Ascension of the Monster Queen

Chapter 198: Slashes

Nessa was aware that the others were tired and needed to rest in order to think clearly; due to the length of time they had been in the dungeon, they were all becoming irritated by the number of monsters they had to fight.

Nessa noticed the snake was about to attack again, and seeing how exhausted Cortan was, she smiled and tapped Yonja on the shoulder, and he looked at her.

"What's the matter?" He asked.

"Can you do wind slices?" She asked.

"Yes, why?" He asked.

"When the snake is going for another attack, we are going to come out of the barrier and I want you to use it on the creature, believe me, this will work, I have thought it through, it's what I have been doing for the past few minutes," She responded and he sighed before smiling.

"Fine, I will do it, guys we got a plan here," He said and they looked back at Nessa.

"What do you need us to do?" Sophia asked.

"I want you guys to stay put, do not come out of the barrier now matter what, we will handle this," She responded as she looked at the snake which grew taller and took a deep breath after which Nessa exited the barrier along with Yonja and the others looked at each other before looking back at them.

"Good luck, guys," Cortan said and they smiled back at them.

"Where are you going with this Niva?" Sophia asked.

"What exactly do you mean by "where I'm going with this"? Can't you see how strange this is? They appear desperate; what could be in this dungeon that would pique their interest more than gold, huh?" Yonja noticed a smirk on Nessa's face after Niva asked.

"Nessa, are you thinking about it as well? Wait, you think there's more to this, don't you?" Yonja asked as they approached the top of the stairwell, and she turned to look at them then scoffed.

"I believe more than that, the royals who assigned you this mission, there is something fishy about this, and I intend to find out what it is; otherwise, let's see how they get what they want," His eyes narrowed as she responded.

"What exactly are you saying?" Ian inquired.

"You guys will get the money whether you find what they are looking for or not, don't worry, but I intend to dig a little deeper into this, I want to know what they want and why exactly they want it, I am going to trust my instinct and not trust them," She responded as he looked at the others and they smiled, then Yonja patted her on the shoulder.

"You are not afraid of bumping into something you might not like, are you?" He asked and she smiled.

"Well, I just have a habit of accepting certain things as it is, if I don't like something and even if it's dangerous I will face it, I can't see when certain things happen either, there are a lot of things that I can and cannot handle though, so for now for the sake of what's good, I am going to follow my instinct about this and the royals," She responded and he chuckled then patted her on the shoulder.

"That's a good explanation, also I have to say, it takes more than just guts to do things like these, especially trusting your instincts when sometimes they can be wrong," He said and she smiled.

"Yes, I know how much your instinct can be wrong at times, but not mine, I have trusted it for most parts of my life and so far I have not regretted any of the actions that I have taken, now as yet, at least, this time it's not going to be that different, hopefully, now let's go because I am tired and I really am hungry," She replied.

"So am I, I need to sleep as well," Sophia said and Yonja and the others smiled before entering the next entrance.