The Great Tomb

Leadership

*ting… tang… slash…*

Novar who was in the front row cut the giant zombie into two parts. He and his five members had already entered the sand pyramid's large-scale dungeon.

"Who would have thought that the monsters on the first floor were really that weak… I thought they would get more of a challenge when entering a large-scale dungeon."

"Leader… I found the stairs leading to the lower area. But…"

"But what…?"

When getting closer to the stairs Novar smelled a scent very familiar to vampires.

"the smell of fresh blood... probably came from another participant. Moreover, there were special rules for running large-scale dungeons, so maybe only a few splatters of blood were down there."

The special rule in large-scale dungeons was the delay in forced teleportation. if participants are on the second floor and above will be delayed a few seconds before being teleported to a safe place by the supervisor. The reason was simple, the signal from the rescue crystal was delayed due to the distance and the magic density of the inner dungeon narrowing the path of the crystal rescue signal.

"Then let's try to go in and see what's on the 2nd floor…"

After Goran gave his opinion, the rest of the party started moving down the stairs. The eyes of a vampire like Novar's was useful in the dark place. As they exit the staircase, Novar's party saw a passage that was 1.5 times larger than the one on the 1st floor. they moved slowly and tried to advance down the hall. Having only advanced a few meters from the stairs, Novar suddenly felt terrifying killing intent.

"Wait… there's something waiting for us out there."

A mysterious figure moved swiftly towards Novar, the figure's body was so big with bright green scales.

"Split up...!"

*swing… split…*

The dungeon floor was split open due to the spear strike aimed at the large figure.

"Use illumination tools...!"

"Yes, sir…!"

Novar and all of his companions took out a white crystal ball from a small bag and started casting a spell. Then they threw up an almost active crystal ball.

*shining…*

The crystal ball also emitted such a bright light that it made the huge monster stop moving and try to cover its eyes. The form of the monsters they were facing was clearly visible. Where the upper body was shaped like a woman and the bottom was like a snake.

"Corrupted Lamia...! Use magic barrier on your ears…! Then try to cut her neck…!"

Without answering all members of the Novar party used a small barrier to cover their ears. Novar took out his sword and tried to strike at Lamia's face.

*slash slash… splas…*

Two sword slashes launched by Novar were successfully blocked by Lamia's left hand. But her hand suffered a fairly deep wound from blocking the attack.

"HAAAAAAAAAA….!!!"

Lamia uses sound waves from a very loud scream to make her opponent stop moving. Goran and Rion also made a follow-up attack from the front side to erode the monster's skin. While in the back row cast support magic, Rosa use her enchant magic, then Salva used her protective magic.

[Water Shield]

[Blood Enchanting]

"Nice…! Keep aiming at her neck…!"

"Yes, sir...!"

[Water Shield] was used to dodge any fatal attacks that the vanguard fighters might receive. Whereas [Blood Enchanting] increased the body's performance by accelerating blood flow. Genta took over the task of protecting the rearguard as his attacks weren't very suitable against Lamia.

'As I know Novar is only training with them in 1 day… but he already knows how to sync attack and the habits of his teammates when fighting. He can even adjust the position of team members to suit their respective abilities.'

"Hahaha… their movements are so in sync with each other...the attacks don't have a pause to make it difficult for a big opponent… glad to know I didn't choose the wrong leader..."

Novar's party starting position changed due to training the day before going to the dungeon. The short training that only lasted a few hours allowed Novar to see his partner's abilities. He also made Goran more skilled in carrying out frontal attacks on the front line. While Genta who was used to being a bodyguard finally had to be in the back line.

*Bounce…*

"It's time for you to die…!"

*slash…*

Novar success to launch a final attack on Lamia until the monster's neck was cut off. It took about 6 minutes for them to be able to defeat the Corrupted Lamia. After taking the scales and monster core from Lamia's body, Novar and company continued their exploration. In the second-floor dungeon, Novar's party had to face off against reptile-type monsters.

