A Living Armour Owns A Tavern - Chapter 23 Dungeon Diving

Nico and Rhoanne are just outside the orphanage walls. Both of them were pushing back the horde of goblins back towards the dungeon.

“Charge!!!” shouted the Magna Defender. Everyone who is empowered by food from the feast is killing every Goblin they see along the way.

Nico and Rhoanne turned their head towards the voice they heard and saw the mysterious cloaked warrior that lead the townspeople.

“What is this stupid idiot thinking?!…”

Rhoanne simply stopped talking as she couldn’t believe what she saw.

Two women were kicking goblins one after another. The Goblin bodies exploded the moment their feet touches their horrified goblin faces.

A little boy is laughing while clapping his hands. His clap was severe enough to rupture the nearby Goblin’s Eardrums. He was amused with the blood flowing out their ears as if he was squishing berries.

The weak-looking elder who looks as if he is about to croak anytime soon is just whacking away at the Goblins using his bloody cane!

Rhoanne and Nico are witnessing a group of ordinary people playing Death Tag with the fleeing Goblins. They were all led by this suspicious red-cloaked warrior. His movements and swordplay is mediocre at best, but this warrior’s strength and speed is nothing to laugh at. A few minutes before the skill expires, The Goblins above ground were finally slaughtered!

Rhoanne was mildly disturbed as she saw the children celebrating while they were covered in Goblin Blood. The Women and the Elders knelt before “The Great Defender.” Some people like Victor clasped their hands together and prayed to Gus as if he was the chosen apostle who was sent down from the heavens above to save them.

“Forgive me for my rudeness, Great Defender, but may I ask if thou are the one who granted us this blessing?” asked Victor, with the utmost respect towards Gus.

“Yes, It is I who has bestowed everyone with the Holy Light. The blessing will fade away shortly as it has already served its purpose,” answered Gus nervously.

Sarah approached The Great Defender and was about to kneel and give her thanks, but as she took a good look at their savior once more. She paused and said something to their savior.

“Gus?” asked Sarah.

Gus panicked. He immediately used his finger to touch Sarah’s lips so she can’t say anything further. Then he moved in close to her and whispered in her ear.

“Yes, It’s me Sarah, Just play along!” requested Gus.

“I have no need for further gratitude young lady, now if you all excuse me, I will be taking my leave for my task is complete!” said Gus as he acted badly in front of everyone.

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“Emergency Mission! ”

” Objective: Conquer the Novice Dungeon! ”

Reward: Shop access to Earth’s “Kitchen World Store.”

Failure: Lose two random Passives.

Time Limit: 24 Hours

“Strive Hard Dear User!”

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As Rhoanne was about to Seal the Entrance to the Novice Dungeon by breaking its entrance, The Magna Defender Gus stopped her.

“On second thought, This Defender will purge the Dungeon, once and for all. This Defender cannot risk for another unusual phenomenon to happen once more,” said Gus.

Gus is cursing the system once more in his head.

“He’s right, Rhoanne. I do not know how the Dungeon was able to bend its rules, but since it happened once, it may happen again. While the Goblins are retreating, we must take this advantage to fully eradicate them.” said Nico.

Gus once again whispered to Sarah. “You should go ahead and take everyone with you. The children are also getting worried,” said Gus.

Sarah nodded to Gus’ request and simply said. “Be safe!”

As Sarah went and explained the situation to Victor, he quickly understood and told the residents to go back into their homes, and lock their doors till everything has calmed down. Sarah took one last look at Gus to bow her head with gratitude before she heads back herself.

“Sir Defender, We are coming with you.” said Nico And Rhoanne.

“Leave this to me. You do not have to gamble with your lives,” said Gus.

“You misunderstand me Sir Defender, you see I have just greatly invested in this town, and I would hate to see my investment crumble down on its first day.” Said Nico.

“Wherever My Boss go is where I go, Sir Defender,” said Rhoanne.

Gus silently cursed again. Not only does Gus have to clear this dungeon, but he also has to try not to expose himself as a phony as well. Besides being contracted by his boss, Rhoanne also wanted to know this Defender person a lot more. Being a proud warrior herself, she just couldn’t stomach to think, how could someone as mighty as him, has sword skills of a primate.

Nico also has a different motive for entering the dungeon. He wanted to know why and how the dungeon was able to bend its own rules. As Victor has stated before, The Dungeon’s creatures shouldn’t have been capable to leave the dungeon. This information may be worth thousands back in the kingdom of Tenrocks.

Gus, Rhoanne, and Nico has finally entered the Dungeon. Surprisingly, the first two levels were relatively easy, given that most of the goblins have already been exterminated. The Goblins should take a considerable amount of time before they respawn. The only things that spawned on the first floor were goblin scouts and shield goblins. Gus only needed to swing his weapon, while Rhoanne just used her fists.

The second level got a bit tricky as the floor spawned goblin skulkers and goblin archers. Still, It was no problem for the trio especially for Nico, as he was a better shot than the Goblins in the second level.

Rhoanne’s intuition has finally told her, that Gus isn’t who he says he is. The only reason Rhoanne trusted him, is the fact that he still saved them and the villagers. If this Defender wanted them dead, he could’ve just watched and waited till everything was over.

Meanwhile, Gus is also sure that Rhoanne was on to him. But he couldn’t do anything about it. He can only press on and just try to complete the annoying mission the System just gave him.

“I’m sure that this is the last level of this dungeon. The Boss in this dungeon should be a Goblin Warmonger,” said Rhoanne. It seems she has conquered this dungeon before.

As Rhoanne opened the doors leading to the final boss, What they encountered was something else.

“A Goblin Lord?! Boss, Get Back!” shouted Rhoanne. She couldn’t believe that a class A monster is the Boss in the Novice Dungeon. This would take two to three strong human parties to kill this monster!”

Gus rushed in and did a downward strike on the monster.

“KLANG!”

The Goblin Lord blocked with its Gigantic Tree Club. The Goblin Lord countered and slammed his Club towards Gus. The Magna Defender barely blocked with his shield, but the Goblin Lord has still managed to send him flying and Slam against the Dungeon walls.

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GUS LVL 19

HP: 12000/17000

MP: 1736/2000

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The Goblin lord took almost 1/3 off Gus’ Health Points! The Damage Gus would’ve sustained might be worse if he didn’t block with his shield on time.

“Sir Defender!” shouted Nico And Rhoanne as they saw Gus lying on the rubble.

They jumped in as well and tried to save Gus by drawing the Goblin Lord’s attention away from him.

Nico started off by shooting bolts at its’ eyes while Rhoanne used her “Intimidate” technique which raises her physical and magic defenses and apply “Aggravate” on enemies nearby.

“Urgh… System, show me the Goblin Lord’s Status”

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Goblin Lord

LVL 58

HP: 49873/50000

MP: 0/0

PASSIVE SKILLS:

IMPROVED INTELLIGENCE — held the ability to plan and command it’s subordinates of Goblins.

HYPER REGENERATION — Automatically Casts Auto-Regen Upon partaking damage
for visiting.

GUARDIAN — It protects the Dungeon Core, also granting the Goblin Lord Enhanced Defense

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