Elise had always been thinking. Since her skill could judge whether someone was good or evil, could she create some special effect based on that trait?
Judging from the results, she could!
By using the good-and-evil judgment of Scales of Judgment, Elise coordinated with Est, combining Prana and divine authority to achieve the effect of distinguishing friend from foe.
That way, she could unleash different abilities depending on whether the target was an enemy or an ally!
Of course, the flaw in this move was equally obvious. The judgment required Elise's own subjective decision. If she could not clearly determine whether someone was an enemy or a friend, things would become extremely troublesome.
Fortunately, no one had actually died!
"Thank you so much!"
The adventurers fed a healing potion to the injured man, not forgetting to express their gratitude to Elise.
When they had first seen her, they had been resentful. After all, she had suddenly appeared in front of them looking as though she were about to launch an attack. It was far too easy to misunderstand.
And she really had attacked!
It was just that the effect had been completely different from what the injured adventurer had imagined.
Magic like that existed in this world?
Attacking enemies while healing allies at the same time?
Could it be some kind of rare skill?
That was far too powerful!
Though his thoughts churned endlessly, the adventurer ultimately did not dare to ask.
In Orario, prying into someone else's magic or skills was absolutely forbidden.
Even within the same Familia, aside from the upper ranks and the deity, skills and magic were revealed only to a very small number of people.
Sometimes, to better protect new members, even the Familia's leadership and the skill holder themselves would not know. Only the deity would.
Faced with the beautiful girl before them, all they could do was offer their thanks.
"Thank you again for your help today. We have no idea what happened here. For a Monster Feria to break out like this..."
They could not help but complain about the Dungeon as well. It really had been abnormal today.
"Haha, it is a little strange..."
She could not lie in front of a god, but in front of humans, it did not matter.
As long as I do not say anything, who would ever know?
Even if a god asked a question, it would not matter if she simply refused to answer.
And besides, Elise was a beautiful girl!
Who would ever suspect that such a holy and kind-looking maiden had caused this terrifying Monster Feria?
Looks like I'll have to be more careful when triggering a Monster Feria in the future...
Moe it through!
Hehe.
"By the way, we're members of the Miach Familia. If you ever need anything in the future, we can help!"
Elise froze for a moment. The Miach Familia? It was actually them?
What a surprise!
"If I ever need help, I'll come find you. Thank you for the offer!"
It was getting late.
After parting ways with the members of the Miach Familia, Elise could no longer continue triggering Monster Feria to grind for experience.
"Honestly, with the little time left, I can only hunt a few minor monsters. It probably won't increase my abilities much..."
If she wanted a huge boost, she would have to defeat enemies far above her level, just like the original protagonist Bell had done...
Wait.
The floor where Elise had originally triggered the Monster Feria was the fifteenth floor. But in order to save the Miach Familia members, she had unintentionally descended another half floor.
If she remembered correctly, the first floor boss was located on the seventeenth floor.
Judging by the time since it had last been cleared, it should be close to respawning...
She had originally planned to deal with the floor boss in a few days.
It seemed she would have to move that schedule forward.
"How could I possibly miss such a good opportunity..."
Elise's interest was instantly piqued.
If she missed this chance and the floor boss was cleared by someone else, she would have to wait even longer.
"Sorry, Lady Astraea. I might be back a little late today!"
...
The seventeenth floor was an enormous circular cavern.
Aside from the passage at the entrance and the exit at opposite ends, there were no other paths leading here.
Elise made her way to the entrance of the seventeenth floor, killing quite a few monsters along the way.
The eighteenth floor of the Dungeon was a safe floor. To reach it, one had to defeat the seventeenth floor's boss—
Goliath!
Elise walked straight to the center of the circular cavern, observing the surroundings in preparation for the upcoming battle.
This place was very different from the floors above. The path leading to the seventeenth floor gradually widened, wide enough to accommodate ten people at once without issue.
The most eye-catching feature was one of the cavern walls. It looked as though it had been polished into a mirror, shimmering with seven-colored light and giving off a dreamlike beauty.
This was the Great Wailing Wall.
Unlike other floors, where monsters spawned randomly from the walls or the ground, this wall produced only a single type of monster.
Before Elise could finish appreciating the surroundings, the sound of chaotic stone fragments echoed through the cavern.
The once-smooth wall began to crack. An enormous fissure split across its surface, so massive it made one wonder whether the entire floor might tear apart.
"Roar—!"
A gigantic arm thrust out from the crack. Then a human-shaped head forced its way through, unleashing a deafening roar.
This was the seventeenth floor's boss.
Goliath!
"So it really is a giant!" Elise exclaimed in surprise. It was her first time seeing one of this kind. "It's even taller than an ordinary building! I wonder how strong it is?"
Goliath's appearance resembled the Titans from Attack on Titan—barely clothed.
Even without looking directly, Elise's exceptional perception allowed her to sense the shifting of the giant's muscles.
Though it was merely a monster and lacked certain organs, its outward form still resembled that of a human male...
This is kind of weird...
Observe a bit more.
But Goliath had no intention of giving Elise any time.
With only one enemy present in the arena, its attacks were naturally focused solely on her.
The giant's massive fist came crashing down toward Elise!
Although Goliath was rated around Level 4 by the Guild, its speed was nowhere near enough to brush even the hem of Elise's clothing. She evaded with ease.
Thus it became a simple pattern.
Goliath attacked.
Elise dodged.
The sound of shattered stone rang out repeatedly, yet Elise was not struck even once.
At that moment, Elise was thinking about only one thing.
In her previous life as a man, the part of her that had once been male stirred slightly upon seeing the giant's body...
And so, a rather peculiar thought emerged.
"Goliath looks a lot like the Titans from Attack on Titan..."
"They don't have that organ either, but if they get hit there..."
"Would it hurt?"
She was genuinely curious.