Simon's POV

Simon was supposed to conquer the world with his power but inside of Allastar he couldn't even use it, that was because he had already been using the resist death power.

"Come on you like it don't you"

Homestrike said as he was dominating her from behind, after all the mouth could still bite.

Domina was trying to crawl away but was forcefully pulled back again, her only hope was that Mary would soon log out but it was pointless since she wouldn't know when she logs out or not, she wasn't in her friend list or party.

After ending with her Homestrike had ordered the whole team to return just so that Domina could enter their party, he said that he would help her level up and show her that he was not a bad guy.

Simon really doubted that, as before even starting, all of them saw that Domina had negative health. Of course non of them knew why it was negative but they surely wouldn't spare healing potions for someone with millions of negative health, even all their magic and potions together wouldn't heal that kind of damage.

Domina however could see her own level rise drasticaly as they descended once more down the dungeon, she even had a VIP threatment by the others, all but Homestrike and Meteorball. Homestrike she hated and Meteorball was just too nerdy, he didn't even care about her being a lady, he acted towards her like he did to anyone else.

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Mary's POV

Mary and the others were now looking for another entrance to go through since they didn't want to go through the same entrance with the Homestrike and the others, although in the end they would probably end up at the same place.

"Galie what was that about your father being a Djinni that chick said"

Mary asked, she was still somewhat interested in what Domina had said before they left.

"Don't even ask, that person is a devil in disguise, he will take your soul for a wish"

Lidie said and Galie nodded, she too thought that he was too greedy and selfish.

"That hurts"

A voice came from behind them.

"And here I thought that I could have some quality time with my daughter but instead I hear them slander me as if I did something bad"

The three of them turned and saw a cloaked man wearing a drama mask sitting on a stone.

"Go away dad! I don't want to see you ever again!"

Galie shouted like mad, she looked very emotionaly unstable at the moment.

"Are you sure, as I see it you are just tired, you should relax and rest"

He said and they saw Galie suddenly calming down and sitting on a stone besides him, her pupils diluted and like a mindless doll she sat there calm and silent.

"Come here, I'm sure you are not as angry with me as Galie, I really don't know from whom she took from, I don't remember being so unreasonable"

Darknym said and Lidie to that wanted to snort but thought better not to draw unneeded attantion to herself.

"Are you Galie's father?"

Mary asked, she didn't understand much of what had happened but she knew that he hypnotized his own daughter to calm her down.

"You must be a terrible parent for Galie to hate you so much, what exactly did you do to earn her hatred"

"Well in part it's Lidie's fault, in part mine"

He said making Lidie's face somewhat pale but anger begun building up a little.

"Don't bullshit me, you are clearly oppressing her and try to act benevolent while you don't even care what she wants, you probably have never just sat down and talked to her like parent and child"

Mary said rather accusingly, trying to get a response since Galie just sat there listening calmly.

"Well I don't think that protecting ones child is called oppression, she has her own freedoms and I have mine but as for benevolence and talks, if she ever wants to she can always ask for things, but I hate when people try to use her"

Darknym said while playing with Galie's hair.

Galie pouted like a child and tried to shake his hand off but she could not, inside the game her strength was inadequate.

"Why don't you let her speak freely then?"

Mary said knowing that he had her under some psychic power of the hypnotic type.

"Why not"

Darknym said and Instantly Galie calmed down and he begun playing with her hair once more.

"Dad, I hate how insensible you are, I hate how selfish and brutal you are at times, why can't you be a little more kind and loving to others, make some friends of the world and relax for a while, your work won't go anywhere even if you take a break, I really like it here, I really don't want to leave"

Galie said, but it was more like she was even more deeply hypnotised, each word was as if it came from the depths of her mind.

"See she said nothing about oppression and the other things you said, she just doesn't like my personality and wants to stay for a while longer, is that my fault?"

He said and suddenly Galie woke up.

"Dad how dare you peak at my thoughts!"

She shouted but she didn't dare to attack him in any way.

