The room also has a washroom attached to it and a fireplace close to the study table which has a few woods ready to be fired up to keep the room warm.
I took a shower before going down to the living room to check on the dinner which will arrive in an hour as usual. I can still see Jack and Tariq talking in a hushed voice and both become silent immediately after noticing me walking down the stairs.
I look at them both with serious expression, but didn't want to ask them anything as they will tell me when the time comes or when they are ready to talk to me about it. I just nod at them and sit on the sofa opposite to them looking at my holowatch going through the details of the Pigmen's strengths and weaknesses to get ready for tomorrow's raid.
After a few minutes, Vimal also joins me with a smile on his face and admiring the dwelling, it's features and comfort loudly non-stop. I look at him to know if I have known him before joining the Obsidian Shadow as he speaks with me too friendly as if he knows me for years.
I didn't want to ask him about it as I do not want to offend him and will get to know him slowly. I just nod at him when he asks me something as I am focused on knowing about the Pigmen than a chit chat.
When the food came, we collected it and went to the dinning table to eat it decently instead of eating it by sitting on the ground, which we have been doing from the time we reached the village. While eating, I could see Tariq giving glances at me while Jack eating without raising his head even by an inch.
After I finish eating, I go to my room in and start meditation by sitting in lotus position. Meditation helps me to be calm and let me sleep well and I haven't had any dreams for a few days, thanks to it and the tiredness due to my vigorous training.
I wake-up early before the sunrise as I want to prepare myself for the upcoming dungeon raid. I start the day with a little stretch-ups, push-ups and squats. I wish I could do the battle exercise too, but it is too painful and I can't bare it unless I am in a do or die battle against powerful foes.
After the warm-up, I take a shower to clear the sweat that is on my body and do my morning chores. Once again I go through the details of the Pigmen to refresh my mind about their abilities.
After all these, I also did meditation to relax my mind and body to maintain my focus on the upcoming raid to clear the E-grade dungeon. It may be a low level dungeon, but these monsters are not animals, but humanoid creatures who has intelligence similar to humans and maybe even more which makes them dangerous than any monsters.
I should to be ready for any schemes or tricks they use against me or else, I will be getting a one way free ticket to the otherworld before achieving my goal to become stronger than my parents and to protect them against the beings from the nightmare.
It may look reckless to others seeing me fighting without using any skills or strength when fighting higher level animals and monsters, but they do not know I am training myself to become more experienced to fight enemies who are more powerful than me to a stalemate or even to kill them, if I get a chance.
I go down to the living room to see no one has come down yet even though the sun is up for two hours. I sit on the sofa in lotus pose to meditate till anyone comes down and the first person to come down is Jack who is wearing his armor from the Obsidian Shadow which he hasn't worn till now.
He usually wears a brown sleeveless armor, but the Obsidian armor is in black. It is also a sleeveless armor which I assume was crafted because of his request as he doesn't like sleeved armors which might at times disrupt his movements and attacks.
His armor looks simple, but I am sure it is a B-grade or above armor which will not get even a scratch when facing the Pigmen inside the dungeon. I have seen his mace which is also a high grade weapon that can inflict heavy damage with a simple swing which also shows how powerful he can be, when needed.
I wish I could have an armor and weapon like his, sturdier and sharper to be fatal with a simple swing. I am not sure why he wants to wear a high grade armor for an E-grade dungeon, or Is it really an E-grade?
I know for a fact they will not dare to enrage me again as they know I will leave the 'company' if they do so, but still there is a doubt lingering deep in my mind that it might happen, now or later.
I can't shake the feeling that this is going to be a tough raid. I know it is my first dungeon raid and I should be excited or cautious. But, this feeling is impossible for me to ignore and looking at Jack wearing such armor, it just intensifies that feeling.
After sometime, Vimal and Tariq assembles in the living room. We have our light breakfast and come out of the dwelling and line-up with the soldiers who are standing in front of the dungeon gate to start the raid.
The dungeon gate is a thin line that is like a crack in space which emits a faint light from the other side. The gate is too thin I can just call it a dungeon thread, instead of gate. I can sense the power fluctuating from the other side of the gate which is less than I expected.
After waiting for about fifty minutes, we get out turn to enter the dungeon. Jack looks at us with a nod and a raises his closed fists to his chest in a gesture of determination and courage before entering the dungeon followed by Vimal. I look at Tariq who gestures me to enter first to which I nod and get close to the gate.