I really didn’t expect Carlos to know so many of my secrets, but I’m relieved he doesn’t seem to care about them.
What worries me is that he came all the way here like this to ask me to go into a dungeon, he might just have asked for it the next time I went to the Guild.
“Did you have to do all this drama coming here just to ask me this?” (I)
“I could have waited for me or someone else in my group to drop by the Guild and ask for it.” (I)
“The reason I came here is to convince you to come in, I can already imagine your response to my request.” (Carlos)
“…” (I)
I look at him seriously, what he’s suggesting is that he’s sure I’m going to refuse the request he’s going to make, which means it’s dangerous.
“I think you better say what you need soon, the way you’re talking is just making me want to say no before I even hear the request.” (I)
Sigh
“You’re right, I shouldn’t be hanging around so I’ll be straight this time.” (Carlos)
“I want you and your group to clean the Dungeon of the Undead…” (Carlos)
“No, besides that do you want anything else?” (Carlos)
“…” (Carlos)
Carlos is stunned by my instant response and keeps looking at me with bitter eyes.
I was trying to maintain a calm appearance, but my heart almost stopped beating for a second with this absurd request, from what I heard the Dungeons rank start from Grade S, which means that a dungeon boss is at least Grade. S, not to mention that the Undead are hard to kill.
I would never put my group in danger with a monster like that, not to mention that I’m also afraid of facing monsters that strong, it’s been very difficult to fight against Grade A monsters, I don’t need to take any more risks than we’re already taking.
“You didn’t even let me finish talking.” (Carlos)
“That’s because no matter what you say, the answer will be the same, so I thought I’d save you from wasting your time.” (I)
“Don’t you at least want to hear the rewards?” (Carlos)
“Not.” (I)
“You don’t have to worry, I’ll issue this as a special quest for your party, you can even climb straight up to a Grade S adventurer, not to mention the rewards you’ll get for both cleaning the dungeon and accomplishing the quest.” (Carlos)
“The answer is still no.” (I)
“…” (Carlos)
“…” (I)
Sigh
“I knew you wouldn’t accept that request.” (Carlos)
Carlos puts on an expression of tiredness and difficulty, I know he and the Duke have been wanting to end this dungeon for a while, but I don’t understand why to do it now when we haven’t even recovered from the losses of the monster wave and why he asked for my group that isn’t even the highest-ranked in town to do that.
“If you want to destroy that dungeon, why don’t you go yourself since you were a Grade S adventurer?” (I)
“If you have a reason not to go, then why don’t you send another group of Grade A adventurers?” (I)
“You do not understand.” (Carlos)
“The answer to your two questions is the same, the miasma in the dungeon.” (Carlos)
“Miasma?” (I)
“It’s normal for dungeons that have the element of darkness or for normal Undead monsters to have miasma, but this dungeon has more miasma than normal.” (Carlos)
“With each floor, the miasma becomes stronger, this miasma strengthens the Undead, but decreases the strength of the Adventurers and can even harm them in different ways, including me.” (Carlos)
“…” (I)
“I sent the Grade A adventurers, one of the groups lost three people, the best of them only made it to floor 30.” (Carlos)
“After that, I tried to go along with adventurers I trusted like my wife, but we were only able to go as far as the 51st floor.” (Carlos)
“…” (I)
“It was at this point that Mari told me that you guys have been selling some monster materials from the top floors of the Great Serpent Dungeon.” (Carlos)
“That means your party has the strength of a Grade A party, I also remembered seeing people in your party using Light element spells and abilities during the monster wave.” (Carlos)
“Your group doesn’t seem to be affected by miasma either, even for strong people like me, staying so long in a place full of miasma like this is unpleasant, but I can tell you the miasma here is different now.” (Carlos)
“(So he even realized that?)” (I)
“What I mean is that your group seems to be the best equipped to clean this dungeon.” (Carlos)
“We are with fewer adventurers, as you may know, having to send adventurers to this dungeon now is causing other more important missions to delay, the Duke is also harassing me to take care of this dungeon soon before the Church of Light uses it to create another wave of monsters.” (Carlos)
“I understand, but my answer is still no.” (I)
“…” (Carlos)
“You really are someone difficult to convince, Zenos.” (Carlos)
“You know I’m not going to a place that puts me and my group at risk.” (I)
“To be honest we’ve already reached the top floor of the Great Serpent Dungeon, but I’m not arresting fighting the boss there as we already have information from the Guild of what it is and its capabilities, so why would I risk fighting it the unknown boss of the Undead Dungeon, a monster that we don’t have any information tops?” (I)
“I respect your decision as an adventurer, but as I said before you are the only one who can ask for it.” (Carlos)
I understand now why Carlos chose my group, but I can’t take that risk now.
