240 - - rival appearance

Leading the way is a woman from the Purple-Eyed Tribe.

She is almost as tall as Thor.

Her supple body is covered with tight-fitting leather armor, and two axes hang from either side of her waist.

The handles of the axes, which appear to be one-handed, are almost ankle-long.

Behind her, a few steps behind, is another woman of the Purple-Eyed Tribe.

She is also dressed exactly the same way.

If you look closely, you can see that their faces and heights are similar, but the woman in the front has curly hair with a strong habit, while the woman in the back has beautiful straight hair.

Both of them had black hair with bright golden tones, the curly hair was tied back and the straight hair was trimmed at the neck.

They looked like sisters and passed by without paying attention to Thor who was peeking through a small window.

Their feet were wrapped in leather shoes with purple stripes, just like their armor.

The next person to appear was a familiar figure.

He was dressed in silver and white leather armor, with a large bow on his back and a quiver of arrows at his waist.

As usual, only his right arm was thicker than the rest.

Chiru, the archer, looked at Thor sharply like a hawk for a moment, then grinned at him.

Chita, his sister, follows behind him.

Unlike her brother, Chita holds a smaller bow in her hand, but it is a beautiful green color.

A woman of the Midoriwa tribe, wearing her usual snakeskin hat, raised her hand and waved it lightly when she noticed Thor and the others.

The last one was a man of the Soukei tribe.

This was a serious-looking man whom we had met a few times at the encampment of the Thundercrow Clan.

He was dressed in a blue robe that almost reached his ankles and held a long, old staff in his hand.

Mordamo, the waterman, glanced at the window and went down the stairs without a word.

"Is that the Tenshurun Alliance? Are they still searching the second level?"

"They were really beautiful people, weren't they?

"I guess those must be the twins they've been talking about."

Sora, who had been peering into the small window with Thor, mutters in an admiring tone.

The two in the front group are no doubt sisters Kikiriri and Nenemimi, former members of the "Shirogane no Kaen" judging from their features.　

Ninessa has told me that they are easygoing in character, but their abilities are well-known to the public.

"It was quite a well-balanced party, wasn't it?"　

Likewise, Euril was leaning against Thor, stretching his neck.

This is an itinerant adventurer's point of view.

The vanguard was made up of a warrior and a lightning user, both of whom were wall players and attackers, and the rear guard consisted of two skilled remote attackers and a veteran water user who played the role of a healer.

In addition, Chita, who is also a wind user, has been reinforced, so the lineup is such that there are no gaps in it.

"Well, I don't feel like we are losing so much either.

Despite the unbalanced composition of Thor and his team, there are no delays in their actions, as each of them is neatly assigned to a specific task.

The disadvantage of not being able to do much was, on the contrary, a strength.

More than that, however, the fact that each of them had extraordinary specifications was a great advantage.

In the first place, everything is wrong when a party with only one member is exploring a fixed dungeon without a care in the world.

Moreover, when they hear that only one of them can use the Upper Branch Magic Technique, even the heroes who had managed to seal off the miasma would shake their heads in dismay.

Thor nodded his head deeply at the party, which had only been formed a little more than half a year ago but was now in good shape.

Then, shall we go too? It looks like we've been taken for a ride, but what are you doing?　Moo."

Turning around, Thor shouted in disgust.

Moe was spinning around in a circle in the middle of the room, holding up a cage of insects.

The child, who looked as if he was about to cry, jumped up and down, appealing to Thor.

"Tor-chan!　Kuro-suke ga!　Kuro-suke!"

I looked up and saw that the rhinoceros beetle had somehow managed to climb up the chain that descended from the ceiling.

Moo looks up at the family pet, which has reached a height completely out of reach, with a sad expression on his face.

Apparently, it was a bad idea not to have a walking leash attached.

Thor exhales lightly and pulls out the sword from his waist.

Just as he lifts it up to strike it down, the child hits him on the thigh.

"No!

"Just give it a little shove, and it'll fall off."

"Boo!　Meh!"

Clinging to my waist, he tries hard to stop me.

He has been cutting monsters into pieces so many times that he seems to have made too strong an impression on them.

But the rhinoceros beetle is already out of reach.

Thor scratches the bottom of his chin and a teary-eyed Moe is interrupted by Sola, who comes out with her best face.

"This is where I come in!　Moo-chan."

The child in a white kimono again strikes the girl with a new cane made of buried wood.

"You killed her!

"Gofu!　Well, that's our line. ....... No, not my gizzard. ......"

It's bad enough that we've been blowing up monsters and making them disappear so easily.

"Oh my God!　I'm serious, please help me!"

"Then leave it to me. I'll take care of it.

"Yoo Grandma ......"　

As he approached, Yuril held a small fruit in his hand, which he had taken out from somewhere.

Moe swallowed hard and turned his head to the side.

Moo is not eating a snack right now!

"This is for you, Kurosuke-san."

Smiling his usual smirk, Yuril gently placed the slightly peeled fruit in the insect cage.

Immediately the sweet and sour smell of the fruit fills the air, and the effect is extraordinary.

A black shadow crosses the air, and the beetle is easily settled in the cage.

Moo's purple eyes widen wide at the sight of the insect sucking on the fruit.

And now he hugs Yuril tightly.

The silver-haired beauty softly accepted the child's full force.

Thor exhaled quietly as the three of them laughed happily at each other.

He had been in a state of excitement after encountering the other adventurers.

Shaking his head slowly, he informs them of the change of policy.

"Let's call it a day and get some rest. We can start going to the tenth floor tomorrow.

"Yes!"

"Rairai!"

Moe raises his insect cage with a flourish, but his gaze shifts to the beetles devouring the golden berries.

Drooling, the child tugs at the sleeve of Yuril's dress and asks frankly, "What do you want?

Hey, Grandma, do you happen to have some of Mu's?"

"Yes, I do. Shall we all enjoy it together after dinner?

"Yes!"

"Yeah, let's get back to it, Thor."

There is not the slightest hint of unnecessary fretfulness or fear in the friendly party conversation.

Thor nodded his head once again at the sight of his dependable friends.