Repeat Vice - The Villainous Noble Doesn't Want to Die, So He Swore to Not Die As One of The Four Heavenly Kings - Chapter 45: Cheats
Chapter 45: Cheats
About half an hour after Rofus and Carlos entered the dungeon, a bluish-white light began to emanate from the entrance of the Ghost Cavern.
The bluish-white light indicated that the dungeon’s guardian, the Guardian at its deepest point, had been defeated, marking the dungeon as fully conquered.
“What? Fully conquered!? It’s only been half an hour!”
Sigil exclaimed in surprise.
Rofus’ objective was to turn ghost-type monsters into his familiars and use their mana-draining skills.
Sigil and the others thought Rofus was taking his time defeating ghost-type monsters, but conquering the dungeon entirely changed the context.
The Guardian at the deepest point was different from the floor bosses that existed at each level. As the name suggests, the Guardian was the protector of the dungeon.
Guardians were considered extremely powerful, even in low-difficulty dungeons.
Renowned treasure hunters would team up, study the Guardian’s weaknesses, and prepare thoroughly before challenging it.
Even then, the chances of defeating the Guardian were about fifty-fifty.
Defeating a Guardian was such a significant achievement.
Rofus accomplished this feat with just Carlos in only half an hour.
Sigil and his companions knew Rofus was strong, but this was beyond their expectations.
As a side note, a dungeon that has been fully conquered by defeating its Guardian stops functioning.
The Ghost Cavern, now fully conquered, was no longer a dungeon but just a cave.
A disabled dungeon never regenerates. However, after some time, a completely different dungeon may emerge in the same location.
The principle behind this phenomenon is still unknown, but people have accepted it as a natural occurrence.
Shortly after, Rofus and Carlos emerged from the cave’s bluish-white glowing entrance, which then lost its light, indicating the dungeon’s power had ceased.
Despite just conquering the dungeon, neither Rofus nor Carlos had a scratch or even a speck of dirt on their clothes.
Rofus glared at Sigil and tossed something at his feet.
“A souvenir. Take it.”
Rofus spoke curtly, seeming displeased.
“A… souvenir?”
Sigil picked up the object that had rolled to his feet.
It was a golden skull.
“Whoa!”
Its eye sockets flickered with a bluish-white flame, startling Sigil, who dropped it. Hawk quickly caught it.
“—That was close!”
The golden skull was indeed the head of the Guardian of the Ghost Cavern, a golden skull wreathed in blue flames—Ignis Corona.
A drop item.
Guardian drop items were highly valuable and rare, enough to build a mansion in a prime city location.
Sigil dropped it, making Hawk furious.
“You idiot, Sigil! Do you know how valuable this is!?”
“But… I mean…”
“No excuses, moron!”
Hawk’s rare display of rage intimidated Sigil.
Meanwhile, Riruka approached Rofus.
“Welcome back… So, how was it?”
Riruka asked cautiously, sensing Rofus’s bad mood.
Rofus shook his head.
“In conclusion, I couldn’t turn ghost-type monsters into familiars.”
“Oh… I see.”
Riruka lowered her eyes, looking disappointed.
Rofus scratched his head in frustration.
“I had doubts from the start. Ghost-type monsters disappear without leaving a corpse when killed. Without a corpse, I can’t use my Shadow Eater.”
Rofus glared at his shadow, commanding, “Come out.”
A dark flame burst from Rofus’s shadow.
The Guardian Rofus defeated, Ignis Corona, appeared with a sinister, gigantic skeletal body covered in black flames.
“This is…!”
“The Guardian…!”
Kei and Dan gasped in astonishment.
Rofus indicated Ignis Corona with his chin.
“I thought a Guardian might work, but it was a miss. I assumed it was a ghost, but it’s classified as undead. I checked, but it can’t use mana drain.”
“Ghost-type monsters do vanish when defeated…”
“If only there were a ghost with a physical form…”
Rofus and Riruka pondered.
“A ghost with a physical form…? Oh!”
Riruka suddenly had an idea.
