Dungeon Raider System

When Uriel crossed the gate he was greeted with a very unwanted, but at the same time pleasant hug from Nika who was worried something happened to him.

"Where were you? What took you so long?" She asked.

"I had... something to finish." He replied.

No one suspected that he stayed behind to make sure Shaker wouldn't come back from the dungeon, but they didn't ask any questions either. The reason for this was because the gateway led them to the underground chamber beneath the San Fernando cathedral, the place where Uriel found the religious parafernalia and where Tom, Mark's friend, met an untimely end by the hand of one of the living statues.

"This place doesn't look anything like the last time we were here." Uriel pointed out towards the destroyed walls and the non existing ceiling.

"That's on me," Jon scratched the back of his head apologetically. "Last time I visited I had a disagreement with a lady." He continued.

Seiren cringed at the thought of what happened the day Jon faced the living statue, but then some more when she realized they would most likely face her again. Luckily, no statues were on sight and they were still somewhat safe, though that was also thanks to Jon who had been keeping the cryptids at bay all by himself while the rest of the exploration group was being held by Ethan.

"What now?" Sam asked, fearing the answer.

"We need to take Medusa to a hospital as soon as possible." Luna said.

"Medusa?" Uriel lifted a brow. "She was killed by Ethan in the dungeon and Nika killed him in response."

"That's a lie if I ever heard one." Seiren scoffed.

"Wait a minute, let the kid speak. This should be good." Jon took a sip of his flask and smiled.

"It's just what you heard. Her father wanted her killed, if she hears Ethan failed he will try to pull something like that again."

"So, what do you propose?" Jon rubbed his fingers rapidly in a well known gesture that meant 'cash'.

"I'll let you take half of our loot and you'll inform the Mapple corp. of Medusa's demise."

"That's a lie! I won't allow that!" Seiren shouted, though when she was met with Uriel's icy glare she fell silent.

"Will that half of the loot include the book?" Jon was no fool, even if the book wasn't made of orichalcum it had to be the most valuable item they found, but Uriel had already thought about what to say.

"I wish I had it, that idiot soldier burnt it." Uriel's reply triggered Seiren's trait, but she couldn't tell whether Uriel was lying or not. It was something much similar to what happened whenever Jon lied, she knew he was trying to hide something but couldn't tell specifically what it was.

"No way! How could you let him destroy something so valuable!?" The holy rank hunter was understandably outraged, though Uriel showed the empty palms of his hands in reply. "Bloody idiot! you should have let me take it for myself if you were going to lose it."

"No one is angrier than me, but there's no turning back time." This time, Seiren's trait was not triggered, which was all the confirmation she needed to think the book was lost.

Uriel was actually very angry, though not because he lost the book but for what happened to Medusa. She had always protected everyone in the group and was kind to everyone, but this was the second time Uriel let harm come to her, all because of his weakness.

It wasn't the usual, but this time Uriel found himself craving for power more than riches, even more than knowledge.

Jon stared for a few seconds at the archaeology student, then towards Seiren who nodded at him.

"Well, there's no helping it. I agree to your deal." Jon and Uriel shook hands, both men held an unsightly smile that did little to hide their hatred for each other.

"You can have your hat back. By the way, what is this thing made of? Even Ethan's trait didn't burn it."

"That old thing? I don't know what it's made of, someone very dear gave it to me a long time ago. Anyway, you can keep it for now, we only cleared the happy hunting grounds and there's a lot more I can learn from Crockett's diary."

"That wasn't our deal!" Uriel shouted, but Luna glared at him and spoke softly.

"What part of Medusa needing urgent medical care do I need to explain to you?"

Luna's nonchalant tone of voice, aloof face and seemingly void eyes didn't leak any of her emotions, but somehow Uriel was able to tell she was angrier than ever. It was as though an immense pressure completely unrelated to her trait or flux energy, was building up inside of the short huntress and he flinched.

"Let's crack on then." Jon said and headed outside of what was left of the cathedral. Contrary to everyone's expectations, they didn't hear the raging sounds of battle and when they exited the building, instead of cryptids they found hundreds of Mapple corp. combat division employees and several army units.

There were tanks, ATVs, ground to air combat vehicles and barricades all over the square in front of the cathedral. Your next chapter awaits on My Virtual Library Empire

Usually, that kind of equipment would only be dispatched for war but what was even more strange was that Jon Hunter was lifting his hands in surrender and he was clearly very flustered.

"Hey, he's a holy rank hunter, he can't be scared of the army..." Sam whispered as he tried to find the reason for Jon's fear.

"He's not faking it, I can tell you that."

At that point, a commanding voice came out from a speaker saying something even more strange.

"Jon Hunter, keep your hands in the air where we can see them and step away. We do not want a confrontation, we're only here to evac the Dungeon Raiders company."