(Heartfelt thanks to 'GBR Cult Leader' for the 2,000 reward, and to 'Wufeng Haotian,' 'GS Chaoshi,' and 'True Dragon Tiger King' for their rewards!)
"Squish... squish squish..."
As the battle within the vast cavern chamber grew ever fiercer, the ceiling of the 58th Floor, which the Cannon Dragons had blasted open, began to repair itself amid a series of strange noises.
As the ceiling gradually repaired itself, fewer and fewer Flying Dragons came swooping in from the other floors.
No one knew how much time had passed, but the blasted-open ceiling eventually recovered completely, preventing any more Flying Dragons from other floors from entering.
At the same time, fewer and fewer Larval Type monsters poured out from the passage leading to the 57th Floor, until they stopped appearing altogether.
Under such circumstances, as the melee continued, the number of Flying Dragons and larvae steadily dwindled.
In the end, the Larval Type monsters, armed with their formidable corrosive fluid, emerged victorious. They swallowed the Magic Stones one after another, wriggled their bodies, and began moving south across the cavern chamber, entering the passage leading to the 59th Floor.
As the last Larval Type monster surged into the passage and entered the 59th Floor, the cavern chamber fell completely silent.
After a while, three figures slowly emerged from behind a fallen, dead Cannon Dragon at the western edge of the cavern chamber.
"...Those monsters actually all entered the lower floor."
Lefiya gripped her staff and carried her backpack, staring at the entrance to the passage leading to the 59th Floor with clear disbelief in her eyes.
It was not only Lefiya. Even Ais had fallen silent.
They had hunted monsters of other species as a group and swallowed their Magic Stones.
They had migrated as a group and entered other floors.
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