Chapter 439: Again?

“Here?” Mona, who descended from the camouflaged truck and looked around at the endless desert around her, asked.

“Yeah!” Mina replied as she put on her eye protection glasses. “Remember everything I told you about dungeons!”

“Yes...” Mona frowned, also putting on her glasses as she looked at the strange-looking boulder before them. It was like a crystal shard, poking random play in the sand in the middle of the desert. How the hell did they find this in the first place?

“I only need to stick it with my sword?” she asked.

“Not now, we need to prepare first!” Mina replied, turning to face a few of the masked girls who slowly descended from the back of the truck. “Nora... Are they ready?” she asked.

“Yeah...” the masked girl named Nora nodded as she moved to the side, revealing Opal and Donald who for some strange reason were wrapped in steel armor from head to toe. “This way they should survive no matter how jinxed they are...”

“What do you mean?” Donald, who felt like he was getting fried alive inside the metal armor asked. He was clearly regretting following Mona here.

“You will see! This is for your own good!” Mana replied. “Theta, Ruby... Are you two ready?”

“Yeah!” Theta who also put her glasses on and nervously held into a huge mace nodded.

"Alpha?" she turned to Alpha who was herself in the midst of another group of slutty looking girls who came here in another truck. The thick leather armor they wore failed to hide the slutty way they walked!

"We are ready..." Alpha sighed. She clearly had a lot on her mind.

“Good... Remember, inside there are two kinds of monsters... The Crystal Ravaging Hyenas and the Crystal But Striking Eagles, make sure to defend yourself well.... Try to stay in a safe zone if possible with your backs to the wall... And be always wary of shards of glass entering your eyes after you kill one of them!” Mina said.

“Be careful of the shards on the floor too, those steel-plated boots might not help you if you step into very sharp crystal shards!” Mana added.

“How do you know all that?” Donald asked. This was very suspicious, Mona agreed!

“Don’t underestimate our husband’s intelligence network!” Mina spat. The information about these undiscovered dungeons was given by Lily. It was a very easy dungeon, suitable for first-time explorers as long as they kept careful.

“Shouldn’t I wear armor too?” Mona asked nervously.

“No... You will be fine!” Mina said. “You are way stronger than you believe you are!”

“But I...”

“Now come on, everyone, come closer!" Mana commanded.

Everyone looked at each other and slowly made a circle surrounding the crystal.

"Do it...” Mina said as she pushed the hesitant Mona forward. “We don’t have much time! We have to return in two days or Mother will be very angry!”

“Ah...” Mona nodded. Her mother was acting very grumpy in the last couple of days, she had no idea why.

“DO IT!!” Mana engorged her.

Mona sighed... She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and struck the crystal.

BANG!

It shattered into a million tiny shards as the world shook and a huge vortex of light began to revolve around them... Moments later everyone vanished!

No, not everyone...

Alpha was left there alone, looking around with a frown not realizing what just happened.

"WAIT...WHAT? AGAIN!?" she finally exclaimed as the dust settled and in front of her a vortex gate that for some reason she could not enter appeared.

...

After going on a quick trip into the cauldron where he scammed Meril and placated Emira into sleeping peacefully, Victor returned outside and sat on the back of one of the dragons, next to the chained bedroll everybody thought was him. He watched as the world went by beneath him.

; ; STORM WYVERN

Those things were not full dragons per se, but some kinds of Wyvern. They were huge creatures covered in blackish-blue crystal scales.

Looking forward, he appraised the one Lyra was riding as despite having similar looks to the others, it had larger wings and four legs instead of two. its scales had something like electrical pulses going through them every once in a while.

; ; LOWER STORM DRAGON

This one was a real dragon.

Victor wondered what would happen if he were to release his bloodline and make them feel it, but going by his newly established rule of being VERY EXTRA ULTRA CAREFUL, he decided not to risk it.

Anyway, the heights at which this wyvern flew were higher than anything that he could do on his own without wasting all his energy. This allowed him to take the time to analyze the place he was in.

The Silver Empire was a vast medieval kingdom that was basically dependent on local lords to run things and manage serfs to farm the land. The merchants seemed to be concentrated in the major cities where culture and wealth were concentrated.

