《Rise of a Dungeon Lord》
Chapter 1 Where Am I ?
?"The year 3000 just as the world was celebrating entering a new millennium, giant gates appeared all over the world!
However, before anyone could react thousands of beings that could only be described as monsters rushed out of the gate.
Some had four arms, others were asrge as the tallest buildings while some were made of pure elements immune to physical attacks; this wouldter be called ''The age of monsters'' by us ofter generations."
Speaking in front of a ss of about twenty students was a female teacher who could be called a beauty anywhere she went, with blood-red hair and skin like snow and a curvaceous figure it''s no wonder the boys in the ss couldn''t help but focus on her
Unfortunately, such a beautiful teacher frowned as she discovered one of her students sleeping in a corner.
"Student Ye Tian, could you repeat what I just said!" Shouting at the top of her lungs, unfortunately, there was no response from the student in question.
"ha-ha it seems sleeping god is going to make miss Su angry again"
"Yeah! As expected of our sleeping god, I mu fan would like to call you the strongest!"
"Shh miss Su is going to go crazy if she hears you"
The whole ss started to discuss this situation. Unknown to them the miss Su in question could hear them clearly and her already angry mood took a turn for the worse
"Bam!"
"Quiet!"
With a loud bang, she immediately punched a hole in the wall bringing back everyone''s attention.
"Is there anybody who would like to say something to the ss?" facing the ss with a smile that wasn''t a smile everyone could feel a shiver down their spine.
"I''ll take that as a no, now all of you shut up for me!"
"Yes ma''am!"
"Yes ma''am!"
"Yes ma''am!"
Seeing the serious attitude of her students a smug smile couldn''t help but appear on her face, however, thinking of the ss ''sleeping god'' she couldn''t help but get a headache.
"Jiang yang go and wake up Ye tian"
Jiang Yang, representative of the ss, born into a rich family, with perfect attendance, and excellent scores in both literary and martial sses
"Ye miss Su, I''ll wake him up now" feeling the gaze of envy in the crowd he couldn''t help but give a polite smile back, however, there was a deep disdain in his eyes.
"Tch I can''t believe I have to stay with these pariahs once I find what the family needs, I can leave this city and join a top hunter guild" top hunter guild, thinking of this Jiang Yang''s breath sped up.
"It looks like I''ll have to put in more effort" at this point, he had already reached the front of ye tians desk.
"Ye tian wake up" tapping him gently on his back unfortunately there was no response.
Ye Tian wake up"
Ye Tian wake up!"
Ye Tian wake up!"
However, no matter how much he shouted or shook him there was no response.
"ha-ha"
"ha-ha"
" As expected of sleeping God!"
"As expected of my Mu Fan''s rival!"
Hearing theughter all around him, Jiang Yang felt a feeling of embarrassment sweep over him.
"Damn pariahs, just you wait!" Just as he was about to try waking him up again, Ye tian suddenly jumped off his seat.
"Don''t kill me!!" the sudden shout made him fall to the ground losing his bnce
"....."
After a wave of silence, a burst ofughter erupted from the ss
"ha-ha"
"ha-ha" I''m dead"
" Sleeping God strikes again"
"ha-ha"
" As expected of sleeping God!"
"I mu fan would like to call you the strongest!"
Hearing the suddenughter around him a sense of confusion filled his mind.
"Where am I? wasn''t I run over by a truck?" Thinking back to hisst memory, he got hit by a truck trying to save a little girl from being hit.
"I wonder if she made it out safely" however he quickly shook his head, looking at the crowd it was obvious he had to think of a way out of the current situation.
"Student Ye Tian, it seems you are awake. Would you mind exining what happened after ''the age of monsters?"
Looking at the teacher in his front a piece of memory shed through his mind. Teacher Su Ling C level hunter with awakening attribute super strength.
"C-level hunter" thinking of the strength of hunters that appeared in his mind, it''s no exaggeration to call her a little superman
"Student Ye Tian!"
Hearing this newly discovered superhuman call out his name he immediately focused on his new memory to answer the question
"Yes, miss Su! after the first monsters ran out, the unprepared human race was wiped out by more than 50 percent leaving only 3 billion humans alive, thankfully it seemed thatdy luck was on the side of the human race and a lucky human discovered that after killing a monster his body would automatically absorb a trace on energy from the dead monster"
"Following this, he continued to hunt monsters until his body broke through mortal shackles and became the first awakened."
"This hunter wouldter be known as ''The lord of darkness" awakening the SSS level ckhole ability drove the monsters back into the gates, deduced and taught humans an awaking method, united humanity, and formed the current human federation"
Listening to him speak, the whole ss seemed to see a legendary figure rising from nothing to be the most powerful person alive.
"Well said, now try to stay awake for the rest of my ss" hearing the almost wless answer she could help but remember the ss ''sleeping god'' was also a genius in literary studies, unlike his martial skills which are the worst of the ss.
"Yes, miss su!" After saying so he immediately took his seat.
"Sigh¡. What am I going to do with this boy" shaking her head with a wry smile
"*cough cough* "
"Although ssmate Ye Tian answered correctly there are still some things he did not mention such as how the hunter grading system was formed and how monsters were ssified"
"Ring! Ring! Ring!"
