Hearing Bert's question, Ais also remembered that she had not seen Shirou Emiya until now.
It’s not that she doesn’t care about Shirou Emiya, but in a battle like that, no one has any energy to think about anything else.
All the strength in my body is spent on thinking and fighting about how to survive.
"The 58th floor—"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bert's expression became excited at this moment, and he suddenly planned to go to the passage leading to the 57th floor.
"Stop! What are you doing!?"
Finn quickly stood in front of Burt.
"What else can we do? The Loki clan will not abandon any of their companions. Staying there will only lead to death. I want to rescue Shirou Emiya!!"
Burt's expression became extremely angry when he looked at Finn.
Even though he hated Emiya Shirou, he was still his companion no matter what.
"Have you ever wondered why we fought on the 57th floor for so long, but the Cannon Dragon on the 58th floor didn't launch an attack! Why didn't that Fallen Fairy catch up with us?"
Finn's expression was extremely calm as he stared at Burt, who was filled with anger.
"Because of Emiya Shirou?"
This is almost the obvious answer.
Bert and Ace also realized what a desperate situation they were facing before.
Under such endless attacks from monsters, plus the attack from the 58th floor Cannon Dragon, and the pursuit of the Fallen Fairy.
They could not think of any possibility of survival.
Chapter 50: Breaking into the th Floor Master
"I don't want to lose my companions again!!!"
Even so, Burt's expression did not waver at all, and he confronted Finn with a tone that showed no mercy at all.
But Finn also wanted Shirou Emiya to leave with him.
However, that was Shirou Emiya's decision, and it was also the most likely way to get everyone out of the dungeon at that time.
"Just keep going upstairs. I'm going down to save him!"
Burt exhaled, not looking at Finn accusingly.
Having been together for such a long time, Bert and Finn had no idea how many times they had explored dungeons together. He might not understand Shirou Emiya, but he definitely knew what kind of person his captain was.
Finn would never abandon any of his companions, nor would he be a commander who ordered his companions to die in order to survive.
Add to that Shirou Emiya's own way of helping others without asking for anything in return.
Bert believed that Shirou Emiya might actually give his life for someone he had only known for three days.
But that doesn't mean that Bert is willing to accept everything Shirou Emiya does with peace of mind.
"What can you do if you go there? The 57th floor is the one that almost all of us have fought so hard to get to! Going to the 57th floor now is no different from committing suicide."
"Are we going to stay like this until Shirou Emiya dies?"
Finn, fell silent.
In fact, he had also thought about reaching the 18th floor as quickly as possible, replenishing supplies, and then returning to the 58th floor as quickly as possible.
But this is not realistic.
Not to mention that just going back and forth like this would take at least a day.
After such a long battle, everyone was extremely tired.
This fatigue is not only physical, but also mental.
Even after reaching the 18th floor, using healing magic or healing potions to heal.
Physical and mental fatigue are difficult to eliminate.
In this state, if he were to break into the 57th and 58th floors where endless monsters were swarming, the result would probably be the same.
"I promised Emiya Shirou that I would bring everyone back to the surface safely."
"Bert, we need you!"
After such a long battle, everyone was exhausted.
It’s just that compared to others, Bert, Ace, Finn and Grace are still in a certain state.
But they were still tired.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Bert kept knocking on the wall beside him. He also had his own thinking ability. When he calmed down and thought, Bert could clearly understand the current situation.
He also quickly realized what he needed to do most at this stage.
That's why Bert was so unwilling and so angry.
The feeling of powerlessness emerged again.
"Captain, don't we have time to rest any longer?"
Ais's expression also changed at this moment. Like Bert, she also wanted to save Shirou Emiya who was in a hell where it was almost impossible to survive.
But she also understood that Shirou Emiya had made an indispensable contribution to the fact that the entire expedition team was able to reach the 57th floor safely.
If he went down again, he would undoubtedly trample under his feet everything Emiya Shirou had done.
"I'll go gather them together and continue to move towards the 49th floor. Aisi, Bert, you guys check out the situation ahead first. If anything seems amiss, don't act alone and run towards the main force immediately."
"This is a critical moment. Don't try to be a hero in a situation like this. If we want to get back to the ground safely, everyone's strength is essential!"
Finn quickly assigned tasks to Ace and Bert, and immediately headed towards the passage on the 57th floor.
There was almost no time for Finn and the others to rest. The threat of the Cannon Dragon on the 58th floor was always there. They believed in Shirou Emiya, but they still had to go all out to move towards the upper levels.
"On the 54th floor, the monsters still haven't refreshed!"
Aisi's figure turned into a phantom and appeared in front of Finn.
