Chapter 301: Greenever Dungeon
Chapter 301: Greenever Dungeon
Ignoring the blue-haired woman, Angus takes a seat in the shop with Jayna and Anna. The shop provides some seating and tables for people to eat their products. It is similar to a cafe or tea shop, but they only sell chocolate products like cake, sweets with warm drinks.
The chocolate shop’s specialty is their chocolate cake and hot chocolate drink. They complement the cold environment in Greenhill city. Since Greenhill city is located on the mountain, sometimes the air could become very cold for ordinary people during the evening.
Therefore, there are some tea and cafes in Greenhill city to warm up the body. The drinking tavern business is also flourishing.
Moreover, the Shill mountain where the Greenhill city resides is fertile land for the cocoa tree, tea, coffee, and many other plantations. There are also many rare herbs and farms in the Shill mountain.
Because of the Greenever dungeon, the land inside the Shill mountain somehow became more fertile than others. Usually, the area near the dungeon is affected by the dungeon itself and resembles the dungeon’s interior.
Since Greenever dungeon is a massive lush forest dungeon type, the area near the dungeon has also become fertile and suitable for agriculture and farming. Furthermore, any vegetation planted in the Shill mountain grows many times faster than in other fertile lands.
Because of this, there is a strict rule to plant vegetation here. There are even strict rules for dumping trash here. They don’t want wild plants to grow without their supervision and mutate into plantation monsters.
In the past, there were already some incidents where a wild plantation mutated into a monster and attacked Greenhill’s residents. Since then, everyone has obeyed this rule and made Greenhill city one of the cleanest and neat cities in the Heart Kingdom.
While enjoying the Greenhill city scenery, Angus drinks his hot chocolate with Jayna. Beside them, a little troublemaker named Anna eats the whole big cake on her own.
Anna is eating the chocolate cake that is twice the size of her head happily while ignoring everyone’s stares.
‘Ahh… if only we could keep this kind of peacefulness.’ thought Angus while enjoying his hot chocolate.
“Angus.. Angus… Are you sure you don’t want this po.. I mean chocolate cake. It is very delicious.” said Anna.
“Nahh… I am just fine with the hot chocolate.” said Angus while sipping his cup.
In the meantime, Jayna also enjoys eating a small slice of chocolate cake in front of Angus.
“You sure? This is quite good. Not too sweet and quite soft too.” said Jayna.
“Hmm… now you say that I want to try to eat it.” said Angus before ordering a slice of chocolate cake for himself.
Just as he wanted to order and pay for all his previous orders, “Umm… Dear customer, your food is already paid for by that woman.” said the employee.
Angus looked at the employee’s pointed hand and found the blue-haired woman who gave him a nod. Angus replied with a silent nod and took his slice of chocolate cake from the counter before going back to his seat.
“Angus, did you know that woman?” asked Jayna.
“Nope, never met her before.” said Angus.
“Then, why did she pay for our food?” asked Jayna.
“Not sure. But, I think she is an adventurer and quite strong too.” said Angus in a low voice.
“Hmm.. Boy, It is quite rude to talk behind someone’s back.” said the blue-haired woman that suddenly appeared behind Angus’s back.
Jayna is surprised at the woman’s sudden intrusion, but Angus keeps calm as he already notices her movement before. After Angus could manipulate the natural fire shape, his heat sense also improved.
Currently, Angus could sense almost anything nearby without relying on his normal senses.
“Ahh.. pardon me. But, I am not talking behind your back, Lady…” said Angus before looking at the blue-haired woman.
“Oho… What a mature boy. You could call me Lady Helia.” said the blue-haired woman.
After staring at each other while Anna kept eating her big chocolate cake, “Mind if I join you?” said Helia.
Both Angus and Jayna look at each other.
Before they could reply, “Ahh.. Don’t worry, I just want to know a little bit about my client.” said Helia.
“Client?” said Angus.
“Yeah, judging by your attire, all of you come from the royal academy. It just happened that your academy is hiring us the Bluelander guild for your tomorrow guide.” said Helia.
Hearing this, both Angus and Jayna begin to lower their guard a little bit.
“Alright, then help yourself.” said Angus.
