226 Barren Land

A group of ten people grouped in front of the stone gate.

"So this is the dungeon you guys were talking about, " Musashi Ueno commented with a frown on his forehead.

"It looks mysterious and magical, " As always, Musashi Noboru was playful. He circled around the stone gate curiously.

Musashi Osada kept his mouth shut while keeping a serious face.

Next to the three old men were the seven Emperor Class Heroes tasked to investigate the third dungeon.

Sun Zhou Yi, Emperor Class Hero - Rank 20. Wu Shen Lei, Emperor Class Hero - Rank 22. Musashi Hirata, Emperor Class Hero - Rank 23. Huo Liang Xun, Emperor Class Hero - Rank 17. Park Jin-Soo, Emperor Class Hero - Rank 16. Elazaro Tania, Emperor Class Hero - Rank 11. Musashi Naizen, Emperor Class Hero - Rank 7.

Seven of them were dispatched to assist the Trio Sword Lunatic in dungeon exploration.

Musashi Osada held his chin, looking at the mysterious gate and opened his mouth after something, "But are you sure this is the third dungeon?"

"We don't know, but this is the third dungeon the Hero League has found! Maybe there are more dungeons outside there, "

Musashi Naizen answered as he strode next to his Grandfather.

"What are you guys discussing? Let's enter straight away, the answer we are looking for is inside!" Musashi Noboru excitedly spoke after he finished circling the giant stone gate.

"Mnn, let's enter. I am also curious about what's inside the dungeon!" Musashi Osada nodded and agreed with his brother.

With those words out, the Emperor Class Heroes followed the Trio Sword Lunatic, entering the dungeon.

On the other side of the gate, a new view greeted the group.

It was a flat, arid land with quite a hot temperature. Everyone looked up subconsciously and found a small red sun in the sky.

Sun Zhou Yi was surprised to see the red sun. He had entered the first dungeon and the second dungeon, but this was his first time encountering a sun, a peculiar one, red sun.

"The report did not say anything about the red sun. This one is extremely hotter than the one outside, " Elazaro Tania, the only woman in the group complained. She took out a cloak from his backpack and covered her face from the sunray.

Elazaro Tania was a woman with red and wavy hair that reached her shoulder. She was quite a beauty herself and she was known as Witch. It was how people called her because of her bizarre awakening ability.

"But the report says they come here at night. That's why they don't know there's a sun in here, a red one at that!" Park Jin-Soo commented as he scanned the surroundings.

It was totally a barren land and they were in the middle of vast flat land.

"Shall we split?" Huo Liang Xun voiced his thoughts as he looked in a certain direction.

If the three old men agreed with him, he would likely go in that direction. After all, splitting up would make the investigation faster.

To everyone's surprise, Musashi Osada rejected the idea of splitting up.

"Nope! We are not going to split! We will stick as a group. We know nothing about this dungeon and a certain someone advised me not to be careless inside the dungeon. Because whatever inside the dungeon, it's something that does not exist outside! We have to be careful!"

A certain someone in Musashi Osada's mouth was Heero. Before he came here, he met with Heero once. And Heero told him about the dungeon, though not with so many details, it was basically telling him how dangerous the dungeon was.

"Noboru! Where are we going?" Musashi Osada asked his playful brother.

"There! I feel we might find something if we go there!" Musashi Noboru pointed in a certain direction.

There was no detailed explanation or whatsoever why he chose that direction. It was as if Noboru pointed it randomly.

Musashi Osada did not question his brother's decision and led the group in the same direction.

"Are you sure they are reliable?" Elazaro Tania asked Sun Zhou Yi who looked quite innocent compared to the others.

Sun Zhou Yi shook his head and replied blankly, "Don't know, but My Master trusts them, so they should be reliable, "

After a full two hours of journey on the barren land, the group of ten stopped their steps. The group stood in front of a giant wall.

The giant wall was made of a silver stone. The silver stone stacked orderly, creating a massive wall, over 50 meters tall wall.

"Follow me! The gate is here!" Musashi Noboru led the group to the left. It was as if the old man was familiar with this place.

"Why is he so random? And how can he know where the gate is?" Elazaro Tania asked Sun Zhou Yi who stood next to her.

Since the start of the journey, the woman was stuck with Sun Zhou Yi and kept some distance from the others.

"Don't know, but…"

"My Master trusts them, so they should be reliable, " Without waiting for Sun Zhou Yi to finish his words, Elazaro Tania completed the sentence herself.

Sun Zhou Yi was surprised and looked at the woman with his eyes wide open.

"I didn't read your mind, you dumb block!" Elazaro Tania rolled her eyes and chased after the old man.

Sure enough, in a five minutes journey, they encountered a massive black steel gate.

The gate was about 25 meters tall and shut tightly.

"If there's an enemy, they should be behind this gate! Get prepared, I will open the gate!"

Without any discussion or talk, Musashi Ueno put his hand on the gate.

*** ***

"So our targets are inside?" Ryong Chong-Shik stood in front of a steel gate with "Heero Preschool" on top.

His kind and gentle demeanor did not attract any suspicion. So they safely arrived in front of the preschool.

"They are supposed to be inside, " Hanzo Keiji nodded his head.

Swoosh!

In the blink of an eye, the two old men figure vanished and appeared inside the preschool. They passed the gate without attracting attention.

They entered the front playground with various plays installed. The playground was also decorated with various kinds of beautiful flowers. What was more important, the two old men found the air inside was much more refreshing.

"This place is meticulously built! How about we find the designer and ask him to build a place for tea?" Ryong Chong-Shik suggested his idea when he entered the playground.

"It's not a bad idea. But let's discuss it later, we have a mission in hand now, " Hanzo Keiji shook his head at his friend who could not focus on the main mission.

"Mnn, let's finish the mission first. I don't want that Madman Haneul to scold me for failing the mission, " Ryong Chong-Shik jokingly replied as he walked toward the main building.

Hanzo Keiji followed, "Do you think he…" he stopped his words halfway as his friend stopped his steps.

He looked toward his friend and asked, "What's wrong?"

'What's gotten into his head now?' Thought Hanzo Keiji.

"Don't you feel strange?" Out of the blue, Ryong Chong-Shik asked something unrelated to the mission.

"Strange? What's strange?"

Ryong Chong-Shik shook his head and smiled, "My Old Friend, you sense is dulled. You should go outside and maintain your skill!"

"Let me ask you, what is identical to preschool? The answer is kids! The next question, what is identical to kids?"

Hanzo Keiji frowned and replied, "Noisy!?"

"Bingo bongo. A preschool, at least there are twenty kids, but where's the noise? Not only there's no noise, but this place is too quiet. Don't you feel strange?"

Ryong Chong-Shik asked with a smile. Despite finding something fishy about the preschool, he still kept his calm.

Hanzo Keiji nodded understandingly and responded with a sigh, "You are right. It seems my sense dulled, but I am too old to play outside, "

"Then let's play inside the city instead. The owner of this place seems to have found out about us!" Ryong Chong-Shik grinned while having his eyes fixated at the main building's door.

Behind the glass door, there was a figure standing. It was as if the figure was waiting for their arrival.

Hanzo Keiji looked at the door and he was surprised. Just like Ryong Chong-Shik said, Xing Heero was standing behind the glass door.

"It seems my sense truly dulled! I can't sense him coming!" Hanzo Keiji muttered in a low voice.

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