Chapter 121: Frozen Castle

*Ding. Congratulations on discovering the Frozen Castle. You receive 500 Fame

*Ding. You receive first explorer's buff. Your experience and drop rate increases by 100%

After his job is done at the palace, Wil returned to the outskirts of the city putting on Mask of Tranquility to meet up with Hyori and both of them set out to Level-190 zone, a flood-prone zone where mostly high defensive monsters like Hippos and offensive and agility monsters like snakes that are 2-3 meters long, lurking around.

But, none of this was a problem for Wil and Hyori because of the presence of Leon, a 285 level beast that can take out any beast under legendary grade with ease.

As both of them entered the dungeon portal, Hyori saw a huge frozen castle in front of them with a large number of goblins and Orcs lurking around in front of it with spears and clubs in their hands.

Looking at Hyori who was inspecting one of the monsters, Wil spoke, "Listen carefully. All the goblins in and outside the castle are of common grade and Orcs are of Elite grade.

You'll find different types of them inside the castle. Remember, if you see a horn on goblin's forehead or tusks on Orcs, which means they are mutated. 

Other than these two, we'll find corrupted knights inside who are of Heroic grade. 

And the final boss is an evil mage with an Ice dragon pet. Mage isn't important. He's just a Heroic mob who doesn't give exp. We just have to kill the dragon. I'll tell you all of its skills on the way…

There are two ways to enter this castle…" 

Flashback;

"Wil, this is actually a secret. So, don't go telling around. You know that, to go through that door, which can be opened by a key that will be dropped one of these mobs, right?" said a dark-haired, green-eyed, and long-legged beauty, who was leading a hundred member army.

Wil nodded in response while keep staring at her…

The girl continued, "The other one is to go from the top where there will be an open door. It holds true for even legendary grade… However, this is an advantage to only Angel race players or summoners like you.

With your Thunder-hawk, I think you can go with our remaining angel race players while the rest of us go through straight. We can clear it easily."

"Hmm, a good plan… But, how do you know that secret that even the guide by 'One' didn't explain about it," asked Wil.

The girl replied with a hint of embarrassment, "Well, Bran showed me when we did this dungeon together, yesterday…"

"You went to a dungeon with him again?" growled Wil and as she turned her face away, he lectured her, "I told you many times to stay away from that guy.

Did you forget how many times he tried to steal wild bosses from us and I was the one…

Forget it. I lost the interest. You can continue without me."

As he left the party, the girl was taken aback by his outburst, "what is he getting angry for… Don't tell me he is jealous?"

Then, she put hands on her cheeks and has a dreamy look, "Hah… how wonderful it will be if that's the case… Jealous Wil looks more handsome…

No, that's not it. Bran is also handsome and even stronger, perhaps the strongest player. But, Wil is a bit more caring even though he behaves like a bad boy. Those b****s will go crazy if they hear if we date… But, Bran is more attractive and manly though. That charisma…

Sierra… what are you thinking… Argh…"

As she pulled her hair and shaking her head in frustration, the rest of them wondered what wrong with her while a girl in the back stared at her coldly.

Meanwhile, Wil, who logged out smash a vase in his room, "Bran… Bran… Bran… Dammit. How dare you trying to lay hands on my girl… I will hunt you down."

Present;

"Wil… Wil…"

"Ah, yes… Sorry, where was I?"

Hyori then said, "You were telling something about the second way. Where were you lost…"

Wil took a look at the castle and sighed, "It's nothing. So, you see that tower right…"

After explaining the strategy, Wil turned his head towards the winged-lion, "Leon, go and clean up the field."

*Roar*

As Leon roared and dashed to the castle grounds, Wil flapped his wings and fly higher and gestured Hyori to follow him.

Skipping the beasts on the ground, Wil and Hyori reached the top of the castle. Then, he flew to a tower on the right side and pointed a window, "Hyori, you can see the window right. We need to blast and enter it.

It's not just this tower. All the other three towers are connected to the underground of the castle where you meet a corrupted knight."

Wil then took out an arrow from the quiver and aimed at the glass of the window.

After it was broken, Wil fly towards it and opened the window before jumping into the room. Both of them then started climbing down the stairs and reached the bottom without meeting any mob on the way.

Meanwhile, Leon, which cleared out the monsters on the field, roared to call out its master as it can't pick up the key from the ground and open the door to enter.

Upon hearing the call of Leon, Wil understood its message and dismissed it to send it back to the pet slot and then, summoned it again before him, scaring Hyori who jumped back on reflex.

"Oh my goodness…"

She lightly slapped him on the back, "can't you warn me before?"

Wil grinned, "Sorry about that," and then both of them started walking while Leon following them from behind.

