System vs Rebirth

Zion cooperated with the Plant Lord, trying to locate the other two plants. They were following the Plant Lord and moved stealthily to avoid the demon's detection.

The Demon Extermination Squad managed to kill all the demons quickly and precisely, allowing them to die before they could do anything.

It seemed that the Plant Lord also helped them by asking the plant to help him. He extended the plants and captured all those demons so that the others could kill them for him.

As for Zion, he had an easier time compared to the rest. His role had changed from mapping the area and gathering the necessary items they could find in this place to someone who helped the Plant Lord locate the plants.

They moved swiftly and found the second plant not far from their current location. The Plant Lord immediately checked the plant and confirmed its identity.

Then they continued to move to the third plant. They had a hard time finding this one because it was the plant that didn't have anybody on the first floor. Unlike the other two plants, its body was hard to find.

They had checked the branches or leaves that stuck out around the top floor, but most of them belonged to the two plants. The rest were wild plants that weren't as mighty as the other two.

So, they had to keep searching, wondering where they could find the third plant.

However, everything changed thirty minutes after they found the second plant.

A demon suddenly let out a roar as if it noticed something.

*Roar!*

This roar was different from the rest as it wasn't followed by another series of roars but a series of actions.

"!!!" Zion widened his eyes in shock as he checked the area around, wondering if the demons would come to them.

The members of the Demon Beholder Squad even took a peek at the void to check the condition on the other floors.

It was chaotic. Some of the members who were outside earlier were taken aback by the roar and ended up facing the demons. These demons let out a roar to inform their people.

Meanwhile, those who were inside were trying to erase their presence, doing their best to wait until the situation calmed down before continuing the exploration.

He gritted his teeth, wondering what they should do. On the one hand, their floor seemed to be safe, as they had killed almost all the demons on their floor. The remaining demons would go to their destination without passing their location, so they could remain here and remain undisturbed.

On the other hand, the current situation was worse than he thought. The demons had found at least two out of the five groups. Even if they came out and brought those two squads away, the demons would still be alarmed.

However, that nightmare didn't stop there.

There was a sudden surge of Spiritual Energy coming from the bottom floor.

The increase was so drastic that it alarmed him, who was sensitive to Spiritual Energy.

'This is… a Superior Demon?' The guy thought while taking a peek at the bottom floor, wondering if there was a demon coming out. He wanted to see whether there was a hidden entrance or not.

However, he couldn't see anything as the Spiritual Energy gradually changed its position.

'He's leaving?' The guy gritted his teeth before moving away, informing the others. "The situation is not good. The demons have located the Stone Lord and Captain Clara's squads. Captain Shale seems to be hiding at the moment, but I can't see anything regarding the bottom floor…

"And judging from the surge of Spiritual Energy, I'm afraid a Superior Demon has left the building. There might be more Superior Demons since the Superior Demon this time casually leaves its nest. What should we do, Sir Plant Lord?"

The Plant Lord narrowed his eyes for a moment before pointing upward. "We should go to the rooftop. With the current situation, the demons will have a hard time hearing the door being blasted open. We will use the rooftop to check the situation around the building and try to evacuate. I believe the other two squads are going to retreat since the Superior Demon has begun to move. We should regroup with the others first and thin out their number before continuing the exploration."

The others seemed to have no objection. Although the building was quite tall, they weren't so weak that they couldn't jump off the building. So, it was better to figure out the situation.

Without hesitation, the squad immediately returned to the passage and blasted open the door, allowing them to reach the rooftop.

They remained low so as to not show themselves to the demons. Meanwhile, the guy from the Demon Beholder Squad kept checking the situation around, finding an escape route.

After five minutes, he came back and informed them of the good news. "I've found the escape route. Captain Clara and Stone Lord's squads are heading to the north, so the demons are chasing them right now. We should go to the south and head back to the camp to get reinforcement or at least regroup with Captain Shale."

They didn't have any objections. Without hesitation, they moved toward the edge of the building.

They took a peek first to make sure the demons weren't waiting for them down there.

After they were sure that the demons were chasing after Captain Clara and the Stone Lord, they jumped off the building and started retreating from the area.

However, none of them realized what happened on the top floor.

On the tree trunk and branches the Plant Lord found at first and on the branches of the second plant, there were some mushrooms that weren't supposed to be there earlier.

Two types of mushrooms seemed to have grown in a short amount of time and were releasing their pollen. The pollen was invisible to the naked eye and didn't have Spiritual Energy, so no one seemed to have noticed it.

Though, there might be someone who has realized the entire plan.

The top floor might look empty, but the shadow of a few objects seemed to be moving despite not having anything that could interrupt the source of light.