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Upon seeing that Shinto recognized the person fighting against the players of Lavida, Ethaniel turned to him as he questioned, "...you know her?"

"...yes, I do know her," Shinto replied whilst holding onto his staff tightly, preparing to cast a skill. "She's a companion on mine."

"Hah..." Letting out a sigh, Ethaniel gripped onto his sword. Moments later he rushed in. "Then let's just get this done already!"

Simultaneously as he sprang into action, Shinto followed up by casting [ Shadow Fields ] onto the area around Frey.

"...!!" Noticing the sudden purple fog of darkness that surrounded her, Frey's eyes opened wide in shock. "M-Master?!"

"Hey, you! Don't get distracted!" The player who Frey was fighting against clicked his tongue in annoyance. Although the skill which Shinto had cast, inflicted the blind ailment on him, Frey's loud voice allowed him to clearly pinpoint where she was.

Thus without any hesitation, he activated a skill, [ Speed Step ]. Quickly, with a burst of wind aiding from behind him, he connected it with another skill, [ Poison Dagger ], and with a swing of his weapon, he directed it over towards Frey.

"Agh...!" Being hit by the attack, Frey was slightly pushed back. "Why, I'll show you!"

Angered, Frey quickly pushed forward as she sent a force of energy over towards the thief. Simultaneously, she connected it with a frontal kick.

...

While the battle raged on within the fifth floor, on the top floor of the building, a woman calmly walked on the red and gold carpets as she stopped in front of a door. Soon after, she entered into it.

"Hmm?" Noting that the door of the office opened, the man who was sitting behind the desk asked in a calm manner. "Ah, Amy. What is the status update?"

"Group A has failed to deal with the adventurer 'Ethaniel' while group B has failed to sway the adventurer 'Shinto'," Amy responded bluntly.

"Hmm, so they have failed huh? Hopeless," he sighed. "Looks like swaying those two would be rather futile. Do you know where their whereabouts are? I assume they would be coming here to fetch them?" His eyes turned over towards a door which was guarded by a few knights.

"Yes..." She nodded her head. "Speaking of which, they have already arrived and are causing a ruckus down the floors."

"Hoh? So they're going through this much trouble to get them back? My..." he chucked. "Such amusement."

"What do you want me to do?" she asked. "Do you wish to send out Lucas or Brax to take care of them or... would you want me to handle the situation?"

"Hmm... there is no need to."

"But, if this continues any longer, the property would be destroyed and Viscount Drel and Baron Eager would not like this."

"Yes, yes... property damages would be quite annoying to deal with," The man nodded his head. "You said they were at the floors below? What floor exactly?"

"The fifth floor."

"Hmm, so they've made it that far?" he laughed.

"So your orders?"

"It's simple," he smirked.

...

Within the hallways of the fifth floor, Ethaniel swiftly charged forward as he swung his sword at the players up front, quickly pushing them back. From behind, Frey jumped in, activating a skill, [ Frontal Collision ], swiftly turning the player into grey ash.

Meanwhile, Shinto sent out a ray of light over towards the other player, successfully giving them the same fate as their companion.

"...phew! Done!" Frey cheered out as she turned towards Shinto. "Thanks for the help back there, master!"

"No problem," Shinto replied. "Anyways... do you know where Greld is?"

"Huh? Greld?" She blinked at the question. "Isn't he at the tavern?"

"No... he's been taken captive by Lavida."

"What?!" Frey shouted out. "How could they?!"

"Their reasons... are very confusing to me," Shinto shook his head helplessly. "But that's beside the point. Do you have ideas where Greld might be?"

"No... but definitely not on this floor!" she exclaimed. "I think they're on the top floor?"

"You don't say..." Ethaniel glared at Frey. "Since this girl doesn't know where Raina is, can we stop idling around and just head up already?"

"Right, we'll have to go up to the sixth floor then..." Shinto thought to himself. "Just how many floors are there here?"

"Um... nine?" Frey blurted out. "They mentioned it while I was signing for that monthly pass thing..."

"Nine? Grr... such a nuisance," Ethaniel scoffed. "If we're assuming that Raina is on the top floor, can't we just go there straight?"

"But we aren't sure of that," Shinto reasoned. "She could be held on captive on the floors below that."

"Tsk..."

"Um... question! Whose this Raina person? And uh... who are you?"

"It's none of your business," Ethaniel replied bluntly as he made his way forward. "All you have to know is I've got my own things to do."

"Eh?" Frey blinked at Ethaniel's reply as she turned to look at Shinto in confusion.

"Well, we're just temporarily working together, that's all." Shrugging in response, Shinto quickly sent a party invite to Frey.

Accepting the invite, Frey turned to look at the party list, quickly her face grew more confused than before.

"U-Um... whose Kon...?" she asked.

"Ah... well, he's a pet," Shinto calmly answered. "Anyways, we should get going now."

"A pet...? You have a pet?!" Frey shouted out in shock, however noticing that Shinto and Ethaniel were far ahead, her question was left at bay. "H-Hey! You two! Wait up!"

...

Moving up to the next floor of the building, Shinto and Ethaniel abruptly stopped at their footsteps as they cautiously looked around.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Frey tilted her head.

"...something's up..." Ethaniel frowned.

"This is a first to not be greeted by tons of players jumping straight at us..." Shinto warily said.

Still on high alert, the three suddenly heard certain footsteps coming from the hallways within the open space of the sixth floor. Unlike the previous floors where they were on, this wasn't a floor where hotel rooms resided in, but more or so, it seemed to be a ballroom.

"Ah, welcome adventurers, I see you've made it this far?" A voice was heard from the distance.