Is it wrong to try to meet someone in a dungeon?

She glanced at the group of guests rushing out the door for help and continued fighting her opponents.

Because Ryuya also believed, based on "trust," that the boy would definitely help deal with the Ganesha Familia.

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The initial change came from the guards standing on either side of the oak gate.

"...?"

"What happened? Something seems off in the VIP room."

Some of the guests who were gambling in the lobby watched as the two guards hurriedly slipped through the door. Just as they were wondering what was going on, a short while later, they heard a series of loud thuds coming from inside the door, like something hitting it.

The sudden banging of the door startled those standing nearby. The next instant—

"Wa ...

The guests pushed aside the waiters and guards and rushed out of the door one after another.

「!?」

Hearing the screams, the others turned to look, and then all stared in disbelief.

The reason was that the guests in the VIP lounge of the gambling park all lost their composure and rushed out of the room.

"What happened!?"

"I don't know, let's go check it out!"

As those further away from the VIP room cried out in alarm, "What's going on?!" the Ganesha Familia immediately sprang into action. Stationed there as guards, they weaved through the crowd and cut across the hall to reach the VIP room.

Just then—

"—You bastard!!"

A violent roar came from inside the hall.

What's going on this time? The members of the Ganesha Familia, cursing inwardly, turned to see men who were clearly not ordinary civilians wrestling together—it was a brawl between adventurers.

It's unclear what argument the group had, but they recklessly started a riot. Not only were the casino staff unable to intervene, but even other customers were powerless to stop the fight. Amidst the screams and shouts of the guests, the situation escalated into a full-blown brawl.

The bewildered members of the Ganesha Familia were thus held captive in the hall.

"Ughh ...

"How should I know! You bastard────────!!"

—The two people who were crying and fighting were actually Scott and Kyle, who were acting with Mordo.

As for Modo himself, he grabbed the white-haired boy, Bell, who was standing next to the two of them.

"Damn it! We're definitely going to be banned from this place now!! How are you going to compensate us!? [Rookie] ──────!!"

"I'm so sorry!!"

This mass brawl was orchestrated by Bell to restrain the Ganesha Familia—or more accurately, by Seele.

"This VIP room is a place even the Ganesha Familia are not allowed to approach."

Therefore, no one is allowed to enter this place.

No matter what happens, no one can get in.

When Bell was summoned to the VIP room, Seele whispered something in his ear, leading him to believe that Ryu and Seele's instructions were, "No matter what happens, no one is to approach the VIP room." Having barely grasped the coded message, Bell hesitated before asking Mordo and the others for help, hoping they could assist him in staging a farce.

Modo and his companions, who initially resisted to the death, eventually agreed with tears in their eyes after learning that it was to help Ryu, who had saved their lives on the 18th floor. Thus, as they watched the guests scramble to escape from the VIP room, the group began to execute their plan with great fanfare.

"You really are a jinx──────────!!"

"Sorry────────────!!"

Bell was thrown out by the self-destructive Mordo, his body slamming hard against the corner of the gambling table.

Several gambling tables were overturned, and a large number of chips flew into the air and rained down. The pale-faced dealer cowered to the side, and the human manager, who rushed forward in alarm to stop them, was also knocked away like the boy.

The guests, who were rushing to escape, bumped and pushed each other.

On the scene, one could also see shameless gods, their eyes bloodshot, desperately collecting the chips scattered on the floor.

In the blink of an eye, the hall descended into chaos.

"W-Which way should we go first...!?"

The Ganesha Familia looked back and forth between the VIP room behind the wooden door and the Modo and the others fighting behind them, and were undecided for a moment.

"What are you all doing?! Calm down the commotion in the hall right now!!"

The sweating, obese elf Loiman Madil let out a scream, which became the key to making the conclusion.

The guild leader's order, which he desperately wanted to prevent Orario from ruining his reputation, led the guild members to decide to prioritize suppressing the hall.

The casino was engulfed in a lavish feast that showed no signs of stopping, significantly slowing the rescue efforts to the VIP rooms.

●

Just as the few remaining waiters were desperately resisting the onslaught of the beautiful women—

Both sides, having received "God's grace," continued their fierce battle in the central area of ​​the VIP room.

"!"

Faced with the cleverly combined attack, Ryu blocked it all at once.

This one-on-two confrontation, coupled with his ability to successfully fend off deadly attacks from gauntlets and daggers with his bare hands, made his two opponents realize that they were dealing with a master of both "skill" and "intelligence."

The human and cat people, whose attack methods were perfectly coordinated, squinted their eyes.

—This elf is extremely powerful.

—Is she really that "Swift Wind"?

The two men, who were initially skeptical, began to feel a clear sense of facing a powerful figure.

The two bodyguards, after calmly analyzing the strength of their opponents, continued their assault to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of any openings.

"You're probably around level 3."

Liu, now on the defensive, also saw through the strength of the two men.

