Chapter 160: Emperor Scorpion
Amber Fox's POV
"Please stop acting like a child" An annoyed tone came, though it still resounded melodious in our ears.
Jayvald suddenly stopped his track and glared at the brown-haired beauty.
If he said he wasn't interested in her....then it was a blatant lie because we knew he only subdues in front of women he was interested in.
However, it seems his love for Princess Zera was overwhelmed.
"Ms. Pearl, I know you are friends with Eva and Amber...however, that doesn't mean you could interfere with our 'men' problem" Jayvald stated firmly and as softly as possible.
"...." Pearl turned towards me and said, "It must be tough"
Her voice showed a hint of pity and worry.
All I could was awkwardly smile at her.
And started to collect fast, it seemed like we were delayed a little in our schedule.
After collecting we started to move.
I said before I was 'forethought' everything, right?
I took a few maps which seem to have lots of turns giving the vibe of Maze blueprints.
"Now, which direction we should go?" I pondered as I scanned other maps.
"Hmm?" Pearl who was glancing at maps with sparkling eyes said,
"I think it should be this map, right?"
As she pointed to one of the maps.
"Hmm...Yes, It's been two hours, right?...so the right now that is" I also nodded at her.
"Seriously, I don't understand at all. Why can't we destroy everything?" Noah suddenly growled with irritation.
"Yeah, It's a pain in the ass, let's destroy everything"
"I think so too"
Both Jayvald and Austin unsurprisingly agreed with each other instead of brawling.
"Tsk, You Muscle idiots, You cannot do that" Eva shook her head and said something else,
"We could just follow the one map instead of looking at each map," Eva said with a smug face.
....which I considered even more idiotic.
With a deadpan look, I thought.
How much work and resources, I put in to get this information, however, these idiots were...urgh...now anyone could understand why I, Baron Nobel was the team leader instead of High-level nobles.
Controlling my surge of emotions, I said,
"Let's go right"
"""sigh"""
'I heard that, Idiots' I thought.
Ignoring these idiots, I started to walk in that direction and soon they grumbled and then followed me.
My mother taught me one thing to survive in this world,
"Be prepared for anything at any cost"
That's how I prepared for everything just like now.
This training program was not a training but a real exam for the end of the semester which was approaching around 2 months.
Why are they doing this earlier and not informing us directly?
Because the Headmaster wanted students to put their effort into everything whether it was fun and playing around or the real deal.
And if somebody with little brain cells listened to Ms. Aadya's speech.....They get the meaning behind her words.
It wasn't easy for me to gather all the information...It was so hard to find which dungeon we were going to.
Well, it was for others but for me 'I am the Vice Student Council President' Despite some mishaps I still gathered enough information about the test.
This Dungeon's name was Rock Maze Dungeon.
As the name implies, we were in the Maze where we had to find the location of the Overlords while killing the minions.....however, there was another thing that made this dungeon more dangerous because for every 15 minutes, the walls would change their position...which cannot be seen or even felt as if intruders (We) were also in the part of the dungeon.
So without a solid plan, anyone would spend the rest of their life to find the exit.
Despite everything, this dungeon follows a certain pattern and that would be, the dungeon returns to its original position after four hours and again repeats the process.
I said 'Overlords', right? A dungeon consists of only one Overlord to maintain their stability in our world....however, there are a few exceptions the Overlord would evolve and produce another Overlord in the same dungeon resulting in the alteration of Dungeon.
Thus, This dungeon was one of the exceptions and has two overlords ruling two floors in the same dungeon and the dungeon changed itself to maintain some stability.... resulting in the creation of two floors beside this.
We decided to go for the lower floor since the Overlord there was a little easier than the upper floor....as long as I and Eva were to join our powers, we could defeat it in a confined area.
And as for the upper floor, we need a hero. Thinking that, an image popped into my head a cute shy golden boy...who would blush whenever I teased.
'Maybe we should join with him after dealing with the Lower floor's Overlord'
As I was reminiscing,
"Do you guys by any chance know why would Vampire Queen support 'that Human'?"
