My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1578-1580

Chapter 1578

“Ah, where did he go?”

“He’s over there, get him!”

With just a wooden sword, I was dodging the girls wielding real weapons the best I could. I managed to narrowly escape their first attack by using a phase shift, yet I didn’t have any time to deescalate as they were already leaping at me again.

“He’s fast!”

I dodged their onslaught of weapons once again, using the wood blade to block one of the strikes, and taking the tip right off in the process.

“Master, if you keep playing around, you might get hurt. You shouldn’t take them so casually.” Alysia stated out loud.

How was I taking them casually? I was trying to avoid fighting altogether. Worse, the girls heard Alysia state that and took it as a personal insult. They suddenly redoubled their efforts to attack me, determined to show me that I shouldn’t make light of them. I used a blinding light from White Mage before creating a duplicate with mimic. Using a Quick attack, I just managed to strike one of their hands, causing her to drop her weapon.

“He hit me!” One of the girls whined!

“You shouldn’t hit ladies!”

“Let’s show him!”

They grew angry when I tried to avoid attacking them and now, they were angry when I inadvertently attacked them? Why did I feel like there was no winning in this battle? I couldn’t afford to lose either! I could see the sharpness of those blades. There was no way I was going to allow any of them to hit me.

The girl I disarmed managed to pull another weapon from her storage ring, and all three women surged at me again. The fight continued like this for some time. I did my best to avoid hit after hit, while the girls desperately tried to take me out. I only hit them when I had to, but there were a few close calls. I even ended up hit twice, and I had to heal or risk being weakened. As I was dodging for my life, Alysia was giving them hints.

“Aim for his left side! He’s right-handed so he often overcompensates on his right. You should have used a skill right there, he wouldn’t have been able to block it. Work together, you’re not going to be able to defeat him if you keep fighting by yourselves.

I wanted to shout at her for selling me out, but it was all I could do just keep avoiding them. Of course, I couldn’t keep that up forever. As I started to feel weaker and realized I wouldn’t be able to keep it up forever, I decided my best option would be to end it all quickly. With a roar, I burned some of the mana from my dungeon skills, causing them to glow. This was enough to frighten the girls, stopping their attacks and putting them into a defensive stance.

I launched a series of attacks. Each time I attacked out, the blade shattered a bit more, but I only responded by fighting even more furiously. I struck each girl in turn with a flurry of attacks. When it was finally done, only a few seconds had passed, but the sword had been reduced to just the handle, and the splinters were still raining to the ground. Each of the girls from Titan Fall collapsed to the ground while I gasped for breath.

“Deek… you didn’t have to take the battle so seriously…” Alysia suddenly declared.

“What?”

“Deek’s a bully, one of the girls on the floor cried.”

“Definitely a bully!” Her friend responded.

“I… you…”

I was being given accusatory looks by all of the women, even though they weren’t that hurt or they wouldn’t be shooting me looks after just being knocked down.

“Deek has to buy the first round!” One finally declared.

“And the second!”

Alysia looked away, avoiding my gaze. “It is only fair…”

Was that their game from the beginning? It seemed like I had walked right into it.

Chapter 1579

“Deek has gotten very strong. He definitely wasn’t that strong the last time we versed him on the beach.” One of the girls was saying while taking a drink

We had retreated from the training room to the main tavern, where I had ended up buying them all drinks so they stopped calling me a bully. I felt like I had been taken for a ride here, but I only had myself to blame. Had I acted more assertive from the beginning, I wouldn’t have let them push me into that situation in the first place. As for the girls, they were all fine. They didn’t even need a light heal in the end, which showed just how much they had been hurt.

“To think he was once that newling we met in Mirror’s labyrinth.” Another spoke up.

“I wasn’t that weak in Mirror’s labyrinth either, I just didn’t want to have to explain things,” I responded.

“Still, you’ve gotten a lot stronger. Alysia too.”

“I didn’t even fight!” Alysia cried out.

“Ah… but how do I explain it?” One of the girls tapped her lips. “You just give off a feeling that you’re stronger than you once were. It’s how you hold yourself.”

“You guys could have used practice weapons…” I muttered.

“Deek, if we had used practice weapons, we wouldn’t have even had a chance. In the end, you were still able to overpower all three of us. We’re not even on the same level anymore.”

“That’s why all of you need to keep practicing!” Alysia tried to admonish them.

The three girls each looked at each other and then shook their heads. “It’s not that we’ve given up. However, we can’t even hope to keep up with you anymore.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” The girls all glanced my way.

