Out of nowhere, a system-wide announcement flashed in front of everyone’s eyes.
[Ding! World Announcement! Player "Blood God" has cleared the Stormspire Caverns in record time!]
All the local chats and the world chat immediately erupted into chaos. The players around the Stormspire Caverns particularly became extremely excited.
"The system notification just rang out! He should still be around! Let’s catch that bastard today!"
Several players near the dungeon portal leapt into motion at once. Rogues vanished into stealth, archers climbed to higher ground, and mages began prepping immobilization spells, all hoping to land the first hit on the infamous Blood God. Some just wanted to glimpse him in action. Others... had more violent intentions.
"Set a trap near the exit point! He has to come out through there!"
"Someone notify the Arcane Dawn scouts. Didn’t they put a bounty on his head after the last zone event?"
"He’s gotta be weakened from the boss fight. We strike hard and fast!"
"The Golden Dragons and the Azure Serpents also have a bounty on his head! If we can just trap him here until the big dogs get here, we can become instant millionaires! Come on! Come on!"
And yet, amid all the tactical fervor, none noticed the faint flicker of shadows in front of the dungeon portal. Damon had already activated Stealth when exiting the portal and reapplied the skill immediately after coming out.
He would have still been visible for a split second, but obviously no one noticed him. Damon looked at all the pomp and show and big party being set up all for him. It almost sucked that he had to disappoint them.
He let out a sigh and then disappeared into the city to take the portal and return to Trendelan. Damon would have preferred to farm the dungeon a few more times, but he had another weapon in his arsenal, because of which he was confident enough to take the challenge.
Soon, he arrived at the same tavern and met the familiar faces. Sylvara was standing there talking to Mark and Kate. Or more like she was trying very hard to talk to them while they simply gave one-word responses.
Damon could only laugh at her plight. He knew these two were being purposefully difficult, but he had no intentions of changing that anytime soon. After all, they were only temporarily cooperating and on friendly terms because of that. There was no need for anything more than this.
"Hi there!" Damon smiled, and Sylvara immediately looked relieved. It was almost she was pleased that he was here and she did not have to talk to the other two anymore.
"Blood God, you have arrived earlier than expected. Thank you."
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