Raised in Dungeon

Leaving the room, they came to another hallway. On the way, Felicia repeatedly fell on her face because the holes suddenly appeared on the ground. And Wulfgeat laughed many times because of it.

"I will not tolerate this humiliation, Wulfgeat! I will tell father about your behavior!" Felicia shouted.

"Yes, do it, lady. Tell him that you were insulted by me for falling so many times," replied Wulfgeat while holding back his laughter.

Then

-Bugg!

This time it was Wulfgeat who fell.

"BUAHAHAHAHA" Felicia, She laughed out loud next to Wulfgeat's head, no longer caring about how her face looked when laughing.

Wulfgeat, with a poker face, got back up and walked without looking back.

-Bugg!

Once again, someone fell.

It was Allen; his right foot went into the hole, and his longsword fell to the ground.

"HAHAHA, Allen got stuck too!" mocked Felicia.

Felicia's laughter sounded funny, making Lavinia laugh, but she tried to hold back her laughter.

"Ugh!"

Lavinia picked up Allen's fallen sword and gave it to Allen.

Allen rudely picked up his sword and continued walking forward.

Lavinia could only stand still, enduring her hands' and hearts' pain.

They arrived at another door.

Unlike the previous one, Wulfgeat only pushed the other side while preparing to hold his sword. Allen and Lavinia also became a little more alert.

"Allen, protect Lady Felicia," Lavinia said.

Allen didn't answer her; he just stood in front of Felicia.

Wulfgeat opened the door.

Inside, about ten goblins were gathered in the chamber's center.

Realizing the door was opened, the goblins immediately looked at them.

"QUMAN!!!" the goblin shouted.

The goblin picked up its weapon and lunged at Wulfgeat. Before it could, Lavinia hit the goblin with her staff.

Wulfgeat came forward, stabbing the other goblins approaching, followed by Lavinia, who protected Wulfgeat's back as much as she could.

'This commoner girl is sure talented. She was just a medic but could provide support in the field. The rumor about her being the best priestess might be right. and I don't like it.' Thought Wulfgeat.

As for Allen and Felicia, who were outside the door, they just stood still, as most of the goblins didn't even reach them.

After a few minutes, Wulfgeat and Lavinia had almost killed all the goblins, and left one for Felicia to kill.

"Lady, here you are," Wulfgeat said.

Felicia had her sword ready from earlier; by watching their fight, she knew she had to kill the goblin just like they did.

Lavinia and Wulfgeat stepped backwards, as did Allen.

The goblin wasn't wearing any weapons, so it shouldn't be too dangerous.

"Hyaaat!" Felicia came forward, trying to stab the goblin, but the goblin jumped at her.

"AAAAKH!" Felicia shouted as she brought her sword closer to her body.

As a result, Felicia's hand was clawed by the goblin.

"It hurts!" cried Felicia.

But Felicia immediately regained her composure because people were watching her. She didn't want to look pathetic in front of anyone. So she endured the pain, held back her tears, and held her sword firmly.

"careful… careful… careful." Felicia muttered over and over again.

'calm down, Felicia, you can see the movement; it should be easy,' Felicia thought, trying to convince herself.

Felicia increased her focus and then looked at the goblin again.

"HYAT!"

Then -THRUST

Felicia managed to stab it.

But her stab wasn't deep enough. The goblin immediately fled from her.

"I FAILED!" shouted Felicia as she closed her eyes slightly.

"Lady, don't close your eyes!" yelled Lavinia.

Felici immediately opened her eyes, and it turned out that the goblin wasn't attacking her; the goblin was in pain, holding the chest that Felicia had stabbed earlier.

"AGHU! AGHU! QUMAN! QURTS!" The goblin screamed, yelled, and cried.

"Kill it now!" shouted Wulfgeat.

But Felicia could only stand still as the goblin crawled as best it could out of the room. When Felicia saw the goblin hurt, she realized she had stabbed it. She wondered how it would feel to be stabbed like that if she were a goblin. It must hurt. Felicia then subconsciously let go of her rapier.

"Haaah Haaah Haaah," she gasped for air, recalling the sensation she felt as she stabbed the goblin's flesh with her trembling hand.

"Lady, take your rapier!" shouted Felicia.

Felicia attempted to pick up her dropped rapier. She needed to kill the goblin to improve and grow stronger.

Then suddenly, Allen walked and approached the goblin.

-Swung

"AARGH!!! AAAAAH!!! AAAH!!! QUMAN!!! QURTS!!! QUMAN QATES!!!"

Allen cut off the goblin's arms and legs, which made it unable to run anywhere. Allen then threw the goblin's body in front of Felicia.

"Allen?" said a confused Felicia.

"Kill it; I've made it unable to move. Even if it moves, you should be able to kill it."

Felicia saw the goblin's face. He was crying and moaning like he was begging for mercy.

"It's taken so long... Maybe it's not time for you to do this? Do you want to give up?" asked Allen.

"N-no! There's no way I'm giving up!"

Felicia lifted her sword, pointing it at the goblin's sprawled body.

"AAAaaAAaAaaaAA!" The goblin screamed in terror while crying.

