[Congratulations…]
The Floor Boss was felled with zero casualties in the grand party.
Naturally, the rank one in the contribution leaderboard belonged to Almond since Asura was also attacking alongside him, and the second rank went to none other than Lily.
The third rank went to Arjun Mahesvari, and the fourth rank in contribution went to Admiral Rudra.
Old monsters were top-ranked as usual, except for Almond and Lily, the two little monsters who had strong summons and dreadful damage.
Moreover, Lily could literally remain undying because of her specialized class’s powers. She could absorb vitality while also consuming her blood for more damage while her four Dreadspire Elementals were fueled by her constantly as she absorbed the boss’s vitality through constant attacks.
There wasn’t even much difference between her and Almond in terms of contribution points, though if Almond had more Spirit Lords, he would be way higher.
But only Asura was ready. The others were still not ready.
…
As everyone entered the 15th Floor, many guild leaders, vice leaders, and other powerhouses felt surreal.
“We really skipped two floors and directly arrived here.”
“I skipped three…I was still on the 11th Floor after maxing my level on that floor to Epic 50.”
“This floor has strange and big buildings. Looks like it’s a bunch of exotic ruins.”
“Wait, look above!”
Everyone looked up and saw nothing but water, and it was coming down!
“What’s going on?!”
“Don’t panic!” Almond shouted, his voice reverberating. “This is the specialty of this floor. This entire floor will soon submerge, and we will have to fight underwater. It will stay submerged for half an hour before going up!”
“The floor is vast, but our goal is clear Advancement Quest to reach Legendary-rank lifeform, level up to 50, and kill the four Big Bosses to get special items so we can unlock the Floor Boss!”
“Two Big Bosses will be accessible when the floor is submerged, and the other two will be accessible when the floor is open! Both states will have different areas unlocked only for half an hour, so each of our big battles must be finished within that!”
“For now, I will continuously teleport us to a large open area with more monsters to clear the Advancement Quest and level up!”
Almond spoke swiftly as the water was coming down, and just as he finished speaking and teleported fifty kilometers away after spreading his pulse, the entire floor was submerged and transformed subtly with everything turning into exotic underwater ruins of some lost civilization.
Almond knew everything since he had regained his memories long ago and knew about all 30 floors.
Since he brought them to the monster-filled area, they were immediately attacked from all sides, and everyone soon became busy.
Almond didn’t do anything except observe, and instead of helping, created challenges for old monsters and others.
‘Your right arm will freeze.’
Admiral Rudra’s pupils constricted as he just threw a right-handed punch at an elite monster—a Legendary-rank two-headed humanoid lizard with a trident- but he heard Almond’s whisper, and his arm froze completely in a spatial film.
But reacting fast, his feet sparkled with blue glitters and kicked up, shooting the monster away.
‘You brat, is that what you meant by making trouble?’
Almond chuckled as he floated, undetected by everyone, whispering into multiple people’s ears at once and disabling them.
This was the best way to increase their mental prowess, reaction time, and overall combat ability.
Old monsters were sharp as he expected. None of them fell for such simple tricks and reacted promptly, but that wasn’t the case for many others.
Half an hour later, all 148 people in the party cleared roughly a thousand monsters ranging from Legendary level 1 to Level 20 and reached.
Due to this being the fourth and last cycle of this month, the number of monsters as well as their overall combat power was 40% higher, making it a perfect challenging ground.
Many almost died, but Almond saved them, and ultimately, the entire party reached Legendary level 20.
The water also floated up as everyone saw trees, forests, and mountains manifesting and ruins changing.
“We’ll be going to an endgame area now where the monsters will range from Legendary level 40 to 50! Don’t worry about dying, and give your best shot!” Almond said with a grin.
“NOOO!”
“It seems that you derive fun from our suffering, Almond.”
“Good, do it,” Hiroshi said with a hearty laugh. “That’s more fun.”
“Let’s go.” Almond smiled and snapped his finger, teleporting everyone.
Two and a half hours later, everyone challenged the Heroic Boss with their big-ass party and cleared it, taking the first rank in the leaderboard.
However, the difficulty was unexpected because they got a notification that a party exceeding 50 people would increase the difficulty, especially since everyone gained the Heroic Blessing that could temporarily boost one of their powers significantly.
However, the rewards were well worth it, and Almond’s presence ensured everyone’s safety.
Many people also manifested their Bloodlines, including all old monsters and many others.
Almond had yet to manifest his Bloodline because it would manifest in his real body, and for that, he needed his real body to work and remain active, but since he was here, he would only manifest it later when he returned.
Lily’s Bloodline was on the verge of manifesting, and it wouldn’t be long before it did.
Some Grim Breakers also manifested the Bloodlines.
All in all, everyone tremendously improved and became powerful, while those who awakened Bloodlines gained a trump card and direct power-up.
Entering the 16th Floor, which had exotic biomes and was fully wild and natural, Almond announced, “If possible, our aim is to enter the 20th Floor in the next thirteen hours and complete your advancement quest of Mythical-rank lifeform!”
“I don’t want anyone complaining and backing out because reaching the 20th Floor and becoming Mythical rank is our only chance at survival against what is about to come!”
“The fate of our planet rests solely in our hands! So keep up, and let’s reach Mythical rank!”
Marcus roared first, followed by the other Grim Breakers and soon many others!
Valentina bit her lips as she looked at Almond, her eyes infatuated but also sad because she knew she would never become his.
Her eyes matched that of Kira, who also looked at Almond the same way.
“Grandma…why couldn’t I meet him earlier, before Lily?”
“That is something not up to us or anyone. Well, if fate existed, then you can say it was fate’s doing,” Bianca said as she looked at her granddaughter and sighed.
“I’ll be teleporting us now. Get ready to be swarmed by insectoid monsters because there will be a lot of them the moment I teleport us!”
“Use buffs and mana techniques now!”
As everyone quickly prepared, many wondered how Almond knew about the floors already.
But only Admiral Rudra and Lily knew that Almond had a past life where he had gone through all the floors.
Soon, everyone used their techniques and skills as colorful auras filled Almond’s vision.
Snapping his finger, he teleported everyone.
…
Several hours later…
Grimworld Tutorial’s Overseer’s Palace.
“My god….if he is hurrying like that and leading all top powerhouses, he will clear the Labyrinth’s 30th Floor next month.”
Her eyes sparkled as her gaze went to another screen.
“But these three forces are working together to deal a blow to Earth.”
The next month’s Labyrinth would open on 16th March, but from 1st March to 15th March, there would be a war event for Epic-rank powerhouses.
“It looks like I’ll have to change the event’s entry to Legendary rank. The top powerhouses of the other three worlds have also reached Legendary rank, but Earth is getting more Legendary rank now.”
“This is fun!”
Her eyes glittered with thrill as she spun around in her magical chair.
“I bet lords above are also having fun, haha. I wonder how everything will turn out.”
“Will Almond and the others survive the assault from the other three forces and two Arcane Champions? The chances are low…”
“If Earth lost its base between March 1st to March 15th, it would be over. Oof, if only I could choose the people that are going to be eradicated,” the Overseer’s eyes glimmered with intoxication as she saw Almond.
But a flare of annoyance flashed as she looked at Lily.
“She must die. Among the half of the population that will be erased, I hope she is one of them because Almond belongs to me, Reiara of Evernight, and no one else!” A maddening glow permeated her eyes as she watched Almond.