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Kapitel 111: She Sets Out For The Dungeon

Chelsea patted Jasmine's shoulder.

"There, there. You can't help that they have the mental attention span of a two year old. Besides, they surely didn't mean any harm when they mixed those two potions by accident."

"Hmmph!" Jasmine didn't say any more, but she let it be known plainly that she was unconvinced.

Robin paused, warmly watching her group as they interacted. They were all very different from each other. Yet, somehow, they had joined together on her journey to seek her way home.

Reflecting upon the past six years, Robin realized it had indeed been a very long time since she could laugh so heartily. The days, though they had passed so slowly, seemed like such a short time, now. It was as if, she had arrived only yesterday.

Robin had begun to feel somewhat reluctant to leave the warm friends she had gained here, in order to return to the cold world she came from. Robin sighed a bit. Yes, she would miss this world, these people. That is why it was especially important to treasure every moment while it lasted.

'In the end, I am just a passerby.' Robin thought, as she added yet another treasure to her memories. 'I can never be as close as those who actually have to live here.'

She constantly reminded herself of this, because she was also afraid that she might end up giving up, deciding to stay. But, she could not forget her older brother. After all the things he had done to save her, Robin would be torn with guilt for the rest of her life, if she allowed him to believe she was dead, or worse.

And so, Robin once more put up her mental barrier. She could have fun and enjoy their company, but she mustn't allow herself to get attached. Robin pet Skye upon the head as she thought to herself.

"Um, you know, earlier, when you were splitting up the teams, you forgot to mention which team I am in." Chelsea told Christian.

"Did I? Er...Which team did you want to be on?" Christian asked.

"Put me in the less-boring team, please?" Chelsea asked.

"Robin's team it is." Christian noted.

"Hey, how come she gets to go!?" Jasmine pouted.

"Because she's harmless." Christian replied, thinking. 'There's no sign that she's as dim-wittedly head over heels for Robin like you are.' What Christian didn't know was that he was wrong on several key details.

First, Robin was not falling for Jasmine. Second, Jasmine was not falling for Robin. The reason was because Robin was actually female, and keeping mum about it to avoid awkward romantic advances while trying to find her way home. Fourth, Robin was not romantically attracted to anyone at the moment. And, fifth, his actions were entirely unnecessary.

Chelsea, the only person who knew the entire situation of misunderstandings, could only roll her eyes and chuckle from the sidelines. As both sides had employed her to keep silent, she was faithful to her promise.

...At the very least...she would wait until the time was right to 'accidentally' reveal key information.

Robin, unaware of Christian's petty 'friend possessiveness', assumed he was referring to Jasmine's desire to study the super health potion's ingredients.

"Ah."

Robin could imagine it. If their group came under attack while Jasmine slowly analyzed whatever local flora/fauna was responsible for the effects of super potion, it would be highly dangerous. She had also heard about the impending monster stampede that would be due to come.

It was also a bad idea to use large scale spells in the cavern areas, as it might cause tunnel collapse. Thus, she opted to bring the healer in place of the magician.

"Hmmm...All right, then. But you need to stick close, okay?" She warned Chelsea.

"Yay! I get to spend more time with Robin~!" Chelsea giggled. Christian immediately regretted his decision to put Chelsea in Robin's group. At least Jasmine wasn't openly speaking about her attraction to Robin.

Jasmine glared at Christian for singling her out and separating her from the girls group. Then she sighed, and passed a water crystal over to Chelsea.

"If anything happens at all, I want you to contact me. Understood?"

"Yup! Will do!" Chelsea nodded enthusiastically. She didn't know if they would need it, but it was a good thing to have just in case. Although, judging from what she had seen of the future, it seemed that none of them would come to great harm, one could never be too sure...

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The next morning, the group split in two, one to try and access the map in the castle library, and the other to request to see the military map from Sir Drago.

Christian's team consisted of Jasmine, Keith, Ponzu, Gerard, Elise, and the carriage driver. Robin's team, which consisted of her, Chelsea, the knights, and Skye, headed for the caverns dungeon. They were extra alert on their way, having heard of the iminent monster stampede.

"What kind of monsters do you think there'l be?" Chelsea asked.

"Well, what kind of monster usually lives in caverns? maybe some kind of reptilian or digging monster?" Robin guessed.

"Usually. There's also spider and bug monsters." Chelsea added.

"Actually, that reminds me. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but what is the difference between demonkind and monsters?" Robin asked.

"No offense taken. I actually get asked that a lot more often than you think~!" Chelsea chuckled.

"Well, as you may know, there is ambient mana all around us." Chelsea began. "The elemental mana, when it is concentrated enough, can aide a regular animal into slowly changing themselves to adapt to the environment. Those who slowly go through the long process of change eventually end up as an intelligent race. Then they gradually become closer and closer to humankind, until only a few main identifying features are left. These intelligent races are known as demon-kind. They are the ones you can communicate with using speech."

"I see...Then what about monsters?" Robin asked.

