At Last, He Appeared...

After that, Orario returned to a state of peace once more.

The abnormal situation on the Dungeon's 24th Floor had also been resolved. The monsters' abnormally explosive numbers no longer appeared, and even the food storage site where the incident had occurred had returned to its original state under the Dungeon's self-healing ability, as though nothing had ever happened.

However, anyone perceptive enough would discover that all sorts of undercurrents were swirling beneath that calm.

The Guild's people were secretly running about under some mysterious instruction, though no one knew what they were investigating.

Likewise, members of the Loki Familia were quietly carrying out unknown operations under Loki's or Finn's orders. Some were investigating things, while others were trying to make contact with the Guild and obtain secret information.

Some noticed this phenomenon and privately found it strange. Others silently kept watch, as though intending to get to the bottom of it, and took action of their own as well.

Still, all of this was happening in secret. On the surface, the Guild remained the same Guild, diligently carrying out its duties day after day and providing services to adventurers. The Loki Familia, too, seemed to have merely placed a hidden piece on the board without devoting most of its energy to it, continuing instead to prepare for its next expedition.

To outsiders, the Loki Familia's preparations were perfectly normal.

Since their previous expedition had failed, they naturally needed to prepare properly this time, wash away their shame, reach the unexplored floors in one go, update the Familia's deepest floor reached, and win back their reputation, wealth, popularity, and everything else.

Even the Loki Familia's members were quietly holding back a surge of determination, preparing to redeem themselves. Bete, Tiona, Tione, and the others especially could not bear to continue