'Have they come?'
When that familiar wind reappeared in the Dungeon, a certain red-haired figure located in the deep floors sensed it immediately.
'Not just Aria, but those two Messiahs have come as well?'
Because she remembered Aria, the red-haired Creature, Revis, could easily distinguish the scents within the wind; this was precisely how she had recognized Ais before.
It was only because Ais's wind was so similar to Aria's that she had mistaken her identity back then, but she wouldn't make that mistake this time.
Revis had also obtained some intelligence regarding the surface through the Adventurers who came to the Dungeon, and she knew of the relationship between the Messiahs and Ais.
"This time, I will act with even greater caution..."
The red-clad figure rose slowly from the ground and looked toward her living quarters, where countless vines clustered together.
At some point, several special crystals had appeared there. Although they looked similar to the Magic Stones dropped by monsters, they were fundamentally different.
These were all seeds of the Corrupted Spirit!
Having sensed the arrival of the Messiahs and the appearance of Aria, Revis had also begun to exert herself, hunting monsters within the Dungeon using her status as a Creature to let the Corrupted Spirit absorb more Magic Stones.
In just a few days, the Corrupted Spirit had produced even more seeds. As long as these seeds were integrated into the bodies of monsters, Demi-spirits of the Corrupted Spirit could be brought forth!
After all, the Familia those girls belonged to was the Loki Familia, a top-tier group with three Lv. 6 members. If she didn't show some real ability, even she, Revis, might end up falling at their hands.
"Oh? Is it time to move?"
As a fellow fusion of monster and human, the white-haired man Olivas naturally sensed Revis's movements and knew the news that the Loki Familia would soon arrive.
"Do you need me to help you hold back Finn and the others? If we can take out two Messiahs at once, The City above will truly be finished, haha!"
"With just you?"
Although they were both Creatures, Revis's attitude toward Olivas was mediocre, and she did not view him as a comrade at all.
"In these past few days, I have increased my Strength to a level no less than Lv. 6, while you are still Lv. 5."
"Come back to me when you have 'leveled up,' and then we can go up together."
As Creatures, they naturally didn't have the same level concept as Adventurers, but Revis knew that Olivas had not significantly improved his Strength during this period. Even if he went, he wouldn't be of any use. Rather than letting this half-baked fool act, it was better to leave it directly to those Spirit seeds!
Carefully checking the number of seeds in her pocket, she had enough to create eight Demi-spirits of the Corrupted Spirit.
With this number, even wiping out the Loki Familia was possible.
But just to be safe, Revis increased the count to ten. After all, there were two Messiahs in the enemy party...
Though they were newly minted Adventurers, it was said they could defeat powerful foes even without Falna (Grace of God), so their strength should be considerable.
"So this time... fall into corruption with me, Aria!"
Although her face remained expressionless, her tone betrayed an unprecedented confidence.
Clearly, she felt she had the Loki Familia right where she wanted them!
At the end of the day, the Loki Familia only had three Lv. 6s. Even including those two Messiahs, she could crush them with sheer numbers.
"The one who will win is me!"
—
Roar—!
The massive skeletal monster let out a terrifying roar as the black sword in its hand smashed toward the ground with unprecedented speed. It quickly formed a long, narrow fissure in the floor, its depth equally staggering.
In the next second, countless white bones sprouted from that pitch-black fissure, rushing toward the only two people in the arena.
This sight of a world filled with bones was a disaster no less than a tsunami, and it looked even more gruesome!
And this was precisely the two girls' subjugation battle against the Floor Boss.
The 37th-floor Floor Boss, Udaeus, possessed Strength no less than a Lv. 6. If one wanted to subjugate it safely, at least the Big Three of the Loki Familia would need to join forces.
But at this moment, most of the Loki Familia members stood in the passageway, watching the battle in the arena from afar, with no one taking another step forward.
"Should I say as expected of the Messiahs? To actually go back and forth with Udaeus..."
"No, it hasn't reached that level yet. They are just barely holding on. But even so, it's exaggerated. Udaeus is almost at his limit, right?"
"It seems there's no need for us old-timers to step in..."
Every member of the Loki Familia who had entered the Dungeon this time wore an expression of disbelief. After all, they were witnessing the birth of a 'legend' with their own eyes and truly didn't know what to say.
A Lv. 1 taking on a Floor Boss solo!
And the Floor Boss of the 37th floor at that!
This was not something an ordinary person could do. Even back in the Zeus and Hera Familias fifteen years ago, they had never heard of such a talent.
Perhaps only the legendary Hero Argonaut could have achieved this?
However, looking at how Hyacine and Barbara were panting for breath, they seemed to be fighting with great difficulty.
The two who could manipulate wind naturally had means to increase their movement speed, but even so, they were only roughly on par with Udaeus.
Add to that the small monsters summoned by the Floor Boss, it was easy to get distracted and take a powerful hit from the boss.
But!
The two girls didn't care about those attacks at all. Ever since they took a hit once, they completely gave up on dodging and spent all their energy on attacking.
'It hurts!'
That was the feeling of the girls. Being hit by a Floor Boss was definitely not easy; it was an unprecedented pain.
But even so, the girls still didn't fall. Instead, they used healing methods to quickly raise their health and continued their attacks, over and over...
There were no tactics to speak of; it was a complete war of attrition where they used their unparalleled healing output to grind the opponent down.
The level of drama was no less than Barbara soloing Azhdaha!
Therefore, the duration of this battle was extremely long. Even with Hyacine able to record healing amounts to launch attacks, it was difficult to quickly finish off Udaeus.
Which meant Little Ica was still spinning!
Every few seconds, a storm vaguely wreathed in rainbows struck Udaeus, scraping away some of the bones from his body before preparing for the next strike.
"Rain, Rain, Go Away!"
"Spin! Spin! Spin!"
Spinning so many times in such a short period, even Little Ica's horse head was getting dizzy... Fortunately, Little Ica was a Memory Spirit; otherwise, such high-frequency attacks would surely have caused it harm.
After an unknown number of rainbow storms, the giant skeleton finally dissolved into fragments.
It was only upon seeing this that the two girls finally lay on the ground, drenched in sweat, gasping for breath.
Finally... they could rest!
Even Little Ica had swirl-eyes, like a cat that had fallen off a spinning chair, rolling continuously on the ground.
"We really... defeated a Floor Boss!"
"Now, we should be able to level up, right?"
Regardless of anything else, the girls had defeated a deep-floor Floor Boss on only their second trip into the Dungeon; leveling up would absolutely be no problem.
Only two or three days had passed, right?
To be able to rise from Lv. 1 to Lv. 2 within two or three days was an unprecedented Excelia that would likely never be repeated!