"She"... Who Is It?

Thump!

A massive pillar fell from the sky, crashing to the ground without any warning, landing right where Leo and Ais were.

The two were already quite close together, since the rest of the people present were adventurers from other clans, and only the two of them were partners from the same clan. Moreover, this wasn't the first time they had fought side by side, and they were already used to confirming each other's positions and moving closer to each other whenever they had the chance. So when the huge pillar fell, Leo and Ais happened to be together and were both caught in the impact.

Leo and Ais reacted quickly, initiating an emergency retreat the instant the pillar fell, dodging to the left and right as if being bounced away, thus avoiding the direct impact of the pillar.

But, the next second, pillars made entirely of green flesh and blood began to fall from the ceiling, landing with a series of "thump, thump, thump" sounds, raising thick clouds of dust.

"Careful!"

Asfi was shouting, while the members of the Hermes Familia were scrambling to avoid the falling green pillars. But they soon realized that the pillars' main target wasn't them at all, but rather Leo and Ais, who were constantly dodging them.

Leo retreated rapidly, leaping away again and again with his toes touching the ground to avoid the green pillars falling from the sky, but was relentlessly pursued.

Ais kept dodging backwards with backflips, her figure quickly swallowed up by the rising dust.

When the green pillars stopped falling from the sky and Leo and Ais stopped dodging, everyone was astonished to find that the entire road had been divided in two by the green fleshy pillars.

The green fleshy pillars were arranged in a precise pattern, forming a new fleshy wall that divided the passage into left and right sides.

At this moment, Leo and Ais are in the left passage, while Asfi and other members of Hermes's group are in the right passage.

Seeing this, everyone understood what was going on.

"We were deliberately separated!"

Asfi clicked her tongue in amazement.

Unfortunately, they soon had no time to consider this.

"Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

The shattered gong roared throughout the passage, and one after another, Man-Eating Flower monsters surged forward from the front, resembling long worms fighting for food.

"Attack!"

Asfi made a decisive command, ordering the front ranks of the team to raise their shields once again.

"Asfi! What about those two?!"

Lulune used her dagger to cut off a tentacle and hurriedly made a sound.

"Let's deal with the enemy in front of us first!" Asfi threw several explosives, creating a blast as she calmly said, "Those two together are unlikely to get hurt! It's us—we might be in danger!"

Just as Asfi said, with the loss of Leo and Ais, two formidable fighters, the Hermes Familia's team faced immense pressure as they struggled to deal with the Man-Eating Flower army.

These Man-Eating Flower monsters were not weak to begin with; they were certainly not something a level 3, second-tier adventurer could easily handle. Otherwise, Rivira Town wouldn't have been destroyed by them.

The Hermes Familia's adventurers are mostly Lv.3, so dealing with the entire army of Man-Eating Flower won't be easy for them.

Previously, it was because of Leo and Ais that the two of them easily dealt with a large number of Man-Eating Flower monsters, absorbing most of the pressure, which is why there were no major problems.

Now that Leo and Ais are gone, the team's momentum has been greatly reduced, and their situation has become precarious.

Realizing this, Asfi immediately switched her thinking, using explosives to force back some of the Man-Eating Flower while reorganizing the situation to create a more advantageous formation for the team to resist the Man-Eating Flower plant army.

Meanwhile, Leo and Ais, who had been separated, were preparing to destroy the green pillar to reunite with Asfi and the others, but were stopped by a figure exuding a terrifying aura.

"Whoosh!"

The figure hurtled through the air like a bullet, hurtling towards Leo, who was reaching out a hand towards the green pillar, preparing to unleash Leo.

The scene was strikingly similar to when the opponent first appeared in Rivira Town on the 18th Floor and attacked without saying a word.

"Clang!!!"

A strange longsword with a hilt slashed through the air, but was blocked by a rough black longsword just before it was about to strike Leo's forehead, producing a crisp clash.

The swords clashed violently, sparks flying that illuminated their faces.

"Still as perceptive as ever, adventurer."

The red-haired woman who launched the attack spoke in a cold voice, her eyes flashing with murderous intent.

Leo was no longer knocked away by the opponent's attack as before, but stood firmly on the ground, his eyes gleaming coldly.

"Your greeting is still as rude as ever, you weirdo."

The visitor was none other than Revis.

About ten days later, the two sides finally met again.

It's in this Dungeon, on the 24th Floor.

