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--AN) Here is the extra chapter I promised. --

“Master!” I heard Hilde’s panicked cry.

“Hilde, I’m fine. Just hurts like hell.” I tried to ease her worry but it did really hurt. My ankle felt like it was about to blow up with how much pain I was feeling. And then there was my arm that now had dirt and debris in it.

“Master, I will bring you back to the territory.” Hilde went to take off running but I quickly stopped her.

“Just helped me clean it then toss me some healing magic. Just heal it enough to stop the bleeding. Then lead Mike and Jada back as well. Also heal my ankle I can walk after you do.”

“I can not allow Master to be walking with such a wound! I will carry you. So just sit tight. Think of it as punishment for breaking our promise.”

I could only chuckle at Hilde’s stubbornness. I smiled and nodded my head. “But still heal me a bit it fucking hurts.”

Hilde healed my arm and ankle. Well, she healed my arm enough so that we could move without it bothering me. My arm will take some time to heal. It was almost severed off so the damage done will take quite a while to take care of. I mainly just wanted to get out of this place since I did not know if the monsters would respawn at some point.

Night fell by the time we reached our territory. We did run into a few monsters along the way, but Hilde glared at them, and they went running. Never mess with a pissed-off maid. I could tell she was still mad that I got hurt.

“Zoe!” Angel cried out as we stepped through the barrier. I looked at her, staring at my arm, which was still a bloody mess, and sighed.

“It’s fine. I just need to finish healing it. Although it was a close call.” I replied as I got Hilde to set me down. The pain in my foot was now gone. Luckily, it was easy to heal.

“I will heal you right up.” Angel carefully took my arm to look at it. Tears began to form in her eyes.

“Let’s head home first. I want to get these clothes off. I plan to take two days to rest then go on a leveling spree. I plan to level in our personal dungeon here. I need more actual life and death scenarios. I seem to be unable to react as quickly as I would like.” I noticed when fighting the dragon I had no sense of danger alertness. I was trying to fight like I was in game. I know where the core is, so I had plenty of time to level up and train myself more. The dungeon here will be perfect for that since it was around my level as well. With Hilde following us in we would be safe as well in case anything unexpected happened. I say us because I know Angel will want to go.

“I will go with you.” As expected, Angel indeed planned to follow me.

“Hilde will also go with us. Mati, you and Mr. Roberts will be in charge while we dive into the dungeon.” I turned to Mati, who was standing a few feet away.

“Understood, Master. I will be sure nothing happens to our territory.”

“You know brat I keep telling you to call me Dad. You and my daughter are practically attached at the hip so I know you two will never break up so we are all one family.” Angel’s father looked quite displeased. I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Then Dad, I leave the territory to you and Mati.” I said with a smile. This seemed to please him because he smiled brightly. “Oh right. This here is Jada and Mike. Let them go around the territory reporting on things. We have nothing to hide.”

When we got into our apartment, I had Angel help me peel my shirt off. Hilde prepared a bunch of towels and warm water to help wash the blood away.

“Master, did you learn anything from facing the boss?” Hilde seemed quite interested in this boss. She did not ask me about it on the way back, but I could tell she had been wanting to ask me.

“Yeah. Never stab a dragon in the ass.” I replied, causing Angel to burst out laughing. “That thing would not give up even with my mimics attacking it. It was dead set on killing me. Hopefully it will forget about the sword in ass thing the next time I take it on.”

“Hehe. Zoe I think anything would attack you relentlessly if you stabbed it in the butt. I mean that’s a delicate area and a place most beings would remember being stabbed in.”

“Angel you are not helping me right now. I am hoping it will forget not remember forever! That damn thing will try to run me over the next time it sees me before I even get a chance to attack. And worse yet only I can fight the damn thing. So let’s hope by the time I am strong enough to fight it that it will have long forgotten the little poke in the butt.”

“Next time you leave I will go with you. I may not enter but I can be there to try to help heal you if needed.”

“Alright. Me you and Hilde will go. You should be battle ready by that time.” With her entering the dungeon with me, she will be at a high enough level by the time she is out to deal with monsters on her own. But more importantly she will need to get used to seeing the death and destruction.