Chapter 364 Volume V - 82: The End of the Dungeon

Chapter 364 Volume V - Chapter 82: The End of the Dungeon

Silence is perhaps the thing that exists most in this huge place, along with darkness...

Now, it had fallen heavily once again.

Adrian's words were a real shock to Lucia and me. Even more shocking... Attracta didn't object to anything.

On the contrary...

"Well done, I didn't expect that much."

She was approving him.

"True, I prefer the coldness of death to being trapped here any longer. And... true again, I am the being this dungeon considers the boss. So, if you kill me, you can actually get out."

But Adrian was not finished with his questions.

"I'm curious about one more thing."

Attracta took Adrian's request with understanding. Even if she didn't say anything, she nodded her head slightly up and down and gave him permission.

"Does the death of a Lord... cause troubles? After all, you are a god..."

Attracta's lips curled upward.

"No, the Lords are not 'gods' in the way you humans think of them. They are merely... beings who have control over the various concepts themselves. They don't keep things balanced or working as they should."

It was a surprising piece of information. Because... Lords were known as gods all over Lunerra. There were even people who worshipped them. But what was known about them was so limited that there were even those who were skeptical of their existence.

"So... what will happen to Sue? Will the powers you gave her disappear?"

"No. An apostle's power comes from the binding of their soul with a specific concept. It is not wrong to say that the Lords are the source of their power, but it is wrong to say that it is completely dependent on them. The source of her power is the concept of Attraction itself, which I control. I... merely linked them together, and gave myself a place in that connection so that we could communicate."

Adrian nodded. His expression had become very serious ahead of what he was about to say next.

"Why were you really imprisoned here?"

Attracta's lips curled even higher.

"That's one of the things I won't say... human. The knowledge of some truths does not bring good, but harm. Ignorance is bliss, it is a truer and more incomplete saying than you think. If the answer to your question is something you will have to learn when the time comes... then you can be sure you will when that time comes."

Adrian did not seem satisfied. Still, he didn't press further. He must have run out of things to ask because he was silent for a while. In the end, he could only heave a deep sigh.

"So... how do we kill you?"

He looked at me out of the corner of his eye as he said this, Attracta's eyes had also turned from him to me.

Her previous words were as much on my mind as they were on theirs.

I... was the only one here who could kill him.

But how was I going to do it?

Attracta was silent, she didn't answer Adrian's words. She was just looking straight at me. As if... as if I already knew the answer.

But I didn't.

As the seconds ticked by, I felt myself starting to sweat. I opened my status window again, looked at my abilities in the Apostle of Attraction tab.

The Shroud of Perception was useless here. So... the only ability I could use was Absolute Voice.

As I read the description of the ability, I thought.

Absolute Voice was an ability that allowed my voice to gain authority and be recognized by the world. The description was rather vague, but it wasn't hard to guess what it did.

It probably allowed my voice to influence other people. Not that similar abilities didn't exist in the world, this... was just a more advanced version of them.

But... something so simple could not have enabled me to kill a Lord. So there had to be more to this ability than meets the eye.

The authority of my voice means the authority of my words.

I don't think I can tell a Lord to die. No matter how powerful the ability, there must be limits.

Then...

While I was thinking, I studied my surroundings. I looked at Adrian. Then, I looked at the spear in his hand, I dwelled on it for a while.

There is a difference of three grades between you and the recommended general level of the dungeon!

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There were a few other things at the bottom, but I couldn't care what they were. The notifications kept flowing.

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Prizes are being shared...

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There was a very short, two-second wait in between.

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For your achievements in the dungeon, you have earned additional rewards!

--Rewards--

Items: [Ancient Chain Fragment] -- [Skill Cube: Light Fragments (A)] -- [Necklace: Golden Renewal]

Statistics: [Mana Efficiency(+1)] -- [Luck(+1)] -- [Apostle of Attraction, Connection(+1)]

You can summon your rewards at any time!

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The notifications went off after a few seconds. Behind the silence and darkness that descended on the entire boss room, a blue glow suddenly appeared. Then it grew and grew... slowly taking the shape of a dungeon gate.

I turned around and looked at Adrian and Lucia, who seemed to have finished checking their notifications.

But... for a moment, they looked at me with such a blank expression that I realized something was wrong and paused.

"W- what?"

Lucia sighed deeply, looking at Adrian out of the corner of her eye. Adrian sighed without saying anything. Immediately, the bracelet on her arm glowed slightly, and a blue glow appeared in front of it and grew larger.

But... this time, it took the shape of a jacket. Adrian picked it up and threw it toward me, not turning his eyes in my direction.

"Put it on..."

Then I remembered, that I was naked...

Moreover, the piece of vine I was holding just above my chest had been blown somewhere randomly during the explosion.

I took the jacket without saying a word and put it on quietly.

A strange silence fell between us. I felt like I had to say something.

I looked at the gate waiting for us, and my lips involuntarily curled upward.

"We... made it, huh."

That finally came out of my mouth. Because I... I didn't really believe we could do it.

From the very beginning, no matter how much I tried to keep hope in me, I was sure that we would die at some point.

And... that's what happened to me, actually.

I was just... lucky, that's all.

"Shall we go?"

At Lucia's question, Adrian let out a deep, really deep sigh. He fixed his emerald-green eyes on the open gate.

"Let's go."

I slowly stood up and walked over to them.

We didn't say anything more, just walked side by side with slow steps toward the gate.

The dungeon where we had spent every minute of almost two weeks struggling to survive... was just behind us.