Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

"Hmph, you don't have to worry about it. Although he turned out to be a useless dog, he was nonetheless extremely loyal. There is no possibility of him revealing any information about us" the man snorted at those words of Eight.

"I hope that is the case your highness, the fewer people that know about the existence of the [Beast Inheritance], the better" after reporting everything he had to, the grey-robed man excused himself.

A grey smoke drifted from him and his body quickly turned into a gaseous form and unobtrusively flew out of the window.

"Tch these people do they think that they are important? They are just merely lackeys of those Cerberus" His Highness spat his frustration out after he was the only one remaining in the room. He then walked in front of the mirror and practised his soft and comforting smile before walking out of the room.       

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After travelling for a day, the thick foliage of the forest started thinning out and the presence of the monsters had also decreased noticeably, indicating that they were at the edges of the forest. And finally, after another day of journey, the path led out of the forest.

A vast field lay in front of them, devoid of any presence of monsters or bandits. The convoy rejoiced after escaping the hellhole that was the northern outlaw forest alive.

The wagons stopped for a while to navigate their way, after rerouting their course they had to find their way back to the main road.

"This should have been the path we had to travel from that connects with the main highway. However, we had to change our course halfway through because of the bandits. Because of it, we are quite far from the main road that leads straight towards the dukedom of Montford" Cynthia opened the map and showed it to everyone present.

Next, she pointed with her hands on a small crisscrossing line across a vast patch of green.

"We should be currently here. To travel to the main road, we have to pass through multiple villages and ridges. Although the path cannot be said completely risk-free, it should be relatively safer than the forest. I want everyone to not let their guard down until we reach the Castledor city".

The members of the convoy immediately nodded and set forth. The Castledor city was the biggest city in the Dukedom of Montford, and also the city where his grand caste was located hence the name Castledor city.

The city was bigger than one could imagine and its grandeur could only be outshined by the capital. The populace here lived with a smile on their face, and merriness overflowed from the walls of the city.

Although the wealth difference was evident here too, but even the poor citizens got plenty of opportunities to earn their bread.

After passing through the gates and paying the toll fees, the convoy finally entered the Castledor city and sighed a heavy breath of relief. These few days of constantly being on guard had taken a strain on them and they couldn't help erupt in joy after finally entering the safe confines of the city.

<br/>After the line-up of wagons entered the city, they attracted quite a lot of attention and when they stopped near a high-class inn, it even garnered some awes from the passer-by. The hotel that the convoy had stopped onto was one of the most luxurious hotels in all of Castledor city called the Centre Point.

After the guard commander went to check-in, the entire hotel was booked by them showcasing the enormous wealth of their guild. The staff of the hotel took care of their wagons and the Bane Moose before leading them in.

Simon and the others got off from the wagons and entered the hotel to rest their tired bodies. The Mistress of the Serene Palace Merchant Guild made sure that everybody got a personal room or a room spacious enough to easily accommodate a group of them.

According to her, they would be resting here for a day or two before continuing their journey. They would be leaving the wagons here and continue through a different means.

After Cynthia passed a few relevant information, everyone dispersed. Simon entered his room and flumped himself on top of his bed. He was a Demon Viscount and hence his constitution was much stronger than an average human, even his wounds had long been healed.

Unlike the others, he did not need to rest but since he was travelling with them, he had to go with the consensus of the mass. Closing his eyes, he concentrated his attention on his body that was brimming with energy.

He had to admit that after the battles he had gone through in the Northern Outlaw Forest, his level had spiked quite a lot. His level was now 347, he had gone through a total of 22 level-ups after departing from his dungeon.

Even some of his skills had evolved after that intense fight against the person with the beast inheritance. He had also gained new skills and was able to increase the tier of his electro magic to intermediate tier.

All in all, the trip was quite beneficial for Simon since he was able to improve a lot. After analysing his body, he got off his bed and took a bath. The High-class inn lived up to its reputation; each individual room had its own separate bath and toilet. Although it cannot be compared to the luxury of modern day hotels of earth, the inn was still very good.

