After walking upto the fifth floor, Leon noticed that the dark elf women are making lunch and the kids are playing in the other corner of the room.
“Something smells good.” Leon spoke with a smile as he looked at them.
“I greet you, Master.” Fruela spoke as she appeared in front of Leon and immediately went down on her knees.
“Hello, Darling. I am going to the weaver household and I want you to come with me.” Leon spoke with a neutral expression.
“Ah… Absolutely Master.” Fruela spoke as she immediately started following Leon.
“Where is Dusk ? I haven’t seen him for the past two days.” Leon asked with a confused expression as he looked at Fruela.
“I don’t know, Master. I think he was on the third floor, when I last saw him.” Fruela replied with a neutral expression.
“Take me to the third floor.” Leon spoke as he touched Fruela’s shoulder and both of them disappeared instantly.
*Swish*
….
Third Floor,
As soon as Leon appeared on the third floor, he immediately felt a sharp sensation on the back of his head.
*Swish*
“Step back.” Leon spoke as he pushed Fruela aside and a volley of very sharp needles passed from the same spot that they just landed on.
*Tink-Tink-Tink-Tink*
All the needles hitted the front wall and broke on contact. But as soon as they broke, a green liquid flowed out of them.
“What the fuck was that ?” Leon asked with a confused expression.
*Swish*
Suddenly, Elis appeared in front of Leon.
“Master… These are the traps that you ordered me and Sir Rees to set up.” She explained.
“Why are they going off on me, Elis ? I am the dungeon master.” Leon asked with a confused expression.
“These traps are set to go off as soon as anything enters inside the room, Master.
Since they are still in testing, they might’ve triggered even by your presence. I will immediately disable them, Master.” Elsi spoke as she placed her hand on the ground and disabled all the traps.
“What are the other traps in this room ?” Leon asked with a confused expression.
“As soon as the target enters inside the room and steps on any of those starting three stone slides, this trap will be triggered.” Elis spoke as she pointed towards the room’s entrance.
*Slide*
One of the three tiles near the entering area, went inside the ground and suddenly, a big blade that was hidden in the gate’s frame dropped down with an extreme speed.
*THUD*
“Fucking… Hell. That’s leathal for enemies who aren’t using any defensive spells.” Leon spoke with an amused smile.
“There is one near that wall as well master… If you can just step aside.” Elis spoke as she looked at Leon.
“What is it ?” Leon asked with a curious expression.
“It’s one of the most extreme traps we have placed on this floor, Master.” Elis replied as she looked at Leon.
“Okay… Don’t tell me what it is. Just activate the trap, I want to see if I can survive it.” Leon spoke with a smile as he looked at Elis.
“As you command Master.” Elis spoke as she immediately raised her hand and a dim blue light appeared on the other side of the room.
“What the-!?” Before Leon could’ve completed his sentence, he noticed a magic enchanted coming towards him with full speed but it wasn’t fast enough to hit Leon.
*Step*
He just simply stepped aside and dodged it with ease.
“Was that it ?” Leon asked with a confused expression as he turned to look at Elis.
But as soon as he turned, he noticed that the same arrow is coming at him from the back this time.
“What the..!?” Leon took a step back once again and dodged the arrow but as soon as he stepped back… A tile under his leg slided down.
“Fuck.” Leon spoke as he immediately looked around and noticed that nothing had happened.
“Will it activate once I take my leg off of this stone tile ?” Leon asked with a confused expression as he looked at Elis.
“No master… It’s already activated.” Elis replied as she looked at the left wall of the room.
Leon and Fruela also turned to the left and noticed that the wall that was mounted over the wall was coming closer to them very fast.
“This-” Before Leon could’ve completed his sentence, both of the room’s side walls closed in on him with full speed and stopped just inches away from his shoulders.
“Obviously if this was an enemy… He would’ve been already dead, Master.” Elis replied as she flicked her hand and both of the walls immediately started moving back to their original positions.
“Walls that can move really fast and easily crush the enemies. That’s a good one.” Leon replied with a smile.
“I will evolve soon master… Once I do, we will be able to install more traps and you will also gain a significantly higher level of power inside the dungeon.” Elis spoke as she looked at Leon.
“Well then… Evolve fast, Darling. Now… I have some work to do, so we will be leaving for now.” Leon spoke as he looked at Elis.
“I will be awaiting your return, Master.” Elis spoke as she immediately bowed down to him.
“Take me out of the dungeon.” Leon spoke as he touched Fruela’s shoulder and both of them disappeared immediately.
…
Outside the dungeon, even though it was afternoon… The weather was dark and snow was falling heavily.
*Swish*
Leon and Fruela appeared outside the dungeon and they were knee-deep buried in the snow.
“This fucking weather.” Leon spoke as he immediately walked out of the snow. Fruela did the same and both of them started walking towards the kingdom.
Although there were some carriages still running in the harsh weather, but most of them were private and they had to walk all the way to the kingdom.
After entering inside the kingdom, Leon noticed that all the shops were closed and no one was in the market.
“Hmm… The market isn’t open in the afternoon ? That’s odd.” Leon thought with a confused expression as he looked around and noticed an old man walking towards the frozen fountain with two candles in his hand.
“Umm… Excuse me ?” Leon asked as he immediately walked upto him.
“Hmm…?” The old man looked at Leon with a confused expression.
“Why is the market closed ?” Leon asked.
“Don’t you know ? Most of our soldiers have died on the Truvale Checkpost yesterday, due to a monster wave.
Two of my sons were there… I am going to light candles for them at the fountain.” The old man spoke as he looked at Leon and moved forward.
’A monster wave ? I have seen them in comics and games. Didn’t knew that they existed in this world.
But, it’s a magical world… I guess anything can happen. But… Dusk said that most of the monsters go into hiding when winter arrives.
Then how come a monster wave attack us and how big was it that killed most of the soldiers ?’ Leon thought with a confused expression.
“Master… Should we go ?” Fruela asked with a confused expression as she looked at Leon.
“Yes.” Leon replied as he started walking towards the noble street.
’I should ask Justin about this… He should be able to tell me something.’ Leon thought with a neutral expression.
…
After walking for about ten minutes, both of them reached near the entrance of the noble streets.
Fruela immediately disappeared and Leon walked upto the gates.
“Kid you should really wear something heavy over those clothes. The weather is getting really cold these days.” One of the guard spoke as he looked at Leon and opened the gates.
“Thanks for the concern. I will buy something to wear over it.” Leon replied with a neutral expression.
“Good for you.” The guard replied.
…
Leon entered inside and Fruela re-appeared behind him just like a shadow.
“Is that stealth ?” Leon asked with a confused expression as he looked at Fruela.
“Shadow Walking, Master. Kind of a stealth skill.” She replied with a neutral expression.
“Good.” Leon replied with a smile.
…
After walking for about five minutes, Both of them reached in front of the weaver household.
Fruela disappeared once again and only re-appeared when Leon had entered inside the house from the backdoor.
*Chop-Chop-Chop*
*Tink-Tink-Tink-Tink*
…
As soon as he entered inside the house… He noticed that the Chefs in the kitchen looked very scared and they were working really fast.
’What the hell happened to them ?’ Leon thought with a confused expression.
Suddenly Leon noticed something over the neck of a maid, he slowly walked upto her from behind and gave it a closer look.
The thing in her neck was none other than a slave collar.
“Fucking hell…” Leon spoke in a low voice and the maid got scared immediately.
“N-No, N-No… Please don’t hurt me.” She shouted loudly dropping the pot of hot soup on the floor.
*TANG*