Volume - 1 // Chapter - 12
2104 Words
How did Levi Furiman got lost his position towards the place where Cassandra and Misa are located?
To put in such elaboration,
The dungeon they'd entered was a lot of dead routes and trap holes for the monsters and magic creatures living inside the said dungeon to gain advantages against the invading Adventurers. In other words;
The deeper the Adventurers digging inside, the higher the possibility of danger lies. Those who enter the Dungeon shall deal with certain consequences.
Luckily, the monsters and magic creatures living inside that time were the pride of Orcs. Resulting from the Dungeon rank and quest instructions lowered.
Unfortunately, for the instances of those unlucky rookie Adventurers greedy enough to take the risk for money. Nobody of those three knows the place and location their placing in, as a matter of fact, no one expected to end up like this.
Especially for the case of Levi, where he's already lost and anxiously enough to ran haste, as fast as he possibly can.
/Footsteps rumbling the ground./
/Light from the magic crystals illuminates./
/Levi's breathing slowly rising./
/Pace was getting faster./
He constantly runs towards the dark route with only magic crystals being illuminated while activating his 'Eye of the Awakening' on the right part of his eye.
Hoping that he can sense or even feel the presence made by both Cassandra and Misa.
He desperately coming up with that plan, knowing that his mind suddenly went blank when he heard a couple of sounds rumbling from any direction. Also, countless system messages are constantly popping upon his head. Resulting in him to panicked and worried for the lives of his comrades on his side.
"Dammit... Where are they going? I can't believe that this place was hiding tons of entry holes... Think... think... where are they entered?" Thoughts coming from his mind had started to confuse him.
Also, he didn't expect that there are some dungeon ranks lower than B, having a lot of routes in this world, far different than the ones he knew to the world where he previously lived to.
Suddenly, as he kept pushing forward towards the uncertain end of the dark dungeon.
He finally reached a certain kind of light, that was very familiar in his very eyes. As he reached the center of the dungeon where they were supposed to went through it altogether.
Though it was his second time entering the dungeon in this world, he believed that the place he standing in is the heart of the dungeon. By seeing a lot of magic crystals as a source of light inside, a wide, open area that only the boss of the said dungeon living around it. Also, the treasures and weapons storing at the back of the boss' throne are tempting enough to steal them.
With the featured power of his 'Supreme Awakening Eye' able to see through the spaces whenever he saw a flow of magic auras in a short distance and time, he can conclude it and be convinced that the place he went in is the right one.
*Pant* *Pant*
/Levi's breathing slowly catching up./
/Rumbling from the top of the place where Levi reached is atrociously noisy./
At first, He never expected to reach the heart of the dungeon by just running panicked, and didn't think about the outcome of the possibilities of reaching it. Knowing that all of his life is full of failures, luckily enough to survive in a single day.
This time, luck is on his side.
Knowing the fact that the nest he went in just recently was empty, and not a single magic creature he felt the whole time staying in the said place.
Even the boss' aura also he couldn't felt.
"Hmm... Something's odd, what's happening here?"
A moment of frustration made him felt annoyed after the enemies nor his comrades didn't arrive at the battle nest that supposedly held in.
He patiently waits and observing the whole place for a matter of minutes as the result.
He casually walked in, searching for something related to their quest.
As he closely reading the said quest once again, holding on to his bag pack all along.
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*****Adventure Quest*****
**Village Weekly Quest**
World: Althea
Kingdom: Saint Haven
Location: Prairie Town --- Willow Village
Quest Rank: C
Quest Status / Location: Dungeon
Number of Participants: 6
Quest Rewards: 100 Gold, 90 Silver, 80 Bronze
Instructions:
*Destroy the nest made by Orcs : (Incomplete) (0)
*Retrieve all resources stole by the Orcs: (Incomplete) (0)
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He simply understands the quest as it stated, trying to perform one of its instructions as soon as he gets prepared.
The first one he made was to collect the treasures accordingly whereas located at the bottom of the boss' throne, through the 'Supreme Awakening Eye' activating on his right eye.
He was simply shocked and astonished as he saw tons of gold, treasures, and weapons storing inside. Couldn't believe that mere creatures can be putting something huge quantity of resources and not even a single one trying to protect it. Even the boss itself didn't show up.
As the result, he quickly collecting it as much as possible, thinking that the boss might show up whenever the treasures started to lay a finger on it.
"Wait, wait, wait... Looks like I've seen this situation before... when I touched the boss' treasure, they suddenly appeared! ...." He felt terrified and began panicked afterward.
He started even to think about a certain scenario related to a Video game regarding stealing the treasures that can summon a boss later on.
Hoping that something like that on his mind doesn't exist in the world where he lives in.
After a while, Levi had finished hauling the treasures all by himself.
Fortunately, he felt relieved and seemingly ecstatic as he noticed that nobody arrived from his enemies since the time he retrieve all of its treasures that made stolen.
"Thank goodness... they didn't approach me... hahahahahaha!" He laughs out loud afterward.
"I guess this is not a video game after all."
Out of his curiosity and to be sure that his efforts had paid off, he simply checked the quest once again thinking that the quest was already in progress.
*Retrieve all resources stole by the Orcs: (Complete) (10 Treasure chests / 30 Golden weapons)
"Nice, onto the next one."
