Chapter – 161 (Water City)

(*A/N: Here goes 9 extra chapters of this month 1/9. Please Enjoy.)

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*A/N: For every 100 power stones extra chapters will be released on the last day of each month. Extra chapters that will release on 30th November = 0.

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[.........25th Floor. Huh. The minimum requirement of entering this floor is Level 3. It will be extremely difficult for them to even kill a single monster there.]

'Primis: Difficult but not impossible.'

[Yes. But I hope you didn't forget that monsters there mostly remain in group. Finding a lone monster won't be easy.]

'Primis: I know.'

Then they both became silent as everyone continued walking down the floor. In this floor, there were so many Adventurers. Though, compare to previous floors, they were still able to find some monsters. Whenever a monster or monsters saw them and rushed at them, Ais always took care of them. Lili and Haruhime could see Ais while other Adventurers on the floors can't. That's Primis doing obviously. And then they finally reached the very first "Lower Floors".

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Upper Floors

They consisted of the 1st to 12th Floors. These floors were perfectly suitable for Adventurers who have just started their exploration. Though 11th and 12th Floors are extremely dangerous for Level 1 Adventurers.

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Middle Floors

They consisted of the 13th to 24th Floors. Because layout is more complex and monsters spawn at faster rate in the middle floors than in the upper floors, so it is very difficult for Level 2 Adventurers to solo these floors. From 19th floor it is difficult to explore the region with only Level 2 adventurers. It is also very difficult for Level 3 adventurers to solo the region.

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Lower Floors

They consisted of 25th to 36th Floors. The standard for adventurers exploring this floor onward is Level 3 since the region is filled with monsters that Level 2 adventurers could barely handle, and the terrain is more difficult than in the floors above. Even Level 4 Adventurers would have difficulty to solo the region.

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Deep Floors

All floors from 37th Floor onward are considered as "Deep Floors". Minimum requirement to explore this floor is Level 4 party. It's impossible for a solo Level 4 Adventurer to reach here.

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They all put their first foot on first "Lower Floor". The entrance to the 25th Floor is known as the Second Line. The 25th through 27th Floors are known as the Water City.

CHURN!!!!

CRASH!!!!

SPLASH!!!!

Everyone turned towards the sound. There they saw a huge waterfall. The size of such huge waterfall estimated to be 400 meters wide and twice that in length. The 25th Floor marked as the beginning of the Great Fall. This huge waterfall which lasts until the 27th Floor. This floor was also described as being a paradise of water. To move on to the next floor, Adventurers must navigate through a series of passageways varying in elevation around the waterfall to reach the passageway at the bottom of their current floor.

Lili and Haruhime saw the waterfall with fascinating look. Primis walked to the one of the cliffs which was nearest the waterfall. Others also followed. After some walking, they reached the end of the cliff and can now see waterfall very closely. There they saw a beautiful rainbow. Ais gaze at down the cliff where the waterfall was going. In the next moment, she started to shiver. Just when she was about to step back, Primis grabbed her hand. Ais turned and looked at Primis who was still looking at the rainbow along with others.

{Primis: Don't worry. I will make sure that your fear will disappear.}

{Ais: ...….Mn.}

Ais responded cutely before raising her head and looked at the rainbow too. She squeezed Primis hand tightly as if to not let go no matter what. Ais was not afraid of heights but from water itself.

Ais can't swim. That's because when she was 7 years old, Riveria punished Ais for calling her an "old woman". She tied an adamantite on Ais and threw her in water calling it "swimming training". This later became a traumatic experience for her, making her avoid water in general while in the dungeon, and if she has to bath, she tries to stay in areas where her feet reach the bottom.

FWOOSH!!!

Suddenly everyone heard the sound of air splitting. Lili, Haruhime and Ais hurriedly became alert. Ais already knew what this sound was but before she could move Primis squeezed her hand as if telling its alright. Then his other hand moved and caught something that appeared in front of Lili's head. Lili and Haruhime hair stood on the end. They barely heard the sound, and it was already in front of them.

Primis brought his hand in front showing others what it was. It's a crimson swallow monster.

Ais: Iguazu.

Haruhime: Iguazu?

Ais: *nod* It is referred to as an invisible monster because of its astounding speed which is the fastest in the Lower Floors. It lives in the cliff behind the Great Fall. As it travels at high speeds, it dies on impact. These Iguazu always keeping on attacking until they destroy the enemy regardless of losses.

Lili: From what I have heard, it is the most feared monster other than Amphisbaena in the Water City.

Haruhime: Feared even among High-Level Adventurers?

Lili: Yes. Even High-Level Adventurers prefer to drop their belongings and run away after encountering it.

Haruhime sucked a cold breath hearing this. Feared even among High-level Adventurers. Compared to them, they both are just amateur.

Primis: Anyway. Lili. Haruhime. Take out your weapons. You both will fight in this floor. One more thing no matter which monster or situation you both encounter. I won't interfere as long as I know that your chances of surviving are more than or equal to 50%. If you can't even handle this, then I won't mind even if you both die here. Look at the situation from different angles before proceeding.

