Legacy of the Betelgeuse

Chapter 171 - Episode 171: The Oasis.

Emma and Grisell are riding Azrael because they wanted to know how it feels to fly around as I did during the invasion while checking if they can see the Oasis from above. The others also want to try it but they're just holding it in. We have been walking for almost a day and we should be able to see the Oasis by now.

Emma and Grisell are pointing at something in front of us. Grisell looks down.

"Guys! There's a suspicious huge stone up head!"

Everyone is furrowing their foreheads and then we can see a massive boulder of stone in the middle of the desert on its own with nothing else around it. That indicates that we have reached our destination. The Oasis should be around that boulder of stone. I just need to move that boulder so we can see the Oasis.

We are standing around the boulder of stone while observing it. I grab a rope from my inventory and everyone is looking at me with confusion. I put the end of the rope on the ground and then start walking around the stone. After I make a knot on the rope I look at every one.

"Can you guys lift the rope so it can wrap the stone in the middle?"

Everyone just looking at me with confusion but they're doing it anyway because they just believe in me. After I make sure that the rope and the knot are tightened on the boulder of stone, I grab another rope and tie it on the knot.

I'm wiping my hands from the sand and then look at them.

"Let's pull the stone from here."

Everyone walks toward me and grabs the rope. We then pull the stone as hard as we can. The stone is slowly moving away from its original position. We can hear the sound of sand is getting sucked under the stone, and we keep pulling it away until the sand around us is sinking into the hole that seems to be blocked by the boulder of stone.

We stop pulling the stone because it's unnecessary anymore, but we still need to hold it steady because if not, the stone will slide back on top of the hole and block it. We are looking at the huge hole and the sand getting sucked into it. We can see that the ground is slowly sinking and we start to see the tip of stones around us that were swallowed by the sand, then we can see the top of the palm trees on our far right.

Slowly but surely, we can start to see the bottom of the ground. We are standing inside the chunk of land because the sand is still getting sucked by the hole in front of us. There's a hole on top of the small cliff near the palm trees, then we can hear a rumbling sound coming from that hole. A strong stream of water comes out from the hole and starts to fill the dried land. We are slowly releasing the stone and it gets sucked on top of the hole. We can finally see the Oasis from here, and then a notification appears.

[Voice of the World]

[Congratulations to the player [I*********n], [M*********s], [F******K], [P*********a], [B*****t], [T****r], [R*********r], [C*********************c [C***********e], and [A***n]. They have discovered the "The Lost Dynasty: Mauron Empire". The rewards are [10 status points], [Diamond Mysterious Box], and [Fame +100]. May the Betelgeuse bless you!]

Everyone is shocked by the announcement and looks at the VoW in the sky, then they're looking at me with disbelief while laughing a little. They all then run toward the Oasis and look at how clear and clean the water is. All of them then immediately dip themselves into the pool of water. I'm just watching them from the side.

Francesca is wooing while splashing the water onto her face.

"This is heaven! The water is so cold and feels so nice!"

Everyone starts splashing at each other and playing around in the pool of water, what they don't realize is that the pool itself is the entrance to the dungeon. They're starting to get sucked into the middle of the pool and they can't swim to the side since the stream is too strong. They're screaming for help and waving their hands at me. I'm just chuckling and put my hands around my mouth.

"I will see you guys soon! You can enjoy the dungeon down there! Bye!"

Emma flips her finger.

"Trev, you assh*le!"

I wave at them while they're getting sucked into the dungeon. I look at Azrael.

"You should get back inside since I need to enter the pool. I don't want to freeze with you swimming in the water."

Azrael nods and then gets back to his dimension. I then dive into the water and swim into the hole underneath the water. The water is sucking me into the hole and then I'm just enjoying the ride while the water is leading me into the dungeon. The water is leading me into the waterfall and then I freefalling into another pool of water. I swim to the surface and look at everyone is drying their hair and equipment.

Ivonna is offering her hand and I grab her hand then she pulls me up. Everyone is mesmerized by the scenery. I look at the vast land with so many old houses, forts, and massive castles so far away from where we at. We are currently underneath the desert and everyone still can't believe there's a city underneath it.

Aspen is scoffing and fixing his hair.

"No wonder I didn't find this place. This place is hidden underneath the sand, huh?"

Leo is humming with understanding.

"So that's why the NPCs that were searching for this place went missing. They got lost in here."

I nod.

"Yeah, and I'm certain that they can't survive in this place for that long and they couldn't find a way out. The best bet is those NPCs are already dead now."

Ivonna and the other are looking at each other and then they all nod. Ivonna starts whispering to Leo and Michael, the two of them are nodding with understanding. Michael then looks at Aspen.

"Aspen, let's explore the area!"

Aspen is smiling and nodding.

"Yeah, let's go."

Aspen, Michael, and Leo are leaving and looking for a way down to the city. Ivonna then looks at me.

"So, what is this place?"

I'm humming while wiping my face.

"As you all saw on the VoW, this is one of the Lost Dynasties in Orion, The Mauron Empire. Something happened to this empire that the people of Orion couldn't even find the reason why this empire is gone in a single night. The only thing they know is that something similar to the invasion has happened to this empire, and that's it."

Emma then looks at me.

"Is there a dungeon that we can clear in this place? Because the VoW is similar to when Kingstar and Queenstar discovered the Maelstrom of Abyss, and you said about a dungeon earlier."

I tilt my head and scoff.

"What do you mean if there's a dungeon in here? All of these are the dungeon."

They look at me and then look at the vast land behind them. Francesca looks at me.

"Are you being serious? This massive city is the dungeon?!"

I chuckle and nod.

"Yeah."

Chelsea is humming with understanding.

"So, if this is the dungeon. There should be monsters lurking around the city, right? Are those monsters are hard to kill?"

I shake my head.

"It's not really that hard. Most of the monsters that are lurking in this dungeon are those Cursed Souls of Pasheer people with their summons. Most of those black magic users are always identic with snakes, scorpions, and vulture birds. So you might easily get surrounded by them, and not to mention that black magic users know how to use spells that main purpose is to weakened their enemies and strengthened their allies. So if you want to easily defeat them is to kill the Cursed Souls first then the summons will disappear with them."

They're humming with understanding. Grisell then looks at me.

"You have cleared this dungeon before, right?"

I smile and shake my head.

"No, I haven't. I couldn't clear it because of a reason."

They're looking at me with disbelief. Ivonna is furrowing her forehead.

"What do you mean you couldn't clear it?"

I shrug and smile.

"You will find the answer when you reach the boss stage."

I clap my hands and look at them.

"Alright, I guess I have to leave this dungeon and go to the place I need to find."

Emma is tilting her head.

"You're leaving already? You're not going to come with us and clear this dungeon?"

I scoff and raise my eyebrows.

"You won't be able to clear this dungeon on your own. You need at least hundreds to thousands of players to clear this dungeon. But you can check the dungeon first and see it for yourself."

I stretch my arms and look at them.

"Anyway, I will show you how to leave the dungeon. Follow me."

I climb up to the cliff and there's a small hole that can fit for a person to enter. They're following me from behind and I'm pointing at the hole.

"If you enter this hole, you will be back to the Oasis through the hole where the water is filled the pool of water in the Oasis. You need to swim away from the pool so you won't get sucked in again."

They all nod with understanding. Then I nod and look at them.

"Alright, I will see you guys later."

I enter the hole and slide my way out to the Oasis. I swim to the surface and fix my hair. I summon Azrael again and he looks at me. I'm rubbing his head and smile.

"Let's go and find the entrance to the Land of Sigrid, Az..."

Azreal nods.

"Yes, master!"