Ch 30 : Truth

While the protagonist Aurum and his group were facing their first big hurdle, Cade was actually not that far away from them, and he had actually seen them being surrounded by the group of Tusked Boar.

It's just, that he didn't really have the intention to go and help.

If he was not wrong, this battle would be the time when the protagonist awoke his power, and he really didn't want to interfere with the protagonist.

Let's just leave the protagonist to handle most of the hard things in this world while he would focus on getting rich and living a comfortable life with Elsa and possible future girlfriends or wives.

Yet, at this time, a voice came and shocked him.

' Really? Do you think that would be possible? Hyahahahahaha!'

Who else would it be other than Grigory? After a long time being together, Cade had been somehow accustomed to this habit of Grigory that liked to come out of nowhere.

But, it was not the voice that made him startled. It was the content of his words.

' What do you mean by that?' Cade frowned as he seemed to notice something strange in Grigory's words.

' Hmm? I directly meant that. From your memories, aren't you familiar with the words New game+? After defeating the Final Boss, there was an option to fight an undefeatable true boss, right? The protagonist was defeated, and the world was destroyed, but he had been given a chance to turn back the time in the new game+. However, do you think a mob like you would also be given a chance?'

'.....'

*Chill*

An utter chill was all Cade could feel right now.

What Grigory said was correct.

If this was to go perfectly like the game, then wouldn't his life end the moment the world was destroyed by the True Boss?

If that was to be the case, then why is he even trying his best to change his life?

But it's not like all hope has been lost.

Cade tried to calm his breath as he tried to think of a solution.

' Then… there are only two solutions. First I would try and help the protagonist to get stronger so that he wouldn't get killed by the True Boss, or second, I just need to be stronger. A mob stronger than the protagonist or even the final boss, wouldn't it be fun to see?'

A flash of determination grew in Cade's mind.

Yet, right now is not the right time to think too much. To reach his goal, he just couldn't stay still and dream all day.

His first goal was to find the treasure of this Dungeon.

On the side, Elicia actually saw the continuously changing expressions from Cade, and she could not help but be worried.

" Cade.. you okay?"

" Don't worry, Elicia. In fact, I'm better than ever."

"????"

Elicia was confused by Cade's words, and she seemed that she had a lot to ask.

But when she saw Cade had been walking with a determination that was unlike before, she could put all the thoughts back into her mind, and just felt happy for Cade while silently following him from behind.

After a while, the group of two arrived at a dead end.

It was at one of the corners of the Dungeon that, for some reason, had a strange drawing on it. It's just because it had been left for too long, the drawing had become a bit blurred, and there was nobody that could recognize this drawing.

But obviously, that doesn't include Cade.

When he arrived at the strange murals, even with the strange gaze of Elicia, Cade didn't have any intention to withdraw.

Rather, he stepped closer to the Mural, and a few rhythmic knocking began to sound.

" What the…"

Elicia was about to open her mouth in confusion, but the next thing that happened had honestly shocked her.

The Mural that had made a lot of archeologists in this world confused suddenly moved.

The door trembled, and a secret passageway was opened for the two of them.

And like there was nothing wrong with this situation, Cade just turned at Elicia, and asked:

" Hmm? What are you waiting for Elicia? Let's go inside!"

" ... "

The next moment they knew, the two had already gone inside the hidden passage in the school dungeon.

Elicia was still looking at Cade with an admiring look, but Cade really couldn't blame her.

Just who would think that the secret code of the Mural was the "Blue-Bird" of Naruto.

No wait… rather.. would blue bird even be in this world?

Without them noticing, the two had walked pretty deep into the passageway.

The surrounding became darker with every time passed, and even Elicia could feel there was something wrong here.

Yet, Cade continued to walk as if there was nothing wrong here.

The location was perfectly the same as in the game.

The location might look eery, but from the beginning till the end, Cade perfectly knew that there was no monster here.

This would be the place for an event in the third or fourth year of the academy, and for now, this place was still perfectly safe.

Step by step, Cade led Elicia to dive deeper and deeper and only stop when he had reached his destination.

Glancing around in confusion, Elicia really didn't know what was happening. However, this time, in front of her stood a large majestic door that looked like it shouldn't be here.

As Elicia looked at the palace from a distance, she was so shocked by the appearance of the big door that she thought she was dreaming.

Yet Cade's words suddenly woke her up from everything.

" Well, Elicia, please prepare yourself. We will go on a hell of a ride."

"????"