Five days had passed since Allen and team began their Earth Labrynith challenge.

They rotated between a 24 hour rush attack 'n 24 hour rest strategy, and today marked their 3rd rush attack as they cut through any enemies, tracing the path to reach the area of demigod spirit beast. 

With the lack of other party members, the formation was filled by the summoned beasts—Allen had been utilising all the 48 slots—and spirits. 

"Orrrryaaaa!! Hurry up!!"

While shouting and rallying his companions, Allen glanced at his watch on his left wrist, then pulled a small clay figurine up to his face, examining it closely.

[72th Floor - Remaining Time: 00:00:45]

With less than 10 minutes left, the second hand on the watch began to appear, and the little clay figurine’s eyes blinked like hazard lights, as if urging him on.

(Pfft?! Damnit, only 45 seconds left?! No, I need to atleast have that Orichalcum!)

As if they had been lying in ambus, a group with a eerie, jet black tint to them suddenly leaped out from the left side of the T-junction ahead. They resembled like and Haniway and Komainu as they charged toward the group with clear hostility.

The new wave of opponents were in number of tens, each with strengthened adamantite material, and status surpassing 100,000 easily. 

Cecil turned around with a look of startle, and took notice of shopkeeper rushing toward Allen and team with a hideous expression.

"Watch out, shopkeeper is coming from behind!!"

«Thieves detected. Chase them away, Squad Haniwa, Squad Komaina!! Squad Haniwa. you're to target fro—»

It was yet again a familiar line remarked for nth time by the Shopkeeper as it produces Haniwas and Komainas from the wall.

"Merus, held back the opponents coming from right!! Makris and Magla, freeze the Shopkeeper behind! I am counting on you!! We're out of Tsubamen so teleportation is out of option!!"

«Good heavens! You really like to take the risky rides, eh?»

«Stop it for meeeee!!»

«Who would have thought I would be back in the same place I was sealed, and in this form too......»

Merus and Magla couldn't help but complaint, however Allen ignored them and himself jumped right on the T-junction. A few of adamantite Haniwa and Komaina were also presented there, however he avoided engaging in a fight against them, thus managed to escape.

It wasn't possible to teleport to the stairs in one try, even if he used up the awakening skill «Homing Instinct» of the ten Bird A summoned beast he had. 

Due to the principle Earth Labyrinth worked on, it wasn't possible to un-summon and re-summon the summoned beasts. So it means they'd to wait till the summoned beast's skill cooldown had.

Using the "Spring of Healing" discovered on the 53rd floor and Sophia ’s divine skill "Blessing of the Spirit God," they reset the cooldown and used the awakening skills again.

“I can see it! The stairs! Charge!!”

While avoiding the attacks from the Haniwa and Komainu, Allen and his party maintained their formation and jumped straight down the stairs to the next floor.

Seconds after everyone reached the next floor, the little clay figurine’s eyes suddenly lit up.

"Time’s up. Transferring to the entrance of the Earth Labyrinth. Items taken by the thief will not be confiscated as you have already entered the lower floor."

After 24 hours of progression, Allen and his companions were instantly transported back to the entrance of the Earth Labyrinth.

The Earth Labyrinth was a dungeon where they aimed to reach the 99th floor within 24 hours. The structure of the dungeon changed each time, and when time was up, the party was expelled from the labyrinth in this manner.

"Alright! We got the Holy Orichalcum again! Now I can really get some serious blacksmithing done!"

Havarac, holding the Holy Orichalcum in both hands, looked far more energetic than one would expect after working non-stop for 24 hours.

"No, no. Let's at least have some proper rest and food first."

"Is that so? Well, yeah! But lately, I’ve been able to tell the difference between this and the Orichalcum from the surface, so blacksmithing is so much more fun now! Hahaha!!"

Most of the Orichalcum found on the surface were magical replicas crafted in dungeons created by the Magic God Ishiris. The Orichalcum imbued with divine power by the Earth God, however, was often superior—providing higher attack power for weapons and greater durability for armor compared to those made by the Magic God Ishiris.

That being said, Ishiris' replicas were more stable in terms of performance, as they were consistently crafted, so the Orichalcum from the Earth God, which had less divine power, could sometimes perform better in some cases.

Additionally, the Orichalcum from the Earth God was referred to as "Holy Orichalcum" to distinguish it from Ishiris’ creations.

"I’m starving."

"Yes, I’m sure we all are. Let’s take our time and eat."

Luke, rubbing his stomach, answered, and Sophia  followed behind him silently, while Formar remained wordless, trailing behind the two of them.

Having been freed from 24 hours of labor, Havarac and the rest of the group were now at ease. However, there was one person whose insides were boiling with frustration.

"Hey! My level didn’t go up at all!!"

With the kind of strength that made it seem like she had never been through a 24-hour dungeon crawl, she performed a dropkick with both feet, landing squarely on Allen’s cheek.