"Wait, to begin with there are also things I hate about you"

Darknym said making Galie open her mouth wide in surprise.

"Why are you always acting like a child, you are an adult act a little more mature or at least become a teenager or something, find a boyfriend or at least try to enjoy your life a little, Lidie why do you have to embark my Galie on a fool's errant, you're no better than Simon that piece of shit but at least he's honest with himself"

Darknym's words shocked them to the core, Mary had nothing to say, after all Galie was a little too childish as for Lidie saying nonsense about making a revolution group of her own Mary too disagreed with the idea, not only was it dangerous but it was also stupid, why did they even need to do something like that, after all they had come to a game to play and have fun but all they had done in all those days was train like crazy.

If Mary had to give a meaning to having bad company, then Lidie was it, she somewhat ruined her fun as well and tried to ruin Galie's experience as well.

"Lets leave it at that, why don't we go to that dungeon of yours I want to see how good you have become after all your training, after all you must be quite comfident to have come on a dungeon raid"

Darknym said and with a move of his hand they were all teleported next to one of the entrances.

"Lets go"

He said and they went on, they could hear some screams and moans from the distance but they disregarded them altogether since it was probably Domina.

"There they are!"

Mary shouted as she once more spotted the skeleton warriors.

"Stop!"

Darknym shouted as he saw that they were about to charge them.

"The scouting was okay but why charge at three higher level monsters, you must first lure one towards you and defeat them one at a time"

Darknym said surprising both Lidie and Mary but Galie was rather amazed, she as if mentaly wrote it down.

"If we could do that we would have done that long ago"

Mary said, she had tried it once but her stealth and speed wasn't good enough to hold two skeletons at bay.

"Galie, use your telekinesis to bring that one over here"

Darknym said and Galie to their surprise did just that, she brought the whole skeleton warrior towards them as if levitating him through the air.

Of course she looked somewhat worn out after she landed him but it was no big deal since Psychic powers weren't something that could be used up.

"Mary you must hold his attention while Lidie will only sneak attack, Galie you take out your healing staff, and begin healing any damage he might do to Mary"

Darknym's commands were rather effective, they were working as a team and in no time the skeleton was at critical health.

"Galie do it Now!"

Darknym said as Mary's Health points were rather low. they had to somewhat minimize the use of magic if they wanted to reach the lower levels as now the second skeleton was down and they gained some experience, they needed 900 exp for each level and half experience from a level 100 skeleton warrior were already a good amount of that.

Galie's level was late 80s(88) while Lidi was already at the early 90s(91), Mary was already 95 but they needed 1000 exp per level, not too much if you think about it but if the monsters they fought before gave at most 10-20exp it was a hustle to gain even one level.

Darknym Yawned as he saw them now fighting the last skeleton warrior, it wasn't that the battle was boring, but their way of fighting was too repetitive, they just chipped at it's health with their weapons until they killed it, slowly but surely Mary didn't even got hit now, of course fighing 3vs1 was much easier than 1 on 1..

"You do know that all monsters have weaknesses and weak spots for you to take advantage of?"

Darknym asked sounding as bored as he could.

"Mary please try focusing your knives to the inbetween of the skeleton's bones, it's neck is quite vulnerable after all"

The girls were left with a feeling of irritation rather than accomplishment, it was as if he was reprimenting them and schooling them at the same time.

"Don't be angry, once you learn some things about the game I'll be off nagging someone else"

Darknym said and all they could do was heavily exhale in submission after all they were too weak to fight the monsters in the dungeon and it was much safer with him there.

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Simon's POV

"What's he doing?"

Simon asked as he saw Meteorball methodically looking through the decorations and other props they passed along the way.

"He's looking for any hidden loot or secret, he's somewhat wacky about lossing treasures"

Homestrike said as they saw Meteorball lifting a table and shouting.

"I found it!"

To their surprise he had found a trapdoor going downstairs from the second floor to the third.

