Chapter 223: Double Restriction
"Halved the number of people?" Luna repeated with a bit of surprise evident in her voice. A dungeon with two limits was a rare sight to behold. Now it was understandable why the guild struggled to organize a party strong enough to clear it.
"Right. It means only ten people can enter, which in turn means we can’t even hire dungeon aides... Our awakened will have to carry their bags and collect the dropped loot themselves. Make the camps, cook the meals, all the mundane stuff no one wants to do," Talia admitted with a gruff grunt.
"Vampires..." Bastet hissed next with clear distaste evident in her tone.
Everyone turned toward the tanned felinid. "Do you know something about them that we don’t?" Tessa asked curiously.
Bastet remained quiet for a bit, but her strong frown never left her face. "No... I just don’t like the sound of them."
No one knew what to do with that information, so Tessa moved on, turning toward Kaiden. "Does this sound like something you guys want to partake in? Sounds like the high-risk, high-reward situation you were looking for."
Then, Tessa’s lips curled upwards, not with her usual poised calm, but with something subtly mischievous.
"Maybe you can bring a vampire girl home with you..." she mused, casting a sideways glance at Bastet.
The tanned felinid’s ears flattened. A hiss escaped her lips as her golden eyes narrowed into dagger-slits. Her fangs showed in a pointed, unamused snarl.
"I don’t think so..." Bastet growled, tail whipping behind her with clear tension. "I don’t share territory with bloodsucking leeches."
Kaiden didn’t react outwardly, but the corner of his mouth did twitch upwards just like Tessa’s. The guild leader chuckled at the response, raising her hands in mock surrender.
It was Vaelira who spoke up next.