Danmachi, Ch 156-160

Chapter 156 – The Procedure After a Proposal

Keeping his guard up around Freya was more than enough.

That, in Tsuna's mind, was the greatest form of respect he could give that goddess.

“How’re you feeling now?”

After their little commotion, Loki had once again settled into the poise of a goddess.

Gentle eyes. A soft, patient tone. A faintly maternal smile that made her look nothing like the shameless flirt she usually was.

“I’ve learned a lot,” Tsuna said as he sat up from Loki’s lap. Her warmth still lingered on his face—though judging by the way her legs trembled, she might’ve been worse off than he was.

He frowned slightly and placed his hand over her thighs. A soft orange flame flowed out from his palm, spreading across her skin until the trembling began to ease.

“Mmm~”

A pleased hum escaped her lips. Loki glanced down at the hand resting on her leg and gave a small sigh.

“Let’s just say you’re... treating me,” she muttered, choosing to let the moment slide.

"I never thought you'd go this far for me, Miss Loki."

Tsuna wasn’t joking. He genuinely hadn’t expected her to act this way for his sake.

“Honestly,” Loki said, expression complicated, “neither did I.”

She’d been a goddess who once scoffed at love—the kind who saw it as nothing more than a game, a fleeting amusement among the gods of heaven.

Who would’ve thought she’d come down to the lower world only to meet a child who caught her attention so completely?

One who made her not only descend... but stay.

And now, she was even thinking about how to keep him by her side longer—long enough that she’d gone so far as to make that kind of decision.

“Well, since I’ve decided, we’ll do things my way,” she said confidently.

That was the Loki everyone knew—the proud trickster goddess. Once she made up her mind, she never looked back.

Still, when her eyes drifted to Tsuna sitting in front of her, a spark of possessiveness flickered deep inside.

“Come to think of it,” she said with a smirk, “you were the one who proposed to me, weren’t you? You even gave me a wedding ring. Don’t you think you’ve skipped a certain... step in the process?”

“...A step?”

Tsuna blinked, replaying the scene in his mind. Proposal, ring, declaration of love... and then... oh.

It hit him immediately.

He might not have much real-world experience, but he’d seen enough movies and stories to know what came next.

A kiss.

That was how people sealed their proposals—with emotion, passion, and physical connection.

Except... it really wasn’t something the woman was supposed to hint at herself.

And if the guy still didn’t get it after that? Yeah, that would be pathetic.

This is bad. I have zero experience with this.

He looked calm on the outside, but inside, Tsuna was a mess.

Something like this wasn’t exactly the kind of thing you could improvise—get it wrong, and you’d look like an idiot.

But right now, there was no time to think, no time to learn.

Whatever. I’ll just go for it.

He wrapped an arm around Loki and, without hesitation, pulled her close and kissed her.

So this is... what a girl’s lips feel like.

That was the first thought that popped into his head as their lips met.

This idiot... definitely no experience at all, Loki thought immediately.

His movement was stiff, his kiss too still—just pressing his lips against hers with no sense of rhythm or depth. Definitely a first-timer.

But still...

Loki’s arms slid around him in return. For once, she wasn’t a goddess—just a woman caught up in the moment.

Neither of them broke away, simply holding the kiss for a while, letting the silence stretch.

When they finally separated, their gazes met.

Loki’s cheeks were flushed, her face glowing like it was bathed in sunset light. But her lips still curved in that teasing, confident grin.

“Next time,” she said softly, “come practice with me a little more. You really need it.”

The “no experience” comment stung, adding a layer of awkwardness to Tsuna’s already flustered mood.

Being told by her that he was bad at kissing... yeah, that was rough.

Still, the words “come practice with me” echoed in his ears—and, more importantly, she didn’t sound displeased at all.

“I’ll come by again,” he said seriously.

Loki could only stare at him in disbelief. This idiot... a simple “yeah” would’ve been fine. Did he really have to sound like he was reporting to his boss?

She sighed and decided to change the topic before she lost patience.

“Besides confirming things about Tione, did you have anything else you wanted to talk about?”

“Oh—right!” Tsuna smacked his forehead. “I almost forgot. It’s about Tiona and Tione—who’s going to help me handle Amphisbaena?”

Loki blinked. “Ah, that.”

She wasn’t surprised. Both Tione and Tiona had already pushed their Status as far as they could go. Even their magic had reached its limit.

When you hit the cap like that, the next step was obvious—find a way to move forward.

