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[At the new headquarters]

[Seo Ah point of view]

"Lara, Nara, Alicia, let's go!" [Seo Ah]

""Right"" [Lara, Nara]

"Sounds fun" [Alicia]

Today is our rest day. The initial plan was to corporate with the adventure guild here as soon as we come in contact with Saint Louis, Seraph and the S rank guild master here who happens to be one of Saint Louis most trusted friend.

Well, nothing much change, expect that we first have to tend to the vampires and giants group that were being chase by what we presume to be one of the devil commander. Plus, we also have a ticking bomb right now, as some of the giants and vampires were being experimented by whom we presume to be Saintess Angela of the old follower, and that they would likely cause them to go berserk, destroying the new headquarters

(If that indeed happens, they will definitely try to blame Saintess Rumia one way or the other) [Seo Ah]

They could just say that Saintess Rumia is the one trying to conduct some sort of experiments, or having some sort of connection to the fallen god, and she accidentally summoned them. Or worse, they will use the plan to further increase their influence and to further restrict the new teaching.

(Whatever happens will not be good. That's for sure. I wonder what can I do) [Seo Ah]

I don't know much about Alicia other than the fact that his older brother Alaric serve Princess Diana. I never even heard of Alaric before, but I guess given how his brother can serve a princess, she might be talented as well, since she help bring the group of vampires and giants together.

As for Lara and Nara. Do I need to say more. Both of them can use all seven different elements similar to Brother Ash, since the two of them are blessed with the goddess blessing. Not only that, they're also getting blessed with God of Death blessing. In short, they're like Brother Ash replacement right now

""Something wrong??"" [Lara, Nara]

"You look down. Is something the matter?" [Alicia]

"No. I was just thinking about what can I do to help in this current situation" [Seo Ah]

"I see. That's rather hard" [Alicia]

""True. This can cause international uproar"" [Lara, Nara]

"Which makes me wanted to think more and more regarding my role" [Seo Ah]

Unlike them, I really am just an average person. The most I can do is use my healing magic that I learn from Saintess Rumia and the healer from Estel. That's all... I can't fight like them, nor can I collect information like a spy.

(This is frustrating...) [Seo Ah]

""It's fine"" [Lara, Nara]

"Hmm?" [Seo Ah]

""Just keep going!! We believe in you!!"" [Lara, Nara]

"Haha, thanks. I actually feels a bit better now" [Seo Ah]

They're just trying to be nice, but I really did feel better thanks to their encouragement. For now, why don't I just observe the situation and react accordingly. That's the best that I can do

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[40th floor of Beast Challenge Dungeon]

"Water ball! Drown my enemy!" [Charlotte]

~Roar~

"It escape!" [Savel]

"You won't get away. Dark magic: Thousand Abyssal bullets" [Zerolith]

The devil boss floor. It's strong alright. There are four of them. Unlike the previous boss floor, this one is a bonafide devilish ants

""Ice age. Freeze my enemy"" [Savel, Charlotte]

Savel and I trued to freeze the many legs of the ants as to slow it down, but this version of ant is simply fast. It used wind magic to propel itself, all the while attacking us from multiple direction with it blackish miasma.

Not only that, the blackish miasma also affect the worker ants nearby, and those ants that were dead are now being control by the miasma, literally as a living corpse. They might he death, but their exoskeleton are still hard, that a powerful fling from the miasma will most likely crush us should it connect directly

(I don't want to disrespect the body of the worker ants, but...) "Sorry, but I have to do this" [Charlotte]

Since this devil ant keep on tossing the corpses of it own friends (I think they're friend, or at least a superior and it workers), then I should just do the same. They might be monster, but somehow, I still feel guilty of using Krakeny to toss back the corpses one after another, until

~Smash~

"It connect!" [Savel]

"Nice job! Dark magic: Bazooka charge!" [Zerolith]

Taking a long wide barrel pistol that he called bazooka, the magic core inside of it is an rank dark magic core of a dark pegasus, which further boosted Zerolith already high affinity dark magic, and

"Take this as well! Deceleration! Extreme acceleration!" [Zerolith]

To further maximize the damage output, Zerolith slow down the devil ant while increasing the momentum of the bullet being fired from his bazooka, and

"It simply pierce the ant!" [Charlotte]

"Cool! That's a really powerful type of pistol!" [Savel]

"Haha! I created this myself since I really need some extra firepower!" [Zerolith]

And the two keep talking about it. As for me, I look around to see what other are doing

Rean, Elise and Singa already finish their fight, with Singa space entrapment magic, Rean and Elise simply burn the devil ant until it is there no more. Such a gruesome tactic...

Mother Aries, Kara and Mara employ a common bait strategy. With Mother Aries as a bait, she keep provoking the devil ant and shield any incoming attacks with her shield, all the while Kara and Mara keep attacking the devil ant, and once the devil ant had enough with the twin barrage, Mother Aries uses her steel magic, fortify her shield and simply smack the head of the devil ant hard, hard enough that it actually cause the brain of the ant to splatter into Kara's cloth... Gross!

"Sorry" [Aries]

"It's fine. I know you didn't meant to do it" [Kara]

"Still, you stink! Shoo! Shoo!" [Mara]

"Mara!" [Kara]

Behe, Karon and Farhah simply bested the devil ant with sheer force. Well, I can tell the boss devil ant that they fought are the hardest among us. It can even go toe to toe with adult Behe form in term of strength.

"Sorry, we are late" [Karon]

"It's not a race, so don't worry" [Elise]

"True, but I feel bumped" [Farhah]

"That aside, this is the first one isn't it?" [Singa]

"Yes. All this time, the ants before this floor simply control the miasma of the devil, most likely as a form of adaptation, but now..." [Rean]

"They are devil ant, no doubt about it" [Charlotte]

"And I don't think that they're Drant's minion. They're most likely an invading devilish ants" [Aries]

"Great. So we are now stuck in between two group of ants war" [Singa]