"Ambient mana is not spread equally across the world. every so often, you run into sudden concentrated pockets full of mana. If there is nothing there, then nothing happens. But if, upon the formation of the pocket, there are animals in the surroundings, the sudden concentration becomes too much for their animal psyche to handle. They go mad trying to expel the concentrated foreign mana."

"Animals on steroids, huh." Robin noted.

"The sad part is that they can't go back once they reach that state. That aside, monster meat is far more delicious than regular meat, and can even be used in alchemical potions, due to its high mana content." Chelsea finished.

"Wouldn't that ambient mana stuff make eating monster meat dangerous?" Robin asked.

"No. Oddly enough, after the monster absorbs it, it becomes completely safe to consume!" Chelsea smacked her lips. "Ah, that monster bull meat I ate once was simply the best!! Hey, if we kill any monsters, let's cook them!"

"Let's see what kind of monsters there are, first." Robin chuckled.

"Ah, also,keep an eye out for any shiny crystals on the way. Those are called dungeon crystals. Dungeon crystals are the crystalized essence of the ambient mana, and are the best ingredient to add to magic jewelry."

"Got it. Will do." Robin chuckled. "But, in all honesty, you'll be the most likely person to be in a situation where you can pick it up if we get besieged."

"Ara, I hadn't thought of that. You're quite right!" Chelsea nodded. "I will grab all opportunities, then."

Due to the fact that the carriage was being repaired, they had to walk. There also weren't any carriages going out that day, as people were apprehensive about the impending monster stampede. It wasn't a short walk to the dungeon, but, then again, it wasn't too long a walk, either.

They found themselves drawing near the dungeon entrance in the late afternoon. As they got closer, they began to hear sounds of monster cries, and clashing metal. Aware that a fight was up ahead, they picked up the pace, all the time becoming more and more cautious.

When they came in sight of the dungeon entrance, they paused in surprise. Indeed, there were soldiers and swordsman at battle against the oncoming horde of dungeon monsters. But, the fight wasn't what surprised them.

The monsters that were pouring out of the large cavern mouth was a horde of large wild boars. Robin watched a moment, then turned to Chelsea.

"Cavern boars? Is that even possible?" She asked, in disbelief.


Kapitel 112: She Fights in The Monster Stampede

Indeed, aside from the fact that they were much larger than normal, and their eyes gleamed a bloody red, the monsters pouring out of the cave looked no different from regular boars.

"They look dangerous." Sir Markham noted.

"They look delicious!" Chelsea said. Just imagining how they would taste had almost made her drool.

Just as they were about to snap out of their surprise, a man in black armor with gold trim noticed them. He motioned to two rear guardsmen and pointed at Robin's group, before returning to observe the battle before him. The guardsmen openly approached Robin's team. Seeing them approach, Robin judged the best plan of action was to remain where she stood.

"Greetings, travellers! For what reason do you come here?" One of the guardsmen asked, with a salute.

"When we arrived in town, we heard about the monster stampede, under the flag of Prince Christian from a far away country. Seeing he was safe behind the city walls, he sent us here to see if we could be of any help." Robin replied, returning the salute. "Once the stampede is over, we would like to meet with Sir Drago, as well as explore the dungeon for a bit."

"Wait here. I will relay your words to Sir Drago." The guard said, and left the other guard behind with Robin's crew, while he returned to Sir Drago. After speaking to the black armored knight, presumably Sir Drago, the guard returned with his message.

"The left flank could use some reinforcement. Please head over to the squadron near the pine trees, and ask the captain for further instructions." Was the reply. "As for the rest, Sir Drago said this: 'We'll just have to see you ply your skills, first'."

Robin's eyebrow twitched. Skills, huh? In that case...she would definitely show him her skills. She politely thanked the guard, and saluted once more, before heading towards the struggling group of soldiers.

When they arrived, Robin realized that all the soldiers were wearing the same armor. Where was the captain? Robin immediately realized this was another test.

"Sir Raymond, Sir Dylan, and Sir Grey, please help block the monsters in front of the wounded. Sir Daniel, and Sir Markham, please guard Chelsea as she tends to the wounded." Robin ordered.

"And, what about you?" Sir Daniel asked.

"Me?" Robin smirked as she cracked her knuckles. "I haven't had a good fight in a long time. I will be busy plying my craft."

For the first time in a while, Robin once more drew the hero's blade from it's sheath. The blade seemed to hum with excitement as she held it. It had been a while since she could find some good practice dummies. An excited grin grew on her face as she rushed straight to the frontlines, and dove right into the fight.

Limbs flew, and tusks were severed as Robin let herself loose. A skilled swordsman with the best blade truly was better than one hundred mediocre swordsmen. The battle lines for the boar stampede was pushed back a whole ten feet within a minute.

While Christian and Keith had a brief idea of what Robin's skills entailed, the knights under Robin's command could only stand there, and watch in amazement while they protected the injured guards. Indeed, when the Hero un-sheathed his blade, nothing could stand before him!

