Chapter 91: Skeleton Knight
[Is this a joke? How dare those unlucky mortals take a disciple from the Cultivation Academy as a member of their team? Even if Mark is a good-for-nothing, he should at least join an S-rank team.]
The system was talking nonsense again. It did not even realize how weak Mark was right now. Being invited by a hunter team like this was basically winning the lottery for Mark.
"Forget about him. What does this have to do with us? I’m not the kind of master who restricts my disciple’s freedom either."
[Will you save Mark or not?]
The system looked up at the sky, then at Nexus. It wanted to save him, but it still needed to ask Nexus first. As long as Nexus did not object, it was fine.
"Of course I’ll save him. After all, it’s my fault for not thinking things through carefully and letting Mark accidentally get caught up in something far beyond his level of strength."
At this time, Kael’s team had gone deeper into the dungeon. Their current location was on a mountain peak near the center.
Mark was not strong to begin with, so constantly climbing mountains like this left him completely exhausted. If the food and medicine used by Kael’s team had not been so good, he probably would not have lasted this long.
"Captain, look over there."
A member holding a telescope hurriedly ran over to Kael. Although Kael did not understand what the problem was, he still took the telescope and looked in the direction he pointed.
The moment Kael took a look, he was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground. What he saw was the aftermath created after the battle between White and Ziz.
"What the hell is that? Why are there so many black flames over there?"
Seeing Kael looking stunned, Alice and Brann also took out their telescopes to look. They also gave one to Mark so he could watch with them.
Witnessing that magnificent scene, all three of them could not help but take a sharp breath. An attack that destructive would probably leave not even a single piece of bone if it hit them.
"My god, I heard that Miss White came here a few days ago. I thought nothing had happened, but it looks like there was actually a huge fight here."
Alice could not help but sigh when she thought of White. Although they were both people who specialized in supporting their teammates, White’s way of "supporting" was completely beyond anything she could compare herself to.
"This place is so dangerous. Are you really confident?"
Mark did not understand what had happened and only knew that something was very dangerous, so he asked worriedly. No matter how strong B-rank hunters were, they were still far too weak compared to the terrifying things before them.
"What are you afraid of? I’m just a little surprised. According to the report, Miss White didn’t say there was anything dangerous in this dungeon that far exceeded the previous report. Maybe she secretly came here to train against some S-rank hunter."
Kael immediately shook his head and gave his speculation. Not to mention anything else, White’s reputation made everyone believe whatever she said. If she said there was no problem, then there was no problem.
Hearing that this was just training, Mark could not help but swallow. He could not help but think of Bell, and there was also the chairman of the Wolf guild.
His enemies currently included two S-rank hunters, and he did not know whether there would be more in the future. Looking at the remains left behind after a spar between two S-rank hunters, Mark felt the huge gap between the two sides so directly for the first time.
No... I can’t be afraid. I have a supreme-grade spiritual root, the greatest cultivation technique, a master, and a system. As long as I work hard, I absolutely won’t be inferior to an S-rank hunter.
The more he thought about it, the more determined Mark became to complete the lessons Nexus created for him and quickly become a powerful cultivator.
"Let’s keep going. Our target isn’t in that direction, so we don’t need to care."
The place where White and Ziz fought was only on the outskirts. No matter how angry Ziz had been with White at the time, he was still rational enough to stay away from the important area for Mark’s lesson.
The team continued on their way, and along the road they also picked up some rainbow sand and spirit stones. These things were meant to be handed over to their superiors. They were paid according to the difficulty of the dungeon, not according to the amount of resources they collected.
After being exhausted for the whole day, Mark finally realized just how incredible his luck was. Even in an area that had already been explored, he could still find spiritual herbs.
The exploration was done, and now it was time to deal with the dungeon boss. Since they were in the center, they quickly reached the boss’s location according to the intelligence they had. There was only one B-rank monster in this dungeon, so there was a ninety percent chance it was the boss.
This boss was a skeleton knight, a B-rank monster that was very good at using a greatsword and not too difficult to deal with when it was in an area with few monsters. Kael’s hunter team did not spend too much time taking down the C-rank monsters before entering a huge cave.
It was clearly a natural cave, but it looked quite similar to a castle. After all, there were not no buildings inside dungeons, so this was nothing surprising.
"Once we kill the boss, we’ll destroy the dungeon and leave. We definitely have to go out for drinks when we get back, my treat!"
"You’re the best, Captain!"
The laughter coming from behind made the corners of Kael’s mouth curl up slightly, then he shouted again.
"Spread out! Attack from all sides and give me a chance to shoot the energy core on its chest."
Kael shouted, and the whole team quickly arranged themselves into formation. When fighting a B-rank boss that was good at close combat like this, of course no one wanted to get close to it.
No one on the team wanted anyone to get hurt. They entered the dungeon for work, not to commit suicide.
While everyone was fired up, Mark could only grip his spear tightly and watch. The difference in strength was too great. Even a D-rank monster could easily kill him with one attack, let alone a B-rank.
"Fire!"
A volley of armor-piercing bullets meant to deal with armored vehicles shot straight toward the skeleton knight, forcing it to use its greatsword to shield the energy core on its chest.