"What is that thing?" Damian thought as he stared at a beast.

It had a rope around its neck, tied to one of the few trees in that desert. The beast was huge, and after a close inspection, Damian knew what beast it was.

"A Winged Lion? Why do I feel like I have seen this one before?"

The beast looked a lot like the Winged Lion Damian's teacher had used for the test right before the Fingers attacked Garmony Upper School. Could it be the same?

Damian could not possibly have the answer to such a question, so he jumped on the back of that lion without saying a word, and the girls did the same.

The back of that Winged lion had enough space to fit everyone, making it comfortable even with that many people on its back.

"We will be heading to the portal, and then there's another one before we leave the dungeon. It will not take us that long with the help of this one," the man said as he tapped on the lion's back, making it flap its wings and fly quickly.

No one exchanged words during the trip. The man because he was too scared of making Damian angry, while Damian did not want the man to hear his conversation with the girls, as that could shed light on his false identity, exposing him.

Just like the man said previously, they did not take long to reach the portal, which looked exactly like the one they had used.

The cobblestone structure was also there, but in wrecks — that was the aftermath of a Winged Lion passing through it.

They passed the portal and appeared on the other side, inside the dungeon's first floor.

Unlike the desert, they were now in a snowy mountain range, with snowflakes hitting the top of their heads. Damian did not flinch as he noticed the man gazing at him, trying to see if he was surprised.

Damian, instead, gazed back at the man, looking at him with lifeless eyes, making even his soul shiver.

"This youth is a demon in disguise!"

It was cold inside that dungeon floor, and even though them being super humans with way higher resistances, it was still quite challenging to travel through that area.

If it wasn't for the Winged Lion, passing through that floor would take a long time, but with its help? It was like taking candy from a child.

The Winged Lion flew across the snowy mountains, ignoring the thick layers of snow, making the environment useless, incapable of hindering their movements.

"We should get to the upper dungeon soon," the man said.

Damian knew what that was, and the upper level of the dungeon was basically the dungeon structures all over the Earth.

There were many, with all types of beasts living in it. All these dungeon structures had a portal to the first floor, and everyone would reach the same place.

Yet, humans knew only a few of these structures, and most were guarded by the organizations controlling the world.

The Garmony Upper School had one of these dungeons under control, but so did the underground organizations.

That was the first problem arriving.

"When we reach the upper dungeon and leave it, some unknown organization will guard the exit, so how can I escape?" Damian thought.

He knew the situation would soon turn the other way, so he had to find ways out of that bad position. There was only one way out of that: using his System!historical

Damian opened the System tab — invisible to everyone but him — and searched for something particular.

His Telekineses was a grade 3 ability, which was quite rare, allowing him to mainly control objects with his mind, but it could also control minds, although that was not its primary purpose.

So, Damian wanted something to strengthen that! He had a plan in mind that would require his mind controls to be increased.

"There are endless abilities and items. It should have something priced at 10 Erotic Coins for me to use, right?"

He searched the ability tab until he found what he was looking for.

<Mind Control Strengthening (Grade 3 <Passive>): Increases the user's mind control powers by 50%>

Damian also saw another ability that worked the same, but instead of increasing mind control, it did for all mental attacks.

But it cost too much, so he only got the one for mind control, which was still quite powerful!

"50% is quite an improvement. I can see how this System is against the rules of this world."

The man looked toward the portal from a distance and said, "that will lead us to the upper dungeon, one controlled by the Fingers. We can exit through that."

It was like the man emphasized that the Fingers controlled the exit, trying to see if Damian would react.

Damian was more worried, mind speaking with the Winged Lion! He had no idea it would work or how the two would communicate, but it worked!

"Human, how can you be inside my mind?"

"This man is trapping you, right? Can you help me kill him and kill those guarding the upper dungeon? I will help you free yourself after that."

The Winged Lion went silent. Damian still did not have enough power to forcefully mind-control the beast, but he could at least speak with it, something most humans could never dream of doing.

"Fine, but I cannot kill the man. You have to!"

It agreed in the end, but the same mark controlling the lion made it impossible to retaliate against the man riding it.

Damian had to be killing the man, which was not hard for him! Instead, the man focused on riding the lion, and Damian was behind him.

"Sneak attacks are my specialty as well!"

He saw himself as an assassin with a black cloak and a sharp knife behind his back.

The man riding the lion was always watching Damian's hands from the corner of his eyes, yet although he never saw a strange movement, a knife still sliced his throat, making him fall from the lion's back.

"H-How?" the man said as he went down, falling on the snow and covering his body entirely, making it almost impossible for someone to find it.