Azaria 26

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Chapter 26: Plans of Revenge and Hunting

Lance

I hadn’t been quite as nervous as I was when the Highlock couple was integrating me. They just wanted to know what happened, and I told them one of our mages over did it. It was known to happen and usually caused about as much damage that was done. While I was talking to them, I noticed something I couldn’t file away. Azaria reminded me of Alice Highlock.

“Nah…” I shrugged off the ridiculous thought that Azaria was related to the Highlock couple. She was a dungeon. Maybe she saw her and used her image. 

My interrogation under the guise of Erica quickly came to an end. This time I made sure to get as many answers to her personality as I could before I assumed it. Just parading around as Friz for a few days had been hard enough with knowing at least a little of his background. 

They let me go and I took a cab to my, Erica’s, apartment. I got a few message on her phone, but I ignored them for the most part only glancing at them to make sure they weren’t important. I had a day or so to plan my attack on Kyle, then I might actually be free to return to my original life.

It was nice not having to walk the streets. I had a feeling I would be jumped again if I did so. Plus, Erica was loaded. I paid the cab once we reached her apartment building and I made my way up to the fifth floor. Once inside, I found she had a small but decent place. She lived alone so I didn’t have to worry about anybody showing up unannounced.

I collapsed into her sofa and rubbed my shoulders. They were stiff from the events of the day. Slapping my cheeks, I sat forward and grabbed my phone. I needed to plan my revenge. Kyle was powerful. Having dived with him as a harvester, I knew that. His telekinesis made it almost impossible to get near him.

I needed an ability that could get through that. The only time his goons had protected him was when a magic based attack had threatened him. Anything with physical mass, he would just block with his ability. I concentrated and pulled up my status. 

Lance Teron

Age:20

Level: 19

Race: Human

Type: Harvester

Aether: 1000/1200

Skills: Harvest

Harvests:

Heart of the Chimera – Breath of Fire

Incubus Tool – Mental Fortitude

Scale of the Corrupted Lizard – 50% Poison Resistance

Goblin’s Soul 

Malice Dark Vision Concentrated Breathing Dominate Black Heart’s Armor Poison Breath Natural Weapon 

Eat Anything  Durable Keen Hearing  Gluttony

Human’s Heart – Chaos

Human’s Lung – Fortitude

Human’s Brain (x2) 

Fire Water

Tunnel Rat Tendon – Scurry (+2)

Lower Mimic Storage Sac – Storage

Achievements:

Trading With Chaos – You achieved something few could claim. While it might appear to be dumb luck, even luck has a place in the universe. Aether gain +1 per hour.

Solo Hunter – You defeated a dungeon on your own. Very few can claim the same. Great achievements deserve great rewards. Aether +1000

Right now, I had three abilities I thought would work on Kyle. Breath of fire, Poison Breath, and Chaos. Chaos would be a bit of a wild card, while my breath skills had short range. If I could get close to him then that would be fine, and at the party that might be possible. Though, considering he went after me as a guy, it might be harder than I anticipate.

Even if I did get close to him, I would run into the problem of the others at the party. I bit my thumb as I thought. I didn’t particularly want to kill everyone there. Not to mention, I was worried that one of the city’s heavy hitters might be there. I would be fucked if Neo showed up, he was rumored to be about our age.

“If I could lure him to the dungeon…”

That’s it! I would see if he would let me join his party to help me get revenge on the dungeon for killing my party. I would promise him whatever I had to if it would get him in the dungeon. Kyle was a coward though. I doubted he would go into a dungeon where ninety-five percent of the people that entered died.

Leaning back, I spotted a laptop. I pulled it toward me and checked the reports on Station sixty-four, or Azaria’s dungeon. As I expected the reports were grim. Though, the fact that I was able to give them information on all the bosses helped fuel optimism in finally breaking through to lower sections of the dungeon.

While looking through the articles, I spotted one that perked my curiosity. Clicking the link, I read through the information quickly. Apparently, when I accidently caused Erica to explode one of the penguins were thrown from the building. The thread it was made could be used to create cloths that was excellent for Aether conduction. There were already calls for people to start harvesting the material.