"Do it!" said Allen.

Then

"HYAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" while screaming, Felicia stabbed the goblin's body.

"Xie cou! Xie cou! Quman qate! Onexac akk cou xestrocex!" the goblin shouted until he died.

"W-what did he say?" asked Felicia.

"Die you, die you, human hate, one day all you destroyed," Allen says.

Hearing that answer, Felicia became nauseous and suddenly thought about why she should kill the goblin. The goblin was already immobilized, and Felicia's life wasn't threatened at all, but she killed it.

"Wait… Allen, do you understand monster language?" asked Felicia.

Allen was silent, then Wulfgeat approached them.

"HAHAHA Nonsense, Lady. Please don't believe it. How can any human speak the monster language?!" said Wulfgeat.

Allen didn't reply to his words, and neither did Lavinia, who remained silent even though she knew that Allen could.

"Do we need to rest first?" Lavinia asked Felicia. But Wulfgeat immediately replied

"No need; there's a better place to rest ahead."

"Wait a minute, sir, we should at least give lady a soul-strengthening amnis."

"Whatever."

Lavinia made a fire symbol in front of Felicia and activated the amnis

"Angel's heart," Lavinia muttered.

Thanks to that, Felicia immediately felt better.

After a few seconds, they continued walking outside.

...

"Miss Lavinia, this is the first floor; how can there be monsters here when the first floor has already been completed?" asked Felicia.

"It's because of the demonic mana, my lady. Dungeons always produce demonic mana. That demonic mana gives monsters life. For example, those slimes were just a collection of liquids in the dungeon until the demonic mana gave them a soul. As for goblins, they mostly come from the second and third floors. Because they're weak, they can't get food on the lower floors, so they have to go upstairs to steal human goods and food."

"Then why not just seal the second floor's hole? So they cannot go upstairs."

"No one wants to do it. Because dungeon explorers also need monsters. And since they won't come out of the dungeon, no one thinks it's necessary to seal the hole."

In the middle of their conversation, Wulfgeat called out

"Hey, hurry up, we arrive," Yelled Wulfgeat.

They finally reached the end of the first-floor hallway. And somehow, Allen seemed to remember that place. It was a chamber that looked similar to the Barkaley dungeon, the place where his mother died. But unlike Barkaley's dungeon, there was a very large hole in the center.

Seeing that place made the fire of hatred inside Allen's heart arouse. Allen felt like going back in time, seeing his mother dead in front of him.

"What is this hole, Mr Wulfgeat?" asked Lavinia.

"You don't know about this? This hole appeared about two months ago. No one knows how deep it is, but the explorer on the fifth floor also found the same hole."

"Does that mean it's connected to the fifth floor or further?"

"No idea."

Lavinia stepped forward, looking into the hole. And it was true; she couldn't see the bottom, only that she could occasionally see a monster flying down there.

"That's the Crimson bird! That means we can only see up to the third floor. Do they never fly up?"

"As far as I heard, never, probably because the demonic mana on the first floor is soft. Let's go to that room. We should rest first before going to the second floor." Wulfgeat said.

"What room? And why are we eating there?" asked Felicia, confused.

Lavinia answered, "It's a resting room, a place that exists on every floor, and there's no demonic mana in it, and it's the only clean place in the dungeon."

Hearing Lavinia's explanation, Allen immediately realized what room it was.

It was the room he used as his home in the barkaley dungeon. Where he grew up and where he lived with his mother.

"Miss Lavinia, please open the door; let me look for the Chrysanthedad flower."

"Yes, sir."

Wulfgeat went to the corner, where there was a pink-white flower.

"Why would Wulfgeat need to take that flower?" asked Felicia.

"The Chrysanthedad flower is a flower that can absorb the poison in monster flesh. So by using that flower, we can eat monster meat," said Lavinia as she walked to the door.

"Monster meat?! We're going to eat monster meat?!"

"Yep, depending on how you cook it, it can be delicious; I wasn't used to eating it before I got trapped in the Barkley dungeon, but ever since I got trapped in the Barkley dungeon, I've-"

Lavinia unconsciously said the moment the Queen Orc captured her and made Allen cook for her, then she immediately looked around, looking for Allen. She was afraid that Allen wouldn't like it if she told him, and actually, she didn't like telling people either.

"Where's Allen?" asked Lavinia.

But Lavinia didn't see him.

"Over there." Felicia pointed behind Lavinia. It turned out that Allen was at the door of the room.

'Allen... what do you intend to do?' Lavinia thought with worry.

Allen stood there, looking at the door for a long time while fantasizing that everything he had been through had never happened.

"What if...

What if everything was just a dream...

What if, when I open this door, I can see the tree...

Then inside, various weapons have been forged...

Then, if I sleep there at nightfall, I'll hear the noise of forging swords...

If that happens... I'll never come out again...

I will never come out of the dungeon again...

I will forever be in there, spending my time with my only happiness." Allen thought while holding the octagon-shaped handle in front of him.

Allen pulled the handle, opening the door.

Then, from inside the door, a bright light shone out, so bright that it was almost blinding.

With tears in his eyes, Allen murmured

"Mom, I'm home."