137 Hardships (5)

On the second days while facing the cold, the party managed to obtain one hundred and twenty cores. Their progress was evident, but they weren't getting carried away because they only had been facing three golems at a time, it was a clear signal that they didn't even reach half of the second floor…

"Things aren't going the way we planned, huh…" Lily said when they were heading to the inn. "What we should do now?"

"You think so?" Billy asked. "I think we are doing just fine."

"At this rate, we will take too long to reach the final level of the dungeon," Lily said. "We are against time, remember?"