Chapter 36 - Chapter 5: Entry #3 (2/2)
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Unfortunately, he didn’t find anything good in the other rooms. Moreover, he needed to leave a share for Caitlin and Felicia, so In-gong only took a few dwarf weapons and armour, as well as Earth Quaker.
'Will it be more expensive after thousands of years?’
Of course, that was under the premise that they weren’t damaged.
Once In-gong and Carack returned, Seira, who had been looking after Felicia and Caitlin, got up.
“You’ve come back? I was worried.”
”Uh, thank you. There wasn’t anything special.”
Seira’s reaction was a little surprising, but he always welcomed it from a beauty.
‘Wait, she was worried about something else?’
Seira’s gaze was directed towards the dwarf armour that Carack was wearing. In-gong realized the reason behind the scene.
‘Ah, that’s it.’
Caitlin was part of the group that discovered this ruin. In other words, some of the finds inside the ruin belonged to Caitlin.
‘If I take too much, Caitlin will lose her share.’
He felt a little bit of regret, but he also felt good. Seira was truly loyal to Caitlin.
‘I wish for Carack to be the same.’
Following that thought, In-gong’s gaze moved to Carack’s almost empty bag.
”There was nothing surprising. There is enough for my noonas. So I took this armour from the armoury.”
”You found the armoury?”
Seira’s face became animated. In-gong grinned and nodded.
”Yes, there were many things.”
Due to In-gong’s conscience, he didn’t collect all the equipment in the armoury. He left 30% of the total amount.
'Umm, it is a small prick.’
However, now wasn’t the time to be brazen. In-gong knocked on the armour that Carack was wearing and said.
”This armour will be part of my share in the official distribution. I will give it to Carack.”
“You will give it to Carack?”
“Yes, he is my number one subordinate.”
After In-gong’s words, Seira stared at Carack with a little bit of envy. Carack just accepted Seira’s glance with a smile.
”Anyway... How is the situation with the two of them?”
”Their stamina is depleted, so they need to rest a little bit longer. We will stay here today and leave early tomorrow morning.”
Anyway, the Red Lightning tribe was already in a state of collapse. There was no reason for fugitives to run here, so it was a safe place.
”Okay, let's do so.” The fight is already won, so there is no need to overdo it.”
Chris would be worried but it was unavoidable.
‘He already knows that we have succeeded.’
It was only a day or two, so he could wait that long.
”Prince, I will prepare the camp now.”
Carack said while taking off the cumbersome armour. In-gong just nodded.
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As expected, Felicia and Caitlin turned a blind eye to Carack’s armour after waking up the next morning.
In fact, they weren’t greedy over the artifacts in the ruin.
Just like in the dwarf cave, Caitlin wasn’t worried about the merits and was more upset that she couldn’t break the cliff. On the other hand, Felicia was focused on the anvil.
“I am sorry that there are only a few artifacts, but there are other things. There is a huge income, starting from the Thunder Light Anvil and the arc golem. This is really a great discovery!”
Caitlin’s eyes shone.
‘There is no need for me to worry.’
He felt full of energy like it was a spring day. So, In-gong decided to worry about Caitlin.
“Is your body okay?”
”Yes, I felt better after waking up. Shutra, what about you?”
”Me too.”
The two people gazed at each other with warm expressions before being summoned by an excited Felicia on a phantom steed. In order to explore the ruin some more, Felicia didn’t want to go back. However, she realized that she couldn’t be foolish and had to return.
Due to the reversal of the losing battle, Chris and Vandal’s base was filled with vitality.
As soon as he was informed that In-gong’s party was approaching, Chris leapt out of the tent and welcomed them with open arms.
“Oh! These lucky people!”
Chris rushed over to the phantom steeds. The first thing he did was hug Caitlin then In-gong tightly.
‘Keook!’
Due to the fact that Chris was big and powerful, the hug itself was close to torture. However, it was still quite a good feeling. Chris released In-gong and headed towards Felicia, but he stopped short just before hugging her.
”You did great work, Noonim.”
Chris greeted her with both arms in an awkward position. Felicia, who shuddered like she was a little afraid he would hug her, grinned at him.
”Well, it was nothing because I am me.”
She lifted her chin with the arrogance of a princess but her words weren’t over yet.
”Shutra and Caitlin helped me a lot.”
Although her voice was smaller than before, she definitely mentioned them.
‘Her ears are red.’
In-gong just smiled while Caitlin alternated between looking at Chris and Felicia.
”It is good to see Prince and the Princesses.”
Vandal simply summarized the situation and Felicia nodded in response. Chris laughed and spoke to In-gong and Caitlin.
”Take a break. I will take care of all the chores.”
”What chores? Wasn’t the Red Lightning tribe swept up?”
In a game, it was the end after defeating the enemy. However, reality was different. Moreover, there were still leaders in the Red Lightning tribe such as Kairam.
Chris replied to In-gong’s question,
“There are still things like the swamp monsters. We have to negotiate with the lizardmen.”
The lizardmen attacked the expedition along with the Red Lightning tribe. It couldn’t be allowed to continue.
“It will take more than a fortnight to finish. Troops will then be stationed here to take care of the Red Lightning tribe.”
Chris looked briefly at Vandal’s army that would be left here and asked Felicia.
“Noonim, what will you do now?”
In-gong didn’t understand the question but Felicia replied without hesitation.
“Well, shouldn’t I follow you? I have to report the discovery and use of the anvil.”
“I will be returning with Caitlin.”
In-gong was now able to understand what the two of them were talking about.
The Red Lightning tribe mission has been accomplished. There was only one thing left to do:
Return to the castle to receive the rewards for the merits.
It was a return to the Demon King’s Palace.