I...no, everyone stopped their track and looked at the brown with a hint of the blue-haired person asked with sparkling eyes.
"..." We looked at each other.
Seeing our hesitation, Pearl hurriedly said, "I am sorry, I was just curious...you know Vampire Queen and all".
Seeing her bashful expression, I knew Her Majesty was Pearl's role model....that's for the only reason she mingled with us to get to know more about Her Majesty, The Vampire Queen.
I sighed and said,
"I wish I had known"
Even though we were in the same place, I have only met her 2 or 3 times.
Hearing that,
Pearl's eyes shined even more and said, "I see".
And started to walk.
"I am sure, Her Majesty just trying to create a personal butler for her"
I heard someone's muttered which clearly indicated an annoyed tone.
I am sure who was it.
It was none other than Austin, the grey-haired wolf who was smitten by Vampire Queen when he first met her.
She was his first love and what's more.....This jerk when he was only 5 years old straightly went to Her Majesty on his first meeting and said,
"I want to mate with you"
After that, Her Majesty with an indifferent expression not answer anything to him instead a killing intent went to his father who brought him.
That day I realized he was more of an idiot than anyone....because even Jayvald who was in love at first sight with 'Her Highness, Zera' didn't do anything like that instead he sent gifts(that were thrown away), love letters(that were burned to ash), His Blood, etc., like a normal person.
"Sigh, everyone is weirdo" Just thinking about it made me sigh and my eyes landed on the remaining male however, 'I am not interested and don't want to think about his taste' I thought focused on my duty.
"I wanted to speak with him, however, it seems like he had this dangerous vibe" Suddenly Eva commented with her cute voice.
Making everyone raise their eyebrows.
Feeling their gaze, she corrected herself and said,
"I mean, He tortured 'that bastard' without mercy"
There was a wicked smile on her face.
'That Bastard' was none other than Jayden who was the Count and.....She and Him were used to be friends.
"Yup, I liked that side" Noah suddenly commented due to his nature others might think Noah liked Asher Eli's barbaric side...however, only I know what he likes.
"tsk"
"He is just a mortal in the end"
Both Austin and Jayvald seem to hate....well, that was understandable since they were practically in love with both mother and daughter.
And they looking after a human, what's more, it's a male...only male close to them.
"But I think, his servant was more interesting, don't you think?" Suddenly Pearl chimed in with her melody voice.
Hearing that, Everyone nodded their head because,
"Unlike Asher Eli, Scylla 'That girl' is apparently more powerful than what she showed" I voiced.
Everyone nodded, just like me they also wondered who was that strong woman under the Soulless human.
She was strong enough to hold her grounds in the Nex without any support however, it seemed she was under his patronage.
It surely felt weird thinking so, some girls including me and pearl approached her when she was alone.
However, contrary to what we expected, she was stoic and expressionless when we asked her questions.
Her answers seemed to be firm and absolute and felt something like she was Queen and we were her subjects that were ready to receive an order.
It was clearly a feeling I felt when I once visited Her Majesty with my mother.
Scylla that girl clearly exposing that kind of Aura.
'I wonder who she was' I thought.
However,
"But why is that asshole interested in that ugly bitch?" Jayvald said firmly and Austin also did the same,
"Yeah, I don't understand why 'that bastard' wanted her in the first place...it's not like our tribe doesn't have any woman in the first place....Maybe he has a fetish or something"
He clearly meant 'Jayden' who was now considered a black spot for the wolf tribes.
It seems like these fools don't understand.
No, they chose to ignore her as she was ugly and all.
I shot a glance at Noah who was blankly listening to us.
I was just about to say something when,
"OOIII, VICE-PRES.....I GOT YOU A PRESENT!!!"
A loud voice echoed.
Turning our heads we saw someone running very fast from some..thing....bi..g....
"HUH?!"
We let out a shocked voice.
Our entire body was frozen, we saw something running towards us....no, more like chasing someone, who was leading towards us.
"The Overlord, Emperor Scorpion, It is f-faster than the information we got" I muttered under my breath.
A chill ran through my spin not only me but also everyone in my group...even Noah who was enthused to face strong monsters suddenly backed a bit.