[Third Person POV]
"I did not know that going through a portal could make me this dizzy."
Akio said as he held onto Adam's arm. It was the first time he traveled through a portal gate. Lucius was also the same. It was not his first time but he had severe motion sickness. He was barely holding on to Ryujin and was about to puke.
Ryujin had booked a hotel near the gate so Lucius and Adam rushed to their room and puked immediately. Ryujin, Adam,Aqua and Cary took in the view of the city. It was the spring season in the Andoshire city. There were sakura trees blooming everywhere. Except the color of the petals were red instead of their usual color pink.
They were wearing caps and masks to hide their identity. Once the four reached to the hotel, they entered the room. Ryujin had asked Akio to take the keys when he rushed to puke. Ryujin had booked only three rooms with two bed in each room. Lucius and Ryujin were in one room while the others divided the room among themselves.
Once the boys were refreshed, Ryujin called them to his room.
" Now that we are here I need to tell you guys something."
All of them had probably guessed Ryujin to call them for some other motive then just travelling. Ryujin then took out a large piece of paper from his ring and place it on his bed. The boys move surrounded the bed and looked at it.
'It is a map.'
All of them thought but none them knew what the map was for.
Ryujin then pointed to a particular place.
"There is a dungeon in this place."
"WHATTT?"
They were shocked cause a dungeon was not an easy thing to find. If a dungeon is not explored then a dungeon break can occur or it disappears completely and is replaced by a new one but in a different location. Finding a dungeon is rarer than seeing a dragon so the guys were shocked to know that Ryujin found a map to the dungeon.
Ryujin had asked the system to print the map to the dungeon. He could not disclose the existence of the system to them and had come up with a brilliant lie.
" I got this map when I went to travel alone two years ago. At first, I bought it thinking that it was a beautiful painting of Andoshire city and bought it but just two days ago while I was looking around the map and I noticed some weird writings on the side of the map."
He then pointed at the code in the corner of the map. He was the one who had written the code just so his lie could be more believable and it was true that he did travel alone once two years ago and Adam knew about it.
"I solved the code and found out about the dungeon. The dungeon is C-rank and is called the graveyard."
The boys got goosebumps and were listening carefully. Even Lucius who was not interested at first was now looking at the code.
"How did you even manage to decode this type of writing?"
Lucius asked curiously. The code was just some random letters from an ancient lost language that Ryujin had placed on there with the help of the system. Nobody could know what is meant except some him and maybe some language expert. The code directly translated to
"Sugma Balls."
Of course course, Ryujin could not tell them that.
" I am quite good at puzzles and it was easy for me to find the solution to this code."
Now he was just making things up but the boys believed in him.
"So why did you show us this map?"
Akio asked.
"To explore it, obviously."
Adam was quick to answer and he was spot on. Ryujin wanted to explore this dungeon with them cause it would give them some experience on fighting head on rather than just practicing it on VR. If he wanted to he could clear the dungeon within few minutes. However, he needed this guys to get stronger, that is why he decided to come to this dungeon.
"Adam is right, I want to explore the dungeon and I want you guys to come with me but you guys can refuse if you want to."
All of them thought about what Ryujin said. Akio was sure to go cause he wanted to become stronger and he was C rank as well so it would be perfect for them and the rest of them except Aqua were D rank. It would be a challenge for them but it would definitely help them break through and get to C rank. The main issue was for Aqua. He was just E rank and it would be impossible for him to kill any mob without using all of his mana.
He though about it for a while. He did not like to work hard but also did not want to fall back.
'I have to get stronger for my own sake and for my kingdom.'
"I will go."
Aqua said in a clear and loud voice. All of them nodded to his decision. Ryujin then smiled at them.
"I am glad. Now, the main problem is not fighting the monsters but getting inside the dungeon itself. The dungeon is beneath a building made for cremation. The dungeon must be underground."
"Then how do you plan to go? We cannot just infiltrate it. The guards will know and even if we enter the dungeon if will be too suspicious if we disappear in the middle of nowhere."
