Chapter 166 - Dungeon Stealing (I) (1/2)
The Inn became bustling after I left for Sandurk after Lina work hard to maintain many aspects of the business to make it a bit more successful but I guess she managed to use the knowledge I gave her before I left and used it to get the store's condition improved.
Since I have no work for Lina just yet, I didn't disturb her since she is still working. We just talk for a bit and decided to leave after our reunion. We will meet again if I needed her help later on.
First, I have to go back to my mansion. I entrusted my mansion to the siblings and they report to me occasionally about the happenings in my mansion and the surrounding area. Thankfully, it seems everything is fine and dandy. In fact, the darkness that seems to linger around the mansion has lessened quite a lot that I can barely notice if I didn't try to look for it.
When I arrived, I noticed the two people currently sweeping the courtyard of the mansion. This time, I didn't need to ask who these two are. Even just by looking at their in-game avatar, I can already tell that they are the mercenary siblings. Their faces are identical to their face configuration in the past timeline. The only different thing from them is their clothes and items they are currently wearing. Since it is still in the early game, their iconic looks that made them famous in the past timeline are still missing.
”Hey, guys. Looks like you two are cleaning up diligently.”
The two who have not seen my in-game avatar yet immediately sprang up and take arms.
”Who are you?! What are you doing here!?” Akira asked while using the broom as his weapon. Sora is also using her broom but it was like she was going to use it as a staff, not a weapon to bonk other people.
”Chill guys, it is me,” I said and pull out my wolf head mask. Since I didn't alter my face, there is no way they won't recognize me.
”AH!” Akira dropped the broom the moment he saw my face. Sora who has not seen my face yet her entire life was confused about why her brother suddenly dropped his broom.
”Brother Manato! You are finally here!” Akira immediately heads towards me with an excited look on his mature face in the game.
”Brother Manato?!” Sora who just realized who I was, also dropped her broom and headed towards me.
”Why you didn't say anything that you would already be back home? We would have prepared something for your arrival,” Akira said.
”Haha, no worries. This is my mansion and you guys don't need to do that just so you can welcome me. Taking care of the mansion while I'm gone is already enough. You guys even cleared up some of the dark remnants of the undead in this area too.”
”Yeah, we did. It was a good hunt since some areas around the mansion still have those lairs of undead that spawns undead monsters. We used some of our gold to buy materials to make a small entrance in these lairs so that we can use them as a place we can farm things since they drop some [Dark Essence], [Bone of Darkness], and a few others that can be used to craft Dark Mist Bombs!” Sora said.
”You guys already got the recipe to create Dark Mist Bomb?” I asked. The recipe is one of the most sought recipes by some players since they can create Dark Mist Bomb which is a consumable item that once used against an enemy with Light Attribute, can create a weakening and poisoning effect on them. If used against a neutral element or any element that is not associated with the light element, they will get a debuff [Curse(Minor)] which lasts for 30 seconds.
”Yeah. We got lucky when it dropped from a Skeleton General that spawned in one of the lairs. We used your crafting table inside the mansion to create the bombs and used them on the Wisps dungeon. They were pretty effective and we managed to clear it in just a few minutes after entering. From what I remember, we were the record holder of the fastest clear of the Wisp Dungeon,” Akira explained.
”You guys are really good at this. Since you guys are always trying to clear some dungeons, how about you guys come with me later? I will be taking care of the dungeons and try to clear them and get their fastest clears too. What do you guys think?”