Receptionist POV

The guild is in a bit of a turmoil due to a horrifying report coming from the new Dungeon. The high orange rank team was decimated with only living member left by an ogre in the third floor of the dungeon and the reports state that there are many more floors.

I was worried about the newbie who just entered the dungeon and hoped he came out after venturing to the first floor.

When the person who saw the ogre was interrogated about the state of Garoth. He simply turned and refused to answer. I feared for the worst as that Ogre was enough to wipe an orange ranked team.

We ended up sending a renowned Yellow e ranked team to solve the issue and hopefully save anyone in danger.

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Gareth's POV

Thanks to the [Medium Time] formation on my ring the club slowed down just enough for me to dodge it . I quickly back away as far as possible to prime more spells. I placed my hand on to the ground and willed my mana forming ice on to the floor.

As the ogre tried to chase after me it resulted in it began to slip and fell into the floor. As it tried to get up I activated the [High Gravity] formation on my ring right on top of him which ended up cracking the entire floor surrounding it. As the ogre struggled it let out a giant roar.

My eyes widened as I realized what the roar meant. I heard large amounts of feet running towards me; It was a massive goblin horde. With the horde almost catching up to me I ended up casting [Medium Time] on myself to speed up my body. The whole world slowed down allowing me to run much faster.

I was completely surrounded by at least a hundred Goblins. I quickly released as much mana as I could and thought [High Fire] spell which led to the entire room being surrounded in a blazing white inferno engulfing all the goblins and the ogre resulting into them all being turned into ash.

I breathed loudly trying to catch my brain. The combination of spells completely drained me of my mana. Limping, I made it to the entrance and made my way out of the dungeon. Before heading back to the guild I needed to recuperate so I decided to find a tree and rest alongside it.

All this happened because I decided to save one guy. From hence forth I decided to take real heed to the warnings of the Goddess of not trusting anyone in this world. Wait does that mean I should not trust the Goddess either? If that's the case does that mean I trust everyone in this world? Wait. I am in this world does this mean I can't trust myself either?

While going to a panic crisis like a fly in a windowsill. I slapped myself to regain composure. 'Guess mana drain really hits me hard..'

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Jack's POV (Leader of the Yellow Ranked Team)

As soon as we got the order from the Guild we rushed to the dungeon so we may deal with the ogre and save anyone still stuck in there. But what we saw was completely unexpected.

The entire third floor room was scorched and we could still feel the remnant heat coming off the walls.

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"What in the hell could have caused this? I mean look all this! All of the goblins and even the ogre completly turned into ashes" One of the members exclaimed.

"White rank. A very high one at that. Half-a-step into blue even." The magician of our team stated.

White ranked adventures are rather rare and would not be called to go into such a dungeon like this one. 

"Any survivors?" I asked fearing for the worst.

"Dude. Look at this place. Even a fucking cockroach won't make it out of here alive. Let alone an adventurer. Let's hope that kid made it out before the white mage decided to have his own fire show here"  

"Yea..hope for the best here" I sighned.

"Yo man check this out." I walked towards the voice as our rouge cleared the ash of the Ogre and it revealed a massive crack on the flooring. 

What? Did the ogre fall over? But that still would not be enough to crack the floor to this degree. Did the white mage also happen to carry around a giant hammer that he bashed the ogre with?

"Don't know what the hell caused that man. We can't even check the bodies to find out what other damage it had on them. Let's return and report this to the guild" I told the group as we proceeded to leave the dungeon.

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Gareth's POV

After healing up from my injuries. I returned back to the guild only to be greeted with a large commotion. Which prompted me to be pulled into the office by various people asking me questions about the dungeon. I simply shrugged and lied through my teeth not wanting to deal with such a thing at the time. 

As I was being questions there was another commotion outside. Three large knights wearing crimson armor strode in and proclaimed

"The King is preparing for a war of the neighboring Kingdom. Any adventures that wish to join the army may do so at the stall before the Royal Castle." and they turned around and promptly left.

A war? Even the Guild Master was confused about this situation.

"Do you perhaps know why the King would declare war on the neighboring Kingdom? Did they perhaps attack us?"

He shook his head "No. The Kingdom of Rheig have always been on peaceful terms with us and it is not likely for them to attack us. It is most likely a war being started on our side. But why?" He mumbled the last part under his breath.

"Are we lacking resourses that they have?" I asked again.

"No..we are on good trade terms as well. My only guess is that the Kingdom wishes to expand and the King wants to put his name in history by conquering another Kingdom. But our fighting force is evenly matched with the other Kingdom. Either the King has gone mad or he has found something to tip the war to our side"

My eyes widened at the revelation. 'That bastard intends to use me a war piece to conquer another Kingdom? While there is a calamity approaching?' A vein popped in my head. 'If that bastard wants conflict so bad. I will give one to him'.