154 The 2nd floor (1/2)

As the whole group continued to descend down the stairs, John felt a familiar vibe which he was sure he had forgotten.

Yes, there was no way he could forget, the change in the moisture in the air and the amount of water in the steps

”God... I hate this part.” John muttered as they were about to reach the bottom

Ariel also seemed to have notice what the 2nd floor was going to be and looked a bit troubled, but she let out a sigh in regards to this and gripped her staff.

Ariel's staff wasn't the same as the one of the past, she changed it half a year ago, or rather, she the changed the magic stone to upgrade it.

John suggested that it would be better to change the whole thing, but she was insistent on keeping by claiming that it was precious to her.

Eventually John gave up and just upgraded it, but he never got to know why it was that precious.

Serena's Staff was also upgraded rather than changed saying that it was precious, when John saw this, he assumed that magician's staff were probably precious due to all of the adventures they've survived with it.

But in the end, John never got to hear the true reason out of either Serena or Ariel's Mouth and he also didn't change his gloves.

As the group reached the 2nd floor, the amount of sorrow on John's face was completely visible to everyone else

”Alright, another water floor” John muttered as he let out a sigh

They were standing on an edge after reaching the bottom of the stairs, and in front of the edge were large pillars with surfaces on them.

Underneath the pillars were was water, and under that was...

[John.] Zestari called out

[You don't have to tell me]

”Silentium” John muttered after fake chanting

Everyone looked a little confused by John's recent action

”Eh, didn't the boy just cast a spell?”

”I Wonder what it was for”

”John, what spell did you cast just now?” Azure asked as he walked up towards the edge where john stood

”Hm, look down there.”

Those who weren't at the edge walked over and along with Azure, everyone looked down. Under the pillars there was water and if you looked closer, you could see the monsters which were down there Fallen mermaids.

[Hm... could these mermaids have something to do with the event outside?]

[It's unusual but not entirely impossible, that being said, they'd have a time limit if they were to leave the Dungeon which created them.]

[So it's possible...]

”There are fallen mermaids, Quick! Everyone use the noise-cancelling ear plugs” Said the lady

[Noise cancelling ear plugs? Ah... So that's how some adventurers avoided getting caught in the hypnotic sound attack]