Chapter 185: Riveria's strength; the 52nd Floor~
"Ais, wind!"
"Wind, come forth!"
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The members' coordination could be said to be accurate to the millisecond. As Ais swung her silver rapier, a raging storm wrapped around her, while the werewolf drew the Roland-series twin swords at his waist for the first time.
"Die for me, you disgusting creature ahhh-!"
With the protection of Ais' wind magic, the two vanguards instantly charged into the monsters' formation and began a massacre.
"Awrooarrr-!"
The entire passage echoed with the adventurers' roars and curses, mingling with the monsters' wails of agony.
The clash between the two sides flared up!
The foul stench and terrifying sprays of corrosive liquid still made them frown, but unlike last time, the adventurers, now familiar with their enemies' abilities, no longer appeared clumsy. Instead, they carried out a one-sided slaughter.
With Ais and Bete at the front, the two used barriers formed by wind magic to deflect every attack, whether the corrosive breath, rupturing bodies, or self-destructive splashes, none of it could reach them, swept away by the raging storm swirling around them.
The silver rapier turned into an afterimage, Ais unleashing lightning-fast slashes that cleanly dismantled enemies' bodies. Empowered by speed and the wind's support, Bete easily kicked through the bodies of monsters.
"Boom-!"
Occasional pillars of flame from the rear helped Ais and Bete clear away monsters the two couldn't handle, disrupting enemy formations.
With brand-new "Durandal" equipment, the advantage of information, and perfect coordination, the adventurers fought the new species once again, now holding absolute dominance.
Adding in the strengthened Fron and Ais, the team's overall combat strength was on a whole new level.
In less than ten minutes, thanks to Fron's successive rapid-fire spells and Ais and Bete clad in wind, countless new monsters were mercilessly cut down. Even their endless numbers couldn't withstand such overwhelming waves of attack.
"Ais' wind is practically their natural enemy!" Tiona, now at mid-guard, laughed cheerfully.
"Riveria, prepare your magic."
"[Harbinger of the end, the white snow.]"
"[Blow with the wind before the twilight.]"
"[Closing light, the freezing land]"
"[Blizzard, the three severe winters - my name is Alf]"
Riveria's first-stage chant was finally spoken aloud.
This seasoned mage, using the overwhelming suppression created by Fron, Ais, and Bete, employed parallel chanting techniques to complete her spell.
For the city's strongest mage at Lv.6's peak, these worm monsters didn't even warrant her second-stage spells. And… for a party desperate to break through their current predicament, wide-area control magic was even more effective.
"All units, retreat!!! Artillery incoming!"
In the midst of battle, Finn activated his commander's skill, delivering his order clearly into everyone's ears.
Following his message, Ais, Bete, Tiona, and the others swiftly withdrew toward the middle and rear, avoiding the straight line before Riveria.
In that instant of reformation and contraction, the enemies seized the opportunity, surging madly at the adventurers and unleashing sprays of corrosive breath!
"Fron, I'm already ready!"
"I understand!"
Trying to break through during the gap as Riveria prepared her magic was all within Commander Finn's expectations.
In this brief vacuum where the entire party had no offensive capability…
Fron's rapid-fire magic was the perfect filler!
At the back of the formation, the young man's expression twisted in disgust as he faced the nauseating worms, loudly shouting the name of his spell.
"[Flame Bolt!]"
"Boooom, !"
"[Flame Bolt!]"
"Boooom, !"
Two massive pillars of fire shot through the path cleared by his companions, engulfing every enemy closing in on the team!
"Awroooarrr, !"
The monsters shrieked in terror, thrashing their bodies, but it was futile!
"[Wynn Fimbulvetr]!"
A green magic circle illuminated everyone's faces, and from Riveria's hands came the most supreme winter's deathly radiance.
"Whoooooo, !"
Visibly, three brilliant white blizzards pierced through the passage, stretching as far as the eye could see!
The chilling bombardment froze every single monster in sight on the spot!
Even the dungeon's floors, walls, and ceiling were no exception, all turned into a world of ice and snow…
From the city's strongest mage came the strongest bombardment: with a single strike, the entire horde was annihilated. The dazzling brilliance was so overwhelming that Finn, Gareth, Lefiya, and the others could only stand awestruck.
"As expected of Lady Riveria, so strong."
Even Fron, secretly comparing himself, could only feel utterly inferior in the end.
With her ultimate stats, almost cheat-like double amplification skills, and enhanced chant time, even Fron's full-power magic could hardly match this level.
Judging from Riveria's calm expression, she clearly hadn't even gone all out.
Don't forget, both Riveria and Lefiya's attacks were capable of spanning two whole levels. That was their terrifying nature.
"As expected of you, Riveria. If only the magic swords I forged could unleash this kind of power!"
"Um, Miss Tsubaki. If magic swords could do that, then us magees wouldn't even have a place anymore."
Lefiya puffed her cheeks and protested indignantly.
"Well, it's true it's impossible to make them that powerful."
Riveria's magic had completely frozen the dungeon. Not only did it annihilate all the monsters in one stroke, it even disabled the dungeon's monster-birth function.
Taking advantage of this, the party smashed the frozen monsters into pieces and dashed ahead, finally reaching the passage to the 52nd floor.
"Use this time to recover, everyone, especially Ais and Fron. You two spent the most just now."
"Understood!"
At this point, Fron didn't hesitate to take out his carried potions for mental energy recovery. Tossing one to Ais, he downed one himself.
"From here on, we must be prepared to proceed without resupply."
"The moment we step into the passage, there will be no retreat, only the path forward."
"Finally, in the coming floors, conserve your strength as much as possible. We need to reach the 58th floor in one go."
"Do you all understand?!"
"Yes!"
"Then… welcome to hell, adventurers!"