Within the first two hours of the dungeon run, the group already encountered four near death experiences and managed to obtain a small pile of loot.
Uptil now the group had obtained
[ Azurath Tea Grass ] - A special species of grass that can be used to brew herbal tea that has calming effects.
-Obtained X5 bundles
-Selling price 5000 gold coins/ bundle
[ Blue spotted mushroom ] - A species of mushroom that has a psychedelic effect upon consumption.
It's an extremely popular drug amongst the orc community
-Obtained 2.4 pounds
- Selling price 10,000 gold coins/ pound
[ Purple Colored Inferior Manastones ] - Naturally forming manastones of inferior grade, can restore upto 1,000 units of mana
-Obtained 27 stones
-Selling price 400 gold/stone
[ Dragon Bones ] - Bones dug up from a dragon carcass.
-Obtained 4 long bones, 10 medium bones, 55 short bones
- Selling price 20,000 gold/long bone, 5,000 gold/ medium bone, 1000 gold/ short bone.
Overall the group had done a few hundred thousand gold worth of looting in just 2 hours while mostly being scared for their lives.
Slowly but surely they began realising the true value of the dungeon.
" Holy smokes guys, if we continue to loot then at this rate we will all be able to make our university fees back in just one day! Even if we don't find anything big!" Sebastian said as he became extremely cheerful.
Sebastian had been dirt poor all his life and it was his first time earning so much money so fast and it released incredible amounts of dopamine in his brain.
He thumped his legs in joy and his already small eyes became even smaller when he smiled with mirth as the rest of the group sighed in exasperation looking at him.
Anna was a princess, although her finances were tight as a student she was still considerably filthy rich and did not really care about making a few hundred thousand gold.
Most of the treasures were discovered by her as she was extremely well versed in nature's flora and fauna. If it were up to the other three they would not be able to distinguish between the blue spotted mushroom and the other similarly blue looking mushroom which was apparently poisonous.
Asiva was also a princess by birth and although she did not think that a few hundred thousand money was less at all, she was not a person who cared about monetary things in general.
For her, even if she had no money at all, she could be happy if she slept knowing all her enemies were dead and Max was not fooling around with other women.
While Asiva and Anna sighed at Sebastian because of his poor man mindset, Max sighed at him because of his low ambition.
' Sebastian my buddy, if you become happy with a few hundred thousand gold, what will you do when we haul millions? A man must aim for the stars! ' Max thought as he petted Sebastian's head as if he were a nice good dog.
" Agh such a good day " Sebastian said, loving the beautiful feeling of being surrounded by tall nature full of treasures.
*Hehehehehehehe*
It was at this moment that the group heard a weird laughing noise seemingly out of nowhere that echoed all around them.
*Hehehehehehehe*
Max used scan, trying to understand where the sound was coming from but it was to no avail, he could not locate the enemy using his skill which meant that either the enemy was outside scans range or the level of the enemy was too high for Max to detect.
*Boys, won't you come play with your big sister?*
The voice said seductively as the area around them began filling with a layer of thick fog.
*Big sister loves dwarves, she loves the tall masked guy too, why don't the three of us play together? *
The four of them stood back to back as they had their weapons drawn, ready to fight at the first sight of the enemy.
[ System Notification - You have been assaulted by a mental manipulation attack ]
[ System Notification - Your Intermediary mental manipulation resistance, resists the attack ]
STAB!
-1200
" Ugh ". Max groaned as he was stabbed in the leg by Asiva, Max hobbled away from her and wanted to scream at her but noticed that her usual beautiful crimson red eyes changed into a hazy grey colour and understood that she was under an illusion.
One by one all three of his friends turned towards him with hazy eyes as Max realised that he was truly ' Fucked ' this time around.
*A cheeky one aren't you? Hahahaha... well I have no use for the over smart ones, you can just straight go to hell*.
The voice that once sounded like that of a sweet woman changed into that of a hoarse demon really fast, as his three friends lunged straight towards himself with weapons drawn.
' Agh shit, this is going to be hell ' Max thought as he prepared to defend.
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( Meanwhile Rudra )
" Sir this battleship fleet is flying under thunder nation colours, it's a merchant ship with only two frigate class defensive battleships to accompany them, we can take them out quickly if you order us to do so ". An earthen soldier reported to Rudra as Rudra stroked his chin and looked at the passing merchant convoy with interest.
" No need to use our battleships, I'll handle this one myself. Prepare to decompress the release chamber, I'll go out into space and deal with this myself ". Rudra ordered as the soldier saluted him and began executing his orders.
While a normal human could not resist the cold and the vacuum of space, Rudra had transcended that threshold long ago and to him deep space was no longer a challenge.
Mana flowed freely throughout the universe, even through deep space and he being a god only needed mana for sustenance now and nothing else.
Walking out of the decompression chamber, Rudra unsheathed his two swords as in just two casual strikes he sliced the two frigate class defensive ships in half, destroying the defences of the merchant caravan.
The attack was an ambush and came out of nowhere as the entire merchant caravan was caught off-guard when they saw their guard ships blow up in smithereens.
" Who dares attack lord Thor's vessels? " Wondered the merchant leader as he tried to look on the radar for enemy's, however, to his surprise only found one small man.
" This is a hostile situation, please proceed to land on the coordinates I send you, the moment you try to run or change course, I will obliterate your entire fleet ". Rudra said through mana voice as it propagated even through deep space.
" These are lord Thor's vessels, just who do you think you are to challenge his underlings? ". The merchant leader asked in his boldest voice, hoping that Thor's name would deter the enemy.
" His granddaddy ". Rudra replied as he slashed his sword and destroyed the lead ship where the question arose from.
The remaining 11 ships in the fleet felt goosebumps arise on their skin when they saw this scene as they realised that the other party was a god that was not to be offended.
They complied on the surface, heading towards the coordinates Rudra wanted them to be diverted towards, however, thinking that they were smarter than the greatest mastermind, they sent an SOS signal for help to the thunder nation patrol fleet asking for backup, not understanding that it was Rudra's ploy all along.
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/// A/N - Bonus chapter for hitting the GT target, good job everyone! ///