Episode 38.8 (2/2)
Apparently he knew that. Right, considering he listened in to Lecan's conversation with Zoltan that night, this is only natural. And if this man knows it, knight Orug must know as well.
(Hold it.)
(I defeated Zoltan in a dungeon.)
(Meaning.)
The mystery is solved now.
His mana starvation after the duel was a result of his enlarged mana pool. His improved physical condition was not his imagination either. How his <Barrier> control suddenly got stable was also likely thanks to that. Thinking back, Arios asked Lecan if he had defeated a dungeon boss when he first saw him again. That's how large the boost Arios sensed.
Lecan had almost killed humans in dungeon twice after coming to this world.
One was a thief who was trying to steal his luggage in Dungeon Golbul.
And the other one was when they were ambushed by
in Dungeon Ninae.
(Glad I didn't kill them.)
That came from the bottom of his heart. This strength came after a duel to the death with Zoltan. Had he killed pointlessly beforehand and that resulted in him not getting the power up, it would have been the greatest waste.
”Chubby.”
”Yes?”
”So Vangard never killed anyone in the dungeon before.”
”No, of course not. He's killed lots already. Inside and outside the dungeon. Especially lately after he got into
.”
”Predation?”
”They were originally a party of eight. Their combat prowess suffered a huge setback after one of them died. So they went around asking other parties to join their expeditions, saying they can't deal with last floor with just seven of them.”
”Yea.”
Lecan is aware of that. They were in a group of 16 on floor 120.
”But that was actually a trap. They killed those parties in the dungeon, plundered their belongings and sucked up their strength.”
Lecan frowned. Clashes between adventurers can and do happen. But deceiving a party and taking them somewhere just to get them killed is going too far.
”They've killed a lot already, so the power up should be not as big now, but since they claimed many <Other Side> adventurers as their victims, they've gotten quite a bit stronger now.”
”And the General Dungeon Administrative office let that slide?”
”Eliza-sama would have tried to do something about it had she known.”
”But not Torog huh.”
Chubby shrugged and facetiously lifted his brows.
”I mean, like half of those kills were ordered by Torog-sama. Most times it was to get his hands on high performance Grace swords. Then Torog-sama transferred over those swords to Orug-sama who then circulated them into the black market.”
Swords from floor 100s in this dungeon can fetch for a few pieces of platinum coins legitimately. Illegal dealings would shoot that price up further. Must have been a profitable venture for them.
”These parent and son duo are rotten to the core.”
”Torog-sama and Orug-sama have been making use of <Gwyntir Era Slupiner> in other matters as well. Naturally, the party also get rewarded for their works.”
”Guess they've killed knights too then.”
”That would be done under Orug-sama's requests. I believe it's because those knights were about to find out his corruptions.”
”How are they planning to get me to come anyway.”
”Oh that's all left to me to take care of. 'Make him come no matter what it takes', they said.”
”I am not obliged to respond to his summon.”
”Yes. But now that you've listened to my story, you're feeling up to it, aren't you? I get that expecting you to fight those seven alone may be asking too much, but curiosly enough, I feel like you'd manage somehow, chief.”
A carnivorous smile came up on Lecan's face.
(So those guys intend to devour me.)
(Fine.)
(I'll be the one doing the devouring instead.)