Lucius said as he folded his arms.
"That is a good point and it is practically impossible for us to sneak it a building without being noticed even if we disguise ourself."
If Ryujin was alone then he could have easily done it but taking sneaking into the building with them would be hard and a hassle.
"So how do we go then? The hefty task is not just entering the building but we need to get out of the there was well."
Cary said as he closely examined the map.
"We do not need to enter the building to get inside the dungeon. You see there is a small cemetery in this area. It is not heavily guarded and I can disable the cctv camera. We just need to dig a whole and make our way to the dungeon."
Most of the cemetery in the world were removed and cremation became the usual norm, except some were still there as a piece of history. The cemetery was really small and it was perfect for them to enter the dungeon.
He looked at Cary as he said that. Cary was the only one in the group who could use earth magic unless Ryujin used his Rune magic which he would not.
"Ok I will create a hole to get there but it is quite odd to dig a hole into a place where people were buried. "
Cary said that as he was a disgusted but did not reject their offer . Aqua now got shivers when he comprehended the fact that they had to dug a hole into a cemetery and head to a dungeon called 'Graveyard'.
"You guys have brought your weapon with you and I have brought the equipments we need so you guys just focus on fighting."
Ryujin said in a commanding voice and the boys were scared and thrilled at the same time for what they were about to do.
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The boys headed to the cemetery immediately. They wore mask and glasses to hide their identity. Once they reached the place, Ryujin disabled all of the cttv using the system. Since no one was there except them, Cary started to dig a hole.
"Earth magic: Borrow."
The ground around him shook and he the the rocks around the area got attached to his hand and made a drill. It then started rotating and Cary started to make the way. He dug 10 feet deep to avoid drilling through any coffin. The boys jumped into the hole and Cary covered the entrance.
Adam then casted a light magic to light magic.
"Light magic: Luminous ball."
The ball then floated in the air and lightened up the dark area.
"You really are a living bulb."
Lucius made a sarcastic comment.
" Well a lightbulb still is more useful than you are."
Adam replied back. These two were at it again. Aqua was cowering behind Akio. Even though he made up his mind to go, it did not mean that he was not scared at all.
Ryujin was guiding Cary and then after 10 minutes of digging they finally made it to the dungeon. Cary then drilled upward and made a hole behind the entrance of the dungeon. His magic was not strong enough to dig a hole on the dungeon floor. All of them jumped out of the hole except for Aqua. Akio had to carry him on his back and come out.
'I am such a burden to the group.'
In front of them was a just a wall and beside them was small steps that had was full of algae and green vines. Well the steps led to a wall so no wonder it was not maintained well.
Ryujin then moved his hand to the wall and acted as if he was scribbling some code but the system had the access to the dungeon and it opened wall. The wall crumbled and turned into dust.It left a giant hole which was the entrance to the dungeon. Just from the outside one could tell that the dungeon had no light whatsoever. The dungeon was ahead of them but excluding Ryujin and Akio all of them hesitated to walk inside.
"Lets go now."
Ryujin said and took the lead. They gulped and walked inside. Adam magic spell ran out at the worst time so he had to cast one again.
"Light magic: Luminous Ball."
'Hmmm....why do I feel something cool on my neck.'
Aqua said to himself and turned back to see a neck upside down smiling and breathing down his neck.
"Ahhhhh.."
He screamed on top of his lungs and everybody was looked back and saw a ghost. The ghost opened its mouth and attacked Aqua neck but before he could reach there, Ryujin had threw his knife and skewered the ghost's head. It slowly turned into dust and dropped a white color mana core.
Akio picked up the knife and gave it back to Ryujin. He had already sensed the ghost but did not tell anybody to see their reaction.
"I forgot to tell you about it but the monsters inside the dungeon are all ghosts."
Ryujin said as he turned back.
'You did not tell us on purpose, you demon.'
All of them said in their head.