As Ryu whispered, she kicked her enemy's gauntlet in mid-air with the sole of her shoe, using the recoil to retreat significantly. Facing the elf who intended to regroup and create distance, neither the humans nor the cat people dared to take a risk and assume their fighting stances.

"You all clearly have considerable strength... but in the end, you're just as bad as your owner."

"?"

Ryu uttered these words to the two of them.

The bodyguards looked surprised.

"You also lied about your identities."

The moment they heard those words, they all looked completely taken aback.

"You are not 'underground boxing' and 'black cat'."

Ryu said this to the two of them with certainty.

The accusation echoing in the room made Anna, who was watching the battle with trepidation, and even Ted doubt their own ears.

"Even though you have similar names, 'Black Fist' and 'Black Cat' are both individualists who never trust others when accepting a commission. They never act as a group, and no matter how inferior they are, they will never cooperate and fight side by side like you do."

Ryu's tone was as if he had fought against the "real person".

The [Swift Wind] standing here is one of the best survivors who lived through the dark days of the Labyrinth City. From an objective point of view, this statement is extremely convincing.

Even without resorting to such underhanded tactics, with your abilities, you still have a good chance of making a name for yourselves—this message was conveyed in Liu's indifferent eyes. Upon seeing this, the human and cat people bodyguards gritted their teeth in resentment.

"Ugh... Kill me!"

The two, seemingly enraged at having their identities exposed, launched a fierce attack on Ryu.

They unleashed the cooperative skills they had been forced to develop to survive in this labyrinthine city overrun by "monsters," a place where even the two of them together were powerless against, and attacked their opponent.

The two sides engaged in several fierce offensive and defensive battles. The moment the fake black boxer forced Ryu to defend, the male cat people slipped into Ryu's blind spot, which was the left side of his vision covered by the eye patch.

Just as the man was certain he was about to succeed—

"—Huh!"

But then he saw the leather boots approaching him, and a deadly chill ran through him.

Without even glancing at the male cat people, Ryu braced herself on the floor with her hands and suddenly kicked upwards from below her opponent's line of sight.

—To lure you into a trap.

Ryu actually took advantage of the blindfold's blind spot.

She deliberately placed a blind spot in front of her to lure her opponent into her arms.

As if everything was going according to plan, she gave the cat people who had fallen for her trap a solid kick.

“Ugh!?”

"Ciel!?"

The cat people, kicked in the jaw, flew through the air, losing both daggers in their hands, and crashed to the ground along with their falling bodies.

He took a direct hit from a Lv.4 adventurer's front kick.

The man's jaw, one of the most vital parts of the human body, was shattered on the spot, and he was taken unconscious with a single kick.

Before the human who called the cat people his partner, Sharl, could even react, Ryu had already slowly walked forward and picked up the two daggers that had fallen to the ground.

"Both 'Black Fist' and 'Black Cat' have an ability value of Lv.4."

Upon hearing Liu's words, the male human gasped.

"Incidentally, Fast and Rollo are not code names, but real names."

Liu gripped the two daggers in her hands and walked straight toward the human male.

Faced with the increased sense of oppression simply from the presence of a weapon, coupled with his familiarity with the two bounty hunters and assassins, the man couldn't help but wonder who this elf was. A bead of cold sweat trickled down his cheek.

"—Moreover, both 'Black Fist' and 'Black Cat' are women."

This was the third time the man had been frightened.

Ryu spoke to the man whose eyes were wide open to the extreme:

"They're also taking good care of me at the bar today, working hard for their wages."

same moment.

In a bar quite far from the casino, the human who was washing dishes and the casino staff—"Lunova Fast" and "Koroi Rollo"—sneezed loudly at the same time.

"Ugh—Ugh waa ...

The man, who claimed to be a "black boxer," roared as if he had lost control and launched an attack on Ryu.

Seeing his opponent swing the black iron gauntlets, Ryu ran even faster, the two short swords in his hands gleaming coldly.

Then, eight flashes of light were left in their path.

The two passed each other, and the shattered gauntlets crumbled completely like building blocks. The man behind Ryu had several knife wounds on his arms and body.

"──"

This lightning-fast attack proves that the title "Swift Wind" is well-deserved. It also far surpasses the dagger combos of the still-developing White Rabbit Boy.

Blood spurted from the sharp knife wound, causing the man's time to stand still.

But Liu did not stop.

She turned around, closing the distance with her enemy again, and mercilessly delivered a spinning kick to her opponent's side.

"—Ughhh!!"

The man flew sideways with the force of a burst dam, finally crashing headfirst into the wall.

The ensuing loud noise startled the beautiful women and waiters, causing them to stop what they were doing, and the VIP room instantly fell silent.

Both the cat people, their eyes rolled back, and the humans lay on the ground. Under the stunned gazes of the beauties, the battle of the strong had come to a conclusion.

"I advise you to choose your impersonators carefully. If both of you were here, your fate would be even more miserable."

Even though both of them had lost consciousness, Ryu still earnestly offered advice.

"Wow, that's amazing..."