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Upon her arrival on Floor 24, Seleneum, Maria and her family confronted a disturbing sight: dozens of pyramids burrowing into the moon's surface, relentlessly extracting a sparkling silver liquid into enormous vats and funneling it deeper inside without pause.
"Ah, these guys again!" Partner growled angrily. "It looks like they've been at this for a while now!"
"Thebes..." Maria murmured, gazing into the distance while healing the woman cradled in her arms.
Emeraldine's nature and light magic had failed to heal her. Maria had to sacrifice her own life force to restore the elf completely.
It seemed these elf-like people were somehow resistant—or immune—to elemental spells other than their own.
"Are you feeling better?" Maria asked gently, still holding her.
"Ahh... Saintess..." the woman whispered, reaching up to touch Maria's forehead with a long, trembling finger. "Please listen to our plea..."
"Huh?!"
FLASH!
