Taking Down the Third Floor Boss, the Two-Headed Rattlesnake

The main city on Aincrad's third floor was called Zumfort. The floor was covered by a vast forest and served as the starting area for the elf questline.

There was also a hot spring inn there.

Under the moonlight.

White mist drifted through the air.

Asuna had tied her flaxen hair into a neat bun—the classic married woman's hairstyle—and placed a large white towel atop her head. In the hot spring, she lifted one slender, jade-white leg and let out a soft, contented hum.

"This feels so good~"

Usagisawa Misumi sat on a huge rock in the middle of the hot spring, her whole body wrapped in a white towel. She tightly clutched the towel over her chest to keep it from slipping.

"It really does feel nice~"

In the men's bath next door.

Akasaka was far less particular. He had already started scooping warm water with a wooden basin, sitting on a small stool and scrubbing himself clean.

He clearly came here to bathe and had no idea how to enjoy a hot spring at all.

Meanwhile, Diavel and the members of the raid group were nowhere near as relaxed. Having just defeated Illfang the Kobold Lord, the first-floor boss, he immediately led everyone to the second floor.

Yet as soon as they arrived and prepared to challenge the boss, they discovered that all the high-level monsters had already been cleared out. The sight made Diavel grit his teeth in fury.

"Damn you, Tiger King! You didn't leave us a single good thing!"

It turned out that Akasaka had cleared all the high-level monsters on the second floor in advance and taken all the valuable loot, leaving only scattered scraps behind—things Akasaka had deemed beneath his notice and left for the raid group.

How could Diavel not be furious?