Dragon Flash returned to her hand. Ritsuka projected a heavy shield, flipped up, and kicked it. The astonishing force drove the shield across the ground, crushing dozens of monsters beneath its weight even as they attacked it.
"Wha...!?"
A whistling wind sounded beside her ears, and Ritsuka's expression changed drastically.
A bizarre frog-like monster stared with its orange-yellow eye and lashed out with an extraordinarily long tongue from her blind spot.
Without hesitation, she threw Indestructible Holy Sword. Like a concealed weapon, its blade tore through the long tongue and nailed the frog-like monster to the ground.
Rumble...
Splat—!!
Before she could land, Ritsuka coughed up blood. A massive black bone spike had pierced through her lower abdomen from behind.
Udaios, hiding underground, had suddenly attacked and successfully struck the careless Ritsuka in a single blow. However, this was also an opportunity for Ritsuka.
"My Body Was Made of Swords..."
Her free left hand grabbed the bone spike piercing her body, and Ritsuka swung Dragon Flash to snap it apart.
Having finally caught sight of the Floor Master's movements, she charged at Udaios. Light flickered in her hand as the enormous Mountain Breaker sword smashed down upon the BOSS before it could retract itself.
Its ribs shattered, and the enormous, heart-like Magic Stone began to tremble.
"ROOOOOOAR—!!"
The roar, enough to shatter human eardrums, made Ritsuka narrow her eyes as she softly chanted.
Facing the thick arm crashing down from above, she—smaller than even the Magic Stone on Udaios's chest—rode the raging wind upward.
The scenery before her eyes began to change.
Riveria, Ais, and Lefiya arrived on the thirty-seventh floor.
Then, the three of them witnessed a sight they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
Brilliant light rose from the depths, illuminating the dark, narrow