The 18th floor of the dungeon was a breathtaking spectacle for newers.

  Vast forests and shimmering kes spread across the ndscape, illuminated by blue crystals of various sizes.

  These crystals cast a soft, pale blue glow that bathed the surroundings in an otherworldly light.

  The most strikiure was the high ceiling adorned with brilliant, sparkling crystals of two distinct colour’s.

  At the ter, a massive white crystal radiated light simir to that of the sun, surrounded by smaller blue crystals that twinkled like stars.

  The iy of light varied with the time of day, creating a natural day-night cycle that added to the floor's charm.

  On the eastern side of a small isnd fag the ke y the adventurer city of Rivira, perched on a cliff above the water.

  This entiing was known as the Under Resort, a hat perfectly encapsuted its beauty.

  "Alright, that’s enough. We have work to do," Draco called out, snapping everyone from their reverie.

  He uood their captivation; he had been equally mesmerized when he scouted the area weeks earlier.

  Seeing it in person was quite different from watg it, in an anime.

  “It’s just like I imagi would be! I take some of those crystals bae?” Vasiliki excimed, her excitement bubbling over.

  “I would love ooo,” Eleni chimed in, nodding eagerly.

  Cir agreed with a smile.

  “Why would you three want some ordinary crystals that probably has no value?” Michalis interjected, looking perplexed.

  “How do you know they have absolutely no value?” Eleni shot back.

  “Well, if they were valuable, adventurers would have mined most of them by now, wouldn’t they, silly?” Michalis replied, raising an eyebrow.

  “Guh.” Eleni gritted her teeth in annoyance, momentarily at a loss for words.

  ‘’t believe I let Michalis of all people call me stupid,’ she thought indignantly.

  “While you make a fair point regarding its moary value, it still doesn’t prove they have no value. Maybe it just hasn’t been discovered yet,” Eleni tered, trying tain her footing in the argument.

  “That’s true, but the dungeon has existed for over a thousand years. I doubt extensive research hasn’t been done on this particur floor’s resources,” Michalis responded fidently.

  “Tsk, this is the problem with boys, they ’t uaimental value” Eleni muttered, clig her tongue in frustration as she walked away.

  She had various points ument in mind, but decided to walk away reasoning that there was nothing productive from wasting time arguing with Michalis.

  As she walked away, Vasiliki ran up beside her.

  “t believe that you lost a reasoning argument against Michalis,” Vasiliki teased, a statement that irritated Eleni to the core.

  However, she decided to ignore Vasiliki, knowing that by showiion, she would lose.

  “Why did she include us? We didn’t say anything,” Vasileios whispered to Nikoos.

  “I don’t know, maybe because…” Nikoos trailed off, unsure of how to finish his thought.

  “What are you all doing? Hurry up!” Draco called, having already walked a little ahead.

  Quickly regrouping, the familia moved forward till oticed something strange.

  “Aren’t we entering the city?” Cir asked, notig that Draco was leading them in a different dire from it.

  “No, perhaps iure, but not today,” Draco replied firmly.

  He had no iions of entering the city just yet.

  The fewer people who knew about the Bahamut familia’s arrival oh floor, the better.

  So, with his cloak over his head to lower reition, he directed his familia straight to the entrance of the 19th floor.

  Some members felt disappoihat they wouldn’t get to explore the beauty of the 18th floor, but they followed his lead heless.

  As they approached the entrance of the 19th floor, a new wave of wonder washed over the group.

  The 19th floor, along with the subsequent floors up to the 24th, was known as the Large Tree Labyrinth.

  The walls, ceiling, and ground were made of wood, giving the impression that they were inside a gigantic tree.

  The floor was alive with vibrant pnts and colourful fauna, creating a feast for the eyes.

  Instead of the usual crystal lighting, lumi blue moss illumihe area, casting an eerie trast against the colourful pnts.

  “Are we really ihe dungeon?” Dimitra murmured in disbelief, her eyes darting around in wonder.

  The previous floor had already left them in awe, and now this one was even more spectacur.

  “Don’t let yuard down; you might die without even knowing how,” Draco warned seriously, snapping everyone back to reality.

  “Remember what we discussed before ing here. Stay alert and close,” he anded, and everyone nodded in agreement, falling into their designated formation.

  The Tree Labyrinth articurly dangerous for most members of the Bahamut Familia.

  The floors tained a wide variety of poisonous is and pnt-type monsters.

  This is why the Abnormal Resistance skill was crucial; those without it required a healer or at least a healing skill.

  Moreover, there were monsters lurking within the byrinth whose base potential exceeded that of a Minotaur, meaning they were abur level 2.

  Most members of the Bahamut Familia cked either poisoance or a reliable healing skill, with Draco being the notable exception.

  Luckily, he was capable of perf the roles of healer, scout, and various other positions, and he possessed enough strength to navigate the floors with retive ease.

  Draco had scouted the area a few weeks prior in order to identify the perfect spots for his familia members to farm monsters and grow in strength.

  Despite the dangers, the Tree Labyrinth also held the potential freat rewards.

  Many unexplored paths y hidden within the byrinth, redug the likelihood of running into other adventurers.

  In addition to the poisonous and powerful monsters, the byrinth offered a wealth of pnts that served as materials for healing items, which articurly ironic given the prevalence of toxicity in the enviro.

  As everyone refocused, Draediately released a pulse of energy to s the area for both monsters and other adventurers.

  Once he firmed the location of everything within his range, Draco began guiding his familia towards the location he had chosen for them to farm.

  Having assessed the strength of most of the monsters on floors 19 to 23, Draco had decided whies they would farm daily until they were used to the iy of the floor.

  Despite its chaotic appearahere was actually a method to the madness of the tree byrinth.

  Draco had spent a siderable amount of time searg for and firmiain pces where only one or two types of monsters spawned on each floor.

  This was because it was one of the few effective ways for his familia to safely farm monsters iree byrinth.

  Without poisoance, fighting against only one or two types of monsters was their best option as it wouldn't require plicated strategies and excessive caution.

  The tree byrinth taioo many diverse types of monsters for their small group to handle all at once.