to reposition the broken bone fragments before they can heal.

Their most pressing problem right now is how to get back to the ground from the 37th floor.

Just as everyone was in distress...

A red light shone from Alexandra's prop bag.

Liu was stunned for a moment, then opened Alyssa's package, and an eyeball-shaped crystal flashed red.

"This is... an eye crystal?"

Eyeglasses have become a commodity in cities. Although they are extremely expensive, the bigwigs are willing to spend money to buy a pair.

"Hello... Alexie, thank goodness we've finally made contact!" Iska's voice came from within the eye crystal:

"Where are you? I've brought reinforcements!"

I heard a sound...

"Great, it's Iska-chan."

"Alicie is saved."

Smiles appeared on the faces of his companions.

Liu hurriedly said, "We're in the 'Throne Room' on the 37th floor, in the floor master's room. Hurry, everyone's injured! We'll wait for you here!"

"……,I see."

The voice on the other end of the line hesitated for a moment, but upon hearing Liu's voice, it nodded in agreement.

“Baka! Sending them to the ‘floor master’s’ room was too arbitrary.” Laila leaned against the rock, grinning coldly.

"Isca seemed to be considering the possibility that the eye crystal might be captured by the enemy."

“This… I’ll explain to her right now…” Liu hurriedly activated her eye crystal again, but was stopped by Leila: “Forget it, didn’t she agree to come in the end? In any case, once you see her, there shouldn’t be any problems. Doing more will only interfere with her judgment again.”

"Moreover, our situation doesn't allow us to move to a safe floor. I remember the deeper safe floor is the 39th floor. It's about two floors away from here."

The group waited on the 37th floor for half a day. During this time, several wandering monsters appeared, but were driven away by the awakened Leyana and Celty.

Just when everyone's supplies were almost exhausted, Iska finally arrived with reinforcements.

"That was fast. I felt like it should have taken another two days," Leila said with a wry smile.

Iska scratched his head: "I met Lady Riveria, who was resting on the 18th floor, so I told her the information and asked her to provide support. I didn't expect to be a step too late."

“What happened?” Rivera looked around: the collapsed room, rubble, scattered corpses, broken magic stones, and fragments of fallen pillars all over the ground.

"You killed the floor master?" Riveria's eyes flickered slightly.

"Ah... barely... a shortcut." Kaguya grinned bitterly.

If it weren't for the special properties of the monsters, and the fact that the core of the magic stone was exposed to the air, they would have been wiped out without the bandaged man even having to lift a finger.

Having received confirmation, Rivera once again spoke highly of the group of girls: "Spanning two stages, even in group combat, they are more than capable of protecting our great cause..."

It is foreseeable that these girls have already qualified to become level 5, and in the near future they will be able to accumulate enough ability points to be upgraded again.

That's fast; it's only been a little over six months since they upgraded again.

Even for Ais, it would take at least three years to reach level 5.

This further validates Charles's "theory of favors".

In the 27th Nightmare, they all received experience points from the floor master, monsters, adventurers, and fairy clones. This time, they even defeated Udeos by overcoming a two-level gap on their own.

This series of enormous achievements is enough to boost their abilities to an absurdly high level.

Especially Ryukyu.

Rivera remembered that this fellow countrywoman had received the same training method as Ais, and her ability value was much higher than that of her other companions.

"You guys are about to level up, right? May I ask, what were your stats before this? Of course, it's okay if you don't tell me," Riveria asked curiously.

Ryu naturally wouldn't refuse the royal family's request, and bluntly replied, "The highest level is B, and the lowest is only G."

Kaguya stared at her younger sister in astonishment: "Hey, Rio, when did your stats reach B-rank? How come we didn't know?"

Liu scratched his face: "Without realizing it."

"Without realizing it, my foot! That's an exaggeration." Kaguya rolled her eyes.

Her highest attribute is only F, which is four stages short.

"That's because Kaguya and Lyra are recovering from their injuries, right? We haven't been slacking off at all, you know. My power level is already at D!" Iska boasted.

However, Iska didn't participate in this floor boss raid, so she'll probably be a bit slower than her teammates, just like Kaguya.

and……

"Stage B, so, Leon, after you go back and update this time, you should be able to level up! Level 5!"

"If two of your abilities reach A, that's already a pretty perfect accumulation of potential abilities. Most adventurers can upgrade to B rank."

"Our youngest member is actually the first to become a Level 1 Adventurer. I really don't know whether to call us too lazy or what..."

A feeling of being swept away by the next generation filled the hearts of the older members of the Astrea Familia.

Chapter 412 Lucky Star - Harvesting the Crops! (Part 1)

A man-made maze, a 37-story transfer station.

Having lost an arm and an ear, Jaluo clutched his severed arm and leaned against the rock wall, panting heavily.