After ten minutes of a continuous assault on the part of the cave boars, the attacking boars finally came to a halt. But, it wasn't due to Robin's skill. Instead, a monster cry similar to a wyvern roared out from the cave, bringing the paunch-ful cave pigs to come to a halt.

Thud.

THUD.

THUD!

A massive figure emerged from the dungeon entrance, nearly filling it with its great girth. Scars and old wounds littered the bristled skin as it stepped out into the sunlight. Once it was completely out of the dungeon, it roared again, sending sound waves that pushed the militia back.

"That is one big boss..." Robin muttered in admiration. Standing outside the dungeon entrance was a boar the size of a house.

"Keep steady!" Sir Drago called out. "It's just Old Boulder. I'll deal with him!" He jumped forward, speeding towards the giant beast like rockets were attached to his boots, despite the heavy black armor he was wearing.

Noticing the figure approaching it, Old Boulder the Boar snorted, and began its headlong charge towards Sir Drago.

"He's going to get trampled!" Chelsea gasped.

"Ye must be newcomers here. Just watch. Sir Drago is not as helpless as ye think." The soldier she was healing chuckled. "After Sir Drago whoops Old Boulder a bit, the entire herd will retreat with him until the next rainstorm."

And, as the soldier said, when Sir Drago clashed with the huge beast, although the ground around him was torn up and depressed, Sir Drago was perfectly fine. He then jumped atop its head, dealing sword blow after sword blow atop the fat pig's broad back.

After being tortured like this, Old Boulder could finally stand it no longer, and turned about, charging back into the dungeon, where his back wouldn't be savaged. Sir Drago jumped off its back, then turned and looked at the smaller boars still milling around outside.

This made the smaller boars jump, then quickly, they ran past Sir Drago back into the dungeon. The soldiers cheered again, and Robin sheathed her sword. Thus, the stampede had been impeded.

After the soldiers settled down, they began to clean up the aftermath. Not long after, Robin was summoned to speak with Sir Drago. She left Chelsea and the knights to help apply first aid to the injured soldiers.

Sir Drago took off his helmet, and his straight black hair fell smoothly down his shoulders. Robin felt taken aback a bit, since his appearance was similar to that of a prominent immortal swordsman from a chinese wuxia novel.

'Did this world suddenly change genres?' She thought to herself as she blinked.

"Does my appearance surprise you?" Sir Drago asked, a hint of a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. "Indeed, I have been told my face is unlike any other in this kingdom."

"Mmn. For someone who looks so young to be so accomplished in sword arts, I truly am surprised." Robin nodded.

"I could say the same thing about you." He shook his head, good-naturedly. "You couldn't be older than eighteen, right?"

"Just turned sixteen not even two months ago." Robin replied with a nod.

"Only just become a man? And already so skilled! You must have had quite the teacher." Sir Drago mused. "Looks like I've been supplanted as the genius around here."

"If all goes well, then not for long." Robin replied. "I came to see you for three reasons. The first, being to help you out with the monster stampede."

"Oh? and the other two?" Sir Drago asked.

"Of the other two, the first one would be to explore the dungeon while we're here, collect the super potion special ingredient for our company's magician alchemist, who is interested in it.

And the last reason would be to inquire if we might have a look at your local maps. My company was a victim of random transportation, which caused us to find ourselves nearby. If we could figure out where we are compared to where we were, it might help us figure out where we need to go next." Robin explained.

"Hmm..." Sir Drago rubbed his jaw in thought. "I see....Well, it should do no harm to tell you, then. The super potion ingredient you were looking for can be found he-oh, looks like I was too late." Sir Drago said, as he looked at the battlefield behind Robin.

"Hmm?" Robin turned around. The dead boars that had littered the ground everywhere were nowhere to be found. Even the grass had been restored to a perfect green as if it had never been trampled.

"Well, you'll know once you encounter them in the dungeon. Here, you'll know what to do with this once you find it." Sir Drago smiled apologetically, and handed her a glass jar that looked very much like a salt shaker.

It was at that point that Chelsea ran over to Robin, looking very much shaken up and panicky, with a pale face as white as a sheet.

"What's the matter, Chelsea?" Robin asked, concerned.

"Th-the boars! ..B-bugs..! ..G-grass..!" Chelsea exclaimed.

"Mmn. It's too bad the boar are gone." Robin agreed. "I remember you wanted to roast a few because monster meat was delicious."

At this, Chelsea's face turned green as her eyes rolled back, and she fainted into Robin's arms.

"Chelsea! Oy, Chelsea!" Robin called, shaking her shoulder. But Chelsea would not wake up.

"I don't understand! What happened?" Robin sighed, puzzled and slightly frustrated.

Sir Drago coughed politely, and turned to the side. A smile that threatened to turn into laughter was quickly smothered before Robin looked up.

"We have a few first aid tents in the pine grove. Why don't you let her rest there for a bit until she wakes up?" He suggested.


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