Hero of Harmony (Continued)

Chapter 225: Monster Snake

Thanks to my little rampage across the swamp, it was only a matter of time until I ran out of mana, though when that happened, I had Yuki and Lazuli there to assist me as we pushed deeper into the swamp, coming across even stronger monsters than before; only once we reached the line trees, did the monsters slowly stopped attacking us.

"We've made it to the ninth floor. Are you feeling better now, Alex?" Asked Yuki lightly as she turned and glanced at Alexander, who was leaning against one of the many trees while staring hatefully at the swamp they'd just trekked through.

"Tsk, a little; my mana is still pretty low, but we can continue through the ninth floor if you guys want; I've got enough to get us through there." Replied Alexander with a click of his tongue as he looked at Yuki before glancing at Lazuli, who was to his left.

"No, it is fine. Rest and recuperate." Stated Lazuli calmly as she glanced at Alexander before shaking her head, causing him to nod.

Stabbing Trina and Zartha into the ground beside me, I sat down and meditated, which significantly increased the rate at which I re-filled my mana pool, though it would still take about fifteen to twenty minutes. While I did this, Lazuli and Yuki ensured no one attacked us, though, after about ten minutes, I stood back up, slightly surprising them.

"Eh, finished already? That was really quick." Asked Yuki in slight surprise as she glanced at Alexander, who shook his head while grabbing his two greatswords.

"Nah, I'm only about 60% full, but that should be plenty to get through the ninth floor; besides, we always rest just before the guardian's floor anyways, so I can just finish there." Replied Alexander lightly as he pulled his swords out of the ground while glancing between Yuki and Lazuli.

Stretching a little, I followed after Yuki and Lazuli as we walked through the line of trees that separated each floor, only to exit from the other side after a few seconds; looking around at the disgusting swamp, I clicked my tongue in disgust but held off from going on a rampage despite how much I wished to. With Yuki in the lead, she took charge and took the brunt of the monster's attack while I dashed around the sides, thinning out the horde, leaving Lazuli in the back to drop powerful spells of destructive nature onto the monsters, killing numerous of them in one fell swoop.

This is how we're supposed to fight as a group, though since monsters aren't that powerful yet, we usually just fight however we want to, though; from floor eleven onwards, we'll use that formation to fight as that's when the monsters get really strong.

"Tsk, get away from her, you vile creature." Muttered Alexander in anger as he punted a massive leech that was bigger than his foot, causing it to arc through the air before smashing into a tree.

Coating my blades in reddish flames, I violently slashed at the numerous monsters that lunged towards Yuki, allowing me to effortlessly kill them as their focus was entirely on her; however, once her skill's effectiveness ran out, some started to also attack me, making it a harder for me, but overall, it was still manageable, I mainly just had to be carefully were I stepped, with the swamp you never know what's actually ground or not.

With the first horde or wave of monsters having been taken care of, we continued onwards through the dungeon, killing any group of monsters that dared to attack us with our overwhelming destructive capabilities, though I kept mine to a minimum, unlike Yuki and Lazuli.
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"Haa, man, we've really got to start heading deeper whenever we use the dungeon; these monsters are strong, but their levels are too low. I've only leveled up once through all of this; even then, I had more than 50% before we even entered the dungeon." Remarked Alexander with a frown as he leaned against the tree while gazing at his status panel, only to sigh and shake his head.