The abnormal number of monsters seemed to appear only on the 58,57th and 57th floors. After they had broken through the group of monsters on the th floor with great difficulty, all the monsters on the floors above had not yet reached their refresh time.
The journey was almost smooth and unobstructed. Finn led the expedition team to the 51st floor, which was beyond the reach of normal cannon dragons.
There was hope in the eyes of all the adventurers, because they knew that the desperate situation had now been overcome, and all they needed to do next was to rest a little, and they would be able to return to Orario with the glory of breaking through the 59th floor.
However, as he got closer to the 50th floor, Finn felt his thumb and toe becoming more and more painful.
It was as if something was waiting for them.
However, there was no need to guess, because the shocking roar that echoed throughout the entire floor was surging in front of them at this moment.
"Roar!"
It was as if the brain was hit hard by something from the inside, or as if the eardrum was hit by some horrible scream. All the adventurers in the expedition team turned pale in an instant, covered their ears, and screamed.
Bert and Ace, who were standing at the front, seemed to be hit hard by something heavy. Their shoulders sank and they half-knelt on the ground.
It was like an ancient ferocious beast or a demon from hell, carrying an aura and magic power that was horrifyingly violent and astonishingly murderous that was far beyond human imagination.
Soon, Finn saw a huge black shadow standing at the entrance to the 49th floor.
It was a dragon-like creature lurking in front of the passage.
It is not a dragon. Its entire body is pitch black, and its bones are twisted and growing in all directions in extremely strange postures.
Claw-like bones can be seen protruding from various parts of the creature.
The head was extremely ferocious, and the body was extremely large. On that strange head was a blood-red eyeball like a ruby.
His whole body was filled with an extremely terrifying murderous aura.
Muscles swelled erratically from its body, and orbs that were the same red as its eyeballs also appeared from its body.
The powerful momentum caused the air around it to be squeezed away by the terrifying pressure.
The entire 50th floor became pitch black because of its existence.
Soon, it seemed to have discovered Finn and his group, and its ruby-like eyes flashed with a fierce light. It raised its ferocious head, opened its mouth full of sharp fangs, and let out a high-pitched roar in Finn's direction.
"Roar!"
The terrifying roar that resounded through the heavens and earth once again turned into a tangible sound wave, and like a shock wave, it enveloped the entire expedition team, turning all the gravel on the ground into a storm-like dust, raging wildly.
Finn's eyes also became serious at this moment.
"The 49th floor master——Barol!"
Chapter 498: The Man in Red Standing on the Summit of Sword Hill
The inherent barrier is the product of the materialization of the mental world. It is essentially a small world. Therefore, it will be rejected by the real world when it is born and cannot affect the real world.
If Shana and Alastair were here, they would be able to easily feel the strong sense of disharmony, even distortion.
Although the power of existence is equivalent to concepts such as magic power and spiritual power in most cases, it is a unit of combat power.
But it does not simply represent the concept of energy.
When a thing exists here and can be observed by people, then it must have the so-called power of existence.
However, for the Apostles of the Red World, among the many things that are made up of the power of existence, only humans have the most similar structure to the Apostles of the Red World, and are the most efficient to devour.
The existence power of other objects such as buildings, animals, etc. will only weaken themselves even if they are eaten, so they can only eat humans.
The use of the force of existence can slow down the distortion in the world and naturally accelerate the distortion of the world.
And under the strange magic of Shirou Emiya, the world is forced to recognize the existence of his small world.
It can even be said to be a kind of erosion, an erosion that can affect the real world.
At this moment on the 58th floor, the surrounding walls, illuminated by countless red lotus-like flames, looked extremely pale, as if they had lost their life.
At first glance, the air was filled with a desolate atmosphere.
Crimson flames continued to burn across this desolate land.
Countless swords were inserted into the sand dunes.
The entire area is more like a sword's grave than a world of swords. There is no life in it.
On the top of such a dead silent sand dune, there stood a man with gray hair, dressed in red, holding a double blade in his hands.
"Pfft——!"
That was the sound of a blade tearing flesh apart.
"Pfft——!"
That was the sound of blood splashing everywhere.
"Pfft——!"
It was the sound of some sharp weapon piercing flesh.
"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"
Beast-like roars continued to come from all over the man.
A python flashing with thunder.
A deformed spider that sprays silk.
A wyvern with explosive muscles.
Monsters continued to rush towards the man who was standing alone on the top of the sword hill from both sides.
His face was stained with bright red blood.
The monster's miserable howls echoed in his ears.
“Tick-tick!”
That was the sound of blood dripping from his arm which was violently torn apart by the wyvern.
"Pfft——!"
