☀️ Arselia and Akonia

In principle, you could give it to Gaheris and task him with guarding, for example, you and Kayasu.

- I wanted to equip him with a crossbow, - the priestess strokes the phantom's staff. - Unless it's just for swapping, but then it won't be used... Maybe we should give it to An-tan? His accuracy, unlike his character, is quite good, he'll manage something. Ignoring the artifact shield when they have 100 HP each, and the overall result isn't that great, isn't very wise...

- Thank you, Miko-sama. Hmm, perhaps you have some wishes? An idea that you would like me to capture on canvas after a successful return home?

- Hmmm... A collage featuring all of us seems obvious, but also cliché. You probably wouldn't be interested in painting something like that, but if you want, the choice is yours. Otherwise, maybe... Us with Sonata in Kamimori, doing something? Or at least her, my presence isn't critical. Just to remember these unusual, but pleasant days. Can you do it?

While the guys were chatting, the youngest of the phantoms returned. He looked very tired, but had no injuries.

Barely breathing, Ayano smiles encouragingly at him with relief:
- I had no doubt that everything would go well. You're not the type to break promises.

- The entrance is from the west. The situation here is slightly different from the information we know: there are those strange creatures in the lake that you mentioned earlier, - she looks at Sonata, - charred, without faces, eyes, or noses. Apparently, they are ready to jump out of the water and attack at any moment.

- Are they dolphins or something? Do you have a rough idea of how many there are, what the depth is, how agile and dangerous they are? Maybe Kayasa-kocho can do something and vaporize them beforehand?

- For some unknown reason, there are two fewer golems on the second floor. I have marked with a red line the boundary beyond which the stone guardians begin to attack intruders.

- They probably moved to other floors. Maybe they caused the collapse on the fifth floor, or are dismantling it? We should remember that in this case, they can appear anywhere. I just hope that Dakini can't jump on one of them, otherwise it won't be good.

- In the northern part are the chambers of the elite members of the covenant, below them are the chambers of all the others, and in the center is the main hall.

- ...the hall resembles a red moon. What a coincidence... Is the black color a chasm or rock? And, is... "something" happening there at the moment? What about the enemies?

- The entrance is from the south, to the right are the slave cells, to the left are rooms with various tools.

- Are there many slaves? What is their condition?

The passage to the fifth level is blocked by stones, it is possible to clear the passage, but this will definitely attract the attention of the cultists, so it is better to eliminate them first.

- That's strange... I can imagine various scenarios of how this could have happened, but the most obvious seems to be that they raised some very strong and aggressive monster, which caused this collapse. Thank Kami if it buried itself under the rubble, but that's too wishful thinking...

- What about the inhabitants/slaves in general? Monsters, enemies, approximate numbers? Is there anything unusual about... - not finishing the sentence, she just nods towards the black hannya.