Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 25: Radiant Historia

Before they could decide to fight or flee, they heard running from a distance, quickly followed by a chant.

"Rise from the ground and create an impenetrable shield, [Stone Wall]!"

The ground in front of the shield bearer shook as a wall of stone rose from the ground, blocking off all of the Sentient Gem’s attacks.

Sol shouted at them, "This way, quickly!"

The adventurers, without hesitation, ran towards the passage Sol was at. The wall Sol created was hit by a barrage of stones that broke it down within 10 seconds, but it gave the group all the time they needed.

The moment the party entered the passage, Sol cast another spell.

"Rise from the ground and create an impenetrable shield, [Stone Wall]!"

And another.

"Rise from the ground and create an impenetrable shield, [Stone Wall]!"

And one more for good measure.

"Rise from the ground and create an impenetrable shield, [Stone Wall]!"

Three walls back to back blocked the entire passage, draining almost all of Sol’s mana. By placing the walls against each other, he hoped the thickness would reinforce the defense of the wall.

"That should hold them back for now, but let’s not stick around; follow me!"

Sol led the party through the route he came from and arrived at the entrance of the floor. The entrance and exit of every floor are the only safe spots where no monsters can appear, as the monsters don’t travel between floors, with the exception of dungeon outbreaks.

Finally getting a chance to breathe, the adventurers collapsed on the ground, with the mage even sprawled out on the floor.

The warrior caught his breath and talked to Sol.

"Huff, Huff. Thanks man. You saved our asses."

The mage sprawled on the floor, sat up and yelled, "For a day? More like a week, gonna take a break after this and just stick to easy quests."

The warrior shook his head, "Spooked so easily from a small setback, how are we supposed to become the number one party in the city with that mentality."

Sol tilted his head curious at what the warrior meant, "The number one party?"

Frederick nodded, "Yep, it’s pretty self explanatory; we just have to be considered the strongest and most active party in the city. I know it’s a bit embarrassing to gloat after being saved, but we are one of the top five parties in the city right now, Radiant Historia."

The warrior spoke with a determined expression, "We actually came to the dungeon to level up to catch up to the number one party in terms of levels, and when we participate against the invasion, we will definitely accumulate enough merit to reach B-Rank. Then we will hold the number one spot."

The mage interrupted, "That’s if we don’t die before then. We stumbled into a monster house because someone confidently said there was ’nothing to worry about, it’s just some floating rocks’."

The warrior being called out defended himself, "T-that was just a fluke, Caiden! What are the odds of walking straight into a monster house!"

The mage, Caiden, shook his head, "It’s that kind of careless mentality that will prevent us from reaching the top. We need to take a step back and analyze the situation."

"If all we do is ’analyze,’ we will never get anything done! We should just go and do it!"

Thinking he had heard enough bickering, Sol tried to change the conversation.

"If you are heading back, do you want me to accompany you all and protect you?"

Frederick, taking it as a chance to stop the two from fighting, responded, "No thanks. You have done more than enough for us. Once we rest up, we can make the trip back with no problems."

Sol thought to himself, ’I am just a bit away from maxing out my skill, so I should stay and finish it.’

He then told the party, "I understand, I will head back in then."

Sol began to walk back into the 8th floor of the dungeon to get the last Sentient Gems as he heard Maddie yell at him.

"It was nice meeting you Sol! Hope we see you again."

Sol nodded back, "Me too."

Sol then headed back to the dungeon to gain more levels and finally started maxing out some of his skills.