(Thank you very much to 'Mikuni SQ', 'Descendant of Ruin', and 'Tianlin Star Shadow' for the rewards!)
Amid successive explosions, the crater, red-hot as molten lava, was buried beneath rubble from the blasted-open ceiling.
A thick cloud of smoke rose up, acrid and choking.
Under such circumstances, Noah, Ais, and Lefiya vanished from everyone's sight.
"Ais!" Tiona and Tione's expressions changed.
"Damn it!" Bert clicked his tongue and was just about to rush over when he was immediately stopped.
"No one is allowed to go back!" Finn gave the order in a stern tone.
"We can't stop! Otherwise, we'll be sniped! Keep charging forward!"
"...You've got to be kidding me, right?" Bert's expression became exceptionally ugly.
"You think Ais will be fine, running around the lower floors alone with those two burdens?"
"She'll be fine!" Finn answered without hesitation.
"As long as that man is there, no matter what happens, keeping them alive won't be a problem. What we need to worry about is ourselves. Everyone, keep moving forward. That is the captain's order!"
Having said that, Finn did not even care whether Bert would comply. He immediately turned around and continued charging ahead.
"Let's go," Riveria said as well.
"There's no mistake in listening to Finn."
"Don't even think about casually jumping into one of those blasted-open holes," Gareth warned them.
"With the floors separating us, the enemy still can't hit us with absolute accuracy. But if you jump straight in, you'll be exposing yourselves right in front of their cannons. If you die then, you'll only have yourselves to blame."
After saying that, Riveria and Gareth followed Finn.
"...Will they really be okay?"
"...Finn is right. With that person there, rather than worrying about them, we should worry about ourselves."
After struggling with the decision for a moment,