First Dungeon Diving

Clang! Clang!

The loud sound of a golden chalice that was thrown into the floor was echoed throughout the room.

The room was large and had a lot of luxurious decors, from textile to rare stones.

But the remarkable in all the placed decorations was the large and tall golden statue of a man that was placed at the center of the room.

Clang! Clang!

Other sounds were heard.

"P-please calm down, Cardinal!"

"D-don't throw the chalice"

"S-stop this Cardinal, please!"

"Cardinal, calm down!"

"SHUT UP YOU, FUCKING IDIOTS!"

Cardinal Formonusos roared at the men who were in the room.

"Don't you know what it means that, me!... The Cardinal of Oracles of the Chosen didn't get invited to the gatherings with the Western Kings?!

Ever since Venantius's grandfather and father took the Imperial Crown, they set aside the church and treated us like we didn't exist!

The power and influence of the church weaken because of them!

Didn't they know that if we're not because of me, they can't stand and hold longer at the assault of the Demons?!

Because of the donations of all the people that I, the Cardinal, collected, they could continue the war those families started!"

Clang! Clang!

Formonusos once again throw another chalice. "They owe me something big! That fucking Emperor!"

"C-Cardinal, please... Stop what you were saying..."

"I-if one of the Emperor's High Imperial Knights heard that I don't know what would happen to us!"

"I don't fucking care if they heard me! They can't do anything against me! I'm the Cardinal!"

Amidst the bickering of the old men inside the room, the door suddenly burst open, and three unknown individuals clothed with cloaks emerged and came inside the room.

"How is it going, old men's?" The individual at the center was the one who spoke. The individual had an elegant and beautiful voice. It shows that the individual was a woman.

"O-old men?!"

"Who are you, vile creatures?! How did you get in here?!"

"How do we get in here? Because we entered at the door?" This time the individual on the left side was the one who spoke. Unlike the woman at the center, this individual had a small and cheeky voice of a woman.

Then the old man who asked looked at the door only to see the Silver Knights lying on the ground.

"Your guards are all too weak. We didn't even break a sweat facing them." The cheeky woman said.

"This whore--." One of the old men stopped talking when the individual on the right side stepped forward and stepped on the chalice on the floor. The chalice was immediately squashed as if it was a fragile glass.

"Try to continue what you were about to say. I will make sure I smash your face on the ground." The figures of this individual were tall and large. Unlike the first two, these individuals had a rough voice of a women. "Were not a whore who sleeps and fucks anyone. We only let someone sleep and fuck us if they were stronger than us." She added.

"Hihihihi, very well said, Droadia." The woman on the left side said.

"Why did I be surrounded with these old fools..." Formonusos mumbled under his breath.

"Why were you here? You were supposed to be at the dungeon and the Carnage Forest, capturing some monsters--." Formonusos were cut off by one of the old men.

"Do you know them, Cardinal?" One of the old men asked.

"Didn't I tell you, idiots, to shut the fuck up?!"

"Bleah... Hihihihihi..." The woman on the left side said, then stuck her tonged out.

"We already finished. All the captured monsters were delivered at the agreed place, waiting for someone to finished them and take their Original Mana. Better hurry to go there old man, before the monsters regained their strength.

And oh... Before we leave, the next time you place the order on us, the price would get five times higher as the monsters you always order to capture were all weak. My group was getting tired of bullying those poor weak monsters.

And you needed to change and further train your guards. They are all weak." The woman at the center said then he turned around and was about to say when Formonusos stopped her.

"Wait... I have other commission..."

The woman remained her back turned away at Formonusos, but she was stopped at her track.

"Better the commission you were about to talk about was about the war that was happening..." The woman said.

"Yes, it is. It was about the war between the Humans and the Demons..." Formonusos.

The moment Formonusos said it, the woman's face Formonusos then said. "I'm listening..."

"Are we going to war, Silea?" The woman who had a cheeky voice whispered to the woman at the center called Silea.

"We are, Rithya." Silea whispered back.

***

At the Imperial Castle.

