"This crazy...!"
Urus dropped me deeper into the lower floors.
The floor we were on now was the 59th.
Even if we went down one more floor, it wouldn't have been that big of a problem, but...
"How many holes did you punch through?!"
The problem was that there looked to be at least several dozen holes already opened up.
Even if magic swords made monsters easy to deal with, the Dungeon was full of the unknown, so carefully exploring it was the wise choice.
"Urus!"
[I said I'd give you a ride, so sit still.]
I let out a sigh and left myself to Urus.
After falling for about ten minutes... we reached a colorless floor with nothing on it.
A wide open space covered only in grass, with the faint smell of wine lingering in the air.
There wasn't even a trace of the monsters that usually roamed each floor.
"How far did you drop me...?"
[About 21 floors?]
"Then this is the 80th floor?"
[Probably?]
So thanks to a spirit, I'd ended up in a place even the Zeus Familia had never reached...
"Let's take a look around first."
Just as I was about to begin exploring to achieve my goal...
"...!"
I felt something disgusting.
A sticky gaze, like something was staring at me as prey, was being felt from behind.
"...A-ah...Urus...?"
[Well, well, was that the one...?]
"You know this spirit?"
[One of the spirits that was especially interested in humans.]
The fallen spirit's true body looked exactly the same as its clone.
The only difference was that, unlike the clone that lunged at us the moment it saw us, this one was a little more docile.
"Well... I guess it doesn't matter..."
[Barrier, quickly!]
"[Rho Aias]!"
As Urus had said, [Rho Aias], which I deployed quickly, barely managed to block the tentacles the fallen spirit had extended.
"That's awfully fast."
[Because it was modified by the Dungeon.]
Ah...
"Let me eat you, Urus."
[No.]
Blue flames began scattering in all directions.
[I'm going to go have some fun for a bit.]
"Huh?"
The scattered flames grew larger and formed a dome, trapping Urus and the fallen spirit inside.
"...If you were going to do that, why did you bring me here?"
[Salamander, Gnome, Tonitrus, Undine, Lux, Shade... You really ate a lot, didn't you?]
Inside the dome of flame, Urus spoke to the fallen spirit.
"Hmm..."
[You don't even intend to listen... Why did that good child end up like this...?]
"Urus... let it eat you..."
[No.]
Burning away the tentacles rising from the floor, Urus formed a spear out of flame and shot it out.
"Bind ice as though with the eternal frozen earth. My name, the proxy of countless blades, is Undine. Avatar of water, king of water. Icicle Edge."
The fallen spirit nullified Urus's flames with the magic of the water spirit Undine, then extended its tentacles and rushed at Urus.
"Got you..."
[...]
Urus, who had obediently been caught,
[YOU JUST ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD.]
"Huh?"
opened a portal to the spirit world and dragged the fallen spirit into it.