Warlock of War: My Ares System

They all desperately chased after the duo of Bonebloom Miss and her servant, who was a knight in a full ass suit of armor… a bit extra, I must say.

The girl seemed to shout something, but the clattering of armor beside her completely drowned out any chance of me catching anything that she said.

But, once she got closer, we could hear her.

"RUNNNNNNN!"

"Seems she doesn't recognize us. We'll use her," I muttered, and Bella immediately nodded before following my lead.

We dashed passed the duo and equipped some of our spells, allowing us to rip through the horde of monsters.

I used the blood inside the goblins to create war hammers that smashed each and every individual skeleton to pieces until it could no longer reform itself.

The goblins, of course, died in the process, and Bella literally just burned everything in her way, basically carrying the entire fight.

"Seems my skills suck against undead," I smirked before taking a step back and greeting the duo had stopped to gawk in awe at the beautiful green spectacle behind me.

Bella was clearly showing off now, but since she was doing most of the work, I didn't complain in the slightest.

"And who might you be?" I asked the woman and pushed out my hand for a handshake, only for it to be intercepted by a metal gauntlet that firmly gripped my hand.

The guy inside the armor was strong, but trying to put me in my place via a handshake wasn't going to work in his favor.

"[Kneel]," I muttered, my eyes freezing over as they turned to glance at the knight.

He dropped to his knees, unaware of why he was now on the floor. I mean, one moment, he was standing up, and in the next moment, he was practically bowing down to me in front of his Mistress.

"Excuse me, but can you please stop bullying my knight," The girl said, and I noticed her sly eyes digging into me.

Son of a bitch…

I chuckled to myself a bit before letting go of the knight's gauntlet and smiling back at the girl in front of me… who seemed to be just like me.

"Siblings born of different mothers… what a sad sight to see," Bella muttered with fake sniffles of sadness running out of her nose.

"Hello, my name is Bella. Nice to meet you," The idiot beside me said, introducing herself after me but actually receiving a handshake this time.

Using her will be harder than I thought… she's clearly experienced, but her power… is below average. She seems more like the type to plan out the downfall of somebody rather than being the one to physically bring it about.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Laura," The girl with purple hair said and shook Bella's hand with a tight squeeze, but Bella was much stronger, meaning she felt absolutely nothing.

Neither one of our faces shifted, as if the expressions had been stapled to our skull just like this, but from the name we just heard, both of us couldn't help but smile underneath.

"My name is Orion," I said, and the girl finally shook my hand, though it was a bit loose and limp… like a dead wet fish.

"You all must be here through somebody. Which sibling are you serving right now?"

Bella and I put on our most clueless yet most convincing expression before lying straight through our teeth, our heartbeat not even raised by a single beat.

"And I can detect whether you're lying or not, so answer me carefully," The girl smiled, and we both sighed before opening our mouths.

"We're dungeon runners who actually just found this tomb. We can even show you the tomb guardian who we had to kill to get in here… if you don't believe us," I explained, and Bella followed up.

"Yeah, we were lost in this big ass labyrinth, so I'm glad we actually found somebody who knows this way around. Also, you said something about serving a sibling… what is that about? Is that some secret code?"

Bella was unaware of it, but by putting on this clueless act, the smart girl in front of us would begin to second guess her first impression of us.

This will create confusion and overthinking, which will stunt her ability to investigate us further… I know her pain, but she's not as good as me.

"I-It's nothing. I believe you," She muttered, and I snapped my fingers, allowing the man beside her to stand up.

My throat felt as if a fire had begun to rage up my esophagus, burning the mucus lining it and trying its best to escape from its fleshy prison… but I stopped all of this by squeezing my nail into my own hand, eventually piercing it and drawing blood.

Bella noticed this and decided to keep up the conversation as I dealt with the drawbacks of using the ancient tongue.

I needed way more training with this power.

"So, you're really not gonna tell us what all of that was about earlier? How come you were being chased by so many monsters?" Bella asked, and I gave her a quick thumbs up from behind, which the girl nearly saw.

"It wasn't a big deal. We just ran into some trouble," The girl replied, just as we had expected, but we still couldn't help but sigh.

It must be something with her other siblings… and I'm worried about the fact that the second descendant has already reached the treasure.

If he knew the secret passage to the tomb, he must've known where the treasure was as well.

Soon, we passed by the tomb guardian, which gave the girl quite a fright as the sight of its torn and withered body wasn't something easy to take in.

"What… What exactly happened to it?" She muttered, and the knight took a step in front of the girl, shielding her from looking any further.

"Orion is what happened," Bella muttered before glancing at me.

The girl's eyes slowly trailed over to me, and her eyes practically displayed the cogs turning in her head.