“I doubt she’s going to be happy to hear that,” I said with a chuckle as I thought about Azaria pouting when she saw people coming to her dungeon wearing cloths made from her penguins. The image of cuteness only lasted for a few seconds before one of bloodshed and gore after Azaria killed the said people replaced it. 

Closing the article, I opened the diving list for the dungeon. As expected, the slots were filling up. I did spot one that made me grin. It looked like Kyle might be a coward, but if money was involved, he was willing to move. I would have to make sure I get invited into his group at the party.

With that part of the plan finished, I moved over to a monster catalog. I really would prefer an ability that neutralized Kyle’s telekinesis altogether. Filtering based on monster that had that ability, I found one in Station Thirty-nine. A frog that had telekinesis as well as telekinesis-blocking abilities. 

Studying information on the dungeon, I found it wasn’t too frequented but still had a cult like following. The same three parties were registered every day for the next ten weeks. The max that the schedule went up to. That type of registration had to have costed them a pretty penny. Falling over sideways, I stared at the ceiling. Looks like I would have to sneak in. 

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An hour later, I was standing outside Station Thirty-nine. Like usual, there was a single guard that stood watch over the entrance. Though compared to the guard in front the goblin dungeon, this guy was wide awake and watchful of anyone that passed by. Thankfully, I had called in help.

Mollie stood next to me with her blank eyes. “This is simple. I want you to go over and distract him. Do what you have to,” I said pointing at the guard.

She simply nodded then moved out of the alley. She unbuttoned her shirt and pulled her shorts down slightly, revealing hints of a black thong. I didn’t wait to see what happened and moved around through the alley, to the other side of the street. On the opposite side, I waited for the man to have his attention fully taken by Mollie.

“Ma’am. Please return to the street. I am on duty.”

“Just a few minutes won’t hurt you. In fact, it will make your night,” Mollie said in sultry tone. I couldn’t help wonder if that was something she was originally capable of, or the Chaos control was giving her. 

The guard gulped before looking around but shook his head. “I will only warn you one more time.” He pulled a taser from his belt. The moment his back was turned completely to me, I activated Flurry and rushed into the entrance. It took me about three seconds to cross the distance, but the guard was fully focused on Mollie who was baring her chest for him to see. 

Once I was inside the stairwell, I heard Mollie. “Fine. Your loss.” Sound of footsteps walking away along with the sound of regret coming from the man could be heard. 

I made my way down the steps until I came to the real entrance to the dungeon. I felt like I was stepping into a swamp. I pulled my cleaver from my storage dimension and grinned. Time for some hunting. 

The first floor mainly had poison-based plants, but with my poison resistance, I had little issue. I was halfway through the first floor when I wondered if plants could have harvestable materials and used the ability. Spots lit up all around me, mostly grey, but a few whites as well. 

I took a few minutes to harvest the spots. As they were white and grey, I wasn’t too worried about absorbing them in the middle of the dungeon, but on the off chance that something extreme happened, I would rather be in the safety of an apartment. Plus, it would suck if something changed to a plant on my body.

This dungeon was only four floors deep, but the frogs I wanted were on the second floor. Stepping on the second floor, I wasn’t sure where to start. The site with the information on the dungeon wasn’t very clear on the details of where certain monsters inhabited on the floor. 

Moving forward, I felt like I was in a swamp that was in the middle of becoming a rainforest. Large trees grew along a small river that ran through the floor. The ground was moist and I felt like I was sinking with every step I took. 

Walking through a section of trees, I suddenly felt my body grow lighter. I wasn’t sure what was happening, until I found myself flying through the air at what I thought had been a knot of the tree. When to reflective surfaces appeared, I realized I found my target. 

I waited until I was only a few feet from the frog before I unleashed my Breath of Fire at it. It had sounded good in my head, but once the frog caught fire, its hold over my body was gone. I fell close to twenty feet. I managed to grab a branch just before I hit the ground, but the pain from my shoulder sent a burning sensation through my body. 

The smoldering corpse of the frog dropped through the air next to me and slammed into the ground. I dropped the rest of the way down, landing next to the corpse. Looking at the grilled meat made my stomach grumble, as I realized I hadn’t eaten in close to twenty-four hours again. Frog meat was said to be delicious. With a shrug, I used harvest and decided I would eat a leg afterward.