Jessica knew Liz’s temperament well, and she wouldn’t dare say anything at a time like this.
To speak up would only result in a scolding.
It was exactly how Red had been treated back then.
Perhaps it was because Liz herself was strong, but in Jessica’s view, she was better suited to being a fearless warrior than the Leader of a team.
A person like Red was much more suited for it.
He was meticulous in his thinking, rational in his actions, and friendly to others.
It was just a pity that his own strength was relatively weak… or perhaps he was simply being used in the wrong way.
In fact, Jessica truly felt that making a Great Magician of Creation like Red act as a frontline was simply too absurd.
It was so bizarre that she still couldn’t understand why Liz had insisted on it.
Surely it couldn’t be that her Noble pride and possessiveness were at work, making her unwilling to have her subordinates be stronger than herself?
While Jessica was lost in thought, Liz pulled the Knight Sword from her waist and gripped it tightly.
That was the Knight Sword Red had forged for her, its name unknown.
Judging by the material and luster of the blade alone, a great deal of effort had clearly gone into this Weapon.
And it was true.
Now that they were drawing closer to the Lord’s Room, Liz naturally had to adjust herself to her best state to face this challenge.
However, after this non-stop march, she felt as if she had forgotten something.
She thought for a moment, but since nothing came to mind, she put it aside.
As long as she followed Red’s Notebook, there shouldn’t be any problems.
At this time, the Lord should still be inside the room.
Following this path, they would bypass those Thorn Area Dogs outside.
Once they successfully entered the Lord’s Room, with her strength, taking it down should not be an issue…
Thump…
Right then, a strange vibration suddenly echoed through the ground.
The sound was very dull, as if some gargantuan creature were stepping on the floor.
Hearing this sound, Liz immediately became alert.
According to Red’s Notebook, there shouldn’t be any large monsters on this 24th Floor.
‘Could it be that the Lord has come out?’
Liz was uncertain.
She tried to use her perception to determine the location of the sound.
However, as a Knight, the range of her Magic detection was not very large.
Jessica’s detection range was large enough, but Liz didn’t know that Jessica currently had very little Magic left.
“Do you… notice any movement?”
Liz’s voice carried a hint of tension that was hard to detect as her gaze swept over her two teammates.
“Movement?”
Jessica tilted her head to listen, but her hearing was nowhere near as sharp as Liz’s.
She could only catch a dead silence.
“Yes!”
Bethany nodded with certainty, her face turning pale.
“It feels like… something very heavy is approaching… The footsteps are very heavy!”
“Jessica!”
Liz ordered immediately, her tone extremely urgent.
“Use your Magic detection! Lock onto it, now!”
“Oh… okay…”
Jessica didn’t dare disobey.
Although her Magic pool was still throbbing with pain, she forced her remaining mental energy to spread her perception outward like an invisible spiderweb.
‘If only the Blood-Hunting Spider were here…’
The thought surfaced uncontrollably.
That exquisite Mechanical Construct’s detection efficiency and range far surpassed the Magic perception of most Magicians.
If it were here now, why would they be so passive and take such risks?
Her mental energy extended and searched with difficulty through the dark passage…
Time seemed to stretch, every second filled with torment.
Finally… at the edge of her perception, she captured a massive, heavy silhouette radiating the aura of cold matter!
Eerily, there was not a single trace of Magic fluctuation on its body.
It was like a mobile fortress composed purely of rock, rushing toward their position with a momentum that seemed slow but was actually extremely fast, threatening to crush everything in its path.
However, when Jessica finally saw it clearly…
The distance of that behemoth had already closed to less than 50 meters!
Almost at the same instant, the thunderous footsteps and the rushing wind carrying the scent of sulfur and rock dust clearly reached the noses of Liz and Bethany.
A bone-chilling sense of crisis surged through Liz’s body like an electric current!
She suddenly turned her head and shouted at Jessica, who was still closing her eyes to maintain her detection and was completely defenseless.
“Watch out!!!”
But it was already too late.
A distance of 50 meters was less than 2 seconds for this 3-meter-tall behemoth.
It crashed through the wall and charged directly into the center of the Team, appearing right in Jessica’s face.
As a Lord, its intelligence was far higher than that of other monsters.
Naturally, its first target was Jessica, who was closest to it and posed the greatest threat.
“Roar!”
Its spiked club slammed down fiercely.
Fortunately, thanks to Liz’s warning, Jessica deployed a Magic Shield immediately.
The problem was, because of the continuous forced march, Jessica didn’t have much Magic left.
The Magic Shield she deployed in such a hurry didn’t have the defensive power to withstand such a heavy blow.
Bang!
The Magic Shield shattered like glass, and Jessica’s body was sent flying.
“Jessica! Are you all right!?”
Liz was truly panicking now.
She never expected the Lord to leave its room at this time and take them by surprise.
“Cough, cough… I’m okay…”
Jessica struggled to prop herself up.
Although the Magic Shield had been deployed in haste, it had still negated the majority of the damage.
She could barely manage to join the battle, but her right arm was broken, and her casting speed was bound to be much, much slower.
Liz felt relieved to see that Jessica was still alive, but the current problem was extremely thorny.
The terrain here was narrow, and they had almost no room to dodge the attacks of this behemoth.
Even worse, Liz discovered that her attacks dealt almost no damage to this Lord.
‘The Magic Armor Colossus…’
She remembered the name of this Lord and its traits — extremely high physical resistance, but low Magic resistance.
If they wanted to deal damage to it, they had to rely on spells or weapon enchantments.
However, the issue was that the current environment wouldn’t allow Jessica to release high-powered spells.
If an explosion were too large, the buildings here would collapse, and everyone would be buried.
“What should we do?!”
Bethany was also getting anxious.
She knew that without a Frontline to buy time, it would be almost impossible for them to put distance between themselves and the Magic Armor Colossus.
Someone had to stall for time, or no one would be able to leave!
Clutching her aching arm, Jessica looked at the massive and oppressive Magic Armor Colossus before her.
Her heart was filled with nothing but despair.
Clang!
While she was dazed, Liz flashed forward and blocked the Colossus’s attack for Jessica.
“Bethany! Take Jessica and go first!”
“What about you?”
“I’ll cover the rear! Move!”