The flames around Yuko's body slowly disappeared as she canceled the [Flame Expansion] skill. She was overwhelmingly powerful for a newly evolved third stage monster.

From now on, she will be the strongest in the entire group until Souta reached her evolution level. A fearsome monster was born today.

She was like a wild boss of version 2 of the game.

She was already this strong even without using the [Monster Orb Release] skill. Judging by her performance, she could defeat the White Jade Spider that they've fought in the Dark Light of Eternal Dungeon alone. Even if that monster used the [Monster Orb Release], Yuko will offset it by releasing her own.

No early rank third stage monster could defeat her, it would take her an intermediate rank third stage monster.

Yuko sat down as she glanced at the things that she destroyed. She was quite tired from all the fighting that she did before she evolved.

She wanted to rest but she knew that her master was fighting on the floor above. She then noticed her master's friend lying on the floor.

A tiny humanoid creature flew out of his body and hover above him. The creature was Alophy, Yujin's contracted spirit.

Alophy could heal her master if she has spirit power left. Unfortunately, she drained all of her reserves when Yujin used the [Spirit Breaker] technique.

Yuko approached the two with a curious expression. Alophy was always inside Yujin's body so Yuko could rarely see her.

She raised her paw and tried to touch Alophy but Alophy avoided her paw.

"Wha-what are you doing?! Can't you see I'm trying to find a way to help, Jin?" Alophy shouted at Yuko as she distances herself away from the large bear. She didn't know what this bear will do to her.

"Mu...?"

Yuko tilted her head with a confused expression. She couldn't understand this flying little creature.

"Sigh. It's no use talking to you." Alophy dropped her shoulder with a downcast expression. She didn't know what she should do to help Yujin.

Yuko saw her expression and she somehow understood Alophy's concern. She then looked at the injured Yujin and confirmed her guess.

This flying little creature must be worried about this man.

She raised her paw and scratched her head trying to think of a way to help them. Maybe that way, this flying little creature would let her touch her small body.

"W-What are you doing, Yuko?" Alophy muttered as she noticed Yuko's weird gesture.

Yuko raised her paw and placed it on Yujin's back. "Mu!!" A soft sound escaped from her mouth.

She then tilted her head as nothing happened to Yujin. She looked at her paw as she thought that she had a healing power as she recalled Lynn was doing this to heal her master's wounds.

Oh... Lynn...

If she didn't have healing power then all she has to do is to bring this guy to the person who knew how to use heal.

"Hue... Hmm..."

She guessed that she was a really smart bear. That's why she was her master's favorite. She was proud of herself.

Alophy tilted her head as she watched Yuko who looked like she was laughing. She didn't understand anything but she felt that Yuko was proud of something.

"I couldn't see the fierce bear before who handle those two guys alone..."

Yuko picked Yujin and placed him on her back while thinking how her master will praise her for this deed.

Her movements shook Alophy who immediately flew towards her.

"L-Let... Jin... go! What are you trying to do to him?" Alophy said as she tried to pull Yujin away but she didn't have enough strength.

Yuko turned to Alophy with a confused expression. The looked on her face was saying 'I'm trying to help you and yet, you're stopping me.'

Oh, well... This little creature must be tired so Yuko ignored her. She walked around to find the path towards the upper floor.

Alophy let go of her once she realized that Yuko was trying to bring Yujin on the floor above.

...

A fierce battle was currently happening on the ninth floor of the Moon Tower...

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Metallic sounds echoed in the room as a huge man called Lim used his shield to block all of Alice's attacks with her spear.

Kan jumped over Lim and threw a punch towards Alice.

Swoosh!

Alice reacted by raising her spear above her and she managed to block the punch of Kan. But then, Lim charged forward and smashed his shield at her.

Bang!

She was blown away and landed on the ground twenty meters away from the two.

'These two are strong... I could fight them all day long but I could see that the shielder isn't showing his true power. He's clearly holding back against me.'

Alice thought as she observed the two. Kan was a powerful B-rank, a peak B-rank powerhouse. He was extremely close to the power of an A-rank powerhouse. While the shielder was a mystery, up until now she couldn't see him sweating over her attack.

From her point of view, the shielder was leisurely blocking everything that she threw at them.

'I'll force them to use their real powers...'

She thought as she bent her knees and charged forward. She will try to eliminate the weak one first. It was easy to say but hard to do as the weak one was a peak B-rank. Even Souta couldn't eliminate a person of this level easily.

Lim ran forward to intercept and stopped her movements while Kan was going to attack her. Their simple tactic brought Alice a huge headache.

[Repulsion Kick]!!

Alice threw a powerful kick and Lim simply blocked it. She bounced back and used this momentum to thrust her spear at the side where Kan was coming from.

"Whoa!!"

Kan was a little bit surprised but he still managed to react by quickly shifting his body to the side. He then bent his knees like a spring and launched himself at Alice.

Swoosh!

Alice swung her spear and Kan crouched down to avoid it. She then saw Lim charging at her once again. She had no choice but to kick the ground and gained some distance away from her opponents.

Kan wouldn't simply let her get away. He dashed forward as he chased after her.

Swoosh!

Clang!

A shield came from above and blocked her attack.

"He could even block a surprise attack..." She muttered as she clicked her tongue in annoyance. It's difficult to get passed Lim's defense.

Up until now, she still hasn't managed to land a clean hit to her opponents.

"It's my turn!"

Kan jumped over the shield as his fist glow brightly. He smiled as he threw a punch towards Alice.

[Crushing Earth Fist]!!

Alice opened her eyes widely as she shifted her body to the side. Kan's fist passed beside her head and the force behind it caused an explosion.

She stepped forward and gathered her mana on the tip of her spear. Suddenly, the ground turned into ice as Alice used her spell.

Ohm!

Lim was stuck as his feet and shield were frozen with the ground.

Kan was in the mid-air so he wasn't frozen but Alice was aiming for him. It was then that she thrust her spear forward.

"Argh!!"

Kan g.r.o.a.n.e.d in pain as his blood spurted in the air. It splashed on the ground dyeing it in red color. A huge hole appeared on his left shoulder.

He was lucky that he managed to avoid getting hit in his heart. He would die if that happened. Still, this was a huge decrease in his battle strength. He could hardly move his left hand.

He left all the defense to Lim and he only focused on attacking. He didn't expect that this girl would prevent Lim from defending.

Ever since the battle started, Alice didn't show anything to her opponents that she could use spells. She only showed them her capabilities as a spear-user warrior. After they believed that she was a warrior, the two relaxed their guards against spells.

She was going to use it to finish one of them. Ultimately, she failed in doing so. From now on, they will be wary about her spells and she couldn't surprise them by using them.

Alice thrust her spear once again wanting to finish Kan.

Boom!

A sound of an explosion echoed in the direction of Lim. A powerful mana spiked and it filled the entire room. The atmosphere suddenly changed as the liquefied mana swept out.

Alice opened her eyes widely as she turned her head to the side. A huge figure instantly appeared beside her.

"Damn! Just like I thought... This guy is an A-rank...!!"

She gritted her teeth. She didn't stop her spear which was heading toward Kan.

Suddenly, she felt pain in her stomach, and in the second moment, she found herself crashing on the ceiling of the room.

Boom!