Chapter 262: Hobgoblin (2/2)
”Are you going to investigate the fissure tomorrow?” Arthur's heart held an ill-forbidding. ”That should be dangerous.”
”It normally is with fissures, but it's simply a separate space if it's stable. You can think of it as an intersection between the two worlds.”
”That's a dungeon, not a fissure.” Arthur corrected.
”By definition, yes.” Norman nodded in agreement. ”Yet this fissure didn't need a dungeon break, the monsters can roam freely out. This made it a fissure. We have already analyzed the mana quantity; it should be safe.”
”That's the reason Jerano sent us, to report on this phenomenon.” Arthur nodded in understanding. ”Very well, let's try to solve this.” He said before standing up and returning to his tent.
As he was undressing and getting ready to sleep, a soft voice whispered from behind him.
”Bang.”
Arthur turned instantly and slashed with his dagger. Before the sharp edge of the dagger reached the newcomer, he stopped his attack.
His actions generated a gust of wind that made the curtains and mattress flutter. In front of him was the smiling Rae with her white scarf covering her body.
”Always so paranoid.” Rae smiled as she pushed the body of the dagger away with her finger. Arthur retracted it with annoyance written on his face.
'That's what happens when everyone is out to kill you.' He thought inwardly. ”I thought you weren't here for me. How would you explain yourself now?” He returned his dagger to his subspace.
”Not everything revolves around you.” Rae came out of her cocoon. ”What would the sun say?”
”Hah,” Arthur snorted. ”Being in my tent has nothing to do with me? You'd make an excellent lawyer.”
”I'm bored, that's all there is.” Rae shrugged. ”I heard there would be an undead lord here, so I came along.”
”You can't just come along.” Arthur frowned. ”This is my task, leave. Unless you want me to report back to the school.”
”You're so boring.” Rae scowled before heading outside. ”I'll be hunting to my heart's content, stop me if you can.” She left without saying anything else.
Arthur sighed. Her words gave him an idea. Why was he waiting for tomorrow? His only chance to hunt and level up was through the night.
He took out the Demonic Mask from his subspace and wore it. It was time to hunt the remaining undead.
***
The next morning, Arthur came out of his tent to find the guild's members ready to leave. He ate breakfast quickly before being joined by Ellen.
”Are you okay?” Ellen asked when she saw him absent-minded. Arthur nodded and didn't say anything. He hadn't slept at all last night and simply hunted his way to Level 38. His Legacy Points were now 13 while his Stats Points were 12.
”We need to leave, Sir Alexie.” Norman came, fully geared in armor. Arthur glanced at it and found it to be fully inscribed. He was wearing his armor too, but it lacked in aura compared to Norman's armor. ”Hehe, I'm something of a rune apprentice myself,” Norman said with pride.
'Well, I guess he passed at that time too. Damn Julia and her selfishness.' Arthur nodded and stood up. Ellen followed after him. The troupes were numerous, almost fifty strong.
Judging by their lifeforce, Arthur found that three of them were of the middle stages of the Vetus Rank. The rest were all rei-rankers. This was a full-fledged army and a Lord that can summon only high-tier undead shouldn't be an issue.
They started heading deeper into the mountain range on foot. Arthur didn't need to do anything and all of the monsters were taken care of by the guild members. On the way, Norman tried to brag about his father's guild.
It took an hour of walking and Arthur restraining himself from slapping this pig that they reached a spot where they could see the fissure.
”What is this...” Arthur hadn't found this place yesterday because he focused on the undead groups instead.
Between two mountains lay a giant dome structure that looked like a perfect half-sphere with a smooth surface. As if the outer space of earth has been stolen and sewed, this place looked like nothing Arthur has ever seen.