Frostfire Legacy

Chapter 151: Conquering the Crypt! (4)

The passage after the mural started to branch off, like an ant's nest, making it difficult to traverse. Rather than a crypt, it felt closer to a maze! Of course, since they had no clues, they had to check out each path one after another, which took up a great amount of time.

"Woah!"

And of course, mazes with multiple paths would have measures to eliminate intruders who take the wrong one. Traps activated one after another whenever they lowered their guards, endangering their lives a lot of times already.

Traps like arrows from the walls, pitfalls, ceiling drops, and many others.

It was almost a miracle that they survived through those traps, but all that trouble was more than worth it, at least. Half of the trap-riddled passages were dead ends, but the other half led to a storage room.

"This is... an artifact!"

And each of those storage rooms was filled to the brim with weapons and artifacts, each worth at least 300,000 Tels on the market!

Twelve hours passed, and from the myriads of paths, only one remained.

By then, the amount of artifacts that they found was already reaching 500 million Tels in value, roughly estimated. Even divided between the six of them, that was still quite a large amount!

"Let's rest here for now." Aster declared.

The time was already near 9 p.m., so it was obvious that they would be tired. Although the only fight they had was against the golem statues, exploring while being wary of traps still sapped their mental strength. Fatigue was visible on the faces of half of them already.

Of course, after they finished setting up the tents in the hall connecting the many passages, Aster didn't hold back his skills at all. He prepared the best meal he could from the ingredients they had, allowing the girls to enjoy their meal and recover faster.

And since they were inside the crypt, they didn't need too many on watch duty. As such, they decided to have two shifts with two people each. The method of selection? To draw lots!

"Yay~! I'm safe!"

"Somehow, I feel sorry for the rest."

And the two who ended up excluded from the watch were Cassy and Liz. The next part was deciding who would be paired, but...

"I'm pairing with Darling! Nobody else is allowed!"

Due to Tina's insistence, the pairing was decided almost immediately.

The first watch was Aster and Tina, which ended up becoming a sort of date for them, with Tina being all over Aster while they watched their surroundings. She was talking about how she was planning this and that, how many kids she wanted, and so on, making Aster reel from her enthusiasm.

After about four hours of listening to her drivel, Aster was finally relieved from his hell. "Time to switch. Stop bothering Aster, you Vixen!" Thanks to Kali's help, that is.

Although chaos ensued when Tina wanted to sleep with Aster since they lacked enough tents, thankfully, she was pushed into Cassy's tent. From then on, a quiet time passed by.

"Hng!"

Lorelai suddenly felt her left eye going warmer, uncomfortable as hell. Of course, she knew what this meant, and quickly activated a soundproofing artifact that she always brings with her.

Kali, who was guarding the other side, noticed how Lory's sound of breathing disappeared, but she dismissed it, thinking she just moved away to pick some flowers.

After making sure that nobody was watching, Lory removed her hand from her left eye. As she did, a hologram visible only to her appeared, showing a familiar face—the man who had previously passed her directive when she was still in her cell, Officer Lubbot.

{280498, It's been a week. Have you not completed your task yet?}

Although he sounded like he was asking a question, it was obvious that his meaning was different. Lory assumed her usual smile, not letting the man see her inner thoughts.

"Pardon my tardiness, Officer Lubbot. However, I found information that greatly delayed my progress." She explained.

After that, she reported about Aster having the Frostfire Legacy, and how the spirits inside it were able to take over his mind. Due to this, even if she used her eyes at full power and controlled him, there's a high chance that the spirits would simply take over control, and neutralize her skill in the process.

{... Fucking useless! Then what are you planning to do now? We need that man here as soon as possible!}

"Don't worry, officer. I'm already working on it." Lory's smile turned even sweeter as she explained.

"I have infiltrated their party, and am working on gradually exploiting his subconscious mind through minor adjustments every time we meet gazes. My job should be done in a month, at most."

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{That's too slow! Two weeks—that's the limit I can give you!}

"..."

Lory's smile twitched, but she quickly recovered, not allowing the other party to notice. "As you command, Officer Lubbot." She bowed gracefully.

Right then, the hologram disappeared, but the heat in her left eye remained the same. It was so uncomfortable that she wanted to pull her eye out and throw it away. However, the chip behind her eye would explode if she tried to do so.

Tears streamed down her left eye as she endured the pain while cursing in her mind.

'You fucking fatty! As soon as I get rid of this chip, I'll make sure to kill you in the most painful way possible!'

The pain subsided only after half an hour passed. She heaved a deep sigh before turning to Aster's tent.

Her initial plan was to use Aster to pinpoint and freeze the chip behind her eyes, destroying it in the process. However, after learning that his ability to freeze things was thanks to his Frostfire Legacy and that it was currently sealed for an unknown length of time, she had to readjust her plans.

"Two weeks..."

It was way too short for her to succeed in her plan to free herself from her chains. However, that was no reason for her to give up. A glint flashed in her eyes as she stood idly, keeping watch of her surroundings while thinking of other things.

Soon, morning came—the time for them to resume exploring the crypt.