Chapter 103

Under the moonlight, Lacus sat on a broken tree, surrounded by two dead forest wild bears.

"Bears again..."

Lacus now felt disgusted when he saw bears; last time it was because of a Tyrant Bear that his entire squad was wiped out, he lost the trail of the Holy Scripture, and was severely punished when he went back.

Afterward, he was arranged to harass human cities, but ended up falling into an ambush and almost didn't survive.

Only afterward did he know that that time humans had set a trap in the name of Hero Summoning, destroying the Shadow Demon.

And his master, Eleanor, had gone along, but because she sold out the Shadow Demon, she seemed to have been punished by His Majesty upon returning.

Anyway, when Lacus saw her, he could tell at a glance that she was full of anger, and very naturally took it out on him.

Lacus still remembered what she said: "Find the Holy Scripture and you will atone for your sins, you will get a promotion; if you can't find it, just die outside."

However, she didn't arrange a single subordinate for him, clearly treating him as a pathfinder.

Lacus could guarantee that after he left, Eleanor must have sent another complete team behind him, and he must have been tampered with, either positioning or death playback!

"That damn... damn..."

"……"

Holding it in for a long time, Lacus still didn't dare to curse.

Fear of superiors is engraved in the bones of vampires, even if he only counts as a half-vampire.

"I won't die, I'm a genius! I will definitely find the Holy Scripture, and then get promoted... keep getting promoted!"

Lacus saying he was a genius wasn't just talking nonsense; he was only level 40 and hadn't been promoted yet, but he had obtained the talent skill 【Blood Control】, so he could indeed be considered a genius.

While cheering himself up, Lacus took out a small metal plate and started grinding it on his fingernails.

He didn't have any disguise skills, fortunately, the difference between vampires and humans wasn't too big.

A little powder on his face could cover up his pale skin.

As for his fingernails and teeth, he simply ground them down.

This metal plate was a type of small magic prop circulating in the Hermit Empire; after grinding fingernails and teeth with it, it would leave a layer of magic power on the surface, temporarily preventing them from growing back; grinding once could last for two or three days.

This method was cheap and convenient; the only problem was that grinding down all his teeth was actually a very shameful thing for a vampire.

But he didn't have time to care about that now.

After cleaning up, he got up and walked toward the Amethyst Dungeon; along the way, to avoid the crowd, he deliberately bypassed Dumb Wind Town, came from the forest direction, and chose to enter at night.

Sure enough, when he arrived at the dungeon entrance, except for two guards on night duty, there was no one else.

"Going into the dungeon alone so late?" The hoarse tail sound mixed with a yawn, the guard Aiden noticed Lacus.

Although it was a bit strange how he drilled out of the forest, he still greeted him.

They were guarding here to transmit messages in time when there was an emergency, not to block the dungeon gate and interrogate adventurers.

"Just picking some firefly grass, no need to group up!" Lacus calmly made up an excuse.

He thought that was the end of it, but didn't expect the two guards to be stunned after hearing this and look at him twice more, but they didn't say much.

After Lacus went in, the other guard asked: "Senior, what level is this person, do you know him?"

Aiden rolled his eyes: "How would I know, I can't possibly know all high-level adventurers, but he can go pick firefly grass alone, he must be at least gold-level, maybe even diamond..."

Lacus was a bit strange about why the two guards looked at him like that, but fortunately, he entered the dungeon smoothly.

Taking a black stone emitting a faint light from his bosom, he looked at it carefully; it seemed dimmer than before.

"Sure enough, the Holy Scripture is in the dungeon."

This was a special prop, made by refining magic crystals in an environment of the same source as the Holy Scripture; the characteristic was that the closer to the Holy Scripture, the dimmer the light.

Relying entirely on it, Lacus found his way here all the way.

However, the service life of this kind of prop was limited; he had to lock onto the Holy Scripture before it failed, and couldn't be like last time.

"Speaking of which... was the Amethyst Dungeon originally this dark?"

Lacus looked at the corridor with sporadic faint light in front of him and muttered.

However, he had dark vision, so he wasn't affected much.

