Chapter 47 Second Floor Of The Dungeon

After cleaning their bodies in the river, they returned to the cave, but Druvana was still asleep, not knowing what had happened that night.

"Should I recruit her in the future too? Well, she will first look for her parents, and after that, I can think about it."

Damian was staggering as he entered the cave, glancing at the piled-up leaves that would have to be his bed that night.

"Lame."

He folded his body in a baby-like position, closing his eyes, hearing Serana at the back of his mind, "good night."

It was a muffled sound, and he fell asleep.

The following day began with Serana poking his cheeks, "wake up, Damian. We have to keep moving," she said.

"So early?" Damian said as he moved his face toward the other direction, trying to avoid Serana.

"Early? It is almost afternoon."

"You are joking, right? Oh, you are not joking…."

Damian felt like a lazy bastard, just like he was when he still lived with his father, unhappy for not having a superhuman ability like everyone else.

He did not want to wake up, but the thought of finally leaving the dungeon gave him the strength to get up and back on track!

"Here, eat this," Druvana said.

She tossed him a grilled fish, instantly making Damian's morning slightly better. "Yummy!"

They extinguished the fire before leaving, heading back to the muddy road, following Damian's direction, as he was the one who knew where to go.

A few days passed. The trio camped every night and ate the same thing — except for a few fruits to change the menu.

Damian was exhausted, and Druvana too, yet Serana still had a lot of energy, one of the perks of being a vampire.

"Let's go. Why are you two so slow?" Serana said as she walked in front of them, having to return occasionally to avoid getting further from them.

"This is the place," Damian said as he remembered where he first appeared.

The idea Druvana gave was to return to where Damian appeared when the key teleported him. That was likely the place where the entrance to the second floor was.

"We are looking for a stone structure. Let's part ways and abroad our searching area," Druvana said.

Damian and Serana nodded, each moving toward one part of the area: a mountain range.

He passed through many trees and bushes, looking down from the mountain range, "nothing down there," Damian thought as he stared down the mountain.

Damian's goal was to reach the top of the mountain, and the higher he got, the harder it was to breathe and the colder it was.

"Chilly."

Then Damian saw it at the mountain's peak in a plain area. It was the stone structure Druvana talked about, one that would get them to the second floor.

"It's here!!!"

Damian's voice echoed throughout the mountain range. Serana had a superhuman hearing, so it did not take long for her to show up there, stopping beside Damian.

"That must be the place!" Serana said.

Druvana took a little longer to climb up, and when she got there, she was panting with a pale face.

"Don't die before we leave, Druvana," Damian said.

"Shut up, or I will kill you."

"You can't kill me if you are dead after doing some climbing exercises…."

A deadly gaze stared at Damian's back, and he could feel the sweat, "did I speak too much?"

After the trio was once again reunited, they moved forward toward the stone structure — Druvana was the one going first that time because she was the one who knew how those structures worked.

"There is no secret. A staircase will lead us toward a portal, and after we pass through it, we should be on the second floor," Druvana said.

"A portal? Does anyone knows how these portals work or who built them?" Damian said.

"No idea. It is a mystery like everything else inside the dungeon."

They pushed the stone door of that building, and just like Druvana said, a staircase led them down — a small staircase, only having around 20 steps.

At the end of it was a dark rounded portal with nothing on the other side; at least, they could not see from their side.

"I will go first to check," Druvana said.

She was the only one with portal experience, so neither Damian nor Serana opposed the idea, patiently waiting for her to return, which she did, but she came back as if she had seen a ghost.

"Druvana? What happened?" Damian asked, but other creatures passed through the portal before she could say anything.

The creatures were ugly, with their teeth coming out from their mouth, and their bodies were muscular, tall, and with many scars.

What caught the most attention was their green skin. Damian wanted those green creatures to be the weak goblin he met, but these weren't goblins, but orcs!

Many of them passed through the portal, tossing their ropes, tying Druvana, who ran away, and Damian and Serana!

They spoke in an unknown language, but one thing Damian could tell was that they weren't friendly!

The orcs pulled them by the ropes, passing through the portal again and reaching the second floor.

Just like the third floor had many vampires in charge, the second had the orcs and other similar creatures ruling.

"What should we do?" Serana asked, looking toward Damian, hoping he would think about something.

"Let's just see where this leads us. If there's a chance we might die, then I will try something," Damian said.

He could tell they were getting them as prisoners, meaning there was still a chance for them to escape.

Also, if those orcs were in command of the second floor, they were the best option for Damian to find a way out of the second floor toward the first floor!

"I am not your prisoner. You are!" Damian thought, smirking at the orcs, who did not know the madman they arrested.