Responsibility

!ALARM

[YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE DUNGEON OF THE CIDAE LAIR!]

YOU HAVE EARNED [TITLE: ANT QUEEN]

[TITLE: ANT QUEEN]

A TITLE GIVEN TO AN ACE WITH CHARISMA AND PROFICIENT IN COMMANDING THOSE WEAKER THAN HER.

+40% INCREASED EXPERIENCE AGAINST INSECT-TYPE MONSTERS.

!ALARM

[DUNGEON BOSS HAS BEEN KILLED. DUNGEON DOOR WILL BE CLOSED IN 10 MINUTES.]

TIME LIMIT: 10 MIN

TIME REMAINING: 9 MIN 50 SEC

Chika look at the screen before exiting the door of the burning lair as fire engulfed the whole area.

Upon stepping outside, the door vanished and a series of screens appeared in front of Chika, congratulating her for the success but she felt empty and her legs wobbled like jelly as she fall on the ground.

She can't believe that she was able to command someone to kill themselves. Chika didn't mind killing monsters but the higher-ranked one is humanoid.

By how Alara raised her without violence, Chika wasn't used to seeing blood many more dead people around her.

The experience brings shock but most of all, the trauma she'll be dealing with for a while. The lifeless eyes of those humanoids keep on going back in her memory like broken tape.

Grasping her hair, Chika let out a silent scream while rocking her body back and forth to calm her nerves as well as to relax her trembling body.

"What should I do next?" She whispered while looking up at the sky. It was already dark and the moon shines brightly.

"Moon Goddess, what's happening to me? Why am I experiencing this?"

Chika sighs heavily and looks at her status profile.

[STATUS]

NAME: ELSPETH

JOB: NONE

TITLE: ANT QUEEN

LEVEL: 5

HP: 1599

FATIGUE: 0

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MP: 800

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STRENGTH: 13

AGILITY: 10

SENSE: 10

VITALITY: 10

INTELLIGENCE: 10

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REMAINING POINTS: 10

"10 points huh…" A tired smile formed on her lips as she put additional points of her liking.

STRENGTH: 16

AGILITY: 12

SENSE: 12

VITALITY: 12

INTELLIGENCE: 12

After putting the points in, she closed her eyes and laid on the grass as she let the cold breeze hit her body.

"I wish I could stay like this forever~" A sigh of relief came out of her mouth as she was about to sleep when a voice spoke behind her.

"If you keep on staying here, you'll catch a cold."

"WTH!" Chika scrambled to stand up to see Arius leaning on the wall and the red lipstick stain is still on his cheeks.

He walked slowly as the moon shines on his face, his gray eyes looked down on her honey ones.

"Wha - what are you doing here?" Chika's face became red upon remembering the embarrassing quest she did to Arius in the morning.

"What do you think?" Arius points at the red stain on his cheeks with distaste and crunched down to level their heads together, "I've been waiting and searching for you in 2 days and I finally found you here."

"2 days!?" Chika raised her voice upon hearing what Arius said.

'So I've been in that dungeon for two days!'

Arius snapped her fingers in front of Chika to get her attention back.

"What do you want!?" Chika glare at Arius as she scoots backward.

"What do you think?" He pointed at his right cheek again.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" She turn to the side and was about the run away when Arius hold her clothes back.

"Chika, take responsibility."

His slow and deep voice brings a shiver to Chika's spine as she shudders, " What do you mean?"

"You kissed me out of nowhere and now I'm traumatized because of it. So take responsibility."

"That's ridiculous!" Chika snapped back but Arius's serious gaze make her believe that he won't back down.

!ALARM

[YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE DAILY QUEST. YOU ARE NOW HEADING TOWARDS THE 'SANCTION ZONE' FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.]

Seeing the message in front of her, a smile crept on her lips as she was given a chance to run away from Arius's grasp.

"Ah! A tiger!" She screamed and pointed at the back as Arius instantly turn around to see what she was pointing at.

At that same time, Chika was transported in the 'Sanction Zone' and left Arius alone in the forest.

TIME REQUIRED: 4 HOURS

TIME REMAINING: 3 H 59 MIN 57 SEC