The Villainous Me Turned the Losers into Blackened Bosses-Chapter 147 - Just Ask and Youll Know

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Will was stunned.

This was actually…

The first time he had seen Shuna in action within a dungeon. Although he had some idea from her letters, seeing it firsthand was a whole different experience.

Of course, he wasn’t the only one dumbfounded.

Will glanced behind him.

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There were about ten people in total.

The five with simpler gear were likely the first team that entered. Some of them had severe burns, with skin peeling off their arms and covered in blisters.

The remaining team was better equipped and uninjured, but their shields and armor were heavily scorched.

It was easy to imagine what had happened before Will and Shuna arrived—

The first team had fought a brutal battle, resulting in severe injuries and forcing them to send a distress signal. The second team, reasonably strong, tried to minimize damage while fighting the three-headed dog to rescue the first team but eventually had to switch to a defensive stance.

But all of that was in the past now, thanks to Shuna and Will’s arrival.

“What… what just happened?!”

“Did that terrifying Cerberus just… disappear?!”

After a brief silence, the group erupted in astonished exclamations, their jaws practically hitting the floor.

Alright…

Will admitted that even though he had immense confidence in Shuna’s abilities, he hadn’t expected her to be this powerful.

When he said “one-hit kill,” he was just joking!

“Uh… don’t panic. We’re from the Morning Star adventurer team. We heard you were trapped and came to help…”

Will approached and began casting cooling and healing spells on the severely burned team members, hoping to alleviate their injuries.

“No, that’s not what I mean. You two… came to rescue us alone?! Isn’t that too reckless?! What if something happened to you? You’d be trapped here too!”

“Uh…”

To be honest, Will had thought the same thing.

But…

“Never mind that. Just tell me if it worked or not.”

Will flicked his hand, continuing to cast his healing spell, causing the injured adventurer to shiver from the cold.

“…Thank you both for saving us!!!”

Meanwhile…

After achieving the one-hit kill on the Cerberus, Shuna didn’t immediately go to the people she had rescued. Instead, she stayed near the Cerberus.

“Shuna, what’s up?”

After Will finished his “rescue” efforts about fifteen minutes later, he walked over to Shuna.

“Oh, I’m looking for that thing in the corpse.”

Will understood—she was looking for the Green Wraith Stone.

Shuna seemed to be fixated on this matter.

“How are the injured? Have they been evacuated?”

“Yeah, they’re mostly evacuated. The situation isn’t too critical. Their team leader seems quite experienced.”

“Great, let me keep searching then.”

She specifically searched around the central “main head” of the Cerberus, understanding that if the Green Wraith Stone was an enhancement item, it would likely be in the core area.

“By the way, there’s something that’s been bothering me. I hope it doesn’t happen this time.”

Shuna didn’t mind getting her hands dirty, sifting through the still-smoking remains of the Cerberus, her hands covered in blood.

“What is it?”

“The last time with the Green Mane Lion, I didn’t get a complete fragment like the first time. It turned into unidentifiable shards.”

“Yeah, you mean the fragments you showed me before, with the white edges?”

Will remembered.

The first time Shuna had sent him the Green Wraith Stone, it was a relatively complete piece.

But the second time, it was just small shards.

The shards looked strange, with white calcification marks, which seemed off.

“Exactly.”

She nodded.

“Shards make it hard to study the internal structure and test other properties.”

Shuna squatted down, seemingly finding something.

“I’ve been thinking about it. The first time I got a complete fragment here, I used a similar one-hit magic spell. But with the Green Mane Lion, I used physical means. If I use the same magic with similar power, could I get a complete piece…”

But Shuna stopped mid-sentence.

“No, it didn’t work.”

Her fingers stirred the mixture of meat and blood at her feet, finally pulling out a small shard.

Indeed…

It was just a shard.

She held it up to Will, the sticky, hot blood still dripping from the shard in front of him.

Fortunately, Will had taken several courses on dungeon monster dissection at school, so he wasn’t too grossed out.

He leaned in, carefully examining the shard in Shuna’s fingers.

“Yeah, it’s the same as before. The shard has those white edges.”

“I suspect this stone was tampered with, possibly after I got the whole piece. Maybe… someone doesn’t want me to get a complete one?”

“That’s a bold guess. Who would do that?”

“It’s not too bold.”

Shuna rubbed the shard in her hand, cleaning it off a bit to reveal the edges more clearly. She held it up to her eyes, scrutinizing it.

“At first glance, it looks like a naturally broken stone, but since it’s so close to the time it broke, you can see… hmm, the edges seem to have been magically altered.”

“Indeed.”

“An ice-based spell, perhaps? If it were a fire-based spell from here, it wouldn’t leave white marks…”

“Yeah. That’s a reasonable guess. Maybe it was processed in another dungeon and brought here… I mean, if dungeons could communicate…”

Shuna’s eyes lit up at this.

“You’re right! We should investigate this further!”

“Sure, we can go out and find someone to analyze the magical residue…”

Will’s words were cut off.

Because Shuna used a water spell to clean her hands, put the shard in her bag, and then grabbed Will’s hand—

“Why ask? The simplest way to find out is right in front of us!”

“Wha… what?”

Shuna pulled Will to the door leading to the 30th floor.

The door to the “Boss Room.”

This door was shrouded in a layer of black mist, looking quite ominous. Red letters in an unreadable dungeon language were scrawled across it, giving off a clear “Do Not Enter” vibe.

But Shuna looked at the door…

With excitement.

“Let’s just go ask the ‘Ironfire Bastion’ manager sitting on the 30th floor—wouldn’t that be easier?!”

“Huh?”

“The boss is an intelligent being, right? Isn’t that common knowledge among dungeon explorers?”

Oh, right. Otherwise, how would the original story have a certain Dungeon Queen going out to party and drink?

“Common knowledge, sure…”

“A little questioning might get us the answers we need.”

“Wait, do you think it’ll just tell us?!”

Without waiting for Will to finish, Shuna pushed open the door to the Boss Room.

“If it doesn’t talk, we’ll just beat it up—”