- At the same time, Jakarta's awakener association president office -
" President, bad news! There was a source telling us that the Government was going to conspire against awakener Ray!" Said the awakener association's secretary with horror on his face.
He knew that the president cared much about awakener Ray, and the president's response would definitely not be that simple.
It was then..
BANG!!!!!
The president's desk broke into two, and the ground was shattered as the president's aura overflowed from his body.
The president was really mad now, but he quickly retracted his aura as he knew the secretary in front of him was not the one at fault here.
" Tell me what's happening!" Said the president.
The aura has been retracted, but the killing intent was not, and it made the secretary trembled.
Nonetheless, the secretary gulped his saliva and began to speak.
" Sir, it was the Government... They were targeting Awakener Ray and were able to bring him inside a Dungeon." Explained the secretary.
" The Government? Is it Tony? But I have told the Government about my stance, so why are they still doing this?" The president frowned as his feeling told him there was something wrong here.
The secretary hesitated a bit whether to tell the entire info or not, but in the end, he still decided to tell what he knew to the president.
" Sir, from our source, the Government and the association has been infiltrated by "That Group", and it was That group who was planning to conspire against Awakener Ray.."
At this moment, the suppressed aura before was now fully released. The building shook a bit, and the secretary fell down on his knees.
" Ghost Mask, huh? Good.. It seems I will be able to get your revenge soon, San.."
. . . . . . . . .
After the group finished packing things in the space storage bag, Tony began to speak once more.
"Well, now. Why don't we go in a little bit deeper? We might be able to clear this Dungeon rather quickly if this keeps up."
Tony deliberately spoke up with a loud voice.
The other group member didn't have any complaints about this and just followed Tony. They were here because of the Government's order, and since the order was to follow Tony, they definitely wouldn't have any dispute against his decision.
Eve glanced in Ray's direction a bit, but she still followed the other Awakener. Ray also followed after the other Awakener walking deeper inside the Dungeon.
Only the government agent who followed them in this Dungeon Exploration had an unexplainable smirk on his face.
. . . .
The Dungeon seemed to go on forever. However, bizarrely enough. They hadn't come across a single monster after that one battle.
Since the Dungeon was shaped like a long cavern, there was no way that they'd miss each other, too.
"Could it be that we have defeated everyone here?"
"Stop dreaming, of course, that wouldn't be the case.."
The opinions of the groups started to become divided. Some said they should go back and request some help as they found this Dungeon was pretty strange, while others said they should continue to explore as this was their job. In the end, the consensus among themselves was to continue to roam around the empty interior of this big Dungeon.
"Hold it."
Tony in the lead suddenly stopped walking. He stopped so abruptly that Kiara, who was following behind him, ran into his back.
Kiara, who had just slammed into Tony, looked at him with a bit annoyed expression.
"What is it again, Tony??"
Until now, the group has stopped a few times because of the internal dispute, and Kiara began to get annoyed at this.
"Kiara, I may need a light over there."
Kiara was a bit confused, but she didn't refute. She asked Mira, who quickly made a new torch and gave it to Tony.
" Here.."
" Thanks, Kiara." Said Tony, but his eyes kept looking forward, which made Kiara and everyone here a bit curious.
At this moment, Tony suddenly threw away the torch in his hands and made everyone surprised.
"Holyfuck, Tony, what are you doing!! Are you-."
Kiara hadn't even finished her words when her gaze was shifted at the place Tony had been pointing at.
" All these….?"
" No way..."
All the awakeners except Ray spat out low groans.
The torn legs, torsos, and even heads of the Spiders – remains of the various dead Spiders were strewn about everywhere as far as it was burned by the torch Tony threw before. The further into the cave the light got to, the greater the amount of the remains they could see. And also, a huge door was located at the end of it all.
"That's the boss's room."
" Is this what I think?..."
Someone muttered out softly, and Tony nodded his head.
