Veto.

In the courtyard of Twilight Manor, a silver and golden flash intersected in an attempt to hit their "trainer". Upon reaching level 4, Bete and Ais greatly increased their abilities. In addition, the werewolf received Flosvirt, boots that can be charged from any magic absorbed in battle. Most often, during expeditions, he was influenced by "Ariel" Ais or small magical swords stored in advance.

Shichika also did not stand still, his status was approaching its maximum. At the end of the 5-minute segment, taken as a round of battle, the teenager, avoiding blows, again had no wounds. Although Shichika was sure that he would not be able to survive in a protracted battle with dodges alone. This was one of the reasons why long sparring sessions were reduced to 2-3 rounds. Another was the need to spend more time in the dungeon. Expanding floors required much more time and effort to fully explore.

And now, having received permission from the Guild, the teenager was waiting for a fight with the boss of the 25-27th floors. It cost him a lot of money, the price had eight zeros at the end., plus a couple of completed tasks. As a result, no expedition was scheduled for the date of the revival of Amphisbaena.

- Ais, why are you so gloomy?

- It seems to me that I am standing still. No matter how hard I try, I still can't hit it, - a girl with golden eyes and hair walked into the building with drooping shoulders.

- So what? You hold the record for leveling up. And every time you do it again and again. And this guy. He's just different, at this rate, very soon we will become much stronger than him. The higher the level, the greater the difference between them, remember?

- Yes.

Before the battle, Shichika entered the room at the top of the central tower; after the episode with the red light district, the couple decided to live together. The vacated room will serve as a new personal space for male newcomers.

Now there was no longer the usual mess of bottles of alcohol and various trinkets; the teenager took responsibility for cleaning the room. Approaching the bed, he began to slightly shake the sleeping woman. The red-haired goddess didn't often get up this early; she usually slept until breakfast.

- 5 more minutes...

The shaking began to intensify. In this state, Loki could no longer return to sleep.

- Shichika, how many times do I have to tell you, if you want to wake up the sleeping beauty, then you should kiss her.

- I think you made this up, - pulling the girl out of bed, the teenager looked seriously into her eyes. After which he kissed her anyway.

- And yet you believe me.

- With all my heart. I'm leaving today, I'll be back in a couple of days.

- I remember. Take care of yourself.

A little late due to the time spent on morning classes, Shichika met the monster rex on the 26th floor, the Amphisbaena that appeared had managed to move to a level higher than the original one.

The two-headed dragon was 20 meters tall and dozens of times wider than the orc. The right head had red eyes and was able to exhale a red mist that dispels magic. The left one had blue eyes and breathed fire of the same color, burning even on the surface of the water. It would be stupid to start a battle right now; first, the dragon had to be taken to a room where land prevailed. Having provoked it with a couple of weak blows, the adventurer began to run at maximum speed. He knew not to underestimate the speed of a level 5 creature.

During the chase, tongues of blue flame managed to touch Shichika's naked body, leaving burns on his back and left arm. Having run half the floor in this way. Finally, the destination was reached.

A large room, small streams of water flowed across the entire surface, and between them there were stones partially immersed in the liquid. Adventurers above level 2 had no problems moving around this place. Even if you slip in this place, the likelihood of breaking your nose is much higher than falling into one of the few deep streams.

Almost flying into the room, the Water City boss began spraying fire in random directions in anger. The adventurer moved along the wall farthest from the entrance, waiting for the distance to be reduced. Realizing that attacks from afar were of no use, the dragon rushed forward in an attempt to crush the insect in front of him.

It turned out that this was not so easy to do; the resourcefulness of the little creature was amazing. And unlike its terrestrial relatives, Amphisbaena did not have legs, only fins along the abdomen. Physical melee attacks fell on her powerful necks.

Swing after swing, the adventurer was driven to the corner of the room, where the fiery breath would finish him off. From residual memory, Monster Rex knew that the most unpleasant feature of these creatures was magic, special abilities that create powerful attacks from the air. But her body was covered in crystals, giving good protection against energy-based damage. In addition, she was protected by the red mist of the second head. Only a prolonged battle with a large group of creatures could deplete her reserves.

The battle had been going on for several hours. Every time the prey found itself in a corner and it seemed that the next blow would put an end to it, it slipped away. The reserves for breathing fire were running out. For some reason, the fire went out suspiciously quickly in this place. There was no need for the fog; the bug in front of her was somehow defective. Not a single magical phenomenon.

The dragon's own energy was running out. Suddenly the figure, who had delivered only a few blows during this fight, crashed into the base of one of the necks. During the impact, the humanoid's palm was compressed into the shape of a predatory paw, with a movement that tried to tear the film. The result is a terrible laceration, although not life-threatening for such a huge creature. Amphisbaena knew that in exchange for not being too resistant to physical attacks, the Mother-dungeon gave her excellent regeneration abilities. Another hour passed.

