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

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Ais's abilities (stats) and swordsmanship are beyond question, but what's most terrifying is the power of her magic [Wind Spirit Dash].

The red-haired woman coldly observed the series of sights. Bert stared in disbelief, Asifi and Luluni's faces twitched, Phil Weiss stood frozen in place, and Lefia was still unable to utter a sound. Only the cries of a fetus could be heard all around; everyone had stopped moving.

The giant flower lost its head, and its long, massive body ceased to move.

Facing the monster's corpse lying on the ground, Aiss swung her sword, which emitted a buzzing sound. A violent roar of strong winds then resounded, shaking the surroundings.

The air currents surrounding her blew up her beautiful long golden hair.

"W-what...!?"

Olivas took one or two steps back, his already pale face turning even paler.

His composure, which he had maintained until now, crumbled fragilely. In an instant, the blow of losing the giant flower seemed to turn into a raging fire, burning him from head to toe.

A strong magical wind blew all the way to him, shaking his white hair.

"!"

Ais, with the [Wind Spirit Swiftness] wrapped around her body for the first time since reaching Lv.6, stared intently at the white-haired man.

In desperation, Olivas raised his hands and almost screamed:

"A man-eating flower—!?"

Following their leader's orders, the remaining carnivorous plants all charged towards Ais.

Facing the monster army that abandoned Lefia and the others to attack, the swordsman, with strong wind as his ally, confronted them head-on, raising his sword to strike the enemy.

A one-sided war of annihilation ensued.

It was like a storm ravaging the enemy army. Several carnivorous plants were sliced in two like the giant flower before, their long bodies flying overhead, instantly killed. The tornado blasted them in all directions before the tentacles could strike, and the monsters were either blasted away by the sword energy or torn to pieces.

"...!!"

Seeing Ais launch an overwhelming attack, with magic (a whirlwind) howling and surging, Lefia trembled with fear.

—Ais's "wind" is too abnormal.

Its versatile power, capable of both offense and defense, and its formidable ability to single-handedly confront the floor master, exceeds the scope of enchantment. Ordinary enchantment could not possibly produce such an effect.

As a human, unlike elves who are born with magical abilities, how could she use such powerful "magic"?

(Miss Ais is now...!)

Ais, originally a Level 5 adventurer, rose to become one of the city's strongest adventurers because of this "magical" power.

With this "wind," Ais has reached the same peak as the city's top-class Lv.6 adventurers.

In a pure hand-to-hand combat scenario, even Finn and his crew would definitely lose to her.

Now that she's here, no one can stop her.

"...The gap has widened."

As Rafia swallowed hard, Bert muttered unhappily.

Seeing Ais's heroic fighting style, the Lv.5 werewolf youth's competitive spirit was ignited, and he clicked his tongue and cursed, "Damn it."

He looked up.

"Hey, hurry up and take care of these things!?"

Bert, facing the giant flower that trapped him and the others, shouted loudly to those around him.

Inspired by the valiant appearance of the Sword Maiden (Ais), the adventurers' morale soared. They bravely faced adversity, answered Bert's call, and began an excellent team effort.

The adventurers set out to conquer the giant flower.

"Listen up, everyone! The 'magic stone' is still in the head! Attack the flower part!"

It's unclear when it moved. Lulune examined the giant flower's head that Ais had chopped off and shared the information with everyone.

Upon hearing that the thief had quickly located the "magic stone" from the monster's corpse, everyone did as she said.

"That being said... the current situation still doesn't allow for the use of 'magic'; the firepower is simply not enough."

Seeing the numerous outstretched vine tentacles (whips) targeting the mages first, Asphie couldn't help but sigh.

The monster continued to writhe its long, massive body, hindering the mage's incantation. Without sufficient firepower, it was impossible to penetrate the enemy's thick flesh and attack the "magic stone."

Seeing the mages being blasted away several times while chanting incantations, and seeing Lefia Philvis making a resolute expression.

"Wow!"

"Miss Philweis!?"

She shook off Rafia's voice and ran as fast as she could.

Phil Weiss, holding a short cane in her left hand, moved closer to the giant flower who had launched a fierce resistance.

"Werewolf, open the hole!"

"...Tsk, who gave you permission to order me around!"

The elf and the werewolf locked eyes and sped off.

Even amidst the tense atmosphere, both sides were aware of each other's intentions and prepared for this one-time joint operation. Bert took the lead, kicking aside the obstructing tentacles, and then Phil Weiss rushed into the path he had cleared.

In the blink of an eye, the two rushed up the surface and headed towards the top of the giant flower.