“Me?” I blinked.

“I bet the other girls around you are a lot stronger too, aren’t they?” One of them said.

“Deek makes you stronger, Alysia. It’s nothing to be ashamed about. From the moment he took you away from the wedding, we knew that we’d never be getting you back.”

The girl next to her continued. “For those women by Deek’s side, they grow strong quickly. The bonds between you make you stronger, and make you grow. We’d never be able to keep up with that.”

“Girls…” Alysia looked at each of her former teammates, tears forming in her eyes.

“Don’t be sad, Alysia…” One of the girls reached out and touched her cheek. “We still love you. We always knew you were never fit for being an Osterian princess. You always seemed out of place, even when we were fighting in dungeons. However, by Deek’s side, it seems like you’re where you’re supposed to be.”

“R-really now…” Alysia took a drink from her mug to hide her expression.

I finally started to understand what this was all about. I had whisked her away without really speaking to her friends. Titan Fall had been together for years, and I had seemingly taken away their leader without consulting them. I had only focused on Alysia and her feelings and hadn’t considered the feelings of those around her. Admittedly, there hadn’t been much time to talk back then, but it was clear the girls still had lingering feelings regarding my sudden kidnapping of Alysia.

The girls were just letting Alysia know that it was okay in their own words. Titan Fall was still together, and Alysia was still the woman they respected most. It was a worry so deep that even Alysia probably didn’t realize she had it. Of course, I knew that she held many worries deep inside her. After all, our souls were closely linked. However, I hadn’t known how to resolve them. Yet, even though these girls hadn’t been around Alysia in months, they knew and as her friends, they made sure to show her that they were doing alright too.

“Thank you…” I lowered my head with a respectful nod.

“What are you smiling about?”

“Perhaps we should do another round?”

“I’ll stab him this time.”

I stiffened a bit. I guess it was better if I just kept my mouth shut for this one.

Chapter 1580

I didn’t really like being drunk, so I kept my immunity to alcohol active as everyone else drank. I also got to watch as my coin slowly dwindled. Since they couldn’t punish me physically, it seemed like my penance for taking Alysia away would be my wallet. It was fine. It was nice to see them unwinding, especially Alysia. There were so few times where she could really relax and just be herself, so I ordered round after round and let them go wild.

“Whwre us Dwek?”

“I’n goimg ro wressle hiim.”

“Yoy shouls weestle him nakwd.”

Of course, as they got drunk, I also made sure to hide in a corner of the room and remain out of sight. I tried to ignore their words while remaining low. They attacked me with weapons when they were sober. I couldn’t imagine what they’d want to do while drunk. Thankfully, the guild was extremely busy in the evening. People either setting out or returning from the champion’s gauntlet were regaling tails of what they experienced or planned to experience. It was quite a noisy place.

The four drunk women in armor had the notice of everyone, but no man was brave enough to approach him. A few were probably wondering who was the Deek person that they kept talking about. It was sometimes hard to tell if I was a lover or a mortal enemy, the way they kept talking about me. That’s why I remained silent and used my hide skill. Meanwhile, I kept drinking to the point where I would have passed out if my dungeon point poison immunity wasn’t selected.

I was never the type who liked to be the center of attention, so it felt rather nice to be in a noisy bar and just watch the others. The sky was just starting to darken as the sunset when the door suddenly burst open. A group walked in who appeared to be frantic. The boisterous environment quickly turned serious, as the men were covered in various wounds. Even drunk, these were adventurers, and they knew when they needed to get serious.

The wounded men were carrying others who appeared to be unconscious and in much worse states. They were all covered in dirt and mud, and it was clear that they had just been through a violent attack.

“Someone, get a priest here immediately!” One of the receptionists called out.

“Don’t they look a bit familiar? I recognize them from somewhere.” One of the osterian girls spoke up, her voice coming out less slurred than a moment before.

“It’s Demon’s Head. They’re a rank S adventuring team!” Someone cried out.

I had also thought I recognized them from somewhere, and when they mentioned it, I realized that this was one of the dungeon divers I had met in the mirror’s labyrinth. However, back then, they had only been ranked A. I seemed to recall they were fighting to reach rank S. It looked like they had finally made it.

“You guys didn’t try to take on a boss by yourselves, did you? You’re supposed to make an announcement when you attempt a boss run.”

“It’s not a boss…” The leader grunted as he put the wounded down. “We were attacked by another group!”