NOVEL WEB Chapter 53 – Level 2.
Walking on the first few floors of the dungeon, very close to the other adventurers, I noticed some looks on both of us. It was a group of three tall, muscular men wearing rather old clothes.
I doubted they would do anything against us inside the dungeon, but I was still cautious, especially since they were following us. We turned several corridors and went to several rooms on the first and second floors, but they were still there.
Lili held my hand and looked scared, but I smiled at her and continued to pretend those men weren't there.
Twenty minutes passed. After we reached the third floor, the three men disappeared. Or that's what they wanted me to think. I had developed good senses, and I could feel their presence.
Also, when I looked back, I saw one of them hiding. These guys are no good when it comes to chasing someone.
I kept walking while I killed some monsters, and Lili collected the crystals. I was killing the monsters so fast that I thought the three of them would disappear after noticing that I was not weak.
But I was wrong.
When we arrived near the entrance to the 4th floor ( The place was empty ), the three men finally decided to show themselves. Taking a closer look at the three, I remembered that they were among the group of men who were laughing at us at the dungeon entrance.
I see, so they treated us like easy prey... Haaa~~ That sucks.
"What do you want?" I asked, even though I knew their answers.
"We want all the crystals and items, that's all. You will do that for me, won't you?" The more muscular, balding man took a step forward. He was wearing a dirty tank top.
Those scars are showing... If my skin were like that, I would have surgery to fix it... I don't know if there is such a thing, hahaha.
"What are you laughing at?
"I'm sorry, I was thinking of something funny. Your scars, do you think that's cool?"
"What?"
"Luan..." Lili grabbed my shirt startled, but I smiled and motioned for her to hide behind me.
"Hey, just hand me those crystals."
"Hm... Don't you guys think that's a bad idea? Stealing inside the dungeon. You will be discovered as soon as you leave here." I told them while touching my chin and pretending to be thinking.
"Fuck it, just hand me the crystals. I also want that knife of yours, it is a basic knife but it will give us some money."
"I see..." What clichéd bandits. I was in the mood to kill them here, but that would be too bad. I'll teach them a lesson. "I can't give you the crystals and my knife, but you can try to take it."
As soon as he heard me, the man's brow wrinkled. He also had a knife at his waist, but it seemed to be of a higher quality than mine. They didn't look strong, so I didn't activate my skill. I didn't need it to deal with them.
I wouldn't use my knife either.
"You bastard. Wal, Wallace, knock his legs off!" The names of the two are pretty similar. Perhaps they are brothers. Both had short black hair and equally brown eyes.
Maybe they are twins, but one has more muscles than the other. But does it matter?
The two men approached me with empty hands. I pushed Lili behind with my hand, then kicked one of them in the stomach; I think it was Wal. With my kick, he flew backward and fainted.
His brother didn't have time to react, and I punched him in the chin, also knocking him out. I did all my movements in seconds. The bald man didn't know how to react to it all.
He remained paralyzed as a bead of sweat dripped down his forehead. His mouth was partially open.
I took a step forward, and then.
"I'm sorry!" He apologized and then rushed off.
"Is that serious?" I sighed and scratched my head. Are they bandits? They look like they've never done this before. I thought that bald guy would say, "DON'T UNDERESTIMATE US!" and would attack me.
And now, should I leave these guys here? Maybe they will be killed by the monsters.
"Luan, what are you going to do with them?
"I will take them to the portal. If I leave them here, they will die."
"Are you sure? They tried to rob you." Lili spoke as if she hadn't been trying to rob Bell before.
"Well, Hestia might get pissed off if I leave these guys to die."
"..."
I wanted to leave them to die here, but here I am, dragging them through the corridors. I hope they at least get arrested when they leave the dungeon. This sucks...
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I left the dungeon and threw the two men aside, after which I talked to the other adventurers about what had happened. And now that I had left, I didn't want to return to the dungeon anymore.
I went to the pub with Lili and had lunch together before returning home. Since no one was there, we enjoyed the afternoon together in my room. And when the evening came, I went to Hestia to talk to her about my falna.
When I sat down and Hestia started to update my falna, she realized that my level was ready to go up because she started talking to me about it, quite excited and impressed.
When my level was updated...
[ Your level is now 2 ]
[ You have gained new features: Skill Shop ]
[ As compensation for the admin's error, the skill "Skill Shop" has been changed to "Skill Sharing" ]
After all these messages, my head started to hurt a little, but it wasn't an intense pain. After the process was completed, I turned to Hestia. She was grinning from ear to ear.
"Congratulations!" She said. She gave me a squeezed hug.
"Even I didn't expecting my level would rise so quickly." I told her.
