Is it wrong to try to meet someone in a dungeon?

"Is its target Ais?!"

"Perhaps it reacted to the activated magic (wind)."

Seeing the carnivorous plants growing in front of the monster all rushing towards Ais, Riveria and Finn approached the monster with their staffs and spears.

Tiona and Tione, who arrived earlier than them, jumped towards the two feet that were chasing Ais.

"Hey ya—!!"

"Roar!?"

Tiona's massive twin blades severed the carnivorous plant's neck. The plant, now resembling a leg, was cut in two by the sheer force of the silver ingot, letting out a agonizing scream.

Her nickname, "The Great Severer," was indeed well-deserved; her powerful slash that cut the thick leg in two was astonishing. Then, using the same fighting style, she deflected the leg, which was even thicker than a normal carnivorous plant.

“———!”

"it hurts--!"

The tentacle, now devoid of its flower-like part, bled from the severed point and knocked Tiona away.

Using her large, double-edged, extra-thick sword as a shield, she rolled on the ground once and immediately stood up.

"My strength has increased dramatically!? And how can it still move even after I've cut off my head!?"

"It's become a leg now, of course it can move!"

Unlike her sister, Tione calmly dealt with the leg while shouting loudly. Wielding her recurve knife, she swiftly chopped the long leg that had emerged from the leaf veins into pieces, easily dodging all attacks.

Just as Tione was about to seize the opportunity to take away the tentacle fighting power that had lost its agility, the upper body of the female figure began to move.

The face that had been chasing Ais turned to her, and her arms and tentacles shot out like spears.

"hateful!"

She used two recurve blades to fend off the countless tentacles that swarmed towards her. The tentacles didn't just move in straight lines, but also traced curves as they attacked from all directions, causing Tiony to curse and throw a throwing knife she had taken from her bosom as she broke free.

The high-speed white blade aimed at the woman's upper body was knocked down with a "clang" by a tentacle.

"Rivia, I'll go first."

"Alright. —Hey you over there, elf, lend me the bow on your back!"

"Y-yes!?"

Finn quickened his pace and plunged his spear into one of the monster's feet. At that moment, Riveria called out to an elven male.

The man obeyed the royal family's orders unconditionally. He handed the large, broken bow and quiver of his secondary weapon, Ichii, to Riveria, who had run over. Riveria quickly secured the quiver to her waist and began firing arrows in rapid succession from her dark blue bow. She deliberately lured the tentacles away from the arrows aimed at her upper body to achieve her true purpose, allowing the attacks supporting Finn to hit their targets one after another.

The deputy leader of the Loki Familia, who grew up in the royal forest and whose few hobbies included hunting, was also a first-rate archer. Whenever a huge arrow struck its target, the man-eating plant that served as its legs seemed unable to withstand the impact, its body bending limply.

"Perth, we're short-handed! You're in charge now!"

As for Finn, he wielded his spear with the support of Riveria's fire.

It was as if he had eyes in the back of his head; the rain of arrows from behind couldn't harm him in the slightest. He would sometimes slice through the monster's feet, and sometimes pierce them. Using his small stature, he squeezed through the gaps, dealing with all the feet that tried to attack Ais at once.

Facing the tentacles shot out from the female's arms, he spun his spear like a windmill and deflected them. Countless sparks illuminated Finn's golden hair.

"Those guys are definitely out of their minds...!"

Watching the fierce battle raging in the center of the plaza, Perth, who had been cowering, groaned. The adventurers fighting the remaining monsters around them, witnessing the Loki Familia members subdue the woman's body with just four members, also grunted.

"...!"

Tiona, Tione, Riveria, and Finn. Their wave-like attacks caused the female monster to lose sight of Ais. It attempted to search for its enemy, but Tiona and the others' fierce offensive distracted it, forcing the monster to turn and fight them instead.

"Everyone……!"

Ais, who was being chased by the carnivorous plants that were being used as her feet, was able to escape the concentrated fire of the female-sized creatures for the time being, and watched as Tiona and the others leaped and twirled among themselves.

Ais also planned to join the attack and take down the female monster in one fell swoop—however, a shadow covered her body.

"!"

Ais narrowly escaped the slashing attack.

She turned around and, sure enough, the red-haired woman was standing there.

"Your opponent is me. I can't go back empty-handed... Let's spar."

"...!"

Ais glared back at the sharp green left eye that was staring intently at her.

The red-haired woman launched a fierce attack, attempting to drive Ais out of the plaza. Ais fought back, wielding the "Sword of Despair" in response.

I don't have the extra energy to deal with other things. The other party won't give me that kind of time. At the same time, I also have things I need to ask the other party to clarify.

"Ais!?"

With her back to Tiona's voice, she ran out.

Ais accepted the woman's challenge and left the square.

"Lefia, remember that joint operation we did before? Let's use that trick."

"I...I understand!"

Lefia nodded to Riveria, who was approaching her.

The two ran in different directions, circling around to the front and back of the woman's figure.

"——————————!!"

Ais gradually moved away from the plaza, while the group's battle with the colossal monster continued.

Just as the group, led by Finn and his companions, was attempting to defeat the female monster, the adventurers who had defeated their opponent volunteered to join the battle.

The mages began chanting from the rear guard positions, while the forward wall stepped up to prepare to withstand the enemy's offensive—however, for this kind of monster, numbers were meaningless.

It unleashes more than ten harmless carnivorous flowers that serve as its feet, sweeping away adventurers from all directions like swatting away leeches.

"Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa!? No, this is bad, I'm going to die!?"

"Hey, get those people around here to take shelter! I can't protect that many people!"

The impact of the gradually destroying square and the strong winds caused Perth to howl in pain, and Tiony also roared loudly.

