The Dungeon Conquerors: Journey to the Peak

After returning back to the city after completing their mission, Tasha and Stella both got the information that Rein needed to spend at least three days in the Dreadful Touvic Woods for his mission and outside help would not be appreciated.

For that reason, Tasha and Stella decided to not go to Rein's location of the time being.

Instead they started to plan something. Rein stayed with Tasha and Stella almost all the time and it was quite a rare situation for him to stay away from them for so long. So, Tasha and Stella were planning to do something that they would not be able to do in Rein's presence.

Yes they were planning to give Rein a surprise party. And if anyone was thinking about anything else, please get your mind out of the gutter.

Rein had extremely keen senses and his inherent special ability Eye of Truth. Not only that but he never needed to sleep, so it was almost impossible to give him any kind of surprises. So now was truly the best time for them to prepare a big surprise for him.

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After three days, Rein and Lauren returned back to the guild and submitted their mission immediately. The other three who had also made a group together had not finished their exam till now.

But they were making good progress and Rein was sure that they would be able to find the material they needed soon too.

The man named Hans was doing a good job there. His ten shadow familiars were a shadow rat, a shadow crow, a shadow wolf, a shadow human swordsman, a shadow bear, a shadow snake, a shadow demon, a shadow tiger, a shadow mantis and finally the shadow dragon.

Obviously his shadow dragon was extremely strong but as he could not summon it for a long time, it was not very useful against rank 3 monsters.

But as his shadow demon, shadow tiger and shadow mantis were equivalent to rank 6, rank 5 and rank 4 monsters respectively and he could keep them summoned for a long amount of time, he was quite useful against the monsters below rank 3.

His other summons were not too strong but all of th had their unique values. Even though they were very weak, the rat and the crow were very good scouts. The snake was very weak overall but the poison it could secrete was extremely lethal.

The bear was very good at defence and the human shadow was very skilled with swords. So he was very versatile in most situations. That was also the reason, why he was the MVP of his team even though the two other members were both technically stronger than him.

After completing the second test, Rein and Lauren were immediately taken to a guild hall for the final test. It was actually a written test. Some of the guild also did quiz or puzzles for their round but the guild in the city of Joum preferred written exams over other alternatives.

This test was the most insignificant among all the tests. The questions were easy and any adventurers who had been adventuring for some time could answer most of the questions without any problem.

And even if someone failed to answer a few of the questions, the cut off for this test was very low so failing was very unlikely. Obviously Lauren and Rein both passed with full scores.

Just like that, that became mithril rank adventurers, a height that very few were able to reach in their lifetime. Then Lauren and Rein parted ways. Lauren needed to send the news of her becoming a Mithril rank to her institution where she did her research.

Now that her institution would have their 3rd mithril rankers, she was sure to be very busy with all the congratulations and flatterings.

On the other hand, Rein was going to meet Tasha and Stella in their inn room. He had been away from them for quite some time and he was already starting to miss them.

So, for the time being, Rein and Lauren were going to go there different ways and would meet back at night in a restaurant where Rein would officially announce her as his new girlfriend. Lauren would also get access to Rein's network there.

After Lauren went back to her inn room where she was staying for the time being, she took out a small but intricate magic item. This tiny item was actually a very precious magic item that allowed a person to have long distance communication with another person.

This item was not a top tier magic item, but still only nobles and very rich merchants had access to them. Lauren's casual use of this item indicated that her support was at least quite rich. Soon the call connected to the other end and Lauren spoke up -

"Master, I was successful in my mission."

A cheerful voice replied from the magic items -

"Oh, now that's really a good news. I knew that if anyone could do it then it had to be Lauren chan. Very good. Very good.

So you're going to still stay there for the second part of the mission, right ?"

"Yes."

"Okay good luck. I will let others know."

Just as this long distance communication was going to end, another panicked voice sounded from the side.

"Father, is that miss Lauren ? Please allow me to talk to her. I need to tell her something."

"Theodor, you're not involved in Lauren's current mission so you have nothing to say to her. Go back. She had just finished the first part of her mission and needed a break."

The previously cheerful voice of the man was currently filled with coldness. But the other man named Theodor did not notice it and exclaimed -

"Ohhh, wonderful. I knew my fiancee would definitely be able to complete whatever mission she was given. Hahahaha."

As the conversation between her master and his son named Theodor was going on, Lauren was staying silent as a sign of respect to her master. But when Theodor declared her as his fiancee she immediately said with an angry voice -

"I don't remember ever agreeing in becoming your fiancee, mister Theodor. If I was not clear in the past let me be blunt here, I do not wish to become your fiancee, not now and never in the future too. So, do not disturb me ever again."

Not only Theodor but even his father Magnowel was also surprised by Lauren's blatant rejection. She had also rejected Theodor's advances in the past, but was never so direct. She had always maintained a hint of politeness. But today her rejection was very straightforward.

Then she immediately ended the call.

Magnowel who was very experienced immediately understood that Lauren had most likely fallen in love with someone. That was also very surprising as he knew Lauren to be very research minded and unlike someone who would fall in love.

But if she was able to truly find someone to fall in love with then it was a good thing.

But not everyone took this rejection well. Immediately Lauren ended the conversation with the magic item, Theodor ran out of the room and shouted and foe the servants to prepare a flying mount for him. He wanted to go to the city of Joum immediately.

Magnowel also went out to stop him from doing something stupid.

Just like that the situation was getting interesting.