He simply smiled while watching the quest having its first completion.
However,
As he kept enjoying the situation he's in, trying to complete the quest all by himself. His mind couldn't avoid worrying as the two female comrades who expecting to come still didn't arrived.
"Where are they?... I thought they're here waiting at me..." The first thing that Levi coming to his head.
But then, he realized that he didn't manage to sense their magic presence and even their awakening aura for the whole time.
He didn't hesitate to go back into his track to find them out. This time, he went on a different route.
Finally, it was the path where the two female Adventurers' route that Levi now heading into.
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Whilst Levi started to move on his own once again,
Cassandra Smith and Misa Togo felt exhausted and terrified as the second wave of Orc monsters is far stronger than they imagined.
They received only mild injuries such as bruises, short lacerations, and mana shortage. But then, they're slightly fine and still ready to fight whenever the enemies started to fire out.
As the Orc monsters started to surround the places where the two female Adventurers holding their ground to stand against the enemies.
"How can we manage to win this? We never thought that these bastards able to attain the power that making us slow down at our current pace." Cassandra wondered.
"Not just that, there's too many for us alone. This time, quantity wins over quality." Misa replied.
Cassandra was startled out after Misa's response to their situation.
She started to apologize to Misa after the reckless decision she made in the first place.
Not knowing the fact that the dungeon they held in are far worse and dangerous as they expected. She left nothing but to regret everything that she decided afterward.
But one thing is for sure in Misa's mind on the other hand.
"It's fine Cassandra-chan, what's done is already done... don't atone your sins by just doing a wrong decision you'd made just like that... " Misa trying to understand what Cassandra felt for her.
She tried to comfort her to ease the heavy, uneasy feeling she made the whole time.
With a short request, she made to Cassandra who trying to cheer up herself. She asked her if she can activate her 'Eye of the Awakener' once again.
Fortunately, she agreed to it with a fierce smile on her face, already fired up and ready to attack.
However, knowing the fact that activating the Awakening eyes of a specific person during the battle would be hard to release. But then, those two were already aware of it.
Unlike the first one where Cassandra couldn't activate her 'Eye of the Awakening' due to her lack of communication with Misa, which is her only teammate and the only person to rely on her back.
This time, it was a different story for their situation.
As the two are finally able to understand each other's feelings, able to synchronize their movements the way like performing their works in a theatre. They seemingly prepared for the upcoming attacks made by the Orc monsters anytime soon.
As expected.
The moment is the two female Adventurers had been waiting for.
As the Orc monsters on the second wave began attacking once again against their only two enemies.
"Let's go, Cassandra!" A loud prideful voice was made by Misa ordering her only teammate to take the battle.
"Yeah!" Cassandra responding to it.
She started sitting alongside Misa and focusing on activating her 'Eye of the Awakener' by breathing thoroughly over time.
/Heavy Breathing.../
She breathes deeply multiple times, trying to focus on opening his eye to awakening.
Misa was the one protecting her from incoming ranged attacks made by the Orc monsters.
Magics, Arrows, spears, anything.
Misa successfully defending her ground just to keep Cassandra safe from opening their piece of hope.
With the help of her awakening powers, she managed to deflect all of their attacks in a minimum time.
Orc monsters suddenly stopped their doings.
Misa noticed the uncertain behavior made by the enemies, which caused her felt chill and uneasy feeling.
"What's happening? They seemed to stop from attacking just now.... what is going on?" She asked herself, knowing that Cassandra couldn't answer her dubious reaction.
*Bong...* *Bong....*
/Ground started to rumble./
/Boulders started to approach./
Not until she heard loud, eerie footsteps coming from the unknown monster slowly approaching towards them.
Not knowing that it was the Dungeon Boss finally taking its appearance towards the very existence of Cassandra Smith and Misa Togo.
It was a huge 20 foot-long Orc, with a huge, bulky body and a terrifying face, holding a huge stone ax on its left side, and a huge boulder on the other right.
Without a doubt, it was the Dungeon boss they saw that making their situation an absolute worst-case scenario.
Misa, who suddenly lost her composure in dealing with the monsters inside, asking Cassandra about the current status of her 'Eye of the Awakener.'
Unfortunately, She didn't reply this time.
Making her felt terrified and losing her mind dealing with the dungeon boss, far stronger than her.
At first, she thought that dealing the quest far lower than her Adventurers rank might making her an advantage, not until she finally realized the situation she's standing in. It is a completely different story than she imagined.
"Raaaaaaaaaawwwwhhhhh"
A loud vicious voice made by the Dungeon boss, searching for a m******e against the Adventurers killing on its kind and trespassing on their territory.
Showing no mercy against them.
Out of her fears and anxiety about the situation, they're in. Misa now desperately calling up to Cassandra, who nearly finishes up her preparation.
"Cassandra!"
With a loud, grieving shout made by Misa, the Dungeon boss had his first move by throwing its huge boulder right in front of Misa's ground.
! Bang...!
/A huge wall made of wind-blocking the boulder from hitting on Misa./
Misa couldn't hold her eyes blinding herself, thinking that she might end up dying by hitting the boulder on her ground.
Not knowing that it was Cassandra's turn of protecting her this time.
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***To be Continued***
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