Seeing that, Endou, who fell on his butt, turned pale and muttered.
"I-Impossible. For them to catch up now..."
As though using those words as a signal, demonic beasts that had tracked Endo and the Knights, appeared one by one. Endou remained sitting on the ground, shaken to be caught this fast. Until he arrived here, he had used "Assassin" skills to erase his presence, smell, and magic trace while moving. The Demon Race woman was moving while searching for Kouki and the others, so it shouldn't be possible to catch up with Endou who ran straight to the 70th floor.
Endou's doubt was erased by the nightmare-like woman who appeared next.
"Tch. Only one, huh... I thought they had escape here where the teleport circle was... Looking at this, looks like they are hiding somewhere."
Twirling her hair in irritation, the Demon Race woman who appeared riding on a four-eyed wolf's back, made Meld and the Knights enter battle mode. From her words, the woman thought Kouki's party would run towards the teleportation circle, and that's why she came straight to this floor. With her guess off, she seemed to be irritated because she now needed to search around to look for Kouki and the others.
At the same time, it could be said Kouki and the others were still safe. Endou, Meld, and the Knights looked relieved, and smiled faintly. The demon race woman noticed them and snorted towards Endou and the Knights.
"Whatever, I also have a duty here... Let's quickly kill them and begin our search."
Immediately, all of the demonic beasts came attacking. The Chimeras charged and made the space blur, while the black cats covered the distance like a gale. The Brutal-look-alikes were approaching with maces in their hands, and the four-eyed wolves were looking for a chance from behind.
"Make a circle! Defend the teleport circle to the end! Kousuke! How long are you going to show that disgraceful attitude! Stand up and... run away! To the surface!"
"Eh!?"
As expected of the Kingdom's elites of the elites. Meld and the Knights promptly made such a formation and cooperated against the incoming demonic beasts. From hearing Endou's story about the demonic beasts a little while ago, they clearly knew they were obviously inferior in terms of offense, that's why they chose to only defend and parry.
Endou slipped a surprised voice when Meld said, "Escape to the surface." If it's escaping, it would be better if all of us go together. When Meld said for him to get away from this place, Endou felt that rather than going to the surface, he had a responsibility to return to where Kouki and the others were.
"Stop daydreaming! Tell the surface about the Demon Race!
"B-But, Commander Meld and the Knights..."
"We are... going to made this place our graves! Kousuke! Destroy the teleport circle once you get to the other side! It'll at least buy you some time!"