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

Ming accurately deflected the hidden weapon in the darkness, but was immediately startled by the real bullet that was falling in front of him.

While she was still in shock, a barrage of feathers swept towards her from the same direction.

"Everyone! Winnie!"

“Gahhhh!!”

「!?」

Bell kicked his way up and called out in the direction of his companions, but the silver light struck him again.

He narrowly escaped, but the lizardmen's roars pressed in once more.

Bell was being pursued in the pitch-black darkness.

"What... exactly happened...?"

The sounds of metal clanging and sparks flying filled the air, accompanied by the chaotic breathing of the adventurers and the roars of several monsters. Bell and the others relied solely on their hearing to fight back, while Haruhime was powerless to help, completely unable to keep up with their battles against the monsters. In the pitch-black darkness, the situation grew increasingly chaotic.

"!"

at this time.

The moment the battle began, Lily shoved her hand into her spare pouch and found an item. While battling fear and anxiety, the girl diligently fulfilled her duty to support the adventurers, decisively devising a brilliant plan to break the deadlock.

Lily opened the small bag she had grabbed and vigorously scattered its contents around her.

"Blue Moss!"

"!"

「!?」

With a "whoosh," it flew into the air and sprinkled glowing moss on the floor.

It was collected from the 19th floor.

In the "Great Tree Maze," the moss that becomes the light source forms countless light particles, driving away the darkness from the cave.

As both sides were taken aback, the cavern lit up.

"...!"

Bell and the others could clearly see the attackers with their own eyes.

"Whoosh—"

"Ooh ooh ooh ooh..."

The lizards are humanoids, little monsters (goblins), and those that flap their wings and hover in the air are half-human, half-bird (Happy).

The monsters of various races have one thing in common: they are all equipped with scimitars, hand axes, armor, or shields.

"Armed...!"

"Monster...!"

Bell and Welf's voices overlapped.

The image they had seen on the guild's huge bulletin board flashed through their minds.

Intelligence indicates that there are unspecified multiple monsters that steal weapons from their companions and corpses. Drawings of monsters equipped with swords and armor, painted on parchment, overlap with the monsters before us.

"Just how many monsters are there...!?"

As for Lily, she looked around at the monsters, her face turning ashen.

Besides the half-human, half-bird (Happy), gargoyles and griffons flew overhead, while half-human, half-snake (Lamia), al-miraj, beastmen (Fomer), war shadows, arachne, unicorns... "Upper Level," "Middle Level," "Lower Level," "Deep Level"—these monsters came from all levels and were of all kinds. Seeing several pairs of eyes appear in the enormous cavern large enough to contain the surface arena (Colosseum), even Ming and Chun Ji turned pale.

When Winnie saw the various "monsters" who looked just as strange as herself, her eyes widened.

"Oooooo ...

The lizardman who was confronting Bell shouted, and the other monsters also started to move.

The green light emanating from the ground illuminated the raised fangs, claws, swords, and axes.

"These guys...!!"

"You intend to attack Lady Winnie!?"

The monster's attack was aimed at Welf and his team... and at the center, Vinnie.

They breathed heavily, their eyes bloodshot, saliva dripping and splattering, as if they had lost their minds and were trying to kill the dragon girl. The monsters tried to bypass Welf and attack from behind, but the two fought desperately to defend themselves.

"Under these circumstances, even the 'Demon Sword' is unusable...!"

A chaotic battle erupted in the darkness. Welf and the others were too close to the monsters to easily use the "Demon Sword".

The entrance to the cave—the escape route—had also been cut off sometime ago. Lily released an arrow with a bitter expression, but the half-human, half-bird above fired feather pellets at her.

"Lily! Haruhime!"

"Lord Winnie!?"

Winnie's single wing blocked the attacks that were closing in on the non-combatants.

The girl hugged the astonished Lily and Haruhime, spreading her alien wings. The life-threatening pain and impact made her groan.

"Ouch, it hurts so much..."

Seeing the girl cry out in pain as she was hit by the falling feather pellets, Bell looked up from afar.

"—【Flame and Lightning】!!"

He roared out the sound of cannon fire.

To protect Winnie and Lily, Bell unleashed a barrage of "Quick Attack Magic".

Several bolts of fiery lightning tore through the darkness and struck the flying monsters directly, causing the half-human, half-bird and griffin creatures to plummet with screams. Gargoyles and some other flying monsters, like Winnie, spread their single wings to block the [Fire Lightning].

"Shhhhhh!"

「!?」

The lizardman seemed to be saying, "Your opponent is me," as he slashed at Bell, who was unleashing fiery lightning.

Bell was forced to stop firing and dodge the slash.

He wielded a longsword in his right hand and a scimitar in his left. His body, covered in crimson scales, was also equipped with a breastplate, waist guard, shoulder pads, and knee pads. Although it didn't look well-maintained, it was still quite armed.

