Inside the pantry on the 24th Floor, there was a large space where one could see everything inside the clumps of the walls of plants. Naturally, as Isao and his group entered the walls, those inside could see them.
"Oh-ho?"
Olivas smiled when he saw Isao and his group. "Look at them."
"It seems we're in luck."
"Hahaha..." Olivas laughed happily. "We are in luck. Let's kill them."
If there was someone who was the most troublesome within Orario and they wanted to kill the most, it would be this hateful guy. This guy had the ability to control others, and they didn't even know that their followers were being controlled. Due to this, they could only limit their activity, avoiding him like a plague since as long as their followers were found by him, they were as good as dead. Moreover, they didn't even dare to invite fresh blood as they were afraid those people might be a spy from Isao.
Frankly, it was the first time Evilus had been so miserable, feeling vexed and frightened to be targeted by someone from the dark.
They were evil, okay?
Why was the good guy scarier?
However, they were given a chance to erase this fear, and this was their chance, and they were going to destroy him here and now!
"Let's lead him here. I will personally take care of him." Olivas smiled, then thought for a while and said, "Jura, prepare that. Let's use that."
"Okay, okay." Jura Halmer, a cat man with a disabled right arm and part of his cat ear torn, smiled and said, "I also happened to meet acquaintances. It is good to test those things for her."
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"Huh? The wall is closed!"
As expected, the moment they entered the walls, the entrance was closed as if it were a living being. Fortunately, inside, there was a bright flower that lit up the dark tunnels.
Yet, it was impossible for one to stay calm in this situation, especially after they were trapped.
Nevertheless, due to these walls, they also understood why many monsters spawned previously. These walls stopped the path of those monsters visiting the pantry, and those monsters who were hungry could only move through the path that was usually taken by the adventurers, leading to the unusual situation that happened on the 24th Floor.
Yes, Isao might have eliminated all the monsters that appeared previously, but it didn't end the main problem, and sooner or later, similar things would happen as the dungeon would keep summoning those monsters.
So, whether they wanted it or not, they had to pass through this path.
Isao understood that, and he was sure that Asfi also understood it.
"What do you think, Iinuma-kun?" Asfi also understood that Isao must have understood their situation, but she wasn't sure what to do as she knew that sacrifices might happen during this trip.
"If you want, I can break through these walls to escape from this place," Isao said.
"...."
"But I can tell that you don't want that."
All of them grinned when they heard his words.
"Some of us might die, but do you want to do this?" Isao asked.
His voice was calm and relaxed, but all of them trembled, thinking about the danger that they would encounter.
"Since you didn't say that we should escape, you must have the confidence to deal with this situation, right?" Asfi, who was the calmest, looked at Isao, pushing the frame of her glasses, and said, "We will follow you. Take the lead."
It was impossible to ignore the unusual situation on the 24th Floor, and while they knew there was a danger, as they had arrived in this place and knew the real problem, they could only return until they understood everything.
Isao didn't answer Asfi's words immediately but looked at everyone's eyes and knew that they had made their determination. "Then, let's do that, but before that, I want you to remember that the mission might be important, but our lives are more important. When it is too dangerous, our lives are a priority."
"I agree." Asfi nodded, glad that Isao wasn't an idealist and heroic fool who would sacrifice everything for their justice.
Still, this wasn't over since Isao looked at Ryuu and said, "Ryuu, no matter what, listen to me. Don't let your emotions control you. I know that something might make you emotional later, but hold it since sooner or later, I will bring you to destroy them."
"...I know."
If it was someone else, Ryuu wouldn't listen to them, but when she thought about Isao's bloody figure that stopped her during the suicide bombing previously. If she wasn't emotional at that time, she knew that Isao wouldn't be so heavy.
Still, the enemies were impatient since before Isao finished his words, a group of man-eating flower monsters suddenly stormed in their direction.
However, facing those small fries, Isao simply killed them with ease, cutting all of them into pieces of trash.
"..." Everyone.
"Follow me. I will talk while we're walking."
"Yes."
With Isao as the lead or the point, everyone moved in a triangle shape as they charged forward. Those with support and magicians were in the middle, with Daphne and Ryuu two points behind.
With this formation, even with many flower-eating monsters appearing before them, all of them were slaughtered before they could do anything.
Or rather, with Isao as the lead, they have hardly done anything since he took charge of the most dangerous part by himself.
Yet, even more impressively, while they charged forward, Isao told them what they needed to watch out for, especially the Evilus' tendency to commit a suicide bombing, so unless they faced monsters, they shouldn't try to fight the Evilus in close combat as there was a high chance those people would blow up, and bring them together to death.
Hearing those reminders, they were so glad that they had Isao as their lead.
Then, as expected, they arrived at the large hollow after they passed many tunnels. Inside this place, their enemies had been waiting for them.
"Hahaha... finally, you are here. I won't let you escape."
The enemies had gathered with one person who appeared to be a leader, and in the middle of the space, there was even a gigantic parasitic plant monster that emitted a rotten smell.
'Those Violas aren't enough. Go on and handle them."
The man, with a bare muscular body and mask, said to the masked man beside him.
"You don't have to remind me." Another man with a mask then soon faced the group of worshippers with a dagger as he raised it high.
"COMRADES, UNSHEATHE YOUR BLADES FOR OUR DESIRES! BRING DEATH TO THOSE IGNORANT INTRUDERS!"
"DEATH! DEATH! DEATH! DEATH! DEATH!"
Then another cat-man with a disabled appearance grinned at Ryuu and said, "Hahaha, Gale, you are here!"
"JURAAAAA!!!"
Even though Isao had reminded her to calm down, Ryuu couldn't control her emotions when she saw this cat man as he was the one who led all of her comrades to death.
Only when Ryuu wanted to make a move did a powerful and deathly aura spread everywhere.
"Ittou Shura."
The moment Isao said those words, his body became ten times stronger, and his presence became so overwhelming that it brought terror and made the air so stuffy that they couldn't breathe.
"Step back."
Hearing his words, everyone subconsciously moved back.
Only Ryuu hesitated before she followed the rest and stood behind Isao.
Yes, Isao decided to go all out directly since it was too wasteful to waste his time on those scumbags.
At that moment, the air crackled like thunder struck down the area, and the temperature rose dramatically.
Isao opened his mouth, and a powerful energy gathered in his mouth, shining bright, almost blinding like the sun. Using the power of the dragon concept manipulation from Stella's DNA, an aura of a dragon seemed to appear on his back.
"Naraka!"
The energy overwhelmed everything before it was concentrated into a single point within his mouth, then blew into the direction of the enemies!
The heat and the light engulfed everything.
A huge, conical blast of light and heat swallowed all the enemies and burnt them into ashes before they were able to do anything.
"Impossible!"
As Oliver said that word, he was also burnt by Isao's attack.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!
After the previous attacks, Isao had been in love playing with an explosion.
"ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"