[Follow the arrow toward Fort Pogoren. Time remaining: 6 hours 22 minutes.]0

Almost an hour had passed since I parted ways with Jimmy. In that time, I had fought four more times.0

Despite my attempt to deliberately avoid unnecessary confrontation, I found myself encountering an unusually high amount of climbers. It was likely due to how many had survived the fourteenth floor all converging in this confined space.0

I wonder how they are doing.0

After rescuing each group of climbers, I informed them of the arrow visible only to our party. I advised them to follow it to the Horen Forest and make their way through. This small gesture of kindness was the least I could do. I wasn’t worried it would affect my team’s ability to reach the fort first anyway.0

They did seem a bit perplexed at first, but when I explained that I had obtained the information after rescuing some scattered survivors, they accepted it with expressions of gratitude.0

Now, I continued to run opposite of the original arrow’s direction.0

Suddenly, a distant explosion snapped me out of my thoughts. I glanced left, noticing a brief flash of light in the sky.0

This would mark my fifth battle of the day.0

Thud, thud.0

Two more detonations reverberated through the air, momentarily illuminating the sky.0

So far, none of the lizardmen I...0