[Tyranous; The first book: The Dawn of Darkness; Introduction]
It was dark everywhere. Blackness covers the whole space and gives the color of destruction to everything. Silence covered every imaginable direction and no sound could be heard except for the drop of a drop that occasionally broke the curtain of silence.
In the meantime, the dim flame split the dense layers of darkness and appeared like a spark.
Along with the spread of the entwined flame and the dancing embers, the footsteps of several people echoed. Gradually, the sound of footsteps rose so high that the faces of those hiding behind the darkness behind the burning torch were visible; The four shadows they had were walking in a cold and rocky corridor.
One of them, who in addition to his hammer and armor, had an iron helmet with small vents, said with a voice deep in his metal: "I hope today goes well, one of us is finally reaching the rank of Damask."
His voice echoed in the corridor but had no effect on the movement of his companions.
The boy holding the torch, a sheathed sword strapped to his waist and leading the hilt, said with a short sigh, "Yeah... hey Lenus, today we're all going to give a hoot to those highbrows!" He laughed a little.
At the rear of the lozenge formed by these four and moving according to it, a boy in purple clothes and a tall peaked hat walked with a wooden staff with a twist on the top, looking at a plaque around his neck.
The only robed girl in the group, who had a special and golden cane, happily slapped the boy on her left and asked: "Tell me something, Lenus, you're not healthy enough to go to the place of the Damask!"
The teenage boy was thinking that the girl's body brought him out of his dream, he looked at the priest's daughter with a flowery face.
"What can I say, Selena?" In this one year that I was a member of your group, I was able to improve a lot. I owe my success to you."
The swordsman looked back and sarcastically said: "Whatever happened was the result of your efforts, I hope you will be successful wherever you go..." He looked forward again.
"What do you mean, Kevin?" Lenus asked hurriedly. Who said that I am going to leave this group?"
"Come on boy, you are a genius wizard now. Besides you, who has been able to reach the level of Damask at the age of 15? "Adventure with us platinum plates will prevent you from promotion".
Selena nodded in agreement with Kevin's words.
"Kevin is right, you shouldn't adventure with us and limit yourself. Even though you have just entered the Damask category, you can still join better and higher categories. We will reach you soon too!
"I'm not so cowardly as to let my friend go when I've made progress," cried Lenus, more fiercely and furiously, as he clenched his wand. I will never leave you".
"But"...
"I made my decision. You are the ones who let me into your group when no one would accept me, saved my life many times, and gave me your share of the mission wages when I needed it. I can't separate from you and leave you alone".
"But Lenus, what about your mother and sister?" the armored boy asked from under his helmet. You must"...
"I've got enough money to send them, Robert," Lenus interrupted. "I recently found a part-time job, so I can send more money to my mother and sister and keep some for myself."
Lenus Hibbert was the 15-year-old son of a wizard who sent most of his earnings to his mother and sister. They lived in a city far from him and he came to this city to earn more money; Because the requests and missions found in these areas were more than other areas for some reason.
Lenus came to this city more than a year ago and joined this group by chance. From then on, they went through many missions together, and because Lenus had more capacity than the others, he miraculously leveled up faster.
Kevin, who was trying to check the way with a torch, said with satisfaction: "I'm glad to hear that from you, Lenus, our work will be very difficult without a wizard. However, if you want to go, go ahead and don't look back."
After the last words of the pack leader, Kevin, everyone fell silent, including Lenus.
When the group made their way in the darkness and silence, the image of the dancing flames fell on the stones of the wall and their parade was finally displayed in glory.
After a while, Selena broke the lock of silence with a little annoyance and growl.
"Did we really have to come this way? "I never had a good feeling about narrow, dark tunnels."
Kevin put a hand on his sword and answered: "We didn't have to, but we saved almost half a day by going through this tunnel."
"Besides, our mission is to attract the attention of the orcs after we enter, that way, we can get in easily," Lenus continued Kevin's speech.
Selena, who was convinced, didn't say anything, but she was happy that they had passed through the tunnel without any problems so far.
The most likely nests of goblins, orcs and other monsters were in dark and abandoned places such as tunnels, caves and ruined tombs. The party had the ability to fight such monsters, but even so, even the strongest could barely survive surprise attacks in such tight spaces.
After a few minutes of walking and passing a few turns and rocky outcrops, Robert stopped and said to Kevin, "I can feel the open air, turn off the torch as we go." Even though Kevin was in charge, he trusted Robert completely.
After walking about 10 meters, the party stopped at Kevin's command. After extinguishing the torch, he slowly and carefully placed his hand on the wall in the dark and moved. After a while his search finally came to fruition, he pulled out his sword and stuck it into the wall.
After pulling the sword out of the wall, moonlight shone through the hole. At this time, Lenus, Selena, and Robert, like Kevin, noticed that a part of the wall in front of them was covered by ivy, moss, and some intertwined plants.
"As if they were telling the truth."
Kevin slowly and silently widened the hole and checked the outside to make sure no one noticed them. After reassurance, Selena used her wand to widen the hole enough to pass through.
Before passing, Selena took out a bag from under her robe and gave Robert, Lenus, and Kevin three more robes, similar to her own.
"Cover yourself well with these."
After fully wearing the robes, they all passed through the ivy and moss, but no one was seen when they left.
Everyone had become invisible.
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- Ranked by Adventurer's Guild
1- Diamond 2- Golden 3- Igneous 4- Silvery 5- Damask 6- Platinum 7- Bronze 8- Copper 9- Iron (amateur)