The following morning, the first rays of the sun had pierced the dungeon's sky and illuminated the land below; a brand new day had begun.
Alex was already outside after refreshing up and eating a light breakfast. He checked his body, making sure that he was ready for any situation once they stepped into the Core Region; the challenge over would be harder than on the previous floors; they would probably encounter the others, especially that monster, Alex wasn't sure of his chance of winning if he were to face her. The reason why he must be prepared for any eventually. He looked at the girls beside him; he had told them that from here onward, it would be the core region; he didn't go into details, but he knew that knows, they didn't question him how or what he did, Alex was grateful for this.
Soon, the three were ready, and to respond to this; a blue portal appeared before them; without saying a word, they walked in.
The scenery changed as they passed through the blue portal, they closed their eyes due to the intense light, and when they opened them again, they appeared on an island,a gigantic floating island, the water surrounding them.
In the distance, a dark castle could be seen; the moment the group saw this ominous-looking castle that gave the feeling of Demon's Lord castle, they instantly knew this was their final destination, they must go in that castle, what they wanted seemed to be inside probably in the deepest part.
Alex nor Sakuya, Lilith was disappointed not to be transferred directly into the dark castle because it won't be fun that way.
Looking at sea ahead of him, Alex sighed; he could feel his strength back; they would need to traverse this sea to get on the other side, and with how things have been, it wasn't going to be a walk in the park, thinking about the possible challenge awaiting him ahead Alex's lips curved into a crescent shape and his eyes shone in dangerous luster.
''Let's go.'' He ordered, and the group moved forward.
Simultaneously, several people came, Third and Leonardo came, their destination the dark castle. Priscilla, the vampire duchess, also appeared, her nose twitched, and she smiled, she noticed something, no someone who she wanted to rip apart more than anything and the opportunity to get revenge had come she couldn't stop smiling.
In another location, Incursio appeared as well; with her high perception, she could sense many presences, some familiar one; she chuckled and decided to head to the dark castle and acquire that thing before the others; afterward, she could play to her heart content.
Having decided of her priority, Incursio flew through the air passing above the sea, heading directly toward the Dark castle; however, before she could traverse fifteen meters, she was forced to stop because there was a huge explosion, the water rippled outward like a geyser trying to slam her small body flying, she dodged with relative ease.
Suddenly, something huge jumped out of the water and tried to swallow Incursio, who had just dodged the water pillar.
Incursio chuckled while looking at the whale-like a monster; she clenched her small fist, it cracked, and terrifying power rippled out it; she then swung her fist toward the incoming whale, Incursio's small fist struck the monster upper jaw, normally it should have been her that would be flung into the sky; however, it was the opposite that happened.
The moment Incursio's fist connected with the whale's upper jaw, terrific strength rippled from her fist as she activated her unique ability: God's Right Hand.
Kabooooom!
The gigantic whale body got hammered into the sea; it headed straight toward the depth of the sea, the water rose forward; it was like a tsunami was happening.
Even in other locations, people stopped what they were doing and stared into Incursio's direction, eyes filled with shock; they knew who was because of this sudden attack.
Alex sighed, he had hoped not to encounter Incursio, but it was only wishful thinking. He sighed once again before dodging a merfolk trident thrown at him; he retaliated by blowing up the merfolk head.
Sakuya beheaded another one while Lilith killed two using lightning; the girls' expression remained serene even after the sudden explosion in the distance. Still, when looked closely, you could see that they both clutched their weapons intensely, testimony that they weren't unaffected as they tried to portray.
Alex shook his head and kept flying forward.
Back to Incursio's location, she stood above the water as if waiting for something, and soon what she was waiting for came up, it was the giant body of the whale, the water was dyed red as the dead monster body floated up. Incursio smiled; using her senses, she swept the area; she chuckled when she noticed the monsters trying to sneak attack on her, fleeing after her senses swept the area.
''Not bad, you got a good instinct.'' She complimented before stepping across space; one kilometer was passed in the blink of an eye. If it weren't because of the restrictions that forbid her to use her movement skill freely, she would have already entered the Dark castle. As she wasn't really in a hurry, Incursio leisurely advanced, and soon the Dark castle came into view.
With one last jump, she appeared before a colossal-looking door; normal people couldn't proceed forward because of the intimidating aura coming from the door; however, Incursio only chuckled and stepped forward.
She pushed the door open, which normally shouldn't have been possible to open with only one person, and went in; looking above her shoulder in the direction of others, she mumbled.
''I will be going ahead, quickly join me to make it more fun.''
The colossal door closed behind her. At the same time, the others arrived; however, unlike Incursio, they appeared before different doors.
Looking at the gigantic bone door, Alex gulped; he gripped his knives tightly and announced,
''Let's go in.''
The other two behind nodded as they readied their weapons.