Frostfire Legacy

Roughly ten minutes later, the two girls returned. To be quick, they made a full-speed dash to the weapon shop and grabbed the closest weapon they could see. When Aster received his card back and checked his balance, he felt weak.

There were not even five digits left on his name! They almost used his money to the limit!

"... Well, it's fine, I guess." Aster sighed, pocketing the card. "Anyway, let's head in. The rush to the fifth floor will begin at 6 p.m. sharp."

Of course, this information was something that Cassy brought in. The current time was around 5:44, so they still had a few minutes left. Still, they should use it effectively. Thus, Aster suggested entering early and meeting the Dragon's Roar team that was leading the charge.

After all, they had already met the leader of the said clan and even received a Help Card from him, so they could use it as a conversation starter and make acquaintance with the team at least.

After ensuring everyone was well-equipped, everyone lined up at the dungeon entrance and entered again. The queue moved fast, and not even two minutes later, it was already Aster's team's turn.

As soon as they entered, Aster quickly realized there was a large sectioned area a long distance to the right. Something that didn't catch their attention when they dropped by earlier.

Aster led the way, walking toward the small camp, but was quickly blocked.

"Stop! This is the camp of the Dragon's Roar 177th and 178th Teams! If you come any closer, then we'll be treating you as trespassers!"

"Huh...?"

He was surprised at the sudden hostility thrown their way! "W-We were just going to greet the leader of your par—!"

"Did you not hear me? Are you daft?" The man repeated, this time fixing his spear forward as if to attack. "Go away before I teach you all a lesson! I'm level 8!"

Aster sighed, thinking that they had just arrived at the wrong time. Just as he was about to turn around, two shadows rushed forward like lightning. Aster didn't even have the time to raise his voice and stop them!

*BAM!*

A fist landed on the man's solar plexus, causing him to lurch forward. Then, another attack came: a knee to his face, rendering him unconscious in one go!

"You? Level 8? Don't make me laugh." Kali spat at the ground while stepping over the fainted man's head. "You're this weak, and you dare threaten us?"

"How dare you talk like that to my darling? Even if God forgives you, I wouldn't!" And Tina didn't stop at all, continuing to stomp on the man's stomach.

"S-Stop, you two!" Aster quickly raised his voice, moving toward the fainted man at a leisurely pace. "Any more than that, and he'll be unable to join the rush to the fifth floor. The event might get canceled!"

"Who's there?!"

"What are you doing?!"

And just as he arrived right beside the man, two more figures ran out, hearing the commotion. After seeing that their party member was lying on the ground, unconscious, their faces quickly took on a color of anger!

"...!"

But as soon as they saw who was kicking the man's stomach, the two instinctively covered their crotches as their faces went blue.

"Huh?" Tina growled at them like a Yakuza getting interrupted. "You want a beating too?"

"I-It's the Lineage Breaker...! C-Call captain, quick!"

"C-C-C-CAPTAIN!"

Seeing the two's reactions, he could guess that Tina must've encountered them before. Hopefully, their jewels were still intact, he prayed.

In the end, due to Kali and Tina's sudden outburst, the entire Dragon's Roar camp rushed to the scene. A total of two parties—16 members, if counting the fainted dude—came out.

At the furthest back, a man walked forward with confident strides. Unlike Aster and the rest, who were wearing leather-type armor, he was wearing full-blown plate armor. It was flashy, with red and yellow hues as accent colors.

"What's going on?" The man asked, giving the situation a short glance. "That's... Gregory?" He mused, seeing the fainted man.

"Sorry about this."

Aster quickly stepped forward, extending a hand as if to block the girls from acting out again. "But this person was threatening to attack us, saying he's level 8 and all."

"Threat?"

The man in full-plate armor raised a brow, his green eyes staring at each of Aster's party members. After a while, he let out a soft sigh and removed his hand from the hilt of his sword.

"Sorry about that. It seems like my party member was rude to you." He apologized lightly but didn't bow his head. "However, knocking him out is just overdoing it."

"I hate people who claim they have high levels when they're not. It wasn't my fault he was weak." Kali scoffed, not a hint of being sorry in her tone.

"Overdoing it? I'm not done yet, though?"

And Tina didn't even stop, raising her foot over the man's family jewels, about to stomp them out of existence.

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But before she could, Aster held her thigh from below, preventing it from going down.

"If you do that, then that's overdoing it." He warned.

Tina, taking advantage of the situation, acted as if she had lost balance and jumped into Aster's embrace, acting like a lovestruck maiden. All the guys seeing this felt like they were seeing a ghost.

After all, some of them had met Tina before, and a few even ended up having their balls cracked! If not for the advanced level of medical technology in the current era, then they would've ended up becoming infertile for life!

But when the man in armor saw Tina, he too stiffened.

"..."

Aster quickly realized that he, too, was a victim of Tina's infamous rampage before they met.

"A-Alright. We'll let it slide this time, but there's no second time, alright?" He stammered for a bit before resuming his cool tone. "Someone, go and pull that idiot out of there and pour potions down his throat."

Just as he was turning around, Tina's voice echoed once more.

"Let it slide? That's my line. Try to disrespect my darling again, and I'll make sure that you'll be the last of your lineage."

"...!"

Despite her still sticking to Aster's chest and smiling cheekily, her words sent chills down the spines of more than half of the men in the Dragon's Roar team.

The casual greeting that Aster planned ended up becoming a meeting of traumatized victims and the assailant. He couldn't help but facepalm at the situation.

"So much for wanting to get acquainted."