Ascension of the Monster Queen

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.

"Thanks guy," They replied and Yonja's eyes began glowing blue and Nessa's began glowing bright orange while staring at the creature.

"What are they going to do?" Ian asked.

"I don't know, but it seemed to me as though Nessa figured out something, let's just wait and watch, if things goes bad we will be right here to help them," Cortan responded and Ian nodded.

"Okay, let's get this part over with then we will rest for the rest of the night," Yonja said and Nessa smiled as the snake was about to release its venom and at the same time, Yonja released a bunch of slashes towards him which hit his body so hard that it roared in pain.

"Can you do that once more? It isn't deep enough," Nessa said as he smiled and took a deep breath, allowing the energy to flow properly within his body then released another waves of slashes. The snake roared as it got hit by them and it was about to spit its venom.

Nessa smirked and jumped up in the air and blew fire on its body which caught onto the venom and ran into its body due to which the entire body of the snake was set ablaze and Nessa lnded back on her face as the snake fell to the ground and its head landed before her feet and she looked at it.

Cortan removed his barrier as the body burned to its core, and they all approached them then Nessa sighed.

"We need to rest right now," Sophia said, and Nessa and Yonja agreed.

"We need to stop fighting so much, we need to conserve energy, but before that, we have to go up those stairs to get to the next part, shall we go at once maybe we will find a place to rest as well?" Nessa inquired, and they nodded before they walked to the concrete stair that the snake had previously blocked.

"Guys, the royals, they are paying us individually right?" Niva asked and Yonja and Ian nodded and her eyes narrowed.

"They are willing to give us so much money for just clearing a dungeon?" Niva asked and Nessa glanced at her.

"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.