Chapter 528 Dungeon exploration (8)
The slimes immediately stopped in place and didn't continue forward.
They bounced up and down in front of the line of mushroom monster corpses as if they were hesitating about approaching, but in the end, they turned to leave.
It seemed like they had decided that it wasn't worth it.
Seeing this, Cecilia's eyes lit up and she immediately ordered the rest of the adventurers to bring the mushroom monster corpses to create a line.
The adventurers had also seen what had happened, so they didn't hesitate to follow her orders this time.
Even the mercenaries and the knights helped them since they could all see the effect that the mushroom monster corpses had.
While they prepared this, I sat down and took a deep breath as I tried to recover the energy that I had spent during all of this.
Cecilia came over with some food and water in hand for me before sitting down beside me and looking at me with a worried look.
During this, Elsa and Moon also came over with the same worried looks.
I just waved my hand to show that I was fine, but in truth, I was so tired that I couldn't even say words anymore.
It helped to get some food and water in me, but I definitely needed some sleep before I could do anything.
So Cecilia said, "I'll keep guard. Just don't worry about it and go to sleep."
Seeing her filled with energy like this, I gave a nod and went to sleep.
But before I could fall asleep, I felt something suddenly grab hold of my head.
When I opened my eyes, I saw Cecilia's face right above mine.
She was lifting my head up and putting her thighs right under them before saying, "This is the best position to make sure that you're safe."
The way that she said this, it was almost as if she was making an excuse.
However, I could see the blush that was on her face.
It seemed a bit hard for her to do this, but she did it for my sake.
I just gave a nod with a smile before closing my eyes again.
I didn't see that Elsa and Moon were both looking at Cecilia with envious looks.
That sleep was actually much better than I thought it would be.
Even though Cecilia's legs were a bit hard, those soft thighs still cuddled my head and provided me with comfort better than the best pillows.
It was as if I was sleeping on clouds.
When I woke up, I found that a small camp had been set up.
The adventurers and mercenaries were the ones that did this since they were used to camping out like this.
The line of mushroom monster corpses that had been placed there weren't disturbed at all. It seemed that there hadn't been any problems with the monsters with this line in place.
After I woke up and got some more food and water in me, I gathered the leaders of the various groups together.
We had to discuss what we were going to do now.
Once everyone gathered, I said, "We should keep going forward. If we leave now, we won't have another chance like this."
Everyone knitted their brows when they heard this, but it didn't seem like there was anyone that disagreed with me.
After all, everyone knew how dungeons worked.
If we left this dungeon, it would take us a while to prepare for another raid.
During this time, it would be very likely that these mushroom monsters would spawn again since this was a dungeon.
If we let them spawn again, it would mean having to fight through them once more. At the same time, there was the chance that these mushroom monsters would suddenly mutate during their respawn.
This wasn't very likely, but it wasn't something that could be ruled out.
So even if we had injured people, the best solution was to keep going since they were still able to fight.
Everyone remained silent after I gave this proposal and the one that broke the silence was Cecilia.
"It'll be harder since we have casualties. If we keep pushing forward like this, we might all get wiped out. There's no knowing what is in front of us."
Though she agreed with me, she had no choice but to present the opposition since she was the leader of this expedition. Everyone's lives were in her hands, so she had to at least consider the other side.
It wasn't that she didn't want to go forward, it was just that without something to change the tide, she didn't think that they would be able to make it through those rat humanoid monsters.
I gave a nod in response since I had already expected this, but I had also come up with a solution.
Or it could be said that I had prepared a secret weapon.
I knew that forcing everyone forward wouldn't have any benefits, so the only way to convince them to go forward was to show them something that they could have faith in.
So I pulled out a certain orb that I had stored away in the system's inventory all this time.
When this orb appeared, Elsa and Moon, who were more sensitive to magic, immediately frowned as they looked at the orb in my hand.
The look on their faces seemed like they were disgusted with the orb that I was holding.
Of course, I could understand why they felt that way.
This orb that I was holding, it was the Orb of the Dead that I had looted from the demon back in Bright Water City.
I had kept it hidden the entire time since I hadn't been able to use it, but after my lessons with the priest, I was now able to use magic to a certain extent. With my skills, I would be able to pull out some of the powers of this Orb of the Dead.
So with this orb in hand, I walked over towards the line of mushroom monster corpses.
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