Caught in a Trap

She had a polished 'battle sense'.

Deriving from her experience, the battle sense aided her and allowed her to spot the enemies' positions. She tracked them and predicted where they would move to.

Little Goblins were simple creatures. Their movements, too, was amateurish. That was the main reason Aria was able to be confident that she could perform this outrageous act.

Her movements were akin to a dance. Precise and faultless. The blade almost felt like it had its own life.

Jin-kyung, who watched from a fair distance looked at Aria's actions in awe. She was almost envious. Aria wasn't only strong, she was also capable of resting while battling.

Almost.

Aria's exhaustion was as clear as day. Even though she tried hard to suppress it, it was still visible.

Jin-kyung understood this and shuddered at the thought of being subjected to such a merciless battle.

Aria wasn't allowed to take any breaks, only seconds worth of breathers.

Resting her eyes to heighten her other senses was a compromise, not a technique. It wasn't intentional. Aria was cornered into using it.

Even though Aria was in the verge of collapsing, she persevered, forcing herself to stay conscious and keep her brain working.

If she stopped, but her and Jin-kyung would die.

The end was near. The goblin counter, which was originally numbered at 324 had just broken through the 250 mark.

Quick maths: 74 were left.

Aria staggered backwards, hugging the walls and rambling to regain herself as fast as possible.

She stationed Dianthe to protect her and hold out the goblins from disrupting the short rest.

"Come on... come on, come on, come on!" Aria clenched her fists, fighting off the dizziness.

If she was at her peak, this battle would be over in minutes. Even if you deprived her of her summons, her swordsmanship was as refined as a Grand Master.

'I'll fucking train until I drop dead after this shitty dungeon.' Aria resolved herself. She had to climb back up to her prime.

After being supported by the walls for a minute or two, Aria finally knocked off some of the tiredness.

Dianthe was still doing her best, simultaneously preventing 74 goblins from coming near her master. She was having troubles.

Her current activated skills were only limited to manipulating water at a basic level and the [Water Blade], an elemental skill that were made available for every spirit.

The goblins persistently aimed for Aria. They knew that Dianthe wasn't as strong as hers, nor did she kill monsters in one shot.

As a result, Dianthe was forced to use her mana extravagantly, depleting her energy source faster.

Aria got back up on her feet and used the wall as a propeller.

Her enchantments were once again activated and used to eliminate the goblins. Resuming the killing spree.

After another tiring round of slaughter, Aria came out as a victor.

[Level D Little Goblin successfully killed.]

The last death notification sounded like the best music ever to Aria's ears. A reliever that took all of her piled up stress away.

[ 324/324.]

The three hundred corpses were scattered on the ground without any care. Some bodies were still twitching, but the System showed that the counter was full- meaning that those fellows wouldn't be able to live in the end.

Aria collapsed onto the ground. She wasn't devoid of injuries. There were a lot of scratches and sprains, but no serious injuries.

Her level up bar wasn't filled yet so she couldn't receive the heavenly 'full heal' feature.

"Finally... this shit is over," Aria felt all of her strength leave her body.

Just then, as if the entire world itself wanted to play a joke just to see her suffer even more, a shout ensued.

A familiar voice. It was Jin-kyung.

"S-Savior-nim!!" Jin-kyung's shout caught Aria's attention.

Aria turned around to find the girl running towards her. At first, she didn't notice why, but once she paid a closer look, it clicked for her.

Jin-kyung hid in a narrow path, the one that led up to the battlefield that now housed the piles of goblin carcasses.

The narrow path was closing in from behind Jin-kyung.

Jin-kyung ran with all her might, trying to escape to where Aria was currently in.

"Jin-kyung!" Aria ran towards her. She stretched her arms to reach the girl, but the walls had fully closed by the time she was only one meter apart from her.

A loud bang. Sounds of trickling sands.

The wall that appeared before her.

'What the actual...'

This dungeon's strange antics didn't seem to have an end.

Aria stopped in her tracks. She touched the wall. It appeared out of nowhere.

When Jin-kyung was running, it was only the back side- the wall was moving vertically.

However, if she saw correctly, the left side of the path opened at the same time as the wall before her.

She knocked on the wall. It was rigid.

'Does that mean Jin-kyung is on this part's left side?' Aria knocked on one particular side, the one she saw open right before the walls were closed.

Aria vaguely saw that Jin-kyung also noticed the opening path. She would have enough time to jump into the new zone, but what was in it?

If it was monsters, then it was bad. Really bad.

"Jin-kyung?" Aria called out.

However, there was no answer. Not even a slight movement.

She tried calling a little louder, but no one replied.

Feeling at a loss over Jin-kyung's sudden abduction, she was puzzled.

In her daze, Dianthe approached and swirled around her. It made gestures that seemed to want her to hear her.

"..Dianthe?" Aria had a bad feeling about this.

Dianthe was anxiously pointing at her back.

Turning around, Aria was taken aback.

The pile of corpses that were scattered all around the room was no longer there.

The floors, walls, ceiling, everything was clean.

The room also shrunk in size.

"What the fuck is this dungeon?!" Aria cursed.