"Are we continuing, Fifth Elder?" Lucas Netherfrost asked, scanning the battlefield around them.
The Fifth Elder remained silent, his expression calm as he surveyed the devastation.
Giant corpses of dungeon monsters and fallen soldiers littered the area, evidence of a fierce battle that had taken place.
Among the carnage lay the body of a massive black lion-shaped monster, its Tier 7 status evident from the Mana fluctuations.
Now dead, with a gaping hole in its head, soldiers were already scavenging its valuable parts.
"We've reached the 77th floor, we can't turn back now. The others are likely in the same situation as us, so we must press on," the Fifth Elder declared.
"But-"