Chapter 144: Dungeon

"I'm here, what's up Zach?"

"Stella and Terra, I would like a private moment with Perseus" he responded

Stella and Terra then left the room.

"So?"

"My staff, Mammon's Desires, that's your mission." he replied

"Isn't it made of plotinum? I know that this is your second body from what you told me last time, but isn't your soul the same?"

"Of course it's the same, I decided to become a lich in my old age but if I did it in my original body, I would have looked like an old man. So I built this body to remodel it after my old self, but it came with a price, I could no longer use my staff. I also have other disadvantages, but my of my abilities are of your average reincarnate."

"Ok, can you tell me why you call me here early?"

"For this year's inter-academies competition, the final event is dungeon exploring, and the dungeon in question has my staff, and one of the participants..."

"Is Albert, you don't want him to get it"

"Exactly, I rather give away my old staff to someone who is my subordinate. So that's your mission."

"Why can't you just leave your stuff somewhere unprotected?" I sighed

"Then reincarnates like us will randomly pick it up, luckily I built that dungeon before I transferred bodies. But make sure to keep it a secret, most of the people here knows about my identity before I switched to this body, but they don't know about my past life or why I chose the name Zachary West, so let's just keep it between me, you and your bonds"

"So can I bring my underlings?"

"Of course, but Stella still have to accompany you"

"Great, that should make things easy. Anything else I should do?"

"Make sure to observe the protest, and and make some chaos please"

"Great, that's what I do best"

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3rd person view

"We even get to keep the treasures?!" Lucas exclaimed

"Yeah, but we'll also be competing with the seniors, we'll be going in in teams of 4, and we'll be scored on the treasures we get" Albert nodded "From what the earlier scouts reported, the dungeon is an S-ranked dungeon too, so some teachers and guards will be going in with us, Aenon is also allowed to go in, but if he helps us even a tiny bit, we'll be disqualified."

"He is allowed to help us if our lives are in danger though" Eleanor added "But we'll win, after all we got Albert with us"

"If Perseus was here, I bet the school would've probably had him join in the senior team instead" Albert commented

"Let's not talk about him in past tense" Cecily responded, "He's not dead, he's just exiled"

"I would disagree" Aenon chuckled "He can come into Artia whenever he likes, he's just going to be hunted down. But I pity anyone stupid enough to go hunt that boy"

"Well that's why the ones that would accept the bounty are the ones who have their skills evaluated as at least S-rank" Lucas explained "So why did our kingdom decide to make dungeon exploring as an event? I mean, it's not even in Artia. Plus our actions during the dungeon will be recorded, we'll be like celebrities"

"Well we get to keep the treasures, so let's not think too much about it" Albert reassured him "But let's win all of our event's before the dungeon exploring, treasures aren't that exciting"

"That's because you're rich!" Lucas accused "Some of us here still values treasure you know"

"Aren't you also rich?" Albert argued "You're a noble"

"Potato, potahto"

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1st person view

"Oh look, the protest is still going on" Terra pointed out

There is a mass protest outside the coliseum as people were competing in the coliseum.

"Well the nobility system is stupid in the first place" Bora clicked his tongue "They should do what the nations on the other continents do, or at least do what the Crimson kingdom do, give people voting rights and let the people decide the leader"

"You're surprisingly smart"

"Shut up, a bit arrogant for someone who beat me once" Bora replied

"Yeah, he even passed out dramatically right after we did the soul contract" Perun added

-Yeah the backlash is too strong for my own good-

-Yes, so next time, let's not use it- Diana warned -At least not unless you get stronger, you're still in the purple stage, the side effects are stronger when you are weaker-

-Yes, we worry about you, even Dabria- Siege added -She just doesn't show it-

-I know- I ruffled his head -I know Dabria even more than you guys, it's how she shows her affection-

-I hate you with every single fiber of my being- Dabria retorted

-See, just affection-

"Why are you guys looking happy all of a sudden? Did you guys tell each other some good joke or something? Tell us too" Terra complained

"Maybe you should get Perun over there to be your bond and he can tell you some secret jokes with anyone else overhearing"

"Don't suggest such terrible things, I'm already living in a nightmare of being in a soul contract under somebody" Perun retorted

"Where's the old man you brought?" Bora asked

"Jake? He's looking after the others while we're here, I asked him to come, but he declined. Oh look, the protestors have brought out their weapons, and oh no, the knights and mages have started to retaliate"

-Won't be long till there's chaos- Ace commented-Can I join in?-

-No, not yet, we'll create an even bigger mess, and when we join in. They should at least hesitate to go for the dungeon or they'll want to go for the dungeon even more if we appear right after all the events today, so we'll jump in a bit early since I don't like the 50-50 odds, is that fine?-

-Should be fine- Damon nodded -Not like anyone in there have the strength to kill us anyway-

-Well we still need to be cautious-