Middle floors.

- Listen to me! We are going into the dungeon, a place where you never know what to expect, so I cannot promise that everyone will return alive! But I ask you to believe in me, to believe in Gareth and Riveria, and most of all to believe in yourself. Each of you are members of Loki's family, so don't dare think that you are ordinary adventurers. I will do my best to... - Finn stood in front of his family in Central Park and gave an inspiring speech, the family banner proudly flying behind him.

The words of the pallum inspired everyone around, the flame of desires and aspirations fanned with renewed vigor. Everyone except the boy with a confused look. A red-haired woman standing nearby sensed his anxiety and decided to find out the situation.

- Shichika, what's the matter, don't you like the speech?

- Everyone around him believes, but Finn himself... In the depths of his soul, doubts want to devour him. He simply ignores them for the sake of his goal.

- But?

- But is the goal worth ending with a hole in your heart?

- Wow! Just...Wow! And this is said by a boy who will not always be able to maintain a dialogue. So what are you going to do? Will you convince him? Will you make him stop?

- I will share his burden and, if necessary... I will expose myself to attack, along with him.

- Does this affect only him or...

- No, each of those present is dear to me.

- Then... what if I order one of them to be killed by your hands?

- I will refuse.

- Not an iota of doubt. People really change, - the answer clearly amused the goddess.

- Everyone changes, not everyone is ready to accept it.

- Stop philosophizing, everyone is ready.

As usual, the expedition of a large family began to move, dividing into several parts. The groups agreed to meet on the 18th floor. Shichika was assigned to Gareth's team, where there was a minimum number of friendly mages.

Upon reaching the 13th level of the dungeon, he will leave the system and begin to mind his own business. In the meantime, he walked behind everyone, covering the formation. Gareth, as the strongest of those present and one of the best vanguard fighters in the city, led the way. Each of the split teams carried a good supply of supplies, with Riveria and Finn carrying more, for obvious reasons several adventurers of the fifth level are better than 1.

- Mr. Gareth, I certainly don't doubt him, but is it right to leave our backs to the kid? Despite the fact that we have several people of the 3rd level present here, - one of the fighters following the dwarf expressed his doubts.

- *Hahaha* It's true. Among you, only a couple of people caught a glimpse of him after the battle on the 12th. I'll tell you a simple fact, with such wounds even I would have lost consciousness, but Shichika made it all the way to the surface. So don't worry, if he will meet a serious enemy, he will stand to the end.

- If so, then great. But why, in this case, were we given the order to abandon him?

- Apparently, over the course of a year, you also developed feelings for him. Consider that he needs a lot of space to fight, I can't say more.

- Understood.

The further journey went without any questions. The squad walked in concentration, and every monster they encountered along the way was destroyed. As soon as their feet stepped onto the ground of the 13th floor, the boy quickly found himself at the front of the line, next to Gareth.

- I'm leaving.

- Of course, that's the plan. But for the future, don't leave the ranks without orders, as you'll expose the others.

- I'm sorry, I thought that no one would dare to attack us at this moment, - the boy, realizing his inexperience, uttered words of apology.

- Most likely you are right, but we have no right to make a mistake. Not everyone is like you; if we get ambushed, many will die. Now go.

The cave labyrinth is what floors 13 to 17 are called. This is also where the middle floors of the dungeon begin. The living structure once again abandoned the old rules, the surroundings consisted of bedrock, the previously flat terrain now rising up and down. Sometimes holes were found in the floor leading to a level or several down; such objects were called natural traps. It was also getting dark; a man without a falna could not fight in these places.

This time, Shichika was going to get materials to complete the quest and explore more than half of the floor.

The first group of monsters encountered in the side room was a mixture of hellhounds and almirajes. White hares, walking on two legs and using Landform as a weapon 1v1, did not pose a threat even to first-level fighters, but their final rank was determined by the guild as 2nd. The fact is that they extremely rarely move alone, but when gathered in a group they continuously attack their targets at high speed.

Hounds were famous for their ability to spew fire, capable of burning to the ground even an adventurer who had raised his rank in one gulp. Because of these monsters, when descending to the middle floors, all adventurers are recommended to wear Salamander Wool, capes made of fabric enchanted by the spirits of fire. The main effects of such clothing are increased resistance to fire and warming of the wearer.

However, for obvious reasons, Shichika did not have such an outfit on himself. Does he need it? No, but he would really like to. Although the magic around the boy was consumed and prevented him from casting spells, this had little to do with monsters capable of using magical energy.

