Chapter 81 - Dungeoneering

A/N: For those of you who asked about my exams. Thank you guys so much, I passed and all.

Also thanks for the support that made the novel hang in the top 20 even though it was paused for two weeks. You guys are awesome.

And for the comments regarding the relationship between Jon and Jull. They haven't slept with each other yet. The only slept beside each other.

Now here is the new chapter!

Enjoy♥

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"Hey, Jon!"

"Yes."

While I was copying the word wall in the chamber of the boss of Forsaken Crypt, Jull came behind me and spoke.

"I was thinking..."

"That's dangerous, tell me before you do it next time."

"....."

"Okay no need to get violent, you were thinking about what?"

"... the potion flask you came for, did you know it was here from the beginning?"

She really was thinking.

"Yes, I did!"

"Did you research its location or anything?"

"You follow me the whole time and you know the answer is no. All my research is magic related. Not really about history."

"Then how did you know that such a treasure is here?"

"Didn't I say that I have a past life?"

"Yeah, your past life and dragons stories!" Jull said while rolling her eyes.

"That's it."

"... Just 'that's it'? If this treasure is a legendary item that is a dream of many alchemists as you said, you can't just tell me you just know it."

"Yes, I got to know many secrets from my past life."

Jull who was making a confused face sat down on the ground beside me.

"It doesn't make any sense!"

"I know. It makes no sense even to me. But you do believe me."

"I, I believe you. It is not that you are an honest person. You just don't care about lying from the beginning, right?"

"Hmmm! Not really. But I figured if the truth got revealed one day, the people dear to me wouldn't say that I lied or hid anything from them, right?"

Jull raised her brows taken aback by my reasoning, she then thought and said, "But you didn't prove it either!"

"Simply, I have no proof."

"But The Wh..."

"The Phial is just a treasure. Even if I said anything, people may think I am crazy. And if they believed me, they will only care about how many information they can extract out of me. Think of all the stuff I know, a dragon break four years from now, three Elder Scrolls, the Staff of Magnus, Auri-El's Bow, and other Daedric artifacts that can make the sanest person lash at me if I said I can acquire them."

Jull was in a daze now.

"Th, The, These things just now, you know them from your past life?"

"Yes."

"And how did your past life know them?"

"There was a visual novel called 'RPG', it told the story of the events around Skyrim in year 4E-201."

Jull was looking at me with wonder, "Visual novel? RPG? I know it is unbelievable but did you come from the future?"

Oh! That's an interesting way of thinking.

"No, I lived in a realm different from Nirn?"

"This is even more unbelievable!"

It is actually more of a different world or a different universe, but there are limits for how she can understand.

"By any chance, were you a Dwemer in your past life?"

"Bwahahahaha! How did you come to that conclusion?"

This was truly funny!

The way this girl's head work is interesting!

I was copying the Word Wall while having this heartwarming conversation with Jull.

I don't know what is the relationship between the Ruins and the Word Walls but I think the Word Wall was something older than the Ruins around it.

Anyway it said;

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THORINGAR WahLaaN QETHSEGOL MONii VahRUKT NOOMI WEN DEZ LOS Wah *AUS* NIN DO POGaaN OGiiM RONaaZ.

Thoringar raised this stone for his daughter's memory, Noomi, whose fate it was to *suffer* the sting of many Orc arrows.

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The important word in this wall was 'AUS' which means 'Suffer'.

It is the third word in 'Marked For Death' Shout. I will comprehend it later.

"Now, let's get the hell out of here."

The way out was not that simple. The game always made some escape route in every boss room but in real life, such a luxury was not available. Sometimes immersion strikes is back and it becomes tough.

On the way out Jullanar asked, "So why is it broken? That White Phial thing."

"I don't know why is it broken but the only idea that comes to mind is that such a thing is normally really hard to damage unless you are its creator."

"Why would he create all this crypt if the thing he wanted to protect the most is already of no value?"

Good question!

"I have two guesses, the first that he was really a mean son of a bitch and wanted to torment whoever took his treasure by letting them come out of this empty-handed."

"You don't look like a tormented person to me!"

I smiled.

"Oh! Your past life has a story about it too?"

"That takes me to my second guess, maybe the creator was a wise and a smartass dude that he wanted to make another trail, remember that he made the door to the treasure room only open by a very potent mixture that can only be made by a true master."

"Which means..."

"The last trail is to repair the Phial."

"Aha! And you can do it?"

"Nope, that is beyond my skill."

"Then who will?"

"The same person who I ordered the potent mixture from. Master Alchemist Nurelion in Windhelm."

As soon as I said that, Jullanar froze in her place.

"We.. we are going to.. Windhelm?!"

"Yea.. Oh crap!"

I completely forgot.

Jullanar was born in Windhelm and has some bad memories about the place. Her mother fled from there because of the bad treatment of both Nords and Dunmer.

"Hey, come here."

I rushed and hugged her.

"Sorry, I didn't tell you, I completely forgot! I can take you back to Winterhold if yo..."

"Fufufu!" I heard a faint laugh coming from her, and suddenly I was hugged back tightly.

"Hello, which Jull is that?"

She looked at me and she was all smiles.

