The second level wasn't as chaotic as the first level, but it was still pretty bad, at least unlike the first level where the pilots were pitted against each other, in the second level they had to call a truce to eliminate the monsters.
And since they didn't, the monsters were at 'Elemental' Level, Rank 7 and 8, although for most pilots they were still weak, the number of monsters made up for this weakness.
Even so, Miriam took advantage of the chaos to continue going down, as an expert pilot of Deus Ex Machina in the other timeline, she had experience in Dungeons not only low level but also medium level and even had the opportunity to enter the most dangerous ones that They are located in the central continent.
She knew that the more the monsters piled up the sign that the Floor Master was close to her and Miriam had no intention of facing him...
She forced her thrusters to the max and evaded the monsters….
And as FMC, fortune is on her side, as she soon finds the stairs to the next level...
*Boommm
Suddenly an explosion was heard that made the already enraged monsters agitate even more, Miriam on the other hand touched her head in frustration...
"Who was the idiot that set off a bomb?"
Everyone knows that detonating heavy weapons in Dungeons is a very bad idea, although this will not cause the Dungeon to collapse since it is underground, it will attract monsters and enrage the Dungeon.
So the ideal would be to use weapons such as lightsabers or low-impact piercing bullets.
And even though this is an artificial Dungeon, it was still a Dungeon, so they had the same defense mechanism.
"Whatever, I'm leaving"
Shaking her head, Miriam didn't want to be on this floor anymore, so she quickly went downstairs, but not before hearing more bombs explode and the scream of a man...
"Haaaaa!!"
"That?!"
Miriam couldn't help but stop as the explosions were heard very close and the detector emitted signs of life.
"It's possible..."
Suddenly a bad feeling passed through her body and Miriam thought of a possibility...
"Aid!"
And as if it were fate, Miriam looked at the only man being chased by a pack of monster Wolves...
"Partner Miriam!"
When Yholan saw her, her eyes lit up, as if she had found her savior, after all, she considered Miriam as her friend, she has given her so much advice about her relationship with Libe that her guard against her was very low since Miriam also gave her She had said that the man she likes was Arthur and for Yholan it was the best since if Miriam manages to drive away that seductive Incubus from Libe it would be considered a victory...
"Below!"
"Yeah!"
Since she couldn't push him away, Miriam had no choice but to take up the challenge, she took out her submachine gun and the magical power began to increase, Yholan, of course, wouldn't be such an idiot to stand still, she fell to the ground and the perforating bullets began to rain down on the monsters.
*Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta
Fortunately, Miriam as a time regressor knew the trick of using guided piercing bullets without losing much magic power, otherwise using a submachine gun would be counterproductive...
"Interesting..."
And this, of course, caught Arthur's attention, as an examiner, he had access to all the videos of the test and it was the first time he had known another person shoot a submachine gun using the armor-piercing bullets trick.
There were not many pilots or more accurately he said there were no pilots who discovered the trick, not to mention that using the trick required precision and control of magical power, after all, he was the creator of such a trick that would be very popular among pilots years later.
That's why he was curious...
"What else do you have? Show me..."
And as if he had found a new toy, Arthur's smile widened and he began to control the Dungeon, he wanted to squeeze every last drop out of Miriam and make her spit all the dirty secrets out of her...
He also highlighted Miriam's name on her list, for him, Miriam already passed the test in terms of winning the special prize, it depended on whether or not she could survive...
"Don't let me down..."
*ding
[Name: Miriam Midene
Human race
Age: 15 years
Luck Points: 21,500 (Rising)]
(Damn!)
Once again Miriam's luck level went up again, and this made Libe clench her teeth and curse in her heart.
It shouldn't be like this, unfortunately, she now can't do anything, stopping Miriam now was not good, especially with Arthur close to her.
Arthur is himself such a lucky star, it would be impossible for her at the moment to move him.
Libe had never felt so depressed before...
"Hmm?"
However it was at that moment that she also noticed an anomaly, the artificial Dungeon began to change and for some strange reason, the monsters increased and went berserk...
"They went into a frenzy!"
Keeping an eye on Miriam, Libe didn't know whether to feel happy or worried as Miriam might be disqualified thanks to this, but for some reason, she manages to survive and attracts Arthur's attention.
(Shit...)