She remembered clearly that the twins had already mentioned wanting to challenge Amphisbaena, the Floor Boss of the Great Falls.

“Yeah, they’ve had a string of bad luck lately. Haven’t been able to find Amphisbaena at all.”

“Come to think of it,” she added, frowning slightly, “the Dungeon’s been acting strange. Two months in a row without a Floor Boss showing up? That’s not normal.”

Normally, defeating Amphisbaena would be enough for both sisters to Level Up to Lv. 5. Unfortunately, despite two attempts, they’d failed to locate the creature each time.

It really was a shame.

“So this time, they’re trying again. I just hope their luck’s better,” Loki said with a sigh. “It’d be annoying if they ran into the same issue.”

Sitting across from her, Tsuna quietly wiped the sweat from his brow.

Chapter 157 – The Dungeon’s Big Rats

Three days later—the day Amphisbaena was set to respawn.

Early that morning, Tiona and Tione were already waiting in Tsuna's room.

“So? Are we heading out right away?”

Tiona was practically bouncing in place. She couldn’t wait to take on Amphisbaena.

“No rush. There are a few things we should go over first.”

Tsuna didn’t seem particularly anxious.

Given the current state of the Dungeon, Amphisbaena was easily one of the toughest Floor Bosses to deal with. There was no way anyone else would be dumb enough to compete for it. Unless he made a move, nobody else would.

“For the past two months, you’ve both gone to the Great Falls looking for Amphisbaena. Word might’ve spread by now—some adventurers or Familias probably know what you’re up to. So this time, we need to be especially cautious.”

The Loki Familia might not be the enemy of everyone in the Labyrinth City, but it came pretty close. That meant whenever they went into the Dungeon for a Floor Boss expedition, they had to keep that fact in mind.

“First priority: make sure no one spots you.”

“If anyone’s actually planning to ambush you down there, they’ve probably already laid traps in advance. Think about what happened to the Astraea Familia.”

At that, both Tiona and Tione immediately tensed.

They still remembered what had happened back then.

If Tsuna hadn’t intervened, those girls from the Astraea Familia never would’ve made it out alive.

And just like he said—after going to the Great Falls two months in a row, on the exact days Amphisbaena was expected to respawn, and without hiding their levels, anyone paying attention could easily guess what they were after. They’d basically announced that they were gunning for Excellia.

That made them easy targets for certain “interested parties.”

To Tsuna, that kind of thing was just normal—expected, even.

Even if the Loki Familia was the second-strongest Familia in Orario and Loki herself held serious weight among the gods, none of that meant anything once you were inside the Dungeon.

Anyone willing to set an ambush there had already accepted that they might never come back.

If they could wipe you out completely down there, what happened on the surface wouldn’t matter at all.

Just look at what happened to Astraea’s girls.

Tsuna was certain—there were plenty of people in the city who’d love nothing more than to see the Loki Familia’s strongest and newest members buried in the Dungeon.

“So… what if someone is waiting for us?” Tiona asked. She wasn’t afraid, just curious what he planned to do about it.

Tsuna smiled faintly.

“Then it’s only natural, isn’t it?”

“The Dungeon’s business isn’t something the surface can interfere with.”

“If they’re that determined—then it’s only fair they never leave the Dungeon again.”

Tiona and Tione blinked, then grinned in unison.

“Yeah, exactly! They should all stay down there!”

Tiona wasn’t the type to show mercy to an enemy.

“Anyone who tries to ambush us—kill them all.”

“The Dungeon has its own rules,” Tione said coldly. “If you fail your ambush, you pay the price. Simple as that.”

Tsuna understood perfectly. That had been his plan from the start.

The Dungeon was a place even gods were forbidden to enter. Down there, only one law existed—survival of the fittest.

An ambush wasn’t an act of mercy. It was a trap meant to kill.

So when facing enemies like that, there was no need to hold back. Cutting them down was the greatest respect one could offer.

“Good. Since we’ve settled how we’ll handle any ambushes, that makes things easier.”

“From here on, we move according to my plan.”

“No objections, right?”

Tiona and Tione nodded together. “No problem.”

“Then let’s go.”

A shimmering barrier wrapped around the three of them—then the space shifted.

In their place stood a lone figure cloaked in black, a silent assassin.

The assassin’s silhouette vanished almost immediately, slipping away unnoticed.

Without anyone seeing, sensing, or even suspecting it, the figure left the estate and quietly entered the Dungeon—making its way toward the Great Falls.

As always, the place was eerily still. But this time, the silence felt wrong.

