After slashing at the shadow monsters, Rook thoughtlessly inspected the corpses of the monsters.
"Tsk…. another low level item huh, useless!!!!"
However, just as he was about to throw Rook looked back at the item and for some reason he felt that he seemed to have seen this useless item.
"This item is indeed an accessory type, but how come I think I've seen it eh...."
As soon as all his memories of the tragedy in Dungeon: Azure Crystal returned, he recalled the details of the necklace he was holding from the chain made of skull bones and the shiny blue crystal.
"Wait - wait, if I'm not mistaken that time the Anomaly had time to take out a necklace item like this, right?"
"Couldn't that damn monster be here?"
"Besides, why does it seem like.... I know this shadow monster?"
Not a few minutes, suddenly the shadow monsters appeared again but this time its form was like a black skull. Rook was completely flabbergasted, he was very surprised to see the army of skulls in front of him.
"W... wait, you guys right?"
(Flashback for a moment.....)
"Oh yeah, I remember now, you guys were Anomaly's underling skull monsters back then!!"
Rook quickly slashed them out of anger, because it was these skeleton monsters that killed Sarge at that time. Even though it was dim, Rook still remembered how he died.
(While slashing Rook, remembering the fate of Sarge who died because he was beaten by these damn skulls, at that time Sarge sacrificed himself so that the other members could escape.)
"Damn you all, if only you didn't come at that time!! .... Senior Sarge.. Senior Sarge!!!"
"Senior Sarge will not die in vain protecting me!!!!!!!!"
That's when Rook really got out of control, he couldn't help but hate these damn monsters.
"Go all of you, advance.....!!!!!! as my revenge..... I will make all of you.... my GXP material!!!!!!"
"Hahahahaha....!!!!!"
"Feel...feel...feel!!!!!"
(On the other hand, the Dark Merchant is resting while tidying up the items in the Inventory.)
At that time, suddenly one of the items in the Inventory reacted, the item emitted a blue light.
" What is ..... "
Suddenly something big appeared behind the Dark Merchant, before he could act, the Dark Merchant was knocked unconscious by the creature.
(At Rook's place.)
Rook was also busy slaughtering the skull shadow monsters that surrounded him. While he was stabbing the skull again, he suddenly Leveled up.
Seeing this Rook was forced to use Gravity Leap to get away from them and at that moment Rook got a new skill.
" Cihhihi ..... thank you shadow monster .... thanks to you I have a new skill !!!!! "
(In Carlos's place, you can see the corpses of monsters scattered about because of the new skill he uses.)
Seeing that the party members around him cheered for the beautiful skill. After the Raid was over, Carlos and the other Party members were immediately interviewed by reporters in the lobby.
"Excuse me Carlos, I'm from KJ-News would like to ask... how does it feel after clearing the Semi-Legendary Dungeon."
"It's normal, there's nothing to worry about."
"Carlos.... Carlos, I'm from G-News. I want to ask you, at that time your Raid comrade Rook was being detained by the court on suspicion of being a drainer."
"In your opinion, as the one who fought the 'New Star', is he really a Drainer and if so do you have any inkling or evidence to support..."
"No....!!!!, Rook is not a Drainer!!!" said Carlos presumptuously
Carlos also felt offended because, if indeed Rook was a Drainer type G-Force user. Then why did when he first registered and tested as a Looter the official classification results stated that he was a Healer no less or more
Moreover, the official classification has been tested by doctors and G-Force experts, besides using the G-Tester machine the results have been confirmed to be 99% accurate and even directly disclosed to the internet as legal evidence.
"Besides, do you not believe in the results of the G-Tester?!!!!" Carlos asked confidently.
"Not necessarily that's true Carlos, if it's true that he's just a Healer, how can he fight as well as a fighter class like you?" another reporter replied.
"In addition, as I recall, DjD aka Dracule Jack Dragon the psychopath Looter was also identified as an Enhancer class, then somehow he became a Drainer and because of that he quickly jumped high in the Looter world Rank."
Hearing those words, everyone in the press conference was silent in horror, it's true that the evil Looter was also like Rook who was initially weak but suddenly became strong somehow.
"Considering that person, do you think as an experienced SS Rank, that Looter Rook is a Drainer?"
When the question was finished, everyone looked intently at Carlos while waiting for a clarifying answer from him.
While thinking for a while Carlos, can only take a breath and say, "In that case, we'd better see the results in the Rook trial later."
After fighting the skull monsters, Rook felt something strange.
"Hmm ... strange .... how come the Dark Merchant hasn't come even though he said he met here again."
"I've forced myself to do it quickly because I don't feel comfortable leaving him alone."
"(yawns)"
Rook was really tired after the fight, even though he was so tired he just used [Teleportation Scroll] without thinking.
"Where do you think he went?"
"... er this is it!!!!!"
Immediately Rook was surprised to see one of the Dark Merchant's bags lying just like that, when he wanted to approach to pick up the bag, he was immediately surprised to see a strange giant footprint in front of the bag's location.
"W... What the hell is this... ?"
"Wait a minute, was that 'Black Veil' (Dark Merchant) kidnapped by a giant shadow monster!!!?"
"Tch.....after all....the feet are big too."
According to the monitor, the footprints are approximately 60 cm long, 20 cm wide, and 4 cm deep. In addition, it can be seen that there is some kind of black slime in the footprints. Rook was really surprised, he knew the liquid, yes it was Dark Matter.
"Dark Matter...!!!!! wait a minute, is this monster as strong as the Dragon Knight I fought back then?"
That time when he saw the Dragon Knight, even though Rook had directed a strong attack like a gravity attack but still the attack only dealt a little damage to the Dragon Knight.
"Tch..... if the opponent is a Dark Matter user like this, the situation will be even more difficult."
"Even if I take Carlos everything is useless, because basically he is weak against this element."
"Hmm.... Then there's a good item in this bag, isn't it. After all, it looks like the battle ahead will be tough." Rook muttered as he checked the bag.
(At the Dark Merchant's place)
Inside the castle, it looks like the Dark Merchant is trying to break free, but unfortunately, the Dark Matter chains that bind him are really so tight that he can't even move himself.
" Grrh.... dammit.... this chain is so tight!!!!!"
"If only I had that item in my pocket, maybe you could break this chain more freely."
"Well.. even so, still that damn giant is stronger than the item's effect."
"Especially because the Dark Matter he possesses is not ordinary Dark Matter, Dark Matter - his is Dark Matter extracted from the shadows of the prisoners in this world."
"Tch ..... looks like they are really paranoid huh." Dark Merchant muttered while looking up at the sky.
"I hope the item I need is still in the bag I left behind, I hope Rook takes it because it's the only item we can hurt that damn giant monster."
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EXTRA:
Added lore:
G-Tester: Test tool to show all the specifications of an ability user, this tool is usually used by Looters companies as an initial assessment.