Flashy Adventurer System : Show Off to Get Stronger! - Chapter 554

Chapter 554: Challengers
“Huh? What do you mean we’re not allowed entry into this mana dungeon?” An adamantite-ranked adventurer said in a loud voice, visibly angry.

He and his party have been preparing to clear this dungeon for the past two months.

Naturally, they would be extremely disappointed and angry to discover that, after such meticulous preparation, they wouldn’t be able to enter for three months.

“Sir, please calm down. We, the Horza Blaidde guard squad, understand your frustrations. However, this order is from the WAA Headquarters. We have no choice but to obey their instructions.” The guard chief patiently explained.

“S-Still! In three months, two of us will turn thirty and we’ll lose our chance! Please, sir, is there anything you can do? Maybe let us enter and keep it a secret from the WAA?”

“We apologize, Si–”

“What’s going on here?”

Suddenly hearing a stern voice from behind, the adamantite adventurer party turned around, slightly startled.

“S-Sir Fyun! You finally arrived.”

“Chief Gunther, what’s happening, who are these people?”

“Reporting to Sir Fyun, these guys are adamantite-ranked adventurers hoping to try their hand at clearing the Horza Blaidde Mana Dungeon.”

“Hoh, you’re all twenty-nine years old and below?” Fyun shifted his attention to the adamantite party and asked.

Realizing that Fyun was likely from the WAA, the adamantite party’s leader, Leonne, spoke respectfully despite his frustration.

“Yes, Sir Fyun. We’re adamantite-ranked adventurers from the Deltra region, and most of us are already twenty-nine, with two turning thirty in the next three months. We spent two months preparing for this attempt, and this is our last chance. Please, allow us entry to the mana dungeon!”

“Please, grant us entry!” The other members exclaimed in unison.

Fyun was a serious person. However, he wasn’t heartless, and he could understand why the adamantite party from Deltra was so desperate to enter.

Unfortunately, he was just a senior handler, and his authority wasn’t sufficient to grant the Deltra extermination party entry.

“Apologies, but my authority isn’t enough to allow two parties to enter the dungeon, as the higher-ups only permit one. I advise you to leave.”

Fyun’s words were akin to a thousand arrows piercing through the Deltra Extermination party members’ hearts, ruthlessly ripping them apart.

‘Do we really have to leave like this?’ Leonne clenched his fists in frustration.

He didn’t want to give up.

‘Hmm? Wait…didn’t he say that only one party could enter?’

An idea suddenly entered the Deltra leader’s head, bringing hope to his heart.

Sprinting to catch up with Fyun and the WAA Extermination Party, Leonne’s actions puzzled his party members, leading them to think he might have lost his mind out of frustration.

“H-Hey, Leonne, wh–”

“Sir Fyun! You said that only one party could enter, did you not?”

“Hmm? Yes, I did.”

“Then we would like to challenge the WAA extermination party for the dungeon entry rights!”

Hearing their leader’s words, a dawn of realization struck the Deltra Extermination Party members’ hearts, causing hope to burgeon in their hearts.

‘I see! Leonne, this was your plan all along! Truly smart and fitting for our leader! So there is a way! If we can somehow prove that we’re more competent than the WAA’s extermination party, it would be far more logical for us to enter the dungeon!’ One of Leonne’s party members inwardly thought, thoroughly impressed by their leader’s intelligence and unwavering resolve.

Unfortunately, Fyun wasn’t fond of such a change in plans.

“No. We’ve already had an extensive meeting and devised our dungeon-clearing strategy. Furthermore, the higher-ups specifically selected the members of our extermination party. It would be illogical to change the team now. Please leave.”

The senior handler’s words ruthlessly crushed the adamantite party’s hopes, leaving some of them in despair.

Most of them were forgotten geniuses, and if they wanted to stage a comeback, they had to achieve something huge.

Conquering the Horza Blaidde Mana Dungeon, which had remained unconquered for seven years now, was their best shot.

If they managed to clear it, they would undoubtedly make a significant impact, creating waves not just in their region but across the world.

“N-No way… You! Members of the WAA Extermination Party! Aren’t you even ashamed of not fighting for the right to enter the dungeon?!” Leonne exclaimed, hoping to provoke Shye and the others into attacking.

If the WAA adventurers attacked first, then they would have an excuse to prove their competence.

Unfortunately, although arrogant and hotheaded, the Horza Blaidde Extermination Party members weren’t stupid.

Not only did they look down on the Deltra Region Extermination Party due to their desperation and age, but they also believed it would be beneath them to prove themselves against such insignificant opponents.

Hence, not a single one attacked, destroying Leonne’s hopes and dreams.

‘No…No! I can’t let it end like this!’

The Deltra Party’s leader’s desperation left him no choice but to do an irrational action: attack first.

“Y-You cowards! If you won’t attack, then I will! Prepare yourself! Brat!”

Leonne’s battle instincts of taking out the weakest one first kicked in, and since Shye appeared to be way too young, he immediately assumed that he was the weakest.

Thus, he lunged at Shye, intending to bash him with his massive shield before finishing him off with his ultimate skill.

“You! You dare attack the official extermination party of the WAA?!” Fyun exclaimed in utter rage.

“L-Leonne! What are you doing?!”

“Leonne! Stop!!”

Unfortunately, it was already too late for the Deltra Party Leader to stop, and he had no intentions of doing so.

‘If I can just defeat one of them instantly, maybe Sir Fyun will…’

“Hmm…You think I’m the weakest?” Shye began, staring right at Leonne’s crazed eyes.

He would never back away from a direct confrontation.

“Think again!”

Slashing both greatswords diagonally upwards, Shye used [Power Slash] and all three [Boost] charges to increase the destructive power of his attack.

The next moment, the greatswords and the enormous silver tower shield clashed, causing a loud metallic noise to echo across the mana dungeon’s lobby.

The clash sent a hulking orange-haired warrior flying over fifty meters, rolling on the ground with broken arm bones and vomiting blood.

“LEONNE!!”

“T-There’s no way…”