Chapter 1

"Ahh....finally.."

"Why are we here? Besides, our teacher said we shouldn't be in this forest without their guard or when we practicing during the lesson." ask Ren

"Are you sure? Its nothing here. Just an empty land" said Sean too

"I'm sure that thing is here...at Forzhe Forest. Take it easy. We will not go to deep. I have searched for the information. The location of the cottage is only 300 meters away from the forest entrance. And during the day like this the goblins aren't too aggressive. We will take the magic stone and go straight out. I promise." said Lant

'Stupid. If it is easy to find, surely many people will come and take the magic stone.'

'By the way, i will introduce my class friend here. First is Lant, a boy who is often curious. His father worked as an herbalist in Berlial Kingdom. Because his mom is sick, they are now in Finzy village to search for a cure. Second is Sean, a boy who has quite high intelligence. He prefers to read rather than holding a sword to fight. Has a beautiful mother who have library in this village. His father traveled to get the best mining materials. Third is Ren, a girl who likes animals. She approaches animals easily in the forest. Her parents have a bar in Finzy village. Fourth is Lyvi, she is an orphan. Because she must to help her adoptive family, she had to be able to hunt for additional food. She studied how to use a bow and arrow because she tought it was easier to use it for hunting.'

Lant heard rumors that there was a magical fire stone in this forest when he heard his father chatting with someone. He did not know who was chatting with his father. But it seems like his father believed the information.

"Woahh....there is the cottage." pointed Lant

"This dull and tiny cottage? Are you sure?" doubt Ren

"Hmm~ hmm~ I'm sure. By the way where's the door?"

Lant tried to find an entrance. The others also searched.

Lyvi found something.

"What's this? Hey guys ... come here"

Lyvi cleans the stone and she finds a mysterious symbol with many undentified words. She thinks its quite old and blurry.

"Hmm....."

Lant curious and try to touch it.

Shuu remembered that sigil.

"Hey Lant.....dont touch it.."

--- Grumble... Grumble.... ---

Its too late!!

Suddenly the ground around them vibrates and a portal appeared under their feet.

'Protectie All'

《Your defend status up 30%. The limit is 1 day》

Shuu whisper and made a protection spell for everyone. Who knows they are suddenly trapped in a dangerous situation .

--- Whossssh... ---

They disappeared in the portal.

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"Uhhh..my head hurts. Where are we?"

Lant looked around. They seemed to be teleported into a dark room. There are only a few torches that brighten the room. Lant was worried because he did not expect this to happen.

"Hey Sean.....wake up. You ok right?"

"Wait mom.....10 more minutes"

"Uhh....really. How can you sleep here. Wake up...."

---Smackk!!...---

"What is it mom... it's still a ni..ght..."

'Hmmm ... why is this not like in my room?'

Sean was confused and finally realized something strange.

'Ehh...'

"Are you awake yet? Do you know this isn't your home?"

"What is this place?"

"I don't know. It's dark here. That's all I know. Come on, wake the others up."

Lyvi and Ren are not far from them.

"Hey Lyvi, Ren, wake up."

Ren opens her eyes.

"Uhh...what is this place? We got teleported to somewhere else before."

"Yeah and i still dont know where we are. We will find out soon."said Lant.

When Lyvi wakes up, she felt something in her arm.

Uhk!!

Lyvi's arm is injured. Her arm was slightly bleeding.

"You okay Lyvi?" ask Ren

"Yeah. Don't worry it. I'm fine"

....

--- Scratch.... Scratch....---

......

Lyvi heard something.

"Hey ... did you hear that voice?"

"It's not a monster, right? I'm afraid."

Lant and Sean are getting ready with their weapons.

The sound is getting closer.

--- Squeak...squeak.. ---

...

Pheww...

"I think we will immediately face the monsters"

...

"By the way, it seems that we forget someone" thought Ren

"Ahh ... Shuu huh? Where is Shuu? When waking us up. You didn't see Shuu?"

--- Bangg!! Crumble...Crumble......---

Everyone shocked and their eyes immediately turned towards the end of the hallway. Lyvi and Ren look scared.

"What is that? This time ... the sound is not from a mouse." explained Shiki.

Suddenly someone's silhouette appeared behind the puff of dust from the direction of the sound.

They took a step back.

"Ahh ... sorry sorry ... I accidentally tripped and dropped a few barrels. Fortunately it didn't block our way out ..."

"Shuuuuuu!!!" all of them shout out.

