Elysia in Another World

Chapter 2 - First Dungeon Dive P8

"What the hell is this?" "Level 9,999?" "That's absurd." "Impossible."

Elysia chuckled. "It's not even correct. These are the maximum values the system is programmed to display. Anyway, remaining like this is very painful, so let's get a move on."

"Painful?" Layla asked.

"You don't want me to describe it. Let's go." Elysia snapped her fingers and created a skin-tight barrier around all of them. "These barriers will protect you. I'll clear the floor alone, of course."

"You don't want help?" James Marshall asked.

Elysia shook her head. "The status I just showed you is far from the truth. I neither require assistance nor are any of you capable of providing any here. Remember, the entire purpose of this trip is to show the council what I am."

"So long as you don't push yourself too hard," Ginchiyo said. "I worry about you."

"We're way past pushing it too hard." Elysia smiled warmly at Ginchiyo. "Thank you for worrying."

Without another word, she turned around and pushed the door open. The sight they were greeted with was beyond their imagination. Within one hundred meters of the bland stone building housing the safe zone was just an expanse of dirt on all sides. Beyond that was a normal-sized forest, and in the distance was a giant forest, the trees a hundred times taller than the normal forest, circling the floor. Within the large trees were enormous dinosaur monsters and fantastical creatures, like chimeras, hydras, griffins, and the like. There were a few dragon monsters wondering around the normal forest, towering over its trees.

As Elysia stepped into the dirt area, the closest dragon turned and spewed a fire breath at her. She waved her hand and the breath turned a different direction, harmlessly crashing into the forest.

"She redirected that?" "But how?" "She must have taken control of the fire." "That's possible?"

Ignoring the commentary behind her, she held her left hand up to toward the sky and formed a single large orb of electrified white mana.

"<<Stormheim>>."

All at once, hundreds of lightning bolts shot out from the orb, striking every monster in sight, even those still in the giant trees in the distance. In a single hit, each monster exploded into white dust.

Then, Elysia pointed her hand toward the forest. "<<Fireball>>." An enormous ball of fire formed in front of her. Then she angled her hand forward slightly, and it launched forward, cutting through the forest and not stopping even when it reached the giant trees beyond. It continued cutting through, instantly incinerating every tree it came in contact with until it slammed against the far end of the floor and burning the tree-esque border wall away, revealing the solid white wall beyond it.

As the flames expanded from the path the fireball took, burning the rest of the floor, a loud chime sounded off followed by a robotic female voice. "The Vale of Erebus, cleared. Congratulations, Adventurer Elysia Alexandria and her party. Monster spawning is now disabled and remaining monsters will now despawn. The dungeon will be closed in ten hours, please collect your rewards before that time."

"Wow..." Astarte said, stepping out of the safe building and walking up to Elysia. "If I hadn't witnessed that for myself..."

"You actually just used a basic spell to clear the dungeon in such a spectacular fashion that you destroyed the floor," Alexandra said.

"Indeed," Elysia said. "Let's return to the lobby so I can revert to my mortal vessel. Remaining like this is very painful, and I would like it to stop now."