- I'm stronger. Much more. My attacks are capable of demolishing a dozen like him with a direct hit. So why am I on the verge of death, and not him?!

The creature in front of her was frightening. In the last attack, it traded its own hand for one of the boss's heads. After that, it began to fight even more fiercely.

- I don't want to meet him one more time... - at the end of this life, thoughts appeared in her head.

After death, the floor boss turned into black ash as usual. At the site of his death, a large crystal and Shichika's right hand were left, which he hastily pressed to the bleeding stump.

- I need to find a large group of monsters.

Until a certain point, the adventurer fought a group of blue crabs using only his legs. The hand was busy maintaining a position in which the bitten limb would grow back. It took longer than expected.

*BOOM*

A shock wave went through Water City, a strong explosion sounded in the dungeon. Its epicenter was the 27th floor. Of course, Shichika decided to check what was happening there. But this will take some time. As he ran, a disgusting sound echoed throughout the area.

....

Seven figures gathered in an all-white space.

- Iblis, a deal is a deal, we agreed to eliminate one right of veto, in return you will not interfere with us at the right time.

- Yes,Yes! You promised! - little Vaalverif assented to Venera sitting on the throne.

- I just do not understand! Why do you want to do this so much?!

- It seems to me that you are forgetting who we are and how we became this way.

- Old friend, don't say that you like him.

- Okay Momo, but you, Levi! You taught him so much!

- Come on, he won't get hurt.

- You all know that this is not the point! Belphie!

- *Yawn* Don't even try.

- Asha, you yourself said that you are not indifferent to him!

.....You're bewitched by the devil's lullaby... 1

Dressed only in a tight set of underwear, the pink-haired girl was humming a tune at that moment, but stopped to answer a question.

- Iblis, dear. We tolerated the fact that you tried to warn him at the time of signing the contracts. We agreed to remove one veto. Don't say that deep down you don't want to taste his despair. If I remember correctly, this is the price of completing Kyotōryū. You are afraid of his offense? Then don't worry, if he dies along the way, he's not worth it. If he ends up among us, then you will have an eternity during which he will forget.

- Fools... We ruled hell together for countless years, our nature has a craving for torment. Do you really think that, unlike you, I'm not used to universal hatred? The exact opposite scares me...

.......

The moment Shichika arrived at the scene of the explosion, Astraea's family appeared before his eyes, as well as members of Rudra's family, they were one of the organizations suspected of being connected to Evilus. But at the time of the operation it had not been proven. There was no time to figure out what happened here; a dinosaur-like skeleton in a black shell was right now killing girls the teenager knew.

He had spent a lot of time with them over the past year. If he could eliminate the threat in a couple of minutes, they'd be fine. He ran forward, but as soon as his feet took a couple of steps, a treacherous voice rang out in his head.

- Veto! x6

Almost his entire body stopped. It seemed that all the limbs except the head and torso were clamped in a vice from which there was no escape.

- What does it mean?!

- Don't you guess?! Now all you have to do is watch. They are all doomed to death!

- Why are you doing it?!

- Good-natured Iblis warned you.... I'm willing to bet that after everything we asked and told you, you considered us friends. We are DEVILS. What else can you expect from us? - when committing atrocities with a teenager, Venera maintained contact.

- It's not too late, let me help them! - Shichiki's torso began to lean back and forth, trying to escape, tears flowing from his eyes.

- Why in hell? We already have little entertainment, I don't want to sacrifice the only chance to remember the old days.

Realizing that he couldn't convince the devils, the teenager's movements were filled with energy, fueled by anger. Before his eyes, members of Astraea's family died one after another. The strength of his movements was amazing, the muscles of his arms and legs began to stretch and burst, if this continued he would simply tear them off.

- Iblis! I was thinking, don't use the veto! This only makes it more interesting!

- *Tsk* I`ll remember this to you! VETO!

The ability to move completely left Shichika's body. Left standing with bloody limbs, he could only watch as the monster continued to kill everyone in his sight. At one point in the counterattack, Ryuu used her magic while Alise, Kaguya, and Lira sacrificed their lives in an attempt to hold the monster in place.

But a terrible thing happened: a dinosaur skeleton managed to jump out from under the fire of the elf's windy balls, after which it set about attacking Rudra's family. The magic of the 4th level adventurer wiped out his own friend from the face of the earth. This was the end of the Astraea family. The surviving Ryuu escaped while the monster, later dubbed the Juggernaut, killed the other adventurers on the 27th floor. 

It didn't take long before the teenager regained control of his body. The emotional shock he experienced greatly affected him. His eyes changed color to gray. The pupil shrank into a predatory vertical line.