Rise of a Dungeon Lord

Dungeon raid(II)

"the dungeon, it's glowing!!"

rushing out of the bus, what caught their eyes was a sight for sore eyes.

The huge dungeon about 100 metres was glowing with a slightly pink colour easily being the centre of attraction.

"Does anyone know what the hell is going on?"

As the head of the trip, Reyna tried her best to analyse the situation.

"Take a deep breath Reyna, let's analyse things calmly"

"glowing gate, glowing gate, I know I've heard of this somewhere"

looking at the ever-increasing brightness a look of worry appeared on her face.

"Miss Rey?"

Just as she began to think of what to do next, a sudden voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Miss Rey, I think I've heard sir principal say something about this"

a teacher with a somewhat bland look, fatty, and glasses spoke up

"Dammit that old man, why can't he be here at this moment!"

"What then, just what the hell is going on?"

seeing the anxiousness on her face he didn't delay any longer 

"one day when the principal was telling us about his hunting days he mentioned something like this"

"according to him, it means there's either a dungeon mutation or a dungeon break is about to happen"

"hiss~, as he said this the whole crowd let out a gasp"

"dungeon break, this means that the dungeon boss has become powerful enough to leave his dungeon and attack reality"

"or a dungeon mutation meaning, the dungeon for some reason has increased several levels all of a sudden"

"either way we're both screwed"

"What are we going to do now, Miss Rey?"

a depressing atmosphere lingered in the air; they could only turn to Reyna, the one in charge at the moment.

"Nothing, at this point we can only hope everyone comes out safely" 

with gloomy faces, they all stared at the gate.

...…...

Inside the dungeon 

"Everyone get your weapons ready!"

"follow my lead and charge!"

with Elric's shout, the group of shaken students immediately charged toward the skeleton.

however, two people didn't immediately charge forward 

"George  something feels off, I don't trust him" 

pointing to Elric in the leading position.

"got it, I'll keep an eye on him"

not saying many words having a tacit understanding.

just as they were about to charge forward, Arthur looked at the horde and immediately thought of something

"George , you go first I'll be with you in a second I just remembered I have something to do."

Although confused, George didn't bother asking what.

and immediately charged toward the horde after waving goodbye.

*little blue, it seems we can put your novice gift package to use*

taking a deep breath and roared at the horde in excitement ready for his first fight.

"swift steps activate!"

[.....]

.....

an awkward silence filled the air.

[pfft hahaha host, this system didn't know you had such hobbies]

*shut it little blue*

At this time his face was already dyed red, thankfully no one was around.

*little blue, you never explained how to use the skills*

[host you never asked me]

....

[.....]

"Arthur come I need help over here, the skeletons are too much"

The shout from George came over interrupting their bickering.

*Sigh.... okay little blue, I'm asking, can you please tell me how to use the skills?*

[No!]

*pause*

taking a deep breath trying not to get angry he asked the system again.

*system, I'm serious now my friends need help*

[....]

[host, it's not that I don't want to tell you but I can't.]

[all skills are directly imprinted onto the host meaning that you've already mastered it. it's like me teaching you how to breathe]

[think back to your earlier interaction with Elric, you used the swift steps there unconsciously]

saying so the system immediately went silent.

*Blue?*

*little blue you there?*

but no matter what he called, there was no response.

"it seems it's up to me now"

closing his eyes he began to focus on what happened last time during the skill transmission.

on the outside world, Elric and the others were being overwhelmed by skeletons 

"Elric help!"

"wooo I don't want to die!"

"to sacrifice myself for humanity, a worthy death for my Davis!"

"I shouldn't have come to this dungeon!"

The classmates exploded with grievances, unfortunately Elric pretended not to hear their calls.

"Damnit! I didn't expect them to be so tenacious"

swinging his sword left and right even Elric was beginning to lose ground at this point.

"Although I didn't want to use it yet, I guess there's no choice." 

Just as he was about to reach for his pocket, a large shout attracted everyone's attention.

"Look everyone, what is that!?"

turning their heads, they saw a very shocking scene. 

It was Arthur who was sitting in a lotus position, with his expression constantly changing from angry to sad, from sad to surprised, from surprised to happy.

"Isn't that Arthur ?"

"hahaha I guess he's lost it"

"it seems we're all going to die"

looking at his behaviour they all thought he was going crazy however only Arthur  knew what he was going through.

*damnit system why didn't you say it would be so hard to use skills*

[host it's like swimming even if they taught you all the strokes, could you swim on the same day? last time was just a fluke]

*I thought you said it was like breathing*

[.....]

*tch.. this unreliable system*

Just as he was thinking back on the experience before, he suddenly started to experience something akin to a re-infusion of knowledge but adding an extra heart-wrenching, soul-splitting pain side.

A few minutes passed, and the classmate's were overwhelmed, some had even died already, it looked like all hope was lost.

Even George at this moment was about to be sliced in two by a sword 

"Arthur goodbye, I hope we can be best friends in my next life"

just as he closed his eyes ready to die, a familiar voice came to his ear.

*clang!*

"It seems I wasn't late, was I?"