There was only a minor difference between the First Floor and the Second Floor. While both floors house First-Grade Monsters, the first floor houses the weaker ones and the Second Floor the powerful ones.
Max would have problems on the First Floor in finding Level 8 and Level 9 First-Grade Monsters, while the Second Floor was filled with them so they decided to descend to the Second Floor.
Fortunately, they could travel to different floors normally through the labyrinth instead of relying on portals alone. So, after they found the stairs leading to the Second Floor, they descended to level up even more.
They spent the rest of the day on the Second Floor, hunting the monsters and using their Mana Shard to level up, though that was mainly for Max.
Stelle took all the weaker Mana Shards to saturate her mana core to the peak of the Bronze Rank, which she was incredibly close to reaching...