"How can you do this Shuu!!?? You even made us shock. I think this time we will die."

"Hehhe ... I planned to look around first. I'm worried this is a dangerous situation. And if we are in a group, it will be discovered soon or later. And I think this is a safe area. When I wanted to come back from there I stumble a little"

Shuu pointed at the end of the hallway, there was a strange aura that made a little goose bumps than in this room. And they nodded to understand why Shuu thought this room was safer.

"Shuu, why are you so calm in this situation?" ask Lyvi.

Shuu became silent and he remembered the incident before he join the army.

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'Hosh..... Hosh.....'

Shuu and other girl were running in a hallway. They were being chased by group of kobolds in the cave. 3 other people from their group were trapped and died by a trap made by the kobolds.

At first they just only got the task of collecting the 'Green Leaf', a plant used to make healing potion. Because one of their friends were stubborn and tried to enter the cave. And they didnt know that the cave were the kobold's nest.

They panic and automatically run outside. One of their friends pushed Shuu and Shuu fell down. The girl came back and tried to save Shuu.

The other 3 member just ran because they were panic, they chose the wrong way and got trapped. They died because a lot of flying spear.

Shuu and that girl were looking at it and they felt so terrified. Shuu and the girl run to the other road.

When they are almost reached the exit, Shuu tripped and fell down. The girl came back again and tried block that kobold with her fire magic.

When that girl though it was safe, they ran again. But suddenly one of the kobold stabbed the girl in the back with her spear.

Shuu was shocked and tried release that spear. But it was too deep. She died fast if Shuu released that spear. Shuu cried and in confusion.

"Go...!!" Said the girl.

"But.... y..you will die."

'hikss .... hiksss' cried Shuu

'Ahkkk... Cough.... Coughh.....'

That girl cough and blood came out from her mouth.

"And if you are still in here, your gonna die too." answered that girl softly.

"But....."

"I will block their way with my fire wall. You must tell uncle there's a Kobold here. I trust you Shuu"

'hikss.....'

Shuu cry while running.

"Go Shuu!!! run faster!!! Don't try looking back"

That girl now facing many kobolds.

"Ok... monsters.... now you face me."

When Shuu was already outside,....

'Fira Wall'

Then a wall of fire blocked the way. That girl is still in there. Shuu ran until he reached the village. Shuu told the villager head. When they got there, that girl disappeared. There were only corpses of kobolds scattered and fire everywhere.

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"Hmm...... i just remember my mother told me for always being calm. Nothing special"

"I envy to you Shuu. Even your rank is below us, but you still think positive."

'Lyvi, you....'

"Please Lyvi, don't expect anything special from me. I'm not someone like that."

....

Smackk!!...

Sean looks mad.

"This is all because of you Lant. If you didn't bring us here, this wouldn't happen. You said this wasn't dangerous !!? What's 'bout there not monsters !!!? What is just an old cottage !!!?"

"I also didn't know that it would be like this. You also think that, right?"

It seems Sean wanted to hit Lant again. But it was stopped by Shuu.

"Okay.... stop. Looks like there aren't any monsters in the hallway. I'm sure ... but don't ever lure those monsters in here. With your fighting, it will lure the monster here. You want to fight it?"

Sean stopped and calmed.

'Pheww..... luckily they understanded'

"I'm sorry, Sean. I didn't mean to harm you."

"You apologies later. Just be careful. If we die here, i won't forgive you."

Then Shuu calmed Ren and Lyvi.

"Okay princesses, can you stand up? We will explore this dungeon. And those knights will protect you even though they acted a little before"

Shuu respectfully bowed to them. While showing a funny face.

Lyvi and Ren laugh a little.

'It's good that the atmosphere became a little lighter. Not as heavy as before. '

"Alright ... we must immediately find a way out of here." Shuu said.

"R....right. Let's find a way out. And necessarily there are monsters here. Who knows we are only in a dark room." asked Ren

"Are there no similar symbols that made us teleport here like before?"

"Nope. I checked it when I saw the room condition. Unfortunately that symbol is not here. We have to go ahead and look for other solutions."

'Hmmm ... But why does that sigil even exist? Even though the sigil is very ancient. Maybe the last time I saw it was in my 120th year. Since it was considered to be one of the dangerous sigils that could teleport people directly to a dungeon, church that sealed a ancient book and destroyed the image related to the sigil. '

They prepared their fighting equipment and prepared to trace the dungeon.

"Are you guys ready?"

"Ready..."

"Okay...let's go"

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