Just as she was about to exin, the bell signalling the end of ss rang,
"It seems that''s all for today, tomorrow all of you would enter your first dungeon so I advise you to read up on everything I''ve taught you before" after throwing such a bomb she took her books and left the ss.
"Did you hear that we''re entering a dungeon tomorrow!"
"Ha-ha, it is my Mu Fan''s turn to stand against the sky!"
"ha-ha just your salted fish"
"What do you know, where there is danger there shall be me Mu Fan!"
"I Lin Fan shall be invincible starting tomorrow!"
"Big brother Lin, can we follow you tomorrow?"
"ha-ha of course, if you''re lucky I''ll let you join my harem!"
With Su ling''s exit, the whole ssroompletely exploded, boys daydreaming about awakening, bing strong men, and ascending the sky in one step. Girls looking for a shoulder to rely on,
All in all, everyone was looking forward to tomorrow''s Dungeon. Well, everyone is apart from one person.
"What''s going on? What are these new memories and where am I?''``Thinking back to hisst memory, an absurd thought crossed his mind, "Truck Kun?"
"Let''s go home first, the original owner''s body seems to be an orphan with only a little sister" sister? Sounds good, after all, I''ve always been alone back on earth.
Just as he was about to leave his seat, he suddenly felt a cold gaze from his back
[Detected hostile presence system activated!]
Chapter 2 System?
?[Detected hostile presence system activated!]
"What!? System?" The appearance of the system extinguished hisst hopes that this was a dream.
"However, what hostile presence?" Looking around the ss, hearing the loud shout, his body quickly reacted.
Not sure if it was because his spirit was especially active after crossing, he quickly spun around, dodging the oing fist.
Turning his head, he couldn''t help but be stunned. In front of him was Jiang yang, the ss rep. However, at this time, he no longer had the aura of a noble son.
His clothes were stained due to thest fall, and veins popped on the side of his head signifying his ever-growing anger.
"Damnit! Ye Tian, how dare you make fun of me," thinking back to theughing faces of his ssmates before he couldn''t help but get angrier.
At this point, the ssmates had already calmed down and focused their attention on the two of them.
"Jiang Yang! Don''t go too far, we''re all ssmates!" A slightly fat student stood out from the crowd.
Seeing who it was, a surge of warmth filled his heart. Old Song or Song Ye.
Looking back to his memories, this was the best friend of the original body owner. Unlike him, who was an orphan, Song Ye came from a rather wealthy family.
"Song Ye, don''t forget who I am. As long as I want, my Jiang family can make your song family disappear." Straight after he said this, all the ssmates who wanted to speak up immediately kept quiet.
"Son of the Jiang family, don''t think I''m afraid of-" before he could finish speaking, he was unexpectedly interrupted.
"Old Song, it''s fine."
"But-"
"No buts, trust me!"
With the serious expression of his best friend, he couldn''t help but believe in him.
"However, Jiang yang, don''t think I''ll let you go if anything happens to him." Although he said so, a look of worry kept shing in his eyes.
"Now that your guard dog is out of the way, what do you have to say for yourself?" Feeling the timidness of the crowd, his sense of pride filled his chest.
"Who is the guard dog?" Song Ye snapped, but thinking of Ye Tian''s words to stay away, he could only clench his fists in anger.
"Damn Jiang ye! Damn, Jiang family. Just you wait, when I be an awakened, I won''t let you go." Such thoughts filled most of the ssmates present.
"Jiang ye, I''m here, what do you want?" Taking a deep breath, with a look of inference, he faced Ye tian directly.
"What do I want? After making fun of me you''re asking what do I want!?"
Thinking of the fact that tomorrow is the day they enter the dungeon, there was no need to hide his behavior anymore. After all, what he came here to look for is inside tomorrow''s dungeon.
As he thought of this, a smug smile crept on his face. Who is he? The child of the prestigious Jiang family, destined to be a high-ss awakener.
"Kneel down and then maybe I can consider making you my official Porter."
However, the Ye Tian he was talking to was not paying him any attention at this point.
"System?"
[Yes host?]
*What kind of system are you?*
[Report to the host, this system is a God-level integration system!]
After saying this, arge amount of knowledge was transmitted into Ye Tian''s head.
"Arghhhh!!"
Holding his head, his brain felt like it was about to split apart.
The sudden change of scenery couldn''t help but leave everyone stunned, even Jiang yang the main aggressor was stunned, but shortly after, he soonughed it off.
"Hahaha you see, it seems I don''t need to do anything." This is what you get for annoying a Jiang. Although he didn''t know what was going on, he still decided to take credit.
"Damnit Jiang Yang, what did you do?" Seeing his best friend in pain, Song Ye couldn''t help but want to rush forward.
Just as the conflict between the two was about to start, Ye Tian on the other hand was sorting out what had just happened to him.
*I see so that''s it*. Thinking back to the information just transmitted by the system, a stunned expression appeared on his face.
"God-level integration system," although it didn''t state where it came from or why he crossed, its current capabilities left him stunned.
