Chapter 65 - Chapter 10: Breakthrough #3 (2/2)

“Everybody is poisoned. We have to hurry and treat them.”

Felicia looked at the people next to her and understood the situation. She stretched out and laughed.

”You are relentless.”

“Sorry.”

Felicia cast a magic spell on Carack who was closest, while In-gong headed toward Karma who was lying at the very end.

It was really a struggle. After using the detoxification magic and making their drink potions, In-gong confirmed that everyone was okay and collapsed on the ground where Felicia was already sitting.

Felicia lay down and watched Carack.

“Carack has a lot of injuries. There isn’t anything serious but... his abdomen isn’t good.”

In-gong looked at Carack. His body was scratched from the rocks and there was something on his abdomen that looked like a footprint.

In-gong was reminded of the moment he landed on top of Carack and nodded.

“Yes.”

‘Master?’

Green Wind asked with censure in her voice but In-gong once again didn’t reply.

Felicia raised her upper body forcefully and asked In-gong,

”What happened?”

She had no memories after falling due to the toxic gas. In-gong explained as briefly as possible.

Six monsters appeared after the group collapsed.

A massive cave-in had occurred when one of them screamed.

Felicia touched her forehead like it was sore.

In-gong lied that the reason for his resistance to the toxic gas was White Repair, but she ignored it because now wasn’t the time to consider it.

There was something else more important to Felicia.

“They are all dead?”

”Unfortunately.”

In-gong hadn’t killed them because there was no time and he also wanted to interrogate them.

Yet they had died due to the cave-in. He didn’t know if the scream had caused the collapse or if it was just a signal to cause the collapse, but they were dead.

The last man had thrown away his life to kill In-gong’s party.

“Those guys killed General Kashubal?”

”It is most likely.

An intermediate general of the Demon King’s Palace wasn’t invincible. He was resistant to poison thanks to the strong body of a draconian but that only lasted to a certain extent.

'Moreover... It might not have been the same as us.’

Frankly speaking, the black unidentified people that appeared had been too weak. It was possible that other people had appeared to take care of General Kashubal.

This time, In-gong was the one who asked a question.

”Do you have any guesses on who they are?”

”There is no basis, so I can’t guess.”

The identities of those people. Why did they attack people from the Demon King’s Palace twice?

In-gong was reminded of Balkarova who he encountered on Enger Plains. Just like the six men, Balkarova was a monster that didn’t appear in Knight Saga.

What was going on? Was there a third power that hadn’t appeared in Knight Saga?

If they did exist, what benefits would they get from this? Interfering with attempts to excavate Thunderdoom Fortress? Or some other purpose?

Felicia sighed for a long time. She spoke to In-gong while her eyes remained closed.

“Shutra, you are in charge of this mission. I will follow your decision. We now have three paths.”

The road back was blocked and the group was now in the fortress. In-gong also came up with three ways.

”First of all, we just wait here.”

That wasn’t good. The outside didn’t know about the circumstances of In-gong’s party. Right now, there was a possibility of giving up due to the cave-in. Even if they pierced through, it would require some time.

“Secondly, go to the entrance of Thunderdoom Fortress.”

This was also dismissed.

The entrance to Thunderdoom Fortress had collapsed completely. Machines were required to get rid of the huge stacks of rocks in front of the entrance.

In Knight Saga, they had started digging at the entrance and entered Thunderdoom Fortress using it. However, In-gong’s party entered through this passage connected to the mine, so of course the entrance remained tightly sealed.

”Thirdly, pierce into the very centre of Thunderdoom Fortress and gain control of it.”

It was a dwarf fortress, so it was likely that a transfer formation existed. It was like the portal they had found in the dwarf cave in the Jishuka Mountains as well as the dungeon where the Thunder Light Anvil had been, which Felicia had discovered after the battle with the Red Lightning tribe was over.

‘Yes, definitely.’

Moreover, there would be more than one way to get out if they reached the center.

Although the method and timing was different, Thunderdoom Fortress was still Thunderdoom Fortress. In-gong said with a lively smile,

”As always, isn’t the third option the best?”

“Perhaps.”

There would be third parties, dungeon guardians and various traps inside the fortress, but even so, they couldn’t just sit here and wait for help to come.

“Then let’s prepare to move.”

If a crowd of people came to investigate the noise, they would most likely run to this place.

In-gong stood up and reached out to Felicia, who laughed and grabbed In-gong’s hand.

It was different from planned, but it was time to break into Thunderdoom Fortress.

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”My stomach hurts.”

TL Note: Some people seem to have missed it or forgotten, but Hundred Poisons Resistance is actually a skill that showed up a while back. So it wasn’t something that he randomly acquired in the last chapter after being exposed to poison.