After a while, we finished dealing with the lunatics and kept going. I can't believe we have made it so far with this party. It's almost like we're just joking around while dealing with the monsters. Leo is just being Leo, always teasing Lunette whenever he has a chance. Lunette is just being silly and sometimes joins Leo to joke around. Loir is the most mature in our party. He occasionally checks our conditions and makes sure we're always ready. But he has his own silliness as well. After we defeat the monsters, he usually observes it like he's really into it. I can see his eyes are sparkling when he is inspecting the monster's features. He almost looks like a kid right now.
A group of werewolves are attacking us as well as we are dealing with the lunatics. They're fighting against each other, almost like normal monsters that are fighting for their territory, and now we are dealing with this condition. Those monsters are attacking each other, and sometimes both of them are attacking us at the same time. It's almost so hard to take a rest right now, I can't help but panting due to my exhaustion. I can feel my legs are tired and barely can support my body as well.
"Seriously now? Is this what hunters have in the dungeons?" I said with a confused and tired tone as I continued, "We've been fighting for hours."
Lunette sighs at me and speaks as well, "Luna, stop exaggerating things, we get some rest, right?"
Werewolf is a wolf that evolved and is almost like a human. It has a quick movement and its eyes are very good. They usually come out at night and live in a dark place. They have long hands with long claws on their hands and legs. They are bigger than humans and much stronger. All of their bodies were covered by wolf fur with the black color. They're usually howling in the middle of the night. They're very aggressive and like to eat flesh and drink blood.
She's right, but it's not like we got a proper rest too. We need to stay alert as well so it doesn't count as a rest, does it? The werewolves and the lunatics are completely surrounding us and put us in the middle of their fight.
Loir shrugs and speaks with a calm demeanor, "I think we're surrounded. It's not like we have any other choice except to beat them though."
Right, we had no choice. I put back my guns and pulled out my sword from my sheath, ready to get into the front line. I walk to Lunette's side while Loir gets to our side as well. I think being separated here isn't a good option for now, even Leo is on our back too.
After a while, one of the lunatics attacks us and we start our fight. Lunette quickly wields her sword and blocks its attack to make some chance. Leo uses his knife to cut its arm and make it injured. The lunatic screams in pain and one of the werewolves attacks it and finishes it. I sigh in relief knowing we can save our stamina to do our expedition.
"DUMMY, DON'T FEEL RELIEF YET!" Loir shouts at me in panic.
One of the werewolves attacks me from my back. I don't have time to dodge it or block it, so I just turn around and jump back with my reflex but still in its range. Leo moves quickly and cuts its arm before the werewolf manages to attack me. I'm glad I got no injuries for now. I need to focus for now. I use my sword to attack some of them. I slash their arms, legs, and everything no matter how big the scratches I cause.
One of the werewolves hit me with its claw on my shoulder, but I killed it anyway by stabbing its head. The fight is getting fiercer, almost all of us got some minor injuries on our bodies. Lunette continues to use her sword and her magic to attack them, but it's not a good idea to use fire magic too much in a cave. I can tell she feels tired already judging by how she moves. Loir and Leo are tired as well, they're almost fighting nonstop against the groups of monsters. Loir has a cut on his leg, while Leo has some injuries on her arms.
As the battle continues, the injuries on our bodies are getting more and more. To be honest, I don't think it will end soon. It's a good thing that the lunatics and the werewolves have their own fight, but please don't put us into the fight! It's not like we can do something about it anyway.
Loir speaks with a loud voice but there is still a slight hint of calm tone in his voice, "Let's get through this herd of monsters. It's not like they will notice us as well."
Right, they have their own fight so I don't think they have time to bother us. He's such a good party leader, I don't know why he looks so different compared with the last three years ago. I mean, his body still almost looks like a girl, but I don't know why he looks like a girl before. Maybe because he introduced himself as a boy so I naturally see him as a boy.
Loir tries to make a way for us to get through to the herd of monsters. He uses his sword to make a way through the monsters by slashing them one by one if they attack us. Of course, we don't rely on him completely, we protect ourselves as well just in case. We're a party, we can't burden one person too much.
After a while, we managed to get through the monsters and reached a room. The room is so dark and eerie, well it's a prison after all. Lunette uses her magic again to light the room, but she looks pretty tired right now. I think our walking lamp needs a rest for a while. And the other party members seem tired as well even if they don't show it openly. I don't think keeping going is a good option for now.
Loir speaks with his calm tone but there is a slight hint of pants coming from his mouth, "Let's keep going a bit more."
I was surprised and I quickly spoke up to him, "Loir, I don't think keeping going is a good option for now. Lunette is tired, you and Leo are injured as well, and so am I. I know it's my fault to let my guard down before, but we can't keep going like this."
Loir shakes his head after hearing my protest then speaks, "Luna, you don't know this place yet. This is the first time you're here, after all."
I gulp a bit then speak again, "Yes, so what?"
He continues with a calm tone and slight stern, "This place isn't safe, at least not here. This place is so dark, and in the dungeons there are a lot of dangerous traps. Even if it's scary, detention rooms are the safest place in dungeons."
What? How? Isn't it more dangerous? It's not like we can rest in that eerie and bloody place. What is he thinking?
Leo chuckles and explains it to me, "Luna, detention rooms have no traps in it. And monsters don't use it as a territory since they usually breed pretty quick. Detention rooms are too small for them as a territory."
Ah… I see, maybe I can't think clearly right now. It's true this is my first experience, maybe I just need to listen to them who are more senior than us. I think we can't rest when we know there are hidden traps around us, huh?
We continued our journey in the twelfth level to find a safe place to rest. The corridor is so dark and so eerie. As expected from a buried dungeon in a cave. As far as we walk, there is no treasure or ancient weapon. Maybe those things are very rare and not all monsters collect those things. Maybe a humanoid type monster such as ghoul or draugr or revenant likes to collect those things. Well, there are some legacy from the past people, even I never heard someone found it by themself. I just heard a rumor from people in the library.
We finally reached the thirteenth level of the dungeon, we've been walking too far for now. We occasionally have a rest before, but not after the groups of monsters attacked us. This level is for prisoners, which means the detention rooms.
"Alright, maybe we're safe here. Detention rooms are used for them to imprison their enemies. I don't know what happened before until they made a dungeon, but based on my experience, there are no traps or monsters on this floor. Let's have a rest now, but be careful."
All of us nodded and began to rest. Lunette and Leo sit on the ground, probably because they're too tired for now. Even in this condition, Leo still has his teasing manner with Lunette and always has time to annoy her. Loir sits and takes a rest as well before pulling out a lunch box for us to eat. He is signaling us to approach him to eat together.