“Can you take me with you, Please ?” Leena asked with a confused expression as she looked at Leon.
“You want to come with us ?” Leon asked with a confused expression.
“I-I mean… It’s not the best live, when you are living inside a dungeon. Maybe god sent you to help me out.” Leena spoke as she looked at Leon.
“He didn’t believe me and Why should I take you with me ? And aren’t you living peacefully here ?” Leon asked with a confused expression.
“Mister, please… I beg you. I am going crazy down here. You are the first person I have talked to in so many years and I was running from the assassins when I fell into this stupid place…
Please I beg you, take me out of here. If you want, I will even sleep with you. I am still a virgin. You can take my first time as a price for taking me out, Please.” Leena spoke as she broke down in tears and grabbed Leon’s hand tightly.
’I knew it… She was acting this whole time. There is no way a human girl can live in this place for the past seven years without going insane.
She was just trying to hide her desperation by keeping her cool. But, the main question is… should I bring her with me ?’ Leon thought with a neutral expression as he looked at her.
“Do you know that the forest above this dungeon is infected with a deadly poison ?” Leon asked as he looked at Leena.
“N-No…” Leena spoke as she wiped off her tears and looked at Leon with an innocent expression.
“Even if I take you out there with me… How are you going to survive ? Do you know any spells that can protect you from posion effect ?” Leon asked with a confused expression.
“I-I don’t… But, I can cover my face with a cloth.” Leena spoke as she picked up a piece of cloth and started wrapping it around her face.
“Won’t work… The poison is so potent that it will kill you the moment you inhale it.” Fruela spoke as she looked at Leena.
“Hah… Well, I guess. There is really no way out for me.” Leena spoke with a sad expression as she took off the cloth from her mouth.
“I might have a way to get her to the Room… But, I need to know… How much of my books have you readed until now ?” Rees asked as he walked upto Leena.
“A-About… All of them.” Leena spoke as she looked at Rees with a hesitated expression.
“Fucking hell…” Rees cursed as he looked at at Leena.
“The things you worked on for your whole life… Now a human girl has read it all. How do you feel about that Rees ?” Leon asked with a smile as he looked at him.
“Okay… Mr. Leon, either we have to kill her…” Rees spoke as he looked at Leon.
“N-No… Please don’t kill me. I-I won’t share your findings with anyone, I-I swear on my life.” Leena spoke with a scared expression as she looked at Leon.
“…or What ?” Leon asked as he looked at Rees.
“… or we have to take her back to the dungeon and keep her there until I find out a spell that can erase memories.
They are the findings of my lifetime, If I let such knowledge into her hands… I won’t be able to forgive myself.
I turned into a Lich and gave up my human life in order to gain that knowledge and if it fell into wrong hands, I can only imagine what will happen.” Rees replied as he looked at Leon.
“Well… You heard him, Darling. What are you going to choose ? Death or staying in my dungeon until he erases some of your memories ?” Leon asked with a neutral expression as he looked at Leena.
“I-I don’t like both of the options…” Leena spoke as she looked at Leon.
“Guess she wants to stay here then… Let’s go.” Leon spoke as all three of them turned around and started walking towards the room.
“W-Wait… I-I will choose the second option. Please just don’t leave me here.” Leena spoke as she looked at Leon with a desperate expression.
“Good choice. Now… What method do you have Rees ?” Leon asked as he looked at him.
“Hah… I thought you would choose the first option but I forgot that you are also a human and will do anything to survive.
Here hold this in your hand.” Rees spoke as he pulled out a golden coin out of his pocket and gave it to Leena.
“A golden coin ?” Leon asked with a confused expression.
“An enchanted talisman, Mr. Leon. It grants protection from any kind of Poison, Acid and any other effect like Aphrodisiac or whatever.” Rees explained as he looked at Leon.
“You can make them ?” Leon asked with a confused expression.
