The Most Suitable Course of Action

"I'll go with you."

When Ais said those words, everyone present turned to look at her.

"Ais?"

Riveria called out to the other person with a frown.

Ais simply looked at Finn and repeated it once more.

"I'm going with Leo."

This wasn't to protect Leo, at least not entirely.

Ais also wants to explore the Dungeon and continue to grow stronger.

While Ais felt gratified that her own strength was stagnant, Leo was catching up at an astonishing pace. This made her both relieved and, unusually, anxious.

During this time, Ais, like everyone else, was spurred on by Leo and began to work desperately hard, but her progress was still minimal.

This made Ais realize that if she needed to make a round trip in the same day, she couldn't go to too deep a floor, fight monsters strong enough, or gain much useful experience.

To make progress, you have to delve into deeper levels.

Just then, Leo was also preparing to leave his clan for a while and stay in the Dungeon for an extended period. He would use safe floors as bases to infiltrate the Dungeon as deeply as possible, and he was even preparing to go to the deeper areas beyond the 37th Floor. Naturally, Ais wanted to go with him.

He can both protect Leo and team up with him to explore the deeper realms and fight powerful monsters. No matter how you look at it, he should go with me.

So, without hesitation, Ais stepped forward.

Lefiya Viridis, who was standing next to her, looked up but did not stop Ais. Instead, she said something along with Ais.

"I want to go too!"

Lefiya Viridis certainly didn't want to go with Leo.

Her goal was Ais, and she said that so that she could go with Ais.

Moreover, she didn't want to fall further behind Leo. Now that she had the opportunity to explore the deeper realms, she had to seize it.

"I've been practicing Parallel Chanting for a while now, and I can now move and chant smoothly even when facing weaker monsters. In that case, the next step is to train against stronger monsters."

That's what Lefiya Viridis was thinking.

It has to be said that the "Carrot Visualization Method" that Leo taught her before was quite effective. Lefiya Viridis is now able to move and chant magic at the same time when facing attacks from weak monsters.

In the past, even if Lefiya Viridis wasn't nervous or timid when facing weak monsters, she wouldn't have been able to calmly move while chanting magic.

The Serene Heart that Riveria spoke of, she had already achieved part of through Leo's "Imagination of the Lolita".

Next, we must continue to strive for excellence and undertake even more challenging training.

Therefore, Lefiya Viridis did not try to stop Ais, but instead suggested going along.

Seeing this, Tiona, who had been bouncing around nearby, became anxious.

"Me! Me! Me too!" Tiona exclaimed. "I haven't finished paying off my debts yet!"

Tiona's second-generation Ullr Twin Blades has been successfully created and taken home by her.

However, this first-class weapon, made entirely of Adamantite, still costs a staggering 120 million, just like the first generation.

Tiona has incurred a large debt as a result and has been struggling to figure out how to earn money as quickly as possible to pay it off.

Therefore, being able to delve into deeper realms to fight monsters and make money is a good opportunity for her.

This made Gareth laugh.

"If all of you go together, then we can rest assured."

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Finn and Riveria also relaxed.

Ais is Lv.5, Tiona is also Lv.5, and with Lefiya Viridis possessing Lv.5 firepower, if these three team up with Leo to conquer the Dungeon, it would be much more reliable than Finn's initial idea of finding two teammates of the same level as Leo.

"Where's Tione? Do you want to come along?"

The little angel hadn't forgotten to give her older sister a ride, but unfortunately, her sister didn't appreciate it.

"No way! I'd die if I couldn't see the commander for a whole week!"

Tione's righteous words silenced Finn.

Without a second thought, Finn spoke to Tione.

"You should come with me, Tione," Finn said casually. "I can only feel at ease if you come with me."

This is a lie.

Finn only brought it up because he didn't want to be bothered by Tione.

Finn has recently accumulated some work to teach Leo and wanted to take care of it properly, but he didn't want to be bothered by the enthusiastic Amazon every day, wasting his time and getting mentally exhausted.

So he simply kicked them out.

"Commander~~~"

Tione was deeply moved by Finn's trusting words.

"So easily fooled!"

On the contrary, the usually innocent and carefree Tiona realized that Finn was trying to get rid of them and cast a pitying look at her older sister.

Regardless, Tione was intimidated and seems likely to join the raiding party.

With Tione's addition, everything is even more foolproof.

Seeing that the matter was already settled, Riveria could only say this.

"You guys, remember to do everything within your capabilities, and absolutely do not act recklessly."

Riveria gave her a warning.

"Getting to around the 37th Floor shouldn't be a problem for you guys, but whatever you do, don't go any further down, understand?"

Gareth also became serious and warned the group.

"You're allowed to infiltrate up to the 40th Floor, but not beyond that. Even if you're in a team, going there isn't entirely risk-free." Finn's gaze swept over the group as he said, "It's best not to go beyond the 37th Floor, since the floor masters will be reborn soon."

Upon hearing this, Leo and the others were taken aback at first, but then they all remembered.

"That's right." Tiona clapped her hands and said, "If you do the math, Udaeus is indeed about to be reborn."

Udaeus's production interval is three months. The Loki Familia defeated it during their last expedition, putting it into a production cooldown period.

The last expedition of Loki Familia was more than two months ago, before Leo received Blessing of the Gods.

Judging by the timeline, the opponent will finish their cooldown and respawn in about a week.

The floor owner, whose classification level is Lv.6, is located on the 37th Floor.

If Leo and his companions were to venture to the floors beyond the 37th floor, they would inevitably encounter this powerful floor master, whether going there or coming back.

At that point, even with three Level 5 adventurers and two Level 2 adventurers with Level 5 offensive capabilities, they might still be helpless against this Level 6 floor master.

