Alchesia
Chapter 43 The Royal Dungeon 1

"Continue or return, Ciel?" ask Laura.

We can now go on but we can also back off. If we continue, we may be able to solve the problems that exist in this city. However, we could also retreat to join Evan and the others later.

"How many potions are left?" my many.

"About 6 for healers and 5 for mana" Laura replied.

"Then for food and drinks?"

"It can be for 4 days master," explained Emilia.

"All right now, let's move forward" I said.

We continue our investigation in the palace that has now become this dungeon. I wonder what kind of monster is in here.

Along the way we only saw statues of knights on the left and right of the road. Some carried swords, some carried spears, and some carried bow arrows.

I felt bad when I walked through the hallway. Other than myself, Emila and Laura also felt the same unpleasant.

But we keep moving forward despite the circumstances like that.

We walked with 1 line, I was in front, then Laura, and at the back was Emilia. He was behind in anticipation of a surprise attack.

I keep using Luminatio just in case and Umbra to cover Laura. I also used Gladio as a weapon.

When we entered a large room, the statues began to move and attack us. They move the same side with the movement of troops who are attacking.

Archers were behind, then sword bearers in the middle, and spear users in front. They move very neatly.

The three of us were showered with arrows, while the spear troops continued to advance closer to us. I did not see the movement of the sword forces.

The arrows that led to us were fielded by Laura using the Holy Wall. To counterattack I used the Arcus Union which had them showered with arrows. Meanwhile Emilia prepared to face the approaching spear force.

Laura also used Holy Ray to reduce the spear troops that approached us. When they were already within my range, I used Grando to freeze them. With 1 flick of a finger many of the spear troops were crushed.

But their numbers are still many and like not reduced at all. The army carrying the sword had also started to attack. Emilia started the fight against the most advanced spear force.

Emilia with her agility beat them one by one. Their fighting moves were not too fast. Laura used the Holy Cross to hit the archer troops that were behind.

Still, no matter how much we attacked them, their numbers did not decrease at all. Here I began to feel a strange.

"Why didn't they attack when we passed them? Why did they attack when we entered this room?" my thinking.

I looked around to find something suspicious from this room. From the floor to the walls, I observed everything. I finally saw something strange in the room.

A small glowing crystal stuck to the sky of the room. So small, that I can only see it when it gives off light.

"Laura, it seems I know the cause of their move now."

"really?"

I nodded my head.

After that, I used Ignis to fire a fireball at the crystal. With just a single strike, the crystal shattered.

Then the army that attacked us did not move and was crushed into dust. From the army that Emilia was fighting to the archers who were behind were crushed to dust.

Emilia ran towards me with a smiling face.

"Have you finished with the master?"

"How do you know Ciel?" ask Laura.

"I just feel weird about them. Why do they attack us when they enter this room and also they don't attack us when they walk by."

"So, you think there's something strange about this room?"

"Yes. I looked around and I found something strange up there. At first I didn't know there was anything weird up there because it was too small. But when they strike the object it is luminous so it is visible."

"What is Ciel?"

"It's just a little crystal. But I wonder why such a small crystal can move this much army?"

After finishing with the fight against that troop statue, we proceeded to the next room or area. We entered through a giant door in the room.

The next area we entered was a forest. There are only trees in the area. Given the previously strange area, we increased our vigilance in anticipation of an attack from the enemy.

Just a few steps away, there was an arrow shot at us. I looked in the direction where the arrow came from and it turned out to be an elf.

"Elfs?" my many.

"How could there be an elf in this place?" laura was confused.

"More important than that. We have to ascertain whether the elves are enemies or not" Emilia said.

Laura then advanced forward to talk to the elf. He looked towards Laura with a confused face.

"Say a name and why did you come here?"

"My name is Laura. We came to investigate the weirdness of this place."

"Investigating?"

The elf then shot Laura. I used Umbra to protect Laura from that arrow.

The elf was shocked and went backwards. We followed where the elves went. He also shot several arrows at us while running.

Eventually, he arrived at a village inhabited by elves. As we approached the village, some elves came out with full weapons.

"Wait a minute, we didn't come to fight" Laura said.

"Is that true?" ask one of the elves.

Laura nodded and said, "We don't even know what place this is."

The elf we were chasing just now whispered to them. Then they were silent for a moment as if they were thinking about something.

"So your goal is to investigate this place?"

Laura then explained how we got to this place.

"Then we can talk inside the village."

We were invited to enter the village. Many people look towards us. The village is smaller than it looks and also the population is not too much.

We were led into a large building. It was the largest building in the village it seemed.

Inside was already waiting for some elves who seemed to be the elders in the village. We are welcome to sit down and explain what happened.

"It's true that this place is inside a dungeon. It is different from the dungeons in general. This dungeon is called a Royal Dungeon."