While I was thinking of a way to tell Carlos to leave since I don’t intend to change my mind, suddenly someone who was quiet started to meddle in the conversation.
“You worry about more master, we can train to fight the boss of the Great Serpent Dungeon before going to this Dungeon of the Undead.” (Layla)
“The master is missing a great opportunity, for being a new dungeon it must have many treasures.” (Layla)
“The Fairy is right, all the adventurers said it had much more treasure than it should have even for a new dungeon, if the dungeon boss is defeated the treasure room will open and you can have everything there, plus you will receive a quest reward that will be paid by the Duke of 70 Crystal Coins.” (Carlos)
“…” (I)
“…” (Layla)
The reward alone is bigger than I expected, I have to admit I’m curious about Dungeon’s treasures, but I still think it’s too risky.
“(Why are you missing this opportunity master, accept it soon.)” (Layla)
“(Since when did you get so greedy like that, you crazy Fairy, are you trying to put everyone in danger?)” (I)
“(You have forgotten that everyone is getting stronger and stronger, you are also about to evolve, if you are going to kill some monsters tomorrow you can evolve still tomorrow night.)” (Layla)
“(You can leave it to test your strength after evolution against the boss monster of the Great Serpent Dungeon, after that you can decide whether or not to accept the Guild Master’s proposal.)” (Layla)
“(Tell him you’ll think, and he’ll answer in a few days.)” (Layla)
“…” (I)
For some reason, Layla is very interested in this dungeon, but what she said is right, after I evolve I might have a chance to fight a Grade S monster if I get help from Diana and the others.
If I think about it, Basilisk is a monster that I have a lot of chances to win since I have resistance to most poisons and I have Irina to heal me too, the Basilisk bloodline could also be good for my plan.
The Undead Dungeon will also be very good, our group is not affected by miasma, in fact, some of us might even get stronger there, but the Dungeon boss is unknown so it’s still very risky.
“(Master don’t forget that Irina, Irius, you and I have Affinity with the element of Light, killing Undead will be much easier this way.)” (Layla)
“(Why do you want to go to this dungeon so much?)” (I)
“(Because if this Dungeon stays here, then sooner or later a Necromancer will be drawn here, they love Dungeons and places that have Undead for their experiments.)” (Layla)
Now I get it, I always thought Layla had gotten over her traumas, but it looks like she still hates Necromancers, but she’s right in saying that a place full of Undead is something a Necromancer will be interested in, if one of them comes here he Ivan can see what may be a problem.
“(Why everything has to be so complicated.)” (I)
Sigh
“You’re in luck Carlos.” (I)
Carlos spent all this time waiting, I think he must have understood that I was communicating with Layla telepathically, he didn’t want to interrupt knowing that Layla was the only one present at the moment who could change my mind.
“So will you accept my request to end the Dungeon of the Undead?” (Carlos)
“Not yet, I still think it’s too risky, I’ll talk to the others and hear their opinions, after that if everyone agrees we’ll face Basilisk that we already have information to know if we can fight an unknown Grade S monster.” (I)
“That’s great, I was sure you would refuse so I’ll take this little victory.” (Carlos)
“But first I want to know something.” (I)
“You can talk.” (Carlos)
“Does the Duke know about me?” (I)
“All he knows is that a talented group of adventurers took this mansion, he doesn’t know any more than that.” (Carlos)
“Then I want it to continue like this, don’t tell the Duke that we are the ones who have accepted this mission.” (I)
“This is a simple request, don’t worry, the Adventurers’ Guild always protects the Adventurers’ information.” (Carlos)