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Dungeon, 1st Floor

Shalltear was walking on the first floor of the dungeon. She was certain that she was close to reaching the dungeon's exit. It was just a hunch, but it still wasn't completely unfounded.

Her stroll through the dungeon's second and first floors was unusually quiet, especially for the closest floors to the surface which should've definitely been more crowded than the other floors.

The only probable reason she could come up with was that the adventurers were being very serious about her previous rampage on the fourth and third floors. All the adventurers must've been either dispatched to fight against the threat on the third floor or have been evacuated.

Even the monsters seemed less abundant. It seemed that the massive bloodlust she released while in her blood frenzy scared them all so much that they didn't dare peeking out of the walls.

Just for that reason, Shalltear thought that her massacre was very well worth it. Not only did that help her going up, but she also wouldn't have to face whatever vile creature that would dare to come out of the walls to lay its smelly hands on her.

She didn't care what happened to all the adventurers she killed mercilessly. All she wanted to do was to leave this horrid place she's been thrown into. This dungeon was not beautiful at all. The cave made her sick and the thought of being close to being done with it made her brim in anticipation.

A place with blood and moss sprayed on the cavern walls is unbefitting of holding someone of Shalltear's standing. She would have to somehow find and take a bath once she reaches the outside of the dungeon. As a creation of the supreme beings, Shalltear was superior to everything else that walked on this world. She could not tolerate being smelly in front of whatever puny human civilisation that currently laid above her head.

Thinking about it, she'd have to decide what to do once she reaches the exit to the dungeon. Besides taking a bath, she had absolutely no idea what to do. There might be some clues as to how to find her way back home, but while the hope was there, it remained very doubtful.

She turned a corner and then came to an abrupt halt-

At the end of the hallway was a spiral staircase that was going up.

'Is that… light?'

There was light coming out from the top of the staircase. Natural light, not a dim glow from crystals hanging on the walls and ceiling.

Shalltear knew what this meant.

She was almost there. She ran towards the light.

After all this struggle, she had finally found her way up.