Chapter 277

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Elsewhere, Ais who moved a step faster than Izay did not sit idly by.

The young girl first pinpointed the enemy’s position from above before striking swiftly and accurately.

After all, she didn’t possess perception-type magic like Izay.

At best, she could only roughly gauge the monsters’ positions using the wind.

Even so, the remaining five scattered monsters were discovered by her…and then obliterated with overwhelming force.

“Wow…looks like there’s no place for us after all—”

Tiona and the others, who had rendezvoused with Loki midway, stopped their movement along the rooftops.

They had followed Ais hoping to lend a hand, but the girl not only took out every single monster without missing one but also killed them all without needing any support from them.

Come to think of it, these monsters were merely at the “Middle Layer” level.

Whether it was Ganesh’s Familial Group or whoever deliberately released the monsters, bringing “Deep Layer” monsters to the surface was far from wise.

Even their ace tamed creature, the Great Crimson Dragon, which was introduced from outside the city, had actual ability values that fell short compared to those within the Dungeon.

How could such creatures, barely reaching Level 3 individually, pose any challenge to Ais?

All of them were instantly annihilated!

The gentle breeze caused by the attacks reached Tiona and the others, caressing their hair.

“Ugh…no chance to help…”

“It feels like food being served right in front of us and eaten up immediately.”

“Ah, I can relate.”

“…L-Ladies, you aren’t carrying weapons?”

Trailing behind Ais, Refia let out a small cry of distress, while Tione and Tiona clenched their fists in awe.

Due to the festival, the two of them weren’t carrying any weapons on them, let alone armor.

Spring姬 couldn’t help but give a weak word of caution regarding this situation, but the sisters seemed oblivious.

Or maybe it was their Amazonian nature showing; they claimed their fists were enough, leaving Spring姬 with no choice but to smile helplessly.

Refia suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for Spring姬.

Thinking back to when she herself faced some rather unconventional Amazons, she reacted much the same way.

Memories are hard to revisit indeed~!

At that moment, they caught the rumbling sound that reached their ears, along with the azure glow shooting up into the sky.

“Is that Izay’s magic? What a racket?” Tione asked, surprised.

“He must have encountered some monster. Could Ganesh’s group have secretly brought strong monsters to the surface?” Tiona speculated, looking over there.

Since Ganesh’s group had already admitted responsibility for letting the monsters escape, anything unusual happening now would naturally raise suspicions about them.

Looking at it another way, it was just more blame…

However, the two of them didn’t ponder long. The next moment, the ground around them began to shake gently, answering their doubts.

“Boom—!”

The yellow-green man-eating flower monsters reappeared!

Three of them that hadn’t joined the pursuit of Izay chose an opportune moment to show up, having been lurking separately nearby.

Man-eating Flower A: Look, there are adventurers over there without weapons!

Man-eating Flower C: We should turn them into fertilizer!

Man-eating Flower B: That makes sense! Let’s go!

Man-eating Flowers AC: Go! (Nodding together.jpg.)

On the street ahead, Ais, who had just dealt with the fifth escaped monster, noticed the commotion and turned around. Her golden eyes narrowed slightly as she observed the three flamboyantly wriggling man-eating flowers, gradually becoming sharp…

……

“These monsters are deliberately targeting me.”

In the brief skirmish, Izay quickly realized this fact.

The first wave of man-eating flowers had already vanished in the magic. The central one’s body directly disintegrated into black ash and burned away, while the few that appeared beside it were gasping for breath, losing vitality under the burning Starflame, dropping Magic Stones.

These were not the traditional blue-purple Magic Stones. They were a new type of stone based on a withered yellow color, multicolored and radiant under the sunlight.

Now fighting against him were newly emerged man-eating flowers from underground, and in greater numbers than before.

For these man-eating flowers to appear en masse, there must be a purpose behind it, certainly not coincidental.

And judging from how they kept charging toward him relentlessly, the purpose was quite clear.

“Probably instigated by the Goddess Ishtar…she’s still holding a grudge against me…”

Izay deftly spun his dark silver spear to cut through the incoming vine tentacles, lost in thought despite his ease.

It wasn’t news that the Goddess Ishtar had ties with the Dark Faction and other entities.

She was even the major financier behind the Dark Faction.

Of all the money she made in the Pleasure Quarter, probably more than half went to funding the Dark Faction.

To gain the help of those rats in the sewers to overthrow Freya, she sure was desperate.

And now, we must add Loki Familia to the mix.

Izay and Loki forcibly took her trump card from her hands; there was no way this debt wouldn’t be settled. Ishtar wasn’t exactly known for her magnanimity.

This was clearly an act of vengeance by proxy.

Having roughly guessed the purpose of this attack, Izay ceased further distractions and focused fully on the battle.

Facing the man-eating flowers that unfolded their petals, revealing the hideous mouths hidden beneath, aiming to rush over and swallow him whole, Izay advanced instead of retreating, thrusting his spear forward.

A faint silver light rapidly spread at the spear tip as the fatal spear was unleashed.

“Boom!”

The air exploded with the sudden combustion of Starflame.

As if drawn to the spear tip pointing towards the monster’s weakness—the Magic Stone faintly visible in the flower corolla—it pierced straight through.

Unlike before when it couldn’t react in time to the instant magic, the monster, now sensing the magical power fluctuations, actually sped up its charge, dragging its companions along.

Surprising, never seen such eagerness to deliver themselves to death~

Amused by this action, Izay didn’t pause his movements.

“—!”

Instantly, an impact erupted.

The spear tip connected with the monster’s Magic Stone, emitting a “ding” sound, followed by violent flames erupting from behind the man-eating flower’s corolla, burning away a large portion of its body and repelling other approaching ones.

With a successful hit, Izay pushed off with his feet to continue his pursuit.

Aiming at the Magic Stones in the centers of multiple petals or the junctions between the corollas and bodies, he launched his attacks.

The battle between Izay and the man-eating flowers was utterly one-sided.

Whether it was magic, weaponry, or ability values, Izay far surpassed these monsters in every aspect, leaving no reason for a tough fight.

Thirty to forty man-eating flowers, all turned into dust scattered on the ground.

Alongside them were the colorful new types of Magic Stones.