Leaving the 9th Floor

The challengers followed Aito who dug new paths, easily destroying the stone walls that looked like feeble cardboard in front of his ax. 

They had noticed the new weapon, more precisely they remembered the humongous orc who had wielded it on the 6th floor. No one asked him about it, since the whys and hows were pretty obvious. 

Moreover, traveling through the labyrinth wasn't supposed to be a walk in the park, but a dangerous endeavor.

Turned out, with the black challenger at their side, the labyrinth actually became something akin to a tourist attraction. 

Sensing the presence of souls 200 meters around him thanks to his Domain reaching level 4, Aito would swat berserkers like flies by hurling his ax at them even before challengers could realize they were there.

If groups of berserkers somehow managed to get through his Domain undetected, they stood no chance against the team, despite two challengers being completely useless amongst them.