"Soone's missing…"
During the commotion caused by the chamber's discovery, the fifth mber of the group had strangely disappeared. Even though Leo's eyes didn't leave him for a second, the darkness caused by the torches' concentration on the wall allowed him to quickly disappear from Leo's sight.
'As expected, sothing is wrong with him.'
Not every single event in a novel's world was necessarily described in the novel itself. The only reason Leo ca to learn about this expedition as a reader, was because sothing like Jared's death was important in relation to Ray through the second heroine.
Confusingly enough, Jade's brother had t his death during the exploration of a Sword Anomaly which collapsed as a whole in the middle of the expedition.
When Leo read this part of the novel, he was similarly confused by it. Not to ntion being the most normal, the guy who was the weakest of the group reported that he was the closest to the exit, allowing him to escape with the only 'gain' in the place!
Even if everything he said was true, did it really make sense for him to be the one holding to that 'gain'?
Unfortunately, even as the furious grand duke intervened, the investigation only revealed the true nature of the structure, and how it was possibly 'unstable', clearing the man of suspicion as he quickly joined a famous guild using his 'gain' to shield off the pressure.
"Hm? Where did he go?"
The stern-faced man who was rejoicing at his close acquisition of their discovery finally noticed that sothing was wrong, the place was just empty, why did soone disappear as soon as they found sothing.
"This place couldn't have… ghosts, right?"
Jared looked around with a doubtful smile as he exchanged looks with the rest, he seed to have more to see but he swallowed back his words when saw Leo's grim face.
"I don't care about what's on the wall, but we need to move quickly and finish this exploration first before sothing else happens."
Leo turned his back to the rest as he directly left the rock chamber. If that guy knew sothing about this place then he needed to get what he ca here for before soone else gets it, otherwise, he didn't know when the ceiling would co falling down on him.
"Agreed."
Even as excited as he was, the stern-faced man simply left a mark outside the rock chamber before he followed behind Leo. After all, this expedition was still his responsibility, he couldn't lower his guard just because he obtained his target.
"Just… What is this place?"
As the group that had been reduced to four made their forward, the number of empty chambers seed to be decreasing as they would find random livelihood items lying around.
From books to clothes or even stale food, nothing seed to point to the identity of a Sword Anomaly in the very least, the group's findings only added to their confusion.
"Ugh. Another box…"
Entering another chamber to find another wooden chest, the guild mber held his nose in preparation for the sll of rot. If not for his obligation to explore the place, he would rather leave it unopened. However…
What he expected didn't co to his sight, rather, the brightness blew his eyes wide open!
"Are these Gold Swords?"
Jared stared alongside the rest in confusion, the chest had over 100 gold coins, but that wasn't the shocking part. The group felt like they were going on a treasure hunt instead of a Sword Anomaly expedition!
"Just put them in sothing and let's move on. I have an uneasy feeling about this place."
However, Leo was far from interested in the gold or the identity of the place as he already knew. According to the succeeding investigation initiated by the grand duke even after the case was closed, this place wasn't just a normal underground structure.
His identity wasn't confird, but the investigator deduced that it was actually an underground hideout of a Swordsman from the turbulent age of conflict. As such, this 'dungeon loot' that they kept picking up as they advanced forward made sense to Leo.
Most importantly, with the appearance of sothing valuable like a chest of gold coins, Leo felt that they were getting closer to his 'target'. While that seed like a reason to celebrate, Leo was anxious about not being the only one that's getting closer.
In a situation where death could co 'falling' at you at any mont, Leo refused to waste any additional mont of ti before he left this place.
"Right, we should split them up after we leave."
Naturally, even if he didn't know as much as Leo, the strange vibe of this place coupled with the first disappearance got to everyone including the guild mber. So, he quickly transferred the coins into a sack and tied it to his back before they went forward.
With the chambers growing smaller and fewer in number, the group finally made their way to what seed to be the 'end' of the road. Only one rock chamber stood before them with no more space to advance.
"Was soone living here?"
The stern-faced man appeared to have finally caught up when he observed the insides of the rock chamber. He had so doubts that were confused by the randomness, but this spot almost made him sure!
There were all kinds of broken swords on the ground while the walls were covered by sword marks as if soone was training here. Moreover, there were even so specific items in two of the chamber's corners.
One corner had so light armor with all kinds of scratches on it, but the group's eyes were concentrated on the other corner. For the first ti since entering this place, they have finally found sothing that one would expect to find within a 'Sword Anomaly'!
The corner had a wooden container that looked like a weapon rack, but sothing on it finally triggered the group's Sword Breath senses!
"An Ascended Sword!"
The guild mber's eyes glowed as he announced his guess with a face full of smiles, coming here wasn't a waste after all!
However, amid the elation, grim words were suddenly spoken out in a heavy tone.
"I suggest you co out of hiding now."
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