Summoning the Holy Sword

“Achoo!”

“What’s wrong, Marybelle?”

Rhode turned around and asked. Marybelle rubbed her nose gently and cocked her head in doubt.

“I don’t know… Your Majesty. My nose suddenly feels itchy… how strange.”

No wonder Marybelle was puzzled. She had abandoned her body and concluded a contract with Rhode in her spiritual form, so logically speaking, she couldn’t possibly be sick. In fact, she didn’t have any sign of illnesses. She merely felt an itch on her nose and couldn’t help but let out a sneeze.

“Oh-no, Big Sister Marybelle, someone must be talking behind your back.”

At that moment, the fearless Bubble No. 1 came over and spoke her mind. After spending a period of time together, Canary and Bubble had gotten familiar with the people around Rhode. But what surprised Rhode was that despite Bubble behaving like a delusional brat on the Internet, she was a smooth-talker and didn’t have a hard time addressing others as ‘big sisters’. But come to think of it, a person’s personality was different on the Internet than in reality, in the first place…

Ugh…

In Rhode’s impression, Bubble was a patient in the end stages of adolescence syndrome. But it seemed now that no matter how delusional she was, she was still a true, wealthy young daughter in the past…

On the other hand, despite Canary getting along well with Erin, she just couldn’t open up to Lydia, perhaps due to Lydia’s overly ‘bold’ attitude. As a young lady who grew up under a relatively traditional education, Lydia’s enthusiasm was too much for Canary to handle. But Lydia seemed to like seeing Canary behave in bewilderment and often teased her about it. Due to that reason, Rhode occasionally was able to feast his eyes on some ‘girls love’… it was really rare for him to witness such a visually-attractive scene in the underground.

“Interesting.”

Unlike the clueless Marybelle, the instant Rhode saw those objects, he knew who had gone past here.

Back then, he wondered if it was premeditated or simply a coincidence for those people to set the coordinates to the middle of nowhere. But no matter which possibility it was, they couldn’t have just passed by the area. If humans had the technology to build bases on the moon, they wouldn’t be that naive to only launch spaceships to observe the moon from space. After all, in comparison, living here was more cost-effective. Besides, considering the fact that these mysterious beings had once headed to the Dragon Soul Continent, Rhode refused to believe that they chose to teleport to this place, before spending the effort to head to the Dragon Soul Continent to accomplish their goals. If those beings were that dumb, what was there for Rhode to worry about?

It seems like they have indeed established a base here, and it also seems well-expanded.

At this thought, Rhode’s expression turned incomparably ice-cold. Just as the saying went, ‘one chose to visit hell instead of heaven with its doors open’. Rhode intended to clean up Chaos from Earth, but he would need to spend a lot of time capturing them. He was also in a hurry to return to the Dragon Soul Continent. No matter what, Earth was his home. He didn’t feel good knowing that Earth was tangled in Chaos. However, he just didn’t have enough time, so he had to put this matter aside temporarily.

Rhode had initially decided to deal with them after transmigrating the Dragon Soul Continent to the solar system. But he didn’t expect them to come knocking on his door on their own!

At this thought, Rhode beckoned for Marybelle. He gazed at her and curled his lips at the terrified BoBo at the side.

“Ask him where this tunnel leads.”

“Okay, Your Majesty.”

Marybelle wasn’t a fool. She had already detected the remaining aura of Chaos here. After all, she fought against Chaos for thousands of years and couldn’t be more familiar with its existence. Therefore, she knew why Rhode asked this question and didn’t doubt him. She went up to the pale primitive man and asked quietly. Facing her questions, BoBo finally calmed down, extended a finger, and pointed at the pitch-black cave ahead. Then, he brought upon a petrified expression and responded to Marybelle, before making some odd hand gestures. After hearing his answer, Marybelle’s eyes glinted. She nodded and went back to Rhode.

“Your Majesty, I’ve gotten the details. BoBo said a group of mysterious monsters appeared all of a sudden. They were vicious and terrifying and have killed several tribes around here. Besides…” Marybelle paused for a few moments. Then, she continued. “… they used some really strange weapons.”

