Chapter 36: Camp
Li Wei looked at the quest with doubt because it said it was level 15, but the monster he saw was level 19. This thing only happens when a dungeon error occurs.
"What do you think we should do?" Li Wei asked his party for consent.
Unlike the normal dungeons that get spawned, many can be created by high-level monsters and people. This type of dungeon aren't rare because when monsters reach a certain number, they can form a dungeon for themselves.
But only intelligent and high-level monsters can do that, with few exceptions in low level. There are also cases where humans made dungeons to farm certain monsters, but many times it was used for traps and tricks.
Not to mention a dungeon error where the level of the monster's boss changes because they eliminate all low-level monsters for XP.
Hearing him Elva looked at the dungeon with a frown.
"The dungeon level is 12, and if anything happens, we can escape. But we don't know if it's really safe, especially since it looks too suspicious. If it was created by a Sage, then why has no one discovered it until now, not to mention it's a Dungeon Error?" she expressed her concerns.
Li Wei nodded at her. "But because of the dungeon error, many traps will be disabled and destroyed, and only the dungeon boss will remain. I don't think it will be a problem because they probably can't level up too much considering the level of the dungeon and the monsters in it," he explained.
When he was searching through the books, he also searched for the inheritances of the sages and heroes. He wanted to let Li Xin become stronger, and now the opportunity was in front of him; he couldn't let it go to waste.
It didn't matter if it is true or not; as long as there is a chance, he is willing to try.
Alice also agreed with him. "Elva, what he says is right, but wouldn't it be good if we level up first before clearing the dungeon?" she suggested.
"Of course, we will level up first before clearing the dungeon," Li Wei said, turning towards them and continuing, "Also, I don't think anyone will discover the dungeon unless they get too close to it, and the boss will also not come out or it will lose its status buff as dungeon boss, so we can level up without any problems," he explained.
Elva nodded. "I don't have any problems if we level up a little and then go to clear the dungeon," she agreed with him, she too wanted to see how the dungeon created by sage looks.
Li Wei felt relieved that she agreed because he decided he would go inside no matter what, and if she rejected him, then it might not be a good thing for their party's stability.
"Has anyone found a good place?" he asked. Before they go to level up, they needed to set up the camp.
Li Xin looked at him. "Brother, I found a cave, and it's spacious too," she replied, pointing at a place just a little distance away from them.
"Okay, then we should hurry up and set the camp there. Let's go," Li Wei said, leading them towards the place Li Xin discovered, the distance wasn't long, and they arrived in front of it.
"It's really spacious," Li Wei murmured, looking at the cave that was the size of a small house. The cave was hidden by the big trees and vines, made a good spot.
Li Wei then looked at Elva. "Elva, you should prepare some warning traps around the cave so we will know if any monsters come," he said because she has a basic trap skill. Even though it's low level, it's enough and can warn them about it.
Elva nodded. "I will do it," she replied and got to work taking out her equipment while Alice also joined her to help.
"I will clean the cave," Olivia said, looking at the cave filled with grass and dirt.
However, Li Wei shook his head. "You don't have to worry about it," he replied and aimed his hand at the cave.
"Cleaning, Dusting, Purification." Without hesitation, he chanted the skills that he learned inside the city.
*Swooooh* A wave of wind swept inside the cave, cleaning the grass.
With one more swoosh, it cleaned the minuscule dust, and finally, the white holy light enveloped the cave, purifying everything.
Olivia looked at him with a stunned face. Elva and Alice, who were preparing the traps, were also stunned, while Li Xin was only surprised a little.
"It's done," Li Wei murmured.
"Let's go inside; we should set up the camp there," he said, not caring about their reactions. Once inside, he took out the camping equipment and started to prepare.
Li Xin and Olivia also helped him after recovering from their surprise.
Alice looked at Li Wei inside the cave. "Elva, don't you think his skill sets are weird?" she said in a hushed voice.
Elva, too, turned her gaze towards him. "Maybe he was born with some skills," she replied, not caring much. It was not a good thing to delve into the secrets of others.
"How boring; you don't have any interest in him," Alice muttered with a disappointed expression and suddenly remembered something, making her eyes light up.
Alice looked at Elva and scanned her body with her bright eyes.
Sensing her gaze, Elva felt uneasy.
"Why are you looking at me like this?" she asked with a sharp glare.
Alice smirked at her. "Look, Li Wei and Li Xin are too close, and they must have hugged each other, right?" she asked with interest.
Elva frowned, not knowing what she was thinking. "Yes, they must have. And didn't you see Li Xin was embarrassed this morning? It's probably because she was being close to him in front of someone," she replied with detail.
Hearing her, Alice nodded, and her cheeks suddenly flushed a little.
"So, at the dungeon fight, he hugged me to save from the dungeon boss, and today he hugged Olivia for the same reason," she said and looked at Elva with deep eyes.
"Huh?" Elva became puzzled.
"Do you mean he is looking for ways to get close with us?" she asked with doubt because she didn't sense anything like that from him. She was an elf and could sense other people's emotions more clearly.
Alice shook her head. "That's not what I mean. I was saying that he has laid his hands on almost all girls in his party, and now only one remains," she said with a misunderstanding talk while looking at Elva with fiery eyes.
"So I was thinking when he will lay his hand on you," Alice completed her sentence with daydreaming and looked ahead to saw a soft white fist heading towards her face. She wanted to dodge, but it was already too late.
*Bang,* a bang sounded as the fist landed on the unprepared Alice who was sent flying.
"Idiot," Elva murmured, shaking her fists, and got to her work again, ignoring her.
*Thud* With a thud sound, Alice directly landed inside the cave with screams.
"Ahh, it hurts," she screamed in pain, rubbing her cheeks and elbows.
"Elva, you are too ruthless to attack me when I am unprepared. Is this how you treat your best friend?" she complained with irritation when she suddenly felt the gazes around her.
She sat up and saw she was inside the cave while Li Wei, Li Xin, and even Olivia was looking at her with weird expression.
Alice blushed with an embarrassed expression, "Ahh, I am sorry, sorry for disrupting your work. Don't mind me," she apologized and hurried out of the cave ignoring their gazes.
Li Wei shook his head. "What a kid," he murmured.
Li Xin nodded with agreement. "Yes, she is the oldest but acts like an immature kid," she said and resumed what she was doing with Li Wei and Olivia.
They haven't heard their conservation, but they could guess it was her fault already.
Alice arrived beside Elva with a pout. "See, you embarrassed me in front of everyone," she complained again with irritation.
"You were asking for it," Elva said, glancing at her with sharp eyes.
"But I was serious about that, you know? Like, I am really curious about..." Alice wanted to continue, but she stopped feeling the cold glare of her.
She can escape with her skills, but it will not do any good if they end up in a fight suddenly with monsters, so she didn't dare to use the skills to escape.
"I was just joking, just joking," Alice hurriedly took back a few steps, but she still looked at her curiously, overthinking of other things.
Elva sighed at her; she knew her personality.
"You should better not think weird things, or it won't end well for you," she threatened her, looking directly into her eyes.
"Elva, you are probably overthinking things how could I your best friend will do such things," Alice denied it with a smile.
'Hehe, as long as I don't tell you what I am thinking, you can't do anything,' she smirked inside her mind.
'But it will be really romantic to see Elva being hugged by him. I should prepare some gifts just in case,' she started to overthink again.