The number of chain explosions and the monsters moving around had significantly decreased. The party decided to mount a counterattack, and they killed all the remaining monsters quickly. They had been exposed to almost thirty minutes of constant explosions, so their ears still could still hear a ringing even after the battle was over.

The party sat in a corner to rest for a little bit.

“Is this our first time fighting a large-scale battle?”

Grace's question caused the rest of them to tilt their heads in puzzlement. Then, Tim spoke up as the representative.

“Can this really be called a battle?”

It was technically a fight, but they had mostly run away from the explosions and the crystal shrapnels. They never fought a proper battle.

“Still, they were unusually easy foes. Even if they rushed us with great numbers, we just needed to create a chain explosion and move into the space that was cleared. Although, the Reverse Gravity did cause us a bit of trouble.”

“That’s not true at all, Ms. Emily.”

Grace shook her head from side to side.

“If we had let the crystal monsters get close to us like all the other monsters, they would've self-destructed in front of us. The chain explosions would directly hit us at close range.”

“Ah!”

Emily’s face turned a shade paler.

“Mr. Sungyoon and Mr. Tim would've been fine, but us, the rear support,...