Reh and his classmates were currently walking through the castle's corridor.

The group's destination was the Imperial Armory.

It was three days since the gathering between the Venantius and Western Kings about the Human Alliance and the secret talk between Venantius and Dion.

On those three days, the group learn a little bit about the Empire and the world of Deimos, and one of those was the existence of a Dungeon.

And like in the game, the Dungeon was filled with monsters to hunt and take the Original Mana on them. A perfect place to level up.

"So... What are we going to get at the armory? Isn't there a weapon and armor laying at the barracks?" Patrick asks their guide, Nepotia.

"Yes, you are right, Warlock, there were weapons at the barracks, but all the weapons on there were all made of Bronze and Silver, which is not very effective against monsters.

And we needed weapons that were more suitable for the Class each one of you had. At the same time, the Emperor ordered that we cannot equip you, young Heroes, with Ordinary Weapons and Armor.

You needed to be equipped with Mithril or Orichalcum for you to be safe against any attacks and easily kill a monster for a fast leveling." Nepotia explained.

"Is there any difference between the two?" Serth asked.

"Well, Mithril is a light metal and more sensitive to Mana, but the physical attack power and defensive capabilities of Mithril are low. Mithril is very much suited to fast and light-lighted classes like ranger, assassins, and hunter. It is also the equipment of Elementalist because of the sensitivity of Mithril with Mana. Elementalist could easily cast their attacks with the help of Mithril staff.

On the other hand, Orichalcum is the opposite. Unlike Mithril, Orichalcum is a heavy metal and insensitive to Mana, but the attack's physical power and defensive capabilities are much more stronger and powerful than the Mithril. Orichalcum is very much suited to the class that was focused on physical attack and defense than Elemental attack, Class like Warriors, Knights, Paladin." Nepotia.

"Thank you for the explanation, Sir Nepotia." Serth.

"Hahahahaha... No need to thank me as I was only doing my job and you are the future savior of our world, so this little explanation and answering some of the questions you ask are easy to do.

And as much as possible, I want to explain all the things you, young Heroes, needed to know before you go to the Dungeon or go to the territory of the Western Kings or outside the Empire.

You can't predict what's going to happen inside the Dungeon once you go there. So, as much as possible, needed to be fully equipped before you go there." Nepotia said before he opened a large door.

The group has arrived at the armory room.

***

"W-wow..."

"Are these all the weapons and armors?"

"HEY! Looked at this... Bankai..." Nate said while holding a small dagger.

"HAHAHAHAHA, DAMN!"

"What are you? A Shinigami?"

"Yeah, from now on, call me, Nate the Shinigami."

"HAHAHAHAHAHA."

"All the weapons and armors you see here are all made in Mithril and Orichalcum. This room was divided into two sections, the Physical type, and the Elemental type. You could go each--. Yes, Dion the Hero, do you have something to say?" Nepotia.

Dion's face became red when he heard the epithet Nepotia gave to him. "Uhm... Where's our other classmates?"

"Oh... Are you talking about the young Heroes with the Production Class? They are all in the Production type room that was located on the other side of the castle. Like you, they were all choosing equipment to use, but they didn't need to go to the Dungeon as they focused on the Production.

The Empire would provide captured monsters on them so that they could keep up with the Combatant Class." Nepotia explained.

"They didn't need to go to the Dungeon? May I ask why?" Lauren.

"Well... As I said, the Production Class is all focused on the Production. They are the ones who would do the cooking, blacksmithing, trade, and commerce, doing some tasks regarding the internal affairs of the Empire.

To be easy to understand, unlike the Combatant Class, the Production Class had a low attack power and defense. So when the monster's attack accidentally slips through the defenses of the tank on the front, they could easily be injured or worst, get killed.

So, to avoid that were giving them a captured and weak monster for them to take.

"I don't know why but I starting to get envious of our other classmates who got Production Class, right Commoner?" Alex asked Reh while putting his one's arm over Reh's shoulders.

The moment Reh stepped inside the Dungeon was the start of his living hell.