"System call up property panel."
[Yes host!]
[HOST: YE TIAN
REALM: NONE
STRENGTH:9(5)
AGILITY:8(5)
SPIRIT:17(5)
VITALITY:10(5)
SKILLS: NEVER FORGET (LVL3), LIBERAL ARTS (LVL3)
INTEGRATION POINT: NONE
ABILITIES: UNAWAKENED
STORAGE: NOVICE GIFT PACK (¡Á1)]
*NOTE: THE VALUE IN PARENTHESES ARE PRE-TRANSMIGRATION HUMANS*
Seeing the stats appear in front of him, he couldn''t help but still sigh at the weakness of the original owner.
Unlike earth, due to the radiation from the gates and training while young, most ordinary humans have an average attribute of at least twelve.
"From the information I reviewed, integration points can be used to merge any two items; however, how do I get them?" Taking it off his mind, he continued to scroll through the screen.
"Spirit seventeen? Unforgettable memory?" This should be due to the soul fusion after crossing.
After finding a reasonable exnation, he turned to scan Jiang yang in front of him.
[NAME: JIANG YANG
REALM: NONE
STRENGTH:15(LIMIT)
AGILITY:15(LIMIT)
SPIRIT: 12
VITALITY: 15(LIMIT)
SKILLS: MARTIAL ARTS(LVL3), LIBERAL ARTS(LVL2), KNIFE ARTS(LVL2),
INTEGRATION POINT: NONE
ABILITIES: UNAWAKENED]
"As expected of the Jiang family, three of his attributes have reached the limit of unawakened people." Ye Tian sighed, sometimes people are not as good as dogs.
"But I am not without a chance to fight back," looking at the novice gift pack glowing at the bottom of his screen, a feeling of excitement swept over him.
"Ye Tian answer me, hurry up and kneel, I don''t have time to waste." Thinking that he was too scared to reply, Jiang yang shouted.
Unfortunately, Ye Tian''s mind was preupied with the system at the moment.
"Jesus, Brahma, Buddha, Lao Tzu please let me get something good" Thinking back to their disparity in stats, he couldn''t help but ce all his hope on the novice gift pack.
"System open the novice gift pack!"
[Opening novice gift pack!]
[Congrattions to the host for getting-]
Chapter 3 The Bet!
?[Congrattions to the host for getting]
[Ex lvl integration (¡Á1)]
[strengthening pill (¡Á1)]
[basic awakening breathing method(¡Á1)]
[basic fighting technique(¡Á1)]
[swift steps(¡Á1)]
[Ex lvl integration (¡Á1): fuse any two items without limitations once. (Note: this process is irreversible, use it wisely!)]
[strengthening pill (¡Á1): a pill developed by a certain alchemist in a farawaynd. (eat this mortal and stand at the peak!)]
[basic awakening breathing method(¡Á1): increases the possibility of awakening by 30% (specially made for you who have zero talent)]
[swift steps(¡Á1): an active skill that increases movement by 20%( whatever doesn''t kill you makes you stronger, provided you can escape!]
*Maybe it was my prayer before or the protagonist''s aura but apart from the Ex lvl integration and breathing method that are currently no use, the others are just what I needed.*
*system use everything apart from the Ex lvl integration and breathing method*
[Yes host!]
immediately a warm current began to flow through his body, in a trance he seemed to be a martial arts master fighting all over the rivers andkes.
Suddenly the scenery changed, from a martial art master he became a world-ss ninja who could never be caught.
as various images yed through his mind, a bronze pill had unknowingly found itself floating in his stomach.
After a few seconds, it dissolved into a powdery-like substance and began to cover his whole body inch by inch from the inside out.
which resulted in the constant strengthening of his body. All this happened in just a few seconds.
"hiss~ this power!" feeling the newfound power flowing through his body Ye tian ripped out a right-handed punch in satisfaction.
What followed was a gust of wind frightening Jiang Yang back.
"yo-you-you..." stammering the shock and confusion in his eyes could not be concealed.
"I don''t know what game you''re ying but kneel before I change my mind!" Although he said so, his tone had visibly reduced and ye tian on the other hand was still experimenting with his newfound power.
*System bring up my data panel*
[Yes host!]
[HOST: YE TIAN
REALM: NONE
STRENGTH:15(LIMIT)
AGILITY:15(LIMIT)
SPIRIT:17
VITALITY:15(LIMIT)
SKILLS: NEVER FORGET (LVL3), LIBERAL ARTS (LVL3), BASIC FIGHTING (LVL1), SWIFT STEPS(LVL1)
INTEGRATION POINT: NONE
ABILITIES: UNAWAKENED
STORAGE: EX LVL INTEGRATION (¡Á1)BASIC AWAKENING BREATHING METHOD (¡Á1)]
Feeling the power is one thing but seeing it physically is another. Seeing the serious increase in stats Ye tian felt it would be no exaggeration to call himself the strongest unawakened.
"Jiang Yang!" facing him, Ye Tian didn''t have the timidity he was expecting.
Rather, he seemed to have transformed into a beast ready to catch its prey.