Lili and Haruhime both nodded with serious expressions. As long as their chances are 50-50, Primis won't help. So, they need to extremely caution at every step they took. Primis nodded and then disappeared along with Ais. Now only Lili and Haruhime were present on the scene. Lili drew out her dagger while Haruhime drew out her folding fan.

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They both then walked down the cliff while being extremely cautious. They didn't want the same situation as Iguazu occur again.

Haruhime: Even though I don't much knowledge about dungeon and its monster, I still read some basic information in the morning. And if I am not wrong, one need to Level 3 to enter this floor.

Lili: You're right. The monsters here can barely be handled by Level 2 Adventurers. And they are mostly in group.

Haruhime: And since we just became Level 1 its impossible for us to handle them. So, our only way is...…

Lili & Haruhime: One monster at a time.

Lili: Even fighting one monster of this floor will be very difficult for us but it's not impossible.

Haruhime: Yeah, let's do it. We first need to find lone monster.

Lili nodded her head and walked to some distance. Then she stood on a spot and closed her eyes. Haruhime walked behind Lili to protect her. While doing so her eyes moved at every direction one-by-one. Even her ears twitched in between as she tried hard to listen anything unusual. Though it was also extremely difficult because of the sound of the waterfall.

After few minutes, Lili opened her eyes and looked at Haruhime.

Lili: Let's go.

Haruhime nodded as they both hurriedly rushed at the location were Lili found something. Soon Lili stopped and hid at the corner along with Haruhime. They then peeked at the other side carefully. There they saw a group of five a metal like crab monster. One of their claws were abnormally developed.

Lili: They are called blue crabs. Those claws of there are dangerous. Their defense is also very strong.

Haruhime: *nod* They were together so it's impossible for us to handle them. Did you find a lone one?

Lili: Give me a sec.

Lili then again closed her eyes. Those five blue crabs moved towards other direction by now. After some time, Lili opened her eyes and shook her head.

Lili: No luck. Let's check another direction.

Then they both went from one direction to another but with no luck. All monsters they found were all in group. So, they decided to take a short rest. After all, they just became Adventurer. Their physique is still at that of civilian.

Haruhime: It's hard.

Lili: Yes. The reason for many Adventurers death from here on is not only because monsters are strong but also because their quantity.

Haruhime: How about this. Since we can't find lone monster, why don't we try to separate one.

Lili shook her head.

Lili: Not possible. Monsters from here on are not as mindless monsters of previous floors. They have this basic instinct of remaining together. If we try to attract one, then others will also follow.

Then they both became silent again. If this keeps up, then coming here will be waste of time for them. But they know that Primis won't have bring them here if their chances of killing monsters here is impossible. As they were thinking about their next course of action, suddenly suddenly something struck Haruhime in her mind as her eyes started sparkling.

Haruhime: Lili, what if separate the monster who were already engaging in battle with other Adventurers.

Lili: Huh?

Lili stunned and started pondering about what Haruhime questions. Then her eyes also started sparkling.

Lili: It can work. In case we attract its attention like this then that monster will think we are also member of the Adventurer party they are fighting. It will definitely separate from its other fellow monsters. Let's go with this.

Haruhime: *nod* Let's go to where we first saw those blue crabs. That time they moved towards another direction. Maybe they heard something there. Like the sound of their other companions.

Lili: Yeah. Let's just hope they were not done yet and are still fighting with other Adventurers.

Then they both proceeded towards that location. After some time, they reached the location where they first saw blue crabs. They then followed their trails. As they were approaching their destination, they heard the sound of fighting. They hurriedly hid and looked at the direction cautiously. There saw a party of eight Adventurers being surrounding by at thirty blue crabs. More than half of them were severely injured while the remaining were having hard time.

Haruhime: They are already a spent force. Even if they continue to struggle stubbornly, their death is already imminent.

Lili: Yeah. Let's hurriedly grab the attention of one of blue crabs. Once they done killing those Adventurers, they will directly attack us thinking we are different Adventurer party.

Haruhime nodded totally agreeing with Lili. During the whole time, none of them had any thought of helping those Adventurers. It's still hard to believe someone as gentle, timid, well-mannered, and extremely kind like Haruhime didn't give a damn whether those Adventurers live or die.

She didn't even feel sad that she can't help them. She was completely indifferent to their wellbeing. That's how much Haruhime had changed after Primis made her kill many people when they were in the residence Ishtar Familia and with what she went through last month.

Lili then grabbed a stone and threw at distance. The sound of stone hitting the ground was heard by the blue crabs. They turned towards that direction before ignoring it and putting their attention back on the Adventurers.

Haruhime: They are really not a fool.

Lili: *nod*

Haruhime: Lili, I have a plan. Throw another stone.

Lili threw another rock. It again attracted blue crabs' attention again but then they ignore it again. But just when the last blue crab was also about to turn back to Adventurers, Haruhime came out of her hiding and ran at the opposite direction. That blue crab saw her and hurriedly followed.