Added on top of that were the knights who had the job of patrolling the empire and defending against the demons.

He sighed as he reached for his storage space and took a small bead-like object. One of the many things he found in the death of George. He had been using it ever since.

; ; MEMORY BEAD

37% FULL

He activated it as he held it in his hand, allowing it to start recording the world around him.

Yes, this artifact was a recording device. Taking stupid videos was an essential part of tourism. He needed to brag in front of his wives after all! Victor was also collecting research material for his new movie...

; ; Tarmos Tingle ; ; CURSED APPRAISAL PILLER

“I might be very handsome for a man, but I am very straight, you know...” Victor stated as he moved fast, setting a few things as he suppressed his demonic bloodline.

“Are you trying to be funny?” the old man spat.

“No?”

“THEN TOUCH THE FUCKING PILLAR!” the old man howled.

“Ah....” Victor shook in fear and hesitated.

“FUCKING DO IT ALREADY! ARE YOU A DEMON?” the old man flared, showing his broken teeth as he yelled.

“AH! NO!” Victor, who finished his preparations, flinched a little then hurriedly put his hand on the pillar... Almost immediately, he shook as a wisp of dark energy entered his body and exited before he could blink.

; ; WARNING... AN APPRAISE TYPE ARTIFACT IS TRYING TO ACCESS YOUR SYSTEM DATA...

DO YOU WANT TO ALLOW?

As usual, Victor pressed Yes after disguising his status to that of a merchant.

; ; WARNING... AN APPRAISE TYPE ARTIFACT IS TRYING TO ACCESS YOUR BLOODLINE DATA...

DO YOU WANT TO ALLOW?

He pressed No.

; ;

WARNING YOU HAVE BEEN CURSED...

THE ‘LOST DAYS CURSE’ IS TRYING TO AFFECT YOU WITH VARIABLE 17 DAYS...

ACTIVATING DISPELLING SKILL...

CURSE HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED.

The curse was not a problem too, as usual.

“What was that... Why...” Victor began to wonder fearfully... Putting on an act.

“Just a side effect of the test, it will go in a few days,” the old man spat as he used a paper to trace the symbols the piller displayed to the side. “Come on!” he said as soon as he finished shoveling the ‘weakened’ Victor toward the door, falling to notice the smirk on his face.

“Come on!”

“AH! Don’t be so rough!” Victor complained, making the old man grab him harder as he dragged him.

“What?” Lyra asked as soon as they left the room.

“Nothing important... A lousy merchant!” the old man spat shoving Victor forward toward her.

“Oh... Typical...” she sighed. “Let’s go... I will take you to where you will sleep tonight!”

“What about meeting my family?” Victor complained.

“Tomorrow...” she spat, guiding Victor through the maze-like passageways between the keeps silently. She refused to answer any of his questions until they reached what looked like a dormitory guarded by two men dressed in black.

They opened the door and bowed as soon as Lyra approached.

“Get in... See you in the morning!” she said as she pushed him inside then left as the guards closed the door.

Victor frowned then looked inside, inspecting the cheaply constructed building where a fat man sitting behind a wooden counter was eyeing him.

; ;

Dickson Flaga

Class: Cook

Level: 29

AUTHORITY 2

Bloodline: Ogre 11% Human 89%

Fate: E

“Ahhh... I think I should stay here tonight?” Victor asked as he looked around.

“Room 31 on the third floor... You arrived just in time, the test for this month was set for tomorrow!” the fat man said dismissively, throwing a key that he got from under the counter at Victor before laying back and relaxing on his chair.

“Ah...”

“Dinner will be served an hour later, any other questions you can ask your roommate...” the fat man dismissed him. “Go to your room now and stop making trouble...” he added as he waved his hand at him.

Victor sighed, shaking his head as he climbed the stairs, wondering what the fuck was going on.

Should he just force his way to see Rosette or his great-aunt? He could see that their threads were very close.

No... He shook his head. He promised himself to be careful after all, and he shouldn’t reveal anything yet just in case he ends up having to bring them back to Trilaria. If things went wrong, he could always make his mythical Master rescue him!