Chapter 365

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Ais unleashes immense power against monsters; with her in the group, their advancement speeds up.

To reach the Fifty-Eighth Floor faster, Ais must stay with Finn’s main team.

The young lady probably realized this and merely pouted, not opposing Finn’s decision.

Temporarily assigned to follow Izay to the Fifty-Eighth Floor are Bert, Tiona, and Tione—three section leaders.

Four Level 5 first-tier Adventurers.

Any one of these four is capable enough to handle the monsters born on the Fifty-Eighth Floor.

However, the environment of “Dragon’s Pot” on the Fifty-Eighth Floor differs from the dungeon terrain of floors fifty-one to fifty-seven; it’s a vast wilderness.

Sending just these few people would be equivalent to letting Izay face an entire floor’s worth of monster hordes. Finn was somewhat uneasy about it.

Because the main team’s goal wouldn’t stop at “Dragon’s Pot,” but rather the Fifty-Ninth Floor below.

They needed Izay’s group to deal with the “Cannon Dragon” and other monsters while still conserving strength…

“Gress, you should go with Izay’s group then.”

With that thought, Finn looked at the nearby carefree dwarven warrior.

“Sure, no problem.”

“Finally, we need to assign another supporter to Izay’s side, and then their team will be complete.”

Hearing this, the older sister elf Alisia raised her hand voluntarily: “Leader, how about I go? As a Magical Arts practitioner, I can contribute something.”

But Finn shook his head: “No, Alisia, you stay with us. Let Refia go instead—it’s better. Her magic firepower meets the battle requirements for the Fifty-Eighth Floor more effectively.”

Though little Refia may seem weak most of the time and often gets teased by Bert, when it comes to magical power, there’s no one in Loki Familia who doesn’t agree.

Thanks to her Skills, even at Level 3, Refia could unleash firepower comparable to Level 5. Not to mention now she has leveled up, making her magical firepower even stronger.

Both being Level 4, compared to Alisia, she is undoubtedly the optimal choice as a supporter for Izay’s team.

“Well then, looks like this chance will have to go to Refia…” Alisia said regretfully upon hearing this.

The small elf was shocked: “Eh—!? Me?!”

“Yes, Refia, you’re going.” Finn nodded affirmatively.

“Ugh… well, okay then.” Refia finally reluctantly agreed after mumbling.

Her hope to be paired with Miss Ais went unfulfilled… Waaah, so sad…

Somewhat sensing the elf girl’s disappointment, the crafty Halfling Tribe Leader smiled with a bit of mischief.

Refia is just too easy to read.

Just then, Haruhi’s voice came from outside the camp.

“Um… Leader, everyone… Is it dinner time?”

“Understood, I’ll be right there.” Hearing Haruhi’s words, Finn responded immediately and looked around at everyone inside the tent: “Alright everyone, let’s go eat. We’ve planned here; details can be discussed tomorrow.”

“Ooooh—!”

……

After all the preparations for setting up camp were completed, members of Loki Familia and the Hephaestus Familia’s blacksmiths gathered together around the center of the Camp, eating and drinking boisterously.

This scene had already occurred several times during the expedition, and everyone was quite familiar with it. After all, for Adventurers, nothing brings people closer than fighting shoulder-to-shoulder.

The expedition undoubtedly created perfect conditions for that.

Similarly outgoing, blacksmith Tsubaki and Tiona seemed to get along well. The two discussed some strange anecdotes about themselves during the meal, though their conversation sounded a bit ridiculous, neither party seemed to notice.

Tione clung to Finn as usual, Riviria appeared to be concerned about Refia’s condition, and as for Bert… holding his bowl of meat soup, he originally wanted to talk to Izay.

However, seeing Ais and Haruhi beside him…the werewolf finally twitched his mouth and silently walked away, sitting next to Raul, startling the elder brother who was bragging mid-sentence.

“Izay-sama… please have some meat fruit…”

“That, Izay take mine too!”

As a noble from the Far East (big fog), Haruhi perfectly demonstrated Far Eastern customs.

Thinking that as his wife, she should serve Izay well, right?

Even during the expedition!

And initially confused, Ais suddenly felt competitive after seeing Haruhi’s actions, so whatever Haruhi did, she followed suit.

In theory, being cared for by both Haruhi and Ais, adding these two different joys together, should have been a dreamlike moment…

(But why am I not happy?)

Biting into the food offered by the two girls, Izay’s inner expression was magnified and distorted like through a magnifying glass.

He could feel an odd atmosphere spreading around him…

“Although I expected this day to come, seeing it happen right before my eyes still makes my heart ache! Oh, no way! Explode! Damn present chargers!!”

“Izay this guy, having Miss Ais isn’t enough, he actually wants to double-dip with Haruhi too, which is totally unacceptable!!! How enviable! No, how utterly disgraceful!”

“Izay this scoundrel… waaah waaah waaah……!”

Part of this atmosphere came from off-stage.

From the envious expressions of other members, as if they were ready to grab torches, and the resentful gaze of a certain small elf.

Riviria, who came over to check on Refia, sat gracefully nearby enjoying her meal, closed her eyes without saying a word, leaving her thoughts unclear.

“So, it seems being too popular as an adventurer isn’t such a great thing either~” stroking her cheek lightly, Alisia smiled knowingly.

Anqi happily sipped a fish broth made from dried fish and spoke: “Everything has two sides, advantages and disadvantages always exist regardless of what it is~”

“What are you talking about? I don’t quite understand…”

Beside them, the rabbitkin Barkta, focused on devouring her favorite food, looked up bewilderedly.

The rabbit-eared girl was only concerned with munching on carrots and didn’t pay attention to anything else.

“It’s nothing.”

“Yeah, Barkta, don’t worry about it.”

“???”

Feeling excluded!

After finishing the meal, Finn gradually informed everyone of the precautions for guarding the camp, methods to deal with corrosive liquids and larval-type new species, and designated the commander of the camp—still the catgirl Anqi.

With most of the second army members serving as supporters for the main team, the person capable of taking charge of camp defense could only be Anqi.

As for the selection of the main team, it had already been revealed earlier, everyone knew it mentally. Including Tsubaki, who served as the weapon technician accompanying the team, there were fourteen people in total.

The newly customized {Roland Series} weapons were finally distributed to everyone here.

Next came the main event of the expedition, naturally activating the new weapons at this point!