The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 245

Chapter 245 Enter The Dungeon

[Quest Status]

[1 ongoing quest] Find and enter the dungeon portal.

[Conditions] Survival

Karl looked at the simple listing from the System and frowned. Find and enter the portal without dying. Yeah, that was basically what they were trying to do anyhow. There wasn't much of a reason to issue them a quest for it.

Unless they had been in one all along, and misunderstood, thinking that they had exited. If they had entered a trial when they left the last room, or worse, hadn't left the first one that they had entered at all, and were simply moving around areas of it, their entire experience could be an illusion.

Karl looked outside, using every form of vision that he could, but found that the only people around were a scattering of the dark-skinned Elves.

[I can still sense the portal, even if the city changed.] Rae informed him from her space.

"Rae says the portal is still nearby. Should we get a move on and see if we can make it there? I don't know what happened to the city, but I believe we're in a Trial, and it's still the goal." Karl whispered.

There were some shared looks of concern, but after a moment, both Alice and Corbin motioned for him to lead the way out of the room and through the city toward where he thought that the portal should be.

Their disguises weren't perfect, but they blended in well with the locals, who had a very eclectic fashion sense, with the only rule seeming to be that it must be black clothing with white hair.

They didn't speak as they moved through the city streets, headed for the centre of town, where everyone could soon see the glow of the immense portal. There were more people moving their way by the minute, as if there were some type of big event going on, and Lotus was getting excited.

"I speak Elvish, and while their accent is archaic and harsh, I can hear them saying that the portal is open. That must mean they're going to let people through." She whispered.

Alice laughed softly. "If we can just walk through the portal, I am throwing a party when we get back. How well do you think you can emulate the accent?"

"Well enough to get us in. Trust me." Lotus replied as she came to walk beside Karl at the front of the group.

They just followed the flow of people to the portal, hoping that the disguise spell held and wasn't seen through. Everyone in town was going the same way, toward the man in the black and white patterned robe that was shouting something in ancient Elvish.

"He says they're an outreach program, and they are looking for volunteers who are willing to risk their lives to prove that they have what it takes to be the champion of the Dungeon. I don't know what that means, but I'm going with it."

Before anyone could speak, Lotus threw her hands in the air and waved at the man in the black and white robes. He smiled and pointed at her, while the Elves all looked stunned that someone was volunteering without asking for any more details.

Lotus made a gesture that they were all together in a group, and the man motioned them up onto the platform where the Dungeon Portal was.

[Only nine you? The options are five or ten.] The man asked Lotus in Elven.

[This will be good enough for the ten-person challenge. Have faith.] She replied.

The man in the odd cleric robes, black on the left, white on the right, smiled and patted her on the head, then gestured to the portal for them to enter.

[The first volunteers for the new Dungeon are now entering. May the blessings of the Ancients be upon them.] The man announced as they walked inside, and Lotus almost stopped to ask him questions, but didn't want to give herself away with her foreign accent.

Lotus and Karl led the group through, and they stepped into a strange swamp with crystalline trees, and groups of snake monsters with vaguely humanoid torsos.

"Naga." Lotus announced in awe.

"Are they powerful?" Karl asked.