Digitize: Rebirth of the Silver Death God

Chapter 135: Joining Elly's Party

The battle was over in an instant as before the Gargoyle could even react, it shattered into two halves after a dazzling silver line spiraled around it in a flash.

As blood gushed out of its flesh, Nero stood quietly behind the body of the defeated creature showing a look of indifference, he twirled his scythe with one arm before grasping it and giving it a good side swing to splash away its bloodstains.

After inspecting the scythe's edge, he smiled in a satisfied manner and flicked his wrist causing it to vanish into nothingness, entering his personal storage space.

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Ding!

[You've defeated a Gargoyle Guardian, 75 EXP gained.]

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Nero's eyes flashed when he heard the system notification, even more so as he saw the screen that popped up before his eyes. He thought to himself with a tinge of excitement in his eyes, 'Perfect, EXP has returned to the normal standard for monsters at this level, I wonder, how much more do I need to level up?'

Following those thoughts, Nero then commanded for his personal details to appear, only focusing on his experience points

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[Level 7 | Class: None]

[Next Level EXP: 2765]

[Current EXP: 2160]

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'Ha, I thought so.'

Nero inwardly said with a light laugh as he felt better seeing his actual results, he thought for a moment before deciding to move onwards to the ominous palace at the summits of the mountain, ignoring the gawking looks from those who stood outside of the palace.

As if driven by Nero's efforts, the Digitizers which had already been pepping themselves up, looked at each other with firm eyes as some of them shouted.

"Look at that, he's just newly risen to fame and yet he can do that, I say, we shouldn't lose to guy that, let's work together and advance!"

"That's right! Let's fight together!"

As more shouted, the Digitizers finally united and formed the largest party in history, storming through the gates at high speeds like a strike team preparing to raid an enemy base.

Their attempt was notable, and quite logical considering their individual's skills and weakness. However, it would seem that the dungeon world was more than capable of judging threats.

Instantly, a group of Gargoyle's spawned once more as they charged at the now alarmed Digitizers, a fierce battle ensued between both parties as the pitiful cries from each side sounded across the palace field. However, this battle was something Nero hadn't concern himself with as he proceeded to the palace at high speeds.

While moving, Nero couldn't help but notice a few dried up trees with Man-Eating Crows on their branches, they glared at him with eyes that carried a hint of ridicule as they squawked showing no signs of flying away or even attacking him.

Beyond these trees along with a few erected gravestones, the towering palace stood alone with the sinister blood-colored moon behind it, shining its baleful rays across its entirety as it basked the environment in its hue. Oddly enough, this light was even richer at the palace when compared to the rest of the city, as if the focal point of its rays were none other than the palace that rested on this lone mountain.

'It's quite large and spooky, I wonder what kind of monsters are inside?' Nero thought to himself as he looked at the rapidly nearing palace before his eyes, noticing its scale which grew larger by many times with each step he took towards it.

Adult Nero who normally remained silent couldn't help but speak out his thoughts at this time, "Me too."

When Nero heard those words, his eyes widened as he had never thought such words could come from his older self's mouth. Nero was about to question his meaning, but suddenly, a voice sounded from nearby.

"Hey, wait up!" The pleasant but somewhat angry voice said.

Nero was a bit surprised at the voice as he halted his movement and looked towards the side, but as he saw the person hurrying over, he couldn't help but show a slightly awkward look.

'I didn't think she'd be waiting on me; it looks like I was a bit insensitive to this side of hers.'

While he was thinking to himself, Elly soon arrived in front of Nero, she quickly started to complain while pointing at him.

"You... humph! After all that I did waiting on you and you just go off and run away after getting here, you're such a mean felon! "

Nero sighed as he saw the adorable beauty glare at him and point at him as if she saw an enemy, he thought it was cute, he gave her a good look preparing to tease her a bit, but soon he canceled that thought as he saw that she had brought company.

"Elly! You can't do that; we almost couldn't catch up!" Ivy's exhausted voice said as her lithe figure soon after appeared in green battle dress as she held onto her whip. She wiped the sweat from the corners of her forehead while staring at Elly.

"Hello, Sir Benefactor, it appears that we've met again," Ivy said with a smile to Nero after calming down.

Nero looked on with interest as he recognized Ivy from his time in the Crimson Blade Mantis Zone, he was about to greet her, but soon frowned when he saw Lily. When she arrived, she seemed unphased by the high-speed movements, her eyes looking at Nero with a complex light.

'Hmph! So, it's you, that thieving girl.'

Ivy and Elly made puzzled looks as they heard Nero's words, but before they could even ask questions, Lily had snapped back.

"Rascal, you're the one who's the thief, don't think I came here over to meet you because I wanted to!"

"Pssh! Like I care!" Nero yapped back and looked away, there weren't many who could make him remember them to hold animosity, but for someone who stole his loot and copper coins, Nero would always remember, even his grudge would run deep.

Ivy and Nero seemed to have reached common ground, no one looked at the other anymore, causing Elly and Ivy to look at the duo with strange looks.

Elly, now forgetting the prior mood of anger looked at Nero with caution as she asked, "Nero, how do you know Ivy and Lily?"

Ivy and Lily looked on in silence, Nero hearing this shook his head and replied, "It's nothing, we had a few run-ins, enough about that, didn't you say you wanted to travel together, let's get going we've wasted enough time on the outside."

Elly thought for a moment before recalling her prior mood, but as she saw that it was getting late she sighed and replied, "Fine."

However, though she said this, her eyes glared at him as she thought to herself, 'Hmph! You better not think this matter is over.'

Nero nodded as he then gave Ivy a nod, causing her to blush as she lowered her head, Nero then prepared to proceed onwards, but at this moment he heard someone speak.

"So we finally met again, Silver B... no, Wild Silver. You've gotten quite strong since our last encounter," Poison Boy said as he slowly walked over, it would seem that he finally gathered enough spirit to speak with Nero.

Looking at the person that appeared out of nowhere, speaking towards him in a familiar tone as his eyes flashed with rivalry. Nero made an odd look as he stared at Ivy, Lily, and Elly, before scrunching up his brows and asking, "Excuse me, but do I know you?"

Poison Boy was shocked, he never thought he would be ignored by the opposite party, even after swearing vengeance to humiliate him in battle. He stood at a loss for words.

Lily though shocked made a snicker at this, as Elly gave Poison Boy an odd look. The only person amongst them that made an awkward look was none other than Ivy, she smacked the corner of her head as she recalled that her brother had a personal grudge with Nero.

'How could I forget such an important thing? I... I really hope brother didn't notice... those times,' Lily thought as she showed an embarrassed look, thinking that she might have exposed her affection for Nero.

Nero saw Poison Boy's look and frowned, he turned and looked at Elly, who only now spoke, "Oops, my bad, I was about to introduce them to you, but you already know Ivy and Lily. He's called Mikan Everdale, also known as Poison Boy in the Rising Ranking List. He's also the older brother of Ivy."

When Nero heard this he finally made a look of understanding as he spoke, "Ah, so that's how it is, nice to meet you, Mikan, I'm called Nero, let's have a good raid together."

Poison Boy showed an awkward look on his face as he replied, "That; yeah, let's do."

Nero knew that the latter didn't want to speak too many words with him as he had yet to recover his state of mind, not wasting a moment Nero then looked at the others and spoke, "Let's go."

The others nodded as they followed long, soon after hurrying to the doors of the palace, as they finally took their true steps to enter the core of the dungeon.

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