After Helia sits down, she looks at Anna, eating nonstop and ignoring her.
“Fufufu… What a cute girl. What’s her name?” asked Helia.
“She is Anna.” replied Jayna shortly.
“I see, Anna. Does she also come with us tomorrow?” asked Helia.
“Yeah, is there a problem?” asked Angus.
“Nothing. It seems this mission will not be boring.” said Helia.
“Actually, I am quite curious as to why a person like your caliber wants to do an escort and guide mission with us.” said Angus trying to divert the topic.
“Hooo… What an interesting statement. As for your inquiry, you may not know this, but your academy is actually promised quite hefty rewards almost the same as a level 6 mission rewards.”
“Otherwise, like what you said, there is no way a person like me will be interested in a mission like this. However, I think this mission will be quite interesting since there will be a cute and funny girl like Anna.” said Helia.
At this moment, “Omyom yyom yumm yoom yom yoop.. Yomm youm? (Angus, did she also want the po.. Chocolate cake?)” said Anna while her mouth was still full.
“Anna, that’s rude. Swallow your food first before talking.” rebuked Jayna.
“Fufufu… You are really like a small family.” commented Helia.
Hearing Helia’s comment, Jayna immediately blushed.
“F-Family.” muttered Jayna.
Looking at Jayna’s reaction, “Ohh my… Fufufu.. Don’t worry, your little secret is safe with me. Anyway, I will excuse myself first. Enjoy your stay at the Greenhill and see you tomorrow.” said Helia.
After Helia is gone, Angus and Jayna back enjoy their cake without any interruption before going to the hotel as it is already late in the afternoon. Fortunately, their hotel is quite famous and not too hard to find.
Although Greenhill is a famous tourist spot and the gathering of the guild, the public order is good since their laws are pretty strict. The city is practically safe for any tourist and has a low crime rate.
They didn’t overthink about Helia finding Anna’s identity since Anna’s safety is guaranteed by Jade and King Leon. Unless she is doing a massacre like her kind, she is free to do anything.
After having a good night’s rest, Angus and the others wake up early in the morning. Everyone begins to gather around near the hotel, where the members of the Bluelander guild are already gathered.
Angus also finds Helia among the group. Like Angus thought, Helia is the group leader from the Bluelander guild. After exchanging some greetings, they all begin to depart towards the Greenever dungeon’s entrance.
The dungeon entrance is located not far from the city and could be accessed easily. After a few minutes, they arrive in front of a giant dead tree. In the middle of the dead tree, just above its root, there is a massive opening around 20 meters wide and ten meters high.
This entrance is big enough to release a few gigantic insectoid monsters at once during the monster outbreak. Fortunately, the kingdom’s soldiers and adventurers are constantly culling down the number of monsters inside the dungeon to prevent the monster outbreaks.
Otherwise, Greenhill city may get destroyed in minutes as it is close to the dungeon. Like the Deep Hollow dungeon, there is also an entryway to pay the entrance fee before going inside the Greenever dungeon.
However, only a few merchants set up their stall in front of the dungeon entrance. Greenever dungeon is close to Greenhill city and could easily be accessed.
Most merchants decide to sell their merchandise and do their business inside Greenhill city rather than pay the high entrance fee. The fee is more expensive than the Deep Hollow dungeon, around 15 gold coins for each person.
The explored dungeon like the Greenever dungeon is safer and more popular than the unexplored dungeon. However, their entrance fee is also higher. Unless they are pretty skilled in hunting some grade two or grade three monster, they will never recover the entry fee.
Because of this, only a highly skilled member of a big adventure guild could enter the dungeon. Basically, this is a high-end dungeon.
After paying the entry fee, they immediately enter the dungeon entrance. Like the one with the Deep Hollow dungeon, Angus and the others find themself inside another space after entering the entrance.
There is even a cloud and sun in the sky. Angus and the others feel like entering another dimension.
‘Hmm… This feels like old man Draugh’s personal space. But it is much more sophisticated.’ thought Angus while looking around.
Near the exit, some adventurers are resting and setting up some tents. Like in the Deep Hollow dungeon, the adventurers here usually stay in the dungeon for days to hunt the monster before going out. They need to reach a certain quota not to waste their entry fee.