Fenrir

I identify the intruder who had called my dungeon easy.

Name: Hank

Race: Human

EXP Level: 2

Cultivation Level: 0

The guy is only Level 2?

What gives him the confidence to call my dungeon easy?

I briefly go through his party members and identify each one of them.

As I reach the last member of his party, I get a notification along with the status of the intruder.

Name: Jennifer

Race: Human

EXP Level: 1

Cultivation Level: 0

System Notification:

Congratulations!

Your skill 'Identify' has leveled up to level 3!

Hmm?

It's about time that skill leveled up again.

"His party members are all either level 1 or level 2, so I don't know where he is getting his confidence from," I point out to Dawn.

"Really?" Dawn exclaims in surprise, "I would have expected them to be stronger."

"Yeah," I mutter while watching them slowly struggle their way through the first floor.

The intruder Hank gets caught in the jaws of one of the wolves in the seventh room before another one of his team members kills the wolf and pries its jaws off of him.

"For someone who said that my dungeon would be easy to clear, he sure is having a hard time with my first floor," I mutter in amusement.

Dawn shifts color from blue to pink without saying anything.

By the time the intruders reach the final room of the first floor, they are completely covered in wounds from the wolves.

As soon as they enter the final room, Olivia stands up and howls.

The two wolves next to her stand up as well and rush in the direction of the intruders.

Meanwhile, the intruders begin to appear afraid, especially when the door behind them seals itself shut.

They raise their weapons with trembling hands as Olivia stares at them.

She then bursts into a sprint towards them, startling one of them into tripping over his own feet.

This leads into a downwards spiral of unfortunate events for the intruders as one of the other intruders tries to take a step backwards and trips over the first intruder.

By the time Olivia and the wolves reach the intruders, they are already distracted and stumbling about.

Olivia immediately tears into the first intruder, shredding him with her claws while the other two wolves latch onto the shoulder and bicep of another intruder.

"I guess this group isn't very interesting after all," Dawn says in disappointment.

"Yeah," I mutter before adding, "At least they will give me some EXP."

Leon

"Hey, Leon!" I hear someone call my name as I head towards the Mercenaries Guild with Aidan.

I turn to towards the voice and find Kat walking towards me.

"What do you need?" I ask her as she reaches us.

Kat actually looks nervous for once as she says, "Well, my father would like to meet with you at some point in the future."

"Your... Father?" I repeat in confusion.

Why would the King of the Drezar Kingdom want to talk to me?

Is it because his daughter is in my party?

Kat nods her head and says, "I can't say for sure, but I think he was wanting to discuss some possible trade deals between the Drezar Kingdom and Wolfdenn."

"Really?" I say incredulously.

Why would a nation's King reach out to discuss trade with a random independent city, regardless of its status as a Dungeon City?

"We are heading over to the Mercenaries Guild to talk with the Guildmaster. Would you like to join us?" I ask Kat, deciding to just wait and see what he wants whenever he arrives.

She nods her head again and says, "Sure."

I turn to Aidan and nod before continuing towards the Mercenaries Guild again.

"Why are there so few quests in this place!" I hear someone shout as I open the front door to the Mercenaries Guild building.

I think I recognize that voice...

"It is still just a new Dungeon City. You shouldn't expect very much from it yet," another voice says as I enter the building.

A familiar cold voice suddenly interrupts their conversation and says, "If all you are going to do is complain, then please leave."

Good old Alexa Thorne. Just as cold and blunt as always.

"What the hell?" I mutter the second the owners of the voices come into view.

Why is Arthur Fox here?

I notice a faint grimace emerge on Kat's face the second she sees Arthur.

Looks like I am not the only one who wishes he wasn't here.

Suddenly, a familiar voice can be heard from the stairs behind the receptionist's desk, "Hey, Leon! Are you here yet?"

The voice catches Arthur's attention, making him turn to look at Pallus as he climbs down the stairs.

"Pallus? What are you doing here?" Arthur asks in confusion.

The smile drops from Pallus' face the instant he hears Arthur's question.

"I could ask you the same thing," Pallus says as he reaches the ground floor.

He then glances towards me and nods his head before looking back at Arthur again.

"I came here to meet the City Lord, but decided to check out the Guild first," Arthur says with a sneer on his face.

He seriously came here to meet with me?

Please go away.

Pallus snickers before saying, "Oh?"

Out of the corner of my eye, I notice Kat covering her mouth as if holding back laughter.

Arthur puffs his chest out and says, "Yes, and I am sure that the City Lord will treat me with the respect I am owed."

Kat can't seem to hold back her laughter anymore and lets out a few snickers, drawing Arthur's attention to us.

Arthur's eyes widen in surprise upon seeing Kat.

"W-what are you doing here Katherine?" He asks with his voice cracking a little.

Oh?

Well, that's interesting.

"Am I not supposed to be here?" Kat says in an obviously irritated tone.

Arthur averts his eyes from Kat as he says, "N-no, I didn't mean that. I just wasn't expecting to see you here."

He then tries to act as if she isn't here as he asks the receptionist, "Enough of this. Do you know where the City Lord is?"

Alexa's eyes widen before she glances towards me in confusion.

Arthur notices and turns to look at me.

"Wait, I remember you. You're that commoner that is in a group with Pallus, right?" He says with a sneer.

My brows furrow in irritation.

Kat and Pallus share a glance before they both suddenly start smirking.

What are you two planning?

Pallus suddenly asks Kat, "So Kat, you came along with the City Lord to see the Guildmaster?"

Arthur's eyes widen upon hearing this, but Kat responds to him before Arthur can say anything, "Yeah, I had to pass a message on to Leon from my father and decided to join him on the way here."

Arthur glances between the two before looking at Aidan and then me.

"Wait... This commoner is the City Lord!" Arthur shouts in surprise.