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[Inside the forest dungeon]

[Kana point of view]

The forest dungeon. The location where Karon and Farhah have been training together with Mr Filvisar and her fairy companion. This lush green and yet dim dungeon hold both beauty and terror hand by hand. On one side, the lush green tree couple with the small birds flying around, and the aroma of flowers that soothes the heart and mind of a person are something that are hard to find elsewhere, but on the other hand, who knew what terrifying monsters are lurking behind the big thick tree there. We have an S rank adventure with us, a steel bird golem, and I myself as a male witch capable of controlling monster, but I do pray the monsters that I imagine lurking around stay inside my imagination and not shown themselves whatsoever

"Damn it's getting cloudy" [Kanji]

"Which makes this road even harder to travel" [Kana]

"Is every level inside this forest dungeon similar to this one?" [Seo Ah]

"Not necessarily. It sincerely depends on so many factors, but there is no denying that some floors are dimmer or darker than the other. This is one such floor" [Jacks]

"Could it be an indicator for the Fairy Queen Titania location?" [Seo Ah]

"I doubt that. Plus, the three of them didn't mention anything suggestive of it" [Jacks]

"Then the fairy Calypso? She should know regarding the location of the fairy queen" [Kanji]

"Maybe. Maybe not. She's over a hundred years old after all, so her forgetting her way home is a valid and equally frustrating excuse" [Kana]

If anything, I hope we can at least meet the Fairy queen even just once and tell them regarding what we discuss yesterday. If things did go according to our theoritical plan, where the true beastman group and the heroes clashes when they're trying to get the fairy queen's blessing, there are plenty of benefits we could get.

1) The kids get their blessing (two in fact, since the Holy Beast of Fire is in their possession)

2) We could uncover the objectives and location of the meddling third party

3) Eliminate significant portion of the meddling third party forces

I feel bad suggesting it, but at the same time, I know for a fact that their clash will be inevitable, so instead of delaying it further, controlling where and when the clashes happen will be better. I do hope Mrs Saga discuss this topic further with Queen Rinz and others. 

"There's still no sign of the fairy queen" [Seo Ah]

"I guess our luck are just that bad" [Kanji]

"There's still hope, so don't give up" [Jacks]

"..." [Birdie(Pterodactyl)]

"What is it, Birdie?" [Kana]

Birdie sudden sharp gaze startled me for a bit, before it just return back to normal. I guess he just detect some small fry monster and deem it unworthy to take any action. Let just pray our search bore some fruit

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Somewhere deep inside the forest

"That steel bird golem, quite perceptive isn't it. I'm glad I use my spell to make it ignore me. And, to think I caught a glimpse of such interesting thought on that male witch. That's indeed a great idea, in fact, I can use it to test the Avery and the other heroes even further during the rite for Mother Earth" [Fairy Queen, Titania]

The large adult size fairy make her exit

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[Inside the 5th floor of a Challenge dungeon in Beastman Kingdom territory]

[Mara point of view]

"Dark magic: Rapid gun firing. Abyssal bullets" [Zerolith]

Bullet after bullet after bullet after bullet... My point is, just how many bullet per second do he capable of firing. I guess Brother Ash's invention, the pistol benefited Zerolith the most out of all of us. He completely disregards his staff and opt for multiple pistols. Some for rapid firing, and some for raw massive  firepower which he constantly changes mid battle

"Some demon priest he is..." [Savel]

"It's like all his surpassed rash personality comes forth once he is in battle" [Singa]

"I know right. Some demon priest you are" [Mara]

"Well, sorry about that!" [Zerolith]

(((Just which one of your personalities is the real Zerolith?))) [Mara, Singa, Savel]

He speaks in rash and loud manner all the while shooting his abyssal bullets into the worker ants pouring down on us. They have been hunting monster lately. From the small weak F rank monster to even S rank monster (There are three successful attempts recorded thus far, although it caused huge casualty from the ants side)

"It's coming from above as well!" [Savel]

"Singa! Teleport me there!" [Mara]

"You got it!" [Singa]

Using teleportation magic, Singa teleported me not far enough, but not close enough to the ants. Just a nice distance for me to bring out my spear and imbued it with my thunder mana, before throwing it together with thunderstorm spell

"!" [Mara]

"Damn! Ice castle! Cannon of illusion" [Savel]

"Space magic: Space block" [Singa]

Some of the ants suddenly develop wing like structure, and quickly glide through my storm magic to reach me. Thankfully, Savel and Singa quick thinking save me by a thin of skin. Savel's powerful mirage cannon not only obliterate the ants, but also cause confusion to surviving ants, causing them to attack each other. As for Singa's space block, ants that touches it gets teleported elsewhere randomly. Some crash into other ants, while other get send to the firing range of Zerolith's abyssal bullets.

"There sure are a lot of ants" [Mara]

And majority of them are retreating underground, carrying all the meat and plants they looted from other dungeon through an unknown tunnel. It isn't strange for ants to do that, in fact, totally normal, just that... For once, isn't the amount just too much, and then there are multiple reports of other strange behaviours

"Something really happen to their colony..." [Mara]

"The question is what?" [Zerolith]

Since we are now free as there are no more ants in our sights, the four of us take a breather before deciding to get back to the mansion and call it a day