My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1725-1727

Chapter 1725

It seemed like this assassin’s guild had it out for me. This was already the second assassination attempt in only a few days. The more information I got from them, the better off we’d be. There were probably easier ways to handle this situation, but I still felt like my best choice was to let them set up their plan. They were under close surveillance from the girls, so we could interrupt any time things started to look dangerous.

These assassins didn’t seem to be at the same level as the ones who attacked me in Chalm either. First off, I could detect them with Sense Life. The others had managed to hide themselves up until the moment they attacked. The other reason I was less worried was because of what Rea said. I was their target, but they weren’t supposed to hurt anyone else. The first group hadn’t cared about casualties, even threatening a group of children. They had launched explosives that had killed several innocent people.

I supposed it worked like any profession. When you had adventurers with a contract, their group did things their way. Some were cold and deadly, while others were friendly and kind. Although it was against the rules, some groups would even steal or attack other groups if the advantages were worth it. If the adventuring guild found out who it was, they would place a bounty on their heads, so they needed to be certain they’d get away with it, but there were always those kinds of people who would try anyway.

As for the assassin’s guild, there were probably fewer rules about collateral damage, but there were still groups who would kill anyone to get to their target and those who would have a more honorable approach to things. Even if this group was later, we still needed to be careful. The girls were watching them closely, and I was waiting in my room with my sword and the map menu up, tracking them the entire time. I also kept my Sense Danger active just in case they were just a show.

“Come on, why are you taking so long?” I muttered as nearly two hours passed and they hadn’t moved.

I was just starting to think that maybe we should go to them after all and flush them out when there was a shout overhead.

“Fire! There’s a fire!” One of the crew cried out.

I hadn’t alerted the crew to their presence, thinking that one of them would inevitably reveal we knew the assassin’s location and spoil the trap. It was also possible that one of the crew members was another insider. Just because Rea had gone to the trouble of getting on board didn’t mean that they hadn’t snuck someone else on board too. Even with the declaration of fire, that could be the fake crewmember trying to mislead others and spread panic and chaos.

“Girls?”

“There is smoke billowing out from the right side of the ship,” Celeste explained.

It seemed like they made their first move, but the red dots still hadn’t moved from their spot. Were they decoys? I refused to wait any longer.

“Move-in! Try to capture one.”

Just as I gave the order, something slammed into the ship hard, and things started to turn upside down.

Chapter 1726

The entire ship was thrown into chaos as we were tilted on our side. Who had said these guys were easier than the last assassins? Yeah, it was me, but that was before I realized that the assassins with Rea had been a distraction from the beginning. The smoke must have been a screen so that something else could get close to us. That something else was…

“Pirates!”

“We’re under attack.”

“They even have air pirates?” I cursed.

Airships were supposed to be a rare thing that was specific to the Jespain. Even getting a ride on one had taken a great deal of effort and special permissions from Jespain. Yet, suddenly, we were being attacked by a flying pirate ship. No, it was more accurate to say this was an assassination in the guise of piracy. Just like the way the Fae invasion had been hidden behind pirate attacks, this assassination would seem like a helpless mistake.

The spells that kept the ship upright started to take effect and it straightened so that I could stand on the floor again, even though I could hear the groan of the other ship still pushing against it. Commotion had broken out upstairs, I could hear both sailors and my girls fighting above. While I had no doubt my girls could contain the situation, I wasn’t just going to sit back and watch everything happen. I ducked out the cabin door and started heading down the hallway.

“Ahhh!” I had made it halfway to the stairs when a familiar cry caused me to stop.

I turned around to see Rea standing there, and several of the pretend pirates holding her at sword point.

“Rea…” I frowned.

“Help! They’re going to kill me!” She cried out desperately.

Was that seriously their plan? They were planning to use Rea to get to me?

“Put down your weapon or we’ll kill the girl!” One of the pirates declared, holding his blade up menacingly.