The Giant Crocodile, Lizardman, and Giant Venom Snake were the monsters that blocked them from reaching the 3rd floor. The fight went smoothly because of Novar's very accurate command. Novar was used to managing an army of more than 1000 people, which was why managing 5 people were easy for him. However, strangely there are no troublesome monsters on the 2nd floor other than the Corrupted Lamia they encountered near the entrance.

"Leader…! This gate already opened…"

"the gate is open...?"

'This gate should only open when the floor guard monster has been defeated. don't tell me someone has come earlier than us...? I should have found out first who voted for this dungeon... if the other party goes first... we won't be able to get a proper reward…'

Novar looked a bit panicked because he failed to take into account the abilities of the other party who chose the pyramid dungeon.

"hmm... we'd better check the inside first… maybe there's a clue about this gate opening..."

Novar's party entered a large room on the second floor that looked like a boss-type monster room. On the other side of the room, there is a ladder to go to the 3rd floor of the dungeon which is not guarded by anyone. They split up to look for clues to the strangeness of the room. Rion who checked the center of the room seemed to find something in the ground.

"The main pattern of all dungeons should be the same. where the passage to the 3rd floor or above will always have a room of very strong guardian monsters…"

"Then there's no mistaking it... there was already someone who defeated the guardian monster in this place about 2 or 3 hours ago…"

"So you already found a clue…?"

"Yes, leader… there are some traces in this place... then a trail of aerial combat which is not very prominent… all of them show signs of someone having fought a few hours ago... and finally... these ashes are almost the same as the ashes of the Lizardman we defeated earlier."

"good job Rion… your tracking skills are the best…"

Novar had expected Rion's ability to be very useful in dungeon exploration, even though her fighting ability wasn't that great.

'Let's see her status again… I want to know the progress after practicing for a few days with me…'

[Rion Ranuga]

Title : Assassin Apprentice

Race : Half Demon

Strength : 14

Agility : 24

Intelligent : 20

Ability : [Super Speed Acceleration (D)] [Tracking Intuition (S)]

Magic : [Sound Wave (D)] [Echo Detection (B)] [Agility Booster (A)] [Far Sight (C)] [Blocking Sound (A)]

Novar smiled seeing that there were some minor developments in Rion's status. Where her intelligence increased by 1 point.

"for now we can't stay in this place... if there really is another party who beats the 2nd-floor boss first... let it go... we have to focus on chasing them… if we succeed... don't hesitate to attack..."

"Agree…"

"You right…"

"As you wish leader…"

All members agreed with Novar's words because they still had a chance to catch up. As the leader, Novar couldn't help but smile happily because his party members agreed to the plan.

"Hahaha… good answer… then let's move faster…"

Meanwhile, in the boss room on the 4th floor of the pyramid dungeon, there was a fierce battle. Where the succubus and incubus party work together to defeat the Mummy Queen. A boss-type monster that can control unlimited bandages from its body, secrete poison, and summon guardian mummies.

"Tch… she doesn't even give us time to breathe… its abilities are clearly different from the guard monsters on the 2nd and 3rd floors that we killed before. Maybe about 3 to 4 times stronger than the guards on the 3rd floor… Moreover, most of the monsters that guarded the dungeon were undead-type monsters... truly worthy of being called the Great Tomb Dungeon."

"Sis…! Our party members can't hold poison gas anymore…!"

"Then tell them to use rescue crystal…!"

"Ok…! Everyone who can't fight anymore… gets permission to use rescue crystal…!"

Then the incubus and succubus party members who were about to faint tried to activate their rescue crystals. But unfortunately, the rescue crystal in their hands could neither activate nor emit a signal.

"Eh…? why…!?"

"Whats happened…!?"

"Sir…! Our rescue crystal didn't work…!!"

"What…!?"

Even the weaker succubus and incubus party members began to fall limp from inhaling too much poison. Seeing her opponent's panic and desperation made the mummy queen smile with satisfaction.

"Kukuku… lowly… creatures… like you deserve to die… and become a mummy…"

An extremely sinister laugh was heard as the mummy queen used her ability to speak. This made the succubus and incubus that led the party very surprised.

"Impossible…"

"How could a monster that wasn't a dungeon core guard talk...!?"

To be continue~