The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 252: The Skeleton Dungeon (2)

Victor looked around and sighed. After separating from Isabella and the girls he had finally reached one of the stairways connecting the third floor to the fourth two hours later, he was delayed because on the way he found quite a few lonely doors that begged him to take them along. He had a total of 21 Doors now.

He killed a total of 57 skeletons on this floor. Although he didn’t manage to level up due to his high level, he earned himself 57 order points! After getting out of here, he might be able to reveal many secrets!

He got two rings from the skeletons but they were just normal F-ranked strength and speed-enhancing rings that he had no interest in. A player can only equip up to 1 extra Ring every 50 levels after all and his fingers were already occupied by a storage ring, the shadow shifting ring, and a C-ranked rare area inspect ring that he got from his ancestor’s stash. It protected him from traps and attacks from the back.

He could only use those later to scam some little girl. But that's for later.

Unfortunately, this floor was seemingly scrubbed clean by other pillagers before he came here.

“What a bunch of sick bastards, leaving nothing for this young master,” He cursed.

He didn’t expect things to be this messy, that’s why he gave Andrea those energy bars. He didn’t want his classmates to go out searching for food in this dangerous place. As this might cause the wedding to get delayed, it would not be appropriate to hold a wedding when all of your classmates were killed after all.

Looking at the stairway, he hesitated for a second checking his remaining mana and stamina. He can carry on for another Seven hours without any problems. But he better take a rest whenever he can.

Earlier, he expected all the levels in this dungeon to be the same and just get wider as he decended, but according to teacher Isabella, they might be different, so he needed to be ready for contingencies. 

He quickly decided to check on his slaves as he caught his breath.

Alex had already sneaked into the dungeon, and she was in some kind of a dark ominous place fighting ominous-looking black skeletons. Victor had no idea where she was, but he was sure that she wouldn't die easily.

Tom had teamed up with two girl players whom he had never seen before. They were hiding in a small room warming each other with their bodies… oh, Peter was there too, but he was getting excluded. Poor guy. It seemed like the temperature changed from one level to another.

Lin had seemingly teamed up with two classmates, a male, and a female. Accompanying them was Mr.Gold who seemed to have been injured. They were making their way across a jungle of dead trees with strange-looking fruits. They were getting chased by some other guys who were getting delayed by the gargoyles Lin keeps summoning.

“Lin, where are you?” Victor quickly asked her using his blood slave communication power.

“The fifth floor,” she quickly answered. “Some group of rogue players is chasing us!”

“Why aren’t you killing them?” he asked, Lin was very strong after all.

“ Those evil men poisoned me so I can't use my full strength. They have two high-level warriors.” she said, “I already took an antidote, but it’s working very slowly!”

Victor shook his head. Despite having attributes that can rival a player with a level 400. Lin was in a pinch. Her luck and fate were just that bad… Thankfully, her fate of death had been canceled.

“Use some cheap talisman and claim that it is a rare disguise talisman… I will use my power to hide you and your group for 15 Minutes, use it to escape!” he said, using his skill through Lin would cause his Mana to drain fast, and he couldn’t risk this while being alone in the dungeon.

“I understand….” she said as she quickly told Mr.Gold to prepare then activated a cheap defense talisman while guiding her group to hide behind the trunk of a giant dead tree. Her pursuers were fooled and passed them without noticing a thing.

“Guide Mr.Gold to the first floor and stay there, for now, the poison you are suffering from is corpse poison, it is very tricky to cure, but thanks to your resistance it will not hurt you badly, just be careful not to be poisoned again…. I am on my way down to the fourth now…” He instructed, deciding to hurry up… Lin was of no use, curing the corpse position will take the time that he didn’t have.

“Be careful…” she told him as she squeezed her little hand. That’s what she gets for being reckless and overconfident in her power. She must have been more careful!

“Sister Lin, you are amazing… What is your class? Wasn't it a summoner? ” The male classmate accompanying Lin said suddenly as he secretly checked her out. This girl is very pretty and strong! She was also pure and lovely. Maybe he can woo her and join the Von Rosen family as a son-in-law… He heard that they only had women players there…. hehehehe

“Tristan, that’s rude… You should never ask about other people's classes!” Mr. Gold scolded him before coughing some blood. The other classmate, a nice girl, quickly helped wipe her teacher’s mouth… Most of the girls in the academy were from minor aristocratic families. They were well-mannered and knew how to respect their elders.

