Dungeon Of Pride, Laplace

Looking at the girl who was happy to see the sun once again, Chuck couldn't help but shake his head "Don't be melodramatic, we have only been inside the dungeon for less than a week".

Lisa pouted when she heard what she said and angrily pointed at "Leader please don't ruin my fun. The dungeon was so dark and we always had to be on alert all the time. Compared to that the outside world is so better, ah how I longed for it".

All the adventurers laughed as they heard their exchange.

He sighed in exhaustion and stopped bickering with her 'There is no winning against her'. Even though he said all that, Chuck couldn't deny her words about the outside world being better which even he was starting to miss.

The adventurers who were on guard all the time since entering the dungeon, relaxed their guard as they conversed

"Miss Lisa is right the outside world is the best"

"Of course did miss Lisa ever say something wrong?"

"Hey stop trying to sweet-talk her, she wouldn't even give you a look"

"Are you saying that because you failed to court her? Hahaha".

Conversation filled with laughter and glee rang out amongst the adventurers as they made their way out of the forest in a relaxed and unhurried manner. Even Chuck who was their leader and the branch guild manager relaxed his guard and let them be.

Just as they reached a valley overlooked by a cliff on the side, mana started convulsing and swirling as they gathered on top of the cliff. Dark clouds swarmed over and blotted the sun, Chuck and his team were perplexed by the sudden change in weather.

As they were confounded over the situation, the answer soon arrived. Spells and magic conjured by dozens of level 200 [Wizard] and level 150 [Magician] rammed down on the cliff above.

BOOOOoooooooMMM… the sound was so deafening that it could be heard from miles away. Chuck had a bad premonition, they were right under the cliff, and if the cliff… without thinking any further, he roared out the command to retreat.

"RETREAT" however, his voice was drowned by the rumbling sound that came from above the cliff.

RUMBLE… RUMBLE… the entire cliff started trembling as chunks of earth and dirt started falling off from the cliff. Huge cracks started appearing before the entire cliff came falling down on the valley.

Turning around, he came bolting towards Lisa and shielded his team with the skill [Gaurdian Halo] using all his strength and power.

Chuck was a level 359 [Gaurdian Knight] and his class boasted high defence and strength which could even keep people higher level than him in the bay. However, no matter how high the defence of [Guardian knight] was, he alone wasn't enough to defend all of them from the cliff that came barreling down towards them.

When the falling debris was right in front of them, the adventurers finally became aware of imminent disaster and hurriedly used their skills to protect themselves, but they were a step too late.

BOOooooMMM… the land trembled and a huge cloud of dust rose as high as few thousand meters.

On the other side of the cliff, a few distances away were Laris and Dale who looked at this scene with indifferent eyes. There was not even a hint of remorse or mockery, it was as if they had done something inconsequential.

Behind them were groups of [Wizard] and [Magician] who had cast intermediate and novice tier magic on the cliff a few moments ago.

"Most of them should have died after this, let's go and clean up the mess," Laris said as he and Dale walked towards the place where the adventurers from the Sea God's guild got buried under the debris.

"Haaaaaaaaaaah" Chuck used all his strength to move a huge chunk of earth away. Behind him were Lisa and two other adventurers who looked mostly unharmed. Dust obstructed their vision and he couldn't tell if the other survived or not.

He was able to barely react in time and put up a shield however, his right arm got dislocated by the heavy impact that he had to endure.

Looking around, he hurriedly called out the names of the adventurers. Some of them reacted still stuck inside the debris barely alive, some were fortunate enough to survive and get out of the wreckage but with heavy injuries, others died from the impact.

Out of twenty-five people that he had brought, only thirteen of them survived including him.

Chuck clenched his hands in frustration and swiftly went to help the others get out of the rubble. All of them had aghast and lost faces, they were merrily enjoying their return from their exploration inside the dungeon when disaster struck all of them.

The people they were talking with a few moments ago were now dead, their corpses inside the debris. Most of the adventurers that survived were mainly warrior classes as for the mages, only two of them survived and one of them was Lisa.

Before they could understand the situation, clapping sound started sounding out from somewhere amidst the dust as if adding insult to the injury.

After the dust settled, Laris and Dale walked towards the injured members of the Sea God's guild. Dale continuously clapped and said in a mocking manner "As expected of the branch guild of one of the top five guilds in the entire kingdom. To have survived that, I must say I am truly impressed".

Chuck gave him an enraged stare and snarled out "It was you guys who bombarded the cliff?".

Enjoying his reaction, Laris said languidly "Oh! Impressive, you truly are as the rumour say branch guild manager of the Sea God's guild Chuck Remington. You are truly extraordinary. Indeed, it was us; however, even we didn't expect you guys to be so defenceless to fall for that. I must say I am disappointed".

"You shameless people, to think you would set up a trap for us and even have the audacity to laugh, I won't forgive you all for that" Lisa said in anger and disbelief.

Chuck ground his teeth hatefully as he stared at them and asked "Who are you people? Why did you do all of this? I don't ever recall having any grudge with you?".

"Hehehe, you are right. We have no past grudges nor any resentments. If you want to blame something, then blame your luck for encountering us" Dale ridiculed.

"You… do you think you can just get away after doing something like that" Chuck was completely enraged after being mocked and ridiculed by them. Even though he was injured, he could still fight with the both of them even if it meant discarding his life in the process.

However, just as Chuck was getting ready to wrench the both of them of their life, he realized that they were surrounded. Those two were not alone and had brought many people along with them.

Laris gave him a derisive smile and taunted "What's wrong? Didn't you say that you wouldn't allow the both of us to get away with this? Why don't you come now or was the talk earlier just some false bravado? Hehehehehe, don't make me laugh… who isn't going to allow who to get away.. Now then be obedient and handover your space rings before I make your death even more miserable".