The Dungeon Master's
Chapter 140 - New Threat
...Dungeon Origins...
...5 Floor...
“Where's Oliver?” Ask a Vampire with a very elegant and charming look, Lucien.
“Ah, Mr. Lucien. To my knowledge, Mr. Oliver is on the 6th floor. He was supervising and assisting the construction of the new floor of Dungeon Origin.” Reply to a goblin who seems to be transporting the mine.
The goblin immediately pointed in a direction towards Lucien, pointing towards the 6th floor.
Lucien immediately nodded and thanked him.
‘I must immediately gather the higher-ups. Mr Eric, where are you? I can't reach you with Telepathy at all. Unlike usual you left without leaving any messages.’ Lucien thought inwardly as he immediately flew in a direction.
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...Dungeon Origins...
...6 Floor...
“What? Mr Eric disappeared without giving word?!” Shouted Oliver with his eyes wide open.
“Stop that. Now we have a much more important problem.” Lucien's reply was brief.
“Can you explain it?”
“I will explain it in detail in front of all the higher-ups later. If summarized…. Mr. Eric's plan for control of the Farna Kingdom seems to be interrupted by the presence of a Necromancer named Evan.” Lucien.
Hearing that, Oliver seemed to clench his hands tightly. On his face, there was an expression that had never been seen before. It was an angry expression filled with annoyance.
"Disturbing.. Mr. Eric's plan you said?!"
Soon after, all of Origin's higher-ups were gathered in the government castle on the 5th floor.
Lucien immediately explained all the details.
“Lucien, if what you're explaining is true then…. Plan to catapult the name of someone named Arlond it..” Knox said with a hint of hesitation.
“We have to cancel it. After all, the full strength of that Necromancer was still unknown.” Lucien's Reply.
“If I think, we should immediately give a strong blow to the Necromancer named Evan. If left alone then...” Said Oliver while trying to express his opinion.
But before finishing his words, all the higher-ups in this room shook their heads.
“Have you forgotten the existence of the Inquisitor of the Celestine Holy Kingdom, Oliver?” Ask Minis with a sharp look.
“You must remember that Mr. Eric once sacrificed himself to save us all. Even that form of sacrifice can still be seen in the ruins of the city on the 1.” floor Add Knox in a cold tone.
“Of course I didn't forget! How could I have forgotten the crushing defeat that day? If only Miss Elin were here, maybe she could have given us better directions.”
Discussions continue on how to deal with the Necromancer named Evan. Everyone keeps expressing and defending their opinions.
In essence, the majority of opinions are divided into 3 camps.
The first camp is to suggest to immediately eliminate the existence of Evan. Of course, by using a bit of the elite troops from Origin like Lucien and also the other higher-ups.
Although it sounded promising, Lucien himself rejected this proposal. The reason is that Evan has 7 subordinates who according to him have power equal or even higher than the Origin executives. It also has not considered the strength of Evan himself.
While the second camp suggested to withdraw the entire plan of control of the Kingdom of Farna. This is based on the fact that Origin is currently unlikely to be able to stop Evan without showing itself to the world.
Most of them rejected this plan.
The last camp is to suggest continuing the plan of mastery of the Kingdom of Farna, but in imperfect conditions. In other words, Lucien and the other higher-ups would immediately kill the royal families and enthrone Arlond as a King.
Although….
“Arlond does already have the name ‘Hero’ in the Northern part of the Farna Kingdom. But what about the other areas? He could not be crowned with his condition that is not even half-baked.” Knox said as Arlond's own co-worker.
“You're right, Knox. If only Mr. Eric were here..”.
In the end, all the higher-ups agreed to carry out the plan of the third camp. At least, it was the safest plan to do before Eric came back.
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...Farna Kingdom...
...Northern Territory...
It appeared that someone with pale skin was walking in a dark alley. He covered his whole body with a black robe.
At the end of the alley, there was a man wearing Tunic clothes with no pattern at all.
“Message from teacher. Sharpen your sword.” Said the man with pale, robed skin to him. He also appears to give a piece of paper that is quite worn along with a sack of books with different colors on each cover.
“Understanding.” Reply The man in Tunic clothes was short. He immediately took the paper and sack filled with the book and immediately walked past the man in robes. His goal? Leave that place immediately.
‘Why are they in such a hurry to do this? Wasn't the original plan around 6 months from now in this virtual world time?’ Thought the guy with the Tunic. He is Arlond who is currently trying to spread his name in this city.
The content of the letter was the details of the plan that Origin's higher-ups had decided upon. Of course with the language that has been disguised and only understood between Arlond and the officials of Origin.
In essence, Lucien would start killing the royal family one by one as soon as possible. While Arlond was asked to immediately disseminate his name throughout the Farna Kingdom.
Including also to immediately raise his level within the Treasure Dungeon with a Knox bantun. Not only that, the sack filled with books is a Skill Book ranging from Rare to Unique rarity. Arlond was asked to use everything to become stronger.
In the final battle in which Lucien will kill the King, Arlond must have enough reputation to enter the royal palace and be seen trying to save the King.
After the King is killed, Arlond will pretend to fight Lucien. The hope is to gain the trust of all people so that they can ascend to the throne as a King.
It's just that, because the problem of Evan's emergence makes all this have to be done immediately. Of course, including Eric who could not be contacted by the higher-ups of the Origin Dungeon.
‘Eric, what are you doing now?’ Arlond said in his heart as he looked at the night sky decorated with stars.
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...[.THE WARNING!]...
...[.The story below may make some readers uncomfortable.]...
...[.If you continue reading even without careful readiness, you have agreed not to protest afterwards.]...
...In a Village...
...Farna Kingdom...
“Day is already night. Turn off your lanterns immediately and go to sleep, my dear.” Said a woman with a thin body and ragged clothes.
“Mother…. I want to sleep with you tonight.” Reply to the little girl.
“Ah, you are this. All right, what can I do. I will accompany you to sleep tonight.” Reply to the Woman.
“Yey! Mom, I want to hear a fairy tale about a hero who saved the world hundreds of years ago!” Shouted the girl excitedly.
“Of course, My dear. Mom will tell it. Now...”
There was a warm atmosphere inside the small house. Despite being without a father figure, this family was still able to survive in the midst of this crisis. And the Father? He had been killed while being forced to follow the mission of conquering the Mysterious Dungeon by the King.
The entire village had rested on this cold night.
Despite the difficult times, they were able to survive thanks to their hard work.
It's just….
There were 8 people outside the village.
They seem to be talking about something. But the most striking thing was the figure of a white-haired man standing in the middle of all of them.
“We will finish off the entire population of this village. Soon after, we will plunder all the treasures. I don't think it's necessary to call my Undead if there's no guards at all. It's what you want isn't it, Lilith?” The white-haired man asked with a face with no expression at all.
"Thank you for listening to my selfish request, my lord." Reply Lilith while lowering her head.
On the head of the white-haired man, a deep black writing appeared.
...‘Evan’...