"Let''s make a bet, whoever awakens a worse ability shall be the porter of the other for life!"
As he said this, the whole ss went into a frenzy.
"Gasp!"
"Interesting I wonder if he''ll ept"
"obviously he would, after all, he''s from the Jiang family"
Only Song Ye was worried after all, if ye tian loses there would be no chance to turn over, unfortunately, he didn''t know about the system otherwise he would have pressured Jiang Yang into epting.
Hearing the ridicule of his ssmates, Jiang Yang''s anger which had already died began to rise again.
"Bet? you want to bet? fine, let''s bet! I heard you have a little sister, I don''t mind taking her as interest. ``Thinking of Ye Tian''s sister, a lewd smile appeared on his face.
"What did you say?! If you darey a finger on Ting''er I''ll never let you go" subconsciously he used the newly gotten swift Steps and appeared in front of Jiang Yang.
Chu Ting, his younger sister, unlike the original body''s owner, was a genius who excelled in both martial and liberal arts, known as the ss flower of her school.
Thinking of this, his eyes couldn''t help but turn colder as he faced Jiang yang.
*Boom!*
Just as he was about to make his move and try his new strength, arge bang interrupted his thoughts.
"What are all of you still doing here!"
"roll out for me!"
Shouting at the top of her lungs was none other than the teacher Su Ling. who should have left earlier, apparently she heard themotion from earlier.
Seeing the tigress so fierce, the whole ss immediately bowed their heads and exited the ss to avoid getting noticed.
"Sorry miss su I''m going now"
"I think I just heard my mum call"
"*Ahem* it seems the services of the great mu fan are needed, I''m definitely not scared of teacher su or anything"
"ha-ha sure, be careful teacher su hears you"
Hearing this, mu fan suddenly felt a shiver run through his spine.
Turning his head, he noticed miss su that was staring coldly at him at the entrance.
Soon the ss was empty leaving only Miss Su, Song Ye, Ye Tian, and Jiang Yang.
Staring at Song ye and Ye tian opposite him, Jiang Yang knew he was in a bad situation.
Taking a nce at the two, he calmed down and took a deep breath.
"Humph!"
"I agree, but don''t think I''ll let you off easily when you lose"
Not waiting for their reply, he quickly left the room.
"...."
Silence.
Maybe after one minute or even ten, Song ye and ye tian looked toward teacher Su and acted together at the same moment.
"Thank you, Miss Su!" With a synchronised bow, it seemed they''d been in this situation more than once.
"Sigh... what am I going to do with the both of you, especially you Ye tian."
"Although I don''t know what gave you the confidence to make such a bet but careful, remember he''s from the Jiang family"
Judging from the alteration just now, it''s obvious that this student might not be simple, unfortunately, it isn''t her position to explore her student''s secrets.
"If you''re thankful then leave my sight now!"
"Yes ma''am!"
The two of them immediately went home.
Looking at the empty ss Su Ling couldn''t help but mutter
"I hope no idents happen tomorrow"
...
Standing In Front of ''first high middle school'' two students could be seen talking
"it seems we owe teacher Su another favour"
"Indeed"
"Ye Tian wait up, are you sure you don''t want me to follow you home?"
Looking at Ye tian who had already gotten on his bicycle, Song Ye asked in surprise
"It''s fine Old Song I have to hurry, Tinger would probably be waiting for me."
Obviously not taking Jiang Yang''s threats seriously.
"Fine, but remember to call me if anything happens"
After waving goodbye to each other they immediately went their separate ways.
"*Phew* thank God I managed to shake him off, if he followed me home he would definitely have noticed the difference in the original owner''s character and mine, however how to deal with Chu Ting is the problem"
Thinking of having a new sibling out of nowhere he couldn''t help but get a headache.
Time flew quickly as he began to n ahead, unknowingly he had already arrived at his home.
A small rundown bungalow that was left to him and his sister by his adoptive parents.
Parking his bike on the frontwn he took a deep breath and approached the front door.
*knock knock knock*
*knock knock knock*
Unfortunately, there was no answer to how many times he knocked
"Ting''er?
Just as he was about to forcefully open the door, the door opened by itself revealing a ck shadow pouncing on to him
"Wha-!?"
Chapter 4 My Parents Were Hunters?
?"Wha-!?"
Before he could react, the dark shadow had already pounced on his body.
"I guess this is the end of the road, so much for being a protagonist. sigh ...."
Just as he closed his eyes, ready to give up all hope, a milky voice sounded in his ears.
"Brother, finally you''re back!"
"Ting''er!"
Looking down at his chest, a smile appeared on his face.
Sticking to him like a ko, was Chu Ting.
With blond hair, snow-white skin, a pair of blue eyes, and ponytails, she looked like a loli goddess that descended on earth.
Subconsciously he stretched out his hands to pat her head.
"Hehe brother, what took you so long? I''ve been waiting for you all day."
She muttered with squinted eyes, obviously enjoying her brother''s touch.
"Let''s go inside, shall we?"
"Um!"
Nodding her head, they both entered the house.
Inside the house was what you could only describe as shabby, with only a sofa in the living room and three bedrooms.
