Volume 4: Chapter 54: Status Of The Other Party (2/2)


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 4: Chapter 54: Status Of The Other Party (2/2)


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Aww," A loud yawn came out of Keith''s mouth. Rubbing his eyes, he got out of the tent.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Morning, Keith." Gabriel greeted.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Morning. Nothing happened at night, right?" The two took turns to watch the night. Keith took the first shift while Gabriel took thetter.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"No, there weren''t any monsters." Gabriel yawned.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"In times like this, I wish we had more people." With more people, they could get more rest.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Indeed."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I''ll get started on breakfast." Keith rolled up his sleeves. They couldn''t continue their exploration on an empty stomach. Gabriel watched Keith cook.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He cooked up a simple beef and potato hash.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Let''s eat." Keith gestured. As they ate,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What should our move be?" Gabriel questioned. On this floor, there wasn''t any strong monster. It seemed the only one was the cow. But the rest were weak.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"We should head to the next floor." Keith decided. Since they couldn''t find anything, they should head to the next one.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"We have to search for the gate then."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"No, we don''t need to. I saw it when we walked down from the tunnel."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..You did?" Gabriel was surprised.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It was only a glimpse. But I caught it." Keith smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Then let''s go!" Gabriel was excited. Like that, the two headed to the gate. As they headed through,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Woah!" Keith quickly caught something in his hand.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"SSSS!" But the monster continued to try to bite at him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That''s a centipede." Gabriel tilted his head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Can you stop analyzing and give me a hand." Keith wanted tough. He had the centipede''s fangs in his hand. And this guy was relentless. It tried to push forward, but Keith didn''t budge.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Gabriel sliced the monster in half instantly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That monster lurked here," Keith muttered. How many students did it take down? That monster must have spooked some of them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Gabriel had the same thought. But then he noticed Keith doing something with the monster.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What are you doing with it?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Putting it in the storage."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I know that. But are you really going to use it for cooking?" Gabriel blinked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Of course!" After being curious about it, that interest soon turned to cooking. He wondered how it would taste.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Rx. It''s not something you''re going to die from."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Are you sure?


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Trust me. When have I ever let you guys down?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." You haven''t. Keith''s track record was clean. But the look on your face. It was dark and cunning. Clearly, this man had bad intentions, but the decision was made. The man was going to use it in his cooking.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Now, let''s keep going!" Keith smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">...


    <span style="font-weight:400">"We''re doing so well, guys!" Carolyn smiled as she turned to Sarah and the rest. While the Keith-Gabriel duo was going at their own pace, the same could be said with Carolyn''s group.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The group had made it down to the 3rd floor.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm! If we continue like this, we could make it to the boss floor." Sarah quipped.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Indeed." The others were in high spirits. Actually, there was one who wasn''t.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I''m sorry for dragging everyone down." Arlo apologized as he looked down to the ground. Sarah shook her head,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It''s fine, Arlo. And you''ve been doing great. The way you killed those monsters was cool."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah! Compared to how you were in the beginning, I can see the growth." Jack added. Arlo''s growth as a fighter shot up. Initially, the boy didn''t know how to use a sword. But he could use one efficiently now.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Thank you." Arlo smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"But we really need to do something about the food." Jack''s expression stiffened. The group was having a short break.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Deal with it. We don''t have Keith." Carolyn sighed. The group was eating dried meat.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I wish we had more sandwiches." Jack cried as he looked up at the sky.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You ate the most." Sarah retorted. They had Keith''s sandwiches for lunch yesterday. But in a blink of an eye, they had finished it all!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You ate as much as me!" Jack fired back. As the two siblings argued, Carolyn was silent, lost in thought.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I wonder."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Is that why Gabriel decided to pair up with Keith?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?" The three tilted their heads when they heard that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You know. We were told that we would be exploring this dungeon for a day. So did he go with Keith because he knew we would finish the sandwiches earlier?" All of them had big appetites. Especially so when it came to Keith''s cooking.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Now that they had time to think about it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It''s Gabriel. He''s the nice guy." Jack waved his hand. There were two nice guys in the group. That was Keith and Gabriel. But the nice guy title hit more home for Gabriel. He wouldn''t do something like that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"But Gabriel was pretty adamant about it," Arlo muttered. When they were talking about it, Gabriel did make the first move.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." The four went silent.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The nice guy was actually really cunning!