A moment ago.


    The nt Lord had reached the top floor.


    The person from Septa''s squad wrote down on the note tomunicate, "There is a path leading to the rooftop if we continue, but it''s locked."


    The nt Lord nced to the side. The stairs still continued even though they were on the top floor. So, it was clear the stairs were leading them to the rooftop.


    But since their scout had confirmed that it was locked, they had two options. First, they could go to this floor to check the situation around or they could st open the door to the rooftop and reach their original destination.


    The nt Lord looked down, contemting for a moment. He ced his hand on the ground and started channeling a minimum amount of Spiritual Energy as if he was trying to scan the area.


    The nt Lord opened his eyes and grabbed the note.


    "Since nature has taken over the building, I can sense the nts around us. Unfortunately, the rooftop doesn''t seem to have anything useful for us. So, we shall explore the top floor."


    "There are approximately three monsters near us. So, we''ll kill them the moment wee out of this passage."


    The nt Lord drew a sketch of theyout and pointed at the three locations.


    All of them looked at each other, wondering what they should do.


    "I shall take the farthest one. Can your speed handle the other two?" The nt Lord asked on the note while staring at the people from the Demon Extermination Squad.


    They nodded without hesitation. They were only unsure about the farthest demon because they weren''t as strong as their captain of Septa.


    Since the nt Lord wanted to handle that demon, they obviously agreed to the suggestion.


    The person from the Demon Beholder Squad took a peek through the window on the door, trying to locate the demons. It seemed the nt Lord gave the correct information.


    So, he nodded his head, showing that the n was feasible.


    Since they had reached an agreement, the only Demon Relief Squad member that joined their team, Zion, opened the door for them.


    Without hesitation, all three members of the Demon Extermination Squad members jumped out while wielding their weapons, eliminating the two demons near them.


    The farthest demon found their movement and wanted to let out a roar to inform the others, but there was a nt branch near him. That branch suddenly came to live and extend itself, grabbing the demons from the feet to its mouth and stopping it from doing anything.


    Since it hadn''t died, the trio ended up moving toward the third demon and delivered the killing blow.


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    Zion and the nt Lord came out of the passage. The nt Lord immediately took the right turn while Zion looked around to observe theyout of the top floor. As expected, there was a void that led to the bottom floor, but most of the area was blocked by the walls.


    ''The top floor has the least amount of demons. But there''s no way it''s only inhabited by three demons. We have to immediately dispose of the corpses and hide somewhere.'' Zion thought before realizing that the nt Lord had entered the room near the corner.


    Confused, Zion tried to follow him, wondering what he was nning to do. He entered the room to follow him while the others disposed of the corpses.


    When he arrived, the nt Lord didn''t even bother to nce at him. He continued to stroke the nt''s trunk that managed to pierce through the building and reach this height.


    It turned out there was a tall tree inside the facility. And this tree upied a third of the room.


    He didn''t know what the nt Lord nned to do.


    But it seemed thetter had realized his presence and opened his mouth as if thinking there was no other demon that would hear them. "This tree is around seven hundred years old. Its branches should have spread to the entire building and its roots should have be the demon nest.


    "Is it fine to speak here?" Zion asked carefully.


    "I already said that the tree has spread its branches all over the ce. I can sense what the tree is feeling, so I know their location."


    "Are you already aware of this tree? Shouldn''t we go with the others to see this tree on the first floor?" Zion asked another question while frowning. It was weird for the nt Lord to wait this long.


    If they moved ording to Zion''s scenario, they would be able to have a lot of brains to think about their next move. It would be better if the nt Lord used that sensation to find the demons so that they could kill them.


    He even knew that the roots were used as the demon nest, so he couldn''t help but suspect him.


    The nt Lord shook his head calmly as if he wasn''t bothered by Zion''s reaction. "That''s what I wanted to do at first, but there is something wrong with the sensation. It seems that there are a total of three nts that spread their existence all over the building."


    "I''m currently checking this tree to find their existence. I''m afraid that I need to confirm these three nts first before I can do anything."


    "And if my ability is on point, one of the nts is not on the first floor. That''s why I can''t go with them. I have to go to the upper floor to confirm the existence of all these nts."


    Zion fell silent. It was absurd, but he didn''t know the full extent of the nt Lord''s strength. So, it seemed that they had to work with his current exnation.


    Zion asked, "So, are we going to move around to check the existence of the other two nts?"Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org.


    "Yes. Fortunately, their branches are on the top floor as well. We can take advantage of the situation to check on them. This would allow us to pinpoint all the demons inside the building. Depending on their size, we might be able to locate the demon nest hidden in this building."


    Zion let out a long sigh. "I understand. I''ll cooperate. What should I do?"