Picking up Girls With My System

Chapter 154 New Type of Dungeon

The uncomfortable feeling Arthur had turned out to be true. It was not a place where dragons lived, but a despicable dungeon that wanted to take their lives, just like the time back in Odemore.

“Arthur, what should we do?” Myria said.

She grabbed tightly on her staff and pulled Lilia close to her. Arthur was someone that had more knowledge about that type of place, so he took the lead to calm them down.

“This is a dungeon. I went to one of these near Odemore.”

“Dungeon? What is so special about this place?” Lilia said.

“It has floors, and each floor has different monsters. The deeper you go, the stronger the monsters are.”

“My best bet is that we need to clear this place, or else we will not leave.”

It was only a guess, but Arthur was almost certain it was indeed the case. He hoped the dungeon wasn’t as strong as the one back in Odemore.

Well, there weren’t any strange attacks around the forest area, and the place was hidden behind an illusory array. Perhaps it wouldn’t have stronger monsters there, or maybe it had, and that was the reason for it to be hidden.

“Let’s work together and clean this place. With the three of us, only something extraordinary can take us down.”

Myria was a teacher back in Frostpeak, and nowadays she had a level of 49. Lilia also had a level of 33, which meant she was doing decent progress.

“Okay. You know more about this place than me, so lead the way, please.”

The floor looked a lot similar to the previous dungeon Arthur went. With various corridors that looked exactly the same, and probably led to the same place.

They randomly chose one and crept forward, keeping their focus at maximum. Even the brief movements of the bugs from within the wall cracks were noticed by them.

What type of monster awaited them on the first floor? Arthur and the others shared the same thoughts, and when the first creature entered their sight, a sigh of relief came from all of them.

If the monster from the weakest floor was already strong, then they would perish in the latter stages of the dungeon, but that was not the case. The monster was a mere snake with two heads. It wasn’t a big one, and the level above its head was only 16.

Arthur did not need to move as Myria cast a ranged spell, sending the tiny snake to its grave. After which, they kept going forward, until more of the same species appeared.

These creatures were effortlessly killed by a simple spell or with Arthur’s bare hands. The first floor wasn’t a hard one, and they found the next staircase after twenty minutes after entering that floor.

Without an option, the trio kept going, descending into the next floor of the mysterious dungeon. Arthur was expecting the same type of floor since the last one, but turns out his guesses weren’t correct.

After they reached the end of the staircase, everything around them changed, as if they had passed through a portal. The cobblestone walls from the maze-like structure weren’t there anymore, and what was in front of their eyes was a small village devoid of life.

The small wooden houses and the rotten plantations made everything look darker. All the trees around the area were also dead, having only its branches.

Arthur looked around him, and with his impressive dragon sight, he noticed that the area seemed to have an end. It was not clear at first, but after staring at the horizon for some time, one could notice it had an end, as if they were inside a room with a painted sky.

They were still inside the dungeon, but some sort of magic had changed the surrounding area to that place. How was it possible? Arthur had no simple answer for that, but just like before, it was a floor of the dungeon, which meant there was a way out of it.

“What is this place?” Myria said, looking at Arthur, the only person there that had some experience regarding dungeons.

“I do not know, but this is probably another floor of the dungeon, so we have to look for the way out.”

They moved towards the desolated village, and then a scream echoed throughout the area. A piercing scream that almost made their ears bleed. Myria and Lilia used a magical barrier to protect them from the constant sound waves.

“What was that?”

Different from before, they now approached the village with utmost care, trying to find whatever did that bizarre sound a few moments ago.

The first house was near a rotten plantation. Arthur went inside first and found nothing out of the ordinary. Everything looked exactly like how an abandoned village would. Without traces of monsters or traces of anything living there.

All the other houses looked exactly the same, but when they reached the house in the middle of the village, something was different.

There was a mirror inside of it. Everything else had dust all over it, but that mirror did not. It looked like someone had cleaned it up every day, as if it was the most precious treasure in the world.

Arthur had a bad feeling about that mirror, and just like most of the times, his intuition was correct.

A woman wearing a white dress came out of the mirror. She had blood all over the dress, as if someone had murdered her a few moments ago.

The face of the woman had a blueish tone, and her features were more monstrous than it should have been when she was still alive.

“Banshee!” Myria yelled, preparing to cast another magical barrier to block the sound waves.

It turned out the creature behind the creeping scream was a banshee, a type of spirit that was difficult to deal with. She noticed the three of them, looking at the mirror as she came out of it.

“AAAAAAAAHH!” she screamed so loud that the magical barriers crushed, and they were sent flying away, hitting the wall of the house.