What did Aurielia just see?
I quickly move behind her. This ti she took the front of the group instead of moving behind and teasing, while holding her scythe. After all her teasing and joking, her behavior turned into a contrast of who I thought she is.
She leans over the exit of the room and looks down the hallway.
"I don’t see anything. Stay close, sugar tits."
"Stop calling that."
It was getting annoying.
"Heh, whatever you say."
I squint my eyes at her. She is still teasing !
Karina is leaning close to .
"If they eat you, throw ."
"If they eat , I am using you to cut my way out."
We start to move through the hallway, dark as it is, and we make it to the next corner without seeing anything.
In my mind, I am trying to figure out what monster is. It is a level 30 Dungeon, so it could be anything from that perspective. The tileset is telling. But the problem is that not even the main boss bothered Aurelia and this thing is.
I need to take a better look at it to know what it is and what spells to use.
[You identified a translucent scroll!
It was a Scroll of Light!
You cannot gain XP because of a curse!
XP turned into Ego experience!
90 XP from Appraisal]
I almost jumped when the notification appeared, but I got one of the scrolls checked.
It was a scroll of Light... trash. It only makes a light. It has its uses, but if I had used that while the boss was in front of instead of the Summon Ally one, I would be dead right now.
Again, a gamble, a risky one. And I am glad I got a good result.
Aurelia stops in a corner and starts to sniff the air.
"That thing is lurking."
"What is that thing?"
"I am not sure... but it is sothing I had to run away from a while ago... and maybe that is the reason why there are barely any monsters here."
Okay, an unknown monster I have not seen... Great.
But nothing here should be capable of facing her. She took down a level 30 boss with one spell.
Yet, while I see her while we walk, she seems more serious than before.
We find a large room that seems to be so living quarters. Bunk beds made of tal are arranged in neat passages. The interesting aspect is that the whole place seems a bit too big.
The silence is heavy in the place; there are like 4 rows of beds. The mattresses are torn apart, destroyed beyond recognition. They cannot be used to sleep anymore.
We move around them looking for another exit.
Then I hear sothing hit one of the bunk beds.
It made it screech on the floor.
Aurelia prepared her weapon, brandishing her scythe with both her hands, inspecting our surroundings.
I pull out Bloodless.
We hear more steps.
I see sothing moving in the distance.
I brave it and try to follow it. I move with care to not be caught
Aurelia jumps between a row of bunk beds and runs towards it fast.
I see a human figure running.
"Stop right there!" I hear Aurelia yell.
"Eeeep!" I hear a yelp. "Sorry, sorry, sorry!"
Wait, I recognize that voice!
I manage to run forward and get to the passage where Aurelia found soone.
Being held on the ground with the blade of Aurelia’s scythe in front of her was soone I know already.
Katrina is here too!
She is on the floor, trying to get away from Aurelia, trying to crawl back from her.
"Ah! Kathrina!" I yell in response.
She looks back at and observes for a second. Then reacts and starts running towards , stumbling to get on her feet.
"P-please, save eee!" She yells.
"I said stop!" Aurelia gets ready to swing.
"Aurelia, stop, she is a friend!"
"Eh?" She looks at in disbelief.
I notice she is not wearing her armor, only has her shorts, boots, and top I rember she had. No weapon, anything.
She runs towards and hugs by the waist and presses her head against my stomach, and falls to the ground.
"S-she wants to kill , help!" She pleads and raises her head, placing her chin right in the middle of my chest.
"Ah, the weird Holy Warrior is safe," Karina says.
Karina, Kathrina... I notice this will get confusing fast.
"I t Kathrina right before I got cursed... she actually helped arrive at the capital," I explain to Aurelia, who lowers her weapon. I turn my attention to Kathrina. "How did you get here?"
"I-I-" She stutters. "Ummm... when I was waiting for you at the Inn, suddenly so guards appeared, took in, and then I woke up here!"
"What? Why would they...?"
It hit .
I told them about her. I gave her description to the maid. Did they get her because of ? Then she is in this situation because of my fault!
"They probably got to you because of ..."
"Ah? Why?" She slowly stands up and looks at , waiting for an answer.
I explain the situation to her. She is listening to , and her expression shifts when I tell her how I was attacked by the princess when she was the one who invited .
"And this girl got caught in the crossfire?" Aurelia asks.
"Yes, it’s my fault." I sigh and look back at Kathrina, who is standing near . "Sorry... if I had not told them about you, you would be safe. Did they do anything to you?"
"No. They just took my armor, weapons, and threw here without any idea what happened. I was scared and confused!"
"Sorry..." I repeat. "Well, I am glad they did nothing else to you... We are looking for the exit."
"If it is with you, I am sure we will get out of this one!"
I smile at that vote of confidence.
We resu our search. Kathrina passes by Aurelia, and I notice how the Dragonkin Tyrant looks at her with suspicion.
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