Chapter 12 Further away from Jesus (Rewrited)

Arthur looked at the witch cultists.

They were trying so hard to destroy the barrier that was strengthened by his mana.

But no matter what they did. They couldn't do anything to the barrier. It was too strong for them.

"I know that the barrier that the chief court magician has created should be strong but it shouldn't be this strong. This doesn't make any sense!"

One of the witch cultists said while doing his best to break the barrier but it was all in vain.

His magic wasn't enough to break the barrier even with the help of his comrades.

They were desperate the longer they could not destroy the barrier.

"Should we go and tell him? We can't break this barrier by ourselves."

One of the cultists gave up. He tried to preserve his mana. He knew that it was useless even if he used it all up.

"Do you want to die? He isn't the one who accepts failure. He would kill us all if he knew that we couldn't finish the task!"

The hard work cultists yelled at the already given up cultists.

They looked at each other and shrugged. There was nothing they could do.

Arthur heard their conversation and knew that he that they were mentioning must be Romanee-Conti. 

His target for the mission.

"Should I go and kill him first or deal with this pest?"

Arthur shook his head. He was influenced by Ophis and Great Red.

He sighed. 

He was further away from Jesus the more he talked and spent time with two dragon gods.

「The biblical god is so overrated. Us dragon gods are much cooler than him.」said Great Red

Great Red knew what he thought so she said.

「Even though we were sealed inside Sacred gears. But that was not because we were weaker than him. We just almost lost our sense of self because of the fight with Trihexa and he just help us to prevent us from going rampage.」

Ophis supported her in this even though she hated her.

「That's right, if it wasn't for us being injured after we fought Trihexa. He would never be able to seal us!」

Arthur just listened to their rants and didn't apply the sult into their wounded pride.

He wasn't that bad.

"Okay, I think I will get rid of the weak cultists first."

Arthur was about to use dragon magic to eradicate the witch cultists.

However, something interesting happened before he could erase them.

A round shield flew very fast from inside the forest and hit one of the cultists on the head, sending him to the land of dreams.

And then the other cultists were hit by spider webs making them unable to move at all.

Everything happened very fast and the witch cultists couldn't react in time.

They were subdued in a matter of seconds. They were magically strong but weak as butter when it came to physical strength.

Arthur when he saw the shield and the spider webs. 

He immediately knew the identity of those who beat up the cultists.

"Spiderman and Captain America are here, which means that the Avengers are already inside the dungeon. They must have appeared near the Arlam Village after jumping through the portal."

He speculated about their circumstances. 

And when they saw that they were trying to break the barrier in order to get inside the village.

They decided to fight for justice.

"Well, I don't have to deal with the witch cultists myself then. I can skip and go to the boss."

Arthur felt where Romanee-Conti might be because of his baby dragon sense.

His aura was dark and cruel. He could find him easily.

And when he was about to fly toward where he was. He was attacked by something.

Arthur dodged the attack easily. It was an attack coming from a drone in spider shape.

"Damn it, Peter. not again!"

"Eh? Sorry, I didn't think it was you Arthur!"

It was Peter who attacked him. He couldn't see him clearly but when the drone captured his face.

He panicked and stopped the drone from attacking him further and said sorry right away because he did friendly fire again.

So this wasn't the first time.

"You are still very bad at controlling drones. I will ask Tony to confiscate them from you."

"Ah, please don't do that."

"Nope, you should check before you do anything with the drone. I have to go somewhere quickly. And I will not change my mind."

"No, Wait! Are you going to finish the mission you are given from the system? Why don't you let us go with you! And please don't tell Tony about this!"

"???"

Arthur stopped and looked at him through the drone.

"How do you know that?"

"I and Steve also got missions from the dungeon system. We got the mission to take care of the witch cultists that want to destroy Arlam village. We didn't know anything but this is the only village nearby so this must be that village. You should get the same mission as us, right? Seeing that you are also here."

No, he got way more important missions than them.

However, they didn't have to know that.

"Yeah, I got the same mission as you two but I like to solo my mission."

"Why are you always like this? Come on man. We can help each other. The mission is the group mission anyway."

Peter tried to persuade him but Arthur was already gone.

Peter felt sad. 

He thought that Arthur might actually hate him.