“…Just as I thought.”

Hidden in the Alternate Dimension, Tsuna couldn’t help muttering in a tone of grim satisfaction.

“Yeah, there’s definitely an ambush,” Tione agreed, her expression hardening. “Otherwise the Great Falls wouldn’t be this quiet.”

The Great Falls was a unique, triple-layered floor filled with all kinds of monsters. Under normal circumstances, the area was never this peaceful.

“Unless a large number of adventurers entered the floor and drove the monsters deeper in, there’s no way it’d be this silent.”

Tsuna nodded. “Exactly.”

He might not have been a Dungeon veteran yet, but when it came to caution, he never slacked.

The moment he sensed that unnatural quiet, he knew—this place was dangerous.

“Considering Ishtar leaked some of my information at the Divine Assembly, it’s safe to assume these people already know my powers involve space,” Tsuna said thoughtfully.

“They’ve probably even prepared countermeasures. Which means…”

He snapped his fingers. Two identical Puppets appeared beside him—perfect replicas of Tiona and Tione.

“…we’ll send you two out first.”

“I’m sure the ambushers are just waiting for the right moment to strike.”

“No point letting them sit there forever. We’ll give them that moment ourselves.”

“But before we do…” Tsuna’s smile turned sharp.

“…we need to set up the mousetrap.”

“I don’t plan on letting a single rat escape.”

And with that, the hunt began.

Chapter 158 – One Sentence That Broke Valletta’s Composure

The entire Great Falls was eerily silent. Two barefoot amazonesses walked along a path soaked in deathly stillness.

“Weird… why’s it so quiet today?”

Tione frowned, scanning their surroundings.

The oppressive silence made her skin crawl.

“Not a single monster sound,” she muttered. “Even on the day before Amphisbaena respawns, it’s never this quiet. You can always hear something moving around.”

“Maybe it’s because we’ve come down here so often looking for Amphisbaena,” Tiona said suddenly. “What if someone’s watching us?”

That earned her a surprised look from Tione.

“Tiona… you actually used your brain?”

The tone was pure condescension, and Tiona’s face immediately tightened in outrage.

“So you really do think I’m some airheaded idiot?”

“What do you think? You usually just charge in without thinking. Even if your brain works fine, you never use it—so what’s the difference?”

“You—you’re infuriating!”

Tiona’s eyes widened as she tried to come up with a comeback, but the words caught in her throat.

She couldn’t exactly deny it—her usual approach really was just “hit first, think never.”

Tione had always been the one doing the actual thinking for both of them. Whenever things got complicated, she handled it.

Tione ignored her sister’s glare and kept her eyes on their surroundings instead. Her expression darkened.

The atmosphere was far stranger—and far more dangerous—than she’d expected.

They’d been talking loud enough to wake half the floor, yet not a single creature had appeared. That was wrong.

“Tiona,” she said sharply, “something’s off.”

The moment those words left her mouth, three clawed creatures lunged from the shadows at a tunnel corner, attacking from all sides.

Splurt!

The claws nearly pierced straight through Tione's body.

But at the last possible instant, she twisted away—barely avoiding a fatal blow. The claws only grazed her abdomen, tearing through flesh but missing anything vital.

"Tch! So close."

Tione clutched her bleeding stomach and staggered backward.

"Tione!"

Tiona immediately raised Urga and stepped in front of her sister, shielding her.

"I'm fine. It's not fatal—"

"Oh? And you think you can escape from me?"

A wild, arrogant laugh echoed through the tunnel.

Both sisters' hearts sank.

The woman standing before them—pink hair, crazed expression—was someone they recognized immediately.

"Arachnia... Valletta Grede."

Tione spoke each word slowly, her eyes locked onto the enemy.

A Level 5 adventurer. And one who'd just used such a cowardly ambush.

There was no way they'd escape this easily.

"Hehe Good, good You still remember my name."

Valletta's gaze was dripping with mockery.

"So tell me—did Finn predict this would happen?"

"Three years ago, that bastard left quite an impression on me. Every move I made, he was there to block it. But this time... it looks like Finn can't protect you at all, doesn't it?"

The more she spoke, the more triumphant Valletta became.

But then—

Something strange happened.

Tione released her hand from her abdomen. The wound began healing right before their eyes—bit by bit, as if the injury had been nothing but a joke.

"!?"

That bizarre sight sent a wave of intense alarm through Valletta.

Her smug expression vanished. Her face darkened instantly, and without hesitation, she spun around to flee.

CLANG!

