[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi":3,"chapter-the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-116":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Lady's Butler: I Reincarnated To Serve The Villainess",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},725497,965,"Chapter 116: A Dungeon","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-116",116,"\u003Cp>\"Since this is officially our first day here, let’s establish some rules of operation,\" Cassian said as he walked towards the lit flames and took a seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian said nothing else, merely adjusting his gloves as he stepped slightly behind Renelle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The outskirts are already saturated with lower-ranked beasts,\" Cassian started the moment everyone was sat, \"If we want stronger cores, better resources, and actual progress then we head further in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was true, after all their main objective here was to get a lot stronger than they currently were and to do that, they needed cores for their spirits and saturated mana to help them breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of which were available would be found deeper into the red zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You,\" Cassian glanced at Darius, \"will handle mid-range engagement and direct combat support.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gladly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Adrian,\" he paused, looking at the butler for a while before saying, \"you’ll handle reconnaissance and rear guard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian simply nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll handle long range and assists,\" he continued, a bit surprised that the damn butler hadn’t said anything, \"and lady Renelle will remain in the center.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, protected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Renelle frowned at his words before saying, \"I can handle myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, but it’d be—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I. Can. Handle. Myself,\" she interrupted his words causing him to go silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassian thought of it for a while, he thought she’d be pleased to see that he was thinking of her safety,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, what woman wouldn’t like a man dedicated to keeping them safe? Seems he was completely wrong about Renelle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, you’ll handle mid range,\" he gave up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second, engagement rules,\" seeing that she said nothing else, he raised a finger, \"we avoid prolonged fights unless necessary, since we want to always have enough mana for unexpected scenarios.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, there was no comment since he was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third, objectives,\" he lifted another finger, \"alongside getting stronger, we also gather information.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This part of the corrupted lands isn’t just dangerous, it’s unexplored,\" he explained, \"If we can map even a portion of it, identify patterns in beast behavior, or locate anything unusual, then we’d be rewarded by both the kingdom and the academy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since this was a largely unexplored zone, the academy granted points accordingly. This meant that those within the ’green zone’ though safe, barely earned any extra points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, those in the ’red zone’ earned the most points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was important because the higher your point was, the more resources you had access to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, if they survived this place for thirty days, else it’d all be for naught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing no one had questions, Cassian stood up and added, \"we’ll start moving, soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally, something fun!\" Darius stood up, obviously excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he had removed all traces of Noctis’ mana within him, he was itching to fight again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian, on the other hand, walked towards the tent and his shadow extended, wrapping around the entire thing and the next second it completely disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s strange,\" Darius’s words pulled their attention towards him, and they noticed that he was standing close to the cave wall, \"I could’ve sworn this wall was a lot farther yesterday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassian frowned andhis first thought was to dismiss the idiot’s words, but again, as a good leader, he couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\" He asked .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darius scratched the back of his head, still staring at the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I mean exactly what I said,\" he replied, stepping a bit closer, \"this cave was bigger yesterday... or at least it felt like it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what makes you think that?\" Cassian asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My bag was a lot farther from the wall yesterday,\" Darius pointed towards his bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Renelle also looked at him with a frown before asking, \"you’re certain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah,\" Darius nodded, then added with a shrug, \"well, not completely certain, but something feels off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, he extended his hand towards the cave’s back wall, with a small frown on his face, \"it’s almost like—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment his hand landed on the wall, a couple of texts lit up and before he could react, a sudden force pulled him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"IT’S MOVING?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the last thing he managed to let out before the wall completely swallowed him and the glow dimmed just after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three froze at the sight and it took the a couple of seconds for them to realize that the wall just ate (?) Darius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian walked closer to the wall with a frown on his face and Noctis’ voice immediately echoed in his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>«An entrance to a dungeon,» it informed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dungeon being here was nothing strange since there were large amounts of mana all around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strange part was how well the entrance blended with the cave. Usually, an entrance to a dungeon was very obvious but this was anything but.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried extending his [Shadow Sense] beyond the cave wall only to sense nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, he also lifted his hand and before Renelle had the chance to stop him, he rested it on the wall and it immediately lit up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, he was pulled in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That idiot,\" Renelle muttered as she watched her butler get pulled into the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just the previous night that he had promised not to put himself in unnecessary danger, and yet, here he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sigh, she also walked towards the wall but before she could place a hand on the wall, Cassian spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice came out a lot louder than he intended as he stepped forward, his hand instinctively reaching out to grab her wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Renelle paused just before her fingers could touch the wall, her expression immediately turning cold as she glanced at his hand... then at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move your hand,\" she said, her tone dropping several degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassian hesitated for a bitbefore withdrawing his hand, but he didn’t step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s clearly a dungeon entrance,\" he said, forcing calm into his voice, \"and not a normal one. We don’t know what’s on the other side, how it works, or if it’s even stable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And?\" Renelle replied flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I’m saying is, it could be dangerous,\" he clarified, \"and following those two in will just put us in danger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She continued looking at him for a while before letting out a sigh and saying, \"you can stay back if you like, I’m going to get my Butler back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could say anything else, Renelle placed her hand on the wall and she was immediately pulled in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left alone, Cassian’s expression got darker and he clicked his tongue, \"that damn butler really needs to be removed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he also walked towards the wall, placed a hand on it and a second after, he was pulled in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>«Wake up you idiot,\" Noctis’ voice was heard in Adrian’s head, «or you’ll die again.»\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, Adrian opened his eyes, only for them to fully snap open and he took in his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was currently laying on a piece of wood but the most terrifying part was the fact that he was floating in a large sea of darkness and there was a large wave approaching him quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The hell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1190,"2026-06-02T10:56:10.487Z",1,"novelbin.me","3876fa185cdee221fb32a3e541346fa92ecddb9c0f747e7f828900eaf85b45ba","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-117","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-115",146,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-cover.jpg"]