CHAPTER 35: FIRST DUNGEON

Taylor made a plain swing with his warblade splashing Steven's residual blood.

He reverted to his battle pose for confronting the attack from the level 15 Grameen's guard rushing at him.

Clang...

Before the level 15 guard could reach him, someone blocked him throwing an axe.

"Not so fast"

A middle-aged man in white armor from Yami Family walked to the axe and picked it up while saying, "we want to recruit that kid to our party. So don't hurt him brother Flaz"

The level 15 Grameen's guard, Flaz fumed, "Pam, you slave dare to block my way"

"Do you want to die?", the friendly smile on the face of the middle-aged man with the axe, died down.

The temperature around the two started to raise.

'This guy Pam has some great power, he looks way stronger than that Flaz', Taylor stood at the back and watched them like a third party to the incident, 'since they want to help me so much let them have it'

"Grameen, it's their fault for threatening someone to join your party", the voice came behind Taylor.

Behind him stood a young girl wearing red armor matching her crimson long hair and red eyes. She is half a head small than him.

'She must be the Yami teams head'

Understanding that having a complete war for one person before the dungeon raid is bad, Grameen shouted to Flaz,

"Come back Flaz, A level 10 scrawny kid can be killed anytime we want, so let's leave."

"He is just wearing that skull mask to look intimidating, he is just a nobody"

"Let's go"

"Yeah! He can't escape Nicole family's grasp"

The Nicole Party started to shout aggressively.

"We can't make a move on them here. Let's finish them once we cross path inside", Grameen talked with his guard as he entered the dungeon giving one last glance to Taylor and the red armor girl beside him, "As for that kid, if he comes inside the dungeon he dies, even if not let's kill him once we conquer this dungeon"

The red armored girl introduced herself as Michelle, "How about you join us?"

Taylor planned on going alone but now getting the offer he didn't reject, "Joining your party ain't a problem, but once we kill the boss. I get to pick"

Pam the axe guy, yelled at once, "Punk! know your place"

"Are you confident in your skills", Michelle was calm, unlike Pam, "Just now if I didn't step up, they would have killed you. The reason I'm asking you to come is just to fill our space"

She wanted to make the count of thirty to thirty-one so that the survivor to the Boss room will be more. Having one hand against a boss will be of great boost even if it isn't a strong one, 'She is openly telling me, everyone out here is her family's meat shield. Bold!'

Taylor grinned behind his skull mask, "What if I tell you, I can kill everyone here and take your head with me"

His words made the level 15 guards including Pam pull out their weapon, however, Michelle wasn't fazed by his words, "Calm down Uncles"

Taking a deep breath she smiled, "Okay! You get your pick, but the dungeon key is mine"

"No problem, I don't care about this dungeon any way"

"Show off"

Taylor didn't care about her comment, he truly didn't care about this dungeon key. A level 15 dungeon is of no value to him.

Michelle started to talk some secrets with her guards and they form some battle formations with the thirty people.

Taylor didn't involve with them and stood staring at the portal shield outside the dungeon.

He voiced out of boredom to Michelle after about an hour, "So shall we enter the dungeon"

"Everyone prepare"

'I think it will be a wolf dungeon because the dungeon would have fed in the essence wolf that stayed in here'

'That means they would be more agile and ferocious. It won't be a bad one for the first dungeon.'

As everyone got in one by one with a fear of death, Taylor entered the dungeon formatting his reward, 'I will get the boss soul as my pick'

Taylor appeared inside a dark tunnel along with everyone, the tunnel was just like the one he and Edward marched in when they hunted the wolf's cave, which is now destroyed.

It's dark.

Tiss.

The whole tunnel started to light up as torches held in the tunnel wall start to blaze one by one.

'A dungeon is a dungeon. Even as I raided more than a hundred in past, it still feels anew'

Pam and Michelle maintained their calmness as they started to give orders to everyone,

"Everyone be careful and don't wander. There might be traps."

Michelle said that to a level 12 assassin,

"You go and check the path"

Not more than fifteen minutes, the level 12 assassin walked back, "Miss, I found a pack of ten Flame Wolves, fifty meters before us, they are level 10. As for traps, there aren't any"

Everyone started to relax on hearing the term there are only level 10 beasts, while they have level 15 people with them.

It will be an easy kill was their thoughts.

However, the people like Pam, Michelle, and the warriors who knew the difference between normal breasts and the demonic beasts inside the dungeon didn't relax their nerves.

Michelle silenced the tunnel with her voice, "Enough! Team 1 will be in the offensive while team 2 manages the defense", she had already created two teams by mixing her family members with the newly acquired party.

"Let me repeat, whoever disobeys my orders will be executed", she became cold and authority as she shouted, "Got it!"

"Yes, madam, Michelle"

'She sure has a born talent for being a leader.', Taylor assessed her leadership, when she turned to him, "As for you, Joker stand with me. You are my guard"

Pam was shocked, "Miss!"

"Uncle Pam, every manpower is important. We can't have you stay behind me all the time. I want to clear it faster before that Grameen walks into the boss hideout."

"I understand"

Seeing Pam walk to the first team, Taylor asked Michelle, "Why do you show me favors"

"Favor!?! Don't kid yourself. I'm just making practical decisions and I believe in my instinct"

"Instincts! you say!", hearing instincts, Taylor chuckled, she trusts people easily.

Taylor stood as he was told. Since it's more convenient for him to sit back and get a free raid to the boss. Whatsmore killing the level 10 mobs isn't of much use to him.

The battle began as they rush into the small cave-like structure where the wolf pack was hidden, wolves rushed at them howling to each other.

Aghh.

Woooo...

Michelle and Taylor stood behind few feets away from the battle and from there she started to give her orders.

"Get the right flank"

"Mage heal at once"

"Tank defense"

'Michelle', Taylor closed his eyes without worries and rummaged his memories, 'I don't remember hearing her name anywhere in the past, it means either she died young and was not famous or she might be in my locked up memories'

Growl...

The last wolf gave a painful cry as it died, Taylor opened his eyes and saw the sorry state before him.

'There were two casualties already on the first wave.'

Michelle and everyone understood the power of the demonic beast and the lethality of the dungeon.