Shiro smiled seeing most of the requirements already fulfilled. Unfortunately, she could only sigh at the fact that she needed Jade Ice.
Jade Ice was a drop that would be normally dropped from a level 50 Ice Type monster. While she didn't have to manually excavate it, it would still take a while for her to obtain the item.
As for the creation of skills, she could take her time to experiment with the Frozen Hell series of spells. She needed to create a few more spells anyways.
Glancing back at the party, Shiro saw that most of them had recovered. Only Madison was still a little injured. However, just the fact that she took the brunt of the boss's attack and still lived was something to be thankful for.
[Alright, let's get out of the dungeon.]
"Yeah, we can finally leave." Jonas sighed in relief. During the time that Shiro had been updating her status, Silvia had managed to fully regenerate his arm.
[So what do you plan on doing after this?] Shiro asked while they were walking out of the castle.
"I'm going to retire." Jonas replied truthfully.
"Wait retire?" Silvia was surprised. If Jonas retires, he would lose his only source of income.
"Yeah, I'm going to try to settle down with a wife and have a few kids. Hahaha." He laughed.
"Are you planning to get a normal civilian job?" Lyrica asked.
"I don't know."
[How about you try being a trainer? For a school. You can help younger people fight better so that they're able to have a bigger chance to survive in dungeons. The mortality rates in dungeons are pretty high after all.] Shiro replied.
"Hmm, yeah. I suppose that'll work." Jonas nodded.
"But let's go to a public bathhouse first. We have been stuck in the dungeon for almost a week now haha-ow." Madison laughed but flinched from her injuries.
[True. I look like a mess right now.] Shiro replied. Her outfit was covered with dried blood and a few scraps of flesh while her hair was tangled up with blood as well. Not only that, she frowned at the stench.
[Smell like one as well.] Shiro continued.
"Same for me." Lyrica agreed.
"Hey, shall we also get the kids and all that back at camp to come as well?" Madison asked.
"Oh, that'll be fun. Want to join us Silvia? Erica? It'll be like a ladies night out." Lyrica suggested.
"Sure." Erica agreed since she needed a moment to relax herself.
"Me too." Silvia nodded as well.
"Great. We'll go back first to see if the kids want to join us. We'll send you a text when we're ready."
With the plans laid out, they walked towards the gates.
*krrr….
Opening the gates, they were greeted with the sight of a group of people who were surrounding a corpse.
Shiro immediately narrowed her eyes coldly since that meant Trace had tried to release information about her class instantly.
Slowing down so that she was near Silvia, Erica and Jonas, Shiro showed them her phone.
[A word about what happened inside the final boss room and that is what happens. I had an idea that Trace was going to tell people but I never thought that he'd try to turn the entrance into a bloodbath so soon.]
The three of them shivered in shock as Shiro was able to kill him without leaving their side.
"Excuse me, are you this man's friends?" A patrolman asked as he walked over.
"Yes. We were in the dungeon together when it mutated and we managed to survive. What happened?" Silvia replied.
"Well I'm sorry but from our scans, it seemed like he had a heart attack the moment he exited the dungeon. I'm sorry for your loss." The man said with a shake of his head.
"Right…" Silvia muttered dumbly.
Walking a little further away from the scene, Shiro walked in front of them before pausing and turning around.
[Well, I do trust that you won't spread the word. Right?] Shiro asked with a soft smile.
However, when paired with her current appearance, it only caused the three foreign party members to pale.
Madison and Lyrica were ok with it since they knew what people were like. If Trace had told everyone around the dungeon that Shiro had a pair of guns that allowed her to easily kill a level 50 boss, they would have been bombarded the moment they left the dungeon. Thankfully, Shiro was prepared.
Silvia made a pained face as she took a deep breath. She couldn't believe that her 'friend' tried to expose his lifesaver to strangers which could have killed everyone.
"I-… I won't spread the word. But are you sure he tried to expose us?" Silvia asked with a tremble in her voice.
[Yes. The device only reacts when certain keywords are spoken together. Since it had killed him the moment he left the dungeon, I'm guessing that he tried to shout out the fact that I had something to kill a level 50 boss easily.]
"I see…" Silvia nodded.
Jonas could only sigh and shake his head. He had told them to not do something dumb but instead, one died and the other did something even dumber.
"Well, just text me when we're going to the baths. I might take a little longer though." Silvia said as she forced a small smile.
Watching Silvia and Erica walk away, Jonas sighed once more and walked towards Shiro.
"I'll talk to her a little. Since I lead raid parties quite a few times, I know how much harm a single person could do. I just want to thank you for protecting the rest of the party."
This caused Shiro to raise an eyebrow.
[You want to thank me for killing your friend?]
"No. I want to thank you for protecting the rest of us. The moment he tried to turn the other adventurer's against us, he was no longer my friend. He was someone who tried to kill us whilst acting as the third party." Jonas shook his head bitterly.
[I wish it could have turned out differently.] Shiro apologised.
"So do I…" Jonas replied before walking away.
"Well… this dungeon had certainly been rather… Intense?" Lyrica said as Shiro and Madison nodded.
"Yeah, 2 died and the three of us have improved a lot." Madison replied.
"You think Silvia still wants to join us even after the fact that you basically killed both of her friends?" Madison asked as she turned towards Shiro.
[Honestly, I don't know. We'll most likely have to try to find a different healer I suppose.]
"Ah, such a shame. She was so talented as well." Lyrica lamented.
