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"Finally, we can rest!"
After passing through the slightly slanted cavern, Tiona immediately stretched lazily, prompting the members of the Loki Familia around her to let out sighs of relief as the tension on their faces gradually eased.
Walking at the very back of the group, Noah looked ahead through the cavern-like passage.
The sight before him surprised him somewhat.
This was the Dungeon.
As an underground labyrinth, it should not have contained any scenery worth marveling at.
Yet at this moment, Noah sincerely wanted to gasp at the sight before him.
Warm light, no different from sunlight, poured down from overhead and illuminated the vast grassland.
This place was filled with gentle light and clear air, utterly at odds with an underground labyrinth teeming with monsters.
Thick trees covered in moss.
Clear rivers babbling as they flowed.
Countless crystals grew seamlessly across the ceiling of this floor, radiating gentle light like the sun.
That light, indistinguishable from sunlight, came from the crystals covering the entire ceiling, making this labyrinth on the eighteenth floor seem as though it had its own sky. It was breathtakingly beautiful.
For that instant, Noah was unwilling to believe that he was inside the Dungeon.
The other floors were not entirely without light sources, but every one of them consisted of dull labyrinths, rocky passages, and cavern chambers. Combined with the endlessly appearing monsters, they were unbearably tiresome.
Compared to those places, this was practically heaven.
"That sky adjusts its brightness with the passage of time, giving this little world mornings, afternoons, and nights as well."
Finn, who had been watching Noah, explained as soon as he saw the faint amazement on