My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem-Chapter 1582

“What party do you come from?” I asked as I woke the boy up and helped him sit up.

I snapped some fingers and was a bit surprised when one of the girls responded and brought me a drink. I helped the man take a drink, and once his breathing steadied, I asked him again.

“My party… we’re called Gold Ring, um… C rank.”

“C rank? Hmph… you shouldn’t have been on the 4th island then.” Demon’s Head scoffed, crossing his arms.

“F-forth island?” The man’s eyes widened. “We are on 2nd island, I swear! We were just trying it out to see if we were ready when we were suddenly... well, there was this fog. The next thing I know, I’m tied up.”

“The island's ranking closely matches the rankings of adventurers,” Alysia spoke to me through our soul connection, as she often did when she thought I didn’t know something. “The 1st island is for C rank, then B, A, S, SS, and SSS. There isn’t an island for D through F.”

“Nonsense! We found you on the S-ranked island.” The Demon’s Head leader declared.

“So, you also didn’t see the enemy?” I cut in.

The man opened his mouth and then closed it again. “No, I didn’t get a good look at them.”

We had two parties attacked, and neither of them was able to get a look at the assailant. They might also have some attachment to the pirates that have been affecting the coast. I had thought that once we left the coastline, we wouldn’t be dealing with them anymore. That was part of the reason I hadn’t hesitated to drag Calypso along. I reckoned the farther I got her away from the pirates, the better off things would be. Then again, if she was telling the truth, then how was this all connected?

“Are you going to pay me for that Return item we used? That was 50 gold.” Demon’s Head’s leader pushed forward.

“Fifty gold! We don’t make that much in a year!”

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“Then you’re just going to have to increase ranks and take more risks, aren’t you?”

“That’s what we were trying to do. Just before we were captured, we decided we weren’t strong enough to keep going.”

“How’s that my problem? You owe me!”

“Hey, why don’t you leave them alone?” One of the Titan Fall girls cut in. “If you were strong enough to save them, you wouldn’t have needed to use a last-ditch item in the first place.

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“Why you… I could have just allowed them to die, couldn’t I?”

“If you feel you went above and beyond, why don’t you just log in with the adventuring guild? They’ll offer compensation for rescues…”

“Not fifty gold worth…” The Demon’s Head guide continued to argue, but he was quickly earning the ire of many of the other adventurers and his words were losing strength.

I was mostly ignoring their complaining as I considered the situation. It was suspicious. Alysia was also lost in deep thought.

“Someone captured a C rank team and used them to lure an S rank team?” Alysia frowned. “Why?”

Her voice was heard by everyone, and the conversation seemed to die down a bit. Even though she was my sword most of the time and typically kept going as a passive observer, she still had the force and authority to command a room when she wanted to.

The Demon’s Head leader cleared his throat awkwardly. “Well, the truth is that we wouldn’t have been able to get out the returned item and escape if we hadn’t had a little help.”

I frowned. “A little help?”

“The… um… they call them the Shiny Knight. It’s an adventuring team of one, but they can fight at the level of an S-class party all on their own. They answered the cries the same time we did. They managed to keep the enemy at bay while we escaped.” He spoke in a somewhat embarrassed voice.

A shiny knight… my eyes widened as I realized who they were talking about.

“Carmine.”