Chapter 865 Chapter 864: Scouting
?"About damn time! Gods above, what were you lot doing in there for so long?!"
Satanya glared at Leone and I as we exited the tent, and I couldn't help but smugly grin at the red skinned Demoness, making her growl softly as she turned away, not wanting to see my arrogant expression any longer, which made the other Demons chuckle quietly as they continued to relax around the camp.
She made her way back towards the model, cursing to herself as she stamped her feet and got her anger out that way, while Leone and I shared a slight smile before heading off to do our own things; Leone made her way towards Ammit, who was sitting beside the cauldron swaying side to side, while I made my way over to the kitchen, Leraie and Lucy joining me as I began to prepare breakfast.
When Jahi came out of the tent a minute later, Satanya clicked her tongue and glared at the taller Asmodia Demoness, eliciting a confused raise of the brow from Jahi as she approached the woman near the model, only for her to sigh and roll her eyes as Satanya began to berate her for her actions, only to have the Beliali Demoness snort and shake her head at whatever Jahi said to her.
After breakfast was finished and eaten, Satanya grabbed everyone's attention and laid out our plan for today, telling us that we were going to be picking a new branch of the grottos to delve into and begin searching for the next big haul, be it mid grade materials or a high level monster; both of those were things we were desperately searching for anyways, and that was what we had decided to focus on.
So, we geared up and set off for the next primary grotto that we had found - which was the one that we had hunted the Wurm in and that I had found a very willing test subject in - and picked one of the many branching paths at random, breaking our large group down into four smaller groups to make exploring easier.
Reaching the large archway that seemed broken into the wall of the plateau, we paused and took a moment to gaze into its depths, the exit branching into two paths almost instantly, with one heading down into the earth and the other spiraling up into the plateau, though as we looked up, we saw the spiral end.
"If something is up there, it's asleep. As for below... well, the river is masking most of the noise from below, so I am not really sure..."
The others nodded, and we appraised the ten foot wide path that descended gradually into the earth, the Glow Flis illuminating the pathway and making the water sparkle as it rushed down the middle of the pathway, perhaps having been one of the causes for creating this pathway..?
"Well... let's get going then, I guess. We're on a time constraint, and I'd like to get back soon... well, only because Begum Anput is making me a new blade, but..."
I raised a brow and glanced at Lucy, who just smiled back at me as she added "And I'd appreciate if it could be enchanted as well, Miss Katherine~?"
Letting out a sigh, I just took a step forwards and began to head down into the earth, wondering what we would find next; another gorgeous pocket of nature hidden away from the world, or perhaps a plain, boring cavern of rock and nothing else?
Perhaps a giant lake of glittering blue, filled with all sorts of fish and monsters?
Either way, we were likely in for a treat no matter what if our surface level experience with this Dungeon was anything to go by...Dive into Stories, Embrace Enchantment: N♡vεlB¡n.