Vol.1 Ch.38 Made it to the Surface.

Vol.1 Ch.38 Made it to the Surface.

"Look, it's the prince!" Yelled one of the Knights. "His Highness Prince Quinus! We have been looking for you everywhere!"

The other knights gathered around the prince and they bowed their heads after dealing with the last of the goblins.

"Prince Quinus! We feared the worst, my Lord!" The captain of the knights said to the prince while bowing his head.

"When were you all dispatched here?" Quinus asked.

"We left about a week ago, my Lord. When word got out about the goblin ambush outside of the village of Kishin." The captain replied.

Quinus closed his eyes and sighed while recalling the battle that took place. He remembered being surrounded by a group of goblins at the time, and how they swarmed their positions. If he had known that it would turn out like this, he would have used his enchanted sword's ability to burn them all.

"Alright, let's head to the site and take care of our fallen brothers," Quinus said with a deep sigh.

With everything squared away, the group headed over to the site where Quinus and his fallen knights got attacked by the goblins earlier in their quest to destroy the Dungeon Core in the 'Tomb of the Horde'.

It took them about an hour to get there.

"It feels way more peaceful in the forest than it did a couple of days ago. I can't believe this place used to be filled with goblins," Percy said out loud.

‘I shouldn’t let them do all the work.’ Rya thought as she watched.

"If you like I can bury them, Quin," Rya said with a kind smile.

"I appreciate the offer, Rya. They were my men, my responsibility.... We would rather do this ourselves. This is our duty after all," Quinus said with a nod.

"Very well then," Rya gave a nod to Quin while she stepped aside and watched them bury the dead.

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The town looked like something out of the Medieval ages. There were cobblestone streets with little houses and shops alongside them. The buildings were built from wood and stone while others were made of brick. The village has a 10-foot wall that surrounds the perimeter with guards patrolling around. Many green bodies were lying around the wall from all the goblins that died trying to invade the village. Even with all the dead monsters lying about, everything was calm and quiet, except for the sounds of nature.

"Well, I don't know why I was expecting anything else?" Rya said to herself.

"Hmm? What were you expecting, Alpha?" Dalia asked, looking over at Rya.

"Oh, nothing. I'm just trying to get used to living in a... Ah? a human settlement." Rya said with a chuckle. 'Almost let it slip that I wasn't from the planet Tertius.' Rya thought to herself.

'Good! Dalia doesn't suspect anything. Hehehe.' Rya thought to herself with a giggle.

"Well, humans like stability. So, they tend to stay in one place, mostly," Rya says to Dalia.

"Oh really? That makes sense, I suppose. But I'm not sure I like it," Dalia said with a nod.

"Well let's give it a try?" Rya nodded back as they followed the group towards the gate.