And when Peter felt really bad. Steve came to him and said.

"Don't worry, I know someone who has the same personality as him. He is a loner but he is a caring person. Just give him space and everything will be fine. Except Tony might confiscate your drones."

Steve smiled and encouraged Peter.

Peter rolled his eyes. It could help if he didn't speak about Tony would confiscate his beloved drones!

He then led him to fight more witch cultists to level up and protect the innocent people. 

He knew from Tony that Arthur was strong and he shouldn't worry about him.

Stephen Strange looked at his status screen with interest. 

He couldn't sense any magic or anything from it at all.

Even with the eye of Agamotto. He could not pry into it. 

It was like the system screen wasn't there but was projected from somewhere very far away.

Like in a very far off universe or much more than that.

He could only perceive that it was very friendly toward those who had become a dungeon climber.

Even a cat could become a dungeon climber if it had enough significant records or history in their life.

"This system is not only exclusive for humans…"

[Parameter]

「Name: Stephen Strange 

「Alias: Sorcerer Supreme 

「Level: 4」

「Pow A-870」

「End A-890」

「Dex S-910」

「AGI S-950」

「MAG SSS-1190」

After checking his parameters he then looked around himself. He found that he was inside a castle.

He had jumped into the portal with Steve and Peter, but found himself alone here.

He could sense many powerful beings inside the castle. 

If they found him. Things might get complicated. 

They must have thought he had broken into the castle for bad intentions.

"I should get out of here first."

Strange tried to use his sling ring but nothing happened.

He could not access the mirror dimensions.

Strange shook his head. Sling ring might be useless inside the dungeon from now on.

Fortunately he came prepared. 

He always wore his magical cape and it helped him fly.

He flew out of the castle and went toward an area where he saw many people walking around.

He urgently needed information about this dungeon right now. 

The dungeon might be bigger than he thought. It might be a world.

「Mission: Join the camp of one of the candidates for the king of this kingdom and successfully make them king」

「Reward: All parameter rank up(Except SSS), 2 dungeon points.」

Strange looked at the reward. All parameters rank up except for his magic, which was good.

As for dungeon points. He didn't know what it was used for. 

But he could tell that it must be very important.

"I should try to get more information about the candidates. The place where I can get information easily should be the bar."

Strange used mystic arts to change his clothes to match what the people around him were wearing.

He then headed straight to the bar to get some information.

He hoped that the mission he received would not overlap with others, or else there might be problems.

…

Near Arlam village. There was an area full of forests and caves.

Arthur headed toward the cave where he could sense the dark energy. 

He was certain that Romanee-Conti, the sin archbishop of the witch count must be hiding in this cave along with his followers.

"Should I go all out and kill them all at once, or go in stealthily?"

Arthur asked the two dragon gods. Even though he knew what the answers were going to be, he still couldn't help but ask them.

Ophis told him to go in grandly, while Great Red wanted him to go in majestically. 

No one chose to go in stealth. 

This must be the bad habit of dragons who thought they were stronger than anyone else.

"No wonder you two were subdued by the God of the Bible after getting beaten up by Trihexa."

Ophis and Great Red complained but Arthur didn't listen to them and went inside stealthily.

He thought that being cautious was not something to be ashamed of. 

Those who were overconfident and easily defeated were the ones who should be ashamed.

'I need to stay focused otherwise my arrogance that came from evolving into a baby dragon could kill me.'

Arthur checked his surroundings and found a large number of the witch cultists. 

They were chanting something together, and the leader of the chant was his target, Pertelgeuse Romanee-Conti.

Arthur checked his stats and found that he wasn't as strong as he had initially thought.

[Parameter]

「Name: Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti

「Alias: Archbishop of Sloth

「Level: 3」

「Pow B-750」

「End B-780(???)」

「Dex A-863」

「AGI A-872」

「MAG SS-960」

Arthur looked at his parameters, which had question marks.

He remembered that Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti, although not strong when without the sin of sloth's abilities, had the ability to possess those who killed him.

He was a spirit that connected with the sage four centuries ago after all.

Arthur closed his eyes and then he remembered other memories that quite disturbed him.

He and Emilia used to have a very close relation to each other but because he had absorbed the Witch Factor of Sloth. 

