The expedition teams all explored the dungeon floor with increased haste.They couldn't spend to much time on the floor or else the insect detective monster would respawn and learn from its prior mistake.
Maladus theorised that the reason the creature had died so easily was because it didn't know what a grenade was.It wouldn't stay that way however and the detective would likely hit them much harder the next time around.
The expedition teams found other loot such as bottles of pills that were capable of curing any affliction and disease.These were dropped by the abominable patients.The surgery tables dropped a book on magical rituals to cure the different types of cancer.
The pills were incredibly useful for the SMB but they burned the books after recording the knowledge they contained.Genetically edited operatives of the SMB could never get illnesses like cancer or Alzheimers aside from very specific circumstances such as magic or genetic manipulation.
The three teams met up before a room that was likely the boss room.The double doors to the boss room were closed.The first floor had been easy but now they had to face the boss.
The smell of chemicals and burning came from within the boss room along with the sound of tinkering and spilling liquids.Clearly whoever was in the boss room was preoccupied with something.
Maladus opened the double doors and was the first to enter since he had the highest durability,endurance and physical strengh out of all of them.
The operatives looked in to see a number of figures.One of them was a tall lanky figure in a doctors outfit.The figure possessed mechanical hands as well as a device on his back that was filled with red liquid.This same liquid was present on nearly all of the vials on his white clothing with the exception of some vials that possessed liquids of different colours.
The doctor figure turned around to view the operatives who saw that he was wearing a unique gas mask.
"Ah...excellent...more test subjects.I was getting tired of waiting till the next dungeon break to acquire some materials.You lot appear to be excellent test materials as well.I simply must acquire you.By force if necessary." Doctor Silas didn't bother with any introductions.
"You act as if your actually capable of doing it." Vergil spoke up with a harsh retort.
"Hmmm your right which is why I have my minions.Go my test subjects and acquire my materials.In pristine condition if possible."
At his orders the multiple figures in the large room stepped out into the light.They were grotesque beings who had clearly been augmented and experimented on in different ways.
One of them resembled Evan Nokio who was now a drooling husk of his former self.The top part of his skull had been removed revealing his brain which was out in the open.A device was attached to Evans head which gave mild electric shocks to his brain which had a purpose none of the operatives could be certain about.
The rest of Evans body was a surgically altered mess of pink veins,protruding muscles and augmetics.His spine was lined with a device that probably allowed him to walk.
His right hand had been outfitted with a glove that tipped his fingers with syringes attached to pink liquid vials on the back of the hand.His left hand had been replaced with a revving chainsaw.
His legs were replaced all the way up to the inner thigh with augmetics.He had also been castrated as a metal plate was bolted flat to where his groin would normally be.
Evan Nokio's deadpan expression with his freakish body would have startled anyone but Maladus wasn't just anyone.He had learned a long time ago to be ready for anything when it came to magic.
When Maladus met Evans charge with his own he brandished his weapon.A large flail with a number of spiked metal balls chained to the end of it.Each spiked ball had a power field surrounding it.This weapon was designed as part of the power field series.
The chainsaw collided with the flail and immediately shattered.The abomination that was Evan Nokio appeared to be startled regardless of what his deadpan expression suggested.He switched to attacking with his right hand and attempted to stab Maladus with his syringe fingers.
Maladus dodged out the way with slightly greater speed.It was clear that Evan Nokio had been heavily empowered by his ascension into an abomination however the match favoured Maladus.