Reader Mage-Stubbing August 10! Chapter 19: 19-Dungeons And Magic

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“Monsters have been pouring out lately?” Sunny started with a retort. “Have you lost your mind again? If they’ve been pouring out then the whole city would be littered with them by now.” Janeth frowned. “If you have no idea what you’re talking about, would you mind shutting up?” Sunny waved the back of his palm at her, a piece of chicken dangling from his fingers. “I do know what I’m talking about, though. And I move around enough to know that I’m yet to encounter any Dungeon Breaks. In other words, they’re definitely not as frequent as you’re making them out to be.” “I know what I saw, Sunny.” Janeth wasn’t backing down from the clash. “What you saw?” Sunny raised a brow. “Were you there? It was the news, wasn’t it? You know that sometimes news outlets exaggerate things just because they want engagement, right? It’s their job and the way they earn their pay. Be careful what you just gulp down your throat.” Janeth swallowed the rest of her words. Merlin would have to side with Sunny here. He was right. Dungeon and Tower Breaks were definitely not frequent. After all, he too was yet to encounter any in all his years of living, and if they were really frequent, then he should have, because portals spawned where mana concentration was highest. And, honestly, mana was not something that was rare in the atmosphere. Basically, portals could spawn any and everywhere, as long as mana suddenly became concentrated in that area. However, it was not an immediate occurrence, and the Consortium Guild was always quick to respond to any signs of enough mana to form a portal pulling together to a single area. It was for this reason that Dungeon and Tower Breaks rarely occurred, because as soon as there was a sign of a portal on the verge of forming, Mages were dispatched to take care of the problem. It was apparent that no one wanted to relive the year of the cataclysm again, and measures were being taken to prevent that. Janeth sighed. “Fine. I get it. I was wrong, okay? But still be careful, though.” She narrowed her eyes at Sunny. “Don’t wanna walk right into a portal now, do you?” Sunny scoffed. “As if. There’s no way that can happen. Like I said, I’ve never even seen one before.” “There’s always a first time for everything.” Janeth smirked. “If that’s your attempt at frightening me, then you must have lost your mind.” Sunny shook his head. “Because that can never happen.” “Why are you so sure about that?” Nora chimed in, her question for Sunny. “There have been records of people being sucked into portals because it suddenly appeared in their homes. It could happen to you too, you know? It could happen to anyone.” “It won’t,” replied Sunny, simply and hard-headedly. “He’s like that, Nora,” said Janeth with a snicker. “He’s actually afraid of Dungeons and magic, and all that comes with it. He’s just trying to look brave.” “Don’t say what you don’t know, muscle-woman,” Sunny clicked his tongue. “What I don’t know?” Janeth did a double take. “What are you talking about? You told me all about—” “Hey!” Sunny voiced, his breath suddenly heavy and his tone hard, startling everyone. “Don’t you dare.” Janeth shrank into herself, seemingly realizing that she had become too comfortable with the conversation and had been going off rail. She shut her eyes and exhaled deeply, scratching the side of her head. “My bad,” she apologized. “It’s fine,” sighed Sunny after a second. “I did too much.” Merlin and Nora had been forced into becoming mere audiences during that interaction, but it wasn’t like they felt bad about that. At least, Merlin didn’t. After all, he had no idea what had caused Sunny to be heated so much, but he could infer that it was related to the cataclysm, and perhaps why he wanted nothing to do with magic and Dungeons as a whole. He was curious, but he knew better than to ask about something so sensitive. He trusted his twin sister to be the same too, as it was not their place to know something that didn’t want to be made known. However,