It was like a turbulent ocean tide.

Several feet, like monstrous waves crashing in the ocean, lashed out in a dazzling display, repelling enemies regardless of their proximity. The attack range of these feet was terrifying; mages whose magical power was detected by the monster were the first to fall, and dwarves who raised large shields to protect their comrades were quickly sent flying. The same applied to those at the rear. The carnivorous plants, serving as feet beneath the monster's upper body, radiated outwards, swaying and unleashing irregular attacks as if independent. Even those who dodged the feet's attacks would be grabbed or pierced by the colorful tentacles extending from the upper body.

Apart from Finn and his group, no one else could even get close to the enemy.

"Even though we've been cutting off these legs...!!"

"Guye!?"

Tiona's attack severed the man-eating plant that was being used as a leg. With a strange cry, another man-eating plant's head fell to the ground.

On this battlefield, the massive twin blades, boasting unparalleled power, had severed the enemy's legs several times. However, this only shortened the legs; the woman's onslaught showed no sign of abating. The opponent immediately countered, but Tiona nimbly flipped to dodge.

"I'm afraid we can only target the upper body where the core should be buried, but..."

Finn picked up the short gun that had fallen to the ground—the other adventurers’ weapons—and threw them at the enemy’s upper body, but they were blocked by the tentacles on his arms.

Finn sighed as he watched the short gun, its handle broken and flying into the air. The female-sized tentacles could intercept enemies that burrowed into his arms, making them a weapon effective against both ground and air targets, and also an impenetrable shield. Attacking from a distance, bypassing the sheer number of tentacles, was impossible.

That being said, we cannot rush into the enemy's attack range without thinking.

"It seems we'll have to leave it to Riveria and the others."

Finn glanced at the farthest point on the east side of the square.

Riveria, with her back to the island lake, held her staff horizontally and began to chant.

"Proud warriors, archers of the forest!"

A magic circle that spreads out over a wide area.

As if boasting of its existence, multiple emerald-colored rings radiated light, with dazzling particles and beams of light rising from beneath its feet.

An immense amount of magical power, enough to shock any other mage, surged from her body.

"[With the advancing plunderers ahead, take up your bows. Respond to the voice of your people, nock your arrows.]"

"!!"

The woman turned her face and upper body towards Riveria.

It reacted to the immense magic and charged forward, crawling from the center of the square. Even Finn and the others couldn't stop its massive advance.

The surrounding adventurers scrambled away from its path, abandoning their duty as the vanguard.

Faced with the approaching gigantic body and the massive jaws of countless man-eating flowers, Riveria raised her eyebrows and continued chanting.

"[Light the flames, forest lights. Command your arrows, fire arrows of the elves!]"

"————————————————————————————!!"

The carnivorous plant, which had been used as a foot, roared loudly, intending to pounce on the magic that had set its sights on it.

Just as the distance between them narrowed to within twenty meters, Riveria stepped back.

She leaped sideways like an arrow, jumping out of the center of the magic circle and disappearing from the woman's sight. Naturally, the halo of light vanished along with it, and the magic power that filled the spell came to nothing.

She easily interrupted the magic while dodging the monster's attack.

As the carnivorous plants used as legs chased after Riveria, who was fleeing to the side, the woman's upper body seemed to be puzzled and shook the green hair at the back of her head.

"—[Like a sudden downpour, fire burns the barbarian tribes]."

「!?」

The woman's body trembled.

The chanting, which should have been interrupted, continued, its beautiful, melodious sounds echoing through the space.

The monster looked back and saw a lone elven girl casting a deep golden magic circle at the farthest point on the west side of the plaza.

Riveria is the bait.

Using her exceptional magical output as a disguise, Lefia was able to build her magic step by step without the monsters noticing.

A luring attack was carried out by two powerful mages.

A combined tactic where one mage distracts the enemy to save our cover and shields, while the main mage launches the artillery barrage.

Lefia, whose chant had originally overlapped with that of the bait (Rivilia), sang the final incantation in her clear, melodious voice.

"Everyone, get out of the way immediately!"

"The ultimate move is coming!"

Hearing Finn and Perth's shouts, all the adventurers retreated from the firing line.

Lefia unleashed her artillery barrage upon the vast expanse of the world, which contained nothing but monsters and not a single human being.

"[Volley of Fire Javelin]"

"Ahhhhh!?"

The fiery rain poured down on the female figure.

Countless crimson magic bullets scraped and tore at the monster's flesh. Broken legs, chopped skin, and tentacles exploded and shattered.

The volley of arrows, tracing arcs, continued for over ten seconds. Thousands upon thousands of fireballs engulfed the eastern side of the plaza, along with the monsters, in a sea of ​​fire, and the sky above the town was once again shrouded in a thick fog of explosions and flames.

All her feet were on fire, and her brightly colored upper body was also burned raw. The female figure let out a scream that almost pierced the sky.

"I'll press my advantage."

"Let me go with you, Commander!"

"----preparation!!"

Less than a second after the shelling ended, three figures approached the female-shaped monster.

Finn, wielding a long spear, Tione, striking two recurve swords, and Tiona, with her large double blades raised high above her head, leap towards the monster.

Two blades of light crossed and swiftly thrust towards the monster, the destructive strike penetrating its yellowish-green body.

The group's relentless attacks never ceased. The three Level 1 adventurers, attempting to tear the enemy's blazing body apart, moved like whirlwinds around the monster, leaving wounds on its body like wind demon weasels. Several man-eating plants that served as legs detached from the upper body, skin and flames bursting forth.

"Gahh ...

The female figure swayed and leaned back with a wail, trying to escape Finn and his men's attack.