"By the way, Ting''er, what did you mean by you''ve been waiting for me all day? Didn''t you have ss?"
With a smile on her face she replied, "oh about that, our sses ended early for some reason."
"Nevermind that, I heard from Aunt Wang next door that you''re entering a dungeon tomorrow."
Peeking at him nervously from the corners of her eyes, she waited for his answer.
"Yes, yes I am"
Just as he was about to continue talking he noticed that Chu Ting''s eyes seemed to redden all of a sudden.
"Bi-bi-big brother, are you going to leave me like mom and Dad?"
"..."
No reply could leave his mouth as her aggrieved expression left him silent.
"Can''t we just live like normal people!?"
Seeing her sudden outburst, it had just urred to him that she was still just a sixteen-year-old child, and him eighteen.
Having been a thirty-year-old virgin in his previous life, never having to deal with kids, a flustered expression couldn''t help but appear on his face.
But thinking of Jiang Yang from earlier and the Jiang family, he steeled his resolve.
"Ting''ere here"
Motioning to the empty couch inside the house.
After calming her down, he began exining everything that happened today, of course without mentioning his transmigration and system.
"So you see, I have to go to the dungeon tomorrow to gain enough strength to protect everything we have now."
"..."
Now it was her turn to be silent, obviously not satisfied with his answer.
"Ting''er"
"..."
"Ting''er"
"....."
After almost an hour of persuasion, she finally agreed.
"However, big brother, you have to promise me you''lle back safely."
"I promise!"
"Pinky swear?"
"Pinky swear!"
Reaching an agreement, she fell asleep almost immediately.
"Poor girl, she must have been anxious the whole day," saying so he carried her to her room.
"It seems we''re skipping dinner, goodnight Ting''er," brushing her hair slightly, he pushed up from her bed and left her room.
*Now that I think of it, teacher Su did say we should read up on hunters and monsters for tomorrow, but where do I get the information?"
Given their poor family situation, unlike most children, they haven''t been able to buy books; even the ones used in ss were borrowed.
"Wait! Maybe the parents of the original owner should have some, but ording to my memory they were always very mysterious."
Entering his parents'' room, his eyes couldn''t help but turn misty.
At the edge of the bedside was a picture of a handsome man and woman smiling blissfully.
With the same blond hair and blue eyes as Chu Ting, the woman in the picture had a smile that seemed to melt hearts.
The man, on the other hand, was a rough, bearded man, with a hippie smile showing he did not have a care in the world.
"What''s this, why am I crying? I obviously have no rtion with them," but no matter how he questioned no one was there to answer. At least no human was.
[Host, it''s most likely the obsession of the former body owner that''s affecting you.]
*What? Then what should I do?*
Unfortunately, the system ignored him.
However, thinking back to novels he read on earth an absurd idea came to his mind.
"Hello, me? or former me?"
"Although I don''t know why I transmigrated, I promise to find out what happened to our parents and take care of Ting''er."
After saying this, his body felt lighter.
"It seems novels aren''t fantasy after all."
[Says the person who transmigrated and has a system.]
The low voice if the system could be heard.
*What system, what did you say?*
[I said, congrattions to the host for solving the obsession.]
*Yeah, no thanks to you.*
[Tch..]
*System, did you just tch just now? How do I feel you''re bing more humane?*
As expected the system went into silent mode again.
*Just you wait, one day I''ll find out what you really are.*
Turning around, he prepared to leave the room.
Preupied with the system just as he was about to leave, he tripped over his shoce knocking the floorboard beneath him open.
"Ouch!"
"What is this?"
Looking at the opening, a box was found hidden under.
Opening the box, two things were found.
A book and a green orb.
*System, what is this orb?*
[Unable to identify.]
"What? Even the system can''t identify it?"
At this moment, his omnipotent system ideas shattered.
[I don''t know what the host is thinking, but the system can''t scan it because the host level is too low.]
Probably this was its way of saying ''the host is too weak.''
Just who is Ye Tian? Back on his Earth, he was known for his thick face.
[System put the orb in the storage space.]
Ignoring the system, he turned his attention to the book on the side.
After a few minutes of scrolling through, a gloomy expression showed on his face.
''A dying hunter''s diary.''
Looking at the handwriting, it was none other than his adoptive father''s.
''Hello son, if you''re reading this now it means your mother and I are dead. As you have been taught in school, being a hunter, while being very lucrative, is also a dangerous job.''
''And unlike most hunters, I was one of the few who were unawakened. Yes that''s right, I had no ability.''
''Unwilling to give up, I set out and trained to enter each dungeon, barely escaping with my life each time. That was till I met your mother.''
''As a hunter in a top guild, I couldn''t believe it when your mom first approached me.''
''She and her guild, the ''global knights guild,'' had just finished raiding a nearby dungeon.''
''Resting at the exchange center, our eyes suddenly met. I don''t know if it was love at first sight, but we immediately hit it off.''
''After meeting each other a few times, on different raids, she asked me to join her guild, to which I an unawakened had no reason to refuse.''
The book went on, as his dad exined their adventures together, and all the times they spent both good and bad.
