Undying Warlord

After Dilan’s battle had concluded which the three women had watched keenly, they were all in deep thoughts. None of them was worried about the dangers of the Blood Monarch’s Sanctum anymore.

The Instance Dungeon created trials according to the Tier and Level of the participants that entered the Instance Dungeon. Thus, with Dilan by their side, it was near-impossible to sustain injuries, let alone die, inside the Blood Monarch’s Sanctum for those who were with him.

This allowed the three women to think a lot and reconsider ways how they could become stronger.

“Stats and Equipment are the two major factors of Dilan’s strength, but he doesn’t really use tactics to fight his opponents. Maybe we could become strong the opposite way by using tactics combined with a bunch of abilities to be as powerful as Dilan?” Yvonne wondered upon recalling how Dilan had fought.

His brute force had been more than enough to defeat all the monsters on the steppe. However, that didn’t mean he would come out victorious against more intelligent and cunning opponents the moment they would exploit his straightforward combat style.

[The second trial ‘Monster hunt’ has been concluded. All monsters have been hunted, extra points will be rewarded to the participants upon clearing the Instance Dungeon!]

[The 3rd Trial has been initiated– ‘Traps’!]

When the two system notifications reached them, the four participants were teleported to a different space. They found themselves in an empty, dimly lit up floor.

The hallway was five meters in height and width, and it was not possible for them to see the end of the floor.

“Why are these trials so weird? First, we learned a technique, then we fought monsters, and now we have to pass through a hallway filled with traps…” Victoria was displeased with the trials. She had expected the Blood Monarch’s Sanctum to be somewhat related to the Vampire race and that it might even be a heritage place of the Blood Monarch.

However, there had only been three techniques related to blood, or traits that all the Vampires instinctively possessed in all floors of the Library. Other than that, there was nothing related to Vampires in the Instance Dungeon and that bothered Victoria, further worsening her already bad mood.

After all, she was already bothered thinking that Dilan might leave the Undying Group and her as well the moment they would turn useless for him and he wouldn’t gain anything from them anymore.

This thought was the most frustrating if one were to ignore that she had no idea the person Dilan was. If not for his sacred blood, the way he fought, or the attitude he showed when dealing with others, she wouldn’t have a single clue to what or who Dilan was.

“This is way too annoying. I’m dealing with this and you guys can come once I’ve triggered all traps!” Dilan said and activated [Switch] to reallocate 100 units of his Stamina to his Health, before activating [Thunder Step] and [Second Acceleration].

That way, his body would easily survive everything thrown at him, while his Agility would handle the rest.

Dashing forward, Dilan turned into a purple flash. He left behind blurred afterimages and activated various traps. These included poisoned arrows shooting out of the sides, endlessly deep pits opening on the ground, armors suddenly gaining life and thrashing everything around them, and many more traps that were installed in the seemingly endless floor.

The three women could only see the purple flash Dilan left behind and the response of all the traps Dilan triggered. From the noises they heard, the hallway was much longer and broader than they initially expected, but that didn’t seem to be important to Dilan because not even a minute had elapsed before the system notifications reached everyone.

[The first participant has reached the final destination of the 3rd Trial. Because the participant broke a record that was deemed impossible, extra points will be rewarded to the participant!]

[Upon completing the 3rd Trial, the participant is eligible to advance to the first Solo Trial, the 4th Trial also known as Blood Demons]

It had been no problem for Dilan to rush through the hallway but upon looking back he realized that his actions had left behind lots of destruction.

Blazing flames erupted on some parts of the surrounding area, angry scorch marks from bolts of lightning, deep gashes from wind blades and other projectiles, and much more.

‘I should go back to see how the others are doing,’ Dilan thought with a grimace.

He rushed back at a much slower pace this time as he had to focus a little on the pits in front of him. It would be a bit problematic if he were to fall in one of the pits by accident, after all.

“Looks like you guys don’t need any help,” Dilan said, smiling lightly at the three women who were being carried by Undeads.

Yvonne rolled her eyes at his comment before she looked at him for some time.

“You should understand that you’re not the only one who can become stronger!” She grits her teeth and uttered while pointing at him.

Somehow, Dilan felt that Yvonne was angry at him, but he didn’t really understand why.

“Isn’t that obvious?” He thus asked, tilting his head in confusion.

Yvonne looked at him feeling appalled as she had nothing left to say. Dilan was truly dense and devoid of common sense in her opinion.

He could easily enrage others and make things worse simply by giving the perfect answer. That only worsened the situation further and made him look like a snob at times.

Thus, Dilan ended up feeling even more confused than the three women, who were being carried by Yvonne’s Undeads who passed by him.

Their expressions were different from what they used to be earlier, which was something Dilan didn’t understand either.

‘Why do I feel like I did something wrong by rushing through the Traps’ trial? I just wanted to avoid the nuisance of slowly passing through them…’ He wondered.

He disliked traps simply because they were annoying. With that in mind and the fact that his Health stat was extremely high, Dilan hadn’t been all that worried as he passed through the few-kilometer-long hallway.

In the end, Dilan knew that it was too difficult to attempt to understand women, which was enough reason for him not to abandon unraveling the mystery of what went inside their heads, to begin with.

In comparison to the women by his side, it seemed much easier for him to get along with Ariel Silvertale.

Their relationship could be considered purely professional because they exchanged information in a subtle manner but Dilan had also noticed that it was much easier for the mysterious woman, if she was a woman to begin with, to extract information out of him.

He was pretty sure that Ariel Silvertale was a powerful Ascender and that she could socialize very well. This made it easier for her to get her hands on important information.

Meanwhile, Dilan struggled to improve his communication skills, especially with the three women who had entered the Blood Monarch’s Sanctum along with him.

If Dilan were to pick a select few that were somewhat close to him, he would definitely say that Victoria, Yvonne, and Kathrine were amongst the few people he cared for.

But his care was not related to having romantic feelings for them in any way. Rather, he saw traits from his sisters in the three women every now and then, even if it were just certain exclaimers or other tiny portions of their behavior, and that made him want to protect them.

Were his sisters fine?