Treasure Dungeon
Third-person POV:
In a certain part of the grand magic zone, the earth trembled and from it came out huge buildings never seen before. The emergence of the structures uprooted a large no of trees. A portal formed in one part of the building and released a large amount of mana. A device that detected abnormal mana signals immediately sent signals to the higher up of the newly emerged dungeon.
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Wizard king Julius looked at the report of the emergence of a new dungeon and said "Why are so many dungeons emerging in this period, is this indication of something.
Moreover, this dungeon is in the middle of the border of Diamond and Clover so troops from the Diamond can be expected. "
" Marx inform Yami and Willaim so send the four rookies to the exploration and be sure to send Julian "
" Yes! "
Meanwhile :
Early in the morning near the black bull's base Luck could be seen punching a large piece of rock but every time he punches the rock the reinforcement layer wears off but this didn't faze off the smile on his face.
A little far from here Noelle was sitting under the shade of a tree reading a book on mana control Julian gave her a while.
In front of her was Asta doing pushups while keeping the contact with his sword. According to Julian if Asta wanted to have control of anti-magic he has to feel the flow of antimagic. Constant contact with the sword was one of the best methods for it. Julian was sitting on top of Asta as a weight while meditating.
Soon it was time for breakfast and everyone gathered in the cafeteria. Yami informed them about the finding of the new dungeon.
sta didn't know what it was and after being told he was begging Yami to send him on the exploration. Yami made him quiet and told him that he and Noelle were already selected for the exploration and Julian and Luck would accompany them. This got Asta and Noelle pretty excited.
Julian was initially not interested in going to the dungeon but decided to go as he might find something like the other two dungeons. He knew that Diamond and Spade were becoming close day by day so there was a chance that Spade with come too so Yami decided to send him too.
Noelle knew about dungeons and questioned if it was for newbies like them to go to a dungeon. Yami's answer was if Luck and Julian were them they don't need to worry about anything.
Everyone decided to set out an hour later with Finral dropping them as far as he could. Yami called Julian and Luck to his room for additional information.
" You will be joined by three members of Golden Dawn. The interference of the spade is to be expected. You two are required to ensure the safety got it? "
" Yes! "
'Julius...what is he thinking sending rookies to dungeon ' thought Yami
After some preparation, Finral dropped them 70 Km from the dungeon as that was as far as he never visited the area of the dungeon so he didn't know the coordinates. Julian made a mountable phoenix with flames and flew with everyone to the destination.
After one hour of flying, they reached the dungeon. Everyone except Asta could feel the dense and chaotic mana around the area. Julian took it slow while flying as he let Noelle adjust to the mana changing mana density in the environment.
Noelle's face paled from the mana fluctuation that was being released from the dungeon so they had to wait around 10 minutes for her to adjust.
The entrance of the dungeon was shaped like the ruins of a big castle. Julian buried two spatial rings to carry the loot after taking it out of the dungeon. He could keep them in the grimoire but the grimoire would still be under the effect of spatial magic.
They entered through the portal and what was uncovered in front of them was a scene they never saw they would see.
The inside of the dungeon was shaped like a maze with a lot of doors scattered all around. From some doors, large trees emerged, or from some doors, water flowed.
" The entire place is designed with mana, " said Julian
" I have never seen so much mana in a place before, " said Noelle
Excitedly Asta moved forward and stepped on a block that activated a trap. Julian moved Asta from the spot and soon five poisoned arrows shot from another corner towards the block.
Luck found it pretty exciting and stepped on a lot of trap blocks and each of them was attacked with deadly spells. While he was enjoying Asta and Noelle had only one thought " This guy is having fun and we are nearly having a heart attack. "
Julian who had turned on [ sharingan] could see every block that contained traps. Just as they were about to move ahead, both Luck and Julian looked in a specific direction.
" I am going ahead, " said Luck before moving in that direction. Luck wanted to test his new spells so Julian had an agreement that he would only interfere if things went out of hand.
Asta and Noelle wanted to protest but he was already gone.
Asta stepped on a block and a treasure chest emerged, happy with his finding he opened the chest and found the most disgusting thing he ever saw. There were organs inside the chest that made both Noelle and Asta almost throw up
" That's a living being made of mana. I read about it in a book " said Noelle.
While they were distracted large vines emerged from the nearby water stream and completely wrapped around Noelle not giving her a chance to fight. Asta seeing this took out his sword and tried cutting the vines but he too got captured as more vines emerged from the water. From the water came out a plant-shaped monster which opened its mouth wide and dragged them towards it.
Julian who was a little far from them noticed this and went towards them shooting a spell only blocking its mouth.
" Sigh!, I take my eyes off you one moment and this happens, " said Julian while both of them were still tied up.
They were pretty embarrassed and looked at me with puppy eyes to save them. I sensed a spell aimed at them so I moved aside.
Julian heard a voice saying [ wind magic: winds blade squall ]. Blades of wind hit the vines cutting them and feeling them. Julian set the rest of the best on fire. It got mixed into the surrounding after drying. Those beasts were formed of pure mana and would be reborn after a certain time as long as the dungeon is not destroyed.
" With this, I have repaid my debt from six months ago Asta ! " said Yuno standing near the entrance with other two people Klaus and Mimosa.
"Yo Yuno ! " greeted Julian
Yuno looked at everyone and went to talk with Asta and Julian
" Why did you waste your time helping these trash Yuno, our job is to reach the treasure hall as fast as possible. Don't waste time on them . " said Klaus fixing his glasses.
" What did you call us you shitty four-eyes ! " shouted Asta and began a competition of insults with him.
" Ara, Isn't it Julian san and Noelle- san. Haven't seen you in a long time. I heard that Black Bulls were a group of barbarians, are you adjusting fine with them Noelle? "
And a different quarrel began between Mimosa and Noelle.
Julian had enough and stopped the quarrel.
" This was supposed to be a joint expedition . If Golden Dawn has so much problem with our presence go ahead and explore all you want ".
"Let's go Yuno, let's not waste our time on there people . " said Klaus before flying away with Yuno 's wind bird.
Yuno gave an apologetic to Julian before entering a door.
After they went away Julian released his mana pressure all around the room.
The mana pressure made most of the traps around that self-destruct but a red shied rose all around stopping every damage. Although Noelle was not subjected to the pressure but still fear gripped her heart as she felt her head spinning. Asta's mind was not affected by my mana pressure but he still felt pressure all over his body.
Julian waited for her to calm down and decided to continue their journey.
Secre who was sitting on Julian's shoulder flew in a direction and indicated to follow her.
"Follow me " Julian made wings and started following her while holding Noelle and Asta with Kagune.
An awkward silence enveloped them.
Asta tried to break the silence by asking what Julian did earlier as he had felt the same thing from Yami during the exam. It worked as Julian started explaining what mana pressure was as if he didn't drop a mountain on their head.
On the way to the next chamber, there were a lot of mana beasts that attacked them. That tuned out to be a good practice for Asta and Noelle to apply all the techniques they learned in battle. Julian killed the bests who attacked from their blind spots.
As they entered another chamber, they saw a lot of people drooped on the floor not sure dead or alive. White and grey filled the entire room with Luck panting as if gasping for air, he was also bleeding from different spots. Seeing the situation wings manifested behind Julian and with a strong flap removed the smoke up to a certain degree.
Asta jumped towards him and waved his sword removing a lot of smoke.
" We are here to help Luck senpai !! "