Some floors held demon civilizations.
And in some of those floors, there were Demon Lords of their own.
Rynne had not walked through those floors freely.
To descend past the Forty Fifth Floor, she had to find scattered entry points leading downward. None of them were easy to locate, and even when she found them, using them was never safe.
Sometimes an entry was guarded by monsters that treated the area like a nest.
Sometimes it was occupied by demons.
Sometimes it was a trap left behind by other explorers, meant to lure outsiders into a kill zone.
Rynne had risked her life several times just to move one floor deeper.
She did have treasures to protect her when things became critical. But those treasures did not reduce the danger she faced. They only gave her a chance to survive it.
She was not the first person to enter Hell with protection. Plenty of people came equipped far better than her, stronger than her, richer than her.