Unfortunately for Libe, by turning his head Arthur had already set his eyes on the FMC...
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Inside the artificial Dungeon, after saving Yholan, Miriam wanted to leave quickly however she didn't get the chance to, as she was caught by Yholan.
"Partner Miriam! Thank God I found you!"
Wiping the tears at the corner of his eyes, Yholan was quite moved, since he entered this Artificial Dungeon he has had a hard time, although the participants ignored him either because he was a man or he does not represent a threat to them, the monsters did not. on the contrary they seemed to accumulate around him as if they were being attracted and to be honest, Yholan was almost eliminated, if it weren't for Miriam he would surely be eliminated by those monsters.
"Oh, I understand..."
Miriam rolled her eyes at Yholan's pitiful explanation, the reason the monsters weren't chasing him was that he was too loud and used heavy weapons, if Yholan had been cautious because of his 'man' status, Miriam was sure that Yholan would be able to drop many levels.
*Roaaarrr
Suddenly the roar of the monsters was heard and Miriam no longer wanted to continue on this Level, she turned around and fled without hesitation.
"Partner Miriam, wait for me!"
Yholan's hair stood on end hearing the roars, apparently, he had suffered enough that he followed Miriam...
"Partner Yholan, I don't want to sound rude, but this is a competition and it's not right for you to follow me"
"Don't worry, partner Miriam, the rules have never mentioned that she is forbidden to make groups, if it's the two of us we can do it"
Miriam did not want to carry a burden, so she tried to lose Yholan as kindly as possible, after all, she is a 'lady' and it is not right to reject men so cruelly, she is not like Indara a bully who doesn't care. Her reputation matters, but who would say that Yholan not only didn't take Miriam's hint, on the contrary, she clung to her more strongly.
"No, no, no, I think it's better if we both go our separate ways"
"No, no, no, compañera Miriam has never heard that 'Unity is strength?!'"
"No, no, no, still this is a competition, we must be rivals"
"Friendly competition, let's go together, I don't care..."
(But I do care!!)
Miriam roared into her heart, and she forced herself to calm down and smile as kindly as possible.
"Companion Yholan I don't want to be misunderstood, you understand, I already have someone I like and I may be looking at you now, besides you also have a partner Libe, I don't think it's right to be together..."
"...."
Yholan remained silent, this time Miriam's persuasion touched him, he was also a little afraid that Libe would misunderstand him, he is not a casual man so he is not used to being very close to women and unlike Arthur who keeps women wagging their tails for him, Yholan coldly rejects them if he's not comfortable.
However, he felt quite comfortable with Miriam, Miriam doesn't see him with dirty eyes that look at him all the time if he crotches.
Besides, thanks to her, Yholan already knew what to do to win in love, so he treated her as a friend of hers and that's why he didn't have her guard against her.
Still, no matter if she felt comfortable, there is the fact that Libe might misunderstand her relationship.
"Okay, so here we part ways"
Nodding satisfied, Miriam sighed with relief that her persuasion succeeded...
*Roaaarrr
"Ugh! No, don't go!"
Unfortunately for Miriam, just at that moment a monster appeared and Yholan no longer cared that Libe misunderstood him, he was sure that as long as she explained to him, she would understand so she didn't hesitate to use Miriam as a shield...
(Curse!!)
Several veins bulged on Miriam's forehead and just as she was about to unleash her anger on the monsters, several more appeared and formed a horde.
"Let's go!"
"Um!"
Miriam panicked, she no longer cared about the 'load', she just ran away, since even if she manages to kill all the monsters this would leave her without magical power, which was unacceptable, so the defenseless had no choice but to carry the ' load' with her.
Of course, Miriam also didn't know that this was something Arthur did on purpose, he wanted to test Miriam's limits, and all the better if he could carry a 'load' with her.
Therefore she was not going to let these two break up...
"Hehehe~"
"Liam, you look happy"
Lynne asked curiously since Arthur's smile resembled that of a child who finds a new toy.
A mischievous and beautiful smile that she couldn't help but look at and appreciate.
"Is that so? I guess it's because of all the excellent Pilots we have today"
"Umm"
Lynne continued expressionless, she didn't believe Arthur however it didn't matter, as long as her crush can smile and she appreciates it, she doesn't care.
After all...
(It's lovely....)