socalfunplaces Chapter 162 The Current Status of Top-Tier Teams in Dungeons
Chapter 162 The Current Status of Top-Tier Teams in Dungeons
Chapter 162 The Current Status of Top-Tier Teams in Dungeons
Broly successfully got a free custom dream service from the succubus shop. After the shop owner told him that a special succubus would be coming to provide dream weaving services that night and that he should remember to leave the window open, Broly and Wiz went back to the magic item shop.
"Where did you all go? Didn't we agree to go to the dungeon today?"
Aqua was already waiting at the entrance of the magic item shop.
"I'm sorry, I've taken care of the matter of reselling vitality potions."
Wiz apologized.
"Ha, so you've finally learned to be a hands-off boss?"
Aqua was somewhat surprised, and then patted the lich lady on the back.
"I've said it before: if you're busy with work, you should ask someone else to help you."
Aqua is very experienced in being a hands-off manager.
Before this, she had been the "hands-off goddess" many times.
She delegated her goddess-like work to a junior goddess who was interning with her.
Eris suffered greatly from this, or rather, she was severely trained by her senior colleagues.
"Alright, let's get going without further ado!"
The underground city we visited was located 50 kilometers south of Axel.
Marian and her brother had their accident while exploring this underground city.
"Listen carefully, our goal this time is to clear this underground city and find the remains of Marian's brother inside."
"Wiz, you're a lich, capable of manipulating the undead. The task of finding the remains is yours. As for Darkness, you're strong and robust; if there's any work to do, like carrying bricks or demolishing walls, that's yours."
"And what about you? We've done all the work, what are you doing?"
"Of course I'm praying for the souls of the dead here, using purification magic to send them to the land of the dead."
"Then what should I do?"
Broly asked the question.
"Your job is to deal with any potential boss characters that might appear in this dungeon."
After being tasked by Aqua with defeating a possible dungeon boss, Broly, along with his three wives who were his mentors, friends, and teachers, strode confidently into the dungeon.
As rumored, this underground city is teeming with undead and monsters that prefer to live in its environment.
However, when faced with this combination of a Crusader, a Lich, a Goddess, and a Saiyan, all obstacles are futile.
"Hey, Mary Joe, your sister's calling you home for dinner!"
Aqua put her hands to her mouth and shouted into the winding caves of the underground city.
"Don't just stand there watching, help shout it out too!"
"But isn't the person already dead?"
"They're dead, but given the environment of this dungeon, the dead will definitely be transformed into the undead. And if they still have consciousness, they might react after hearing the sound."
That's true, but it's quite rare for someone to retain human consciousness after becoming an undead.
Shouting was just a gamble; the main thing was to rely on the undead summoned by Wiz to find the relevant remains. Before they could find the remains of Marian's brother in the dungeon, a teleportation array that had been set up on the ground beforehand suddenly activated, teleporting the group to an underground plaza.
An undead man dressed in a mage's robe sat in the main seat above them and spoke upon seeing them: "I have finally waited for you, adventurer with powerful purifying abilities. I am the master of this dungeon, my name is..."
Before this undead, who was also a lich but of a lower rank than Wiz and unable to maintain a human form like Wiz, could finish introducing himself, Broly threw an energy blast at him.
"BOOM!"
A massive explosion occurred in the underground city, instantly obliterating the city's lord, who didn't even survive a single blow.
"Good shot!"
Aqua waved her arm and praised Broly for losing the ball. Everyone acted as if nothing had happened and continued searching for Marianne's brother's remains.
As for the Lord of the Dungeon, he eloped with a noble lady for love in his previous life. Even after transforming into a lich, he still deeply loved her as a human. He wanted to wait for an adventurer who could purify him to enter and help cleanse his undead aura as a lich, so that he could go to the Land of Rebirth to continue following in the footsteps of his beloved...
This tragic story was completely skipped over.
"Found it!"
"What? Where is it?"
"Not remains, but the treasure of this underground city."
Darkness said.
The treasure, filling several chests, was originally intended by the lich of this dungeon as a thank-you gift to those who could purify themselves.
But now, Aqua seemed somewhat unmoved by these glittering treasures. After all, unlike the poor goddess on the original fate line, Aqua was now a wealthy goddess.
