Before they knew it, more than a month had passed.
Because the game settings had been changed, there were no mana-restoring potions in this world anymore. This had also slowed the progress of both the raid group and Akasaka's side in clearing bosses.
They had originally been able to clear roughly one floor every three days.
Now, due to mana limitations, they could only clear about one floor a week.
After all, when they were short on mana, they had to consider the mana cost even before using a skill.
It had also greatly increased the likelihood of death, so everyone had become more cautious. They no longer charged ahead as recklessly as before.
Although Kayaba Akihiko had given every player twenty resurrection coins, those could run out too. Nearly all players regarded them as their final trump card and refused to use them unless absolutely necessary.
Floor 62.
It was a dungeon setting.
The boss here was the Rock Dragon, which lived near a volcanic crater.
Akasaka was leading his team against the boss here, and they had just defeated it.
They had gone from Floor 58 to Floor 62 in a month. The pace was indeed rather slow, but there was nothing they could do about it.
Because mana was limited, they could only clear one floor per week. On top of that, they had to split the bosses evenly with the Knights of the Blood. Including the Floor 58 clear, Akasaka had actually only cleared three floors this month, but it was enough to pay Argo's salary...
Argo was not currently part of the boss-raiding team. Akasaka mainly found her level and damage output far too low, so he had assigned her to intelligence management—meaning she had returned to her old trade as an information broker.
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