Chapter 17
The first years were given two day to complete preparations for the Raid
"Guys i wanna ace this exam, who's with me" said riley enthusiastically
"I'm in" said Lisa
""I'm in too" said sreya
"Yeah , Yeah" said lugh
"Well we were already with you when we joined the team riley" said Merlin
" thank you guys" said emotional riley
" here's the plan we all will do our preps in two phases first phase is gathering materials for the rate and second phase will be our own indivisual preparations, this way we can have more time and and reduce load of responsibility
Lugh will take care of supplies, merlin will take care of all the tools we might need, Lisa will get potions, Sreya will get magic artifacts and I will dig for as much info as I can"
The plan proposed by riley was accepted by the party
"But still, there's this issue of luggage, what if we encounter monster one of us would be at a disadvantage " asked Lisa
Riley started to think of a solution
" dont worry about the luggage, I'll take care of it" said lugh
"There we have it,now meeting ajjured"
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While walking in the market merlin sighed
"What happened " asked sreya
"Are we really trusting lugh with something as important as the supplies, i mean don't get me wrong but isn't it better for him to take care of tools or other stuff"
asked merlin with concern
"Brother must have a reason to do it, after he knows lugh best among all of us" answered sreya
While Lisa and merlin nodded
Meanwhile lugh was collecting materials, the bag he was Carrying was filled to brim with supplies
Lugh enters a shop and asks the owner
"Give me the best one"
""The best require money" said the owner
Lugh proceeded to put a pouch filled with money in the counter
" is this enough" said lugh while smiling
" THAT WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH SIR, PLEASE THIS WAY"
TWO DAYS LATER
THE PARTY GATHERED INFRONT OF AURORA TEARS LAKE
"As expected the bags are too many" said Merlin
"Lugh, how were you planning to take care of the luggage ' asked riley
Lugh then whistled
The next moment a running footstep noice could be heard
Something then jumped from the forest behind them and landed infront of them
"!!!!"
"Is that an ostro?" Asked riley
" yea it is" lugh said while petting it
Ostro is an beast with long legs and a sturdy body which is used to carry around supplies
"Not to be rude or anything, but, how are we gonna take an ostro underwater?" Asked merlin
"The only thing that is underwater is the path not the destination"
said lugh while walking towards the lake
" what does that mean"
"Aeroarga" said lugh
A wind magic field surrounded them on all side including beneath their feet which caused them to float a little above the ground
"Let's go" said lugh
The whole magic field submerged underwater, and started to head for dungeon
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Lisa smiles at lugh, which he notices
" its just that, its been a while since you last wore that" said Lisa
" oh !, yeah I was wearing it when we first met, its Impressive how you still remembered that" said lugh
Lisa notices the slumped up merlin and reassures her
" there there Merlin, you are normal, its just that guy is abnormal" said Lisa
Riley was using all of his strength to hold his laugh, even veins started popping on his face
"SHUT it đź’˘ " exclaimed lugh
After a while they were at the entrance of the Dungeon
"Let's go in" said riley
Lugh agreed and they entered the Dungeon
The Aeroarga field dissappeared
"So this is a Dungeon" said Lisa
Except lugh everyone were looking around in awe
"Guys let's proceed to the first floor" said riley
All followed after him
The first floor was filled with scriptures and inscriptions
"Let's not waste time and go to the sixth floor As things stand the first five floors are completely raided for both items and information " said lugh
" I agree, guys i think we should directly go to the 6 floor" said riley
" I mean there's not much we can do here anyways" said sreya
The party proceed to the entrance of the sixth floor
Riley opened the door and as the party enters the whole floor illuminates revealing two paths going in opposite directions
" there are two paths, hmm, the best course of action would be to split up into two and check out both the ways" said riley
"That's right, I'll go and get the magi-"
"That's wrong"
merlin was cut off by lugh
"Wrong, do you mean it's a bad idea to split up" asked sreya
" think about it why has no one ever gone past this floor, its simple, this floor is nothing but a maze, and not just any maze, but one with illusion magic all over the place" answered lugh
All were freaked out after realizing
" we could have fallen in this trapped very badly" said frightened Lisa
"Lugh, can you tell between illusions" asked sreya
"Its possible but very tricky and annoying as sometimes even the mana we feel is due to the illusion" answered lugh
"Is there really no way for us to get through this floor" asked riley
" there is, all of you go stand near the floor entrance" said lugh
The group did as told
" we are here now, are you gonna try and dispel the illusion" asked riley
" of course not, as i said it's annoying, i have a better way"
said lugh while facing his hand towards the wall separating the paths
"Better way?" All said in unison
" I cast the Nova Flare"
A bright light enveloped the entire floor, followed by a explosion lifting smoke and stones in the air
All covered their faces, after a while they looked to see that all the walls in the room crumbled to the ground reveling a gate on the other side
" as i said a better way" said lugh with a smile
They screamed
"Noooo waaayyyyyyy !!!!!"
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Even the ostro was shocked