Ariana looked at Lukas from afar as he prepared for some some minor potions and other things for their mission. After all, the ones that Yana had given him were all expensive. Ariana just smiled as she looked at him, then she waved her hand. A figure appeared behind her. "Princess." It's one of her followers. Ariana nodded her head: "Bring this message to the supreme one's manor, I'll be going out for a bit." Her subordinate frowned slightly, still, she nodded her head: "As you w-" She couldn't even finish her word as a figure appeared behind them unnoticed. It's one of the hundred servants of the supreme one. "W-why are you here?" Ariana asked. Truthfully, this figure probably was observing her from afar, she immediately thought that she's done and will be rejected immediately. She immediately lost all of her hopes for her empire. But then, the servant smiled: "I bring news from lady Yana, she said that it will be delayed for an indefinite amount of time. Feel free to do w
The two started to move inside the cave.As they were going in, Lukas finally saw the giant centipede that he had seen before, it's still a few hundred meters away.Lukas waved his hand to make Ariana stop."This is still normal right?" Lukas asked.Ariana nodded her head: "Yes, but it's quite different compared to normal giant centipedes I think."Of course, this is Lukas's first time seeing it himself so he didn't know what she's saying at the moment, but thankfully, the system is helping him.[Giant Centipede (M)Grade-3 (291)]Giant Centipedes are always grade-2 monsters, yet, this one is a grade-3 and has this letter weird (M) on it, he didn't know what it means.Meanwhile, Ariana frowned, she looked at the Giant Centipede and drew her staff out: "Lukas, don't go too close.""Why?" Lukas asked.Ariana waved her staff and used her skill: "Roaming Flames!"Ten dazzling fires lit up, making the Giant Centipede more visible. It's one of the most basic monsters at Grade-2. It has shar
Ariana immediately panicked, truthfully, she could kill these monsters, but it'll definitely drain everything she has. It's really risky, especially when she's also going to protect Lukas. What's more, there's even a chance that there are more of these mutated Giant Centipedes. At this exact time as well, Ariana's eyes widened when she remembered something. "M-mutated beasts... purple hues around its body..." Ariana panicked, it was a tale three hundred years ago. Monsters that mutated became extremely stronger compared to the original. It was also the reason that the supreme sovereign established himself. "The Dhafkans... the Dhafkans are back?" Ariana shivered as she uttered those words herself. "Dhafkans?" Lukas asked. Ariana shook her head: "It's not the time for questions, we need to kill these creatures first." Lukas nodded his head: "How about you leave first? I'll deal with them as you call for reinforcements." Ariana shook her head: "No, it's impossible." "I could do
Lukas felt quite shaken, this beast is definitely strong. Truthfully, he's already a miracle compared to average adventurers. An average monster is already stronger than an average adventurer by ten folds, that's why, adventurers form a group to hunt lower-grade monsters, and even then, sometimes, they still fail and get hurt, in rare cases, adventurers even die while fighting against lower grade monsters. How could adventurers then fight against monsters evenly? It's majorly due to having great equipment, skills, and attributes. Then, there's this monster in front of him. [Dhafkan Shadow Walker.Level: 584Affiation: Dhafkan Shadow ClanDescription: A normal soldier of the Dhafkan race.] A four-armed purple species, an ominous three eyes looking at Lukas and Ariana like it's looking at its prey. "H-human... race?" It spoke, its tone quite heavy as well. Lukas frowned: "It's capable of communicating with us." Ariana nodded her head: "Yes, legend says, that it had its own diff
Lukas sighed, he then moved to where the Dhafkan is.He opened his eyes and uttered: "Loot!"[Dhafkan Shadow Walker loots:Dhafkan core lv. 5]There's only a core in the list.Lukas then immediately took it happily, wishing for it to actually be quite a price.He then immediately went for the giant centipedes and checked as well.[Giant Centipede loots:Mutated Giant Centipede's Shells x15Mutated Giant Centipede's Claw x29Mutated Giant Centipede's Fangs x5Mutated Giant Centipede's Core (G-3)Coins: 39 gold, 42 silvers, 81 copper.Shop points: +38.]Lukas was quite satisfied, as soon as he took all of the items and inserted them into his inventory, the whole centipede vanished, only leaving behind disgusting leftovers.Lukas decided to take everything and decided to leave his mission card here in hopes that Ariana or someone who comes back, can have it delivered.Lukas has limited time, he only has a week here before returning to his original word.After collecting the loot, Lukas i
Lukas had never felt more invigorated than ever.A grade-1 core is the same as 10,000 cronz in his word, which means, he's filthy rich right now compared to when he was working in his friend's company.A single grade-1 core is the same as two months of his salary from then, but after killing 182 monsters, he actually gathered 24 pieces of them, he also figured out one of the reasons why a core is expensive.Not all monsters have a core, there are some cases where he killed a group of 20 monsters, yet, none dropped a core.In other words, it's a game of luck whether a monster has one or not. Then, if there are no cores, the adventurer could only rely on scavenging the monster's remains.He then looked at the three mutated Giant Centipede's cores, three grade-3 cores!He's even wondering how much it actually costs for each of them.As he was looking around, he saw a grove of glowing flowers far ahead.He started dashing over there immediately, and as soon as he arrived a few dozen meter
Three days quickly passed, Ariana and her retinues had waited in the spot for a long time, they needed to guard this place after all. Every once in a while, they would search for some other clues.On the third day, that clue was finally answered.The mission card they found hanging in a certain place.There, the Giant Centipede Extermination mission card.It contains Lukas's stamp.Ariana's worry suddenly vanished, knowing that Lukas is still alive, she felt glad.Then, at the same time, she looked at the vast horizon and smiled: "Farewell..." She uttered silently, bidding her farewell to the person that she knows she will fall in love with. She then closed her eyes, creating a memory of her and Lukas going on an adventure, falling in love with him after years of fighting side by side., getting married, becoming famous adventurers, settling down, having their children, and living together peacefully.After opening her eyes, she finally cut down the bud that started flourishing withi
"D-dhafkans?!" The two immediately were shocked, they looked at each other and back to Lukas. Then, for some reason, Lukas's figure started blurring, his walking speed increased and then, he suddenly vanished. Seeing this happen, the two of them were quite shocked. But then, even if they could do something like that, but they would leave a trace themselves doing so. Then, after a few minutes when Lukas vanished, the two looked at each other and frowned. Darga then sighed: "I will call for a ceasefire first." Razgul seriously fought with this person for six months for this territory, this is supposed to be their last clash and he's 100% confident that he's winning. But hearing Lukas's words, territories aren't important right now, it's the Dhafkans. Dhafkans are infamous for some things. First off, they are a ferocious race, just like the beast kins, they have multiple different members specialized in something. Lions, bears, and others for power, foxes, rabbits, and others fo