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After listening to what Blacksmith Arnold Birg said, Nial couldn't help but frown, and the librarian next to him couldn't help but do the same.

'Why would Shana and other students enter a mana core restricted dungeon when it just emerged? The researchers have yet to start their research... Are these students suicidal?' She thought and Nial was similarly confused.

"There are dungeons that prevent Originals with a certain mana core rank from entering it? I didn't know!" He was astonished about the new information he had just received, and could now understand the reason behind the blacksmith's worry.

As such, he made his stance clear as he voiced his concern.

"Mister Birg, if only Originals at the 3rd Origin rank or below can enter it...why me? Wouldn't hiring mercenaries be better? You know that I have just awoken my origin...and I'm blind…"

It was not like Nial didn't want to help, but he knew that he was far from an ideal rescuer. He had no idea why students would enter an uncontrolled dungeon that showed signs of being an anomaly, to begin with.

Sighing deeply, Arnold could understand his hesitation and knew at the back of his mind that he shouldn't ask Nial to enter the dungeon in order to rescue his daughter. He was a precious child to his parents too.

Despite that, Arnold couldn't help but plead with him to rescue his daughter, who was the most precious to him.

Hence, he tried again and spoke earnestly while trying his best to convince Nial.

"Your blindness is exactly why I want you to go...a few groups of students that entered the dungeon with Shana's group were able to leave the dungeon alive!

According to them, the majority of beasts inside the dungeon are Petrification rats...hundreds of them!! If you look into their eyes for just a fraction of a second, you will feel lightly paralyzed for several seconds, and if you stare for a longer time, they will completely petrify you.

Most people below the 3rd Origin rank are extremely young, and they're not extremely strong or well trained. Meanwhile, my daughter is amongst the oldest, but her combat prowess is not that strong, and it has been 5 days since her entry in the dungeon!!

I know that I'm asking for too much, but please try searching for her…petrification rats are not strong per se, and even a common goblin should be able to defeat a handful of them as long as he closes his eyes, and counters their strongest capabilities which are their petrification eyes! Please, I will give you anything you want!"

While listening carefully, Nial realized that the task wasn't as easy as Birg made it look. Nonetheless, he also knew that he should return the blacksmith's favor because he had given him the Viper spear.

As such, he didn't think that it would be a problem to enter the dungeon as long as there were only petrification rats inside and no other beasts.

However, the biggest issue Nial perceived was the fact that Shana had been stuck in the dungeon for a total of five days.

That means, the worst outcome, which was her possible death, was not unlikely.

Because of that, Nial was not sure what he should do because it would be extremely dangerous for him too.

Nevertheless, given the fact that Shana had been extremely nice to him, while even blacksmith Arnold had treated him nicely, and given him the Viper spear that was supposed to be used by Shana's blind sister, he couldn't help but sigh.

"I don't need anything from you, Sir! But I'm currently in the shelter's library, and my friend stored the Viper spear because I was here with him. Unfortunately, he is not here anymore and went somewhere, so I'll have to look for him to retrieve the Viper Spear first, otherwise, I cannot fight."

Saying so, Nial truly realized for the first time that Melvin had simply abandoned him and gone somewhere.

Before, only his subconscious had realized that his friend was not around, and he could only scratch the back of his head, wondering where exactly he was.

'Maybe I should call him once my call with Mr. Birg is over…?' However, before he could even think of a proper solution on what he should do, the blacksmith interrupted him.

"NO! Please, don't waste any more time. I will give you every weapon and armor you want, but the sooner you start searching the earlier we will find Shana!"

Arnold Birg was not sure why he was desperately trying to convince Nial to enter the dungeon, but his entire being screamed to him that the young, blind Nial would be able to rescue his daughter, which the military's cadets below the 3rd Origin rank were unable to do!

There was no reason, let alone evidence that Nial was suitable for the rescue mission.

After all, he had recently awoken his origin and wasn't trained in combat. But Arnold's gut feeling told him that Nial's blindness would turn into an asset for him in this rescue mission and ensure his daughter's safe return.

Hearing the blacksmith's desperation, Nial nodded his head as he calmly answered,

"Alright, I will come to your store. It should take me only a few minutes if I remember the path correctly. If not, I'm going to call you again, is that fine with you, Sir?"

Right now, Nial knew that he had to be calm and pacify the blacksmith or he would certainly go crazy.

In the end, he had to be considerate of the situation the Birg family was in because they had already faced an incident with Shana's blind sister overestimating her capabilities and damaging her mana core.

Given his family's situation which was oddly similar, but riddled with many more unfortunate incidents, Nial knew how the blacksmith was feeling.

