⌜Chapter 22⌟

Tanaka and the others burst into small lights disappearing from the dungeon, the next thing they knew, all of them were now inside a room that looked messy.

The walls are like abstract paintings, there are also some crystals around, but what caught Tanaka's attention was that the room has a single exit which was not too far away.

The room was empty as if there was nothing dangerous was around, the Moonlit Black Cats Guild members were confused by how they were brought into this room, even Kirito seemed to be a little confused as he looked around, it took a while for something to click within him and a panicked expression appeared on his face.

"Everyone be ready! this is a trap room!"

Just as he was able to relay the warning, a light appeared everyone, surrounding everyone, and from those lights spawned the monsters of this trap room, one thing that even Tanaka had once a hard time fighting.

A group of Granite Elementals and Dark Dwarf Miners, these monsters are about as strong as a 40th-floor monster, they are not only strong individually but also in a group, they were not like the normal monsters, these ones could adapt very easily.

If they think the opponent is strong then they group up then gang up the player, and if the one they were fighting was weak, they will slowly kill the player by chipping him away.

The Moonlit Black Cats Guild members were in a panicked state and doesn't know what to do, they were easily overwhelmed by the monsters and even managed to split them up.

"Ahhh! Get away from me!"

"Damn! there are too many of them!"

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die"

"Wait for me I'm coming!"

Kirito immediately reacted fast and killed the Granite Elementals that were surrounding him, he was in the front lines which meant that his power level was on the 50th floor, these monsters were too easy for him to kill.

But their sheer overwhelming numbers were too much for him to have time to help the others, but he was still trying his best.

"I see, so it's like this huh"

Tanaka who haven't moved for a while spoke, Kirito who heard it had a hunch that this was all planned by 'Madara', he doesn't know the reason but he was furious, that is what he was thinking about.

He wanted to confront 'Madara' even if he was weak, but not right now because he had to help the other members of his guild, this was the first time he joined a guild and he doesn't want to lose them.

Just as he was about to move and help the others, from the corner of his eyes, he saw Tetsuo and Sasamaru getting overwhelmed by the monsters, it was about to kill them, he also saw Sachi who was covered in wounds and looking at the bar on top of their heads, she will die soon.

"Noooo!"

Kirito yelled in despair, he couldn't do anything but look at his friends that were going to die, and just as he thought that everything has already been lost, he saw a silver light, it was just for a moment but it was bright.

*Swooosh! *Slash!

In the next moment, the monsters around everyone was cut in half, then half of the body of the monsters were flying while the other was on the ground, it was not just 1 or 2, but all of the monsters,.

Even the others who thought they would die were surprised by the sudden turn of events,

"Move"

They heard a voice, they turned towards 'Ice' and saw him wielding a scythe, his scythe was silver in color, it was as if it was blessed by the moon, they could not help but be in awe as they look at him, they have never thought that 'Ice' was this strong.

"Move now! the monsters are going to spawn again!"

Tanaka yelled waking them up from their stupor.

"A-alright!"

Everyone immediately moved and helped the others who can't move, Kirito helped Sachi who was full of wounds by making her drink potion, they then made their way towards the exit.

But as they were making their way towards the exit, monsters kept spawning around, almost as if there was a sea of monsters, but these monsters seemed to be a bunch of weeds getting harvested by the scythe of Tanaka.

"Tsk, there are too many, everyone duck now!"

Tanaka yelled, the others were confused but they immediately followed Tanaka's words and ducked immediately.

Tanaka took a deep breath and the blade of his scythe started to dark color which indicated that he was going to use a skill.

*Fuuu!

"Breath of Death-Third Form-: Death's Harvest"

*Swooosh!

Tanaka swung his scythe in a circular motion and a black light spread out from him, the others who ducked on the ground only felt a light breeze, but this breeze was cold, too cold that they felt they turned into an ice statue.

Kirito who was looking at Tanaka from the start could not help but shiver, he doesn't know if it was his imagination but when Tanaka used the skill, he saw the apparition of a reaper behind Tanaka that harvested all of the monsters around them.

"Everyone stand up now and hurry to the exit, I will stay here for a bit"

"O-okay, you must return alright!"

Sachi was the first one to speak, Tanaka was speechless by what she said but he smiled regardless, he felt warm that someone cared about him.

"Yep"

After everyone left leaving Tanaka alone in the trap room, he set his sights towards what he found earlier, first were the crystals around, it may not seem like it but these things are high-quality materials for forging weapons, they may not be comparable to Adamantium it was still a top tier item.

Next was the hidden chest at the corner of the trap room, it would be impossible to find if Tanaka did not have the search treasure skill, Tanaka took the whole chest to his inventory, and lastly.

Tanaka turned his head towards the end of the room, it was dark but he could see a small pond not too far away, this was the most important in the room, even if you combine all Tanaka's items to these things, it would be worthless.

...To be continued.

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Sorry for the late chapter, I only had the drive to write in this time, I was kinda researching and looking for inspiration for this book and my other books, anyway that is all.

Quotes:

In fairy tales, when the protagonist ends up in a different world, they do their best to get back home, right? But who would want to go back to a world like this? -Sora