It seemed all was good until it reached a page titled, ''the final raid''
''Dungeons and monsters can be divided into different sses, roughly from F-SSS ss with F being the lowest.''
''It wasn''t until we entered that S ss dungeon, that things started to go downhill.''
At this point, the ink had started to smudge.
''Together, with the top ten greatest guilds, we each entered the world''s first S ss raid, Vampire castle.''
''Unlike other dungeons, this one could be called another world. So much so that we got lost several times on the way to the boss room.''
''Thankfully, we were all experienced hunters and the hunt went sessfully, ending as we defeated the boss S ss vampire lord.''
''Thinking back to all 100 of us top hunters, facing only one vampire, I still can''t believe we made it out okay.''
''Once the time to share the loot took ce, your mother and I were given the green orb in your hand, at that time no one knew what it was for, and gave it to us who did the least in battle''
''Your mom as a healer and I as an unawakened, we were obviously the worst in the expedition group.''
''When we thought everything was over, we were suddenly attacked by Arthur, our guild leader, on our way home.''
''It turned out that this orb is very special and they gave it to us to trick other guilds, now they needed to silence us and retrieve it back.''
''Imediately the first strike hit your mom, which made me lose my mind awakening the S ss berserk ability.''
''Thanks to this, we managed to escape, but unfortunately, your mom and I were seriously injured and I had burned most of my life span with my ability.''
''Due to this, we had to give up hunting and came here to live a secluded life hidden away from the global knights guild eyes.''
''As time passed, we had Ting''er, then adopted you and it was the best decision we ever made.''
''But like they say once a hunter, always a hunter.''
''As the time passed, we felt our life getting shorter every day, coupled with our dark wounds from years of hunting we knew there was no hope.''
''Finally, we both decided to face the global knights guild one more time.''
''Although we most likely won''t make it back, always remember we love you.''
Closing the book, a look of anger and sadness could be seen on his face.
"Arthur, global knights guild, it seems I have more enemies."
Walking out of the room, he headed off to his room to sleep for the day.
....
Later that night, in a mansion somewhere in town.
Two figures could be seen having a somewhat disturbing conversation.
"Young master, the thing you asked for has arrived."
Holding a small briefcase in his hand, was a man dressed in a formal ck and white suit.
"Drop it on the sofa, Sebastian."
The voice was none-other than Jiang Yang from earlier.
"Yes, young master Jiang."
After taking a slight bow, he politely exited the room.
"....."
Silence, after making sure that no one was watching, he carefully opened the box.
"As expected of Sebastian, he does a quick job."
Seeing the contents, a smile appeared on his face; however, thinking of the days'' earlier events, he couldn''t help but get angry again.
"Damnit! Ye Tian, you dare bet with me!"
"By the time I''m done with you, no one would care about some dumb pariah."
"And Chu Ting...hehe."
Already imagining the sess of tomorrow''s n, a burst of wildughter sounded through the night.
"Ye Tian, just you wait!"
"hahaha"
"hahaha"
Chapter 5 Dungeon Raid
?The night passed and the undercurrents were surging, different ns made in preparations for tomorrow''s dungeon raid.
Some were confident while others timid but one thing that was certain was that after their raid, their lives would never be the same.
but none of this had anything to do with Ye Tian, after putting away his dad''s diary he immediately went to sleep putting the days'' worries behind him.
Early the next day, a sweet smell entered his nose causing him to get up from bed.
"Big brother, the food is ready, let''s eat!"
holding a spat and wearing her little apron, she entered his room with a slightly forced smile.
Obviously still affected by the conversation yesterday.
with a wry smile, he followed her to the kitchen.
"...."
"Ting''er"
"....."
"Ting''er"
"Don''t worry big brother I''ll be fine, didn''t we pinky swear yesterday?
After saying so she quickly finished her breakfast and left the room.
*damnit! Ye Tian, do you really want to start your new life by making your only sister sad?"
*knock! knock! knock!*
just as he was about to get angry an unexpected knock interrupted his thoughts.
"Don''t worry Ting''er I''ll get it!"
dragging his body over he reluctantly opened the door
Opening the door what came into his view was a beautiful middle-aged woman with blond hair, and ruby-red eyes
"hello aunt Wang"
looking at their overly friendly neighbour, there was nothing he could do but smile politely.
"Isn''t it little Ye,e give your aunt Wang a hug"
not given him a chance to react she immediately suffocated him with her huge mountains
*cough cough*
"Aunt Wang, I can''t breathe"
mustering up his strength, he managed to squeeze out those words.
looking at his now red face, she quickly let him go.
"By the way little Ye I heard you''re going to a dungeon today, my aunt brought something for you."
grabbing a box from behind
"inside this is the gear worn by your father, he wanted you to have this if you ever go hunting"
After saying this she dropped it and left, leaving a stunned Ye tian in ce.
"wait! Aunt Wang, what do you know about our parents?"
Unfortunately, he didn''t get a reply.
"Big brother, who was that?"
At some point, Chu Ting had managed to sneak up behind him.
