"Don't worry about it; just trust me."

And so, hearing her young master say this, Isabelle had no words to say.

Who told her to be just a maid? The only thing she could do now was to focus, obey, and make sure no one harmed her young master.

Thinking of this, under her hood, her pupils turned a shade of red, ready to act at a moment's notice.

And Lyra beside her, sensing this change of aura, also began to stir her manaheart, getting ready to act at any moment.

A move that made Damien in front have a wry smile

"Sigh… why do the people around me seem to be fighting maniacs?"

However, despite thinking this, he did not stop them, as he too began to mobilize his mana and aura cores.

After all, there was no one-hundred percent secure plan.

Rather, they needed to be ready to forcefully break through if things went south.

"Heh, at worst, that guy Garrick will take the fall for it."

Recalling the guild head that gave him bad vibes, a part of Damien was tempted to break through forcefully just to get him in trouble.

Unfortunately, before he could decide if he should or shouldn't do it, it had reached his turn on the line.

"Next!" said a loud voice in front of him.

Following it, the three of them soon came to a large stone platform.

On its left and right sides, a beautiful goddess with wings and her hands clasped together stayed on both sides, each heralded by an armored guard with the empire's symbol etched on their chest.

"Hey, you! Haven't you seen a teleportation circle before?"

"Ha ha, let me guess, you're probably a country bumpkin who has never seen the world."

"If you want to admire it so much, move and let us cultured people go first."

Walking forward to the teleportation center. A familiar, annoying voice came into Damien's ears.

Not only he, but also Isabelle beside him felt this voice was similar.

Only Lyra, who was new to the team, didn't know what was going on, as she wondered which idiot wanted to waste their time.

"Oh? It's that idiot Theo. It seems the lesson we gave him in the guild wasn't enough? Do I need to take care of him and end him once and for all?"

Seeing him again, Damien instantly knew that this so-called muscle man, Theo, was the kind of brainless villain to keep on disturbing the protagonist even after being beaten.

For this kind of idiot, death was the best thing for him.

"Unfortunately, I can't risk Damien in the hood, being related to Damien from the guild."

"As a lot of named Damians exist, if I don't want to expose my track early on, I have to be careful."

Thinking of this, Daimen reigned in his killing intent, tapping Isabelle and Lyra on the shoulder at the same time.

"Both of you relax and forget about this idiot."

"As you can see, he's also going to Gravestone; we'll kill him when he gets there."

"For now, we can't expose ourselves here."

Saying this, Damien watched their fighting stance recede before going up to the guard.

"Hello! We're here to go to Gravestone. Here are our identity cards and one hundred fifty bronze coins for the three of us. Handing over the money, the guard just scanned their cards before letting them go.

No words, no questions, just standing still like soldiers.

Had he not seen them arrest someone who used a fake card during the day and talked, Damien would have thought they were golems.

So after sighing in relief that nothing had happened, Damien, Lyra, and Isabelle all stepped onto the platform, ready to go.

"Shoosh!"

With a loud zap, after getting an order from the guard, a bright light flashed on the circle, instantly making them vanish.

If nothing else had happened, they would have already been at Gravestone.

And the guard on the right, knowing this, silently took out a pink crystal gem.

"Report to Master Garrick; the three of them have headed to Gravestone."

"Do we contact our people there to monitor them?"

Yes, it turns out the reason why Damien and the others weren't stopped despite their suspicious hoods was because those were Garrick's men.

In fact, ever since Damien left the guild, Garrick had appointed his people to watch over Damien.

Not for protection, but for surveillance.

So, hearing his subordinates' question, just like always, Garrick burst into a boisterous laugh.

"Zehehe hahaa! No, leave the kid! Even if he doesn't come back, by the time he finds out about it, it'll be too late."

"In this world where even the gods fight all the time, demons try to invade, and men wage countless wars? Who dares to say they're invincible?"

"The so-called strongest man in the world? He's just a rich child; he got lucky with talent."

Laughing with a hint of madness in his eyes, behind the phone, Garrick's breathing became heavier and heavier as a strange emotion surged in his chest.

"Zehehe hahaha! My dear subordinate!"

"No one has stood in the sky at the beginning! Not man, not the dragons! Not even the gods!"'

"But in this new era! I shall stand in the sky!'

"Zehehe hahaha!"

Laughing loudly, as if imbued with laughter, his voice resounded throughout the whole town as he saw his perfect future appear in front of him.

"Haha! Keep going, Damien, and surpass your father! Surpass me! Become the greatest fruit on this tree called life!"

"And once you're ripe, I'll eat you whole! Hahah!"

Laughing one more time, Garrick hung up, licking his lips as he waited for Damien to come back to him.

Thinking of the shock and despair that would appear on his former partner's face. Garrick shivered with joy as a blush appeared on his face.

…...

Time soon passed, and while Damien was unaware of the hidden plan against him, Isabelle and Lyra had arrived in Gravestone already.

For this town, not much different from the adventurer town Silverwood, the streets were still bustling, and adventurers with their armor roamed everywhere.

The only difference between the two would be that, as a border town, its danger is higher, leading to higher adventures with some C-level walking past from time to time.

Here, the guild leaders were a B-level adventurer and a relatively nice person.

Not only that, but despite its actual danger, a large number of merchants arrived and left to deliver and receive goods from the empire, leading to a higher overall development.

"If I rate Silverwood a 5 out of 10, then Gravestone deserves at least a 7."

Muttering slightly, the masked Damien floated over the town walls with Isabelle and Lyra right behind him.

To his right, Isabelle also used gravity magic, while Lyra used wind magic to float over.

Right now, the three of them were heading towards the dungeon location.

"System, how much DP do I need to get a location of the dungeon?" he whispered.

Although unwilling, it seemed that the original novel's description of the dungeon location was vague, only stating that about thirty minutes north of here lay the dungeon.

The protagonist, back then, accidentally stepped on a stone, revealing the cave entrance.

As a minor villain, Damien didn't believe he had such luck; rather, he might as well use the one thing he had, which the protagonist didn't!

A system!

Although unwilling, he had to spend the last few days he had here to avoid them wasting time searching for it.

[processing host request….]

[detecting the host has partial information on the item...]

[reducing probability and plausibility cost…]

[generating new value…]

[100 DP is required.]

[Current DP is 600.]

Reading the information from the system, Damien's eyebrow slightly rose.

"Oh? So it works like this? It seems in the future, when spending DP, I should think more," he muttered, a series of thoughts going through his mind.

From this series of points, it seems the original price was much more than the 100 DP being offered.

However, because he had some ability and knowledge of the request already, the price was directly reduced.

"Also, since this was one of the protagonist's major helps, stealing it should grant a lot of DP!"

Thinking of this, he instantly made a decision.

"System spend it!"

Following his command, a translucent screen, which only he could see, suddenly appeared in front of him; on it was a map drawn with an X on it.

"Hey, Kid, what are you staring at? Let's go."

"Or could it be the dungeon doesn't exist and you were just wasting my time?"

Her eyes turning dangerous, Lyra summoned her bow and an arrow, pointing it at Damien.

If he dared to pull any funny business, she would kill him on the spot.

However, for this, Damien hasn't paid her any attention.

"Haha, Lyra, learn to have more faith in me?"

"I'm a Voss, after all; the Voss family always keeps their word!"

Saying this, he began to walk toward the X with a doubtful Isabelle and Lyra right behind him.

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