In the Secret Dark Room~

"Ho-oh, that kid sure is sharp for noticing my surveillance orb, but he is still not ready yet since he should have acted innocent and allowed the orb to continue spying him."

The old man couldn't help but shake his head as he giggles at how he tried to destroy his precious spying orb.

'The orb is made with obsidian and installed with the best formation that this world can no longer produce and to think you want to destroy it with your tiny fireball. Hilarious.'

The old man exclaimed in his mind while wondering how he managed to become the host of his queen.

"Our queen is finally back, those empyreans will definitely face our wraith soon."

Remembering about their past, the old man was agitated and blasted his palm in a wall, causing it to be disintegrated into dust.

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Inner Core West Side Dungeon Area~

"Well, now we can only proceed forward, the bad thing is this route has not been explored yet which means we are going blind." Zhen calmly spoke to not make the atmosphere tenser.

Alas, it didn't help as Aaron started to panic since his butt literally got shot by the arrow.

Meanwhile, Zhen can't help but have to say, he indeed got some luck in getting shot in that area but why isn't it in the middle of the butt.

'I really read too many novels back then to pass time. That kind of stuff would only be a cliché moment and only 0.00001% will happen.'

"Umm, Zhen, T-Thank you for dragging me, or I would have been shot." Sara slowly said this word despite knowing her attitude from earlier.

Although Zhen didn't say anything, Sara saw everything in her eye that Zhen purposely deflected the arrow that was aiming at her to Aaron Flare but acted innocent.

If Aaron Flare was to know about this truth, he would have been so mad whereas Zhen would brush it off as it is the duty of a guinea pig.

Sara didn't know much about their history so she decided to forgive Zhen's earlier action, seeing how much he cares about her safety.

Zhen doesn't know what is going on in Sara's thoughts except for the fact that he is forgiven which means.

"Sara, hold my hand tightly since we don't know how dangerous the path ahead is."

Zhen said that and held her hand tightly without giving her a chance to let go of me.

Part of him wants to take advantage while another part is that he's afraid of some dumb situation that could separate them.

Being targeted and being like a puppet being manipulated is the worst feeling ever.

'If you want me to do something that you wished then so sorry because I hate being controlled.'

Zhen swore mentally while not knowing who is manipulating things behind the scene.

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East Side of the Inner Core~

"Damn it, why would a trap suddenly occur when we clearly avoid those."

"Elder, we don't know as we were careful in our footsteps."

This area was the black mage who had been separated by their companion due to the mysterious being pulling some string behind the scene.

They originally have 15 people but now they are left with 7 while the other side has 8.

They can't help but feel frustrated as they have been finding zero clues regarding the hidden treasure in this dungeon.

"Curses, the honorable elder said the hidden treasure is extremely difficult to obtain but to think we have multiple obstacles before we could even enter the central core area."

The elder couldn't help but curse as they have been going around a circle in the inner core when the central core is where the hidden treasure is located.

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Inner Core West Side~

While Zhen holds onto Sara's hand, they have activated multiple booby traps and despite being surprised, Zhen's instinct for survival kicks in and manages to deflect them.

Ever since his early days to struggle for living another day, Zhen has developed a natural instinct to avoid danger.

Not many people can have this instinct as you must be in an extremely perilous situation for it to develop naturally.

Zhen was at ease and clean despite defending Sara in his side but Aaron is a completely different story.

Aaron at this time is extremely miserable since his face is full of dirt and tattered clothes but no injuries since Sara healed him.

Seeing the healing from Sara, Zhen can't help but recall their first meeting where he tried to act like a hero to heal her wound.

'She was even more proficient in healing than me yet I acted like an expert. You really can't underestimate a female otherwise, you would really suffer.'

"Sara, my heart is injured too from this gloomy environment, can I have a kiss to soothe my tiny heart." Zhen flirt at this moment to ease the atmosphere since being tense all the time has its cons.

Tense can lead to mental health detrimental as their body is always in an uncomfortable state.

Only by relaxing and calming themselves down would they be able to handle any danger in a smooth manner.

"You still dare to be flirty in our situation at this moment." Sara couldn't help but think his brain is full of dirty thoughts after hearing his word.

'Sigh, I'm trying to calm your nerve down yet I'm being labeled as a dude who thinks with his bottom part now.'

Zhen wanted to time complain but there was no time as he detected a magical beast.

"Damn, that's a Peak-Rank 5 wolf with their extremely sharp teeth and tough body to resist magic."

Seeing the magical beasts, Aaron shouted while feeling his luck has hit rock bottom ever since his return to the town.

"Prepare for battle everyone. Aaron uses your flame to light the entire place up so we won't be obstructed in vision when we battle. Kuro, use your wings to create a twister to force the wolf to attack in a singular path. Sara, we will fire our spell the moment he launches an attack."

Zhen shouted multiple instructions to get them in position and cooperate since only Kuro and he is somewhat in a calm mind.

Aaron has been too shaken up ever since the collapse of the ground and getting shot in the butt.

Sara on the other hand only ever explored the outer core area from the forest so this kind of environment is new for her.

While Kuro has been in an even more deadly environment and due to his past, Zhen always remained his composure as panic would only make the situation worse.

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In the secret room~

"Show me, little boy, how are you going to defeat this peak-rank 5 wolf that I sent you. Although it looked like a normal wolf, you'll be surprised by what it can do."

The strange old man was looking at the screen where Zhen shouted multiple instructions and couldn't help but nod his head for his composure.

'Only this kind of composure can handle the matters that happened 10,000 years ago. Looks like my end is near with the arrival of this boy.'

The strange old man starts to reminisce about his past when he looked at another screen and Zhen would be shocked if he were to see the screen.

The screen was displaying the scene that Zhen saw in his mystery dream with the flashback scene that lasted around for 2-3 minutes before disappearing.

'My duty is almost over once you regain conscience, my queen.'

Looking at the destruction scene from the screen, the old man can't wait to restore their glory when the queen comes back.