The group entered the tower. When they did, suddenly—
<Mwahahaha, so you’ve come, foolish humans. If you want to run away, now is the time,> said a voice from somewhere.
Shutters abruptly closed behind them.
<Oops, now you can’t even run away. Hahaha, you’ve come here to die!>
“Hah! Do you think you can scare us away that easily?”
Undeterred, Alisa and party pressed forward and came to an L-shaped corridor.
The group came to L-shaped corner. A carving of a serpent decorated the corridor’s walls; it was so real looking it seemed it might jump out at them.
They opened the door to see a long staircase leading up.
Eventually, they reached the top. It seemed they were a good distance from ground level.
Up ahead, the road branched out.
The group suddenly entered a large room. Dozens of ornately decorated pillars supported the ceiling.
“It looks like we’re being welcomed.”
Skeleton warriors appeared from the shadows of the pillars.
“Mad Stalkers, huh. Not very impressive,” Tyrone said coolly.
“Boy, it seems you’ve turned into quite the big talker, Tyrone,” resounded the voice of a laughing woman.
“So then, shall I be your opponent?”
A strange monster appeared from the back of the spacious room. Each tendril of her hair consisted of live snakes. The bottom half of her body was that of a large serpent.
“Medusa, you witch!!”
“Have you not learned your lesson yet, boy? It’s useless even if you bring your friends with you.”
“Go to hell!” Tyrone abruptly sent his ax flying towards her!
“I appreciate the offer, but no thanks. See you.”
“H-hey, miss—”
Alisa and her comrades walked away, ignoring the man. His story was incredibly suspicious. Even if he really had a weapon, it was probably just a rusty sword or a defective gun or something like that.
Having pulled away from the man, Alisa and party:
Over on this side, they were pretty much able to gather the same information. However…
“Whaaat, they told you Corona Tower is to the north? What iiidiots! It’s those guys in the east section who are the liiiars. The real tower is south of here!”
Alisa threw her sword at the Blue Slime which came lunging towards her. Tyrone and the others had already defeated the other five slimes.
“They’re only slimes. They’re weaklings. Well then, let’s go. ―Ahh!”
Suddenly, something entwined around Alisa’s, knocking her over. (-1 HP)
It was one of the supposedly defeated slimes. This particular slime had used an esper recovery ability.
The slime clung onto Alisa’s leg, biting into it.
“P-pervert slime!”
She grabbed the slime with both of her hands and threw it on the floor as hard as she could! She then stomped the hell out of it with her feet. Having been destroyed to this extent, its chance of recovery was now zero.
The remaining slimes retreated. (+50 MESETA)
Suddenly, Lutz came to the front lines. Panicking, the monster he approached held out its hand and launched a fireball at Lutz, burning his clothes a little.
“Is that all you’ve got?”
Lutz’s hair entwined itself around the Wight’s neck. The hair moved as though it had a will of its own, entangling its victim; the sorcerer’s life was soon put to an end.
The remaining Wights grew flustered and their formation crumbled apart. Alisa and her comrades weren’t going to let their chance slip away; they easily quelled the last of the Wights in no time at all.
The party came upon an L-shaped corner.
Once again Alisa and party descended the long staircase, returning to the lower floor.
Where on Palma was Medusa?
