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Chapter 41 - Second Floor

Upon hearing the answer of the young prince, Prince Elijah and Leonard said in shocked expression, "YOU OBTAIN THE FABLED MYTHICAL-TIER SKILL!?"

"What do you mean by fabled mythical-tier skill?" Heracles could only wonder upon seeing their reaction to his answer. After a few seconds, Prince Elijah decided to explain everything to his cousin. He said, "How do I say this..."

He continued his explaining at the next moment, "Divine Eyes skill is one of the skills that contributed to the first emperor's early life. If Blood Overseer skill is like his symbol of power, then, Divine Eyes is the symbol of his great battle sense. Based on the records in the Alcatraz Continental Library, Divine Eyes have the ability to see a little bit of future, enabling its user to fight as efficiently as possible!"

As soon as Prince Elijah stopped his explanation, Leonard decided to add something to it. He said to Heracles, "From what I heard, it also has the ability to show the weaknesses of your enemies. Making it even more terrifying since it can also see a little ahead of the future."

'It seems like I have gotten another outrageous skill! What is the great god's plan for me? I can only hope that it would be for the sake of all the people I love!' Heracles thought to himself.

After seeing the exhausted expressions of the two princes, Leonard decided to say something to them. "We can probably rest here for the rest of the night, Princes. Since the floor boss will not respawn for a long period of time, we can be rest assured that we will be able to rest without a worry here," Leonard explained as he began unpacking their camp.

"Let me help you there, Sir Leonard. Father said that you would be only accompanying us until we found the Magic Hematite ore deposit, so we better learn about this simple chores by ourselves!" said Prince Elijah with a serious expression.

Upon hearing his cousin, Heracles immediately ran toward the two of them. He said as he rushed to their side, "Let me help as well!"

Leonard smiled on his thoughts upon seeing the two princes. He just thought to himself, 'I look forward to the future of the domain! After all, these two kids being the pillars of the Domain would certainly be great for the future of the continent!'

After setting up their camp, they ate a dried meat that they reserved from their morning hunt. Due to their exhaustion, Heracles and Prince Elijah immediately fell asleep as soon as they lay down inside the camp. Leonard followed after them with a smile on his face.

Before they knew it, morning came. Leonard woke up ahead of the two princes. He decided to leave the boss room to hunt for food. 'I am going to give them this rest. After all, this is their first time in this kind of environment. When they reached the lower levels, I am sure that they will experience a lot harsher place,' Leonard thought to himself as he went away at the dawn.

Prince Elijah woke up a few minutes after Leonard went out to hunt. As soon as he opened his eyes, he wondered to himself, 'Where is Sir Leonard? Did he perhaps hunt for our breakfast?'

As he was wiping his eyes, Leonard arrived with a huge boar on his shoulder. "You woke up, Prince Elijah? Can you also wake up Prince Heracles? Let us prepare our breakfast, so that we can move on as soon as possible!"

"I got it, Sir Leonard!" said Prince Elijah with a smile. After waking up Heracles, the three of them prepared cooked the meat and ate it for breakfast. The leftovers that they have are turned into dried meat to ensure that they would be able to eat for lunch and dinner without hunting.

"The portal formed over that side," said Heracles as he leads the two of his companions. The two followed him without any delay. Before entering the portal, Heracles and his two companions drew out their weapon. "Here we go again!" said Heracles as he entered the portal alongside his two companions.

As soon as they got out of the portal, Heracles, Leonard, and Prince Elijah were faced with an enormous mountain for them to climb. "Wow! This brings me back to the times when we hunted those people in the Triton Organization!" Heracles said with great excitement.

"There's no need to be nostalgia, cousin. This floor will be harder than the first floor! We need to climb the mountain and at the same time, deal with whatever creatures it holds!" said Prince Elijah with a serious expression.

When he heard his cousin, Heracles's expression immediately turned serious as well. "Let us start, then!" Heracles said as he began climbing the mountain.

'It is rare in a dungeon to have a mountain environment. I wonder what kind of monsters we are going to face. I wonder what monsters do usually roam around the mountains like this,' Leonard thought to himself as he followed the two princes.

They continued climbing the mountain with great vigor. Although the system gave him a huge power boost, Heracles could not help but feel tired. 'The terrain of a mountain is really different! It feels like the world wants to push you down!' Heracles thought to himself.

After a few minutes of climbing, Heracles suddenly shouted, "Goblins are coming! Prepare yourself!" Upon hearing him, Prince Elijah and Leonard prepared for battle as soon as they could. After a few moments, goblin suddenly came attacking them viciously like an assassin.

Since they were ready, they were able to defend against the viciousness of these little creatures. Due to the huge small stature of these creatures, they were able to move very swift while wielding little knives to bring terror to their enemies.

'As expected of the Divine Eyes skill owner! He saw in the little bit of future ahead what is going to transpire! If we are not ready, then, these little bastards would probably done a huge deal of damage before we could deal with them!'