[I succeeded in breaking through the 25th floor by myself.]

“Oh, that was fast!”

[It was all thanks to your training and the Muscle Strengthening Elixirs.]

I was in the middle of dashing through the 30th floor when Ren contacted me. As I completely crushed the skeleton warriors that were running at me, I leisurely talked to Ren.

“There really weren’t a lot of people on the 25th floor. If you’re having trouble finding party members, ask the Floor Shop owner for an item called Party Member Scarecrow. You can start grinding with them.”

He seemed surprised. [Eh? I’m not doing it with you?]

“I already finished grinding,” I replied in a matter-of-fact tone.

[Ugh, so fast…as expected of my master.]

I complimented him, “Ren is fast too. The Giant Ghoul was easy, right?”

[If there’s one thing I learned from sparring with you, it’s dodging attacks. I can somehow dodge the zombies’ attacks or the Giant Ghoul’s claws, but…its Diehard skill annoys the heck out of me. Because of it, I had to spend 5 hours to defeat it on my solo run.]

I gave him a tip, “If you blow up its heart while it’s using the skill, it’ll die.”

He answered wryly, [Crown...