Chapter: 204

“We can find out what the pendant does later.”

Jay unsummoned Red; Instead of healing it now he would just re-summon it later, bringing it back to full health. The spell would either use the cracked right cage bones for other parts of the skeleton’s body or mend them; either way, it didn’t bother Jay.

Pocketing the two soulstones after looting the soldiers, Jay found a ring on one of their bodies. It was gold in colour with a purple triangle gem in the middle.

“Cool.” he thought, looking at the ring. It didn’t have any stats, and the only information he got from analysing it was [Helvetian Ring].

With a shrug, he willed to leave the dungeon.

Nearby, some of the rocks in the ruins began to float and move; before Jay’s eyes a doorway formed in a wall which was constructed before him.

Remembering the adventurers outside the dungeon, he made sure to un-summon Lamp too. The world was not ready for Jay’s skeletons – at least not yet.

Walking out of the dungeon, Jay was approached by the same guy.

“Hey, how’d it go? Get many rings?”

“Rings?” Jay decided to play it dumb.

“Uh, they’re loot that the soldiers drop.” he looked away to his group for a moment before looking back at Jay.

“I’m guessing you didn’t go so well? The offer is still up to join our party if you’d like.” he gestured to his party, which was sitting down in a circle; more members than last time.

“Oh..” Jay noticed one of the adventurers in the circle glance at him for a moment.

“Perhaps my theory is correct…” Jay thought to himself before replying. “…He hasn’t mentioned the soulstones.”

“Thanks, but I have a few other things to do… See ya.” he walked through the ruined stone gate and left. The friendly adventurer simply shrugged as Jay left, and sat back down in the circle.

“Rings huh… and no soulstone?” Jay thought as he made his way back up the hill. He was starting to think that his theory about getting different drops because of his monster class might actually be true.

”I’ll check for them both at the market when I get back. I should be a little early since I had to leave before my mana dropped too much… man, that mana burn thing was annoying.”

Jay pulled out some bondtussle root and ate it as he walked, getting a familiar notification.

[Mana Regen buff 1%] – lasts for 1 hour(s).

There was a main path that went back to Losla that connected to the north side road, but Jay opted to go back using his own path, walking up to the top of the hill, directly to the adventurer guild.

Jay took out the empty locket he found from his inventory “I wonder what I’ll do with you…” he studied it in the light of the sun. It was unblemished, perfect porcelain and the blueish colour was gone in the bright light.

“Must have mana-based properties” thought Jay, since he could no longer see any blue.

“I’ll hold onto you. We’ll see if you’re part of a hidden quest in that dungeon.” having a strange feeling while holding it, Jay pocketed the locket again.


On the upper floor of the Snakeraven inn, a fat merchant was angrily scoffing down an applenut pie while periodically ripping into some plump chicken breast with his bare fingers as he ate; he was ravenous, starting to shove them both down his gullet at the same time.

“How did we…” he had to chew and swallow “..miss the damn military escort!” slamming his greazy fist down on the table, Bertram’s face was red with anger as he yelled at Hess.