With everything in order, I headed down the tunnel with Daryle and Misty walking together behind me.
I had planned on talking to Misty about her hate for demons at our lunch break, but this new development made me hold my tongue. It would be better to see how close this experience brought them. If all went well, I could let Daryle handle talking to her.
For now, I put the two of them out of my mind and focused on the next cave. I had reached level 50, but the tentacle monster I had faced before had been a lot stronger than the mini-boss golem before it. That probably meant things were going to get harder from here on out.
Getting to the entrance of the next cave, I put my hand up and the other two stopped as I crept forward to scout. The moment I saw what was inside the cave, I had a s
