'So where are we going?'

'From our lord's memories, it should be in the northeast from our artificial dungeon for about 4 days of walking to the northeast.'

'Hm, I haven't noticed anything despite coming from that direction earlier.'

'Well, there are some reasons for this - starting from it being a low-tier dungeon to the possibility of having some kind of monster inside with a wind attribute.'

'And both of those situations aren't particularly good for us...'

'Still better than outride dying right here, with the current state of the sphere - our experiment wouldn't last for even 3 days, and after it fully loses any sign of energy - soon enough, we would be next.'

'It's quite a pain that, after that contract, we became dungeon monsters as well.'

'Hey, don't look at this from such a negative perspective - in exchange for being bound to one energy source, all of you got part of the lord's gift!'

'That is not a very good deal, yet; if we declined the contract - all of us would be dead by now, so it's unreasonable to complain (at least till the next dungeon); so are we moving in the right direction?'

'Finally, we come to the same conclusion, and about 2nd question - by my calculation, we will be here in 30 minutes, but I must admit - you guys have totally exceeded my expectations.'

'Well, it seems that the lord's authority gives a slight to physical characteristic as well, yet this one should be less significant than those of skill attributes.'

'I see... it still amazes me - just how I succeed with a contract that easily.'

'Easily? I thought... you were making lots of assumptions even to make the first attack.'

'Ah, don't remind me about it - it's still embarrassing.'

'Then don't bring up this topic again - this is like 4th time!'

'Yeah... I thought that reminding you about ur feats would be great for strengthing my position in this cruel hierarchy, but it seems that abusing it leads to the opposite effect.'

'You're kind is awful at imitating emotions, so please stop trying to sound more human - it frustrates us even more.'

'Can't promise anything. The skeleton race is cursed to replicate the emotions of humans even if they never saw any.'

'That must be harsh...'

'Not as harsh as capability of the wargolds memory.'

'Why are you suddenly so rude ?!'

'We were recently talking about stopping my human-imitation curse, yet now you are begging me to feel pity for myself - that sounds quite empty-headed of you.'

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'Ah...yeah... sorr...'

"Wouuuugh"

We finally reached the next dungeon.

'This one looks way more appropriate for the dungeon, to say the least.'

The near-forest dungeon in front of them resembles that of an over-the-hill pale color tomb. The height of this structure was around 3 meters with a width of 7 and it was surrounded by vines and leaves from each side.

'Although we have reached this place, I still cannot sense any particle of astral energy around here.'

'No wonder - you guys couldn't even comprehend when someone uses gift right into urs direction.'

'So my dear master wants to tell that he senses something the stupid servant of his can't even notice.'

'I know you are being sarcastic, and you know that those things don't work on me, but yeah, sadly, I found that this is legitimately a dungeon and, to be even more specific - at least a blue one.'

'The blue one!?'

Sarka was trembling with excitement, at the very moment when all his hopes were at the lowest point, he found a sudden glimmer of hope in the form of a rare blue ball that could extend their lives by several decades.

'Yeah, the blue one - now let's go find the other dungeon nearby.'

'Yeah, let's... HUH?!'

'What are you so surprised about?'

'I mean... the dungeon with the blue sphere right in front of us.'

'Yeah.'

'And if we take control over the sphere, we wouldn't be bothered about finding ways to survive.'

'Yeah.'

'THEN WHY ARE WE NOT GOIN' - IS THAT BECAUSE OF OF ENEMIES INSIDE?!'

'Well, not really; the dungeon itself, even if enemies inside were out of our reach, this shouldn't be too hard for us to clear, to be specific - this should be easy enough for a company of low-stage guild members.'

'So if it's not about enemies the... wait, why did you mention guild just now?'

'So you noticed, that's right, the dungeon here is property of adventure guild, so we should forget about conquering this dungeon. Now, let's find a way to get a sphere other than this one.'

'No!'

'Huh, you deaf? I told you that this is a guild dungeon! There is no point in risking everything this early.'

'I know, I know, but none of us know any other place with offers this good - we don't even know any other dungeon around!'

'I understand the position of ur's - however, you should understand the position of mine as well. Even if we succeed, it would be just a question of time once we have to move to another place while having even less time because of monsters inside.'

'Ahhh, still...'

'Or, perhaps, you got an idea of how to deal with this dungeon without alerting all the guilds and risking being executed at the place? No? then we sho...'

"Wouf"

'Argos what are you... I see, master! Do you have a moment?'

'What now? Ur subordinate come with any idea?'

'Yeah, what if we could br...'

'If that was as easy as you were thinking, I wouldn't even mention the other options!'

'But what if you use my crown? Aside from communication skills, it also has access to use outside sources of astral energy for magecraft.'

'Then why didn't you use it in a fight against me then?'

'Despite this artifact giving enough capability for utilizing mind-link and cross-sharing thoughts it still isn't enough to make it possible for my kind to perform even basic magecraft.'

'I see. Sure, if I take ur artifact I could try to do something with this.'

'Then - please!'

Notes from other world:

Magical artifacts are split into several categories:

Common - used to help with everyday tasks such as cleaning, cooking, and many others for middle-class families (commonly dark green or above).

Weapon-type - this type of artifact is used by most loyal knights of Duke or any other high-status role (commonly dark blue or above). Armor and Shield count into this type as well.

Control-type - as for this one. It's an artifact that usually isn't used for direct bonus damage benefits but rather in communication, helping with magic performance, traveling, and other specific tasks that aren't used only for battle yet consume quite a significant amount of astral energy. As for disadvantages - they aren't capable of doing things for you but only help with doing them.

Hybrids are artifacts that use properties of 2 or more of previous types in exchange for being less effective and consuming more energy.

Specials are artifacts with only 1 specific effect. After this artifact is used - it destroys itself.