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Chapter 24 - On the way to second dungeon

===Aella===

After exiting the Dungeon, she started hunting monsters in the wild, which weren't as many as in the Dungeon or giving as much experience. Still, they were perfect to train Rin and raise his level.

Next, the Dungeon's minimum level for one to enter was 15, and she needed to have a party of four. This meant she was missing two members since Rin, fortunately, still counted as one.

Rin increased a bit in size every five levels, and when he reached level 15, he was barely double the size of his starting size. Still, he wasn't bigger than a normal wolf would be but was closer to the size of an adult one. He was still way smaller than Rinther, and even Aella wondered when he would reach that size. She could ride him at that point; that sounded very fun to do so.

With each level up, Rin could also use a little more of his strength, but the increase was noticeable every five levels. He could use close to a quarter of Aella's system-allowed strength and speed with almost no problem, but this wasn't his limit yet.

When she reached level 15 with Rin, she went to the town. She could continue until he reached level 20, but this would take too long, and she knew that he was more than enough for the Dungeon.

She had to get some to join her party to fill in the needed number of members. When she first awoke, she still had the sizeable amount of money she had received from the people, so she could just hire people to follow her.

She also had other ways to persuade people, like using her Vampire Charm, which she used a bit while earning her class. It worked as in the real world, but she couldn't overuse it as the warning gem was quickly turning into a danger zone when she used it.

As she entered the town, she reached a big open area with many players making simple stands, holding signs, and shouting. They were selling materials, equipment, and other valuable items that Players could use but nothing that Aella needed.

Some even seemed to be up for hire to join the Dungeon, but before she could start looking over them, she heard an exciting scream coming from behind her and somebody's footsteps, who ran towards her.

As she turned, she saw a young adult female human trying to hug Rin, but he avoided her quickly with his speed. The woman was disappointed she failed and had her hands under her melon-sized chest as she looked towards Aella.

"Is this your Pet? How much do you want for it?"

Aella already didn't like this girl. She immediately recognized her type: the spoiled brat who thought she could get everything.

"Not for sale. And is not it, but him, " she responded.

A man, who had his mouth covered with a cloth mask covering his mouth and neck, stepped next to the girl.

"Lady Nalel, we should move on. I am certain that your…. "

"I WANT THE WOLF!" the girl shouted before the man could finish his sentence.

The man sighed as he turned towards Aella.

"How about the two of us duel for it? If I win, we get the wolf."

"And what if I win?"

"You can name your price then. But don't expect me to go easy on you."

Aella had a grin on her face as she accepted the duel request he sent her through the System.

A timer appeared over them that counted down from ten, and when it reached zero, they could start fighting. This way, the NPC guards wouldn't hunt them if one killed the other, but they would hunt them if they caused any damage to the surrounding buildings or people that had nothing to do with the duel.

The man summoned a pair of daggers, one in each hand, that appeared out of nowhere and charged toward Aella.

His speed was impressive, as he had a Rogue-based class. It should be one of the special ones, which made Aella angrier as she couldn't access them. One needed to buy access with real-world money and not in-game money. One could unlock them later in the game, but you could buy them for early access.

Still, she easily avoided all his attacks and deflected some with a finger. However, she hadn't drawn her sword yet.

The man took some steps back after seeing that his attack had no effect. He probably wanted to make a new plan, but Aella didn't have that much time to spare.

She charged towards him with an unexpected speed and punched him with force strong enough to send him ten meters back over one stand of a person.

The duel was over as the man's HP had reached under 10%, but he hadn't died.

The young girl ran towards her fallen companion while Aella walked over there. Unfortunately, she used more force than needed, as the gem was currently orange, but she didn't worry about it.

It stunned the owner of the destroyed stand to see the state of his business, and he was ready to scream toward Aella, but she threw a pouch at him. It was full of gold coins and enough to build 10 more stands. Aella had no use for coins, so she didn't mind paying for them. She could always earn more coins whenever she wanted.

Aella noticed the girl started using magic on the unconscious person, and some of its scratches were quickly closed. The girl was a type of Healer, another special class.

Aella could use her, not for her, as she could regenerate her health even in combat, which the System seemed not to mind. He wanted her for Rin, who had no ability like that. If Rin died, he would turn back to his coin form, would lose a few levels, and she wouldn't be able to summon him again for some time. As a Warrior, she couldn't learn any healing magic and didn't know any of it as a vampire, so a person like that would be helpful.

The man seemed powerful, too, but he was unlucky to face her.

"I decided. You two will join my party," the Vampire Princess said as the man returned to his senses.