“Please, do what he says.” She teared up on command. “I’m so scared.”

“Kill her then,” I responded.

The girl’s eyes widened, and even the assassins seemed taken aback. The leader recovered quickest. I recognized his voice as the one who had spoken to her earlier when she helped them get on the ship.

“You don’t think I will?”

“Here, I’ll help you!”

I pulled out Alysia and then threw her. Normally, a blade her size would flop to the ground, but she was no normal blade. She flew down the hallway in a straight line. The assassins jumped to the side in shock. The only one who didn’t move was the girl standing in the middle. Alysia’s sliced right through her neck, and Rea’s head left her body.

Before the assassins even could recover, I made an explosive movement. Alysia had slowed to a near stop, and her hilt snapped to my hand like we were magnetized. I slashed down at the recovering assassins, who didn’t even have a chance to bring out their soul revving daggers. The leader was the last one, having managed to partially dodge my attack and take a powerful wound on his shoulder.

“Y-you monster!” he cried out.

I ignored him, cutting him down. His sword broke in two and he died as well.

Chapter 1727

“Did you make sure to absorb any of their souls?” I asked as I cleaned Alysia off.

“Huh? I thought I was destroying them.” She responded.

“What? I said we needed to capture someone!”

“Isn’t there still the girl?” She asked, sounding a bit irritated.

I looked over at the headless corpse on the ground. “I wasn’t planning on torturing her. You only cut her body, right?”

“Of course! That attack you made was still pretty ruthless though.”

“Hmph… she’s the one who put herself in that situation. Besides, I’m just scaring her a little. It’s not like losing one’s head is fatal in this world.”

“It’s not?”

I reached down and grabbed her head, putting it against her body. “It’s not. Reattach.”

Level 65 of White Mage had turned out to be the spell Reattach. This spell was different from Regrow, which was hopefully a spell I would still get eventually. I had been curious about trying out the spell for a while now. I had no clue if it worked on heads, but it was an excellent time to find out. There was a glow, and then her head was seamlessly attached to her body once again. I felt her neck and frowned.

“She’s still not breathing.”

“How could she be, you killed her!” Alysia accused.

“She’s not dead. A brain can go for minutes without oxygen.” I explained. “Great Heal!”

I used my strongest healing spell on her. When that was done, she still wasn’t breathing. Did I need to go to that extent? I guess there was no other way. I ripped open her shirt and started chest compressions. Then, I leaned back her head and performed respiration. I had heard they didn’t do that anymore, but I was old school. Besides, I was all but immune to diseases and poisons.

On my third round, while I was thinking I might need to shock her heart back to life, her eyes popped open. It was while I was pushing down on her chest, my hands right between her breasts.

“Wha-” She looked down at her semi-naked state, and then let out a cry. “P-pervert!”

[Pervert has increased to level 41.]

I didn’t even have Pervert equipped. Well played, stupid job.

I cleared my throat. “Are you better now?”

She seemed confused for a few moments, but as things came back to her, she reached for her throat with a gasp. “You killed me!”

“Well, technically I just injured you, and then healed it,” I responded. “I didn’t have to resurrect you, so your soul never left your body.”

“You cut off my head! Do you know what that feels like?” She demanded with teary eyes.

“It doesn’t feel great,” I responded, touching my neck.

I had my head cut off once. Elaya had used a time-reversal spell that had spared me the damage, but it was still a traumatic experience in my life.

Rea’s face turned red. “I hate you! You’re the worst! Go die!”

I felt a little guilty. Just as I opened my mouth to apologize, the ship tilted once again as there was another slam. The girls should have had the pirates under wraps by now. Just what was going on? I immediately asked with Slave Communication.

“Eh? What’s happening?” She cried out.

“Shut up!” I covered her mouth so that I could hear the responses with my Slave Communication.

It was Lydia who responded first. “Master, they’re trying to push us into the Abyss!”