This small amount of wealth, which is probably just a share of the revenue from the Vitality Potion sales over two or three days, is not something she cares about at all.
"Keep it; we'll take it with us once we find the person."
After saying this, everyone continued their search.
The dungeon was cleared in less than three minutes, but searching for a single skeleton in the vast dungeon took Broly's team, which had the power to sweep through the entire dungeon, most of the day.
It wasn't until the collapsed area was dug up that the group found Marian's brother in the pile of collapsed bricks and stones—a zombie that was unable to move because it was crushed by the collapsed bricks and stones.
"Would you like to purify it here?"
Wiz asked, "She has no way to deal with the undead who have lost their human consciousness."
"Let's keep it as it is and take it back to Axel."
If one's skill in using the purification spell is high enough, it is possible to restore some of the human consciousness of an undead before they are purified.
Although Aqua often clashes with Marian, she would still be willing to let that jerk talk to her deceased brother again if she could.
However, bringing zombies back to the city violates city safety regulations, so after returning to the town gate of Axel in the evening, Aqua asked her disciple to call Marian out.
"What are you guys up to? What surprise are you planning to give me this time?"
Today is Marian's birthday. When she was brought out, she was a little confused and asked Broly next to her what was going on with her being brought out.
However, Broly had already been instructed by Aqua to keep this a secret from Marian.
The main reason was that Aqua was worried that if they couldn't find the other party's brother's remains, the other party might be disappointed, so she asked him to keep it a secret.
Of course, there's no need to keep it a secret now.
"Marianne, look what surprises we've brought you!"
The zombie, which had been carried back wrapped in a body bag, now had its hood removed and immediately began to roar upon seeing people.
"It's just a zombie, what's so surprising about that..."
Marian's voice trailed off as the body bag was fully opened, revealing the zombie's clothing.
"You can't recognize me now, but that's okay, I'll just use a purifier~"
Aqua used a purification spell directly, and her purification spell manipulation level was goddess-level, which quickly calmed the shouting zombies down.
"elder sister?"
A dry sound came from the zombie's mouth.
"Joe, is that you?"
"It's...me..."
Upon confirming that the zombie was her missing brother, Marianne burst into tears.
"You don't have much time left, say your final goodbyes."
Aqua extended the time it would take to send the souls to the heavens, and then spoke to the man and the zombie.
"Sister, I'm so glad you're alright. Remember to find a good man to marry soon. I still want to be an uncle."
The conversation lasted only a little over two minutes. The zombie left behind these last words before its body was completely purified and its soul went to the heavens.
At the city gate at dusk, the fighter covered his face and wept. He thought he had accepted the death of his younger brother, but when he confirmed it, he couldn't help but cry.
"Oh, you made someone else cry on their birthday."
Darkness said.
"Hey, I didn't know it would turn out like this either."
Aqua never expected things to develop this way.
"Who taught you to find the other person's deceased younger brother and give him away as a birthday present?"
"Is that not allowed?"
Aqua didn't want to take the blame for making Marian cry, but the truth was, she was the one who made Marian cry.
"Miss Aqua, you've gone too far."
Ultimately, after the other two verbally attacked her—whose real intention was to make the fighter girl feel better and forgive Aqua's actions—Aqua realized her mistake and apologized to Marian: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that."
"No, Aqua, you don't need to apologize. If it weren't for you, I might never have been able to see my brother again in my life."
Now I know he doesn't blame me, so I'm relieved. I'll find a good man, have a bunch of kids, and they'll call him uncle.
Marian said this while crying, but her eyes shone with light.
[Maryanne is probably happy and content right now.]
Broly thought to himself that he had learned another practical trick for giving birthday gifts from his master, Aqua.
"Thank you, Aqua, Broly, and Miss Darkness and Miss Wiz."
Marian thanked her sincerely.
"No need to thank me. Just repay the kindness of taking us in. And if you want to find a good man, you can't make a move on my disciple."
Aqua said this in a somewhat moody way, with a very snobbish air, but she was probably a little unaccustomed to a familiar person with whom she often argued thanking her so formally.
Of course, after Aqua invited Marian to join the Axis Cult, the female fighter, though touched, still retained her rationality and refused.
According to her, joining the Axis Cult would mean never finding a decent man in this lifetime, which made Aqua quite angry.
(End of this chapter)