Chapter 240

"Have the right not to choose to fight the BOSS, but to escape with the loot."

"This is a kind of insurance for risk-takers."

A flash of sword light flashed in front of Treya's eyes. She dodged it with the highest agility in the entire team, but a strand of silver hair on her forehead was cut off.

"You probably haven't noticed that the layer you chose to pull us directly into——"

"It's the twenty-ninth floor."

"The most elite adventurers... no, people like Will can clearly memorize the falling situation of equipment. This may be something that even I can't do."

"So, he only has to look at it and he'll figure it out, and I believe him."

As Treya listened, her hand slipped from her earrings.

"...Can't get out."

Then, she drew the sword from her waist.

Shona controlled the "Dungeon Queen" by entering a state of battle with her.

Although she was just gambling on whether she could trap the "monster" by entering the battle on a level other than the "Emperor", it seemed possible.

"I said you, maybe... you should call him teacher."

Shona looked at the disappeared door behind Treya and smiled happily.

It's good, he got out successfully, and... there are some things that he probably won't know until he has gone far away and completely escaped from the uneasy state.

After everyone in a team exits the dungeon, this door will disappear.

It was originally just a "protection" for the "Emperor" of the dungeon, allowing them to confirm whether the entire adventure team had left.

But now...

Shona took advantage of this and counterattacked Treya, the "new queen of the dungeon" who had just arrived. Her lack of access to the door gives Will a chance to escape further.

As for why Shona still stays here.

This was what made her so happy that Will didn't realize that he could run away with all his heart and wouldn't still be thinking about her.

After arriving at the Adventurers Association in the capital, she smoothly and confidently went through the procedures for withdrawing from the team.

Because she was still thinking that when she saw Will again, he... he might be able to ask for her to join the team - but she was never able to tell him because this sentence was too shameful.

"You want to hold me back here?"

"Yes. I just tried it. If it's just close combat, I can be evenly matched with you with short weapons. Is it okay to delay for a while?"

Shona turned the dagger in her hand, and now that she didn't need to cover Will, she seemed more at ease.

"I can see that if you find ways to modify his memory and create hallucinations for him, he will always become resistant..."

Shona revealed Treya's psychological activities without reservation.

"You find out that he's going to try to escape no matter what, and he's going to leave no matter what."

The rapid attacks from Shona's hand made Treya retreat step by step.

"So I want to control him at least before the 'wedding', make him despair, and let him fall into the sweetness you created..."

After Shona said this, she saw the purple in Treya's eyes light up again.

"Yes. So what?"

Treya was very good with the sword.

Shona believed that her melee skills were not weak, otherwise she wouldn't have been using short weapons for so many years.

but……

Treya is worthy of being taught by Will. In addition to using the demon's ability very well, she also has good awareness of fighting and positioning.

"I'm telling you, are you too possessive? Maybe he would be happier if he ran away..."

"No."

It was only then that Treya found an opening with her sword, interrupting Shona's attack both with the sword and with her own words.

"Impossible."

In order to avoid this move, Shona had no choice but to let go of the dagger.

"It shouldn't have happened."

Shona withdrew some distance, and there was a folded handle on the leg ring of her other leg.

"I am already stronger than he was back then. Being by my side must be his best choice."

But Treya pressed forward step by step.

"More importantly, I couldn't leave him."

With a calm tone, she said the heaviest words for a person.

"It's too heavy. You are..."

Before Shona could finish her words, she was interrupted by Treya——

"So you see, you can't love him as much as I do, can you?"

There was an enchanting smile on Treya's face, a smile that made Xiuna feel goosebumps all over her body after seeing it, a sense of oppression that she had not felt in other dungeon bosses until now...

"But, it doesn't matter. I've thought of a way. Your so-called 'strategy' will end here."

"?"

Shona felt that her feet were a little soft, as if she had stepped into a swamp.

Another hallucination?

Or memory modification?

impossible……

She has obviously gone to herself...

"Stacked countless goddess BUFFs on yourself to resist hallucinations?"

"It seems like you just used a lot of mental attacks on me."

"You just said, I don't know what an adventurer is like..."

"Yes, yes, you still need to learn more."

"You may not know what each level of the dungeon looks like. It is determined by their 'empress'."

Shona's eyes widened, but she didn't blink.

"This is the reality of the boss level in the dungeon——"

But his sight was constantly flickering, constantly flipping through still pictures, but through such flickering, the world in front of him became a dynamic thing.

"When you can get out depends on when you can conquer."

Treya continued to speak, but her voice became more and more ethereal, as if it came from a music box.

"This is..."

Finally, the world in front of her stopped flickering.

She stood in a world made up of pure white, uncolored blocks.

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It was dawn.

Will was running forward.

He ran out of the door of the palace.

Keep moving forward.

The first thing he realized was that he didn't know how much time Shuna could delay, but since the dungeon itself belonged to Treya, she had more cards in her hand and could do more things.

So...

He couldn't just aim to "escape as far as possible."

Either deceive Treya - for example, confuse her.

Or find support - for example, wait for Shuna.

If he had deceived Treya, he couldn't choose the road where she would move fast. He wasn't confident that he could outrun a horse.

As for finding support...

Will thought of something.

He quickly checked the wound on his body. He had to heal it first before he could run further. This only required a small healing magic. As a top healer, this was no problem.

But...

He wiped the blood from the wound on his leg.

He wrote the words on the ground beside the gate -

296.

If he remembered correctly...

He should... maybe... probably remember the book he wrote himself.

This was the hope he could count on.

What if "he" suddenly disappeared?

Seeing this number, someone would understand.

Next...

It was to use a roundabout way to make Treya unable to find him - she didn't have any special ability to find him. After leaving the palace, the power of the devil would also weaken.

"This is Xuna..."

"The hope you fought for me..."

"So... I'm going forward..."

He didn't choose to move forward along the road, but stepped into the forest next to him.

Chapter 269: Iai's Wandering (1)

"So, I came here to tell you that you are free."

Carver sat on the sofa with a very "polite" smile on his face, as if he was here to discuss business with his business partner.

There was no sound of rain outside the window, and the clear moonlight shone into this small "Xistrum family's other house in the capital" through the gaps between the crowded buildings.

Iai put the hot black tea on the table.

She opened her eyes wide.

"Xistrum... Master Xistrom, what are you talking about?"

"Well, it's an expected reaction."

He seemed to have expected Iai to say this, and shook the high-end cigarette in his hand into the dusty ashtray that had been there for a long time.

From Iai's sense of smell, the cigarette he smoked was not strong, and even had a little fragrance.

But even so, she instinctively took two steps back.

The young master never smoked, even though it was a very common thing in the social circles of the nobility.

Although he seemed to have said, "It won't shorten your life, so you can try it," he always refused with "Your sense of smell is a very valuable resource, and it shouldn't be harmed by the smell of cigarettes."

"Although it is indeed surprising for you. But... you are indeed free. From now on, you don't have to choose the identity of 'the maid of the Systrom family.'"

Seemingly noticing the distance that Iel kept because of disgust, Carver put out the half-smoked cigarette in his hand.

"No... why? Iel... when I arrived at the Systrom family, I told... Iel that I would serve Master Will as a maid for the rest of my life..."

"Yes. He said that too."

Carver interrupted Iel's trembling words and replied with a very direct affirmative sentence.