After walking in the underground passage for a while, both of them reached the prison where a few inmates are alive and guarded by a corrupted knight, who is walking back and forth.

Looking at him, as Hyori went into battle mode and raised her bow, "ready when you are, Wil," the latter just placed his hand on her bow and lowered it, "don't bother. Just enjoy free exp for this dungeon. You can fight to your heart content later."

"Leon, kill him," ordered Wil as he turned his head towards it.

*Roar*

As soon as the order came from Wil, Leon roared and leaped towards the knight. The corrupted knight, who sensed the intruder, raised the spear and tried to counterattack the lion.

But, before the spear even tried to harm the intruder, the claws of Leon met his face and huge damage appeared on his head before replacing the ground with a heap of drops.

*Ding. You killed the Jailor.

*Ding. You receive a quest.

Description: Free the inmates

Rewards: 100 thousand exp, 300 fame.

"Hey, I receive a quest. SnowDew mentioned fame is very important here," said Hyori in excitement as she picked up a key from drops after accepting it.

"Don't," Wil stopped her quickly, and looking at her confused look, he explained, "You only received a quest after killing the guardian, which means it's a trap. Remember, never to accept such quests in the future."

"But, Leon is with us. Isn't it fine?" asked Hyori while fixating her eyes on the rewards section where it mentioned fame.

Wil nodded, "of course. I'm only saying to be careful when accepting a quest. You shouldn't accept the quest based on rewards. Read the quest carefully and think about the timing.

Freeing the inmates doesn't mean rescuing. It means to kill them. And all of them are Heroic grade mobs by the way."

"Ah, I see, I get it," Hyori nodded in understanding.

As she unlocked the cell, Wil ordered Leon to take care of them. The six prisoners died in a few seconds and both of them level up continuously.

Wil and Hyori then proceeded toward the stairs that lead to a large hall filled with frozen statues here and there while Orcs and goblins along with mutated ones are roaming everywhere.

In the middle of the hall, lies a staircase that leads to various floors with corrupted knights moving back and forth.

As Leon is in the midst of cleaning up, Wil advised, "If you aren't interested in leveling-up, you can skip the remaining floors and directly go to the boss room."

A while later;

Reaching the top floor, Hyori saw a mage is constantly buffing the Ice Dragon while it is sleeping.

As they entered the frozen Ice room, the dragon opened its eyes and glanced at Wil and Hyori for a second before shifting its focus to Leon.

Glacier

Species: Ice Dragon

Grade: Legendary

Level: 190

Hp: 620 million

Attack: 9.2 million

Defense: 1.8 million

Crt.rate: 95%

Crt.resist: 95%

"620 million?" gasped Hyori after inspecting stats, "it's my first time seeing that much hp."

"Oh, you can only see its hp… I forgot that you can't see the rest of the stats. Anyway, I think the mage is the one that's providing 50% buff."

Upon hearing his explanation, Hyori snorted, "and you told not to care about the mage. Isn't he the one who should be given priority?"

"Well, sometimes, it happens," replied Wil slowly before ordering Leon to take care of it.

A level 285 Beast with 23 million Def and over 100 million of attack is going against a level 190 beast with a mere 9.2 million attack. What can be the outcome of the clash? It's obvious even for a noob to guess.

In the end, it didn't even take 10 seconds for Leon to destroy them, making Hyori stupefied on the spot while both of them received 156 million of exp each, because of the first explorer's buff…

Continuous level up notifications rang *Ding. Congratulations Team Scarlet on becoming the first team to clear Frozen Castle legendary grade. You receive 500 fame.

*Ding. You level up.

*Ding. You level up.

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*Ding. You level up.

*Ding. You reached level-200.

*Ding. You received a new skill.

*Ding. You reached the maximum level. Please advance to 3* Elementalist to receive further exp.

*Ding. You received an inheritance quest.

Description: As the successor of Archangel Seraph, you need to visit his tomb and get his blessings. Please gather 3* medicinal pill of any kind, feather of Mayura, and level-200 weapon of Epic-grade or higher, to summon the spirit of Seraph.

Reward: 3*Elementalist, random mythic grade equipment, unique skills.

*Gasp* "Mythic grade? Wow, no wonder they were entirely on another level in the past. I bet they might have gotten mythic grade equipment as they crossed another tier.

Wait a second. Mayura's feather? Isn't that a f*****g level-250 legendary grade peacock? How the f**k am I supposed to get its feather when the regions are locked? A troublesome quest…"

"Wil… Wil…" shouted Hyori and made him came back to his senses.

"Ah, yes?"

"We got lucky..." Hyori showed him a legendary grade pet scroll with an excited look on her face.

Wil smiled in return and asked, "Do you want a legendary grade pet, right now?"

"Eh?"