“No, It was gift from a dear friend when I was alive… But, it only grants the protection for about four to five minutes.
So, we have to be quick.” Rees explained as he looked at Leena.
“I-I understand.” Leena spoke as she looked at Rees.
“Well then… Let’s go. I have to sleep as well. It’s been two days since I have gotten any good sleep.” Leon spoke as all four them walked inside the teleportation room.
“OURA.” Rees spoke as gears shifted above them and the same magical gate appeared in front of them.
All of them immediately exited through the gate and noticed that they were out in the forest again.
“That way…” Leon spoke as he pointed towards the south direction and all four of them started walking behind him.
“Wait… I don’t think, it was the way that we came from, Master.” Fruela spoke with a confused expression as she immediately turned around and noticed something odd.
“Hmm…?” Leon looked at her with a confused expression.
“That tree… It wasn’t there when I counted the steps from the gate.” Rees spoke as he pointed towards the tree.
“There is no snow over the trees… But, when we entered inside the dungeon, they were covered in snow.” Leon spoke with a serious expression as he immediately withdrew his sword from his inventory.
Fruela immediately activated her skill and scanned the forest.
“I can’t sense the room around us, Master.” Fruela spoke as she also withdrew her daggers.
“W-What is happening ?” Leena asked with a scared and confused expression as she immediately hided behind Leon.
Without wasting another second, Leon used his skill on one of the trees.
<Inspect>
[Name: Mephlim Tree]
[Class: Tree]
[Race: Monster]
[Description: Due to the demonic poison mist, this tree has mutated into a demonic tree and they shift continuously around the forest like a living maze in order to deceive their prey until they are dead from exhaustion, poison or starvation.]
“The trees have mutated from the poisonous mist. They are shifting their location in order to confused us and keep us here until we die… So that they can consume us.” Leon spoke as he looked at Rees.
“That’s a very good explanation but how do you know, Mr. Leon ?” Rees asked as he looked at Leon.
“I don’t think that matters right now Rees. Can you figure a way out ?” Leon asked with a serious expression.
“I will search for a way out from above.” Fruela spoke as she started walking towards a tree.
“Don’t… The trees will try to separate us from each other. Stay with me, I will take care of this.” Leon spoke as he used his skill.
“Yes, Master.” Fruela spoke as she immediately stopped.
<Skill Crafter>
[Please pick a name for the skill…]
“Compass of Heart.” Leon spoke in a low voice.
’I saw this thing in a pirate movie back on earth. I wonder if it will work.’ Leon thought with a serious expression.
[Skill ’Compass of Heart.’ has been created.]
[Rank has been settled to ’F’ by default.]
[State the use of skill.]
“Enchantes any object with magic and wherever the user wishes to go, the object will simply point towards it’s direction.” Leon spoke in a low voice and all three of them looked at him with confused expressions.
“Mr. Leon ? Are you alright ? Because I think we should start moving towards any random direction and we will find a way out sooner or later.” Rees spoke as he looked at Leon.
[Processing….]
[Error: Define the time that the object will stay enchanted.]
“One hour.” Leon spoke in a low voice.
[Error: Skill’s description doesn’t match the rank.]
“Fuck… Fifty Five minutes.”
[Error:….]
“Fourth Five minutes.”
[Error:….]
“Thirty Minutes.” Leon spoke with a serious expression.
[Description has been accepted.]
’Fuck yes.’ He thought with a wide smile.
[Please select the chant for the skill {Compass of Heart}.]
“Show me the way.” Leon spoke as a smirk appeared over his face.
[Chant ’Show me the way’ has been selected.]
[Estimated mana cost to use the skill has been calculated, 300 mana/use.]
[Cooldown has been calculated, 2 hours after every use.]
[Would you like to learn the skill or Destroy it ?]
“Learn it.” Leon spoke with a serious expression.
[Congratulations! You have successfully learned the skill {Compass Of Heart.}]