As Almond fell asleep, he dreamed more of his memories that returned since he cleared the 4th floor after defeating the Heroic Challenge boss.
As he woke up two hours later, Almond had a clear memory of his past life up to the 10th Floor.
He sorted the memories and first took note of important challenge spots and secret locations on the 5th floor.
‘I’ll sleep again after eating.’
Almond was hungry. He left the tent and saw that everyone was resting after eating under the big tree that Sylvia had become.
Lily and a few others were in meditative rest sitting cross-legged while others were sleeping normally resting at the tree’s trunk.
Lily woke up as she sensed something and opened her eyes.
“Do you want to eat? The food is ready. I’ll heat it up.”
“Yeah, thanks.”
Almond sat down near the bonfire, and Lily got up and began heating the food over the fire.
“Did you decide which ones are going to get a floor boss spawning item?”
“Yeah. Xavier, Talia, and Noah. These three will go ahead and get the item.”
“I’ll send Galvaren with them just in case to make sure the item’s not lost in any way.”
“Good idea.”
…
After Almond finished eating, he wore the Radiant Grimlord set since it had wings and flew into the portal from which everyone entered, returning to the 4th Floor.
He returned shortly after killing a small group of Flame-tailed Blazing Monkeys, getting a total of 12 Spirits.
He sacrificed eight spirits to respawn his spirit wraiths, and when he returned, Xavier, Kayla, Talia, and Noah had also woken up, having had enough rest.
They went into the portal leading to the 5th floor with Galvaren, beginning their journey.
After he told Natalia to take a Spirit Wraith with them once their parties were formed, he went back to sleep.
Lily also joined him for cuddling and sweet dreams as she also wanted to sleep properly.
The duo was going to leave together on the 5th floor since their party was fixed.
As for others, they started leaving a few hours later after making up their parties.
Party 1 that left early: Xavier, Talia, Noah, and Galvaren.
Party 2: Kayla, Maya, Jemma, and Chimera Frank.
Party 3: Natalia, Kira, Eliara, and Starlight Beast.
Those two parties picked the Spirit Wraith wisely as they could ride on those beast-like spirits, making their traveling faster across the Labyrinth floor.
Marcus and Amir were still in skill training as they had used their Advanced Skill Scroll.
Time passed as seconds turned into minutes, and minutes into hours…
Almond and Lily slept for six hours before waking up.
Almond and Lily freshened up and packed up the Magic Tent, preparing to leave.
The time remaining to reach the 5th Floor’s floor boss area was 26 hours.
“Sylvia, accompany these two on the 5th Floor once they wake up.”
The big tree lightly swayed as Sylvia’s voice rang out, “Understood, Master. See you later.”
“See you later,” Almond smiled.
…
On the one hand, Almond and Lily began their journey into the 5th floor, and on the other hand, the frontline adventurers were prepared and ready to enter the 10th Floor to defeat the floor boss.
The lineup this time was the most powerful ever.
Rudra Deva — The Strongest.
Silvester Duncan — Master in swords, broad swords.
Hiroshi Ryugiri — Master in swords, Katana.
Arjun Maheshwari — Master of Flame and Light, most potent and fastest firepower.
Theo Gabris — Long-range multi-elemental combat style.
Paloma Vasquez — Beast Tamer, Strongest Druid.
James Smith — Master Blacksmith with the most potent magitech-based energy weapons.
Liang Zhou — Kung Fu-based Techniques, all-rounder.
Viktor Volkov — Highest brute strength Axe warrior and ice master.
Bianca Moretti — Master Assassin, long & short range both.
Zauna Okoro — Master Sorcerer of debuff and control.
Dylan Makana — Volcanic Master, Terrain shifter.
Christina Lafayette — Master supporter, healing, and buffing.
Rafael Chavez — Poison Master, strategic warfare.
Aamir Khalid — Sand and Wind Master, all-rounder spear master.
Annika Von Richter — Highest research in mecha-based Magitech, master combatant.
Shiro-sen Shimazu — Master Mage of Curse-based skills and highest ocular power.
Aarav Patel — Strongest defense and barriers.
Only these eighteen people had reached level 150 in Platinum rank, all of them were old monsters.
There were other notable figures from other prestigious families, among which was Alexander Graves, the master gunslinger and military tactician, who was Talia’s father, the head of the Graves family.
Ioan Reben, the master hand-based and Earth elemental combatant. He was Adrian’s father, the head of the Reben family.
There were other family heads of influential and strong families who had reached a high level in Platinum rank, but none had reached level 150 yet since leveling took longer as one’s level increased.
Aside from them, the guild leaders of top guilds and other top-ranking adventurers who had reached high levels in Platinum rank had joined the raid party.
All in all, a total of 107 people who were top of the top, the most powerful ones, were ready to risk their lives against the 10th Floor’s Floor Boss.
Potions, one-time-use items, Lots of Epic-rank weapons, armors, accessories, 16 Legendary items, and 7 ancient artifacts.
The big raid party entered the Labyrinth Gate at the GAA headquarters and entered the 10th Floor, which had undergone a huge change temporarily due to the Floor Boss’s appearance.
“We are the furthest from the Floor Boss currently, but with its size and speed, we have roughly ten minutes to fifteen minutes before we are forced into the battle,” Rudra shouted as he flew up using the Hermes’ Winged Sandals and faced the big group.
“Remember, if we lose, our loved ones outside will have no chance of survival! This is our last stand!”
As Rudra gave his speech to boost the morale, the Floor Boss far away stirred into action.
It was 100 meters tall, semi-humanoid with draconic scales and wings. It had a beastly wyvern head and four draconic wings. Two of those wings were blade-like ones working as high-speed slashers.
It had gray and shining dark blue colored scales, its dragon head menacing with hazy crimson eyes.
The boss released a sound from its mouth that was a mix of roaring and screeching as it took off to the skies and flew toward the raid party.