Instead of composing complex spells, or maintaining a specific path of mana circulation, monsters simply used their innate organs to collect and spit out a blob of fire magic. As a result, the fire coming out of their mouths was much weaker, but was still capable of harm.

The Ignis Fatuus phenomenon could only occur if, during the attack preparation, Shichika abruptly entered the 50-meter range. The hellhounds did not attack from such a distance.

The battle had to be carried out at high speeds, destroying almirajes and their weapons, while constantly dodging fiery shots.

Two white rabbits with stones in the shape of axes simultaneously jumped from both sides at the boy, trying to deliver a fatal blow. One of them lost his head in flight as a result of a wave of the adventurer's hand, the other was caught as a result of a step to the side, the weapon was destroyed as a result of compression in Shichika's palm. After which the caught monster was thrown into one of the hounds standing at a distance, and was met by a fireball.

Only a magic crystal and black ash fell to the ground. The high-speed silhouette, rushing from side to side, approached the hounds, after which it finished off all 3 of them. Not a single dropped loot.

A few hours later, somewhere at the end of the first half of the floor, an adventurer was walking, a melody flowing from his mouth. Although it was too early to call it a melody. More like a sound of horror, comparable to the singing of a certain brown-haired cat girl. Even Asha, who loves to sing, wanted to unilaterally cancel part of the contract at the moment, but the situation seemed to be slowly improving.

Suddenly, a Dungeon Worm jumped out of the ground, with one movement of the hand it was cut from its toothy mouth to its tail, right in the middle. The teeth encountered along the way left white marks on the attacker's hand.

- I noticed before, but it seems to me that I subconsciously hit the weak points of monsters, and I feel the environment well, too well, even for level 2.

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Supreme Hunter I - Once upon a time, a girl lived on an island; according to tradition, during the year, the inhabitants of one of the villages hunted sea creatures, and the most worthy had the right to challenge the Сhosen one of Sea God. If the challenger wins, any of his wishes will be fulfilled.

Chasing a dream this girl honed her skills to incomparable heights, but she could never defeat the Сhosen one. His catch was always a little larger. A little more dangerous. A little more worthy. Envy arose in her.

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Meanwhile, Shichika was already able to collect the necessary body parts from the hellhounds and almirajes. All that remained was to obtain the second wing of the Crystal Mantis. The first one was already in the bag. According to the guild, this type of creature is rare, but the population on the 15th floor is slightly larger than in other places.

Useless information at the moment, throughout the entire time the adventurer occasionally met mantises attracted by various crystals and minerals, apparently they liked them for some reason.

This means that his journey continued. The monsters attacked almost continuously, but there was enough strength to defeat them. Only the burn on his left side hurt slightly. Reward for checking Pantry, even there the number of monsters has increased significantly.

After another five minutes of walking, Shichika's luck finally ran out. He met with a rather famous amazoness squad. Ishtar`s Berberas. Dressed in skimpy outfits, attractive women of all ages returned to the surface, their moods varied.

Basically, the girls were not very happy, with the exception of "her", a huge head and short limbs, the woman walked and proudly talked about her superiority.

- And they said that she is the most talented adventurer who will rise to the top of Orario in the future, I defeated her, in addition, I am also more beautiful. This Ais Wallenstein is a dummy, a doll if you like.

Common sense, saying that a woman who reached level 2 more than a year ago and a girl who just raised it are not each other's opponents, did not reach Phryne's mind. The rest of the squad members didn't want to talk about it.

- Oh, what kind of sweet boy is this? - the toad-like amazoness noticed Shichika coming from afar.

- "Onryo", he is also from the Loki family, but in my opinion he is a coward, no one saw him fight, and many believe that his own family spread rumors about his rampage so that no one would touch him. And as for me they are true, even the nickname was suggested personally by his goddess, - a teenager of about 13 years old acted as the brain of the group.

- Loki's family again? Then I can't take him away, but I can beat him, like I did with the doll.

- I may be far away, but my hearing is good.

- So you heard everything, and what will you do? Will you try to avenge your girlfriend? Then go ahead, - the dialogue was followed by a boring provocation.

- She's not my girlfriend, and I won't fight with you. This makes no sense, - the flame of desire around each of the girls, except for the toad, was normal, just filled with disdain.

- *Spit* I knew it! He is a weakling and a liar. Let's leave. - Aisha Belka confirmed her guesses.

Walking the opposite way, a terrible singing was heard behind the girls, almost knocking some of them off their feet.

- I understood! He kills monsters with his voice!

- Exactly! - an interesting theory has arisen among the Berberas.

The boy went his own way, not worrying about future rumors. Soon the last wing was obtained, which means its path lay on the surface.