After all, it's the floor master, a super-large monster. Even a team of adventurers of the same level would have a hard time defeating it, let alone Leo and the others, whose levels are all lower than its.

Goliath, even with its "Durability Specialization" at Lv.5, is difficult for a level 5 adventurer to defeat single-handedly. Udaeus is even more unique and special than Goliath. Even Loki Familia's expeditionary force would need to deploy its full elite force to safely subdue it. It's not impossible for Leo and his group to defeat it, but it's certainly extremely difficult.

This was only possible because Ais and Leo were present.

Both of them possess the ability to challenge opponents of higher levels, which is why they had some chance of winning against Udaeus. If they were just ordinary Lv.5s, they would definitely not be able to defeat Udaeus.

"You can return in a week."

Finn drew his conclusion.

"The safest course of action is to return before Udaeus is reborn."

Let's deal with that person on the next expedition.

In order to avenge his previous defeat, Finn was not prepared to wait a long time until all the aftermath of the last expedition was resolved before he began preparations for the next expedition.

At that time, the expeditionary force should be facing off against the floor master of the 37th Floor.

"Don't push yourself, okay?"

As Finn said this, he glanced at Ais.

Ais almost instinctively avoided Finn's gaze.

As for Leo, he watched as his adventure team was chosen in just a few words, and he was almost caught off guard.

How did things suddenly turn out like this?

He had no plans to team up with anyone!

His original plan was to undertake this adventure alone.

However, seeing that everything was already settled, he opened his mouth, but ultimately decided to say nothing.

Even if you did say it, it would most likely be useless.

It's obvious that neither Finn, Riveria, nor even Gareth would agree to him venturing into the Deep Realm alone, even though Leo safety has been greatly enhanced with [Comet Pursuit].

"All right."

Leo's gaze swept over Ais, Tiona, Tione, and Lefiya Viridis in turn, and finally he shrugged.

"This familiar combination—hopefully we won't run into those disgusting worm monsters again this time."

You know, this was the same group that encountered those disgusting worm monsters on the 51st Floor last time.

"How could we possibly run into it again?" Tione, arms crossed, pursed his lips and said, "If something like that could get up to the upper floors, the Dungeon would be in chaos by now."

"Yes, yes," Lefiya Viridis muttered sullenly, "Running from the 51st Floor to the 50th Floor is normal, but running from the 50th Floor to a place like the 37th Floor is no joke."

Unlike the areas below the 50th Floor, where only one or two Familia can reach, the 37th Floor, although already a deep realm, still has a number of Familia in Orario, even if not many.

The Loki Familia and Freya Familia, the two strongest families in the city, need no further introduction. Families like the Ganesha Familia and Ishtar Familia, which are second only to the strongest faction in the city, have also already refreshed their floor levels to areas below the 37th Floor.

If the worm monster were to get into that kind of place, it would very likely cause massive casualties.

Those clans that can barely explore that area will definitely not fare well if they encounter these monsters that even Loki Familia had to retreat from after suffering heavy losses.

Even Tiona said so.

"I don't want to run into those worms again! What if the second-generation Ullr gets dissolved again?!"

Thinking of her first-generation dual blade, Ullr, Tiona's eyes welled up with tears again.

She was heartbroken!

One hundred and twenty million Valis, dissolved just like that, it's heartbreaking!

"If I run into those monsters again, I'll turn around and run!"

The fact that the formidable Amazon made such a statement, retreating without a fight, shows how much psychological trauma those worm monsters inflicted on Tiona.

Pity----

"I just don't know if we'll actually run into each other."

Leo muttered to himself.

He vaguely remembered that entering the Dungeon during this period might lead to encounters with the guys behind those worm monsters.

That's how it is in the original story; whether things will change now, Leo doesn't know.

Because of his presence, the previous events changed somewhat. There were no unexpected incidents on the way back from the expedition, and no sudden dangers occurred during the Monsterphilia. This proves that some things are indeed changing.

Leo wasn't sure if anything would change, so he could only take it one step at a time.

He was actually quite passive. Although he knew some of the future developments in the original story, he couldn't reveal everything due to issues such as the unknown source of the information. In addition, his existence had already caused some changes in the plot, so Leo was really worried that even if he revealed everything about the future he already knew, those things would not happen again.

If things really turn out that way, you'll be the one in trouble.

In this world filled with all sorts of gods and beings of unknown origin, the ability to foresee things is of little use. At best, it might allow one to prepare for certain events in advance.

"Once I have the strength, I'll strike at the heart of the enemy's territory all at once and resolve everything. That's the best approach for me."

Leo knew better than anyone that he still needed time to grow.

Before you have enough strength, don't think about changing the future. The wisest thing to do is to try your best to make up for the regrets that cannot be undone in the original story and change the outcome of some things.

Otherwise, going too deep into those bottomless darkness will ultimately harm not only yourself but also those around you.

Take your time, there's no rush.

Leo told himself this more than once.

Time is in your favor; the longer you delay, the stronger you will become, and the more confident you will be in facing those things.

Therefore, what Leo needs to consider most right now is to do his best to grow, strive, and become stronger while ensuring the safety of his clan.

"Udaeus ----"

Leo's eyes flickered slightly as he recalled the floor owner that everyone had just mentioned.

No one knew what he was thinking. The group discussed it for a while, then dispersed to prepare for their departure.

Leo returned to his room, put on his Giant Battle Suit, took the Dragon Fang Sword and the Emerald Staff, stuffed all the elixirs into his pouch, tied it to his lower back, and then set off.

The group gathered at the main gate, then went into the city to buy some necessities for their adventure, before finally heading together towards the Babel Tower.