With a "Send!", a silver military knife slashed from the side, its speed so incredible that it split the air and blurred the blade, leaving only a flash of silver light, cold and dangerous.

Without hesitation, the red-haired woman, Revis, abandoned Leo. Holding her strange longsword, she leaned back and narrowly dodged the incoming silver military knife, creating distance between herself and Leo.

Ais stood beside Leo, raising her beloved sword with the tip pointing at Revis, her eyes sharp.

"Aria."

Revis met Ais's sharp gaze and called out the name without wavering.

As expected, Ais reacted strongly to the name again.

"----I am not Aria."

The blonde girl bit her lip and spoke like this.

"No, you are Aria." Revis remained unfazed by Ais's rebuttal, saying, "Although I've never seen you, I've heard 'her' say that the wind doesn't lie, especially not someone like me."

"Her?" Ais frowned, staring intently at Revis, and asked, "Who is she?"

"Want to know?" Revis sneered, "Then come with me, I'll take you to see 'her'."

As she spoke, Revis raised the strange longsword in her hand.

The longsword was different from the one she had used in Rivira Town on the 18th Floor. It had a terrifying appearance, as if it had been made by directly taking flesh and blood from a living creature and pouring it into a sword mold. It had no decorations such as a guard, only a red blade and a rough appearance, and it did not look sharp at all.

The appearance of this longsword is quite similar to the black longsword that Leo is using at this moment. Both are the type of weapons that are made directly from materials found on monsters and have not undergone any polishing.

The blood-red longsword gave off an ominous feeling, as if it were some kind of demonic sword, and that anyone who was cut by it would be immediately cursed, so Ais dared not be careless at all.

Tell me—who is "she"?

Ais questioned him in an unprecedentedly cold voice.

"Why do you know Aria? And who are you?"

Naturally, Ais's questioning received no response.

Revis remained as indifferent and self-centered as ever, seemingly disregarding Leo and Ais in the slightest.

"I told you, come with me, and you'll find out."

Revis exuded an explosive killing intent and ferocity.

Clearly, she didn't intend to take Ais away gently.

As for you—

Revis glanced at Leo, who stood by coldly watching, seemingly unconcerned about the conversation between the two, and the murderous intent in her eyes intensified.

"I will fulfill my previous vow and kill you."

Upon hearing this, Leo walked forward expressionlessly.

He moved step by step, very calmly, seemingly completely unaware of the terrifying killing intent emanating from him.

He expressed his attitude silently, as if to say, "Bring it on."

"Tch—a mere adventurer—!"

As expected, the hot-tempered Revis couldn't tolerate Leo's attitude and was easily provoked.

"Bang!"

Without any hesitation, Revis crushed the Green Flesh beneath her feet, transforming herself into an arrow shot out with astonishing speed, rushing towards Leo.

During the surprise attack, the red longsword in her hand also drew out a dazzling light like splashing blood, slashing towards Leo. The blade went straight for Leo's throat, completely intending to kill the person in front of her without holding back any strength.

"Clang!!!"

In the fierce, bell-ringing exchange, this blood-red attack was once again blocked.

However, this time it wasn't Leo who was blocked, but Ais appeared in front of Leo at some unknown time, using her silver military knife to deflect Revis's sword.

"Ais."

Leo stopped and looked at the blonde girl with her back to him, calling out softly.

"Give her to me."

Ais held the Desperate, not turning back to look at Leo, but her back view seemed unwavering.

Before Leo could respond, Revis spoke first.

"It doesn't matter," she said coldly. "It doesn't matter who comes first, or even if you all come together, the result will be the same anyway."

Revis has that confidence.

After all, the three of them had already fought ten days ago, Revis believed she had a good grasp of their strength.

That guy isn't very strong; he's no match for me at all. I just need to be careful of his two spells.

"Aria" is quite strong, but even when she uses "Wind," she can only barely parry my attacks. I am fully capable of defeating her.

If the two were to join forces, they might pose a threat, but Revis still doesn't think she will lose.

Facing mere adventurers and humans, I have no reason to lose.

Revis, who thought this way, was soon proven wrong.

"Clang!"

Facing the horizontal slash of the red longsword, Ais caught it head-on, completely blocking the immense force from the sword and deflecting it back.

The clanging sound echoed through the passage like the striking of metal. Ais unleashed astonishing power, not only parrying Revis's slash but also swinging her sword wildly, knocking Revis back as she tried to block.

"You----?!"

A look of astonishment appeared on Revis's face.