Chapter 57 : Boss

It felt that something was wrong, and intended to change its position, but it was too late. Victor had already jumped over the boulder and was now standing over its head.

He didn't hesitate as he silently slit the general's head then quickly grabbed its equipment and bags, then the golden gem that fell out as it disintegrated. This boss was easy, as it was not a named monster. It had low strength and no armor or helmet on its head. It probably couldn't find one its size.

He quickly returned to where he left Lily and removed the disguise skill as he hid behind the boulder. Then he used his appraisal skill to identify the Antidote and feed it to her. As for his spoils, he quickly tucked them inside her backpack.

Tom who was fighting the bodyguard was about to activate his Berserker skill when his enemy suddenly stopped and let out a loud miserable scream as it started to disintegrate.

A big red GEM and a rusty sword fell from it.

Tom suddenly realized that what Victor said was probably the truth, this was not the boss. "Who killed the boss and took its GEM and treasures?. Damn it.". He thought as a blue screen appeared in everyone's vision.

Dungeon Cleared.

Congratulations.

Countdown until Closing,

59. Minutes.

"What does that mean? How can we leave?" Asked Peter who felt that this boss fight was like a dream. neither he nor the girls played any active roles.

Before anyone could answer him, one of the chamber's walls collapsed revealing a big tunnel.

Tom who was angry, quickly jumped to grabbed his bag, and entered the tunnel making everyone a little surprised. "Why the hurry?"

"He is going to the rewards room, quickly follow him or would he take everything for himself." Said Victor secretly influencing their feeling to think of Tom as a selfish person. Especially after his recent poor behavior

He left his hiding place and headed for the tunnel while carrying the blushing Lily like a princess. He didn't look heroic though, as he also had to carry two bloated backpacks on his shoulders.

"Is Lily Fine?" Asked Aria as she followed.

"Yes. She is fine. I already gave her a healing pill" Victor assured her as he hurried forward. But Aria felt that he sounded funny. Was he sucking a candy in his mouth. she wondered.

They quickly entered the tunnel and crossed it to find a dazzling white marble room at its end. Tom was standing there holding a bronze chalice and hesitating whether to drink its content or not. They could see that it was placed on a pedestal that had three words written on its base in the system's script.

"Water of Life"

They didn't know it, but every Player heard of this legendary cure. Only three drops were found in the world until now. This was the fourth one.

Tom was hesitating whether to drink the golden drop of liquid inside the chalice or not. If he sold it he would be super-rich. Victor, who was helping Lily stand on her own feet, pointed at Tom with his finger and shouted arrogantly,

"This is the property of my family, if you dare take it, I will let them kill you," He said loudly, making the girls look at him strangely. This didn't fit his character.

Tom looked at Victor coldly. No one can claim any treasures found in the dungeon. Who finds it keep it. That was the rule anyway. But what victor told him held some truth. If he left with this thing, it would be a little troublesome to escape with it. But when he wanted to drink it, his intuition told him not to.

Not knowing what to do, he gave Victor a hateful look, but what he saw was Lily, who had her veil removed and her shirt torn, standing there with difficulty.

"How pretty," he thought absentmindedly before the great pain struck him again.

"Ahh, Damn it," He thought as he drank the water in the chalice with no hesitation. what would all the money in the world be good for if he couldn't even look at a woman.

Suddenly, he started to feel its cold healing power fill his body, and his life force improve a bit.

After a few moments, the feeling was gone. "Is that all?" He thought, "Did it work?"

He slowly sneaked a peek at Lily, bracing himself for the pain, but nothing happened. There was no pain, so he began to boldly inspect her and the other girls with glee like a pervert, as a smile slowly spread on his grim face.

"Ha Ha, I am cured." He laughed loudly.

"You, how dare you?"

Victor who was pointing his finger at him threw blood and collapsed on the ground with Lily in his arms.

The girls didn't know what happened as Anna sped to his side to check on him and heal him.

"What happened ?" Asked Margret.

"I don't know, there is no injury," Anna said. "But… He probably passed out because of anger" she added in a low voice.

That was exactly what everyone thought, including Lily was holding him tightly, with an anxious face.

But the reason was something else.

Notice

Fate Shield was automatically activated.

S Rank destiny backlash withstood.

99% of the damage was absorbed.

This was the price of changing Tom's destiny.

His plan has finally succeeded, but the fate backlash was too strong. Just a tiny bit of it had already messed up all his internal organs. Luckily he already had a healing pill in his mouth. He swallowed it as he collapsed. It was now healing him slowly.

"Dear Tom, you are mine now." He thought as he looked at his status screen showing the successful acquisition of a new Blood Slave.