Chapter 193 - Thats Odd (1/2)

In the mansion, inside a luxurious Victorian style room.

Michael is currently seated on a luxurious-looking long sofa, and in front of him is a table that has multiple teacups filled with tea, fruits and two different kinds of cakes.

On the opposite side of the table is a man around mid to late fifties who has a mustache and a long beard that reaches his chest, and right now he's looking at Michael with narrowed eyes, and sitting beside the man is a busty woman around the same age as the old man, and the said person is looking at Michael with a pleasant and shock expression on her face.

The two people are respectively Duke Arnold Cympyr and his wife, Helen.

And on the sofa, left of Michael is their daughter Beatrice who's currently wearing a scowling expression on her face while staring at Michael.

Michael didn't care about how they are looking at him, as he just continued to devour the food in front of him.

Why?

It was because he was receiving temporary buff effects from the cakes that he had just eaten and tea that he drank.

Buffs that would last for an entire six hours!

Which would certainly increase his leveling speed!

He had gotten two buffs, where one of them increased his movement speed by five percent and the other one raised his attack damage by ten percent and health regeneration by five points per second, which is really amazing as the health regeneration would work on or out of battle.

”Is that news true? The Sea Tribe is preparing to invade the continent?” asked the Duke as he bent over his body towards Michael as he intertwined his fingers together.

”Yes Duke, my friend and I were exploring a nearby abandoned dungeon that is being occupied by a group of bandits, and accidentally discovered a floating orb called Gate. Which is obviously a portal, and from what I've learned so far, only high ranking members of the Sea Tribe are able to create a passageway through the use of a crystal orb” Michael answered while taking a huge bite on the cake in his hands.

”Abandoned dungeon? Are you talking about that dungeon beside a mountain just a couple of miles west from here?” Beatrice suddenly opened her mouth when she heard Michael mentioning an abandoned dungeon.

”Yes, I think it was once called Dwarven Cave,” Michael said while shrugging his shoulders.

In fact, Michael was very surprised to learn that there are dwarves here. Of course, it would have been weirder if there weren't any dwarves as Michael once did meet a Sage Druid who was a Half-Elf back in the Sharval Kingdom.

”That is certainly bad news,” the Duke's wife called Helen said, sounding really worried somehow.

”This is the reason why I boldly approached Miss Beatrice because I need to report this matter to my master, and I was hoping your family could help me with it”

Michael finally stated his purpose in meeting the duke family. If other players knew that Michael could easily meet any aristocrats whenever he wanted to. Those guys would probably die in envy, and probably angry at the fact that Michael doesn't really look and sound excited at meeting nobles.