258 Chapter 257 (1/2)
Although not a single dungeon break happened in the lower world so far, Leon didn't drop his guard. Even though his luck increased a little and his plans were progressing well, Leon couldn't relax in a world where one hundred meters tall fire titans and dungeons that connected to worlds that had a god of death existed.
All the dungeons Leon encountered so far in Miebos had some kind of irregularity, despite that, the liches' dungeon spawned six monsters every ten minutes, just like the dungeons on Earth. Thanks to that, after letting himself get hit at least once by the Cursed Rays of those creatures, Leon's cursed Resistance reached level fifty in one week. Now the Cursed Rays only managed to make half of a single leg go numb.
”I guess this is enough for the time being... I don't even know if the boss of the dungeon can actually use curses.” Leon said.
”Shouldn't I train that Curse Resistance too?” Darya asked.
”If you want, then go ahead,” Leon said. ”Although I think it would be less scary if I use the undead Trent branches and shot the Cursed Ray at you.”
”Let's do that, then,” Darya said. ”I just have to use you as a shield to prevent that kind of attack.”
Leon sighed... almost five months have passed since he met and had been working with Darya, but it looked she would never stop saying things like that. Anyway, after that, Leon and Darya entered the dungeon. This time they wouldn't have the time and the chances to attack the liches while they were unaware of them. So, they focused their chances to attack and kill the liches on the very moment they appear.
Things got a little messy when more than one lich appeared at a time. However, Leon managed to stop their Cursed Rays from hitting Darya using himself and some Earth Walls as a shield to protect her. After one week practicing her spells and thanks to Zen skill, even Darya's Earth Punches were powerful enough to kill the liches. They didn't lack in firepower, but all caution was more than welcome.
Fortunately, using Mana Dominion, Leon managed to feel the monster's presence before they could be found. Not only that, but he also felt the directions the liches were coming from. So, Leon and Darya didn't waste time in bifurcations finding dead ends. They walked almost on a straight line toward the last room of the dungeon.
Without even reaching the last room, Leon and Darya sighed in relief because they already found signs of the boss of the dungeon. In the last five hundred meters of the dungeon, they found roots covering the walls and the ground. Although the roots looked to belong to a dead tree, Leon could feel a lot of mana in it... like the mana he could feel inside the undead Trent branches.
”The boss is the undead tree that was used to create the liches wands, right?” Darya asked.