"Are you sure? After we use it to recharge our mana and staffs mana, we won't be able to sell it." Said Ariel

"It's fine, that stone over there should be at least worth at least 10x more. Besides we don't have any extra s.p.a.ce to fit that stone in the toolbox if we don't get rid of this one. I'll use the 5th floors boss and recharge mine." I replied as i headed towards the stone

"O-Okay! Are we heading to the next floor now?" Asked, Ariel

"Yeah, we're rus.h.i.+ng through the floors of the dungeon. If we ration we may be able to last another week at most... So our only option is to complete it." I said

Now's not that time to be hiding, And i'm sure they know how bad the situation we're in is. We've been doing great but If we were to encounter something like an even stronger rank monster or possibly an S-Rank then...

"Alright, We'll meet you at the entrance" Said Serena

Ariel also nodded

I nodded at them and went over to pick up the magic stone. It's colour was orange and red. A nice looking mix.

I removed the 5th floor bosses magic stone from the toolbox and absorbed it's magic power. I managed to fully charge my magic stones in my hand and recharged a bit of my own energy with what remained in the stone. Shortly after i was finished the stone broke.

After that i picked up the h.e.l.l fire's magic stone which was just as big as the spider queens one and put it inside my tool box.

"It's size is as big as the 10th floor's boss but the power coming out of it is a lot higher..." i muttered to myself

After that, i checked the door which we had originally walked through to enter the bosses room and as expected it was locked.

I went over to Ariel and Serena's location after i had sorted out everything i needed to

"Did you get everything? Was the door locked?" Serena asked

"Yeah and Yeah," I replied

"Of course it was." Said Serena with her arms crossed

"Is everyone ready?" I asked

"Yeah" Said Ariel as she nodded

Serena also nodded when i looked over at her.

"Alright, let's go." I said as i took the lead

We descended down long stairs and like before, we were hit by a heat wave. As we went down the stairs the one thing that stood out the most was grains of sands lying around.

"I hope this isn't what i think it is..." I said as we continued walking down

"A desert..." Said Serena

"Of course it is a dungeon is going to magically have a desert underground." I said

"You don't believe me?" Asked, Serena

"No, it's precisely because I believe you that I'm reacting this way." I replied

"Ah, i see..." muttered Serena

"By the way, how did you find out it was a desert?" Asked, Ariel

I can feel it, I've been to a desert before and there's sand lying down. Most elves usually live in forests so we have good instincts." Said Serena

Just as she said that, we had finally reached the floor. The view of the blue sky filled my eyes. Both Ariel and Serena's foul mood seemed temporarily gone as their eyes lit up once they saw the sky.

It was obviously artificial and they knew, it's been a few days since they've seen the sky so they couldn't help but be happy even if it's fake.

"let's go, we need to find the boss room."

I said as i grabbed onto their arms and pulled them towards the floor. After we left the stair case, it vanished. The door which was open behind us completely disappeared.

I tried touching the air around where we stood before we entered the desert but it was gone. There was nothing there, it hadn't turned invisible, our way back just completely disappeared.

"Oi... Are you serious..?" I asked

"Our way back is gone!? So we have no other choice but to move forward..." Said, Serena as she placed her palm on her face

"At least the 3 of us are still together!" Said Ariel with a worried expression

"That's a pretty optimistic point of view..." Said Serena

"Yeah, that's Ariel after all, hahaha" I said as i started laughing

"It's not funny!" Said Ariel

"You're right about that." Said Serena

"Not you too, serena!" Said Ariel

"No, but yeah, She's right. We should be fine as long as we don't get separated." I Said

"Yeah, so don't do any reckless things john." Said Serena

"Do i look like a battle maniac to you too? I'm not always fighting because i want too..."

The two girls looked away as i said that.

"Ah is that so... Okay." I said as i grabbed on to their hands and cast levite and velox

I ascended us straight up. We could see the sun but we couldn't go higher than a certain point with Levite.

"As i expected it's Artificial, but wow, How can a desert this big fit in a floor?" I asked as i looked Around

"Even i'm surprised..." Said Serena

"It's like a real desert..." Said Serena

Sand everywhere, as far as the eye could see. Water won't be a problem with water magic. The problem is food... We can't spend too much time here...