Chapter 385 (1/2)

“Ah! Return!” I cried out just as a sword pierced where I had been.

The knights were too fast, and I was just too startled. Thankfully, Return was included in those that worked in the dungeon. A moment later, I appeared back in Chalm. I let out a breath of relief.

So, Raissa had appeared in a room full of knights. The knights must have mistaken her for some explorer and decided to take advantage of her. She was pushed down and… I didn’t know. I didn’t know how far they had gotten, but I naturally disrupted the flow. I was also exposed now to the knights. They knew I was in the dungeon now. I also didn’t know what floor they were on.

It was probably the 1st floor. That was because they had just entered only a few hours before us, and didn’t have the advantage of taking the shortcut. It was impossible to make it down to the tenth floor that quickly. Even a high-level person that has a map and can one-shot every monster would take at least a half a day to cover that much distance in a dungeon this size. It couldn’t be underestimated how large each floor of a dungeon was. They also weren’t linear, but a labyrinth of corridors that could lead you in circles if you didn’t have the map ability.

There was a reason it took Lydia and myself days per level when we were in our first dungeon, and that wasn’t even large compared to these guys.

I waited as long as I was comfortable waiting, and then returned using portal to the 5th floor of the dungeon.

“Master!” Lydia tossed her arms around me.

“I-I’m back,” I said, still feeling slightly awkward.

Raissa stood up. She was in fresh clothing loaned to her by one of the girls. She immediately gave me a bow, even though her body was shaking.

“I’m sorry!” She said, her eyes welling with tears. “They jumped me when I got out. I didn’t tell them about you, but I couldn’t get a warning either! I even tried to get them to heavily injure me, but instead they… they…”

Had she become injured, as a party member, we might have received a warning. However, these men weren’t interested in hurting her, but doing other things.

“Did they…” I didn’t want to ask, but the words ended up coming out anyway.