The next day, Rafe, Hayato, and Sonia began their journey on the sixth floor. The area seemed much darker than the previous floor. At Hayato's suggestion, Sonia went to the back while Rafe and Hayato went to the front.
"So far, it looks like we haven't encountered any monsters," Rafe said as he looked around.
"Hahaha... they must be afraid to get in the way of a main character's journey," Hayato said proudly.
"Sorry. But maybe it's because I've been hiding on the sixth floor too much," Sonia said.
"Huh? What does that mean? Are you familiar with all the monsters on the sixth floor?" asked Rafe with a shocked look on his face.
"That's not it," Sonia denied with a smile.
"A year ago, I entered the sixth floor dungeon for the first time. At that time, many skeleton monsters, goblins, and undead goblins attacked me, but most of them died after being near me. After that, the number of monsters that attacked me decreased every day," Sonia explained.
"Since six months ago, I haven't been bothered by any monsters, at most there have been one or two monsters while I've been hiding here," Sonia continued.
"I see, even monsters have survival instincts. They must be very familiar with your mana aura," Rafe muttered as he nodded his head.
"Have you ever been to the next floor in this dungeon?" asked Hayato to change the subject.
"No, I haven't. I only dare to reach this floor, I heard that many female adventurers are targeted by other adventurers in the dungeon, after all I'm only a guardian, I can only survive," Sonia replied.
"I see. If adventurers bother her here, she can immediately go to the fifth floor and ask the miners for help, but the seventh floor is too far away from the fifth floor. If someone disturbs her, she can't do anything," Hayato thought.
"Your decision is right, that passive skill of yours might be an annoying thing. But an assassin like me won't bother to hurt you, especially if your opponents are too many, then there will be more loopholes to defeat you," Rafe said.
"Tch. He's a smartass all of a sudden in this situation," Hayato grumbled in his heart.
"Yes. That's why I don't want to take big risks just for money. The only thing of value to me right now is myself," Sonia said quietly.
Rafe, Hayato and Sonia began to step onto the seventh floor. As soon as they took a step forward, dozens of goblin monsters rushed towards them. Hayato immediately drew his sword and slashed two of the approaching goblins until their bodies were cut off. In the distance, dozens of other goblins came with various weapons.
"Lowly monsters like them are nothing in front of a main character, come forward!" Hayato shouted, defiantly facing the goblins.
Rafe immediately thrust his right hand forward. Lightning bolts shot out of his right hand, and the area where they were located seemed to be seen more clearly because of the light from the lightning bolts that spread like roots.
In a single stroke, dozens of goblins were destroyed by the lightning, and the monster crystals from the goblins' bodies were scattered on the ground. The other monster goblins that were there seemed to move away after seeing many of their comrades destroyed.
"Don't take my part! I was already preparing to greet them," Hayato grumbled.
"Huh? We can't waste time on weak monsters, our target is Electro Skullix!" snapped Rafe.
"You want to show off in front of Sonia?" asked Hayato.
"You're the one showing off! You freak, there's no point in me showing off my powers," Rafe grumbled.
"Then I'll face the next monster!" said Hayato.
"Yeah, do what you want!" said Rafe, annoyed.
"Back off then, I can't unleash my power because of your armor plan," Hayato ordered while gesturing for Rafe to move away.
"Tch. What a freak," Rafe grumbled as he backed away.
Hayato now stood at the front, sword in hand. Suddenly, eight large trolls approached from a distance. They carried wood and stones as weapons, and for a moment Hayato looked surprised to see them. He swallowed before he stopped his steps.
"Trolls?" Sonia said in shock.
"Get them Hayato!" ordered Rafe as he stood up casually.
"I know too!" grumbled Hayato as he brought his sword forward.
"Triple fire slash!" shouted Hayato as he brought his sword forward.
Three fire slashes hit the bodies of the eight approaching trolls. The frontmost troll was hit so hard by the three slashes that blood gushed from its body, and one troll immediately fell to the ground.
"Tch, I'm already afraid of being unlucky again," Hayato muttered softly.
"But it looks like it's my turn to show my strength this time," Hayato thought while grinning happily.
Hayato immediately lunged at the other seven trolls while slashing with his sword. In no time, the seven trolls fell to the ground covered in blood. Hayato put both feet on the ground while posing to wipe his fringe.
"Do you see my power, this NPC? Monsters like them can't even hurt me a little, hahaha..." Hayato shouted proudly.
"Blindly attacking and exhausting, if you fight like that, you won't last long in the dungeon!" shouted Rafe.
"Noisy! NPCs like you don't need to teach me!" Hayato snapped.
Suddenly, the eight trolls Hayato had defeated stood up, the wounds on their bodies seeming to heal. Hayato looked shocked as he was now surrounded by the eight trolls.
"You idiot, you have to destroy their bodies or remove the monster crystals from their bodies to die! Trolls are different from goblins, they have fast regeneration, there's no point in hurting or cutting their bodies!" Rafe shouted.
"I know that! I've read it in books!" grumbled Hayato, staring at the trolls around him.
"Tch. But where are the crystals?" thought Hayato.
"He's just wasting time," Rafe grumbled as he held out his right hand.
A flash of lightning began to envelop Rafe's right hand, a bolt of lightning shot from Rafe's hand towards one of the trolls surrounding Hayato. The bolt struck its upper left chest and tore through its body. A Monster Crystal bounced off his body, and the troll could be heard groaning in pain before collapsing to the ground.
"Hey! I told you to stay out of this!" Hayato grumbled.
"Don't waste time, I want to see Electro Skullix right now!" snapped Rafe.
"Rafe, his attacks are very precise. The mana he spits out is not wasted, it's hard to believe that Rank F seems to be able to control mana so well," Sonia thought from a distance.
Several goblins appeared from behind Sonia, but their bodies immediately collapsed to the ground, grimacing in pain at being so close to Sonia. Soon their bodies shriveled to nothing but skin and bones, and soon the goblins' skin began to blister until only bones and crystals remained in their bodies.
Continued...