42 Chapter 41 (1/2)
Leon didn't want to look down on other people, but someone like him who had to train for years to obtain the power to cross the dangerous ocean, he couldn't help but feel disappointed. Many people died at the hands of monsters; many people died without even noticing it. And now, the survivors were happily living while trusting their lives in the hands of others. Leon recalled those armed survivors, and now he could understand why no one attacked him.
”Well, let's go to the dungeon,” Leon said.
While Ren guided Leon to the dungeon, Leon felt many annoying stares, but he had no interest since those came from the people who had no will to fight. However, once Leon recalled his family, he started to think if that wasn't reasonable. If he could choose, he would rather protect his family instead of training them to obtain the power to defend themselves. His parents were almost sixty years old, and his sister was in her late teens... he didn't want to see them fighting for their lives against monsters.
”Why are you looking so much at people today? Ah...It seems you finally understand why people decided not to fight and trust in others,” Ren said.
”... More or less.” Leon sighed.
After leaving the port, Leon and Ren walked through a dense forest for fifteen minutes before they reached the dungeon. It looked like that forest had been specially made to slow down the monsters in case some of them leave the dungeon.
”How do dungeons work?” Leon asked.
”You must think of dungeons as if they are a bridge that connects two worlds,” Ren explained. ”If we clear the dungeon, we obtain the means to reach the monster's world, and the same applies to the monsters. A new group of monsters appears every ten minutes, so we sent a team to clean the dungeon at regular intervals. We also keep some outside in case something happens. My best twenty-four men keep watching and cleaning this dungeon, they worked in two teams, and each team works for twelve hours.”
”Sounds harsh,” Leon said.
”It is not that difficult actually,” Ren said. ”My men already can defeat the monsters without many problems; things only get difficult when a boss appears.”
”A boss?” Leon frowned.
”Yeah, a monster that is many times stronger than the others.” Ren massaged his eyebrows. ”It is not as troublesome as a dragon or a megalodon, but it is annoying in its own way.”
The dungeon was basically a regular cave, but unlike ordinary caves, that one had crystals in the walls that were used to illuminate the interior of that place. Several men were around the cave playing cards. Leon frowned when he heard and saw a vein throbbing in Ren's forehead. It looked like Ren's best soldiers were quite lazy. Hopefully, they would spend their free time practicing magic once he teaches them. After smacking their heads, Ren returned.
”... Approach the dungeon, a list of options should appear in front of you.” Ren said after a long sigh.
Leon nodded and approached when he was five meters away from the entrance; several options appeared in front of him.
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