Despite that, he didn't expect that Arnold Birg, the cold blacksmith, would react so weirdly and hastily ask him to rush to his store instead of looking for Melvin, who had stored away from the Viper spear.

Nevertheless, he understood the concern and panic. Thus, he turned towards the librarian, who had heard everything and simply asked,

"I'm sorry, but can I leave the books here? An accident seems to have occurred, and I need to go now…"

In the end, even if the librarian had told him to return the books later at his free time, he would have turned them in as soon as he was done, but given the current situation, Nial wanted to leave as quickly as possible.

His body was still not perfectly healed, but he was not restricted in any way, and the only issue was the pain in his sore muscles he felt while moving around.

However, that was not really problematic given that everything else was perfectly fine.

The healing serum was still effective even after six days, and as long as he was not injured in any way, one more day's dose would have been enough to let the pain he felt recede further before it would have completely disappeared.

"You can go brat, but be careful. Dungeons with an anomaly can have many unforeseen dangers, and if you are not sure that you can survive, either don't go, or flee the moment you sense that anything is off.

If you have any issues in the future, just visit the library, and ask for Mara Lyx, that's my name!"

Nial was not sure why exactly the librarian seemed so friendly all of a sudden, but he had no reason to complain. After all, it was good to get to know more people, even more so if they were powerful.

"Thank you for your concern. My name is Nial Orin, I'll come back soon! See you!"

Bidding her farewell, Nial disappeared from her sight and rushed towards the blacksmith's store, who was pacing through his shop, waiting for Nial impatiently.

Today's decision to enter the anomalous dungeon would change Nial's entire life.

He was about to enter a new chapter of his life, a chapter that was filled with pain, betrayal, and even more so loneliness due to the fateful incidents that were waiting to unfold.

The same was just happening to Melvin, who would remember this day as the day on which he made both the best and worst decisions of his life because his best friend would have to suffer due to the choices he made.

While Nial had arrived in front of the blacksmith's store, Melvin had already arrived home.

Storming inside his father's office, he didn't see the two robed men who were sitting on the couch.

Instead, Melvin's eyes were solely focused on his father as he quickly blurted out.

"Father, I need your help, please!!" His voice was laced with desperation and panic was clearly visible on his face, making it look like he was on the verge of losing it.

He was flustered, and that was something Serl Tyr hadn't seen his son be, for a very long time, long enough to clearly show that something serious must have happened.

As such, he even forgot to reprimand his son for not coming home for an entire week, which had never happened before.

Serl, even ignored his prestigious guests, as he approached his son with fast strides, before holding him by the shoulders to give him some support as he asked,

"What's wrong? Is everything okay with you?"

Hearing his father's concerned voice, Melvin seemed to regain his senses, and his worry about Sabrina resurfaced once again.

Thus, he quickly explained her situation to his father, who just nodded his head, recalling everything about Sabrina that Melvin had told long ago, and the fact that she was bedridden.

Yet, when Melvin said something in particular, not only Serl was astonished, but even the two guests who had been patiently watching his spontaneous outburst, couldn't help but lift their heads as they stared at Melvin with interest and a glint of excitement in their eyes.

"I think Sabrina has the Myset Hoeart disease… can you help her...somehow, please!!"

Melvin was desperately pleading with his father because not a single book he had read so far gave even the slightest hint of a solution about a possible cure to Sabrina's disease.

As such, Melvin was sure that his father was his last resort to know if they were approaching a dead end, or if there was a way out of the misery that he couldn't find.

However, upon hearing Melvin's words, Serl Tyr's breath hitched in his throat and his eyes subconsciously glanced over to the robed men.

'This foolish, reckless kid!!!' He could only think in disappointment because he had heard about someone being diagnosed with the Myset Hoeart disease, but that had had a semi optimistic ending...only because of the government's interference.

As such, he couldn't help but feel concerned, the moment he saw that the robed men's interest seemed to have been piqued.

One of the men was unable to remain quiet anymore when he heard about Sabrina's disease as he mumbled to his colleague.

"Myset Hoeart...isn't that the first stage to awaken a Mana heart…."

While the said man was astonished about the words the Tyr family's heir had uttered and doubted him, his colleague just nodded his head before he took out a faint sky blue glowing crystal.

"Let's take a look at her, maybe we didn't waste our time, coming here after all…"

When the talkative man heard his colleague speaking, he smiled brightly as he remarked.

"Your ability is truly a treasure! To find a potential treasure like someone with a Mana heart awakening...in Katu at that, who would have thought that? Shall...we make use of that?"

Yet, instead of receiving a reassuring answer, the silent man just replied as he got up from his seat.

"Who knows if it's already too late? She might be on the verge of death!"

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