Chapter 80: Slow and Steady

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We moved at a snail's pace through the dark caverns picking off several waves of enemies until we turned a corner.

From there we saw a familiar bluish glow reflecting off the walls.

"A rest area!" Mani said aloud as he rushed forward.

"Hold on," I said pulling him back by the wrist. The sudden resistance caused him to nearly fall backward.

"Tsubasa why'd you do that!?" He said turning to me in a panic.

"We're still in a dungeon we don't know what's around that corner. That light could be a monster or something else entirely," I said before glancing up at the light.

"Oh yeah, your right," he said with a mix of realization and embarrassment.

He regained his balance and let me take the lead again. We approached the source of the light and saw it was the light of the wellspring.

"It is a rest area," Mani said approaching it with a quickened pace.

"Yay!" Suna said with a mixture of joy and relief.

*click*

I heard a sound from under Suna's foot.
They both looked at her foot with trepidation.

"Oh hell!" I shouted before running over to Suna and pushing her to the ground.

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