Several hours after entering the dungeon Kerren was still inside of it. If anyone saw him right now they would think that he's insane!
The guy just ran around trying to catch mosquitoes! What a joke was that!? Was that his kink or something? Did he like his blood sucked off?
Whatever the reason is - it's better not to have anything to do with him!
Kerren, however, wouldn't care even if people saw him. He finally got a clue on solving the mystery behind this dungeon's challenge!
It's no wonder people didn't ever think there's something to it, who in the world would think that those mosquitoes were the key!?
Moreover, they couldn't even be captured or noticed by any methods Kerren tried! That would explain why he couldn't see anything related to the challenge last time!
Thus, he came to a conclusion... -* I need to use my eyes to find the "real" one among them! -- as his studying of those continued he realised that those weren't phantoms like he previously thought!
Those were a type of clones! They could, of course, harm someone or even kill given the capability, but they couldn't live for long and would dissipate as soon as mana that was given to them went dry!
What does that mean?.. That means that there were a real mosquito somewhere that was the one he needed to kill to complete the challenge of this floor of the dungeon!
However, thinking about that was way easier than actually doing it. No matter how Kerren tried to understand the pattern or how they even "worked", those clones i mean, he couldn't even get a gist of it!
It's, of course, nothing to be surprised about, a dungeon mission wasn't something to be taken lightly. Moreover, this one was from an insanely hard dungeon! Clearing the second floor would be impossible for the current Kerren, even if he had a decent party!
Soon after Kerren got bored and tired. He didn't want to spend his time doing nothing, so he tried something else. WHen he first arrived here he didn't even spot any of those, so something must've changed in him!
That something, as Kerren soon found out, was his aura! First time he was here it was completely hidden! This time, however, he used it to scare off the monsters!
He let out even more of his mana and his suspicions were confirmed! Even more mosquitoes appeared out of the blue! Not only they seemingly "spawned" out of this air, the number of them was far greater!
Thus, he hid his aura again to observe what would happen, and... All of them dissappeared! Not a single one remained in a blink of an eye!
-* If i could somehow learn that technique... -- he thought, -- that would be f*kking great! -- he knew that it was just wishful thinking, doing so would require him to be a real genius! He, sadly, wasn't one.
Some time later Kerren decided to leave the dungeon, as he spent too much time here and not to arouse any suspicion he would need to pretend that he's sleeping. It was impossible for him right now.
Kerren himself wanted to be able to sleep as it regenerated mana at a much faster rate, but he couldn't understand how to make that happen at all! He didn't even understand why humans sleep, much less being able to replicate it!
...
Kerren emerged from the dungeon and was instantly met with several people sitting on a bench nearby. He, of course, didn't think anything about it as it was normal for people to sit in random places, but as he was about to leave...
- Kerren, wait! -- Yusaya cried out -- Did you find anything inside? -- she quickly asked.
- Oh my, look at how fast you are! -- he said with an amused expression -- I wonder if u're as fast in bed? -- he didn't stop!
- W-what are you saying again!? -- her face became red instantly -- How can you speak about such things in the open!? -- he couldn't understand why he suddenly changed!
- Weren't you the one who joked about such thing some time back? What happened? Why are you so shy suddenly? -- he remembered that she also did the same thing to him, but now her behavior was completely different...
- Why do you care!? -- he barked out -- Did you find anything or not!? -- she repeated her question.
- Even if i did, so what? You didn't agree to my price. -- he said as he did "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" with his hands.
- You! I told you to choose something else! -- she couldn't keep herself calm after hearing that!
- Too bad, i dont want anything but you -- he wasn't giving in! -- anything else you want to talk about? Maybe we should go on a date today? I know a nice place in...
- STOP! -- she couldn't help but scream! -- Just dont talk about it, okay!? It's not because i dont want you to, but just dont! -- she explained somewhat calmly and with a different expression from her usual one...
-* Interesting... She really is from a nice family, doesn't take that stuff lighlty... -- he came to a conclusion based on her action. It's not as if he thought about it only because she didn't agree to go on a date with him, but the way she told him not to talk about it...
It's hard to explain what exactly was going through Kerren's mind, but the closest thing would be... Yusaya's behavior regarding that matter reminded him of the beautiful lady he had practically killed in his previous life... She too was of noble blood!
- Fine with me, too bad you wont get anything from me that way. -- He replied as he turned around.
Yusaya didn't answer and simply stood there, seemingly thinking about something. Kerren just left without anyone standing in his way.
Soon after he was in his apartment again, he had nothing else to do and there's still 3 days before the raid, so he continued readin the unique skill book, it was close to completion but he still couldn't understand how to make some of the things work.
Moreover, he found it particularly useful as absorbing part of the skill will be useful for his improvised digestion system he's currently working on! It's not like other parts weren't, the defence could be used to make his body stronger to some extent... Maybe he'll even ingrave the whole skill onto his body!
Thus, he read and read, simply lying on his better and staring into the book... as such, the day of the raid came.