546: Chapter 549 The Empire in Peril

Doflair looked at them, his eyes full of helplessness.

They had no other choice.

This time,

only the younger generation could step up.

Otherwise, the entire Kingdom might turn to dust today.

Just as everyone was deliberating, Rosen also heard the alarm and rushed over.

“Excuse me, what is a Scarlet-level Dungeon?”

As soon as he arrived, he impatiently asked.

Nianwei Jones narrowed her eyes, sizing up Rosen, her heart filled with contempt.

This guy didn't even know the basic knowledge about Dungeons, yet he managed to have an SSS-level Talent Awakening?

It should be known that Scarlet-level Dungeons were a key subject in school.

Just as Nianwei was preparing to mock him for being ignorant, Yundou Luojia actively walked to Rosen’s side.

She explained the whole story of the Scarlet-level Dungeon in concise and clear language.

After Rosen finished listening, his eyes instantly lit up.

His excitement stemmed not from fear, but from exhilaration...

His System had already issued a new mission:

requiring him to enter the Scarlet-level Dungeon to sign in.

“I want to go too!”

Rosen immediately declared loudly.

“My future wife is going to Face danger; how can I sit here and do nothing?”

“Hmm?”

Nianwei Jones frowned, looking at Doflair with confusion.

“Grandpa, who is the future wife he’s talking about? Is it Feilin? Or Enli? Could it be Reyal?”

She counted on her fingers,

listing the beautiful maids who were about to enter the Dungeon with her.

Doflair’s old Face instantly flushed red.

How could his simple-minded granddaughter know

that the future wife Rosen mentioned was herself!

He truly couldn't bear to shatter that illusion...

After all,

even knowing about Rosen’s SSS-level Talent, Nianwei was still indifferent to him.

“Cough, cough!”

Doflair quickly coughed twice to change the subject.

“That’s not important right now.”

“Rosen, you just had your Talent Awakening and haven't started to Cultivate yet. Going in now will only drag everyone down.”

“Moreover, young hunters from other Families will be joining this time.”

“Among them, it’s inevitable that some might become jealous of your Talent and try to kill you inside the Dungeon.”

But Rosen looked at Nianwei with a puzzled expression and said seriously:

“Who are those people you mentioned?”

“I was talking about you just now. Big Brother Rogers said we will get married in the future.”

His tone was candid, full of confidence in his appearance and Talent.

From the moment he first saw Nianwei, his heart was captured, and her image filled his mind, leaving no room for anything else.

He was merely a youth from an ordinary world,

and in this life, he had never seen such a beautiful woman.

It could be said that he was smitten with Nianwei at first sight.

Nianwei looked at Rosen as if he were an idiot.

She said without reservation:

“Kid, with your current state, you think you deserve me?”

“You should go chase Reyal instead. I just saw the way she looked at you; it was like she wanted to devour you whole.”

The maid named Reyal,

upon hearing this, her cheeks instantly turned bright red.

“Thank you for your favor, Young Miss!”

She quickly said respectfully.

Rosen was completely dumbfounded.

What nonsense was this woman spouting?

He turned to look at Rogers, asking with a wronged expression:

“Lord Rogers, doesn't she know about my Talent?”

Rogers, however, turned his head away,

staring intently at the ceiling, mumbling quietly:

“Why didn't I notice before, this ceiling is actually so beautiful?”

He was truly too afraid of his sister.

Back then, he had only spoken carelessly when making that promise to Rosen, and regretted it immediately after.

He had initially thought,

that perhaps Nianwei’s attitude would soften a bit once she knew about Rosen’s SSS-level Talent.

But now it seemed,

that the kid wanting to marry his sister was simply a toad dreaming of eating swan meat.

Lu Chen, standing nearby, was already red-faced from holding back laughter, almost bursting out.

If it were the lively and cheerful Nianwei, she might have refused tactfully;

if it were the aloof and taciturn Nianwei, she would probably have ignored him directly.

But the Nianwei Jones before them ruthlessly tore him to shreds.

Lu Chen didn't actually dislike Rosen pursuing Nianwei.

After all, everyone has an appreciation for beauty.

Nianwei was indeed devastatingly beautiful, and coupled with Rogers' words, anyone would likely be moved.

“Hey, lackey, come here!”

At that moment, Nianwei Jones suddenly looked at Lu Chen and commanded imperiously.

“When we enter the Dungeon this time, you are responsible for carrying my sword.”

“How can someone as beautiful as me carry something so heavy myself?”

Even Nianwei Jones herself didn't realize,

that ever since being ignored by Lu Chen,

a strange obsession had inexplicably grown in her heart, always wanting to keep him by her side.

Or rather, always wanting to force his attention onto herself.

This time, Lu Chen didn't ignore her again.

He already planned to accompany Nianwei into the Dungeon,

so naturally, he wouldn't let her venture in alone.

“Carrying the sword is fine,”

Lu Chen said lightly.

“But you must be more polite to me.”