The fire attribute magic stones inserted around the bathtub heated the water and made the bath all the more enjoyable. Simon was curious as to what Adalinda was doing right now. Since they both had achieved quite a lot of achievements from the previous battles, they had received individual rooms.

He was quite sure that the little girl would be bugging him to hasten their journey to the capital. However, to his surprise, this little grand aunt showed an unexpected level-headedness.

'Has she calmed down after finding traces of her disciple?' Simon wondered feeling the warm water sweep away his fatigue. After changing his clothes, he came down to the hall below only to meet Adalinda who had similarly taken a bath and was now gulping down the food provided on her table.

The bill would be added to the accounts of Serene Palace Merchant Guild and thus the little girl was ravenously eating any delicious food she could find.

'Ah so that was why' looking at his sight, Simon immediately found his answer, it was not like the girl was keeping her composure or anything, she was just busy enjoying herself. He was increasingly starting to believe that the master and disciple were of similar nature with how flippantly they behaved.

When Adalinda spotted Simon, she beckoned with her hands for him to come and join her. Walking towards the table, he pulled out a chair opposite her and ordered something from the menu.

Soon, the previously empty hall started becoming boisterous when the other members of the convoy started coming down. Noticing the familiar figure of the two of them, they sat around the table beside him and merrily initiated conversation.

The topic of discussion was of course the battle with the bandits that they had recently gone through and the people who had shown their remarkable powers. When they started increasingly praising him and showing bootlicking smiles, Simon couldn't take it anymore and headed back towards his room.

CLACK… closing the door, he sighed a breath of relief. After lying down on his bed doing seemingly nothing, he took out the azure bead that Irene had given him back then from his inventory. He wanted to check the contents of it before but Adalinda barred him by telling him it would attract too much attention.

Thus he had no choice but to keep it back in his inventory. Now that he was all alone in his room, he could see what the item actually did without worrying about causing a commotion.

Cutting his index finger a little, a droplet of blood seeped out and dropped on the item. At that moment, a brilliant azure light overflowed from the bead covering the entire room. Along with the light, came a bone-chilling cold that swiftly encompassed the entire place.

The light was so bright that Simon had to instinctively close his eyes, when he opened them back, a seemingly infinite blue space came in his view. A gasp of breath inadvertently leaked out from his mouth as he marvelled at the absurdity of the bead.

To affect his surrounding to such a degree, it was indeed not an ordinary item. After looking all around him, Simon found three objects suspended in the air not far from him. Looking at the things, he immediately understood that they were prepared by Irene for him.

A warm feeling washed over him when he thought about the ice cold beauty back at his dungeon. Simon beckoned with his hands and the thing was immediately pulled towards him.

Out of the three objects, one was a scarlet orb the size of a fist, the other was an emblem in the shape of a beautiful phoenix shining with a brilliant light. The last object was quite peculiar in that various complex arrays encircled the object making it next to impossible to guess what it is.

Even [Analysis] was unable to recognise the item.

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Name:- Simon

Race:- Demon Viscount

Titles:- Demon of Pride [Incomplete Fragment 1/5]

Stats:-

Level:- 347

HP:- 45,241

MP:- 63,220

Strength:- 2941

Defence:- 3141

Agility:-  3635

Magic:- 4035

Endurance:- 3288

Luck:- 2194

Skills:- Language Comprehension, Analysis, Flame Magic Mastery, Gale Magic Mastery, Lightning Magic Mastery, High-Speed Thought Processing, High-Speed Regeneration, High-Speed Flight, Super Enhanced Strength, Body Enhancement, Fire Resistance, Wind Resistance, Electro resistance Pain Resistance, Blunt Damage Resistance,  Sense Presence, Hide Presence, Demonic Eyes, Super Enhanced Agility, Super Enhanced Endurance, Super Enhanced Magic, Super Enhanced Defence, Minimal Mana Consumption, Sharpened Senses, Mana Lines

Amalgamation Skills:- [Flame-Gale Mastery], [Electro-Flame Mastery]

Inherent Skills:- Dungeon Creation, Main Menu, Ancestral Symbol Ignition