A silver blade sliced through, the girl's radiant blonde hair whipped wildly through the air, and the great dragon let out a piercing, mournful cry. "One stroke." ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦·𝘯𝘦𝘵 This was the whole process of the Lv.6 top-ranked monster [Mighty Dragon · Cadmus] being slain by the girl. Under the gnarled dragon's head a thin line appeared; time seemed to pause for an instant, then the dragon's skull slid away, leaving only terror frozen in those huge golden vertical pupils. Ais, who had delivered the stroke, slowly exhaled. She gently shook her sword; a drop of deep-red dragon blood slid from the blade, and then the girl sheathed the pitch-black longsword. "Amazing," Lefiya sighed softly. The innate potential of the Mighty Dragon · Cadmus matched the Sword Princess's, both Lv.6, and in fact the former was considered the pinnacle of Lv.6 monsters. In raw strength alone it surpassed Valgang Dragons, Tundra Behemoths, and even the Labyrinth Solitary King Udaeus. And now Ais had killed that monster with a single sword. "It's because of this sword," Ais returned to Lefiya's side and said. Ais's weapon, the quasi-legendary armament [Storm King], after being reforged and infused with new materials, had been elevated and truly acquired the power of a heroic treasure. The smith Emiya had given the sword the simplest name, [Dragon-Slayer]. Tiona entered from the passage beside Lefiya, sighing with feeling, "If that mighty dragon hadn't been blocking the main road, it would've been better. We could have left it alive to help clean up other monsters." They were now on the fortieth floor; the dungeon riot still continued. Monsters like the Mighty Dragon · Cadmus, which should have been born on the fifty-first floor, had appeared here directly. Among draconic monsters, the mighty dragon was one of the proudest kinds. It would never tolerate other beings in its territory. Before Ais defeated it, that mighty dragon had slain countless monsters that tried to rush past it. On top of that, it disdainfully refused to devour magic-stone-bearing non-dragon monsters, it stomped many magic stones flat. If its lair weren't on the main road of the fortieth floor, adventurers might have considered leaving it alive. "Ais, how do you feel. Do you think you can level up?", Tiona asked. The girl shook her head, "Not yet. Recently my stats have been rising fast, but I'm still short on 'Feats.'" "Yeah, right now it's far too easy for Ais to slay dragonkind," Lefiya said, "To gain feats, you still need tougher battles." "Exactly... Next then, Lefiya, you be the main attacker. Get used to Lv.4 combat as soon as possible," Tiona said. After the last expedition, Lefiya had met the conditions to ascend a level. After a few days of special training, she had pushed her mana stat up several points, honing it to S980, then underwent the level break. When she ascended to Lv.4 she gained the developmental trait [Magic Burst], the same trait Riveria unlocked upon reaching Lv.7. Its effect: after a high-power attack magic is cast, you can expend mana to trigger a secondary detonation. For a "firepower specialist" like Lefiya that was one of the ideal developmental traits. Based on her own experience unlocking that trait, Riveria instructed Lefiya to deliberately use as many high-power spells as possible; eventually Lefiya successfully awakened [Magic Burst]. Lefiya also unlocked a new skill: [Dual Canon]. An on-demand activation skill that allows, after finishing the chant of one spell, to hold it in standby by storing it as a magic ring, then cast a second spell. The first spell, once completed, can be stored and still be triggered during the chant of the second spell. This skill lets Lefiya effectively use two spells simultaneously; combined with [Elven Ring], it yields endlessly variable tactical choices, but it consumes a great deal of mental strength. Lefiya's other skill was an attack-magic-only amplification that doubles effect: [Fairy Canon]. With [Magiccraft] to increase spell power, [Fairy Canon] to amplify effects, [Magic Burst] to detonate mana, [Dual Canon] for double casting, and the myriad tactics of [Elven Ring]... Lefiya's absurd set of abilities made countless girls in the Loki Familia's mage corps shed jealous tears. "Cheat-character," "Sector War God," "Firepower Idiot"... those were the nicknames they gave Lefiya. Now, when she unleashed full-force magical firepower she could surpass a Lv.6 magus. With the lead role swapped, and Ais and the others providing protection, Lefiya began her chant. "Proud warriors, bowmen of the forest, advance, raiders draw near, string your bows." "Answer your kin's call, set arrows and ignite the flames; forest lights command you to loose, elven fire arrows rain like storm, burn the barbarians." "[Fusillade Fallarica]!" A spell with terrifying range and power detonated across the maze; the searing waves of flame, like a roaring dragon, instantly devoured everything nearby. The fire's light lit the whole dungeon; the air filled with scorching heat, the ground warped slightly from the temperature, even distant stone pillars blackened from the heat. Monsters under Lv.5 had no resistance to that destructive blaze and were incinerated to ash in an instant, not even able to emit a scream. Monsters with a first-tier potential barely survived the cleansing but were on the brink of death. Then Lefiya snapped her fingers— The magic that had entered their bodies detonated, tearing apart the monsters' tough frames. The scene made Tiona and the others gasp. Because Lefiya's flame magic had removed all cool air. A Lv.4 [Thousand Elf] cleaning monsters was more efficient than the sum of all their Lv.6s. "As Master said, Lefiya is the strongest turret magus; there's no need to train her swordsmanship," Ais remarked. After Filvis' "sacrifice," and mourning her friend, Lefiya had once considered developing into a spellblade and even wanted to formally become Emiya's disciple to learn swordplay. But Emiya had dissuaded her. Not everyone is suited to dual-training magic and martial arts. Lefiya's talent lay entirely in magic, especially offensive spells. Her swordplay only needed to be sufficient for self-defense; obsessing over melee was a waste of time. Lefiya surprisingly obeyed Emiya and gave up the spellblade path, focusing on magical artillery. Her secondary weapon now was the magic longsword [Purple Wisteria]; her main weapon was the staff named [Hephaestus' Gaze (Loki's eyes)], a joint creation by Tsubaki and Emiya. Its effect was blunt and simple: massively increase magic power, amplify attack spell effects, and give extra amplification to fire spells. Lefiya could now be regarded as an upper-Lv.6 magus; just as Amide at Lv.3 was regarded as a first-tier healer. "All right, rest a bit. Bete and I will lure another batch of monsters," Aki said, "One more round of slaying, then we can return today." Under Aki's command, the first-tier adventurers rested and recovered, while Lv.2 and Lv.3 supporters collected monsters' magic stones and drops. "Strange as it sounds, after the dungeon riot began our gains multiplied, and adventuring got a lot easier," Raul grumbled as he picked up magic stones, "Even my abilities are almost training up to B rank, I'm close to leveling up." Magic stat I0; Strength, Endurance, Agility, Dexterity all C680, that was Raul's current stats, already reaching the standard for level breakthrough; only a Feat short of ascending. Except for mana being I0 because he didn't use magic, Raul's other four stats were very balanced; in past level-ups his four stats had always been all C-rank, but this time he had a chance to break the record. As for magic, having burned three magic tomes (400 million Valis) and spent the money earned from the war game with Emiya and the Freya Familia with no gain, Raul had been left half-hearted and without hope. It wasn't just Raul, everyone's stats were skyrocketing. The increase in dungeon monster numbers and deep monsters pushing to shallow layers was alarming, but for adventurers it was also a boon. Powerful monsters leaving their perilous deep layers made them much easier to slay. So far, the increase in numbers hadn't yet threatened a faction as strong as the Loki Familia. "That said, the mop-up tasks every few days are annoying," another adventurer complained. 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