“You can call me by my name, Lu Chen.”

When Nianwei Jones heard this,

a flicker of inexplicable joy actually crossed her heart.

But her Face still maintained an arrogant posture:

“Fine, considering this mission, I’ll give you some Face.”

“Lu Chen, follow me!”

With that, she hummed a little tune and turned to leave.

Lu Chen shook his head helplessly.

“Strange, why do I feel like this girl Nianwei seems a bit different towards that kid?”

Yundou Luolin watched the backs of the two, muttering thoughtfully.

Yundou Luojia silently walked up to Rosen and comforted him softly.

“Rosen, don’t be sad.”

“I believe that as long as you give her a little more time, let her slowly get to know you, she will definitely change her view of you. She’s actually a very good person.”

Rosen looked up at Yundou Luojia with teary eyes.

In his eyes,

Yundou Luojia at that moment looked just like an angel descended from heaven.

He really wanted to throw himself into her arms and cry his heart out, but in the end, he held back.

He took a deep breath, turned to look at Doflair, and said firmly:

“Sir, I still want to go.”

“Big Brother Lu Chen is going too, I can stay with him. Young Miss Nianwei can protect him, so she definitely won't let me get hurt either.”

Doflair pondered for a moment, and finally nodded.

He couldn't keep Rosen locked up in the Family forever.

To grow, one must Face this cruel world directly.

“Alright, you all go prepare. We depart exactly fifteen minutes from now.”

In the Jones Family,

there were a total of fourteen young men and women under the age of eighteen who were going into the Dungeon.

They were all cousins of Rogers and Nianwei Jones.

In addition,

five maids and attendants would also accompany them into the Dungeon.

Before departing, Nianwei changed into an exquisite black battlesuit, fully armored from head to toe.

Everyone else also changed into similar battlesuits.

Only Lu Chen and Rosen had no equipment at all.

Rogers was just about to order someone to get them two sets of battlesuits, but Nianwei stopped him.

“Wait, Brother. I will prepare Lu Chen’s battlesuit.”

“He is my lackey; naturally, he should wear the clothes I choose.”

Saying that, she took out a set of cool-looking black battlesuits.

“This... isn’t this the Titan series battlesuit? It’s exactly the same as the one Young Miss Nianwei is wearing!”

One of her cousins exclaimed upon seeing the battlesuit.

“That’s right,”

another person said in a low voice.

“This is one of the two battlesuits specially crafted for Young Miss Nianwei by the Titan Company. It was originally reserved for her future husband.”

“Could it be... she and that F-rank kid...”

“Shh! Do you want to live? Shut up quickly!”

The person next to him quickly covered his mouth.

Rosen heard the conversation clearly,

his eyes fixed on the battlesuit, his gaze full of longing.

“Big Brother Lu Chen, can you give this battlesuit to me? Look, I’m going to marry her in the future...”

Before he could finish speaking, he was cut off by a cold glare from Lu Chen.

“Who are you? Do I know you?”

Rosen was instantly speechless.

He couldn't help but grumble internally.

Men, indeed, are all fickle creatures.

The moment they see an advantage, they wish to betray immediately.

Nianwei, however, paid no attention to the murmurs of the crowd.

Husband? What a joke!

In this world, no man was worthy of her!

The only reason she gave this battlesuit to Lu Chen was simply to give her lackey an extra layer of protection inside the Dungeon.

Soon, everyone was fully prepared and ready to depart.

They boarded a flying ship.

Just ten minutes later, they arrived at the city center... the entrance to that Scarlet-level Dungeon.

The group disembarked one after another.

Lu Chen looked out and saw that the plaza was already filled with many young people wearing various battlesuits.

Every Face was etched with tension.

Just then, his gaze suddenly sharpened.

He saw not far away,

Aicklin leading twenty young hunters, coldly watching them.

The moment Aicklin saw Lu Chen, the killing intent on his body erupted abruptly, like a sharp blade, stabbing directly towards Lu Chen.

But just as that killing intent was about to touch Lu Chen,

a much more terrifying pressure descended abruptly, instantly crushing his killing intent.

“This is a critical moment concerning the survival of humanity and the Empire, Aicklin, put away your personal grudges!”

A cold voice came from high above.

Hearing the sound, everyone immediately bowed in salute and shouted in unison:

“We welcome the Guild Master!”

Lu Chen looked up at the man suspended in mid-air.

The pressure emanating from the person was clearly that of a twelfth order expert.

“This person must be an SSS+ level hunter, perhaps even the strongest in the world today,”

Lu Chen thought to himself.

The man stood with his hands behind his back,

his calm yet sharp eyes sweeping over the crowd.

“Now that things have come to this, we can only send you Juniors into the Dungeon.”

“The last time a Scarlet-level Dungeon appeared, its scale was less than half of this one.”

“But after its mutation, it brought a catastrophe upon the world.”

“This time, if you cannot clear it within twelve hours, the consequences will only be more severe.”