Dungeon Raider System

Words have the power to change how people perceive reality and that's precisely what happened after Uriel and Sam settled their differences for good. Once Sam voiced out that he thought of Uriel like a brother, the system somehow recognized him as such.

This was a great deal for Uriel who had never experienced having a family before, the only memories he had of his parents were so distant and fuzzy they were more of an ethereal concept than actual parents.

However, something bothered him. The cyan liquid that dripped into Sam was much similar to the one that covered him after he stabbed himself on the heart and because of the short time he spent with Water warlock he knew that his flux energy was also cyan.

In the end, Uriel decided no to voice any of his concerns about Water warlock to Sam since he didn't know much himself and there was nothing they could do.

The first part of the mining operation was successful and every member of the crew reached the location safely. The next part was much more difficult, they needed to haul the expensive and heavy equipment towards the orichalcum veins and then set up the machinery.

The group climbed down the island where the Air spirit people lived following the same path that Uriel took to reunite with his friends after falling from the heights. Lowering the crates was a challenge, not only because of their weight, but also because they were fragile and needed to be lowered with caution.

Some of the members from the Armstrong family tied some crates to their backs, but the bigger ones had to be lowered using chains and pulleys.

Thankfully, the area was safe and they weren't attacked by cryptids and the only danger they faced was to fall down to their deaths. Sam remained in the same group as the fighters while being careful not to show how close he was with Uriel who was still trying to hide his identity, especially from people he didn't know from before.

After long hours of painstakingly hard work and only after all the equipment was at ground level they were able to take a rest.

Uriel took a nap as he accustomed to do whenever he had a chance, but that didn't bode well with the rest of the mining crew. They all glared at him because of the different treatment he received from Amy, who not only didn't scold him but asked the rest of the members to not wake him up.

But even if they wanted to complain, they couldn't do it because Uriel wasn't in the fighter group and they were currently idle. It just bothered to see someone so calm while they were sweating in fear of activating a trap or being attacked by something.

In the meantime, Sam kept watch along with the few fighters he hired from the Cryptid hunting agency. Though so far their presence had not been necessary since they hadn't found any hostile cryptids.

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"Where to? I can't see anything." Asked Amy futilely waving her gas lantern.

"There's an abandoned camp about three kilometers in that direction. Maybe we should check that out." Sam said as he pointed his finger at the darkness. Because of his trait he was able to spot the camping spot Uriel left behind the last time he went inside the dungeon, not only that, he knew exactly how far it was.

When Amy gave the go, everyone started walking towards the abandoned camp, relieved that they were now walking at ground level but at the same time, scared of the dark areas right behind the floating islands where cryptids lurked.

As they got near the camp, they were able to spot the quadrants Uriel traced before and, although they didn't know he was the one responsible for them, they silently thanked whoever made them.

The squares made with thread served as a landmark that prevented them from getting lost and also helped them navigate the place, the only issue was how bothersome it was to lift their feet to avoid tripping on the thread and cutting it.

"This is is! This is the orichalcum vein!"

"For the flag, it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!" Cried one of the Armstrong men.

"Alright people, look alive, we need to extract as much orichalcum the fastest we can. The longer we stay, the more dangerous it becomes." Phlox stated as she gave commands to the mining team.

"You're not the leader of this party, Woman." The leader of the Armstrongs voiced out as he leaned closer to Phlox.

"If you're not going to kiss me, you better get your face off of me or I swear..."

"Shut up, both of you. Miss, Phlox, I understand you're an engineer, right?"

"That's correct.

We need to deploy the tier 2 batteries before even thinking on setting up the infusors, those things take a long while to charge and if we don't do it properly we risk wasting a full batch of batteries." Although she only found out about the existence of the metal known as orichalcum when Nika informed her, she studied the manual of every single machine and gadget which allowed her to understand the most efficient and safest way to operate the machinery.

"You heard her, start unpacking the batteries." At amy's command, the armstrongs opened the crates and began working, while Uriel and Miss Dragonfang stood idly by.

"You two, get moving!" Phlox said with an imperative voice. Lizzy bristled like a cat and started doing as Phlox asked while Uriel tried to follow her lead.

"What's this thing?"

"It's an infusor, it's purpose is to overload the orichalcum to make it harder."

"Isn't that a bad thing?" Amy, Lizzy, Sam and Uriel asked in unison.

"You clearly don't know a thing about this. The harder a material is, the more brittle it becomes." The leader of the Armstrongs answered.

"Exactly, we need to make it harder so we can break it with those babies!" She made a fist with her hand and then pointed towards a crate. "Because of the presence of cryptids and the strange phenomenons that occur in this place, we're forced to use kinetic machinery."

"Kinetic machinery my ass! Those are just pickaxes!"