''Alright, time to separate.'' King Jonathan's voice echoed in the ears of Golden Crown and Black Arrow members.
''Everyone, don't wander too far away.'' Queen Diana said gently, but Darth already knows that she will be the first one to do that.
''Let's go. Maybe we can get you to level 20 before exploration is over.'' Darth patted Isaac's shoulder and started walking deeper inside the forest while Isaac followed closely behind.
Isaac also saw many duos with both Golden Crown and Black Arrow members in one Duo.
Darth saw his questioning look, ''Some of our Guild members think that Duo with two Archers is inefficient, and they are true. One Knight and one Archer is a good idea, one for close range, and another for long-range.''
''But we are both long-range,'' Isaac said with a wry smile.
Darth shrugged, ''We will manage.''
''I hope so...'' Isaac sighed, ''If the Duo Dungeon isn't about killing Monsters or Beasts, then we can do well.''
''Dungeons are always unexpected.'' Darth replied, ''I have heard rumors about one Dungeon being a swimming competition.''
''Swimming competition?'' Isaac looked confused.
Darth chuckled and nodded, ''They had to win in a swimming competition against Aquatic Beast if they lose... They will get eaten.''
''That seems incredibly unfair,'' Isaac replied with an amused smile.
''Hahaha!'' Darth bursted into laughter, ''I don't know what Arthur was thinking when he created these Dungeons. Some of them are ridiculous.''
''Yeah... Mine one was quite weird.'' Isaac replied.
Darth dodged the branches of the trees and asked, ''What kind of Dungeon you had? No need to answer if you want to keep it secret.''
''It was nothing special...'' Isaac scratched his cheek and said, ''There were puzzles.''
''Puzzles... Sounds annoying.''
Isaac smiled, ''It was actually quite enjoyable.''
Darth nodded. Soon they arrived in a small part of the forest, which was darker than usual. He looked around the woods, and he still heard distinct voices of his Guild members.
''I think we are far enough. Let's search around this area.'' He said.
Isaac nodded and saw a small rocky hill in the distance, he curiously started walking there, but suddenly he heard a cracking noise coming below him.
''Hmm?'' Isaac looked towards the ground and saw cracks appearing below him.
''Umm... Darth!'' Isaac screamed, but then the ground below him cracked, and he fell down to the dark pit.
''Wraith!'' Darth screamed and appeared next to the pit. He only saw darkness without any signs of Isaac.
''Are you alright?!'' He shouted, but he didn't get a reply.
He went pale and debated whether he should jump down as well, but then he sighed in relief after he heard Isaac's voice.
''I am fine...'' Isaac said while patting the dirt from his pants. He looked around him and only saw darkness but in the distance... He saw a light.
''There is some kind of light!'' He shouted towards Darth.
*Swoosh*
A figure landed next to Isaac. It was Darth.
Darth looked towards the light with narrowed eyes.
Both of them took one step, but then a notification popped up.
*Ding* *Ding*
[You Have Discovered Cave of Mystery!]
[1000 XP Earned!]
[Title of Adventurer Increases the XP by 300%!]
[1000 -> 4000 XP Earned!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Level 16 -> Level 17]
Both of them received XP from discovering Cave of Mystery, except Darth only received 1000 XP for not having the Adventurer title.
''We found a new place!'' Darth exclaimed.
''Should we inform Queen Diana and others?'' Isaac asked.
''Pfft.'' Darth waved his hand, ''Why should we? This will be our chance of gaining XP, so we can fight against them in Duo Dungeon!''
Isaac nodded. His words made sense.
If they shared this location, Queen Diana and King Jonathan would definitely come here, and the amount of XP they would get will be reduced by a lot.
''Weapons ready,'' Darth said and put a couple of ordinary arrows on the bowstring.
Isaac took his Flintlock Pistol and followed behind Darth.
They walked towards the light, and the closer they got, more they saw the interior of the cave.
The cave walls were primarily brown, with tree branches popping out of the walls. But, for some reason, there were lanterns stuck in the cave walls, which gave excellent visibility for the cave.
Soon, they reached the place with the first lantern. They saw a very long corridor with no end sight.
Isaac narrowed his eyes, and he felt like he saw incredibly far!
Darth could only see around 100 meters away, but Isaac was easily seeing over 500 meters!
'Is this what Diana was talking about... Great eyesight...' Isaac rubbed his eyes. His eyes started feeling very sore after using his newly found eyesight too much.
''Let's hurry. Others might start wondering where we are.'' Darth was the first one to start walking in the corridors.
Isaac followed behind him. The lanterns gave the cave a somewhat creepy vibe because their shadows were moving strangely.
Sometimes their shadows were at regular size, sometimes giants and sometimes different genders.
''What the hell is this...'' Darth looked at the shadow, which was a female version of him. He had very long legs with massive mountains on his chest, similar to Diana's size.
Isaac looked at his own shadow, and it was also a female version, but... It was completely similar.
A slight bulge was seen on his chest but otherwise completely similar.
He lowered his head in disappointment, ''World is a cruel place...''
Darth punched the wall in hopes of destroying the shadow, but it didn't do anything.
Except a small fist mark appeared on the wall.
He clicked his tongue and started walking again.
They kept walking in silence, but even after 10 minutes, they didn't see the end.
Darth stopped walking and looked around the walls, ''I swear we have walked past this.'' He looked at a small fist mark on the wall...
The same mark he did 10 minutes ago.
''Hmm...'' Isaac touched the wall, and it felt very soft...
He soon found out that he couldn't pull his hand back! The wall started pulling him inside!
''Damn!'' He screamed, and soon another hand grabbed his own.
It was Darth.
''What the fuck is this!'' Darth screamed, he tried to pull Isaac to safety, but soon both of them were sucked inside the wall.
Soon, the light in the corridors disappeared, and the two figures were nowhere to be seen....
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