He became insane and was deceived into killing Fortuna, Emilia's aunt by Pandora.

"Such a tragic fate… This is why I haven't finished reading it yet…Unfortunately, there isn't a novel named Re:Zero in Marvel…"

Arthur tried to find every fiction he remembered but he found none of it in the Marvel world.

This could be his advantage but it made him sad for some reason.

Arthur needed to kill Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti, even though he had a history with Emilia.

Killing him would free him from his cruel fate. 

Arthur closed his eyes and began to gather his mana.

His power had increased enormously. 

His level might be the same as Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti. But being a dragon made him stronger than anyone at the same level as him.

And even if Romanti could possess the person who killed him, there were two dragon gods inside him. 

There was no way he would be able to possess him successfully.

"Dragonic Explosion!"

Art is an Explosion.

He immediately dropped the bomb in the middle of the witch cultists.

And a huge explosion occurred. No one was able to prepare themselves. 

Their bodies were torn apart and shattered by the force of the explosion.

It was a terrifying sight, but Arthur felt nothing about it. 

The fact that he was emotionless despite seeing such a violent image was quite disturbing to him.

「You'll get used to it. You'll see images like this regularly from now on. Don't think too much about it.」

Great Red tried to comfort him, but Arthur shook his head and told her that he had already prepared himself for it.

Arthur checked the mission and found that his mission was not completed.

This can only mean one thing.

"The mission is not complete, which means that guy is not dead."

And then Arthur felt someone trying to take over his body, but a split second later, the person who tried to take over his body was defeated by Ophis and Great Red.

Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti had never encountered such a situation before. 

Who would have thought that he would encounter two dragons of the same level as Valconica? No, they were even stronger!

"This is… absolutely crazy."

Those were his last words before he disappeared forever.

He didn't show any signs of madness after he was dealt with, he had a satisfied expression on his face, as if the old him had returned before he was gone.

The mission was accomplished, after which Arthur became the owner of the Witch Force of Sloth. He was able to use the Hand.

His level increased.

「Congratulations for being the first to accomplish the dungeon mission」

「Dungeon information」

「Re-zero world」

「Mission: Kill Petelgeuse Romanee Conti and steal the Authority Of Sloth for yourself.(Complete)」

「Reward: All parameters rank up, 10 dp, Authority Of Sloth」

[Parameter]

「Name: Arthur Leywin Stark

「Alias: Baby Dragon

「Level: 3」

「Pow A-875」

「End A-878」

「Dex A-863」

「AGI A-872」

「MAG A-896」

[Inventory]

「$154,500」

「15 Gold Coins」

「10 Dungeon Points」

[Skill]

「Dragon Gods' partner」

「Authority of Sloth」

「K?ng?」

「???」

[Power]

「Dragonic Shot」

「Dragonic Canon」

「Dragonic Heal」

「Dragonic Cure」

「Super Focus」

"Mission accomplished. Now what? Can I return to my world? And what is the dungeon point?"

Arthur asked the dungeon system, he was sure that the system would reply to him, and it really did.

「Dungeon climbers can return outside by spending Dungeon Points. Entering costs one point, exiting costs two points. If a dungeon climber wants to bring someone out of the dungeon with them, they must spend Dungeon Points.」

Arthur now understood what dungeon points were for. 

If he wanted to get Emilia and Rem out of here, he would have to pay the system two dungeon points for each person, meaning he would need six points to enter and exit.

"I have ten points. That's enough to take both of them out to my world."

Arthur smiled. 

He wanted to know how they would react if he took them out into his world.

Arthur had to stop his thoughts at this point. 

Even though Emilia might be getting closer to him, there was no way she would give up her dreams to go with him.

"It's a real headache, but that doesn't mean I can't bring her back. Judging from how the dungeon system works, it seems like I might have to come back here to collect points and level up."

「Dungeon climbers can return to the world and can go to the second floor. To go to the second floor of the dungeon, it is necessary to have at least twenty dungeon points to go to the second floor.」

Arthur understood when he heard that. This was just his first mission. 

He still had to do other missions to collect dungeon points and go to the second floor.

He was beginning to wonder what was waiting for him on the second floor.

However, he needed to focus on the first floor first.