Upon reaching the flower head section indicated by Luluni, Bert leaped into the air.

"Drink!"

He unleashed an axe kick from mid-air, tearing the monster's skin apart.

Without hesitation, Phil Weiss jumped over the widening, deep wound.

"【The Holy Staff of Exorcism - Sweep Away My Enemies】!"

She finished chanting in an instant and plunged the short staff into the wound below her line of sight—the hole leading into her body.

"【The Staff of Dionysus】!!"

The lightning emitted from the short staff was struck into the giant flower's body.

The monster convulsed unnaturally, a faint glow emanating from beneath its skin, and electricity leaked from the wounds inflicted by the adventurers' slashes and stabs.

With immense mental energy invested, the lightning bolt, maximizing its power, darted around inside the monster's massive body, searching for the "core."

Before long, the giant flower stopped moving.

The "magic stone" inside his body was burned to ashes by the electric shock, and he couldn't even scream in his death throes before his long, giant body turned into a large amount of dust.

Seeing the giant flower monster truly collapse and fall to the ground, the cheers of the Hermes Familia soared into the sky.

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Just as Bert and his companions were about to defeat the Giant Flower.

Ais also wiped out the carnivorous plants that had been sent to her side.

She lifted the restrictions she had set for herself, activated [Wind Spirit Swiftness] and used it to its fullest extent, turning the monsters into mountains of dust.

"This...this is impossible...!?"

Having witnessed Ais's strength, Olivas couldn't stop himself from trembling.

The eternally beautiful and aloof swordsman, accompanied by the wind, defeats monsters with overwhelming power, just like a character from a heroic tale.

No amount of power received by the man could harm her in the slightest.

As the yellow-green eyes trembled and widened, a thunderous roar came from another direction, and the second giant flower was destroyed.

Having lost all his cards in the blink of an eye, Olivas could no longer maintain his composure.

"Impossible! How could I possibly lose? How could I possibly be defeated—this is impossible!?"

The man kicked the ground with both feet and charged straight at Ais.

He launched an attack targeting a blind spot. He unleashed the superhuman strength bestowed upon him by the "magic stone," attempting to strangle the girl's delicate neck.

However, he had just fought with Bert and was severely injured. His skills were far too slow for Ais to handle at this moment.

“——”

Golden eyes pierced through the menacing Olivas who was lunging at him.

In the blink of an eye, the silver sword flashed, unleashing a lightning-fast slash.

"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!?"

Countless sword flashes etched numerous wounds onto Olivas's body.

His entire body was sprayed with blood, and incredibly, the different parts of his body were still connected.

The yellowish-green lower half of his body and the upper half of the human were hacked to pieces. Olivas looked up at the sky and fell down.

"This is a lie... How could I, who transcends species limitations, be chosen by 'her'...!?"

Olivas, utterly defeated, couldn't help but groan.

The figure of the "warrior" looking down at him swayed in his trembling, fearful eyes.

"—What a farce."

"!"

Just as Ais was about to walk to the man who could no longer fight,

Like a sudden gust of wind, Rives quickly rescued Olivas from the side.

Ais immediately jumped back, but Revis grabbed his clothes in front of her and retreated to a distance. Revis stopped near the Quartz Great Pillar and unceremoniously threw Olivas's body to the ground.

The monster was nowhere to be seen in the great cavern. Needless to say, Ais, as well as Lefia and Bert, all focused their attention on the remaining two enemies.

"I'm sorry, Rives..."

"..."

Olivas, kneeling on the ground, was breathing rapidly, gasping for breath.

Ignoring the gushing blood, he desperately tried to regulate his breathing. Hearing him manage to say this, Revis didn't say anything.

Bert and the others formed a large semicircle around the two, effectively cornering them. The red-haired woman's gaze swept over the crowd, the eerie light from the main pillar illuminating her figure, half her face shrouded in a dark shadow. Her green eyes then looked down at the man at her feet.

Rives extended her hand expressionlessly.

She grabbed Olivas's collar and lifted him up with one hand, as if to make him stand up.

Then, in the next instant.

She made a chop to the neck and plunged it into Olivas' chest.

「!?」

"Varied--"

Ais and the others were all speechless.

A karate chop was plunged into the pierced chest. Blood gushed out in sync with the clear, distinct heartbeat.

Without changing her expression, Rives pushed her hand even deeper.

Olivas himself seemed to be more out of touch with the situation than anyone else present.

"Rui, Ruiweis, what's wrong with you...!?"

"Take a good look around you with your own eyes."