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But all the more so, the more special the feeling it gave off.
Hawlucha reached out and tried to pick it up.
But as soon as its fingers touched it, a violent quaking suddenly rumbled underneath its feet.
Immediately afterwards, two beams of blinding red light flashed out from the bottom of the abyss, illuminating the ceiling.
A piercing scream split the void.
A terrifying tentacle covered with suction cups shot out from below, whirling towards Hawlucha on the platform as if it had eyes.
Hawlucha reacted extremely swiftly, ejecting its feathers into flying darts as it turned around.But those feather darts couldn't even resist the gale set off by the tentacle and were scatteredly blown away.
Hawlucha wanted to fly up high, but just as it took off, the tentacle had already struck, tightly entangling it in a split second, making it unable to break free.
At the critical moment, Hawlucha suddenly perceived a call from its master.
It immediately let go of its mind and answered the call.
The tentacle fiercely tugged, trying to drag it into the abyss.
But Hawlucha's body instantly turned into light and disappeared without a trace.
Clack!
The treasure chest closed on its own.
The thick tentacle covered with suction cups probed around the platform. After a fruitless search, it retreated back into the abyss.
……
"Phew——"
Seeing the abyss returning to calmness, Dark at last let out his breath and raised the magic card in his hand.
On the card, Hawlucha was showing a disheartened look.
Dark stroked its chest and praised, "Good job."
Hawlucha couldn't help blinking. Only after seeing that its master was truly being serious did its dejection finally turn into joy.
It firmly smacked its chest, becoming proud once more.
Dark couldn't help smiling. Then, he looked up towards the abyss.
At the critical moment, he recalled Hawlucha back into its magic card, saving it from the fate of being pulled into the abyss.
But that was only a stopgap measure.
The terrifying tentacle that emerged from the abyss had verified his conjecture.
There was indeed a monster hiding inside the abyss.
As for whether or not the treasure chest was a trap, that would depend on each person's opinion.
……
"Dark, what kind of monster is that?" Rose couldn't help asking.
Dark shook his head and said, "It looks like an octopus or a cuttlefish, but it's hard to tell exactly what kind of monster it is with just one tentacle."
Dianna exclaimed in awe, "Just a single tentacle is already so thick, how big is its actual body?"
Dark's expression faintly sank. "I don't know, but it doesn't look like a monster that should appear on the second floor... We've most probably walked into a hidden rift connected to the lower floor without realizing it."
The existence of hidden rifts had previously been proven.
Saint Marian's dungeon was, in itself, a product of time and space distortion. It possessed some characteristics that were similar to secret passages.
Over here, any kind of situation wouldn't be out of the question.
Quickly understanding his meaning, Rose anxiously asked, "Then can we leave this place?"
Dark lightly frowned and said, "I've read some information about it. Generally speaking, it's possible to leave this kind of hidden rift, but after leaving, it's very likely that you'll never be able to enter again."
Upon hearing that they could leave, Rose breathed a sigh of relief. Then she promptly said, "Then what should we do next? Leave or continue?"
Dark didn't hesitate: "Of course continue."
Rose asked: "But how to continue?"
Dark couldn't help sinking into thought: "Give me some time."
In fact, as of current, he had already thought of a way to seize the treasure chest—or the thing inside it, to be more precise.
But not only had he set his eyes on the rusty sword within the treasure chest, he had also set his eyes on the monster inside the abyss!
Seizing the treasure and hunting the monster—was it possible to kill two birds with one stone?
It would depend on the strength of the monster.
Judging from that tentacle alone, he could only tell that its rank must've exceeded 3-star. As for whether it was on the second tier or the third tier, it was impossible to determine for the time being.
But in the bottomless abyss, Miltank would definitely not be able to exert its full strength.
In that case, it seemed that Bastemon was the only one who could contend against it.
Perhaps Mismagius would also be able to fight against it.
Dark pondered for a moment and felt that battling the monster was way too risky.
It would be better to take the treasure and run!
In the end, he glanced at Dianna and Rose and immediately made a decision.
"DemiDevimon."
"Here!"
……
When DemiDevimon saw that Hawlucha had been recalled upon coming into danger, it realized that its turn was coming!
It had been waiting for a long time for Dark's call.
Only after Dark gave it a glare did it hurriedly cover its mouth, sheepishly expressing that it was merely uttering a syllable instead of speaking.
Fortunately, Dianna and Rose weren't paying attention to this.
Facing the doubts of the two, Dark promptly said, "Get ready, we might have to start running soon!"
Hearing this, Dianna and Rose realized that Dark was planning to make a quick escape after snatching the treasure.
Both of them felt rather relieved inside.
Even Dianna really didn't want to face that gigantic monster hiding in the abyss.
After clarifying his intention, Dark swiftly pulled out a magic card, clamped it between his index and middle fingers, and put it in front of his chest.
The surface of the magic card was a solid black gold color. It could give people a sense of confidence just by looking at it.
It was none other than [Pride III]!
"Swipe, evolve!"
As he swiped with his right hand, a dazzling light burst out from the surface of [Pride Ⅲ].
The symbol of [Pride] lit up between DemiDevimon's eyebrows, absorbing the light coming from [Pride Ⅲ].
Its body quickly turned into light, covered in blinding radiance from head to toe as it underwent a drastic change in body structure.
"Roar!"
Along with a ferocious roar, the tattered bat wings fiercely spread out and split apart the ball of light.
The fallen angel of darkness had once again descended into the world!
The tall and mighty Devimon had slightly upturned eyes, its demeanor overflowing with an unchanging Pride.
"Teleportation has a magic energy consumption of 100 points and a maximum distance of 100 meters. If it exceeds 100 meters, the consumption of magic energy will sharply increase. CD time is 15 seconds."
……
Although Devimon strongly disdained Dark's "take it and run" plan, it still faithfully carried out his order.
First, fly across the abyss to the small platform where the treasure chest was located.
During this period, it had to keep an eye out for the sudden attack of the monster at the bottom of the abyss.
If such a change occurred, immediately use Teleportation to reach the platform and wait for 15 seconds before opening the chest to take the sword.
When Devimon was flying over the abyss, it clearly sensed the movements coming from the monster below.
But the monster didn't attack.
However, all of a sudden, its pupils spontaneously shrank as its head snapped to look towards the left.
When did an extra hole appear in the wall on the left side of the abyss?
……
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