Well then if theres a safety area or not

Sally whispered.

Sally realized that she is starting to lose her concentration.

It is not strange if a fatal mistake would occur anytime.

And, the meaning of Sally who was in charge of reconnaissance having a mistake means the death of everyone.

I need to do my best

*PechiPechi*, she slapped her cheeks, tries to regain her spirits and heighten her hearing.

I hear a faint sound from the left. There isnt any problem to the right

The other two tried to hear it, but they couldnt hear it at all, hidden by the sound of the ground shaking.

It seems like they could not act as a subst.i.tute for her.

Lets hurry, it would be bad if it appears on the right

Ahh, I got it

Un, lets go!

The three of them advanced to the right path with a fast pace.

The appearance of the snail wasnt there, and they were able to advance deeper.

If they had advanced to the left, at that time, they would have been found by the snail.

Sallys reconnaissance had barely not lost its effects.

Advancing for a while, the three ended up in a dead end.

However, it was not completely a bad thing.

Somethings there!

The place where Kasumi was pointing at was a large purple crystal.

And as if it was sealed within it, there was an old key and a cherry blossom shaped earring.

When the three approached it, that purple crystal had an HP Bar.

It means, it is possible to destroy it.

Its likely that we need the key I think that we should take it

Un, I think so too

Then Ill do it

Kasumi drew her katana and made a stance.

Fourth of the BladesWhirlwind!

She slashes twice upwards and twice downwards.

The high-speed consecutive attacks. .h.i.ts the crystal as if it was sucked into it.

The crystal was not able to endure those consecutive attacks, *Parin*, it broke together with the sound of a gla.s.s breaking.

Kasumi picks up the key and earring that fell to the ground and checked it.

The keyit doesnt have a description. The earring is just an equipment. It doesnt seem like it has something to do on how to escape from here

She said that, and let the other two check it.

Un, it really seems so

The key where should we use it?

Who knows? For the meantime, this earring will be Kasumis

Sally gave the earring to Kasumi.

After that, they talked for a while, and the key was also given to Kasumi.

Well then lets continue exploring

This place was a dead end, it doesnt have a place to runaway to.

The three moved back to where they came from in a hurry.

And, what the three found after turning back and continue exploring for a while was a side hole near the ceiling.

That thing that was in the middle of the pathways was something that they did not see before.

It was natural for the three to think that there is something inside that.

That, can we enter it?

UnI think that we cant reach it usingLeap

Leapwas not enough to enter that side hole placed 10 meters from the ground.

And when the three was thinking, that time.

wait, be quiet! it came!

Sally had heard the *GuchoGucho* sounds with her ears.

On top of that, it was coming from both sides.

I was cautious to not get in the middle!

They were not caught in the middle not once up until now, the chances of meeting them were slim from the start, and Sally had completely read their positions.

The sounds where the sounds of the ground shaking were coming from, she had guessed their distance from them using that, and she was able to choose the best pathway.

And right now, that crumbled for the first time.

She had read wrongly the movement of one snail.

We can only enter through that hole!

Sally, useLeap! Ill do something about the rest!

There was already no time on hearing what Kasumi was planning.

The snails have appeared from both sides.

Leap!

Sally prayed that they might have reached it, but it was really not enough, counting the weight of additional two people.

Third of the BladesLone Moon!

Kasumis body accelerated mid-air.

Being supported by the system, Kasumis body launched upwards.

Of course, pulling the two with her.

Kasumis body spins once in the air leaving the effect of the slash, and fell while advancing forward.

That was just exactly where the hole was.

The three plunged into the hole as if to roll in it. Sally immediately checked the snails below.

The snails tried to spurt out their sticky liquid, but it seems like it couldnt reach them.

Doesnt seem like they have ways to come up I think

Sally was relieved, fell to the ground and leaned her back on the crystal wall.

Haha thank goodness it worked

Thanks, Kasumi. We couldnt reach it with just myLeap

Un! It was amazing!

The time of getting stiff when Lone Moon misses is very long, you knowif we couldnt reach it, I wouldnt have been able to move and wed get defeated by the snails it was also a gamble for me

Her gamble paid off.

Thanks to that, the three were able to have their long awaited break.

The hole wasnt large enough for the snail to enter.

Its also good to rest, but would you like to take a glance ahead? Theres no guarantee that there would be no other monsters

I guess so. That should be good too. I have completely thought that there are only snail monsters here

Un, I also agree with that

The three agreed.

The three stood up, and advanced through the hole.

The hole was connected to a circular hall.

It was about 5 meters away from the ground, and the room has six pathways.

Just looking from far away, one can tell that it was high enough for a snail to pa.s.s through.

And, about right ahead of the hole the three were in, there was a wall with a door.

Its size was 2 meters high.

It wasnt a giant door for boss rooms up until now.

Is that the exit?

Wait a second. Far Vision! there is a keyhole. Most probably, the key earlier should be for that. Im sure that theres something in there

Thenyou wanna go? There isnt any sound of snails coming from the paths too

Really?

Are you sure?

Being told by the two, Sally checked again with her ears.

She couldnt hear the sounds coming from any pathways.

She listened carefully for several minutes, but in the end, she couldnt her the sounds of the snails.

Its alright. I couldnt hear anything

Thenlets go

Un, lets do that

The three jumped down to the ground.

Maple and Kasumi trust Sallys reconnaissance ability.

Sally have absolute confidence in her own ability.

And there was no mistake from the answer that she had using that ability.

There were no snails coming from the pathways, nothere was no monsters at all.

However, as a conclusion.

They should have really taken a break in the hole they were before.

They didnt notice that their thinking had narrowed.

Thats right.

The three did not think that the environment would change as soon as they go down at all.

The crystal grew at a fast pace, blocking the hole.

And from all the pathways, they started to hear that sound.

That disgusting *GuchoGucho* sound.

T-This is bad!

What should we do!

Lets run for it! Thats all we can do!

Maple was fully equipped right now.

However, they have no time to wait for her to remove her equipments. The snails had already started to crawl out of the pathways.

The distance to the door was 25 meters.

It was not a significant distance, but the three felt like it was so far away.