Chapter 24: Tier 1 Normal Dungeon part X

[Second Stage Cleared]

Hearing the prompt every fighter in the group found a place to rest since the next stage was going to be harder than this one. They rest their body to restore their energy to prepare for later fights. But It's just an excuse since all of them although they fight the red wolves they were not that exhausted except for Pitt who uses his ability but now full of power again.

The real reason was of course because of Sona, not the porters. Sona uses skill constantly that made her energy reserve into half of its original. 

So they first need to wait for her to replenish her energy so they can advance to the next stage.

Even though Sona possesses an energy potion to recover faster, she won't use it since it's only for emergencies. And there are three reasons for that, first is it's hella expensive. Second, she didn't need it at the moment. And third, they weren't in a hurry to clear the dungeon so she didn't need to needlessly use It, just for sake of appearance.

Sona closes her eyes and regulates her breathing to make her recovery faster.

Katherine was sitting on the top of the tree. She was cleaning her dagger of the blood of the alpha from it after she retrieved it after it died. 

While Lindo was inspecting his magic sniper while taking a glance from time to time at Ian, not Ian but the Pistol that was on Ian, greed was very apparent on his face but the other didn't notice it since they were resting except for the porter girl and Ian who was being preyed on.

Pitt and Balt on the other hand were leaning on a boulder while sitting. Sometimes they open their eyes to look at the porter who was scraping the red wolf's dead body for the crystal. 

Balt, who was looking at the dead body of the red wolf, shook his head in regret. The red wolf furs were more expensive than the white furs. Red furs have a unique color with much more defense than the white, and if used for the armor which specifically made it more expensive.

With so many dead bodies on the ground, they will surely become rich if they can take it out, but alas it's not possible with their party. And it's impossible to take it later because it will already be gone after they cleared the dungeons so he can only shake his head. 

Although it's not impossible to take the monster out, it will still require someone with the ability like [chest] or [Bag] but hiring a Gifters that have those abilities was hard. 

Not only it requires a huge sum of crystal but Gifter with that valuable ability was already on guilds or organizations that hired them with a huge sum of crystal and with a different kind of benefits that they can enjoy.

There is also a magic bag that can store that was created by a certain organization called [Dimensional Bag] with a capacity that can be occupied in a three-story house or more. But not only it requires an enormous sum of crystal since the magic bag was also limited when they got on sale Due to how hard it was to create. So Balt can only close his eyes to avoid looking at it before he dies sighing.

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After 10 minutes, Sona Finally opened her eyes and stood up from her seat. Balt and the others also notice her movement and also stand up. They were only waiting for Sona so they were all ready for the next stage. They were ready for the next stage which is the boss of the dungeons.

"The two porters will stay here and continue collecting the crystal while waiting for us here, let's go!" Balt said.

Ian looks at the porter girl seemingly asking for the reason why. He was busy earlier so he didn't know or heard anything about it.

Looking at Ian who was looking at her with a question mark on his face made her lower her head in embarrassment. She was just a lowly porter so Ian who was a high-rank Gifter for her asking her a question made her embarrassed. But she nonetheless answers his question.

"Hmm. I..its because the higher the level the s..stronger the enemies so we porters will become a hindrance during the battle so they leave us h.here.."

Ian nodded his head in understanding since it makes sense for him. Having a hindrance in a fight was dangerous especially if the enemies have many numbers.

Ian looked at the group who departed for the next level and saw Sona looking at him, he waved his hand and smiled at her showing his support.

Sona on the other hand wants Ian to join them but she also knows that it's not appropriate to make a porter join them since he is currently a porter and not a raider which made her look at him to know what his decision but all she saw was him waving a hand at her which made her shake her head with a wry smile In her face since she knows that he won't join them.

Ian, who saw them disappear, stands up from his sitting place and looks at the dead bodies of the wolves. He looked at the porter girl who was already doing her job diligently without complaining about her exhaustion since he knew that skinning the bodies takes so much energy that even he was exhausted even if it's the knife who was working the hard work for him.

After 10 minutes they only skinned 30 out of 100. Ian did 25 while the porter girl was 5. It's not that they are lazying, it's just that the fur of the red wolf was much tougher than the previous white wolf. So it's understandable that the porter only skinned that much since Ian was cheating.

"Hey. Umm, what's your name again?" Ian asks since he can't just call her Porter girl right? 

The porter girl stops what she was doing. She stayed silent which made Ian scratch his head.

"It's fine if you don't want to tell me and I am not forcing you for it, it's just weird to call you a 'porter girl' since I will become a porter boy if I do that right?" Ian told her while trying to joke with his corny lines.

Ian saw the girl's shoulder trembling and became embarrassed, if not for him being thick-skinned and being an old man he surely would find a hole that fit him.

"You don't have to laugh since I know it's sappy," Ian said helplessly, he was just trying to make her laugh but not that kind of laughing.

The Porter Girl finally stopped laughing and stood up from her position. She met Ian's eye and mumbled.

"Sophia. T..that's my name." She announced with her small voice.

"Nice to meet you, Sophia. As you know I am Ian, Ian Barn."