The Dungeon Conquerors: Journey to the Peak

After killing all the monsters attacking Ruby, Rein turned around and asked her if she was alright. Immediately her face became just as red as her namesake and she started stuttering a little bit. But still she was able to inform Rein that she was fine.

Now finally Rein was able to sense the emotions like that of a human from her. After the battle was over, Ruby came out of her berserk state. And that was the reason why now finally Rein's technique was able to recognise her as a human being.

This was again one of the weak points of this technique of his but Rein had no way to solve it for the time being. And it was also not a big deal and should not create too much of a problem for him. So Rein stopped worrying about it and looked at Ruby who was acting extremely shy.

She was also hurt quite badly and because of the effect of the paralysing agent, she was unable to move at all. If Rein let her be in this condition, there was a very high chance that she would die in the hands of other monsters. So Rein decided to start his break early and stayed with her for the time being.

Rein had already found a few areas which were suitable for making camps but he was still trying to find a better one. But now that Rein needed to quickly set up a camp, he went back to one of the decent areas while carrying Ruby in his arms.

This was an insane time for Ruby. Even before she could come to terms with her newfound feelings, Rein started to carry her in princess style and that sent her mind to overdrive. So the whole time Ruby was protected between Rein's arms, she was in a daze and felt like living in a dream.

After reaching the area, Rein immediately used his technique to create a flame barrier. That was not all and he even used another technique to create many small constructs made of ice and scattered them all around the area. These ice constructs had the same function as Sophia's dark constructs and would notify Rein of any monsters or humans approaching the campsite.

Only after making all the preparations, Rein took out his tent from the drone. He did not have the ability to store things in his shadows like Sophia so his tent was smaller in size but still it was more than enough for him alone. Then Rein asked Ruby if she had a tent with her and only then Ruby snapped out of her dazed it.

Then started to nod her head again and again and told Rein that she also had made preparations to spend the night in the Ashen Barrens.

As Ruby was busy setting up her tent, Rein lit up a fire and started to cook. He was not doing anything complex and was just simply roasting some meat which was already well marinated. Rein did not want to just eat bland energy food in this place.

After the delicious smell of roasted meat reached Ruby's nose, her belly immediately started grumbling. This immediately made her to be embarrassed. Rein noticed it and called her to come close to the fire and to taste the meat. Ruby was really very hungry so she did not reject the idea and came beside the fire.

Then while eating the roasted meat they started talking about many things. Ruby was a bit nervous at first but as they conversed more and more, she also started to relax. She told Rein about her life so far and Rein did the same.

After completing all the meat, finally Rein and Ruby bid farewell to each other and went to their tents to get some sleep. Both of them had decided to not team up with each other. Rein had no particular need to team up and Ruby was also determined to get a good score on her own. So none of them brought up the topic of teaming up.

Even though Ruby had fallen in love with Rein, she still wanted to reach the next round all on her own.

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So the next morning after the sun was up, Rein and Ruby went to their separate ways. But before that they did exchange their contact information to stay in touch. Then again they started their hunt.

Rein continued searching for monsters with his technique and this time, he actually came across a large group of monsters. So far the most number of monsters that Rein had seen grouped together was 20 but here in this group there were more than 100 monsters.

This was an extremely dangerous situation for most UR grades as among the 100 plus monsters, more than a dozen were as strong as a UR grade powerhouse. Even for Rein this was not going to be an easy task as unfortunately most of the monsters who were a part of this group were resistance to fire and ice elements.

If that was not the case, Rein would have felt very happy and lucky. But with the resistance of these monsters even Rein would not have an easy time against so many monsters. But it was impossible for Rein to give up on this chance. It was a lucky opportunity and Rein would be a fool to not capitalise on it.

So he started to make a plan to kill these monsters and soon came up with one. All these monsters were staying inside a cave except for a scattered few. So Rein was planning to kill all these monsters by depriving them of breathable air.

It was a simple plan but was extremely hard to execute. There were several holes in this underground cave from here the air could get in, so Rein needed to make a lot of preparation to get ready for the action. But after struggling for a few hours, he was finally done covering all the holes that he found. If this plan of his fails then that would be a huge loss of time for Rein.

He had already been attacked by many of these monsters and was forced to kill a few. So these monsters had gotten a bit cautious. For that reason, Rein was worried that they might want to change their location soon and if that happened all of Rien's hard work would be in vain. That was why, he did not waste his time anymore and immediately took action.

But these monsters moved even faster than Rein expected. But instead of running away, they started to rampage and run toward the middle of the Ashen Barrens. That was completely unexpected and Rein was forced to confront these rampaging monsters who were resistant to his attacks without the support of his preparation.

That was not all though. Even these monsters started moving, some kind of signal was sent to all the monsters living in the Ashen Barrens. So just like the rampage that Rein was facing, many such rampages started happening all over the Ashen Barrens. It looked like the area that Rein had found was only one of the many areas where a large number of monsters had gathered.

Just a few minutes after this monster rampage started, all the drones informed the participants that the second round of the world championship had been cancelled for unforeseen circumstances. All the participants were asked to return back to the temporary base camp.

Rein asked the drone for more details and got the terrible news that monsters stronger than UR grade had appeared in the Ashen Barrens and a total of 7 UR grade Blessed had already been killed. That was a terrible news, so Rein did not waste any more time and started to withdraw. He was worried about Sophia and Ruby so he continued to activate his sensing technique every now and then.

So what was happening in the Ashen Barrens ?