Chapter 44 – Hopeful.

“Are you sure?”

“It’s quite probable. Your ant friend should be safe for the time being, probably for another month, that is if they haven’t changed the guild rules since my untimely demise. Let me explain.”

A white orb replied to a strangely relieved-looking suit of armor. A plan was made to cause chaos and escape in this dungeon. However, this did not fix the immediate problem of Gleam being captured. Rusty posed a question about his friend’s safety, and the hero, familiar with the ways of adventurers, gave him some good news.

“The ant.”

“Her name is Gleam.”

“Sure… Gleam will probably go through an examination process. They will likely discover that she is under a bonding contract with someone. Normally, this will make them assume that she is owned by a Tamer.”

“A Tamer?”

“Tamers are people that use monsters and beasts as their weapons, they are able to subjugate and control these creatures through these contracts, with the bonding one being a bit special, usually they use it for their first monster. Since Gleam bonded with you and you are still alive, the contract will come up during the first examination…”

“So, that means that…”

The hero sighed as he continued his explanation. He wasn’t sure what to make of Rusty. Sometimes, Rusty reacted like a child who didn’t know anything, while other times, his mind was sharper than an adult’s. His ability to strategically take out adventurers using traps showed his high intelligence, but he lacked a lot of the common sense a human would have.

“That means that Gleam will be treated as someone’s tamed monster, there are laws prohibiting others from harming such monsters.”

“That’s great! So that means that Gleam is safe?”

“At least for the time being…”

“Time being? Is there more to it?”

“Yeah, there are certain rules, or at least there were, but everything is on a timer. I think it was around a month. If no one claims a bonded monster, the guild would seize it and more than likely allow the people who captured Gleam to take possession of her. Even though you have a bonding contract, such things can be forcefully removed even if the owner is still alive.”

Rusty nodded at this revelation. It seemed that there were a lot of strange rules in the outside world populated by these humanoid beings. Luckily, these rules were working in his favor, as for the time being, it seemed that Gleam would be safe. Captured monsters like her would need to remain at a certain facility, and once there, they would stay for a month.

During this time, nothing would happen to her, but eventually, after the timer ran out, the people who captured her could claim her as their possession and probably overwrite his bonding contract with a more unfavorable one. This meant that he had around a month to turn this place upside down and leave the dungeon he was born in.

“Good, that will be enough, thank you.”

“No need to thank me, I’m just nothing but a skill…”

“Stop being such a downer, little hero.”

The two lights started to vanish as Rusty canceled the skill before his mana ran out. During the conversation, he had already used up his last mana crystal to prolong their talk. He was now back to square one on the first floor of the dungeon. The only difference was that he was now being hunted not only by the adventurers but also by the dungeon heart. It wanted to kill him and restore his form to the one it could control, something he could not allow.

“How should I start… if Aburdon is right, then I might have to attack the dungeon heart directly or gain enough levels to evolve further.”

Rusty found himself back in the dim, musty corridors of the dungeon’s first level. His metallic body was still and silent as he contemplated his next steps. The weight of his newfound purpose – saving Gleam and breaking free from the dungeon pressed heavily onto his armored shoulders.

“I’ll need to get stronger and do it fast, a month seems like long but it’s not…”

Name:	Rusty
Classification:	Twilight Bronze Armor [ E- ] L3
Type:	Magical/Inorganic
Hit Points [ HP ]	140/140
Magic Points [MP]	129/129
Special Points [SP]	40/40
Strength	24 [ E- ]
Agility	6 [ E- ]
Dexterity	10 [ E- ]
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