“I just want to get to know her better!” Tristan complained… he was from a normal family and was lucky that he got a chance to awaken because he stumbled upon a ritual being conducted while sneaking to look at the neighbor’s girl Andrea whom he followed as she undressed and entered a strange lake with another girl from her family… He didn’t have time to wonder what they were doing as he got struck by lightning and awakened as a player. 

Thankfully, due to fire suddenly breaking everywhere on the lake, no one saw him after that and he managed to escape and began to use his hypnosis ability to have some fun.

He eventually managed to enter the academy after some people from the Free Players Association caught him trying to steal a bank and taught him an unforgettable lesson. Remembering it made him shiver a little… 

“Lin is engaged to the Von Weise family…” Mr. Gold warned him, as an experienced man, he knew how to read the stupid mind of some horny teenager.

“I know…. I just want to be friends….” he lied, he liked stealing girls from others… that’s the thing that got him his Wicked Bard class.

Lin said nothing, she just ignored him. making him smile and shake his head while adjusting his plan, totally unaware that Lin’s super spiteful fiance, Victor, had already added him to his very naughty list… The list that the nutcracker would visit sooner than later.

…

Another metallic Skeleton broke into pieces as Zoe hammered it with her new great bone club … What kind of bone was this? It was stronger than steel!

Taking a deep breath, she quickly collected the skeleton’s shattered metal bones and GEM.

It had already been a full day, and she only managed to find one of her classmates. It was too late for him though as he had already turned into a zombie and attacked her… This dungeon was so evil… 

She was beginning to feel tired after an entire day of fighting. So she decided to find a place to hide… The area she was in was different from where she started. She must have crossed to another place when she was being chased around earlier. This zone looked like an ancient temple with all kinds of washed-out drawings and symbols on the walls… 

She quickly managed to find a place at one end of the tunnel she was in. It was not really a room, just a corridor ending, but it was a perfect resting place as attacks would come from one direction and the tunnel had many intersections so she would be able to fend them off or run away as long they didn’t come from the closest one or attacked in a swarm! 

“Don’t jinx it…” she mumbled as she sat down on the brown tiled floor to catch her breath.

At least, she was not hungry… she couldn’t even think about food after trying that disgusting energy bar… If Uncle Falcon didn’t warn her about its taste earlier, she would have to spit it up.

TRAK TRAK TRAK….

The sound of moving bones startled her and made her quickly open her eyes and jerk to her feet, she must have slept due to exhaustion…

Reading her club, she quickly realized that her worst fears had come true… There was petrol of 10 skeletons approaching. They had just turned the corner and made her realize that she was in trouble. Those were not like the earlier ones. They were dressed in ceremonial grabs and their bones were made of gold… She should run! That’s what her intuition told her.

Thankfully the skeletons were at the end of the tunnel and didn't reach the intersection yet, which was closer to her, so she quickly ran as fast as she could intending to escape for now… It was a bad decision because as soon as she reached the intersection and attempted to enter the side tunnel she realized that another group of those golden skeletons was there! She almost ran into their sharp ceremonial sickles.

She quickly swung her club at one of them, intending to shatter its skull, but it didn’t work as she could only hear the sound of metal hitting metal and her hand felt numb, she was about to let go of her club, but she quickly held it firmly and used the recoil of the hit to spin her body around and run back to the end she was in… She would be cornered, but she couldn’t afford being surrounded from two sides.

“Damn it!” She cursed as the two groups of skeletons merged into one and approached her in a synchronous march.

She could only back away until her back touched the wall behind her, making her feel how wet and sweaty her shirt had become.

Was she going to die here? 

That was what she was thinking when she heard the sound of rocks sliding… It was a secret door behind her!

She wanted to escape quickly but a scream made her stop…

“MAKE WAY! Coming through!”” A pretty blond guy who was wearing a tattered driver's suit jumped out of the opening, then ran toward the skeletons. He didn't fight, but jumped using the side of the wall as leverage then used the skeleton's skulls as stepping stones to reach behind them and continued to escape without even looking behind.

 The skeletons, who now had step marks on their skulls, opened their skeletal mouths in shock for a few seconds before noting what was approaching from the secret door.

Their dead eyes shone with green flame as they unanimously decided to turn around and run for their life… or whatever was making them move!

Zoe wonder if that guy was Victor's gay driver as he looked behind her. That's when she realize why they were running away… What kind of abomination is this? How can something like this exist? She didn't have time to ponder that.

“Damn it!” she cursed as ran after the skeletons.“What the fuck is that?”

A message, that startled her and all the players in the dungeon, answered her question.