Facing the lizard warrior who was a whole size bigger than him, Bell contorted his face, drawing his Ushiwakamaru Type 2 sword with his left hand and switching to dual-wielding. (This lizardman... is strong!)

A near-surprise attack, an excessively fast first strike, an offensive and defensive maneuver in the darkness.

In a series of battles, Bell was forced to experience the potential of his opponents. To put it bluntly, the lizardmen he had fought on the 20th floor were no match for him. Whether it was arm strength, speed, or swordsmanship, the difference was enormous. He recalled Welf's half-joking mention of individuals with masterful swordsmanship, or the mutated "subspecies" of monsters.

If we were to assume that LV, this lizardman is probably more than himself—this conjecture lingers in my mind.

The monster poked its tongue out from between its sharp teeth, its beastly eyes staring at Bell, who stared back with his own deep red eyes.

We can't get to Winnie and the others until we defeat this monster.

Bell shook off his timidity and used all his strength to defeat the lizard enemy.

"call"

"Ughhh!!"

The Blade of Hestia was swung out, trailing a blue-purple light, the longsword being flung by the monster's arm strength.

The two sides turned on each other and a conflict broke out.

""!?"

Bell took the monster's powerful blow as expected.

The lizardman experienced the boy's explosively fast slashes.

Its deep red pupils and beastly eyes widened simultaneously.

Bell immediately glared at him, while the lizard man seemed to laugh fiercely, revealing his sharp teeth.

"—Drink it!!"

With a roar that seemed to tear silk, Bell clashed repeatedly with the lizardmen.

"Little Riko! Shoot!?"

—As for the squad fighting the monster horde.

Welf, wielding his greatsword in defensive combat, roared and shouted.

"But!?"

"Don't worry about anything else! Just do it!!"

Facing the ferocious attacks of the beastmen (Fomer) wielding steel clubs, Welf, on the verge of being overwhelmed, roared desperately. Lily, hesitant, turned and saw that Ming, like Welf, was also about to be overwhelmed.

Lily gripped the short sword-shaped "Demon Sword," bit her lip, and then made up her mind.

"Lily's going to cum!!"

With a shout, the red-clad short sword was drawn.

The "Crozo's Demon Sword," slashing horizontally in a straight line, burst forth with streams of fire.

Seeing the red light illuminating their vision, Welf lunged to the ground, and the monsters turned around with astonishing speed. A raging fire erupted from a corner of the cave, and the monsters retreated in unison.

"Ahhhhh"

"Ohhhhhh!!"

As flames erupted in the corner of their vision, Bell and the lizardman accelerated further and clashed fiercely.

Both faces were scorched by the heatwave as the blade met the sword. The leaping scimitar was knocked down by the red blade, and the blue-purple flash of light it unleashed was caught by the longsword.

The martial arts, interspersed with kicks, resembled monster sword techniques that embodied the fighting instinct, resulting in astonishing slashing exchanges.

Bell's figure blurred as the lizardman's sword pierced through space. The steel-gray rabbit armor struck by the sword spat out sparks and deflected the blade's light, while the crimson scales, fatally wounded, scattered along with red blood.

then.

"Sigh"

"ah!?"

The equilibrium has collapsed.

The scimitar and longsword struck in unison, and Bell blocked the simultaneous attack from both sides with two daggers. In the blink of an eye, a blow from an unexpected angle slammed into Bell's abdomen.

--Tail!!

The thick tail of the log delivered a third consecutive blow.

Not to mention fighting against humans, even searching through all the rules of experience, there was no unexpected attack technique like that of a monster, which brought Bell to a halt. A perfect, decisive attack, a blow from a blind spot in his consciousness, sent the boy's feet off the ground, and the lizardman swept his claws out for the final blow.

The astonishing kick that pounded into his torso sent Bale flying.

"Uh ah"

"Oooooo ...

Bell was sent flying far into the cavern with the force of a burst dam, as the lizardmen roared in victory at him.

Hestia's Blade and Ushiwakamaru's Second Form were violently thrown from their hands.

The lizard warrior immediately turned around and fixed its gaze on its original prey. It charged straight at the dragon girl surrounded by humans, its eyes bloodshot.

"————————————————!!"

The rough footsteps and deafening roars terrified Winnie, who cowered into a ball.

The lizardman ran in a straight line, instantly traversing the raging battlefield, raising his longsword to strike. The monster's elongated shadow stretched across the ground, engulfing the frozen girl—the next instant.

"Can't!!"

"!"

Chunji spread her arms and stepped between the two, while Lily also hugged Winnie, trying to use her body as a human shield.

The silver longsword slashed down immediately, and two more figures rushed over.

"Dream on!!"

"Don't even think about it!!"

Covered in wounds, Welf was locked in a life-or-death struggle with his broadsword and Japanese sword.