"it was aunt Wang, but she came to give me some gear for the raid today"
obviously not telling her about the weird encounter just now.
closing the door, he quickly took his bath, changed into his gear, and got ready to leave.
turning a look at Chu Ting at the door one more time he whispered in his heart
*don''t worry Ting''er, I''ll be back*
afraid of changing his mind, he immediately took his bike and sped off.
feeling a bit down, he decided to talk to the system.
*system everything''s going to be alright right?"
[...]
*What, say something?*
[...]
*you''re ignoring me, right? now that ites to mind, I never gave you a name*
suddenly an ominous premonition surrounded the system
*let''s see, you''re a system so we definitely can''t call you system*
*you''re also a self-proimed God-level integration system*
*So should I call you int? like for integration*
*yeah that sounds like a great Idea!*
[enough host!]
*you don''t like it? then let''s see, the status screen is a blue panel so why don''t I just call you little blue, or blue for short*
[host are you trying to get me angry? just call me system]
*haha sure thing little blue*
[....]
with augh, the sadness from the earlier parting seemed to slightly fade away.
and so one person and one system began bickering all the way to school.
After about an hour of biking, he finally reached the school. Thankfully, it seemed he wasn''t toote as a speech was currently going on.
"Welle, students of first high middle school, I as the school''s principal wish you luck today''s dungeon"
Standing on a podium in front of the school was an old man with a very long white beard, he looked like a certain famous wizard in a novel back on earth.
A-ss seismic shock ability user principal Su, Su ling''s dad otherwise known as principal white beard due to his Iconic long white beard
"No matter what ability you awaken, no matter how many bones you break, never give up!"
"the earth and monsters have been at war for many years now, now it''s up to you to gain power and protect humanity!"
as he finished speaking a round of cheers resounded through the crowd both teachers and students alike,
"haha trust us, principal, we won''t let you down"
"Don''t worry principal, as long as I mu fan stand, the sky will never fall"
even some teacher''sments weren''t reserved
"This old man, he always gets excited every time a ss clears their first dungeon"
" why not? I also get excited after all they are the future"
While all this was going on, one person among the crowd had veins bulging on her head at this moment.
"Enough! all of you keep quiet for me!"
seeing everyone acting like children, Su ling couldn''t help but take the stage.
"Oops the tigress is aroun-" however before the teacher couldplete his sentence, he was sent flying by a punch.
"Now would anyone like to add anything?"
scanning the crown, a needle drop could be heard.
"Good now line up all of you"
totally ignoring the principal she took control of the gathering.
looking at the ss and thinking of each student''s strengths, she reluctantly made a decision.
"Although I don''t want to say it, but Jian Yang you''re In charge of the ss"
as she said this there was no reaction from the crowd obviously already expecting this, only song ye and ye tian had gloomy expressions
"don''t worry miss su I''ll ta-"
"But!"
"But what?"
"if anything goes wrong, I won''t let you or the Jiang family off"
looking back and forth between him and Ye Tian, she stepped onto the ground causing the floor to crack.
"o-off course nothing is going to happen" although he said so his stammering didn''t make it seem all too believable.
After scaring him, she and a group of teachers led them to the bus they were to use.
"....."
silence, perhaps due to su lings presence or the nervousness of their first raid, the whole bus trip was done in silence.
thankfully they arrived at their destination quickly
walking out of the bus what first caught their eyes was a dungeon of about 100 metres.
"wee to the F-ss dungeon ''house of the undead''
saying this the teachers sent them out of the bus leaving jiang yang in charge.
Feeling the overwhelming Aura from the dungeon gate in front of them, a look of hesitation appeared on everyone''s face
"what are you waiting fore in"
when no one was looking, he pped the right side of the dungeon entrance.
"What was that?"
"Nothing, let''s speed up"
not bothering to look back at who asked the question he immediately stepped into the gate.
Just as they entered, a green screen appeared in front of everyone.
[you have entered the house of the undead!]
[Kekeke, the king of Bonesughs at your weakness]
"What is this?"
"am I hallucinating?"
"If you are, doesn''t it mean everyone is hallucinating?"
a sense of panic began to spread.
Unexpectedly at this time, Jiang Yang began to act like an actual leader and calm the crowd.
"Calm down, this is what we call dungeon digitization, when you first enter a dungeon, you get a status through which you can see your status and the dungeon''s current status"
"ording to the message above, were most likely being watched by the dungeon boss king of Bones"
"if you won''t believe me say status"
Although there were doubts, they still decided to try it, even Song Ye who had a grudge against him silently recited the word status.
unknown to them all this fell into Jiang yang''s eyes.
"status"
"status!"
"status?"
soon the whole ss was shouting the word status
"what''s this, my realm says none?"
"me too"
"me three!"
"As expected of my mu fan, I have a level five skill called chunni!"
"ooh level five that''s high, I only have level one skills''
"But what''s a chunni?"
looking at his ssmates dancing around like a bunch of kids with new toys, a sneer appeared on his face
"tch a bunch of bumpkins who have never seen the world, however that level five should be kept an eye on''
looking at the whole ss, ye Tian was the only one without an excited reaction.
"hey ye tian, how''s your status?"
