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Contagious Heroism – Part 06

The wall featured the number 18 in large characters.

Five days had passed since Hikaru appeared in the dungeon.

He started from the 37th floor. He was both relieved to be halfway there but also disappointed at how much further he had to go.

“Looking back, it’s been quite a journey.”

Each floor offered its own surprises.

There were volcanoes and icebergs, salty seas, flowing rivers. Cultivated fields—how they were maintained, he had no idea—abandoned villages, hills, tidal flats, swamps, limestone cavess. Every imaginable terrain, filled with diverse creatures.

Some creatures were familiar to Hikaru, while others were strange. He hunted animals and fish for food. They didn’t turn into magic stones upon death, indicating they were real creatures, not dungeon-born monsters.

Before Hikaru was a bonfire, with meat skewered on a stick, which could have been a lizard or dragon. He wasn’t really sure. The fat sizzled as it dripped onto the fire, emitting an