Chapter 70: Ch 70: Returning to Dungeon #36- Part 3
"What happened to this dungeon? It has changed from the dungeon I know. Even the forest doesn’t look the sa as it used to."
Lynn made the observation as he walked behind
and kept an eye on my back.
I had told him that I did not need soone to watch my back, but Lynn had insisted and I had given up in the end to not hear any more of his voice.
He was also the one who seed to know more about this dungeon so I had a feeling his experience would co in handy.
Of course, the one who likely knew the most was Kuro and he looked extrely happy to see the changes in the dungeon.
"There are changes? Why won’t there be? The high priest’s ascension is a big deal. They are the closest beings to our lord and spread our lord’s will. Even humans feel sothing when they see our high priests."
Kuro likely ant adoration but when I had seen the high priest last ti, all I had felt was a sense of fear and a need to run.
But I doubted those feelings were what Kuro ant.
"Ah, we are here. Before we go forward, here, wear these cloaks. They will mask your scent and make you appear as the sa species in the monster’s eyes."
Kuro handed
and Lynn a cloak to wear. The material was firm and I imdiately ran it under the system’s scan.
[Mimicking Cloak: usage - infinite as long as it is worn.]
"Huh-! What kind of artefact is this? I have never seen this before...hey wait-! Do monsters use artefacts as well? Why did we not know of this before?"
Lynn asked in a surprised voice but I was less surprised. I had already seen the previous high priest use potions. So this was nothing new for .
"Why won’t we use artefacts when humans can as well? It’s just that...you humans usually kill the monsters who have no rationality or have lost their ability to think. But most of us are not like that. Ah, we are here...."
Kuro explained once more but he trailed off as soon as the prayers started to get loud.
We finally erged in a clearing and Kuro signaled for us to walk toward the front so that we could see the ascension of the high priest.
A strong presence stood in front of
and all my instincts warned
about it. They told
to grab my knife and dig it deep into the heart of the monster in front of .
However, a hand grabbing my hand stopped
and I tensed up...until I heard Lynn’s voice speaking to .
"It’s going to be alright. I know what you are going through and I feel the sa way. But you need to control your rage. Or we would be found out."
Lynn warned and I knew he was right. There were too many monsters around
for
to win this fight. All I could do was calm down and find a ti to counterattack.
"FOR OUR LORD-"
"FOR OUR LORD-"
"FOR OUR LORD-"
Loud chants made my head hurt and I felt my knees weaken at the loud chants. The loud noises were making my head hurt a lot more than I expected.
"Ugh, these voices..."
I complained as I closed my eyes to get rid of the annoyance. Lynn’s grip on my hand went even tighter as he allowed
to lean against him.
"Don’t worry too much. I am here with you. If you feel too overwheld due to your senses, then focus on
and my scent. That will help you co back to yourself."
The alpha told
before he let out his soothing pheromones. I imdiately felt better and my breathing cald down as well.
Once I ca back to myself, I looked around to see whether soone had noticed what happened or not. But thankfully, no one seed to have noticed.
"I’m fine now. You can pull your scent back. It would be a disaster if soone else were to notice....but what should we do about all this?"
The chanting was getting louder and I felt the alpha holding
calming himself down so that his scent would not beco irritating for .
"I don’t know. I have never faced anything like this, even as the forr no.1 hunter. However, I will follow your lead, Ace. Tell , what should we do?"
Lynn asked as he tightened his arms around my shoulder. I tried to relax but I suddenly felt eyes on .
The fla the next high priest was praying toward seed to have eyes, and those eyes were looking at
and Lynn.
I imdiately let Lynn go, not even caring that the alpha looked confused at my sudden actions. I just knew that if I did not do that, I won’t be able to get out of here alive...
Or rather, Lynn won’t be able to get out of here alive.
"Our lord has chosen. Our lord has chosen the next sacrifice to give to him. And once we make it, he will bless our world with his glance and we will live serving our lord."
The high priest candidate told us all and he extended his hand toward ...no, toward Lynn as he spoke.
"You, our lucky person, shall beco the fuel that attracts our lord’s attention. Now co, and offer your all to our lord."
The high priest told Lynn and I tensed up. Lynn took a step forward, almost as if he were in a trance but I grabbed his arm to stop him.
"What do you think you are doing-"
I asked Lynn and he looked shaken as well.
"Huh-! What was I-"
Before either of us could make a decision or check what happened, our systems updated.
[New mission- sacrifice Hunter Lynn to the fire of the dungeon. Reward: The Lord’s favor.
Failure: anger of the lord]
This was not the first for . The system had often asked
to sacrifice my companions before during the final dungeon, so I ignored the ssage.
But Lynn looked shaken.
"W-What-? What is this mission? Why would the system-?"
"Don’t pay attention to it. Once we take care of this ss, the mission will go away. Don’t let it bother you."
I assured the hunter beside
and from my lack of fear, he must have guessed that this was not the first ti I had gotten this pop-up from the store.
Weirdly enough, the ssage never told
to sacrifice myself. It was always the people around
and it made
wonder why that was.
’Now is not the ti to be thinking about all this. We have a dungeon to take care of and a high priest to stop from reviving.’
"Kuro, there is no need for you to interfere. This is not your fight. Just,...stay in the corner so that I don’t accidentally attack you."
I told our guide, and he nodded.
I should be fearing Kuro betraying , but for so reason, all I felt was worry for him at this point.
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