Chapter 22: Why? (1/2)

Other than rare moles, the first dungeon had wooden imitations of forest predators. Wolves, bears, anaconda, and even jaguars sometimes popped off to stop and kill the players.

Those monsters brought a lot of problems, each unique to its imitation. However, some players could rival the predator title.

A certain monke, for example, was freed from his responsibilities, his staff turning into a predator alongside a short sword whose thrusts barrelled from Venomous' hands!

Both of them were unique each to their own as well and the sounds of their weapons crashing into wooden monsters rippled across the dungeon. Supporting skills from the witch and tank couldn't rival those sounds, so it seemed like these two were the only ones here.

Because of such speed, Michu could already spot another group of players that had been notified of their finding through the chat.

He waved his staff at them and approached them.

Venomous caught up and trod next to him. She looked over every player with scrutinizing eyes, then passed her potions.

As such consumables weren't cheap and players would have to prepare a lot for one dungeon raid, the players happily accepted her potions and thanked her deeply. The tank, that was sent by Red Stigma, also got a potion, but he checked its stats beforehand.

”You guys were doing fine!” Michu exclaimed to the group of friends while their tank examined the potion. He did it deliberately, knowing that the tanks and Red Stigma had high chances of being the gangsters.

The group of friends looked at each other, then slightly smiled, ”On the other hand, you two don't seem like level 15 players. Didn't you also clear the monsters battling us? I can only feel relieved that you want to work with us!” There were cases where the dungeon boss would turn out to be a bigger threat than imagined before.

Such strong players as Michu and Venomous were the best addition to the raid. Their presences alone relieved others and it didn't seem like they had any underhanded thoughts. At least Michu continued to chatter with a gleeful smile on his face.

He surely felt good after the player complimented him, ”Thanks! Hehe!”

”We don't have time to chit-chat,” Venomous' voice rang out from the side. This put a grimace on Lazy Bum's face, but he understood. Similarly to him, Sandra pouted as she didn't have time to make a new connection with another group.

However, she clung to Michu and both of them shot up to reunite with other players.

Going through many corridors and wide-open areas, Michu and his party reunited with everyone including Red Stigma. This man's party was really weird as they haven't lost much HP and MP at all.

Additionally, Red Stigma didn't even have a drop of sweat on his face. His stats were full as if healed already, but a friend close to Venomous could see within her eyes how suspicious she was of this man.

Nonetheless, she had already made her moves, ”We know where the boss is. Instead of wasting our resources on the dungeon monsters, let's just head to the dungeon boss.” They would save a lot of consumable items and even begin another raid sooner!

This thought was shared by everyone, including Red Stigma.

”That's great,” The man with the red sword brightly smiled and pointed at one of the many corridors, ”We also managed to find a clue to the boss on our way back. It's here, right?” He pointed at Venomous who already told Michu to use his Bright Firefly.

The small orange light slowly flew to the corridor marked by the swordsman, ”See.” He showed off a content smile and said, ”We can expect more monsters here, so let's split up appropriately, I suggest an arrow formation.” In this formation, there would be tanks at the helm and on the sides with highly offensive players around them.