Xin and Elaya’s troops flooded down the stairway, breaking apart to each travel one direction down another hall. This one didn’t last. Instead, the hallway broke into a four-way split. The army broke apart further until they each reached another four-way split, and then another one. My eyebrows creased. At first, this was at a level where our army was able to maintain its strength even after breaking up so many times. However, if the groups broke up too many more times, it’d start growing thin.
“Hahaha!” Gram’s voice echoed out across the dungeon. “My second level is a massive labyrinth! This is a maze that could rival any Great Dungeon! If you wish to get passed, even with an army, it could take a day or longer!”
“I found the exit!” Celeste’s voice rang out.
“Who the heck keeps doing that?” His voice sounded slightly panicked.
“Troops, progress!” I gave the order.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))
“Too overbearing! Look, maybe we can talk about this. Aren’t you worried about your teammates? Maybe we can agree? If you give me the sword and retreat, I’ll return your allies.”
“If they’re still alive, we’ll find them. If they’re dead, I’ll just resurrect them.”
“Heartless!”
“Celeste?”
The girls all gave their confirmation and began the next phase of the attack. Elaya’s monsters were mostly four-legged monsters like wolves, so by nature, they were much faster than Xin. She was ideal for first-strike. Meanwhile, Xin’s troops were slower, but had more strategy and could mount a prolonged attack. In short, Elaya scattered the enemy, while Xin came from behind and attacked while they were trying to reorganize.
“Master, the mini-boss has appeared!” Astria cried out.
“You guys already are on the 5th floor?” I asked.
“No! He’s appeared on the 1st floor. He’s trying to charge through my girls.”
“Let him through.”
“Sir?”
“Don’t worry about it. Just concentrate on keeping anyone else from coming. It’s time we did something.” I stood up.
“Master, do you mind if I do it?”
I was surprised to hear another voice come up. I turned back to see Faeyna looking on with a smile. Did she want to take on the miniboss?