Volume 6.5 Chapter 1: Why Are You Here?

Crash!

"Carolyn, are you alright?" Everyone turned to see a shattered cup on the ground. It was sudden and surprising. Carolyn shook her head,

"Sorry. It's nothing." An irking feeling. Her body felt a shiver as if something had happened. She looked down at her hands, shaking.

...

"Ugh!" Titus started to wake up. But a frown came after as he realized where he was. I'm not dead? He thought for sure he was going to die in the dungeon. The move he pulled was to take out the raptor and him together. A sigh soon came out of his mouth.

I guess I have to die here: Titus had accepted his fate. He sacrificed himself to protect everyone. He was content with this. As he waited,

"Oh, good. You're up." Titus looked to the side, and his eyes widened. He was shocked to see another person was with him!

Though, it was even more surprising to see who it was.

"Why are you here?!" Titus couldn't believe it! Keith was sitting on the side.

Keith warned, "Don't move your body. Your wounds are going to open up." Titus looked down to see his body was wrapped in bandages.

"Were you the one who did this?"

Keith nodded, "I'm not the best patcher, but I think this is more than enough for now." First aid was the best he could do.

"Why did you-" Keith raised his hand, "Before we talk," His eyes turned serious, "Let's get something to eat."

"..." Get something to eat? Do you know what kind of situation we are in?

"We can't do anything with an empty stomach." Keith explained, "And the stew is ready. Here, please have some." He brought a bowl up to him. It was an enticing stew.

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"Thank you." Titus hesitated for a second before he took the bowl. His stomach won over his mind. When he did, he felt his body becoming lighter.

So delicious.

"Eh? Why are my injuries healing?" Titus realized a warm pain coming from his wound. It was slowly closing up. Keith explained, "Oh, I used the meat of an orc variant. It has strong healing properties. But I only had a little."

He and Sakura ate a majority of it. He was saving this for a special occasion.

"...you defeated an orc variant."

"Yep, yep." Keith nodded.

"..." Titus looked down at the stew and took slow sips. An orc variant. He couldn't believe he had eaten something like that. This was the first time he had ever eaten something so expensive. After the two of them had finished their meal, Titus turned to Keith, "Can you tell me what happened and where we are?"

He was out of the loop.

"You were knocked out for a day. It seemed we dropped down to the 18th floor." Keith couldn't tell how far they had fallen. But it was definitely deep.

"One final question, why did you jump down with me?" Titus frowned. He couldn't believe Keith would come down with him.

"Not my style." "Eh?" "It's not my style to leave someone in the back like that," Keith stated calmly as he drank his tea.

"Are you insane?! You do understand that you're going to die." Titus grabbed his head. There was no way they could survive this!

"I will take that chance," Keith stated.

"..." Titus sighed, "I can't with you." This guy was making his head hurt just thinking about it.

"What's the plan we should go with?" Keith had waited for Titus to wake up to make a decision.

"..." You want me to make a decision? His plan was to take the raptor with him. Never did he think about him surviving.

Titus sighed, "Our objective is to leave the dungeon. However, we can't go back through the 10th floor." What he did basically destroyed any possibility of that. Those wounds on his body didn't help it either.

"You're suggesting that we take down the boss?" The same tactic he used when Mork and the others messed with him.

"It's a long shot, but we have to since it's the only way to get out." There was nothing to do about it. It was their only chance to get out.

"Understood." Keith nodded. He cracked his neck as he raised his two swords. This meant they were going to fight.

"Titus, do you have a spare?" He couldn't find his heavy sword. It was probably somewhere on another floor.

"Yes, I do. You don't have to worry." Titus quickly summoned out a brand new pair of armor from his ring.

"Before we head off, we'll need some help." Keith quickly raised his hand. And when he did,