"William and you...?" Diana looked at the two men on the ground with a cold and indifferent expression. Naturally she recognized one of them.
But the other one was wearing a mask and it was impossible to recognize him. Moreover the aura that was radiating from the masked man made her feel an indescribable sense of danger.
This sense of danger became even stranger when she realized that this masked man was only at Rank A. For a moment she doubted her intuition.
How could she feel such a strong threat from a Rank A? Could something have happened? Maybe this man had an item that made her feel that way?
However she felt that was not the case. It was this man’s own power that was giving her such a strong sense of danger.
’Could it be...?’ Suddenly her senior sister’s words replayed in her mind—the words that said when she saw the target she would know.
Was her master’s target this masked man? The target that forced her to live in this third-rate country for so many years?
"Something wrong?" William said when he saw the girl still standing above and staring at the two of them in confusion.
"Oh nothing. I just didn’t expect you to reach the central layer." Diana quickly calmed her mind and then landed on the ground.
She decided not to act for now. It was better to leave the dungeon first and then report the situation to her senior sister.
"Things happened in the outer layer," William said and then began giving a brief explanation of what had taken place.
He also did not forget to explain about Daniel and the reason he had entered the dungeon.
"So all the Rank A Awakened turned into stone titans? And you couldn’t leave the dungeon?" she murmured, her face turning somewhat ugly.
"That’s right. Where are the Rank S? With their help leaving should be easy." Daniel glanced at the girl and asked. For some reason he had a strange feeling about her.
"Unfortunately problems happened for us as well," Diana frowned, making both of their faces suddenly turn serious.
If something had happened to the Rank S too then their situation would be even worse.
"This place we are in now is actually some distance from the center of the central layer. Most of the dangers here are at Half Step S Rank and False S Rank. But at the center all the monsters are Rank S and there are a lot of them."
"The Federation misjudged the rank of this dungeon. This is not just a normal Purple Rank but a very high-level Purple Rank. To clear it at least one National Rank Awakened is needed."
"That dangerous?" William frowned darkly.
"That’s right. In fact the Rank S are now at the center of the island, most of them fighting the monsters, and some of them completely lost their minds. Just like what happened to the Rank A." Diana nodded and explained.
"So what do we do now?"
"Is there even anything we can do?" Daniel said sarcastically. When even the Rank S couldn’t do anything what could they possibly do?
With his current power it was true he could defeat anything below True Rank S. But Rank S? He had no chance at all. Unless he used Fallen Will.
Since Fallen Will was neither an attack nor a defense skill it was available to him and he could activate it. But in his eyes it still wasn’t necessary.
Unless they reached a point where there was really no other way then he would activate Fallen Will.
"Actually maybe there is a way. If we can destroy that tree." Diana pointed toward the giant tree at the center of the island on top of the mountain range.
"That tree is actually the king of the titans. As long as we destroy it the dungeon will be cleared and we can leave."
"Wait. That tree is the king of the titans?" William asked in surprise.
"Strange right? But it’s that tree that creates the titans."
"So that’s why I always felt something strange about that tree. All this time the real enemy was that tree." Daniel nodded.
"However killing it isn’t easy. A monster at Peak Rank S is protecting it."
"..."
"You think we’re idiots? First you say there’s a way and now you say a Peak Rank S is guarding it! You want us all to die?" William frowned angrily.
"I never said it was doable. I said there’s a way. Besides that titan protecting the tree is the only Peak Rank S in this dungeon. The other monsters are just Early S Rank." Diana mocked.
"Doesn’t matter. We can’t even kill the weakest Rank S, let alone a Peak Rank S. Before we even get close to the tree we’ll be killed. Do I need to remind you that just the breath of a Peak Rank S can kill all of us?"
The atmosphere fell silent and this time even Diana said nothing, because William was right.
No matter how talented and powerful they were, in the end they were only Rank A. They had no chance even against the weakest Rank S.
Though her face was still calm. If the situation reached the worst state she still had ways to save herself and even escape the dungeon.
But unless it became critical she did not want to use that thing, because the price to pay was too high.
"How many Rank S do we need to pass to reach that tree?" Daniel suddenly said calmly.
"Many. Besides the titan Rank S we also need to get through those Federation Rank S who turned into titans. Maybe more than ten Rank S."
"And that’s not the hardest part. The hardest part is that once you enter the center of the island you are directly attacked mentally by that cursed tree. No matter how strong your mind is the tree breaks all defenses and takes over your mind."
"As soon as your mind falls into its grasp the process of turning into a titan begins." Diana explained quietly.
"I may have a way to destroy that tree." Daniel looked at the two of them and said.