Team Zero stood among the dead on Floor 9 while nobody moved for a long moment because the fight was finally over.
Finn was still gripping his axe with blood running down his face. Aria sat on a broken barricade and laughed weakly from pure disbelief while Elliot lowered his bow with shaking hands and stared at the empty settlement.
Kael kept the circlet active for a few more seconds before the dark aura fully faded and the divine light disappeared.
James stood beside the reanimated ogre while processing the fact that they'd actually survived.
Then the System notification appeared.
[FLOOR 9 CLEARED]
[ALL WAVES CLEARED]
[HOSTILE COMMAND STRUCTURE DESTROYED]
Another notification followed immediately.
[SIDE STORY CLEARED: HIDDEN CORRUPTION]
[CAUSE OF FLOOR 9 ANOMALY REMOVED]
Then the world-first announcement appeared in all their visions.
[WORLD FIRST CLEAR ACHIEVED]
[FLOOR 9 HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR THE FIRST TIME WORLDWIDE]
[COUNTRY OF CLEAR: IRELAND]
[PARTY: TEAM ZERO]
