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"Eh?"
When Noah's group passed through the passage deep within the cavern where the Floor Master resided and arrived on the eighteenth floor, the sight before them left Bell rooted to the spot.
Ahead stretched a vast grassland.
At the end of the grassland lay a forest thick with trees and a riverbank filled with the gentle murmur of flowing water.
Above them, at the ceiling of the floor, countless crystals had grown together without a single gap, like a forest of ice, casting down sunlight-like rays.
The fresh air and beautiful scenery, utterly incompatible with a monster-filled dungeon, gave Bell an overwhelming shock and left him standing there blankly.
"C-Captain?" Bell asked, completely dumbfounded.
"Th-This is the Dungeon, right?"
It was no wonder Bell asked such a question. The environment and atmosphere of the eighteenth floor differed far too greatly from the monster-filled labyrinth, enough to make anyone doubt whether this was truly the Dungeon.
Even Lili, who had been here once before, was amazed by the scenery before her, let alone Bell, who was seeing it for the first time.
"Well? Isn't it incredible?" Tiona said with a grin.
"But this is undoubtedly the Dungeon, you know?"
"This is the Dungeon's first Safe Floor. Once you reach here, there's no need to worry about safety anymore," Tione said.
"Everyone can rest here without worry."
"But what should we do next?" Lefiya carried a huge backpack as she gazed into the distance. Standing on tiptoe, the elf girl looked as beautiful as a painting, leaving Bell staring at her for several seconds.
"Are we going to the town?"
"A town?" Bell was truly stunned.
"There's even a town