"Do we even need it, we can just dominate the boss and go downstairs"

Homestrike said somewhat irritated, after all the monsters were too easy for them.

"Home the second boss is a Lich who can do some area damage, if we go your damsel might be in real danger and you won't be able to do a thing and he won't leave any good loot for us anyway, we have already lost enough days we have to take all the shortcuts we can find if we want to reach the bottom floor"

Meteorball said and normaly it would sound right but Domina's health was already negative to begin with.

"Since I have wasted so much time, it's not a sin to go down a little faster"

Homestrike agreed, after all he didn't care much about the low level monsters of the early floors.

You have to understand that Homestrike and Lidie's groups have a small time difference in time as Lidie's group went inside before him, but Homestrike and his group travel much faster than Lidie's group who take an hour just to fight a few skeletons.

In a blink of an Eye they were now on the third floor.

"Scouts do your Job better, Domina almost died by that poison trap"

Homestrike said although they could tell that it wasn't so.

"Ice Skeletons!"

The scouts shouted, Ice skeletons weren't even considered skeletons in the first place, they were elementals that were formed of Ice combined with a piece of a departed soul.

"Homestrike take out your fire equipment, this floor is as good as over"

Meteorball said confidently, with the two of them as vanguard there were few obstacles that could block their way in this low level dungeon.

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Galie's POV

"You must gather these to gain a herb gathering skill"

Darknym said as he showed them some strange vines and fern that was all over the wall.

In a way they would have been thankfull for the tips he gave them but his attitude was more than enough to make anybody angry. He acted like a king but he wouldn't even lift a finger to help them, they weren't even in the same party, but he was rather bossy and cruel to them in his own way.

"Stop!"

He shouted once more.

"Mary please do a better job at scouting"

He said as he threw a stone on a block and spikes rapidly rose from the ground intented to kill anyone who stepped there.

In truth Mary did it on purpose since Darknym would be the one to passed through there but she couldn't even "tck" as to not give herself away.

"Galie please try using your psychic powers from time to time, you can prevent many dangerous situations from happening like I did just now"

Darknym reprimented her, the reason was that she almost stepped on another undetected by Mary trap, after all her skill for detecting traps was so-so.

Suddenly they heard Mary's distressed cry from a distance.

"Help!"

She called as she was chased by an enormous skeleton hulk who run like a gorilla on all four. To imagine how it looks you can take the image of a badly made golem made of bones, lacking a neck and only having a strange face made of bones to see and talk. Its limps were made entirely of bones and some bones could be seen shooting out of its body as it moved.

"Lidie, Galie This opponent you cannot win, normally the best plan is to run but since you have me here I will help you while at the same time, give you an educational display of how to play after you gain a few levels"

Darknym said as he cast some spells on himself.

"Buffs raise your stats and help overpower or equalize a disadvantageous situation"

He said and simply charged at Mary's direction.

His speed was far from legendary, it was mediocre and could even be described as slow. In his hands he had two daggers which weren't there before, he shot one at the hulk's head drawing it's attention and then dodged the incoming blow.

"By attacking a monster you have a good chance of catching it's attention, well for now lets talk about larger oponents"

He said avoiding another close blow, normaly he had suffered some damage from the aftershock but it wasn't visible at all.

"Large oponents may not be slow but they have lower chances to spot something smaller than themselves, for instance, I could distract it's attention and hide in its blind spot"

He said throwing his second dagger at his head and suddenly moved away from it by moving through it's blind spots, right under it's arm.

The large creature was somewhat confused at the moment as its target visibly dissapeared.

"The real weakness of giants are their slow reflexes but skeletons don't really have those so it's more like leaving it's line of sight sneakily"

He said and quickly ducked as the skeletal hulk turned around but still couldn't see him.

He was too close and the creature lacked a neck to see right behow his torcho the ducking Darknym.

He did a tumble forward and was now once more behind it

"Now a lesson for Lidie"

He said as a shield and a sword appeared in his hands.

