"There?" Melchior asked carefully.
It was technically "easy" to clear the next parts of the Nest from where they'd stopped, but he didn't want to take any unnecessary risks.
'The terminology is very game-like, but this is not a game. The level of the beasts won't necessarily progress sequentially. The next pack of Serpents we encounter may be multiple times stronger than the ones from before.'
"Yes, just right down the corridor. I can see a few powerful groups of Serpents up ahead. They're stronger than the last ones by a last bit, possibly high Second Layer Spirit Beasts," Sylvester responded, nodding.
High Second Layer…
'That's exactly what I was thinking about. High Second Layer serpents would be a magnitude of times different from a High First Layer Spirit Beast.'
"Good thing we checked before rushing in," Harlon muttered under his breath.