The moment she turned, her head slammed into an invisible wall.

"Space magic!?"

Valletta's face went pale. In the next instant, she felt the space around her shift completely.

Shit!

When her vision cleared, she saw Tiona and Tione standing across from her—completely unharmed. And beside them stood someone else. A figure whose face she couldn't make out.

The mysterious new recruit from Loki Familia?

Damn it… this is bad.

Valletta had been gathering intelligence on the Loki Familia's newest member, of course.

But the information she'd collected was sparse—mostly just rumors floating around the city.

And nothing in those rumors had prepared her for this.

A calm voice spoke from the faceless figure.

"Arachnia. A Level 5 adventurer from the dark factions. One of the key players during the Great Feud three years ago."

Valletta tried desperately to move her neck, but her body was completely locked in a fixed spatial prison. She couldn't even twitch.

Even though she was at their mercy, Valletta's mouth was still sharp.

"Heh~ Not bad. Even a new recruit from Loki Familia knows my name."

"Looks like the damage I caused to Orario three years ago was pretty significant."

But before she could hear any words of fear or respect, one sentence completely shattered her composure.

"Oh, I know you. You're the one who got played like a fool by Finn, right?"

“What the fuck did you say, brat?”

Chapter 159 – The "Memory Worm"

For Valletta, being toyed with by Finn Deimne during the Great Feud three years ago was the greatest humiliation of her life.

So the moment that topic came up again, her temper exploded. The rage she’d been holding in finally burst free, impossible to contain.

“Your grudge runs deeper than I thought. No wonder you were the one who set up the ambush against Tiona and Tione.”

“The people lying in wait at the Great Falls... I’m guessing you’re not the only one, are you?”

Hearing the calm voice of the man whose face she still couldn’t make out, Valletta sneered coldly.

“You think I’d tell you anything?”

“Fair point. An enemy wouldn’t just hand over her plans. And even if you did, I wouldn’t take your word for it.”

“Then why the hell are you still talking to me?”

“You’re right. No point wasting time.”

Valletta drew a deep breath. She knew that tone—he was giving her the prelude to torture.

But then, to her surprise, he snapped his fingers.

Out of thin air, a strange worm appeared, writhing and slithering through the air toward her.

What the hell is that?

"This," Tsuna said casually, "is a 'Memory Worm.' It extracts memories directly from your brain. It can search for specific fragments based on my intent... or even rewrite what's inside."

“Oh—and just so you know, you won’t remember this explanation afterward. Once your memories are altered, everything about this process will be erased. No point trying to resist.”

“What kind of cursed thing is that!?”

Valletta’s expression twisted in horror.

She had no idea—none—that the new Loki Familia recruit possessed such a bizarre power.

Wasn’t the kid’s ability supposed to be about Puppets? What the hell was this?

As the worm drifted closer to her head, she panicked and unleashed every ounce of magic power she could muster.

For a brief moment, the worm’s movements slowed.

“Pointless,” Tsuna said flatly.

“That creature only works on the mind. It has no physical strength of its own, but it does possess one special trait—extreme resistance to magic.”

“Every adventurer who’s ever faced it tries the same thing—pouring out magic in desperation, hoping to blow it away. So I made sure from the start it wouldn’t be affected by that.”

“Your full-power outburst might slow it a little, but that’s it.”

Damn it!

Valletta’s heart sank as the worm crept forward again, only marginally slowed.

Her magic flared violently, but all she could do was delay the inevitable. Watching it inch closer to her forehead, feeling her consciousness slipping away bit by bit—it was pure despair.

When the worm finally made contact, Valletta’s eyes rolled back. Her body went limp, and she collapsed, completely unconscious.

Tiona and Tione watched the entire scene unfold.

“So that’s what spatial ability looks like? Even someone like Valletta couldn’t resist it?”

Tiona swallowed nervously.

Valletta was level 5—one rank above both sisters. That single level meant a huge gap in power and magic reserves.

Three years ago, Valletta had already made a name for herself as a first-class adventurer. Even if Tiona and Tione had maxed out their level 4 Status, taking her down head-on would’ve been difficult.

Yet Tsuna had immobilized her effortlessly—simply by freezing the space around her with a summoned beast.

“Idiot.”

Tione smacked her sister with a glare.

“You think spatial abilities are a joke? Have you ever heard of another adventurer in the Labyrinth City with powers like this?”

Tiona blinked, then laughed sheepishly. “Yeah... can’t say I have.”

Exactly. There was no one else like Tsuna.

