Chapter 73 - Ch 73 : Tony Leading The Group

The sudden intrusion of Tony startled Ray and the group of girls who were still enjoying their dinner.

Especially when Tony came and accused them like that.

Jane, the tanker of the team who had the biggest temper amongst the girls, had almost exploded and confronted Tony. Fortunately, Eve was there to subside the tense situation a bit.

She was more calm-headed, and she knew that internal conflict was the thing that the group needed the less right now.

They were in a strange situation, and they must combine their power to solve this Dungeon.

Seeing that Eve's group didn't refute, Tony had a smug expression on his face.

" See, you guys are just cowards. I think you guys should apologize to our fallen comrade in this battle."

" Humph, just think as you want."

Eve stopped and didn't bother to care about what Tony said anymore.

This guy was just an arrogant bastard, and if she didn't want to spend her energy arguing with Tony.

" Humph, what a coward."

Tony also quickly lost his interest as he saw Eve was not going to argue with him. For someone like Tony, his pleasure would only come if the opposing side was to retaliate. If the opposing side decided to shut up and didn't refute, he would soon lose interest.

He walked past Eve and tried to find a new victim to vent his frustration, and when he saw Ray was sitting there with the girls, Tony's eyes suddenly glowed with light.

" You over there, you call yourself a man, but you hide behind the girls? Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

" ???"

Ray was startled. He was doing nothing and just enjoyed his dinner, so why did this guy suddenly come and target him.

He turned his head around, and seeing that the girls just looked at him and shook their heads, he knew that he should also just ignore this stupid guy.

Still, Ray was not Eve. Tony, who saw a lower level awakener was ignoring him, immediately got his temper into his head.

"You son of a b*tch!!"

Tony quickly shot up from his spot and grabbed Ray's collar.

" Apologize now! Apologize to all our fallen comrades. You stay here enjoying your dinner, don't you know there are many of our comrade out there, staking their life to complete this Dungeon?"

If the girls didn't know Tony's character, they would definitely be touched by this acting. The way he used his face to express his anger, and his words, all of it were so complete that Eve wanted to give him an oscar trophy.

Being grabbed in his collar by Tony, Ray was speechless. He wanted to ask Tony to let him go, but when he looked at Tony's expression, which seemed genuine, He felt a bit guilty in his heart.

Ray was not an acquaintance of Tony, and hearing Tony's words, he was duped into thinking that it was real.

The two stayed in that tense position for some moment until eventually, Eve came and separated the two.

" Enough. He is also our comrade Tony, and furthermore, he is from my group. He just followed my decision, so if you have any complaints, come to me."

" Humph!"

Tony didn't care anymore and quickly let Ray go. At least he was able to vent some of his anger. Nevertheless, Tony still wanted a bit more. He glared at Ray once again and snatched the food Ray had in his hand.

" Just a coward hiding behind a girl."

" ... "

The atmosphere turned a bit awkward as Tony, Kiara, and one other awakener joined the group.

Now the group has eight people, but this didn't make things easier.

" I say, I should be the leader from now on. You guys didn't even try to fight the monster, so you are not worthy of being the leader."

Once again, Tony said things that made the girls frown.

Just because they didn't have any wounds and casualties, and this fucker thinks that they were all cowards and didn't fight with the monsters?

If not for the girls afraid to make an internal skirmish that would only hurt the two sides, they would definitely come and ganged up on Tony.

Jane tugged at Eve's sleeve.

"Eve…."

" Just let him be. We should not have any internal conflict now."

Eve shook her head helplessly. He tried to convey her meaning to the girls, and in the end, they could only follow Tony's arrangement.

. . . . . 

- Another side of the Lawang Sewu Dungeon -

The scent of bbq was spreading through the air.

Sniff, sniff….

A man with a black robe sniffed the air with his nose and proceeded to turn his head to look at his leader.

" Leader, what should we do?"

