Mark saw that Toby, the twins, Aaron, and Isaac, and their two friends were very excited. Learning that Toby had increased his strength after killing a sahuagin made the other children clamor that they wanted to kill monsters too.
“You’re too young. Your parents didn’t permit me to allow me to do something like that,” Mark told the kids.
“What about us?” Isaac asked while Aaron looked on.
“I need to speak with somebody first to know more. I know too little and I don’t want to hurt your development. If it’s okay and nothing will harm you by killing monsters as early as your age, I promise we will return here, okay?”
The twins stared at him first then Mark thought they would start to throw a temper tantrum but surprisingly nodded obediently.
“Hey, you can still use your slingshots if you want and if for some reason you gained strength after the monsters die then so be it,” Mark consoled the kids, which soothed them a little bit.
“Will you still help me kill monsters, Mark?” Toby asked nervously.
“Sure thing. I promise I will keep one monster for you per group. I can’t keep more since if we do that, we’ll probably stay here forever and I want to return before three or four in the afternoon.”
Toby thanked Mark and he could see that everyone was very excited. The twins prompted him that they should move forward so Mark commanded the Space Floating Disc to move.
The next group of monsters that they stumbled into was still Sahuagin. This time there were five fish monsters. Mark commanded the newly refreshed summons to engage the fishmen so the plant golems fiercely moved to attack the monsters. He didn’t forget to hold one of the sahuagin for Toby to kill. He brought the sahuagin that he was holding using telekinesis near them so Toby could start killing it. The twins and their two friends assisted Toby or tried to assist the older teenager by using their slingshots but the pebbles just bounced off the monster's hide.
Mark still felt that it was wrong to allow the children this level of violence but then again, he would not be able to protect them forever so it would be better for them to get used to this kind of life.
The plant golems already vanquished the other sahuagins while Toby was still attacking the one assigned to him. It took several more minutes before Hamil’s son killed the monster.
Mark and the children engaged two more groups of monsters before they clamored that they were hungry so he commanded the disc to float higher for safety reasons and then he summoned a table and chairs for them to use.
“What do you want to eat?” Mark asked the children.
“I want fried chicken and rice and cherry soda and ice cream for dessert!” Isaac said.
“I want a hamburger and fries and orange soda and ice cream as well,” Aaron said.
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“I would like some roast pork and some meat pie and some ale,” Toby requested.
The twins’ other two friends echoed the twin's request so Mark replicated all of their requests.
“Are you allowed to drink ale?” Mark asked Toby.
The older boy’s blush gave him away so he gave soda to Toby as well. For himself, he replicated some charcoal grilled pork and some rice together with ice-cold soda. All of them enjoyed their lunch and the children kept reiterating that ice cream was the best food ever.
After eating, Mark and the children continued engaging the enemy and after Toby killed one more monster, he leveled up again.
“Are you going to assign the power that you earn once we leave the dungeon?” Mark asked Toby.
“No. I will need to talk to Father first.” Toby replied.
Around two in the afternoon, Mark decided to hasten the process of killing the monsters since he could see the twins and their two friends were bored already and only Toby was excited.
“Toby It’s already two in the afternoon so I think it would be best if we kill the monsters immediately so we could leave.”
Of course, there was nothing Toby could do so Mark commanded the disc to move faster and every enemy group they encountered was immediately destroyed by one cast of Glacial Void or Void Chain Lightning.
After killing the last enemy on the floor, Toby pointed at the dungeon entrance pearl that coalesced after the last monster died signaling that they could now use it to leave the dungeon or go to the next floor.
The twins and their two friends were actually napping on the couch so he woke them up and told them that they were leaving the dungeon. The kids suddenly were very active, planning to boast about their adventure with their other friends. When they arrived outside the dungeon, the guards were surprised.
“Sir Wizard you’re back!” The guard captain said.
Mark made an effort to prevent himself from saying “obviously” and asked what the usual time explorers return from their adventure in the dungeon.
“Usually, adventurers return very late, around eight or nine in the evening or even later.” The guard replied.
After saying goodbye to the guards Mark asked Toby to bring the twins’ friends home first so their parents would know that they had returned and then he asked Toby to go back to his mother’s cart to tell Halinda that the older boy was back. Mark and the twins returned to their RV to freshen up after Toby promised that he would make sure that the children were safe with their parents and that he had informed his mother that he had returned.
“Mark, after showering can we go out and play? We want to tell our friends how we vanquished the monsters inside the dungeon!” Isaac shouted while they were walking home.
“Don’t you want to join me and Melina in setting up the stall to sell things? I’m planning to sell toys and other stuff for kids.”
The twins were taken aback when they heard that he was going to sell toys and stuff.
“Okay, we’ll join you instead! We’ll talk to our friends later,” Isaac decided for himself and his brother.
When they entered the RV, they saw Milena in the living room area reading a book so the twins headed directly to the bathroom to take a shower.
Mark couldn’t stand the way he smelled so he went directly to his bedroom and portalled to his villa on the eleventh floor of the dungeon to take a shower. Once he was done, he returned to the RV immediately.
When he arrived in the living room, Mark saw the twins regaling Milena of their adventures inside the dungeon. They kept repeating how they had grown stronger after defeating the fish monsters using their slingshots. Milena humored the boys by uttering surprised and appreciative noises which prompted the boys to exaggerate their adventure more and more.
Some of what the boys were saying made Mark laugh so loud since he couldn’t help himself and when they heard Mark was back, they stopped suddenly.
“Mark’s here! We’re selling toys today. Let’s go!” Isaac shouted.
Milena looked at Mark questioningly and he informed their cook that he was planning to sell stationery, ball pens, pencils, backpacks, office and school supplies, and toys.