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While the Loki Familia adventurers stared wide-eyed at the environment before them, Noah suddenly stepped forward, came to the only path through the dense forest, and crouched down.
Noah's actions immediately drew everyone's attention.
Only then did the three leaders—Finn, Riveria, and Gareth—notice something.
On the forest path where Noah had crouched, there were traces of thick, purplish-black fluid.
"This is..." Riveria slowly narrowed her eyes.
"Larval Type monster corrosive fluid?"
"No, it isn't corrosive fluid. It should be bodily fluid." Finn came beside Noah and crouched down as well. After examining the viscous liquid on the ground, he reached that conclusion.
"It seems those Larval Type monsters really did come to this floor. They followed the forest path ahead, heading somewhere."
A closer look made it obvious.
The only path through the forest was covered in large amounts of thick, purplish-black fluid.
The fluid formed a long trail that extended forward along the path.
Thus, Finn's deduction was completely convincing.
"Leaving aside that new species of monster, there don't seem to be any signs of other monsters anywhere around here." Gareth rested his battle axe on his shoulder and surveyed the surroundings, his brow furrowing tightly.
"Could the Larval Type monsters have taken all their Magic Stones and killed them all?"
No one could answer that question.
The group could only fall silent one after another, looking at each other without knowing how to react.
The fifty-ninth floor of the Dungeon.
By setting foot on this floor, the Loki Familia had officially broken their own record for deepest descent.
Everyone had prepared themselves for a desperate battle to reach this point.
Yet after entering this floor, not only had they encountered no monsters, but