It was one of the more advanced knowledge about Dungeon that Ray only got to know after Eve told him today.
In a normal Dungeon, the lesser the monster inside, the stronger the boss will be.
One of the examples was the Red flower Dungeon Ray visited when he was still a newbie. There were only a few monsters there, but the Boss Monster was illogically strong compared to the normal monster.
On the contrary, if there were many monsters inside, then the Boss Monster tends to be a lot weaker, or at least normal.
"Everyone, get yourself ready. A big battle is coming," Tony instructed the group.
But somehow, Ray could not erase the uneasiness in his heart when he heard this sentence from Tony.
The other awakeners listened to Tony's instruction and prepared. Nervousness was evident in the expressions of everyone present.
Tony placed his hand on the big Door, and the Door slowly opened.
With Tony leading them in, the rest of the awakeners cautiously and silently entered the Boss Room. However, their silence only lasted for a few seconds afterward.
When everyone entered the Boss Room, they immediately knew what nightmare was waiting for them inside.
Kiara flinched a bit as she couldn't believe what she had just seen. Her finger pointed at the roof of the Dungeon, and there was a spider as huge as a house quietly squatting way over there.
"Tony...."
To the women, the sight of the giant spider was a bit too much for them. In fact, they would be better if it was Ghost-type monsters like in the Lawang Sewu Dungeon.
Kiara began taking hurried steps backward and covered her mouth after seeing the spider's appearance. The colossal spider didn't even budge an inch from the spot as if it was fast asleep.
"That's the boss, huh." Ray's eyes narrowed slightly as his eyes were focused on the boss.
If he displayed all of his trump cards, then the current him might be able to Solo this boss.
" Should we go back?"
" Yeah, let's go back now..."
The awakeners glared at the spider and passed their opinions one at a time.
After all, awakeners gathered their opinion, in the end Tony decided to postpone this exploration as everyone's decided against so.
Strangely, Ray felt that this was somewhat arranged, and there was a hidden motive behind this.
' Those guys, don't tell me..' A bad feeling began to rise in Ray's heart.
Tony came to discuss with the Government Agent, and in the end, the Government agent also approved the temporary withdrawal.
Everyone sighed relief as they heard this, but Ray began to notice something strange here.
When they were discussing, everyone here began to alleviate themself from Ray and Eve, and the closest between ray and Eve and the other Awakener was about four meters.
"Okay, since everyone agreed, we will do a temporary withdrawal. Ray and Eve, since you two are the strongest here, so we would ask you to guard the rear." Tony said with an expression like a true leader. However, ray knew that it was actually a lie.
' So in the end, it was this, huh? It seems I thought too much...' Ray sighed inwardly
Everyone nodded their heads and began to leave. Only leaving Ray and Eve inside as Tony said they should guard the rear so everyone could leave safely.
It was true that Ray was not surprised by this plot. However, it was a lie if Ray said that he was not disappointed.
Mira, Jane, and Lucy.. With Ray and Eve, the three of them have been through so much together in the Lawang Sewu dungeon before, so when Ray saw the three of them jump into Tony's ship, his heart felt a bit bitter.
Everyone has already left the room, only leaving Ray and Eve inside. At this moment, Tony suddenly said:
" Hahahahah, I never thought you would be this stupid! Ray Sandjaja, it seems it is the time for us to say goodbye!"
Yup, at this time, Tony no longer kept the mask of a good leader and fully said everything in his heart.
From the time he saw Ray, Tony already knew that he should get rid of Ray. Awakeners was not a good profession. You could guide a newbie today and get your job stolen by them the very next day, and that's why there was something like the "Newbie Killer" in the world of awakeners.
Tony, until now, had gotten rid of a few newbies he thought as threatening before. But because he had some connection with the Government, all his bad conduct was easily covered and he always get away from it.. Nevertheless, Awakener is a high-risk job, and it would only be normal if there is some accident.