Walking all the way down, he finally realized what mistake he had just made—

This dungeon, wouldn't it not have firefly grass?

He hadn't been to the Amethyst Dungeon before, he only had a dungeon map in his hand, which naturally wouldn't mention such details.

But firefly grass as a dungeon resident plant, he thought there should be some here too.

Didn't expect to only see a kind of glowing mushroom after coming in!

This wasn't good...

If this dungeon really didn't have firefly grass, then what he just said would become a flaw; if those two guards were smart, they might go to Dumb Wind Town to report him. Damn! Damn!

Lacus quickened his pace; he had to find the Holy Scripture quickly and get out!

He didn't encounter any difficulties along the way; some Puji, scorpions, snakes, and other monsters, he solved them all easily.

Arriving at the fifth floor all the way, the black stone's light finally looked like it was about to go out.

It's on this floor!

In Lacus's view, either the adventurer who stole the Holy Scripture died in the dungeon, or the Holy Scripture's old problem flared up again, controlling the holder to run to a dangerous place and quietly slaughter people coming and going.

A wooden sign standing at the exit attracted Lacus's attention.

"What is this? Fifth-floor rules..."

After scanning it once, Lacus shifted his gaze away and didn't take it to heart.

Maybe it was really useful, but for one, he was going to find the Holy Scripture and couldn't walk on the mushroom road.

Secondly, after all, it was just the fifth floor with a level cap of 25.

Following the guidance of the black stone, Lacus soon deviated from the mushroom road.

To Lacus's surprise, along the way, except for getting a bunch of mycelium stuck to his feet, he didn't encounter any obstacles.

He even thought he would encounter some traps or monsters!

As a result, until now, he hadn't seen a single living thing; this fifth floor wouldn't be an empty floor, right?

It wasn't until he reached the mushroom forest that he encountered living things.

Some Puji that were leaning against mushroom trees and camouflaged.

He also accidentally bumped into one, felt it was soft, and then discovered them.

However, these Puji had no aggression at all, and didn't seem to have any territorial awareness; he entered the mushroom forest and walked to their side without any reaction.

He was happy not to have to fight.

Looking at the black stone in his hand getting dimmer and dimmer, his dead heart felt as if it were beating again.

Finally, he stood in front of a stone pier.

？？？

This was slightly different from what Lacus thought.

He thought he would meet one or a group of controlled adventurers and have to fight before he could take the Holy Scripture.

Or find the Holy Scripture beside some white bones.

But why was it a stone pier?

A wisp of blood condensed into a pellet between his fingers, preparing to destroy the stone pier.

It was just that before the blood pellet was fired, the stone pier attacked first.

"What!?"

The suddenly gathered energy made Lacus in front of him look shocked; just after taking two steps back, the stone pier exploded.

Rubble smashed Lacus's cheek, but he had no time to care about it.

Amidst the mess, he vaguely saw the yellow book he had been thinking about day and night!

But Lacus still maintained a trace of reason and scanned the surroundings, finding no one else.

Only then did he rush up and pick up the yellow book to look at it.

"Yes, yes! It's the Holy Scripture! It's the Holy Scripture!"

In his excitement, the Holy Scripture was flipped open a little.

"Not good!"

He hurriedly wanted to close it; he was responsible for tracking the Holy Scripture, so he naturally knew how strong the Holy Scripture's charm ability was, but if he saw a few more words, he might be charmed.

However, even if it was just a glance, he still accidentally saw the dense handwriting on the scorched Holy Scripture:

[Run run run run run]

What does that mean?

Pfft—

There was movement behind him!

The moment Lacus turned around quickly, he shot the blood awl he had condensed in his hand.

The blood awl shot onto the Big Black Mushroom's black scales and crashed into blood foam.

The power looked like it was no different from the Spit Arrow of the Mirages.

But Lacus himself knew that the attack just now should have been able to break the defense of even a Tyrant Bear...

Pfft—

The Big Black Mushroom took another step closer, and Lacus retreated to the edge of the stone wall.

The pages of the Holy Scripture were inadvertently exposed.

[I declare first, it has nothing to do with me!]