These Familiars Are Strange

The two of us made our way through the dungeon while following this map.

Wang Rong could see that I was looking at a map as I led the way, so he had a confused and curious look like he wanted to know what the map I was reading was.

But I just didn't pay any attention to him as I was focused on leading the way.

With the map in hand, it was quite easy to find the place that was marked on the map.

The only strange thing was that…it was a wall.

There was a wall right in front of us that was blocking our way forward.

Though according to this map, this wasn't our final destination.

"Boss, are you alright?" Wang Rong asked in a worried voice, but I didn't pay any attention to him as I was still focused on the map.

After a while, I moved over to the wall and tapped on it while placing my ear against it.

Doing this for a bit, I turned to the Echo Bat on my shoulder and said something before it opened its mouth. After opening its mouth like this for a bit, it turned to me to give a nod of affirmation.

Seeing this, I knew that my guess was right.

I started moving all around the wall and started tapping in different places on the wall, as if I was looking for something.

After a while, there was finally a sound that I wanted to hear that rang out.

"Click."

"Clunk."

"Kathud."

After these sounds, the parts of the wall started to move. It was as if it was splitting apart with the way that it was moving and eventually it created an opening for us to walk through.

"Boss, how did you know that it was here?" Wang Rong asked in a shocked voice.

I just turned around and said in a casual mysterious voice, "I'm the boss aren't I? If I didn't know this, then I wouldn't be much of a boss."

There was a bitter smile that appeared on Wang Rong's face when he heard this, but he knew better than to say anything else.

After all, he didn't know what had gotten into Lin Fan, but he had suddenly started giving these strange and infuriating answers. Instead of feeding into it, it was better to just go along with whatever he was doing.

I didn't pay attention to Wang Rong as I started moving forward.

Even though this was a hidden passage, it was still properly lit like the rest of the dungeon, so we were able to see exactly what was here.

Only it didn't seem like there was anything here.

It was the same as the rest of the dungeon where it was just a normal pathway, but there was something off about this place. It was the aura that was coming from in front of us that made this place seem off.

It was an oppressive aura, as if there was something powerful up ahead.

As expected of a hidden quest.

Thinking about it, I suddenly pulled out the Vortex Trident and handed it over to Wang Rong before saying, "If anything happens, create a wall of water in front of us."

Wang Rong was caught off guard seeing me offer the Vortex Trident to him, but he took it in the end and gave a serious nod.

Though it was hard to hide the excitement that was in his eyes since he recognized the Vortex Trident.

He even swung the Vortex Trident around a bit, gathering water around the tip as he swung it.

I didn't say anything as he practiced with the Vortex Trident.

I was just focused on what was in front of us.

Moving closer, I could tell that the aura that was coming from in front was getting stronger.

The more that we approached it, the more pressure we could feel from it.

"Boss…" Wang Rong said in a worried voice again.

I just raised my hand for him to calm down before waving it for him to continue following me.

I could hear the anxious gulp that came from behind me, but I didn't say anything as I continued moving forward.

Finally, we arrived at the end of this hallway.

It was a small room that was at the end of this hallway and it seemed like there was something big that was there.

It was also what was the destination that was marked on this map by a red dot.

The thing that was in the center of this room was a very strange thing that was hard to figure out exactly what it was, but I was able to tell what it was after staring at it for a while.

An egg.

It was a large egg.

It didn't seem like there was anything else that was in this room, which meant that the pressure that was coming from in front of us was coming from this egg.

Just what was this egg that it was giving off this kind of pressure?

No, regardless of what it was, all that mattered was getting rid of it.

There was no doubt that it was the egg of some kind of powerful monster, so it was better to take care of it than to leave it be.

I turned back to Wang Rong to say, "Use your water to douse it."

He looked at me with a confused look, but he still followed my orders and pointed the Vortex Trident at the egg to spray it with water.

While he was doing this, I pulled out the Thunder Crown.

Once he had doused it and I had finished gathering electricity, I shot the bolt of lightning at the large egg that was in front of us.

The electricity from the bolt of lightning dispersed into the water and started frying the outside of the egg. In no time at all, the egg was turned brown and a part of it even cracked because of the lightning.

Just like this, the hidden quest was finished.

Only…I couldn't help feeling that it was a bit anticlimactic…