After hearing the grim response of his cousin, Prince Elijah said to Heracles, "No, cousin! There is no such a thing as curse! We choose who we want to be! We will not walk the same path as those who came before us!"
"You are right! No matter how fate gives us hard times, we must overcome it without doing anything evil like the people who've come before us!" said Heracles with a serious expression.
"Now, let us rest, so we can face tomorrow with refreshed mindset!" said Prince Elijah with a hint of a smile on his face. He could not smile fully because he knew that everything he divulge to his cousin about the dark history of their family is hard to process.
"Okay, cousin! Let us finish this quest once and for all! We must become the best form of ourselves so that we can be of help to our great fathers!" said Heracles before laying down to his bedsheet.
"Yeah! Let's get stronger together, so that we can ease the burden they currently hold! Although they may seems like relax, they are carrying a lot on their shoulders! If we could become stronger, we would be able to take on tasks on their behalf!" said Prince Elijah as he looked toward the roof of the boss room.
When he looked toward his cousin, Prince Elijah saw him sleeping ahead of him. As he looked upward, Prince Elijah was immersed in his thoughts.
He thought to himself, 'Fatigue got the better of cousin. How wonderful to fight like this in a dungeon. It was like the tales of adventures that I was able to read inside the magical world of books. Unfortunately, the reality is something hard to swallow. I wonder if this is just the plan of our fathers to not see what were they doing? I always overhear father talking about some plan. I was only able to hear about a plan before he would caught me eavesdropping. Well, I could only hope that it would not put him in danger...'
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Time passed by very quickly as the two prince fought against the perilous floors of the dungeons. By themselves, they were able to fight anything that the dungeon threw at their way. Before they knew it, two months have passed away ever since Leonard left their side.
"We finally found the boss room of the 40th floor! I thought we could finish everything in just a month, but the dungeons became harder and harder as we explore more of its floor," said Heracles as they rest outside the boss room.
"Yeah! It think it is already fast of us to reach this point! After all, others would have been easily defeated by the enemies we have defeated!" said Prince Elijah with excitement in his eyes.
"We have come a lot farther than before! The system just gave us more special quests along the way, so we only managed to reach this point after two months. If we were not held back by those special quest, we would have arrive here in just more than a month!" said Heracles.
"Well, all those special quests gave us some pretty valuable battle experience! At the same time, we gained a lot of free skill points after finishing them! Not only we got some free skill points, we also gained new skills!" said Prince Elijah with a smile.
"Oh yeah! I am almost twice stronger than I am before Sir Leonard left our side! System, show me my status board now!" said Heracles nonchalantly. A moment later, the status board of the young prince suddenly appeared in front of him.
[Name: Heracles von Alcatraz
Class: Prince
Sub-class: Sword Vulcan
Title: Prince Of Alcatraz Domain
Level: 10
Experience: 348400/409600
Health: 860
Mana: 101
Strength: 582
Dexterity: 392
Intelligence: 139
Wisdom: 97
Charisma: 96
Free Stats: 0
Luck: {Reach LVL 50 to unlock}
Skills: Fiery Flame -Rare-, Inferno Blaze -Epic-, Heaven's Smash -Epic-, Blacksmith's Instinct, Heavenly Fire -Legendary-, Alexander's Swordsmanship -Legendary-, Sleeping Dragon Slash -Epic-, Deadly Slam -Epic-, Majestic Lacerate -Legendary-, Unending Ripper -Legendary-, Thunder Physique -Legendary-, Blood Overseer -Mythical-, Imperial Slit -Epic-, Heavenly Impact -Epic-, Divine Eyes -Mythical-, Radiant Armor -Legendary-, Blacksmith's Rage -Legendary-, Fire Dragon Quintessence -Legendary-, Ice Dragon Quintessence -Legendary-, Celestial Blaze -Mythical- , Electric Dragon Quintessence -Legendary-, Imperious Slam -Mythical-, Unending Pounding -Legendary-, Berserker's Struggle -Legendary-, Shadow Knight -Epic-, Poison Dragon Quintessence -Legendary-, Blazing Armor -Epic-, Seraphic Enchantment -Legendary-]
'I only managed to get stronger in my stats. As for skills, I did not manage to gain any Mythical-tier skill. It seems like it is really rare for one to get one! Well, After finishing the great floor boss of the fortieth floor, the system would be grant me two of them!' Heracles thought to himself.
Prince Elijah was silently observing his cousin smiling by himself. He could only think to himself, 'Cousin is at it again! Haha! Well, looking at his improvements have been his source of entertainment in this god-forsaken place!'
After resting for a while, the tenth prince immediately stood up with a serious expression. "We wasted enough time resting here, cousin! It is time we deal with the floor boss!" he said as he looked toward Heracles.
Upon hearing his cousin, Heracles immediately stood up as soon as he could. He said with the same seriousness as his cousin, "Let us finished this great floor boss once and for all! We would be able to gain a lot out of this if we clear it, after all!"
As he opened the door, Heracles asked Prince Elijah, "Who is the one responsible for minions duty this time?" "I believe it is my turn to deal with the minions this time. I will deal with them as soon as I can, so don't finish the great floor boss by yourself until then!" said Prince Elijah in response to Heracles.
As soon as they entered the boss room, the torches around the boss room lit up one by one by themselves. It only take a few seconds before the whole room was illuminated.
"WHAT THE-!? THIS IS THE 40TH FLOOR BOSS!?"