The Fukaros Familia, starting from DanMachi.

Although these new monsters are exceptionally difficult to deal with, and the difficulty of defeating them has increased significantly, many adventurers have paid a heavy price, or even perished in the dungeon, because they did not understand their attack patterns.

However, the high-value magic stones and materials dropped by the new monsters still brought the surviving adventurers astonishing rewards, several times greater than before.

The wages of avarice is death.

The adventurers ignored the advice of the guild advisors.

Faced with the readily available wealth, countless lower-level adventurers spontaneously formed teams and poured into the dungeon.

The entire upper area was engulfed in a frenzy of blood and violence.

As the source of all this, Fenyu spent the entire day in the dungeon, which caused the spawn rate of new monsters to be raised to the highest level, far exceeding the spawn rate of ordinary monsters.

This undoubtedly added fuel to the fire of this frenzy.

Meanwhile, Ais and Lefia had already gone down to a lower floor.

As they explored downwards, they discovered a strange phenomenon.

The further down you go, the rarer the new types of monsters become.

Upon reaching the thirteenth floor, at the entrance to the middle level, the new monsters had completely disappeared, as if their presence was limited to the upper area.

"How strange..."

Lefia looked at the empty thirteenth floor, where only hellhounds roamed, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Why are these new monsters only appearing on the upper floors?"

Ais also stopped, a hint of confusion flashing in her golden eyes.

However, neither of them are strategists.

Faced with such a complex puzzle, I felt confused and couldn't figure out the reason.

Ultimately, the two decided to abandon their exploration, return to the surface, and tell their leader, Finn, about this important discovery.

The Hall of Twilight, the council hall of the Loki Familia.

The core members of the Loki Familia gathered around a huge round conference table.

The three Lv.6 leaders, namely "Hero" Finn Dimna, "Nine Demon Princesses" Riveria Rios Alf, and "Imperial Hero" Grace Landrock, sat in the main seats.

Beside them were Bert, Tiona, Tione, and a group of other cadres.

Meanwhile, Loki, the goddess with a thin figure, red hair, and squinty eyes, sat cross-legged on the table without any regard for her image, swinging her legs.

"...That's the situation."

Ais finished reporting their findings in her usual calm tone: "The new type of monster only appears in the upper levels, and completely disappears from the middle levels onwards."

After listening to Ais and Lefia's report, Finn leaned forward slightly, rested his chin on his hands, and fell into deep thought.

The atmosphere in the entire hall became somber as a result.

"Pfft, that's easy."

Loki's nonchalant laughter broke the silence.

She leaped off the table and paced around it, a knowing smile on her face.

"Although I've never encountered this situation before, the fact that the dungeon is so specifically spawning new monsters on certain floors is most likely related to a particular adventurer."

She held up one finger and waved it in the air.

"We've even guessed it; this is probably a dungeon change caused by some adventurer's rare skill."

She explained, "Dungeons are living things, you know. They often take targeted actions based on the adventurers' behavior, such as 'abnormal situations.' If a god like us accidentally sneaks in and gets noticed, it can directly cause a riot."

"And some of the adventurers' skills are things that even we gods can't fully understand. We can only guess their effects vaguely based on intuition. So we guess that it was someone with a rare skill who caused this incident. We're not the only ones who guessed this; that old man Uranus from the guild probably thought of it long ago as well."

Loki stopped, put her hands on her hips, and announced her conclusion triumphantly.

"Moreover, the target is very clear: a lower-level adventurer who has been active in the upper levels recently."

As gods who have lived for hundreds of millions of years, they are rarely pure idiots.

They may not be as wise and strategic as Finn, a genius born in the lower realms, but in terms of experience and knowledge, they have more salt in their mouths than all the people of the lower realms have eaten in total.

In other words, by screening the lower-level adventurers who have entered the dungeon in the past two days, it is very likely that the adventurer with the rare skill can be found.

"Oh, wow, a user of a rare skill!"

Tiona immediately shouted excitedly, her eyes shining, "Then let's go find him quickly, I want to see what kind of person he is."

She didn't mean any harm; she just thought it was fun and was filled with childlike curiosity about the unknown.

"It's not that simple."

Rivera shook her head, pouring cold water on the situation.

"The number of lower-level adventurers is the largest in all of Orario. Every day, countless lower-level adventurers and supporters go to the dungeon to adventure. Even if the guild were to investigate them one by one, it would be an enormous undertaking, and it would likely cause dissatisfaction and panic among most adventurers."

"I don't care, I don't care, we're going to find him and play with him."

Loki completely ignored Riveria's advice; as a god who sought pleasure, she was most interested in such strange things.

"If you find the owner of that rare skill, be sure to tell us immediately. We want to see it for ourselves."

Even among gods, the number of people who have actually seen possess such rare skills is extremely small.

Just as everyone was discussing, Ais, who had been silent all along, suddenly recalled the pair she had met on the sixth floor of the dungeon that day that had left a deep impression on her.

That white-haired youth with his varied fighting style, sharp swordsmanship, and domineering magic.

And then there's that silver-purple-haired girl with perfect teamwork and beauty that rivals that of a god.

Could it be them?

Ais silently recited it in her heart.

However, the idea only flashed through my mind.

Because it was merely a baseless guess, she didn't say it aloud.

After all, this could very well cause the other party a lot of trouble.

She knew better than anyone how much her god Loki loved to get involved in trouble and how much of a nuisance he was.

She wouldn't cause unnecessary trouble for unrelated people based on her own momentary speculation.

When Burning Feather and Robin dragged their weary bodies back to their lodgings, the moon was already hanging in the night sky.

The substantial income, far exceeding that of the first day, brought joy to both of them.

Funina had been waiting for a long time, and as soon as she saw the two return, she excitedly went to greet them.