Transmigrated as the Novel's Final Boss-Chapter 126:Dungeon Discovery [2]

On Earth, friends were easy.

Go out, make jokes, have fun, and relax.

But here, I was always on edge.

How could I not be?

Maybe that was why it was hard to talk right now

A part of me didn’t want to talk.

Because of the risks that would come.

This same thing had already happened once, though.

Mira.

I had let her go because she had gotten too close.

Was I really going to let that happen again?

If I did, who would be there for me, then?

Perhaps it was because I had seen the consequence of my actions with Mira, but I didn’t want to let another person leave.

So, I did it.

I took a risk.

My lips parted, revealing my tongue, and I announced in a squeaky tone, barely managing not to voice crack.

"Take out your wand."

She was right, I was planning to leave her.

How was I supposed to explain to her how I had randomly managed to find some dungeon that researchers couldn’t even identify?

If Mira as much as caught a bit of that information, her suspicions would grow to the max, and she might even start to investigate my backstory.

From there, it was only a matter of time until my identity was discovered.

Sage’s voice, much more confident and loud than earlier, sounded a moment later.

"Why? Why should I?"

Pointing toward the single tree, I sighed and said.

"If this gets out, you’re dead."

Still not trusting me enough, she slowly turned around and gazed at the tree, taking her wand from her pocket.

"What? You want a mana contract?"

"That would be ni-"

"Shut it and show me."

Simultaneously taking the pen out of my pocket and clicking the button, I held the blood-red blade in my hand and stood less than a foot before the tree.

The cave behind was a red herring; every scientist would assume that a dungeon would be there, and upon searching it and finding nothing, move further up the mountain, leaving the area.

No one would suspect a large dungeon could be within this small tree.

Nothing could be under the tree either, as it was on a cliffside, so there was only air below.

So, despite its ominous existence as one of the few trees on the mountain, scientists ignored it.

Taking the bandage completely off my right eye, I scanned every piece of its trunk, ultimately stepping back upon finding anything.

Then, focusing on my eyes, I activated elemental sight, immediately transforming the vibrant sky and tree into a colorless dark grey.

As expected, there were elemental particles around the tree.

If they were, scientists certainly wouldn’t have skipped past this area.

Stepping forward, I jabbed my blood-red blade straight into the tree, embedding the tip into the trunk.

And, when I removed the blade a second later, an ominous dark-black particle surrounded my blade.

There were two types of dungeons.

Ones that existed and were built in the real world, and ones, like the dungeons in practicals, that led to separate areas through portals

The latter was extremely rare and dangerous, as once entering a portal dungeon... you could not leave until the boss was defeated.

With pitch-black particles surrounding my sword, I drew a circle in the air, and in the next moment, my drawing came to life.

Before me lay a pitch-black circle that resembled a black hole.

The darker a portal was, the more prone and close it was to breaking and releasing all the monsters inside to the real world.

Turning back, I took a deep breath in and questioned.

"Are you still sure on following m-"

But before I could finish my words, Sage had descended down the stairs and started sprinting toward me.

Interrupting me with her arms waving frantically, she yelled

"DON’T GO?"

"..."

Why was she running?

Did she think I was going to enter it without telling her?

Panting and out of breath, Sage caught up to me; however, instead of talking, she weakly reached for my shoulder and pulled me away from the black portal.

Silently allowing myself to be dragged backward, I awkwardly waited for her to catch her breath so she could speak.

Her first words were to be expected.

"Are you insane!? You’re not even C-rank, and your plan from the start was to enter it alone!? What if an A, B, or even C-rank beast was inside!?"

"..."

Would she be madder if I told her I knew a B-rank monster boss was inside?

Not even giving me a chance to answer her question, she immediately continued.

"Is that why you were leaving me? To enter this and most likely die alone!?"

...would she be more angry if she knew I was worried more about her being confused that I found a random portal-dungeon than dying?"

Rubbing her forehead, she walked backward, dragging me behind, before saying.

"No, nope, no. See?" See? This is why I followed you down the mountain. If left alone, you’re surely going to die."

"...but weren’t you about to l-"

In a completely confident tone, without a single stutter, she proudly responded, her previous emotions not visible at all.

"I knew you’d stop me."

Ponting backward at the now completely visible and open portal in front of the tree, I awkwardly said.

"We can’t just leave that t-"

"Nope, we can."

"...b-"

"Nope. I followed you down; you follow me up. Fair?"

"not at a-"

"Rhetorical question, Jett."

*WHOOSH*

At that moment, a sudden gust of wind flew forward onto us, and a moment later, a glass elevator flashed across our vision before rising upward into the light-blue sky.

With my blood-red eye, I could faintly make out the five faces pressed against the window, staring at Sage dragging me behind her like an owner and their pet.

Thankfully, though, the portal was hidden by the tree trunk and its branches...but I doubt they would have noticed it anyway.