As they started walking along the uphill path that was full of blooming flowers, they ran into more monsters just like Kirito had predicted. The plant type monsters were also much bigger, but Silica’s black dagger was much stronger than she had thought, allowing her to defeat most of them with a single combo. But Kirito’s skill was even more surprising. She had thought that he was a pretty high-level swordsman after seeing him defeat two drunken apes with a single swing of his sword. But even after coming up twelve floors, he still didn’t lose a single bit of his composure. When a large number of monsters appeared, he helped Silica by just taking out all of them except one. As they continued, Silica couldn’t help but wonder what such a high-level player was doing on the thirty-fifth floor. Based on what he said, it seemed like he had something to do in the «Forest of Wandering». But she had never heard of any rare items or monsters there. Let’s ask him after this adventure is over—— Silica thought as she swung her dagger; yet even as she did this, the narrow path began to gradually get steeper. As they defeated the increasingly aggressive monsters and made their way through the densely wooded area—— They arrived at the top of the hill. “Uwa—!” Silica held herself back as she ran forward a couple of steps and exclaimed.