The Dungeon Conquerors: Journey to the Peak

So it was very important for Rein, Sophia and Ruby to take care of this problem first. Rein did his best to make Ruby understand that the well being of his health was not the top priority now and they needed to take care of this problem as soon as possible.

Even though Ruby was unwilling, she still needed to acknowledge that what Rein said was true. So it was decided that the three of them would now continue with their mission to investigate the situation of the Kabalaska mountains. Both Sophia and Ruby were not very excited by the fact that Rein was putting himself in danger once again but they still got ready to assist him in any way possible.

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This time instead of searching the whole mountain thoroughly, Sophia used her searching technique to find the strongest monsters and killed them with Rein and Ruby\'s help. Their very first priority was to kill as many UR grade monsters as possible so that the human lives living near the mountain would not be in any immediate danger.

They also collected a few more samples of this new worm from a few other monsters. Now that they knew how these worms infected monsters acted, these next capture operations went without a hitch. Every time the infected monster self exploded but as everyone was ready this time, those explosions were neutralized without any harm.

So with the insane efficiency that this team of three displayed, they managed to kill most of the monsters of the Kabalaska mountains in less than a day\'s time. Both of the ladies were worried about Rein first but the more he fought and moved his body, the faster his regeneration became. So this forced expedition actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

After clearing out the Kabalaska mountains, Rein and his team finally returned back to the capital city of Poetua. Rein was now feeling perfectly fine as if he was never injured to begin with. But still Sophia and Ruby took him to a clinic to do some tests and results for all the tests were overwhelmingly positive. Only then both Sophia and Ruby completely relaxed.

Then Ruby went to tell the higher ups of the nation about what had happened on the Kabalaska mountains. Rein and Sophia also contacted a special organisation to deliver the new worm samples to Chris and others. Even though Rein had his powerful eye of Truth, the scientific equipment of this world was also top notch.

So Rein was confident that giving a good laboratory these worm samples would not be a waste and might even bring them unexpected results.

That night, after coming back from meeting the higher ups of the nation, Ruby told Rein and Sophia that the president of the nation wanted to hold a grand party for them and wanted to give them some kind of award for their help this time. Hearing that just as Rein and Sophia were able to open their mouth to politely reject this proposal, Ruby continued.

"But I knew that none of you will be interested in it so I have already declined it. Instead, to show their goodwill, the nation had now allowed me to accompany you all to the other danger zones to help you two out."

Seeing the cunning but happy smile on Ruby\'s face Rein and Sophia were stunned for a moment and then laughed out loud. They had not expected Ruby to be so scheming. At the first look, anyone would think that Ruby was somewhat of a muscle headed person but that perception turned out to be wrong.

But still both Sophia and Rein were grateful for her help. Even though Ruby was not at the level of Chris or Kasumi, she was definitely stronger than regular UR grades. Not only that but she also had the potential to reach an even higher level in the future. So Rein and Sophia were glad to have another helper as capturing these worms was extremely troublesome.

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After discussing among themselves a little bit, they decided to go to the next danger zone, the day after tomorrow. They had already chosen their next destination. This danger zone was located not too far away from here. Just like the Ashen Barrens, there were not many people living close to it, so not much was known about this danger zone.

This danger zone was called "Desolate Plains of Gahana". It was a plain which was created after one of the biggest prehistoric volcanoes erupted and even got destroyed in the eruption. The fire that was burning inside that volcano was special and that special fire was still burning in the plain.

That was the reason why the temperature in the surrounding area was very high, making this an unsuitable place for humans to live.

Many unique monsters which could not be found in any other parts of the world lived here. But just like the Ashen Barrens, none of those monsters came out of the boundaries of the Desolate Plains of Gahana. But in this case, the reason for them staying inside the plains was known to the scientists.

The eternal fire, which was the reason for this danger zone\'s creation, was also the origin of life for all the monsters who were born in this plain. So if they were away from the area of influence of the eternal fire, they would immediately die. That was the reason why these monsters did not leave the plains in any condition.

Actually Rein was not going to this destination to find more types of worms but to not find them. The special eternal fire had a special ability to purify almost everything. This was an extremely powerful effect and Rein was hoping that it would be able to resist the worms of that powerful monster.

If that was really the case and eternal fire was useful against that powerful monster from the core, then Rein would do his best to somehow master it with his own symbol. That would be a trump card for Rein against that monster.

So with quite a lot of expectation, Rein along with Sophia and Ruby went to the Desolate Plains of Gahana.