Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

878  Chapter 878- Call from Melinda

Ding… at this moment, a notification from the dungeon appeared in front of Gil-garna.

[You have defeated the Deep Sea Alligator King. Proceed towards the exit to receive the reward].

The Ogre King read the notification and frowned. Although his opponent ran away from him, it still technically counted as him defeating his opponent. In any case, now that there was nothing for him to do here, he did as per the notification and headed for the exit that appeared after he defeated his opponent.

The reward for defeating the Deep Sea Alligator king was quite grand and was many times more rare than what they got hold of in the previous floors after defeating the Tomb Tyrant.

Hoarding everything that was there, Gil-Garna stood in front of the teleportation circle and in the next second with a flash of light he was teleported to a different place.

A wide sky and a lush green land, the first thing the ogre king noticed was that he was no longer in that submerged chamber. He was out!

BUZZ… just as he was about to take flight and regroup with his subordinates that he could sense in the distance, an object that was placed near him in an oh so conspicuous manner, buzzed.

Shifting his head, he noticed that it was a transmission conch. That's right, the buzzing noise came from the transmission conch that was placed near him.

In the middle of wide plains surrounded by nothing but tall grass and wild plants, there was a dais and on top of that dais there was a transmission conch which was receiving a signal at this moment.

 Now if one looked at the situation, anyone with half a brain could tell that this was a set up. Or else how could anyone place a transmission conch exactly at the area where he would exit from?

Gil-Garna had no doubt that this was something that was done by the enemy. For the other side to contact him in such a manner, naturally he was intrigued.

And so, he picked up the call and the voice that came from the other side— was as expected from the enemy.

 "Huhu, Congratulations on winning that fight against the Deep Sea Alligator King. That was an exhilarating show or should I say as expected of someone who holds the same rank as me? It was a good fight".

A feminine voice that carried an inborn seductiveness and provocation to it, rang out.

Hearing that voice, Gil-Garna was stunned for a second, his mind raced with numerous thoughts as he tried to put the situation together.

"So it's you huh? Why are you trying to contact me after ignoring all of my communication for the past couple of months?" he questioned, his tone not so friendly.

"You don't seem surprised that I am calling you from the enemy's side? It looks like you had already foreseen this development. Hehe, you have a good head on top of your shoulders"…

"Stop with your nonsense, Melinda. Do you think I'm like those ordinary ogres who would fall for it? Speak, why did you call me?" the voice coming from the other side was none other than from the Queen of the Harpies and one of the Seven Kings.

 "Booo~ you are no fun. That said, I called you for a very important reason" Melinda spoke provocatively.

 "Oh and what's that?"…

 "Hehe, I called you to suggest an alliance?"…

"Alliance?!!" Gil-Garna's brows twitched and he replied in an indignant manner "After rejecting my offer of forming an alliance all this time, you have some nerve to suggest one now"

"What is your motive? Don't tell me that you finally realise how foolish of an idea it was to ally yourself with the demon? Or is this one of your ruse huh?".

No matter how furious he acted outwardly, he was still rational. If it was any other ogre they would immediately fall for the provocative and coquettish voice coming from the conch and agree to her terms immediately.

However, he was different, he knew this cunning woman very well as such, he could tell that it was a trap set by her to destroy them.

It was either that or she realised that she was in grave danger now that they were this close to the dungeon core, she wanted to switch boats.

Since she has allied herself with the demon or perhaps seduced the demon and made him her puppet of sorts, in any case, her fate was now closely linked to the dungeon. If it falls, it would also spell the end for her and leave her and her clansmen vulnerable to their attacks.

 She must have realised that she didn't stand a chance at resisting against three of the Seven Kings after seeing their army arrive so close to the dungeon core and was thus planning to change boats.

No matter what it was, whether it was a trap or not, it did not matter at this point.

"Do you recall the words I sent my subordinate to give you? I told you that you would regret not joining my alliance. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity and if you miss it, you won't be able to join again. Are you regretting your choice now?"…

 "Come on, don't be like that. Okay, I admit that I made a mistake by not joining your alliance previously. So give me a chance now. If you want, I can even give you a free pass to the dungeon core floor"..

"You should know me, I have already brainwashed the mind of the demon who is the master of this place. If I want to, I can easily manipulate him to do my bidding. There are still a couple of floors left before you reach here. You don't want more casualties to appear in your clan right?" Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The voice spoke in a mellow yet threatening tone.

Hearing her words, the first reaction that Gil-Garna had was disbelief. "Impossible, you are simply throwing around empty words".