“Figures,” Tione said with a smirk. “Tsuna really is special.”

“Obviously!” Tiona grinned, puffing her chest out proudly.

Tsuna, standing nearby, rubbed the back of his neck in mild embarrassment but didn’t stop them. He simply focused on controlling the Memory Worm, guiding it deeper into Valletta’s mind.

“Got it.”

Both sisters straightened up immediately.

The Memory Worm began spinning fine, translucent threads—drawing strands of Valletta’s extracted memories into shimmering silk.

It wove those threads into a cocoon, the glowing mass pulsing faintly with the fragments of her thoughts.

Tsuna reached out, took hold of it, and pressed it to his forehead.

Instantly, Valletta’s perspective flooded into his mind—the entire layout and plan of the ambush displayed before him.

“I see...”

“So it really was just revenge. Against the Loki Familia—or more precisely, against Finn.”

After investigating the Familia, Valletta had learned that Tiona and Tione were seeking Excellia by challenging Amphisbaena.

She’d decided to use that as bait—to capture the sisters and strike at both Loki and Finn in one move.

If the plan had succeeded, it would’ve dealt a massive blow to the Familia above ground—while also covering up the Dark Faction’s previous failure against Astraea’s girls.

And the reason she’d been so confident? Simple.

Valletta had already prepared to trigger a Juggernaut.

Tsuna sighed as he looked down at her unconscious body.

“Guess she really did come prepared.”

“Tiona, Tione—come here. You should see this too.”

“Got it!”

Both sisters hurried over.

Tsuna held out the Memory Worm, and two thin strands of silk floated from it, touching each of their foreheads. Valletta’s memories began to play before their eyes.

Seeing the full scope of the ambush, both of them felt a chill run down their spines.

Tiona clutched her chest with relief. “Thank goodness we brought Tsuna along. If it’d just been me and Tione, we’d be done for.”

Getting captured by the Dark Faction—used as leverage against their Familia—would’ve been a nightmare.

Tione nodded grimly. She knew that even if Finn himself had come along, things could’ve gone very wrong without Tsuna there.

“That’s why you need to be more careful from now on,” Tsuna warned. “The Dark Faction likes to target people traveling alone. As long as you watch your routes and don’t separate, you’ll be a lot safer.”

“I swear, I’ll never go solo again,” Tiona said immediately. “Hey, Tsuna—why don’t we just team up from now on?”

After everything that had happened, she wasn’t about to take the Dungeon lightly anymore. If she was going back down there, she wanted people she could trust—and to her, Tsuna was the safest partner imaginable.

It only made sense to invite him.

Tsuna thought about the Dark Faction’s tactics for a moment, then nodded. “Yeah, sure.”

“Yes!” Tiona cheered, jumping up with both fists raised.

“So what now? We going to hit them back?”

“Of course,” Tsuna said with a sharp grin. “They thought they could ambush us and get away with it? No chance.”

“Tiona, Tione—get ready.”

“Right!” “Right!”

The sisters’ eyes lit up with fierce excitement.

Now it was their turn to strike back.

Chapter 160: Assassination

Deep within the Great Falls, a large number of Dark Faction members lay in wait.

Valletta had anticipated potential disruptions to the plan. To account for that, she'd scattered her forces across different locations, ensuring that even if something went wrong, they could still trigger the Cleaner and maximize the support squad's destructive impact.

Everything had been arranged so that backup forces would remain entirely within the Dungeon.

At the same time, Valletta had planted large quantities of Magma Stones at both the entrance and exit of the Great Falls—just like she'd done back when they ambushed the Astraea Familia.

"Strange... where did Lady Valletta, 'Crusher,' and 'Jormungand' go?"

The men waiting for Valletta's signal to detonate the Magma Stones at the entrance had been waiting for quite a while now—yet there hadn't been any response from her side.

“Even if they’re fighting, it shouldn’t be this quiet.”

A battle between a Level 5 and two Level 4s shouldn’t be completely silent.

But the adventurers listening for the signal didn’t hear a single sound.

Pft!

A sharp blade pierced through the man’s heart from behind.

His eyes widened in shock. The stabbing pain in his chest drained all the strength from his body before he could even make a sound.

“H-How... from behind...”

"L-Lady Valletta... the plan... failed..."

A strike straight through the heart—a fatal blow, especially when delivered by a Level 4 assassin. Within seconds, his life signs vanished completely.

Tione yanked her curved blade free, biting down hard as she exhaled.

