"What!!!" Amber exclaimed upon seeing the sudden notification, and a hint of panic appeared on her face.

Victor, seeing her expression change, asked in a worried voice, "Amber, are you okay?"

"Victor, did you know that your territory is going to get attacked by the Black Church?" Amber asked, even forgetting to address Victor as Master.

"Oh, that..." Victor looked at Amber strangely, who was left speechless by his nonchalant expression.

"Hey, did you hear what I said? Do you know how dangerous the situation is?" Amber said, but Victor simply raised his hand, stopping her.

"I already know about that," Victor responded calmly.

"You know?" Amber’s eyes widened, and then she paused, recalling how he had been rapidly equipping his soldiers with mechs as if it were a race against time. She also remembered noticing a new structure that seemed like a defense system appearing in the territory. ’No wonder he was rushing—he was already preparing for the invasion.’

"Forget about me—how did you find out?" Victor asked, looking at Amber with curiosity.

"Hmm, I got a quest," Amber said, and directly showed it to him, which surprised him.

"That’s not a bad quest. You can try your new bloodline on the Black Church," Victor said calmly, and Amber’s eyes lit up. "That’s an excellent idea."

"Good, let’s go out and test your new bloodline powers," Victor muttered, and Amber nodded in agreement. "You know what, I’ll go and be back in a jiffy."

Amber said as she wore new robes she had brought and left the room.

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"Miss Amber, you’re back this early?" Sophie looked at Amber with a puzzled expression.

"Sophie, hand me the elemental skill books that we had brought to sell," Amber instructed.

"Huh, sure, but why do you need them?" Sophie asked as she rummaged through her storage bracelet and brought out dozens of skill books.

Amber did not respond and began skimming through them. Her eyes lit up as she picked a few books. "Found them, now I can learn them."

Hearing Amber’s words, Sophie became confused, but her eyes nearly bulged out when she saw a black ice sword appear in her hands, seemingly created out of thin air. "Miss... this... how?"

"Oh, this? I just awakened a new Warlock bloodline after having sex with Victor," Amber said nonchalantly, but Sophie remained frozen in shock, and then her lips started twitching. ’Is awakening a new bloodline this easy?’

"Sophie, do you want to come with me? I’m going to test my new skills." Hearing Amber’s words, Sophie, still shocked yet curious, nodded and followed behind her.

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"What is this place?" Amber asked curiously as she took in the surroundings. They were climbing down the stairs underground beneath Silvernum.

Soon they saw a few knights standing guard, who immediately bowed upon seeing Victor. "Lord Victor."

"Hmm," Victor simply nodded in acknowledgment.

"What..." Sophie’s eyes widened at the scene in front of her.

"Heavens, is that a dungeon?" Amber’s eyes also widened when they reached the bottom, which stretched many kilometers long and wide, and saw two swirling portals at one end.

"Yes, these two are portals I got after I killed a dungeon boss," Victor said nonchalantly.

’Holy... how does a barony even have a private dungeon? Even the Oreburgh County does not have one... maybe only the royal family or duchies have private dungeons,’ Sophie cried out inwardly. She knew the significance of a private dungeon—a family that had such dungeons meant they had a constantly replenishing source of resources. If you killed monsters outside, they were gone completely, but in dungeons, they would respawn after some time.

Gulp.

Amber swallowed hard and looked at Victor with flickering eyes.

"Let’s go in," Victor gestured for them to enter.

------- 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

[You have entered the Dungeon: Apocalyptic World]

As soon as Amber entered the dungeon, she saw the name of the dungeon.

Grr...

[Zombie Knight]

[Tier: 0]

[Level: 40]

Amber looked up and her face scrunched in disgust. "Zombies."

"Try your new bloodline," Victor said, watching the zombies approach

.

"Right, Ice Bow." Amber took a deep breath, and a bow and arrow made of pure ice appeared in her hands.

Wooosh.

She locked onto the target and released the arrow. Immediately after she released it, everything in the path of the arrow started to freeze and turn into ice.

Bang.

Shatter.

As soon as the arrow hit the Zombie Knight, it turned into a black ice sculpture and shattered into hundreds of ice pieces.

"Woah, this is much more powerful than my previous bloodline," Amber said, her eyes gleaming with excitement as she saw the effect of the arrow. This was the simplest ice-maker spell she had learned from the skill books used by Ice Warlock Bloodline users.

Amber had purposely lowered the power behind the attack and made it similar to Tier 0 attacks to test its effectiveness. She was sure that if she fought enemies of the same tier as her current tier, the result would be the same as this one.

Roar!

Everyone looked toward the source of the roar, and their eyes widened.

[Zombie Winged Knight]

[Level: 209]

[Health: 20,000]

[Attack: 3000]

[Speed: 2000]

"Miss..." Sophie’s eyes turned serious as she activated her skills, solemnly looking at the dungeon boss.

"Don’t do anything, Sophie. I want to try fighting it," Amber said, shooting Sophie a look as she gazed at the zombie in the distance with a gleam.

"Ice Ball." Amber said as a ten-meter spherical black ice ball appeared in her hands. She looked at the zombie, which did not sense the danger approaching. Suddenly, Amber tossed the ball directly at it.

The Zombie Winged Knight immediately sensed danger but was too late to dodge and was instantly frozen solid.

"Ice Wings." Two wings made of ice appeared on her back as she shot into the sky, and both of them immediately started clashing while Victor and Sophie watched from below.

30 Minutes Later

"Heavens, Miss Amber has become even more terrifying." Sophie swallowed hard as she watched Amber kill the Zombie Winged Knight without a single scratch on her body. If she had been using the Oreburgh bloodline, Sophie was not sure she could have done it alone and without injuries. She had a feeling that Amber could fight enemies tiers higher than her own.

Amber descended from the sky and looked at Victor with a loving expression. "How was it, Master ❤️?"

"Good job, slave," Victor said as he gave her a kiss on the lips, and Amber reciprocated as she hugged his neck and pulled him deeper into the kiss.

"These two... shameless." Sophie, who felt like she had been force-fed dog food, clenched her fists with a flushed face