We had finished everything and were ready to head to the dungeon. We began to move with the five of us. I followed them since I didn't know the location.
With the four of us in the way, a few monsters had shown along the way. They weren't that much of a challenge since they were only on the second rank.
Splitting the corpses. We went back on track to our destination. The five of us had run for ten minutes straight. "How long until we get there?" I asked, wanting to know the answer.
"It won't take too long. We're halfway there!" She replied and went back to scouting the area as we ran.
There wasn't any interference running the remaining distances. We had arrived at a cave near a lake. Looking at the floor, it was wet. Good thing my magic could resist the wetness of the floor. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a fun time walking around here.
My mana recovery was faster than my use of drying my feet, so that shouldn't be a problem. I looked at the other four, feeling pity for them.
"Should we take a few-minute break? We had run all the way here from where we ate." Their physically weak members were out of breath. I wouldn't want them to underperform because of this.
"Let's do that." She saw her members and agreed.
After resting for another ten minutes, we were all ready. Nothing was stopping us from entering. We were prepared and excited to go.
The four of us then entered the cave, and the light's around the place started to light up. I was confused about how it happened, but we didn't mind how it happened since it helped us.
"About six frogs are waiting for us for an ambush," Citrus said, telling us their locations. I then began to use mana to sense what was happening with the five of us, sensing something. The five of us were prepared to attack.
"Ribbit!" They made a noise lashing their tongues at us. Their slimy tongue wasn't appealing to look at. Their tongues were fast, and I didn't think I could dodge them. Using my magic, I made armor around me, melting their tongue.
They screeched in pain, having their tongue burnt. Tina summoned her bugs and surrounded the frogs. It was pretty unsightly how the bugs killed them. It was a shame that their material was ruined.
I thought of what would happen if she used her magic against me. Even if I knew that my magic would be able to defend against her, it still was a fight that I wouldn't want to take.
"Tina, if possible, could you save your magic as a last resort? We won't be able to sell the monsters at a higher price with the way your magic kills." She grumbled at my complaint but complied since she wouldn't use much mana.
With the death of all of the frogs, we continue onwards. I could see the dissatisfied faces of their group as we continued. They were looking at their legs, feeling that water had seeped onto the shoes.
"How far had you guys explored?"
"We went up to the third floor. We were pretty tired when we entered the dungeon, so we couldn't delve deeper," Isabelle explained. I nodded, and we continued to explore the cave.
The first floor of this dungeon was pretty easy. It only took us twenty minutes to reach the end of the first floor.
"To think the boss had been revived in a short time," Isabelle muttered as she looked at the boss.
The boss we would be fighting is a giant leech. Why were there so many insects? The leech was wiggling left and right, standing up and making a creepy stance.
The leech was a higher tier of a second rank. It wasn't anything too intense. I don't know what its ability was. The leech then sensed our blood. The leech ran to Isabelle, who was the closest to us.
Defending its attack, Isabelle summoned a golden brick on top of the leech. Since leeches can't see very well and their hearing is horrible. The golden brick landed on top of the leech.
Its body was crushed. They had already learned about the weakness of the leech due to Citrus magic. I doubt I was really needed here. Did she make a contract just so I could owe her a favor?
Not only that, the difference between their rank made it, so the leech stood no chance. Fighting someone who was of a higher rank was almost impossible. I could only beat someone in a higher rank because of my mana capacity and magic superiority.
The gap between lower second rank mana's was about five times lower than a lower tier third rank. I don't think a leech would sell much since insects type items weren't popular in the market. Putting the squished leech in our storage bag, we went to the second floor.
Like the first floor, the second floor was still the same. The only difference was that the water level had reached on top of our shoes.
"More poison frogs ahead," Citrus said. Man, I love Citrus more and more. Her abilities were sure convenient.
The frogs here were a bit stronger than the ones on the first floor. They began to lash out their tongues at us.
Riley used her magic, rendering their attack useless. She used her magic to push their tongue against us. I wondered if her magic only allowed her to push things away.
With the frog's attack useless, I barraged them with my beams, killing them. Passing through the second floor, we saw the second-floor boss. Unlike the first-floor boss, this one seemed more normal.
It was a turtle about three meters wide. It looked like a turtle that we could see anywhere except its size. Initiating an attack, the turtle hid in its shell, blocking most of our attack.
The turtle wasn't unscathed, leaving it a bit wounded. Shooting us with a large amount of water, Isabelle used her gold to make a wall. Riley tried to push the water away but was at a standstill with it.
With the turtle wide open, looking away from me. I began to consume a lot of mana, focusing on making a fierce sun.
Noticing the magic, it stopped again and tried to stop me. But it was too late. I launched it to the boss. The turtle tried to hide in its shell. My sun had exploded, killing the monster.
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