**
Reacting to Riruka’s “Oh,” everyone looked at her.
“Do you have any ideas?”
Riruka, under everyone’s scrutiny, avoided their gaze and spread her arms with a smile at Rofus.
Rofus frowned.
“…What?”
“A welcome-back hug. It’s only natural for lovers, right?”
“What?”
Rofus gave Riruka a cold, disbelieving look.
Ignoring this, Riruka hugged Rofus.
“Oh!” the crowd cheered.
Carlos widened his eyes slightly, watching Rofus’s reaction.
“What are you…?”
Rofus raised his voice in irritation, and Riruka patted his back soothingly, speaking softly so only he could hear.
“Relax. We need to talk without everyone listening, right?”
Rofus stopped resisting and sighed, looking down at the clinging Riruka.
“How long will this charade continue? It’s getting tedious.”
“Are you saying you actually want to be with me?”
“…Do you think so?”
Rofus glared coldly, making Riruka laugh nervously.
“It’s a joke.”
Then, Riruka looked straight at Rofus.
“Sky City Cielpark.”
Riruka murmured, and Rofus narrowed his eyes.
“…Yes, I remember.”
“Maybe it’s not a strong memory for you, though.”
Sky City Cielpark was a remnant of an ancient civilization, a floating ruin in the sky.
It was the setting of the first chapter of the story Rofus mentioned, where the massive griffon Deathwing Despia resided.
In the original world, Abel, the protagonist, and the Crimson Wind faction teamed up to fight Despia in an aerial battle, an episode where Riruka Skyfield joined Abel’s party.
Sky City Cielpark had unique ghosts.
Due to the high mana concentration, these ghosts had crystallized, gaining physical forms.
These ghosts were powerful but vulnerable to physical attacks and left behind corpses when defeated.
Rofus remembered this and nodded.
“Those ghosts might work…”
“Our next destination is decided.”
Riruka smiled and stepped back from Rofus.
“But Sky City moves constantly, so finding it will be the first challenge.”
Riruka pondered and winked at Rofus.
“I’ll explain it as if you told me this information, okay?”
“Don’t.”
“Why not?”
Riruka teased, and Rofus tried to grab her, but she dodged and laughed.
The men watching them were baffled.
“They suddenly started hugging and flirting.”
“Yeah…”
Kei felt overwhelmed by the sweetness, while Dan watched his playful sister with a smile.
“How far do you think they’ve gone?”
“Well, Riruka is only 12… Maybe just kissing?”
Sigil grinned, and Hawk adjusted his glasses, answering seriously.
Carlos looked up, covering his face with his hand.
“Hmm… I wonder which it is.”
Carlos had suspected that Rofus and Riruka were just pretending to be a couple.
Rofus’s reactions made Carlos confident, but now he doubted himself.
“Which is it…?”
No one answered Carlos’s quiet question.
**
Thus, the search for ghosts ended.
The immediate goal of the Crimson Wind was to find Sky City Cielpark, where physical ghosts roamed.
Searching for a floating city whose location was unknown was expected to be challenging.
Sky City was vast, but tiny compared to the vast sky.
However, Sky City had a distinct feature: it was always surrounded by storm clouds.
Sky City was hidden within a thundercloud.
Crimson Wind would be searching for a massive dark cloud in the sky.
Rofus suggested using the golden skull, the Guardian’s drop item, as funding for their search.
However, the Crimson Wind members didn’t agree, leading to a back-and-forth of “return it” and “we don’t need it.”
The initial goal was to cure Iz’s illness, and Rofus was just helping.
They couldn’t depend entirely on Rofus for both the cure and funding.
After much debate, they agreed that Crimson Wind would give Rofus any magic items or valuables found during their search.
Thus, Crimson Wind set out to find Sky City, with Rofus seeing them off.
Carlos then bombarded Rofus with questions about Riruka.
“So, what’s with that earlier, young master?”
“None of your business. Don’t tell Father.”
Rofus remained tight-lipped, leaving Carlos’s worries unresolved.