Eina was tensely sorting through the documents in her hands, working as quickly as she could.
Since early that morning, more adventurers than usual had been coming in. Although most were not there for consultations, only to check the noticeboard and exchange information, even a small fraction of them was enough to leave the receptionists overwhelmed.
"So busy! We're so busy!"
Faced with the throng crowding the hall, even her close friend Misha, who usually dragged her into slacking off now and then, had no time left to chatter.
"There's nothing we can do about it, given what's happened."
Once her workload eased a little, Eina began comforting Misha.
Over the past few days, a piece of news that made adventurers pale had gradually begun to spread.
The monsters seemed to be gradually migrating upward from the deep floors. Quite a few high-level adventurers in the lower floors had already encountered deep-floor monsters. Since they belonged to different Familias, the chances of collusion were extremely small, which undoubtedly lent the news greater credibility.
Monsters moving between floors was not uncommon, but an entire floor's worth moving was a disaster. One misstep could wipe out a Familia's main force. To the gods who treated the mortal realm as a game, this was like having an account they had painstakingly leveled destroyed by a bug-utterly unacceptable. Quite a few gods had already gone to pressure the Guild, demanding detailed information.
Finally, under pressure from various quarters, the Guild had no choice but to provide accurate information. It confirmed that the monsters were migrating upward, but also made it clear that this did not affect the entire Dungeon. Rather, it had begun on a particular deep floor and was gradually spreading upward. What abnormality had occurred on that floor remained unconfirmed.
Still, the