Shit! This smile, these eyes!

Yandere Jull is online!

"So this is how much you care about me. Fufu, don't worry about me. As long as we are together, I won't feel anything or anyone!"

Her words are sweet but her body is stuck to mine and is squirming left and right, she is going haywire again.

"Jull, quickly look over there." I said so distracting her for a bit.

As soon as she looked away, I was already punched her head hard that she screamed and held to her head with teary eyes.

"So cruel!" She complained.

Well, cruel or whatever, a lusty yandere Jull is the last thing I want to deal with right now.

After a small quarrel, we continued our walk out of the cave.

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After we got back to the inn, fatigue assaulted us greatly.

We were in our top focus condition during the dungeon delving and we didn't notice that almost a day and a half passed.

Nefertiti was entrusted to old man Hardling the innkeep as I promised him a gold coin to look after her and feed her all the raw fish and milk she wants.

Nefertiti is our little princess cat after all so she must be well taken care of.

I also heard that the black cat with blue eyes became quite popular in the village.

Somehow, Nefertiti liked the new treatment and became very haughty. She would sit on a shelf right next to the inn's door and anyone goes in or out will get a pat on the head, she would say things like "I bless you child" or "I have already blessed you once, go away."

Sigh!

This cat.

Feed her an ounce and she will swallow your whole arm.

I had to make her behave by putting her into dog tricks training course. I know how much she hates it.

Anyway, three weeks passed just like that.

I cleared Yorgrim Overlook which was a small, one-room Nordic ruin on the southern slope of the mountain range. This structure is slightly northeast of Forsaken Cave and south of Mount Anthor.

The next place I cleared was 'Shrouded Grove'. It is a grove with a cave located in the Pale.

It is located due south of Silverdrift Lair and west of Nightgate Inn and was inhabited by a troll.

It was a hard fight that I had to conjure a few Frost Atronaches to pin it down without harming it so much.

I used 'Absorb Vitality' on it and killed it slowly later.

It was an easy fight due to the spices of the troll being a Cave Troll which was weaker than the mighty Ice Trolls I met this far.

Still, after I dismantled it, I harvested its fur, eyes, liver, fat, claws, some blood, and most importantly the marrow.

The marrow is the main ingredient of the 'Troll's Essence' potion anyway.

Anyway, I got should have got my Astral Damage condition some relief.

'Status!'

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-Name: Jon Dare

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-Race: Human (Nord)

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-Age: 15

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-Level: 18

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-Attributes:

Health: 155/155

Stamina: 110/110

Magicka: 520/520

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-Active Effects:

Astral Damage: 16%

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Hmmm!

I got rid of 3% of the Astral Damage and my Level went up

Next dungeon I cleaned was Silverdrift Lair. It is a medium-sized Nordic ruin located east-southeast of Fort Dunstad and northwest of Nightgate Inn. The ruins were inhabited by draugr.

It took us some time as it was an annoying ruin and full of traps.

[A/N: Traps! Again!]

In that dungeon was a Word Wall too. It said

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BROTHI WahLaaN QETHSEGOL KULii VahRUKT ODRAV KeyN *HaaL* WO DRUN POGaaS ZIN Wah BROD SahQO-STRUNMah

Brothi raised this stone in memory of his son Odrav Anvil-*Hand* who brought much honor to Clan Red-Mountain

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It was the second word of 'Disarm' shout, 'HaaL' which means 'Hand'.

The last dungeon we entered was called 'Ironbind Barrow'. It is a Nordic ruin that serves as a tomb of a long dead warlord.

Its outer level was full of spiders, the big ones, some were as tall as wolves or even horses.

They were called 'Frostbite Spiders' and they looked very hideous.

The inner lever was a crypt infested with undead and traps.

[A/N: Apparently, Skyrim has a thing for traps!]

The last boss was called Warlord Gathrik. And Undead Draugr that felt very powerful.

Thankfully, the last strategy of a bass like that worked splendidly fine and we got a lot of rewards.

The last reward was another Word Wall. It said;

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NONVUL BRON DahMaaN DaaR ROT DO FIN FODiiZ BORMah-Nii LOS HeyV DO ENOOK MUN Wah LahNey VOTH ahKRIN ahRK ZIN LEH ROK *FeiM* VODahMIN KOTIN VULOM

Noble Nords remember these words of the hoar father - It is duty of each man to live with courage and honor lest he *fade* unremembered into darkness.

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Those three weeks I spent here were very fruitful. I had cleared dungeons no one had clears before and fought against all odds.

I guess the best reward is the experience. It never cheats you.

Now after gathering all the important things, and with my limit to summon Atronaches has increased to four. I loaded everything on them and said farewell to the Nightgate Village.

Now, to Windhelm.

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-Bonus-

▪ His true motivated

"The White Phial, it can refill any potion right." (Jull)

"Yes." (Jon)

"So which potion are you going to choose?" (Jull)

"An important annoying to make a potion with hard to get ingredients." (Jon)

"I was asking which potion, not what kind." (Jull)

"....." (Jon)

"Hey, don't look away, it is the 'Troll's Essence' right?" (Jull)

"....." (Jon)

"Don't run away you big pervert." (Jull)