Chapter 133: Escape From The Dungeon
d.a.m.n it! I was just greeting it but that thing tried to burn me alive instead! Does that thing has no manner at all? Or its intellect is the same as common monsters? One thing for sure, There"s no other choice but to kill that huge lizard or run away.
It might be a good idea to distract that lizard for a while, find a chance to steal the treasure, and runaway. But I still haven"t seen what"s inside that treasure chest yet. I need to see if the inside of that chest is worth the risk or not.
But I need to dodge this fire breath first.
In a closed s.p.a.ce, using a fire breath makes it difficult for me to dodge it. But I managed to do it by jumping to the ceiling and stuck my body there. The next time it shoot a fire breathe again, I might not be able to dodge it so I have to keep moving.
I ran around the huge lizard while trying to see the inside of the treasure chest. What"s inside the chest is just one thing. A stick about 30cm in length, and the color is brown. I think it"s a magic wand. And the color brown should represent earth element magic. So this is probably a wand for earth element mage.
While I was thinking about the wand inside the chest, the huge lizard attacked me again. This time, it used its tail covered with fire and swung it at me. Good thing I noticed it quickly. That"s how I managed to duck in time and the tail pa.s.sed above my head.
"That was close!"
It"s impossible to win this fight without using magic. Especially when that lizard burnt the oxygen around me in this room. That"s why I no longer thought of this as training and started using magic to let myself get some air.
But I need to see first if I can defeat this thing or not. I tried using Air Cannon to shot some rocks at it, but it doesn"t take any damage. I think it"s useless to use it.
Then I keep moving until I find a perfect chance to pierce it with my spear. I found the opportunity to attack its head, and without hesitation I covered only my hands and my spear with Aura to make the most powerful piercing attack I can.
If it takes some damage, then I can defeat it. But if there"s no damage, I"ll grab the item inside the treasure chest and run away from this dungeon as fast as possible.
I thrust my spear between its two eyes and… it barely took damage. Only 2cm of the spearhead pierced it. Even the scale on its forehead is this strong, and this thing has its body covered with such scales and they are keep burning.
Yup, that"s it. Time to go.
The lizard got angry because I attacked, and it started to breathe fire everywhere. I need to hurry to the treasure chest and run away with the treasure!
I managed to pa.s.s the lizard and run quickly to the treasure chest. There"s no time to open it normally so I just kicked it hard enough to open the chest, then grabbed the wand and run back toward the entrance.
I ignore all the monsters I encounter on the way back because the huge lizard is chasing after me. If that thing do a big fire breath in here, I"d be dead for sure since there"s only a straight way to the exit from here. That"s why I keep running and ignoring the monsters I see, and even monsters that tried to block the way.
As I managed to get some distance from the lizard, it tried to use its breath to kill me. But there"s still some more distance until I can enter the lake. I"ve got to run faster!
I keep running with my full speed, but its fire breath is faster than me. I hope I can still make it in time!
I can see the water already, but the fire is right behind me. I can feel the heat on my back. It"s impossible to escape unscathed.
In desperation, I made an air barrier behind me filled with Carbon Dioxide. The fire stopped for a while, but in less than a second, the fire managed to engulf it in the fire. I never thought that the lizard"s lung is so powerful. But at least I managed to gain some time to dive into the water.
I dive into the water as I felt my shoes is burning. Just a second late and my legs will be burned.
I swum away before that lizard decided to boil the water as well. Of course I grabbed two eels on the way out.
I barely escaped death, but I can only feel relieved once I get pa.s.s the waterfall. I swim to the sh.o.r.e carrying my spear that impaled two eels and finally able to rest.
"Huff… huff… I think that"s enough for dungeon exploration. I will never enter a dungeon alone ever again!"
If I have someone else with me, not Sunny, but someone whom at least reached intermediate level like Angela, Candy, or Shirley, I might be able to find a way to kill that huge lizard. Going alone is a suicide.
I know that I always said that fighting in a closed s.p.a.ce is better for me, but I like to fight outside more. After all, in a closed s.p.a.ce, there are only few escape route. While in the outside, as long as I get far enough, I already escaped from the enemy.
I laid my back on the ground and see the sun is rising.
"I"ll take a rest here for a moment. Then I"ll cook these eels and go back into training. And next time I encounter goblins or other weak monsters, I won"t complain. They are much better than monster that can kill me."
After resting for about one hour, I made a fire and roast the eels. I eat half of the eel, then the rest I saved for later.
"I think it"s time to go to a city before continuing my training. It"s hard staying in the wild barefooted."
My shoes are burned because of the huge lizard and can"t be worn anymore. I can just cover my feet with Aura, but that won"t help me from the weather.
...….
Meanwhile, the girls have just woken up after barbeque party last night.
"Let"s have some more before we leave!"
Angela requested Lina to cook another eel before they continue their journey.
"I think that"s enough. Any more than that and Master will say that we gained weight." Lina shook her head as she refused Angela"s idea.
"Ugh… I guess you"re right. Who would have thought that these scary looking eels are so delicious? And we even finished half of them yesterday."
There are eight of them travelling together. Angela, Kayla, Sophie, Lina, Victoria, Sonia, Candy, and Shirley. Not counting the flower monster. Victoria and Sonia doesn"t need to eat, but Victoria still choose to eat because her sense of taste still works. There"s no way Victoria would leave a delicious dish alone.
But still, for seven girls to eat five giant eels on their own is still too much. Even Roy only eat half of the eel. Well, it was because he saw something disgusting. Normally, one big eel is just enough for him to fill his stomach. Three of them if he wants to eat until he"s full. But his companions turn out to be big eater as well. Five eels in one night for seven people can make them fat.
"It"s fine, right? We can burn the fat by walking. By the way, where are we going today?"
Before anyone can answer Shirley"s question, a group of bandits approaching them.
"Woohoo! There"s a lot of girls here!"
There are about fifteen men approaching the girls. But the girls were not scared at all.
"Well, we could also burning fat by beating them up." Kayla said.
"Wait, I"ll try to attack them first. I want to see how much people I can defeat in one shot."
Angela moved forward and reached out her hand.
"What is it, girl? Do you want to surrender yourse-"
Before the guy finished his words, he and five other men were frozen by Angela"s ice magic.
"Six of them? I feel like I"m more powerful now, but I expected more than six." Said Angela.
"That"s still a good number though. And our training really bear fruits. I also feel stronger even though I just practicing magic control." Candy who is the strongest among them say so.
"The-they are too strong! Let"s retreat!"
"No you don"t!"
Victoria appear from behind them and killed three of them. Leaving only six of them behind.
"Now there are six of you left. Now it"s fair, right? Six on six? Lina also can see how strong Sunny is now and everyone has a chance to burn their fat." Victoria said.
"Sigh… I guess we always encounter men like this." Shirley sighed.
"Well, it"s obvious when we"re all beautiful girls gathering together. Everyone will think that we are easy prey. Just get used to it." Kayla said.
Then the girls pick their opponents and fought them one on one. Telling the men that those who can defeat their opponent can leave alive.
In the end, the girls defeated the men one-sidedly. The girls are growing stronger. Even the two who are still in beginner level, Kayla and Sophie, are about to breakthrough to intermediate level soon.
Once they all returned to Ca.s.sau, the only beginner level mage in the group are Lina who stayed behind on purpose, and Roy himself.