Back in the dungeon

"D*mn it! I wasn't able to get them." Cyrus is now back into his dungeon, surrounded again by the horrid pink interior. His body immediately vanished into thin air once he arrived.

{You always have tomorrow}

"They got lucky..." He groans. Although he's upset about failing to kill the stalker, his main concern was the person who sent in the request to have someone follow him. Cyrus's first thought was the doctor, but that thought quickly got destroyed because he believes the doctor would send someone to try to kill him instead. 'So who would request someone to follow me? Unless it really is the doctor.."

"Ugh, what is going on!" In his soul form, he starts to rub his belly and tap his head at the same time. It may be weird but it usually helps him when he's trying to comprehend something.

When he was little, confusion was not good for a kid like him. Especially, for someone without anyone to guide him. So he made sure that he would ask millions of questions to clearly understand a certain topic. That's how he found out why nobody would pick him in the orphanage after all.

He keeps doing his method, but still nothing connects and makes sense so Cyrus's mood started to lower and lower second by second. Fortunately, a sudden message from the dungeon appears which makes his day a bit better.

[Your dungeon has leveled up!]

'That's good news! Let's see how the monsters did! Open Experience'

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•While You Were Gone•

Exp Gained: 1100

Micell- 200

Micell- 200

Micell- 200

Ratman - 500

Dungeon Level 2

New!!—> Dungeon Level 3

4,800/5000 (825)

New!!—> 625/ 10,000

Core Level 2

4450/5000 (+ 275)

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'Our progress is pretty good!'

{Congratulations}

Cyrus closes the experience screen and sighs 'I need to take my mind off of things anyway. Teleport me to the first floor'

{Teleporting now..}

As Cyrus arrives, the monsters immediately rush to his levitation device. 'Why are you all always so happy to see me?' Is what he wants to ask them, but he knows that they probably don't know the answer to that either.

As soon as they are front of him, Quinn gets down on one knee, "M'lord welcome back! We have gotten a total of 4 kills during the 3 hours you were gone"

"My king, you're home" Diona lightly bows and smiles

"Hey Boss! How was the trip!" Tyr slams his fist in his palm and bows

"..." Clovis nods his head

Lou bows midway with her hands to the side. "I'm glad you had a safe return sir Cyrus!"

"Thank you, i'm glad that you all are making progress. Congratulations on the level up!"

"Thank you" They yell in unison.

Not knowing what to say after, Cyrus and the monsters both awkwardly wait in silence. They continue to bow while he panics a bit on the inside.

'What are you usually supposed to say after this?'

{How would I know? Anything works i'm sure}

'Wow! That definitely helps!'

{You're welcome}

'I-... Why do I bother?' Cyrus makes a big gulp and looks at all of the monsters.

"So... What do ya'll usually do when there's no one coming inside the dungeon?"

Diona smiles, "It varies. Sometimes we're just talking, playing card games made out of Clovis's spikes or we would train"

Cyrus eyebrow raises 'Is this normal?'

[No... No it's not]

'What do the monsters in the other dungeons usually do?'

[Stay in position till another intruder comes into the dungeon]

'Oh... Interesting'. He smirks.

"Well, I'll have to join you all when I have the chance. Especially when I possess my body once more."

"T-that would be our utmost pleasure my lord!" Diona quickly bows again

"Great! You five can go back to your pillars! I just wanted to congratulate you"

"Yes Sir/ M'lord/.../ King/ Boss!" They quickly leave to their usual positions.

'They are a complete mystery as well... I hope I found out soon.'

{Do you want me to ask the other systems about it?}

'Other systems? Like from the other dungeons?'

{Yes}

His jaw drops, 'You can do that? It's not cheating?'

{No, as long as it has nothing to do with our dungeon's progress and power. Also, we chat often}

'What do y'all talk about?'

{That's a secret}

'Y'all must complain about us don't you?"

{No comment}

He sighs 'Fine, teleport us back to the room'

{Teleporting now...}

...

The doctor is sitting in the corner of his room rapidly biting his nails "What am I going to do? What am I going to do? If the boss finds out that his men got killed i'm dead!"

"You're a little late for that" Subject 029 walks inside the room holding her phone in the air.

"Subject 029! Where have you been! I've been looking all over for you!"

"Places"

He clenches his fist "You can't just leave! You have to stay here!"

"I can go where the f*ck I want" She takes off her black gloves and throws it on a table.

He jumps up "You could have at least told me where you went! That's why I sent my assistant to find you!"

"Oh that's why that gray haired micell kept bothering me? Oops" Subject 029 Laughs

"Oops?"

"I killed him, he was annoying"

"I'm... honestly not surprised... Anyways, what am I supposed to tell Luther if he asks where you are!"

The doctor walks over to the table, sits in a chair and lays his head down. "I'm pretty sure he'll kill me...He's quite overprotective of you"

"Aw, don't say that!" She struts over to him and pats him on the head. "you won't die over something that silly!" She smiles

"Wha.. Really?" Tears gradually comes out his eyes.

"Yes, of course!" She wipes his tears. "You'll die over Luther's lost men!"

"W-What!! Please, d-don't let him kill me! I do what you guys tell me! I even betrayed my own race!"

"If he can't trust you to use his men wisely, why should he keep you alive?"

"I...I.."

"Oh and don't try to run away" She grins "Unlike the strange micell that you encountered earlier, we like the chase"

The doctor falls to the floor in defeat.

Subject 029 rubs his head and walks over to a room with multiple locks in it. She knocks on the door and looks inside.

"Heyy, I have a joke! Wanna hear it?"

A person in chains looks up at the window .

"Knock, Knock"

"whO's ThEre?" She responds to herself in a squeaky voice.

"Youna!"

"YoUnA wHO?"

"Youna getting out of here anytime soon!" Subjects 029 bursts out in laughter

Not amused, the person looks back down at the floor.

"Geez tough crowd! I thought that was pretty good!" Suddenly her phone starts to ring, so she picks it up and answers.

"Update"

"I couldn't get any information on him because I got caught really quickly. I also had to... lie a few times.." She winces

The person on the other side of the call sighs, "What did you lie about this time?"

"That one of the guilds received a quest to follow him"

"Which one?"

"Hidden"

"Oh, then that's fine. As long as its not one if the important ones. How's the prisoner doing?"

"Staring at the floor as usual"

"Oh ok. Then that's all. I'm hanging up" Subject 029 closes her phone and looks back at the doctor.

"Aren't you glad! He didn't even ask about you!"

The doctor looks up at her and nervously smiles. "...yep..."

"And you!" She points to the prisoner. "Ready to have some fun?"