" Hmm, actually, it's not bad. We could just follow this scent to track them. Using them to determine the right path to the boss room doesn't sound bad at all.

The other guys in black robes nodded at their leader's words and slowly followed the scent to where Ray and the other rest.

. . . . . .

ZINGG!!!!

At the same time, when the group of black-robed people started to move, ray and Eve could feel a trace of danger was coming at them.

Both of them suddenly look at one of the pathways they have taken before, only to notice that the other was also staring in the same direction.

Maybe because the two possessed the same skill, Ray and Eve immediately knew what was going on. 

They were about to step up and explain things when once again, Tony's voice resounded through the room.

" Okay, that's enough rest. Let's continue our dungeon exploration."

Tony stood up and began to pack up his belonging. His tone just now was not one that could be refuted, and with his temper, he would instantly flare up if someone was to try to say anything.

" You, do you think you are the leader?"

Jane couldn't hold it anymore. This guy has been acting all he wanted since he came here, and now he wanted to continue the dungeon exploration without waiting for the other awakeners? Just see her punch the shit of this guy.

" I am the leader; what do you want!"

" Y-You..."

Jane had already stood up and ready to rush at Tony, but suddenly he felt two hands were holding her back.

" Don't do it, Jane!"

" Yeah, and I also somehow agree with Tony. It has been some time since we started to make bbq, and if the other group could smell it, they should have come here by now. No one comes here until this time just signified that either they shouldn't be able to feel the bbq scent or.."

They could feel the bbq scent, but they couldn't come here....

That words were stuck at Eve's throat. Just now, he and Ray hold back Jane and don't argue in Tony's decision because the two could feel the incoming danger.

Staying here would not help, and it was better if they proceeded to go forward.

With Eve didn't object to Tony's decision, the group started to pack their luggage back and was ready to continue their exploration.

Now that they have Kiara's mapping skills, the exploration should have been a lot easier, and they should have taken less detour.

Tony, who was still enjoying the treatment as the leader, came to the very front and began to lead the team.

Room by room they passed, but different from before, almost all the rooms they currently passed were without any monsters.

Kiara's skill was too OP for this Lawang Sewu Dungeon, and Tony had a smug look on his face.

However, the girls in the back now had black lines all over their faces.

Before, they could easily grind some exp while facing monsters in this Dungeon. With Ray being here, they didn't need to be afraid of the ghost-type and could brush up some easy experience points.

Now with Tony taking the lead, the chance of them encountering monsters has been lowered by much, and they certainly wouldn't be happy.

The girls cursed Tony inwardly in their hearts, but they still followed his leads. 

Soon, more than 200 rooms were mapped by Kiara's skill, and they would soon face their first big battle since coming to the Lawang Sewu Dungeon.

Darkness still filled the whole area, but now, there was something eyecatching in front of them.

A big door with the picture of a red woman on it.

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[ Mini-Boss Room.]

[ Mini-Boss: Red Kuntilanak, Lv 30 Boss.]

[ Special effect: Ghost-type monster attack +10%, defense +10%]

[ Number of Monsters: 1 Mini-Boss, 15 common ghost-type monsters.]

[ Reward: Red scarf of the dead woman.]

[ One of the Miniboss rooms in Lawang Sewu special Dungeon.]

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With his appraisal skill, ray quickly gains information about the room in front of him.

Tony told the group to stop, and he turned his head to face the direction of the group.

" In front of us right now should be the mini-boss room of this Dungeon. From the picture, we could guess that it should be a red Kuntilanak, a stronger variant of Kuntilanak. We would take a rest for a few minutes here, recovering our energy before we all go and rush inside. Remember, don't hold me back."

Tony said it like a true leader. Still, everyone could see that it was mostly directed to Ray.

In Tony's eyes right now, Ray, who was only a level 20 awakener was his primary target to vent his anger.

He glared at Ray and seeing that Ray didn't have any objection, a sense of superiority grew in his heart.