Loretta explained, “The 30th and 35th floor’s first achievements have been completed as well by the same Hero from 1,500 years ago.”

She continued on, “How unfortunate, Shin-nim. Luckily, the next one is…oops.”

For a piece of information worth 50,000 gold, it made me feel nothing but emptiness. However, from Loretta’s ‘accidental’ follow up, it looked like the 40th Floor Master’s first solo win had not been taken. That was enough. Until then, I’d refrain from being too adventurous and focus on obtaining the Floor Master slayer title. Afterwards, I could ‘master’ the 40th Floor Master.

The only problem left for me to solve now was to break through the 25th floor and join Ellos and Palludia.

Since the 25th floor had a mix of zombies and ghouls just like the 24th floor, I could easily get through it. However, as it also had a Floor Master room, I could not obtain a title from clearing it quickly. I stopped and contacted Ellos when I arrived in front of the Floor Master door.

“Ellos, are you on the 25th floor?”

[Mm, yeah. I’m near the end. I’ll be at the ‘door’ soon. What about you? Can you really come here on your own? We can party with you if you want.]

“I’m in front of the door on the 25th floor.”

[…Really?]

I affirmed, “Really.”

Ellos went silent for a while, then...