Right on point.

Upon hearing Marybelle’s answer, Rhode nodded slightly. He narrowed his eyes and stared at the pitch-black cave ahead with an ice-cold gaze. After a few moments, he revealed a passionate and brilliant smile and clapped his palms together. Mini Bubble Gum (x2), Canary (x2), Lydia, Erin, and the rest turned toward him curiously. Then, they witnessed his smile and raised both arms.

“10-man abyssal dungeon in hero-difficulty begins! Looking for DPS, tanker, healer! Interested players join the party…!”

With a commander leading the team, the 10-man party was completed. Next, all they had to do was to enter the dungeon and kill to their hearts’ content under Rhode’s command…

Yes, that should have been the case. But it was a pity that there was always a gap between game and reality.

Even though they were capable of annihilating those enemies with their current strength, for safety’s sake, Rhode decided to check out the situation first. Even if they weren’t able to eliminate 100 percent of the enemies, wiping out 80 to 90 percent of them would be more than enough. After all, they had no intention of staying here for a long time. After Rhode transmigrated the Dragon Soul Continent to the solar system, they could say goodbye to First Wilderness. When that happened, whether the group of idiots went extinct or grew stronger to dominate First Wilderness had nothing to do with him anymore.

But now…

Warm air blew in their faces.

The cave ahead was in pitch-blackness, but the group strolled ahead calmly with Rhode leading the way. Even though they didn’t know what weapons the ambushers used, the path they opened up was relatively flat and wasn’t as slippery as natural caves, so it wasn’t inconvenient for them to proceed. The group passed through the darkness and headed deeper into the cave.

Mini Bubble Gum and Canary stayed behind Rhode closely. Gazing at the view ahead, they couldn’t hold back their agitation. After all, even though they had been with Rhode for a long time, this familiar feeling of them as though returning to the game and raiding a dungeon together made them open up their feelings a lot. At that moment, Canary and Mini Bubble Gum were no longer feeling unaccustomed to this world. They followed him in movements no worse than their projections. Looking at them, Lydia and Erin exchanged surprised looks with each other. Of course, they knew about Canary’s and Mini Bubble Gum’s background. However, Canary had always been gentle and low-profile, while Mini Bubble Gum wasn’t too reliable, which was why Lydia and Erin weren’t too confident in their abilities. But now, after witnessing them releasing power that wasn’t inferior to their projections, Lydia and Erin were stunned.

“Stop.”

After a short while, the group reached the end of the tunnel. They could vaguely see the skipping maroon light on the outside, as well as smell the scent of sulfur in the air. At that moment, Rhode came to a halt abruptly and gestured with his hand. Upon seeing his hand gesture, the two Mini Bubble Gums stopped beside him like mirror reflections of each other. They cast their skill at once, releasing two faint halos that flitted across the place. Shortly after, the anti-detection ritual and silent spell exploded, concealing everyone within the thick smoke.

The group gathered around Rhode quickly and looked at the surroundings. Upon seeing the view ahead, they couldn’t help but widen their eyes in astonishment.

Although they didn’t know what the enemies had done, the path they opened up had a downward-spiraling ladder from top to bottom. Looking downward, one could clearly see a huge lake of lava, where blazing lava splashed in the enormous underground cave. The scorching heat struck their faces, which even caused Mini Bubble Gum’s hair to burn and curl on its own. However, the group wasn’t worried about such a small issue as they focused their attention on the enormous, black metallic structure sitting above the lava lake instead. There were five tower-like shapes erected in the lava. The five towers were interconnected by the dark, wide aisles. Rhode spotted red energy crystals in the core area between them. Gigantic, armored security robots were stationed around them, while blinding searchlights shone in all directions.

“Good.”

After scanning the place, Rhode nodded in satisfaction. He thought he might have a hard time dealing with the enemies. But it seemed like it was much easier than he had imagined.