One of the dragon's heads spewed a dense crimson mist, while the other roared out a torrent of azure flames, instantly boiling the lake water into massive clouds of white steam.
However, the adventurers besieging it met the assault with an even more frenzied aggression. They tanked the Floor Boss's brutal attacks head-on and retaliated with zero hesitation.
It didn't take long for Aiden and his team to notice something entirely off about the scene.
"Wait... are all of those people women?" Alise narrowed her eyes in pure surprise.
Looking out across the battlefield, every single figure fighting was a female adventurer with tanned, muscular skin and a tall, powerful build. It was a warband of pureblooded Amazons.
And the one leading the charge was a heavyweight among heavyweights.
She was a towering giant of a woman, standing well over two meters tall. Her physique was so massively robust that it almost made the Amphisbaena look less intimidating. She had short, thick limbs and a heavily padded torso, moving like a walking mountain. Her massive, round face featured flat contours and a wide mouth that stretched almost to her cheeks. Combined with her bulging, golden eyes, she looked exactly like a humanoid toad. A strange mix of dullness and extreme arrogance gleamed in her gaze.
She wore a green, tight-fitting tank top that was dangerously close to tearing under the strain of her disproportionately massive chest, with an incredibly out-of-place pink heart stitched right in the center.
That highly recognizable appearance allowed the party to identify her instantly.
"The Captain of the Ishtar Familia, Phryne Jamil. Known as 'Toad'... A Level 5 adventurer on the Guild's registry," Ryuu said, her tone laced with gravity.
But right now, the sheer strength Phryne was putting on display completely eclipsed the capabilities of a normal Level 5.
Fine, sparkling golden light wreathed her massive body. Facing the Amphisbaena's Azure Flame breath, she didn't even attempt to dodge. She simply tanked it with her bare flesh. The fire sizzled loudly against her dark brown skin, yet it couldn't leave so much as a scratch.
"ROAR—!"
Phryne let out a bellow that out-roared the dragon itself. Hoisting a colossal, door-sized battle axe with one hand, she stomped her foot, violently blasting the lake water apart. Her massive frame shot toward the dragon at terrifying speed. The giant axe howled as it tore through the air, burying itself deep into the neck of one of the dragon's heads.
SPLUTCH—! Scales shattered, and a fountain of blood sprayed into the air. The head responsible for the Crimson Mist let out an agonizing shriek, nearly severed entirely by the brutal chop.
"Huh? That's not right, is it?" Alise stared, dumbfounded. "Since when is a Level 5 that strong? And look at the other Amazons, they aren't normal either!"
Just as she pointed out, the other members of the Ishtar Familia—who were mostly registered as Level 2s and 3s in the Guild's public records—were currently fighting like absolute monsters. The weakest among them were displaying Level 3 combat power, and several were fighting squarely on the level of a Level 4.
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