Volume 6.5 Chapter 13: Is That An Egg?

"Let's open it up." Keith and Titus gulped as they stared at the chest. But the moment they did, they all paused and marveled at what was inside!

"It's loaded!" Keith exclaimed as the mounds of gold inside were blinding his eyes. No wonder the chest was this big; everything would have burst out if it wasn't.

"How should we split this up?" "Keith, take whatever you want."

"Hmm. But it wouldn't-" "You were the one who did the most against the variant. Not only that, your friend took out the boss. Just take whatever you want."

There were no two ways about this; the kid was the one who accomplished all of this. Titus got to this point because Keith jumped down. Death was the only thing on his mind as he was taken out by the raptor.

"After that, I pick what I want. We can split it up after that."

"...Okay." Keith wouldn't say no as he looked at what was there. There was a lot of different things. He turned to Diana, "Diana, you should choose something."

"Me?" "Mmhmm. You were the one who took out the boss."

"Alright." Diana looked at what was there before she picked up a gemstone, "I will take this. It will help out my magic."

"Mmhmm. Aria, what do you want?" Keith looked at the owl. She stared around and picked something from it.

"Are you sure you want that?" What Aria had taken out was an ingot; this was a little surprising.

"Hoo!" "Aww!" Keith patted the owl. She wanted to get something for Keith instead. And now it was his turn. There's a lot of good things here. Besides the gold, there were also some interesting materials. One particular item caught his eye as they darted around the huge number of treasures.

"Is that an egg?" One particular thing that stood out was a giant orb inside. It had a beautiful shade of onyx. However, it was warm to the touch.

"Huh? There's an egg in there?" Titus was slightly startled. This was news to him. How could there be an egg? Treasures usually don't have living things in them.

"Diana, you know what this is?" Keith blinked. The great spirit stared at it, "I can't tell what it is. You have to wait for it to hatch."

"I see." Keith thought about it before deciding, "I will take this!"

"You sure you want to take this?" Titus blinked, "For all you know, it might be a giant monster."

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"I will take the chance!" Keith didn't know why, but he wanted it.

"Alright." Titus sighed. But as he did, Keith felt something, "Titus, can I also get that as well?"

"Hmm?" What Keith pointed to was a gemstone. It was a dark shade and had specs inside. It was like small stars inside.

"Sure, you can take that as well." Titus didn't mind. Like that, the two split up the loot.

"Also, Keith. Can I get the head of the floor boss?"

"Hmm?" "The guild will need something to prove we have cleared the dungeon."

"Oh, sure." Keith nodded. Like that, Keith had gotten so much from this, and Titus knew it was time for them to return. Time to go up!

"Keith, we will see you at the mansion." Diana held Aria as the two disappeared from the floor.

...

Galven and the others had dark expressions as they headed up the floor. The entire mood of the group was down. Especially so with Glorious Fang. No one could say a thing about it? Their leader sacrificed himself to protect them. Not only that,

Where is the kid? It wasn't one person gone from the party; it was two. While they escaped, Keith went missing. This was all too much for him to handle all at once.

"We just need to tell them about this." The only thing they could do was return to the tenth floor. The boss wasn't going to be respawning for some time. They would just use the teleportation gate and return.

"Shakti, please don't be like this." Morgan tried her best to comfort Shakti. But it was not enough, as Shakti had a dark look.

"How could we lose him as well?" Shakti couldn't believe they lost Titus, but now they had also lost Keith.

"The only thing we can do is to send the notice to their families. Galven looked up as he took a sigh. He touched the orb, and everyone teleported back to the top like that.

"Yo!" But a sudden voice caught everyone's attention. Everyone turned around to see Titus and Keith sitting off to the side.

Everyone was in disbelief as they stared at the two. Why are the two of you up here?! No one expected the two to be here!

"What took you guys so long?" Keith laughed. That caused everyone to rush at them.

"Leader!" "Keith!" Titus was bombarded by the members of Glorious Fang, while Keith was done the same by the members of White Lily. It was quite the sight.

"Where did you go?!" Shakti held onto Keith real tight!

You're hurting me! Keith felt he was about to throw up from the pain. However, he held back after seeing their expressions, "We just came back from a big fight."

"From a fight?" The others needed more information. From their bandages, they could tell it was a tough fight. However, what were they fighting? Everyone turned to Titus, wanting an explanation.

Titus sighed, "We went down to the twentieth floor and defeated the floor boss to get back here."

"..."

"Are you serious?" They were already having so much trouble dealing with the monster right here. But he said that the two had defeated the floor boss to return.

But that made a lot of sense!

"Keith, show them." Titus sighed. There were no words to describe what they had been through. Keith nodded as he summoned the giant thing out.

"..." Everyone froze when they saw the floor boss. Their jaws were about to fall to the ground!

"You guys actually beat the floor boss?" "How?!"

Galven stared at Titus, wanting an explanation. They were already having trouble dealing with the floors. But these two went and killed the floor boss? Are you kidding me?

"You shouldn't be asking me this question; he did most of the work." Titus smiled as he pointed at Keith.

"Titus!" Keith wanted to cry. Why did he throw him under the bus like that?! That was how much of a surprise it was to all of them. One person had done so much?

"Haha, I didn't think you would defeat a floor boss alone."

"Groa, how are your injuries?"

"I'm fine." But then, Groa slapped Keith in the back, "You did good!"

That did it. Keith was launched flying into the ground.

"..."

"Come on, aren't you over-exaggerating?" Groa didn't hit him that hard.

"..." No response.

"Keith!" Morgan and Shakti rushed to Keith's side.

"I think he might actually be dead this time." Titus grabbed his head, "Idiot, Keith's body is injured from fighting the boss. You might have given him the last blow."

"Oh no!"