"If the enemy is too strong, instead of blocking you have to redirect their blows, that is more easily done with your shield rather than your sword"

He said, of course he didn't redirect the hulkling's blow, he just moved the shield at an angle to reduce the impanct on the shield and be pushed to the side from where he swung his sword at it.

His swings didn't seem extravagant or strong but they were rather fast and somewhat efficient, if you think about it the damage wasn't determined entirely by the strength you put in the blow, the weapon payed a lot of matter.

"Now I will try to redirect it's blow, look carefully"

They saw him twist his body somehow strangely as if he was about to do a twist in place.

Once the fist arrived he jumped and twisted in the air, both the fist and him were sent flying into opposite sides nailing him to the wall but giving an opening for others to attack.

Darknym didn't seem too injured as he was momentarily back on his feet.

"Well so much for reflecting this guy, lets teach you how to better use the shield when you are on equal grounds"

He said and at the same time by opening his shield like a door opening redirected another puch to the side and swung with his sword once more.

"This is the simplest way to use your shield"

He said as he closed the shield in front of him as if it was a closed door that blocked him from all incoming damage.

"Now for the use of swords"

He said while blocking a blow from the monstrous skeleton hulk, not even giving it an inch as if they were equals.

"Medieval swords are more efficient in piercing"

He said as he did the same thing like before with his shield, only now he rapidly pierced at the monster with a sharp movement and was back in basic stance before it could even recollect itself.

"Last tip for you Lidie, you can always move around, staying in the same place is always disadvantageous unless you of course have some srategic advantage at the place you stand or a trap laid"

He said as he circled the undead beast that tried to hit him but he swiftly evaded before even the blow came to hit him and countered easily by piercing with his sword.

"Now Galie, you have such strong psychic powers but you use them so inefficiently, well I could always teach you how to use a staff better"

He said as he threw the shield and shord at the monster, in his hands he now had a staff and he was already at a safe distance from it.

"Staffs have medium range and might or might not be able to cast spells, please don't fight opponents with magic staffs as if they were plain wood, they are both expensive and might simply break"

He said, as he now hopped like a rabid backwards while making balance with his staff.

"You can use a staff in multiple ways"

He said as he used it as a lever to proppel himself over the skeleton's head, once more appearing behind it, of course it didn't even need a few seconds to turn and start chasing him once more, but this time it fell as he had positioned the staff against its leg the other side facing the floor. A pity that the staff cracked but the giant hulkling was down.

"Now how about I use the staff somewhat differently"

He said as he made another staff out of thin air appear. The hulk was slowly lifting it's large body off the ground, it was somewhat hard for it to support it's weight with it's arms as it was rather badly made, it had no knees at all after all.

"Of course the greatest thing about a staff is their versatility, you can attack both up and down quite easily when using a staff"

He said as he stepped to the side and shoved the staff towards the giants legs and then hit his head with the other end of the staff.

It wasn't really moving so fast but it looked rather irritated as it pounted the ground with both its arms towards his location. He simply let the staff in place and side stepped, the staff somehow stopped the strike for a few seconds and cracked once more.

"Galie by the way would you like to see how to better use your martial arts?"

He said taking another staff out.

He didn't even wait for a reply as he jumped into the air like an acrobat who just stepped on a trampoline and simply stoped in the middle of the air, as the fist passed near him, moved vertically with his telekinesis, fell downwards jumped once more and did some pretty strange moves, he hadn't attacked even once or so the two girls thought but Galie could easily see him restlessly attack the monster with his telekinesis, as if sending fists of air onto its body.

The monster not being able to anticipate his movement missed terribly, it was after all impossible to anticipate if he would fall or rise or go sideways or backwards after stoping in midair and then moving and stoping and moving again.

"Well later you won't need to use this style to fight but at the moment it's the best I can come up with"

He said as he teleported his staff in the giant's mouth and used it as a lever to crack it open wider.

"Now let me see what you have learned"

He said as the skeleton rose once more looking at them with his void eyes, its health having reached critical condition.