Chapter 263 Back to the Temple, and Hardcore Exploration!
Aurora was the first to act, running toward Damian with her arms open for a hug, "I thought you were dead..."
Magnus slapped Damian's back and said, "I knew you were alive, bro."
Everyone else on the resting floor was busy gossiping about Dawn, who got to the first rank, passing everyone else by a lot. Little did they know the person they were looking for was near them.
"Who's this?" Aurora asked.
She had a clear face of disliking the woman with Damian, though he and her weren't boyfriends or anything like that, so there was no reason to feel jealous.
"She's Morgana, a Lich who helped me get out. If it weren't for her, then I would be dead."
After the quick introduction, they all left the Skyfall Tower, returning to the tenth floor where Damian's sanctuary was. With the help of the teleportation portals, it wasn't hard to get back.
On the way, they talked about some things. Not Damian's adventure, though. He uncovered a lot of things that needed to be spoken in private.
"How's the search for Hazel?" Damian asked.
One of the reasons Vanessa stood behind and did not enter the Skyfall Tower was to keep looking for Hazel.
"Not good... We found no clues about her, but I know we will!" Aurora said, doing her best to think positively.
Damian knew it wouldn't be easy to find Hazel, but now that he was back and could lend them a hand to help her, he believed things would get better. He hoped so, at least.
They arrived near the city yet did not enter, going straight to the forest, looking for their temple. Morgana listened to everything they discussed and said, "I like the vibe of this place."
It was still only the forest, yet Morgana already liked the area. But when they finally reached the temple, which had a gothic vibe and was hidden inside a canyon, then she loved it.
"Is this where you live, Damian? I want to live here too! Let me live here, or I will kill you!"
"Yeah, sure. Come, let's look inside and make a reunion."
When Damian entered, he saw familiar faces like Serana, who ran toward him like Aurora.
"Damian!" she said, wrapped around his arms.
Vanessa, Natasha, Shareva, Frederic, and Raikono were there too! But there were many other faces Damian had never seen.
"Vanessa hired some people to the organization, and we are thinking of expanding and opening more sanctuaries throughout the tenth floor."
That wasn't bad, but Damian wanted to know if these people could be there or at least have the talent to keep growing. All the original and most essential members went to a meeting room.
It was a sealed room where no one would listen to their conversation. The table in the middle of the room was large, and it was more than enough to fit all of them, and it still had free sits for future members.
Damian sat on the most crucial chair, and he was the one starting the reunion, "This is Morgana, a Lich. Now, let me share what happened to me..."
He told them about his strange journey throughout the Skyfall Tower, about the last floor humankind could go, and what he found there. He only did not discuss that he was also a giant. That seemed like an important thing to keep secret.
During his sharing moments, Billy, the mushroom, came out of his clothes pocket and introduced himself to everyone there. They were surprised to see a speaking mushroom.
"So this is the Billy you found there. What a cutie," Serana said, grabbing Billy and treating it like a cute pet.
"Master, help me! Help!"
Damian ignored it and continued the reunion.
"We now know the Skyfall Tower sends us to real dungeon floors. There is still a mystery behind every tower aspect, but the levels are real places. The tower's creator uses it to train individuals capable of living on that last floor I was on for a few moments."
Damian did not know if the Skyfall Tower levels, like the first one, meant it sent someone to the first level of the dungeon.
That, he did not know, but what he did know was that the last floor where he met the giants was high! It wouldn't be surprising for the dungeon to have 100 floors, that one being the 99th.
Anyway, they talked about many things and how they should proceed.
"Also, Damian, a red-haired woman named Emma wants to speak with you. Everyone in the city wants to know what happened to your enchanting shop..." Frederic said.
"And how's your shop going?" Damian asked.
"It's great! How do we have the money to build more sanctuaries for our organization? Vanessa is poor..."
"Hey!" Vanessa said.
After the reunion ended, they had an idea of their next steps: keep exploring the Skyfall Tower and the dungeon too! The tower closed for seven days, so the best decision was to keep exploring the dungeon without the Skyfall Tower's help, and when it did open, they could use it.
Not everyone wanted to go into a full exploration, abandoning everything they had. Well, that wasn't possible either. Damian needed his friends to take care of the sanctuaries, expand everything, and earn more and more money.
Aurora and Magnus were up for exploration but wanted to do it alone!
"Are you sure, Aurora?" Damian asked.
"Yeah... I want to become powerful on my own, and there are also my parents I want to look for..."
"But we still have the rings," Damian said, showing his finger, "So we can talk to each other."
"Yes, we do."
At the end of everything, Damian would travel with Morgana to explore the dungeon. She wanted to learn more about Blood Magic, and Damian felt that learning Necromancy wasn't bad either. Also, Morgana was powerful and hot, so she was excellent company while exploring the dangerous dungeon.
But, before leaving, Damian looked for Emma.
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