“If we hadn’t known their setup beforehand, this would’ve been a nightmare to deal with.”

The Magma Stones planted at the entrance were clearly meant to seal off every possible escape route.

“Exactly like what they did to the Astraea Familia.”

“First, they control the exits, then trigger a Cleaner inside the Dungeon... these bastards really know how to stack the deck.”

Tione took a steadying breath. There were still a lot of enemies left to handle—she couldn’t afford to be discovered.

Her fingers brushed the insignia hanging from her chest, and in the next moment, her presence vanished entirely.

An assassination carried out by a Level 4 wasn’t something a normal adventurer could survive.

Of course, not all assassinations were done the normal way.

“Oraaa!!”

With a gleeful shout, Tiona swung her massive double-bladed Urga in a wide arc, slicing seven people clean in half at the waist.

They didn’t die immediately—adventurers had notoriously tough bodies and willpower—but their fates were sealed all the same.

"'C-Crusher'!?"

None of them could comprehend why the very target they’d been lying in ambush for was suddenly behind them—or why their allies nearby hadn’t reacted at all.

“Tiona, could you at least try to be careful?”

Tsuna sighed at the bloody mess before him. He'd expected Tione's silent assassinations to go smoothly—but sending a berserker like Tiona to do stealth work? That was asking for chaos.

“Hehe~ I knew you’d bail me out, Tsuna.”

Tiona knew full well her fighting style didn’t suit silent kills, so she’d simply tossed the entire “assassination” part to Tsuna and focused on what she did best—direct combat.

And she trusted him to take care of the rest.

“I really wish you’d stop redefining what ‘assassination’ means,” Tsuna muttered, shaking his head.

He didn’t use any spatial abilities this time. Instead, he’d combined Sound Suppression with Cognitive Obstruction to create an open-yet-isolated space he called the “Silent Beast.”

A small, coal-black orb floated high in the air.

“What the hell is that...?”

“Wait—when did that get there!?”

Even the adventurers who’d been sliced in half forgot their pain, staring up at the floating sphere in bewilderment.

Tsuna didn’t bother explaining.

“Tiona.”

“On it.”

Gripping Urga tight, Tiona stepped up to the bisected adventurers and swung again, finishing what she’d started.

This time, they didn’t feel a thing.

The weighty double-blade slashed through flesh with brutal efficiency, and when she was done, Tiona casually flicked the blood from Urga’s edges.

“Phew~ I feel a lot better now.”

The tension that had built up from being ambushed by a Level 5 evaporated in that instant. Tiona felt lighter—almost cheerful again.

“These guys really brought a lot of people.”

“Just like the records from the Great Feud three years ago,” Tione noted. “Each one’s carrying Firestones on their belts, ready to blow themselves up at any moment.”

“These people are insane.”

Flipping over one of the bisected corpses, Tsuna saw a string of Firestones attached around the waist. If the safety line was pulled, the explosion would take the user—and anyone nearby—with it.

“Their blind faith in their god drives them to suicide,” Tsuna murmured. “Their fate is pitiful—but what they do in pursuit of it is nothing but tragic.”

He pitied them—these poor souls twisted by destiny—but that wasn’t a reason to show mercy.

Their lives might’ve been sad, but their actions were unforgivable.

Because he pitied them, Tsuna struck all the harder.

That, to him, was respect for their chosen fate.

“You and Tione still need to save your strength for the Amphisbaena,” Tsuna reminded her.

He hadn’t forgotten their main goal in the Dungeon—to hunt the Floor Boss.

“Hmm... but there are two of us, and only one Amphisbaena. Will the Excellia from that be enough to level up?”

“A Level 5 Amphisbaena probably won’t be enough on its own. But considering how the Great Falls is right now, the difficulty’s probably below Level 6 territory.”

The Great Falls had two distinct states—wet and dry.

The Amphisbaena was a water dragon; when water was present, it had the advantage of its natural environment, effectively raising its strength by an entire tier.

No matter how skilled an adventurer was at underwater combat, fighting a dragon in its own element was absolute disadvantage.

“Also, don’t forget—the Amphisbaena’s Red Mist can neutralize magic. Even enchanted weapons or spell-based attacks lose most of their power in its presence.”

“So,” Tsuna concluded, “if you and Tione take down the Amphisbaena while it holds the terrain advantage—and add that to all the Excellia you’ve both built up since Level 4—then this expedition should definitely be enough to get you both promoted.”

To surpass one level was an adventure in itself.

To surpass two... that was the adventure of two warriors.
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