Jennifer Smith
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?The howling of the wolves continued. A brilliant blue glow came in through the holes that the rock covering us couldn't quite close, then slowly faded, as if its source was moving away from us. Compared to the noises outside... the space I was trapped in was remarkably quiet. Sue said nothing, didn't even look in my direction. Her eyes were on the rock that was closed on us. As I got used to the mana that surrounded me, my senses slowly returned. I was returning to normal as I deliberately directed…-
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?*(A/N: I edited the chapter, you can read now.)* The dungeon that could have been my grave, or rather our grave, was... like a real paradise. At least during the daytime, it was very much so. The otherworldly trees and plants, the lush green sky, the distant mountain ranges, the river that seemed to stretch into infinity... Everything was too beautiful. It was even mesmerizing. But at night, it was the opposite of paradise, even if I hadn't yet experienced it as Adrian had and preferred not to.…
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?"-e'll wake up, right?" Huh...? Is someone... talking? "Yes." There were indeed two people talking, whose voices I could hear more and more clearly as time passed. "He wasn't even hurt, he just... used his mana too much and too fast, that's all. He is an elf, even if only half, so I think he'll be fine... hopefully." Lucia... it was Lucia talking. Then it must have been Sue who she was talking to. So... I made it. I survived the night. Opening my eyes as well as my ears, I tried to…
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?The last green dot in the sky disappeared. The blue glow emitted by the strange and long river seemed to provide the light of the moon that did not exist in the sky. It was rising into the sky, like the auroras, creating a sight that would make anyone who looked at it feel mesmerized. But it didn't matter. I didn't have time to care, to turn my head to the sky and appreciate the beauty of the dungeon again and again. I just ran. I ran without stopping, without looking back. The howling of the wolves…
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?The dungeon resembled a world where there were no living beings other than plants. There was nothing that could move like me, nothing other than a plant. And the further I walked into the plain, the more logical this thought became. Honestly... there are two possibilities I can think of. Either this is really a place where there are no living things other than plants, or all the creatures are... hiding. I'm pretty sure there are more than just plants in a B grade dungeon. So... the second…
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?"In short... I dragged us into a B grade dungeon, I think we all can agree on that." Sue's eyes widened. But Lucia... although she too looked surprised, her expression was completely different from Sue's. "B... grade...?" Sue looked at me and Lucia with genuine horror on her face. As an ordinary person, it was only natural for her to react like that. But it wasn't her that I was concerned about, it was Lucia. "You don't seem surprised? No, you are surprised, but... in a good way." Lucia…
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?My eyes slowly opened. Strangely cold air caressed my skin and I saw the stone wall not far from me. I didn't move, I didn't make any sound. I just let my eyes wander into the pit we had barely found. Sue was lying on the floor with her back to me. She seemed to be asleep. And Lucia... she woke up before me, apparently. Because her back was against the wall behind her, just like mine. I remembered clearly that she was on the floor like Sue before I fell asleep. My eyes reflexively went to the…
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?I felt shaken, but it was not a violent shaking. It was gentle, slow. Soon, I realized the cause, or a possible one. There was a strange pain in my body, especially in my chest, that I couldn't make sense of. Whenever the shaking of my body intensified, even slightly, this pain was also amplified. I focused on this sensation, trying to grasp what it was, and when I tried to do so, I realized that... someone was carrying me. I tried to open my eyes but I couldn't. My body was so exhausted that my…
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?My eyes were stung by a faint light hitting my face, faint but intense enough to disturb me, even if only just barely. I slowly opened my eyes as a blurry light replaced the darkness behind my eyelids, and the first thing I saw was... a green sky. I stared at this... green sky for a while with my barely recovered sight. Strangely enough, there was no sun. I didn't know where this green light was coming from. The question of where am I echoed in my mind. As I forced myself to sit up, I realized…
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?No... That was the only thing that crossed my mind. I couldn't do anything else as an intense silence descended upon us, as the huge ball of flame that I had literally spent everything to strengthen was swallowed up by the darkness in mere seconds. "What are you waiting for...? Attack me." The masked man paused for a moment. He looked at my frozen expression, at the blood still oozing from between my lips. He glanced briefly at Sue and Lucia, who were standing behind me, not unlike me. Finally...…
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