Chapter 118 - Guild Growth – 3 (1/2)

Guild Growth – 3

Erkindra’s intelligence certainly was commendable. If we had started on our own without my sister’s help, we would’ve been met with a lot of trouble conquering the dungeon before others could access it. With their help, however, things were proceeding surprisingly fast. The level of combat power could be a problem, but so far, it wasn’t too bad.

“Jia, get out of there!”

“Kh…!”

[Kiii!]

[You received 1 silver.]

Both my sister and Han Jia were close-ranged fighters. As I had seen in the last battle when defending Cain, my sister used two daggers. Han Jia, who was strangely fast for her level, mainly relied on her legs.

[Kugagagaga!]

Han Jia’s legs emitted a red light, cutting neatly through the body of a slime that appeared behind her. It was a bit sloppy in terms of technique, but it was fast enough and had a sharp blow. In the time since the Great Fusion, the process of struggling to survive had engraved itself on her legs.

“Good…”

“You sound like a pervert, Lee Chan-yu.” Lee Chan-yu couldn’t help his aching heart as he watched the two high school girls whirling about.

“The captain told me to keep an eye on them!”

“On their level and abilities, not her legs! You need to know their level.” However, we didn’t have much else to do. My sister quickly cleaned up the remaining monsters.

“They’re barely at level 120.”

“Monsters like these aren’t profitable enough to fight.” I nodded at Lee Chan-yu, and he called out some small monsters. They appeared from the shadows, running down the dungeon passage. My sister turned to me excitedly.

“How many are there?”

“You think I’ll tell you?”

“Cheh, this side is determined to hide all their secrets.”

“Ha.”

“You laughed?! You really laughed?!”

It was more efficient to hunt together, but I couldn’t help but think my sister had another reason for suggesting this. Perhaps it was anxiety, born from the difference in the balance of power between us. We had to maintain an equal relationship until the end, but if either side was more powerful, the alliance was liable to change. That was why she felt nervous and wanted to reaffirm the alliance to make it stronger, which meant that behind the childish behavior of the group, some adult-like reasoning had occurred.

“Captain, it looks like a double-layered dungeon.” Lee Chan-yu reported as my sister glared at me. I had been thinking quietly without paying any mind to her.

“Fate, what is that?”

“It means there’s another dungeon below this one.” It was a dungeon that didn’t consist of a single layer. Mireina just said as much, though I didn’t expect her to know much about dungeons. The face of my sister and Han Jia changed.

“So that monster was too weak because…”

“How will we do it, Si-yeon? I’ve never explored a double-layered dungeon before.” I expanded my senses, stretching my mana in all directions while the two conversed. It was only about five stories deep- a poor dungeon compared to the Black Palace.

“Among the dungeons that appeared with the dwarves, were all of them double-layered?”

“The examples I’ve heard of were only single-story dungeons.”

“How did you know?” Han Jia turned to ask Lee Chan-yu, who smiled.

“You just need to feel out the space beyond the boss room, right? If it’s just empty, then it’s fine. But if you can sense something there, it means there’s another dungeon.”

“Does that mean we’ve already reached the boss room…?”

“Yeah.”

“No way, it’s too strong to fight…”

“It’s not strong at all.” Lee Chan-yu casually dismissed Han Jia’s astonishment and turned toward me. I knew what he wanted to say, but I wanted him to speak it out loud for my sister and Han Jia.

“What should I do, captain? Open it?”

“Open it, wait…without the key?!” My sister cried out.

“That’s suicidal! There’s nothing more stupid than judging an entire dungeon based on the first floor alone!”

“Don’t worry about the difficulty level.”

“Don’t worry…?” She looked puzzled, but I told her we knew all the levels of the bosses in this dungeon already. She didn’t seem happier from my explanation.

“So we’ll clear the dungeon now?”

“Yes, our purpose here is to gain as much experience as possible.” As soon as the decision was made, I immediately moved us with Ubiquitous. We were in front of the boss’s room in only two minutes, much to my sister’s surprise.

“How did you get this ability?!”