[Before I forget, Madison. I have a purple shield that had dropped from the previous dungeon I went to. It's has a requirement of being level 40 but the skills are worthwhile. Once we finished out bath tonight, I'll go upgrade it so that you can equip it earlier.] Shiro typed out whilst she pulled out the Rock Giant's Protection that she had collected back in Giant's Heart.
"Oh my god, what are these skills??!!" Madison cried out in shock seeing the effects. While the base stats were rather subpar, the skills that the shields provided where incredible.
[As for you Lyrica, I'll go upgrade a pair of dual blades for you.]
"Ah so the growth type weapon was tampered by you Shiro." Lyrica smiled wearily.
[Well I can't say the full truth right now but just know that I'm very talented with technology.] Shiro grinned.
"I had my suspicions but to think it's actually true. So how many levels of growth are you able to upgrade the weapon with? Last time it was 10 levels if I remember correctly."
[Yes it was. I should be able to increase the max level to 45 or something around that.] Shiro replied after a short pause.
With her MP reaching 370k along with the fact that her Nanotech Engineering skill increased to Tier 2 due to her MP, she should be able to make a better version of the Nano Growth Infuser Prototype.
"What about the lowest level? Since before, I needed to add more weapons and items to the weapon to evolve it didn't I?"
[The lowest level will probably be 30. I suppose that depending on what happens, you should be able to use the weapons all the way till level 50.] Shiro replied.
[Naturally, you're not allowed to sell these weapons since too many growth type weapons in the market would be suspicious. By having them link back to us, it'll only create more problems.] Shiro warned.
"Ah we won't, don't worry." Madison replied since she wasn't going to ruin the friendship she had with Shiro for some momentary benefits. She knew that as long as you don't overstep your boundaries, Shiro was a good friend to keep in contact with.
[I'm not worried. I trust both of you.] Shiro smiled since she did trust both of them. While it wasn't full unconditional trust, it was enough for her to be ok with letting them know of her secret.
She wasn't sure if she could trust them fully since the last time it happened, the hero had killed her. But she was willing to give it a second go since she could tell that both Lyrica and Madison were sincere.
[Let's go get Kanae and see if she wants to join u in the baths.]
"You're quite attached to Kanae aren't you?" Lyrica asked.
[Well, it feels like having a little sister if I had to describe it. It's fun.] Shiro smiled.
"Do you think that in a few years, she'll join us in adventuring?" Madison asked, curious about their little friend.
[It'll be interesting that's for sure. Currently, her determination is strong. If she kept that up, there's no doubt that she'll be able to become a great adventurer.] Shiro nodded.
'So… another rival?' Lyrica thought as she furrowed her brows. She had seen Kanae being overly attached to Shiro during their time in the tents. However, she had ignored it since she was just a kid. But if she was going to join their party in the future, she may need to add Kanae to her radar of people to watch out for.
Arriving at the campsite, their campmates were shocked at the state of their bodies.
"What happened to you girls?" Ava cried out in shock. Especially since all three of them were coated with dried up blood. Especially Shiro.
She looked as if she had walked through a corpse explosion, which wasn't too far from the truth.
"Well, we were stuck in a dungeon for almost a week inside since it mutated." Lyrica replied.
"Oh god a mutated dungeon." Christy covered her mouth. She remembers her husband saying the survival rates of mutated dungeons were shockingly low. While people could break open the dungeon, not many were willing to go that far for people they don't know.
"So we were just wondering if you want to go to a bathhouse? Since we were stuck in there for quite a while, we are in need of a good bath." Lyrica smiled.
"Oh that's a good idea. Hey girls! You want to go to a bath house tonight?" Ava asked as she shouted into the tent.
Kanae was the first one to peek her head out and her face brightened instantly when she saw Shiro.
"Shiro-nee!" She called out and ran towards her.
"AP! Kanae, not yet. We were just in a dungeon so were quite dirty right now. We're going to a bath house to clean ourselves." Lyrica said as she stopped Kanae from hugging Shiro.
[Lyrica's right. You should wait till after till after the baths for a hug.] Shiro smiled as Kanae pouted.
"Fine." She replied after a short pause.
Shiro pulled out her phone as she saw Jonas sending her a message.
[Jonas: Hi Shiro, Silvia just needs a moment to calm herself. She won't be joining you tonight.]
'I expected as much.' Shiro thought to herself since it would be weirder if she did come.
[Shiro: Alright.]
Replying to the message with a simple response, there wasn't much else she could say.
"Who was that?" Lyrica asked.
[That was Jonas. Silvia won't be joining us tonight.]
"Mn, I thought as much." Lyrica nodded.
In the end, it was just the ten of them who were going to the bathhouse.
When they arrived at the bath house, they were surprised at how busy it was. With the influx of new York refugee's, not many were able to wash up so public bath houses were popular at this moment.
In addition to this, most of the people going were all covered in beast blood since they were adventurers.
Due to the fact that most of the people were covered in blood, the bath houses required you to take a shower first to wash away the blood before enjoying the baths. Otherwise, the water would be dyed red from the sheer amount of blood.
When they were getting changed, the three mothers were praising Madison for her body figure causing her to be embarrassed.
However, this only earned her a glare from Shiro since she was still annoyed that Madison's first class up had matured her body figure.
The bath was rather refreshing as Shiro closed her eyes and enjoyed the bath.
Lyrica also enjoyed the bath, but it was for an entirely different reason.
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