"Now that we've reached the nineteenth floor, we've seen everything we needed to see."
"As for those people..."
"Tsukuyo just said there were a lot of them, and their leader's level was definitely not low."
"Trouble involving illegal dealings and an unknown exit..."
Onigawara Rin turned to the others.
"...is no longer something we can decide to meddle in on our own."
"Rather than acting without permission..."
"We're completely unfamiliar with the Great Tree Labyrinth on the nineteenth floor. Rushing after them could easily put us at a disadvantage."
"We should hurry back and tell Lord God exactly what happened."
"Let Lord God decide."
"After all, Lord God's judgment is always more accurate than ours."
"Yes!" × N.
After hearing Onigawara Rin's words,
everyone nodded in agreement.
Having made up their minds,
none of them intended to linger at the edge of this dark, damp woodland.
Fierce Man turned his enormous body around.
The group turned back.
They retraced their route.
Chapter 136: Handing out equipment~
Along the way, the ordinary monsters on the upper and middle floors posed little real obstacle to the girls.
However,
frequent fighting inevitably took its toll.
Especially on Enju Aihara.
Her long boots, made from nothing more than ordinary materials, had long been teetering on the brink of falling apart.
And so,
while they were passing through the tenth floor on their return journey,
as she shattered the hard breastbone of a Pigman blocking their path with a kick,
there was a crack.
The sole of Enju Aihara's boot finally split apart completely and fell off.
Not only that, but the upper tore into several ragged strips as well, leaving it utterly useless as a shoe.
With no other choice,
Enju Aihara shook off the scraps of cloth and climbed barefoot onto Fierce Man's