Chapter 461 - Clash of Groups Intense Battle (1/2)

Standing near the rubbles, Kanae smiled. ”What are you waiting for? Let's go up!”

Looking towards the visage of a girl standing from above caused the people to feel complicated. They have been trying to climb the rubbles for hours without any result, but this one person managed to do it in short time. When they looked towards her, what they saw was not a mere little girl, but someone from high above, standing far above them.

'It's like she's on a completely different realm.'

Jason was still looking towards Kanae as the people around started to climb as fast as they could. Seeing the high standing Kanae had, he has the feeling that he would be unable to reach her in this lifetime. Even if he had all the time in the world, he wouldn't be able to reach her.

It was a weird feeling, but that was what he got from seeing that girl.

”Oro, can you help me?” Tommy asked with a wry smile. His thigh was hurting so badly that he was unable to move properly.

”Ah, alright,” Jason turned his body around to face the boy. He tried to push the thoughts into the back of his mind as deep as possible.

On top of the rubbles, Kanae moved to the side. She sat down on the floor, her legs dangling on the rocks. The people around nodded at her and went on their way, no one tried to attack her. They all knew, without her help, they could never pass this place.

After quite some time, Jason and Tommy finally arrived on top of the rubbles. Tommy looked towards the two of them apologetically. ”I'm sorry. I become a burden for you two.”

”It's not your fault,” Kanae shook her head lightly. If she didn't decide to try trusting that woman, they would never be in this situation. As the leader, she understood her position as the one who bear the burden of her teammate's decision.

”You're not a burden too,” Jason chuckled.

Standing up, Kanae nodded her head. ”In a dangerous place like this, being fast is not necessarily the strongest. It'll only mean that you have to face the danger the first.”

”What?” Tommy asked in confusion.

Kanae smirked as she pointed to the door towards the 16th floor. ”What do you think lies behind this door?”

The door was still firm, but they could faintly hear the sound of slashing and so on. It was clear; the next floor was filled with monsters, so they have to fight with their all to pass it.

”Let's go.”

The three of them climbed the stairs, reaching the next floor. Upon seeing the gruesome sight in front of him, Tommy nearly vomited out of nausea. The condition in this place was not any better than the first floor. Aside from the fact that the damages around were extremely big, there was basically no difference.

Kanae tightened her grip on her sword. She had trained her body to a high level from a long time ago, but she never truly has the determination. As a martial artist, if she could admit as one, she has to responsible for her sword and faced the consequences behind it.

Before long, the three of them engaged in the fight too. Tommy was covered by Jason and Kanae because his wounds were limiting his action.

”Dodge!” Kanae yelled.

Tommy quickly bent down and a sword passed his head, reaching the monster behind him. He tried to move, yet pain filled his body. Seeing how Tommy was unable to move, Kanae quickly covered up for him, blocking the attack in his place.

”Captain, why are you protecting me?” Tommy asked in frustration. ”Please leave me. I'm just being a burden here!”

”You're not a burden, Tom,” Kanae replied without turning her head around. ”We come here together, so we will come out together too.”

Having his feet wounded limited Tommy's movement very much. He has been feeling rather depressed by how his fighting skill decreased. Without Kevin and Jason protecting him, he would have been dead a thousand times.

”Stand guard, Tom. You're not alone here,” Jason remarked.

”I know,” Tommy tightened his grip on his sword. He readied his stance, but his feet gave another scream of pain to him. Gritting his teeth, he tried to ignore them as he focused his attention to the enemies before him.

Knowing that his teammates were there, protecting him and at the same time, encouraging him, allowed him to grow more confident. He knew that it would not be an easy fight from the moment that they stepped here. Getting frustrated and angry would not answer anything.

He had to fight back with all his strength. He would not let his teammates down!

They didn't know how long it took them to reach the stairs, but when they saw the sight in the next floor, despair filled their eyes. There was basically no difference between the 16th floor and 17th floor.