12 The Price

<Yes, a dungeon. Are you up for it?>

<Yes, I am>

Dro opened the map and read the name

He started typing a message <I am in, Yukeora>

<Sure>

Ending his conversation with Pert, Dro channelled <Blood Gate> as he prepared to ask the Queen to teleport his acquaintance to this land, so he could conquer this dungeon.

Dro was now standing before the Vampire Queen she looked at him and spoke, "I told you to come before me when you are successful in your task."

Dro looked at her speaking, "I am still looking into it, can I go and bring humans here?"

"Humans?

"Do you even realise what you are asking?"

"I, want to bring humans so that I could conquer a dungeon," Dro stated

"No human will walk in my lands, and that is final. Is there anything else you need?"

"Is there really no way?" He still didn't give up.

"Alright, from this moment on, I am relinquishing your title of Progenitor, the next time you bring the subject of wanting to bring any humans here you will die."

She added, "If you want to retain your title of Proteginator you will have to work from the bottom for it."

<Title: Proteginator Lost>

<Title: Vampire Novice received>

<Rewards:????>

"Please identify this item," Dro asked the queen.

"Give me the item," She stated.

Dro passed her the item and in a moment he got it back.

<Uncommon, Leather Belt, Strength +1, Required Level 5>

He immediately equipped the belt and asked the Queen to send him back, she looked at him and spoke, "Next time you come empty handed, you will face true death and also remember this well if those pets of yours cause any trouble here I will kill you all."

After returning back to <Vampire Novice Village> he contacted Pert.

<Sorry, I can't summon you to my location>

<I, understand> He texted back.

Dro went to the dungeon alone, now he would be trying to solo it.

Entering the cave he was in a long tunnel and he saw the first monster in his path.

Dro attacked not waiting for anything,

<Crit>

<-2,219>

Nearly half of monster's HP was gone

Dro followed up with another attack he managed to crit one more time.

<Crit>

<-2,531>

At that moment before a monster could attack Dro launched another skill

<Drain>

<-250>

<+250 XP>

Dro killing the monster frowned he sighed to himself as he left the cave, he knew he couldn't complete this dungeon alone. He critical struck two times in a row but it wasn't enough to kill one monster. Turning back he chose to go and do the quest with werewolves.

Approaching the cave he needed to clear he found the werewolf which sitting watch.

<Werevolf, Level 10 Elite>

Dro rushed at the werewolf as he attacked,

<-862>

<-2531>

The werewolf howled and attacked, it used a skill

<-490>

Seeing his own HP sweat poured down his back as he was almost one shot. He narrowed his eyes,

<+55>

<Drain>

<-250>

<+125>

He only recovered 175 HP which made him frown, he backed off and used <Blood Spear>

<-862>

Werewolf howled with pain as he used a skill again

Dro seeing the attack used his own skill

The attack did no damage, he got away with his puddle getting some distance, his <Blood Spear> still was on cooldown. He gazed at the werewolf that was dashing at him.

Since the werewolf had three wounds he recovered 30% hp and that let him survive the werewolf's next skill. Barely alive his skill got off cooldown as he used the skills,

<-862>

<+500 XP>

For this one Elite werewolf, he had used all his cooldowns he slowly went up to the body and looted.

Dro confused open the menu and clicked on the item opening it a new text window appeared.

Dro laughed to himself as he lucked out, he couldn't believe that a werewolf kill would complete the Quest that the Queen has given him. Dro used the <Blood Gate> and was standing before the Queen. She looked at him and spoke, "You better not disappoint me again.

Dro nodded his head as he spoke, "I found this missive on the body of a werewolf."

He presented the item to the Vampire Queen. She opened it and read it, "You have done well, I must have been hasty in taking away what belongs to you, after all, you are one of the few Trueblood vampires."

<+10000 XP>

With this, his favourability returned to 0 and she spoke, "It is good that you completed this task, this proves I can trust you with a greater mission. You see I already knew that werewolves were involved with Vampire Novice village. But let's forget about that, I will send other progenitors to deal with that, as you are too weak as you are right now."

She continued, "I will send you to a human realm right now, there you will do a task for me. You have to go to the upper world and get stronger when you are strong enough I will call you back."

"But before you leave, do you have anything else you want to do?"

Dro looked at the Queen as he spoke, "I was given a task, to get the pelt of Vampire King's Bat and also to explore the cave of the werewolves."

"Since you have given a promise you must fulfil these tasks, but Vampire King's pelt? Truthfully you are too weak to battle such a beast, as for werewolves that cave is littered with them."

She called, "Riku come here"

"You called your majesty?"

"Aid fifth progenitor with his tasks," She waved her hand and two of them got transported to <Vampire Novice Village>

As Riku joined his party he could now see his level and it was <500>

Riku spoke, "Let's get this over with, let's go"

Dro nodded his head as he walked with Riku, they first entered the Damp Cave, entering it Riku started slaughtering everything in his path he received 3000 XP just for sitting idly. They both entered the boss room.

Dro swallowed his saliva as he now knew he had no chance to fight this thing one on one. The monster was twice as big as normal bat monsters found in this cave, it had red bloody eyes, and Fang's that were very long and came out of the beast's mouth.

<20,000/20,000 HP>

Riku just moved and with one swing of his sword beheaded the monster. Dro received XP for killing the monster

<+5000 XP>

Dro moved to the corpse of the beast and looted,

But the next items that dropped dumbfounded Dro, it also made him smile so widely he yelled in his mind, [JACKPOT!]

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