Even Song Ye, his best friend, felt curious about his friend''s status.
hearing this, everyone couldn''t help but prick their ears
"nothing much, just liberal arts level three"
As he said so, the whole crowd lost interest.
"don''t worry buddy, I''ll cover you!"
patting his slightly fat stomach Song ye felt he had to reassure his best friend not to feel bad.
*boom!*
just as they had calmed down and were about to continue their journey the ground started to vibrate.
[the king of bones is furious at yourck of respect on his grounds]
[ a horde of skeleton soldiers has been summoned towards you!]
arge blood-red icon appeared on their screen.
"Everyone get your weapons ready!!"
Jiang yang''s shout brought back everyone''s attention
hundreds of Skeleton with tattered armour and rusted swords appeared in their front.
"What''s going on? why so many? isn''t this meant to be an F-ss dungeon"
the screams and doubts of ssmates resounded throughout the dungeon, only Jiang yang had a sly smile at the corner of his mouth.
"it seems it''s started to work!"
"dungeon upgrade crystal, a crystal that forcibly upgrade the rank of a dungeon"
"With this, I''ll finally be able to get that item"
looking at the fear on his ssmate''s faces, a crazy look appeared in his eyes
.....
Outside the dungeon,
first high middle school official bus
"teacher su how many of them do you think will awaken high-ss abilities?"
sitting in the bus, a group of teachers were discussing about the students
"haha I''m not sure but that boy from the Jiang family will surely awaken high-ss abilities"
"That''s true after all, big families rarely do disappoint"
looking at her colleagues blowing Jiang yang''s horn, a frown appeared on her face.
Just as she was about to speak, someone ran into the bus panting.
"teacher su! bad news!!"
"What happened?"
"th-the du-dungeon!"
"Calm down, what happened to the dungeon?"
"the dungeon, it''s glowing!!"
Chapter 6 Dungeon Raid (II)
?"the dungeon, it''s glowing!!"
rushing out of the bus, what caught their eyes was a sight for sore eyes.
The huge dungeon about 100 metres was glowing with a slightly pink colour easily being the centre of attraction.
"Does anyone know what the hell is going on?"
As the head of the trip, Su Ling tried her best to analyse the situation.
"Take a deep breath su ling, let''s analyse things calmly"
"glowing gate, glowing gate, I know I''ve heard of this somewhere"
looking at the ever-increasing brightness a look of worry appeared on her face.
"miss su?"
Just as she began to think of what to do next, a sudden voice interrupted her thoughts.
"miss su, I think I''ve heard sir principal say something about this"
a teacher with a somewhat nd look, fatty, and sses spoke up
"Dammit that old man, why can''t he be here at this moment!"
"What then, just what the hell is going on?"
seeing the anxiousness on her face he didn''t dy any longer
"one day when the principal was telling us about his hunting days he mentioned something like this"
"ording to him, it means there''s either a dungeon mutation or a dungeon break is about to happen"
"hiss~, as he said this the whole crowd let out a gasp"
"dungeon break, this means that the dungeon boss has be powerful enough to leave his dungeon and attack reality"
"or a dungeon mutation meaning, the dungeon for some reason has increased several levels all of a sudden"
"either way we''re both screwed"
"What are we going to do now, miss su?"
a depressing atmosphere lingered in the air; they could only turn to Su ling, the one in charge at the moment.
"Nothing, at this point we can only hope everyonees out safely"
with gloomy faces, they all stared at the gate.
...¡...
Inside the dungeon
"Everyone get your weapons ready!"
"follow my lead and charge!"
with Jiang yang''s shout, the group of shaken students immediately charged toward the skeleton.
however, two people didn''t immediately charge forward
"Old Song something feels off, I don''t trust him"
pointing to Jiang yang in the leading position.
"got it, I''ll keep an eye on him"
not saying many words having a tacit understanding.
just as they were about to charge forward, Ye Tain looked at the horde and immediately thought of something
"Old Song, you go first I''ll be with you in a second I just remembered I have something to do."
Although confused, song ye didn''t bother asking what.
and immediately charged toward the horde after waving goodbye.
*little blue, it seems we can put your novice gift package to use*
taking a deep breath and roared at the horde in excitement ready for his first fight.
"swift steps activate!"
[.....]
.....
an awkward silence filled the air.
[pfft hahaha host, this system didn''t know you had such hobbies]
*shut it little blue*
At this time his face was already dyed red, thankfully no one was around.
*little blue, you never exined how to use the skills*
[host you never asked me]
....
[.....]
"Ye Tain,e I need help over here, the skeletons are too much"
The shout from song Ye came over interrupting their bickering.
*Sigh.... okay little blue, I''m asking, can you please tell me how to use the skills?*
[No!]
*pause*
taking a deep breath trying not to get angry he asked the system again.
*system, I''m serious now my friends need help*
[....]
[host, it''s not that I don''t want to tell you but I can''t.]
[all skills are directly imprinted onto the host meaning that you''ve already mastered it. it''s like me teaching you how to breathe]
[think back to your earlier interaction with Jiang yang, you used the swift steps there unconsciously]
saying so the system immediately went silent.
*Blue?*
*little blue you there?*
but no matter what he called, there was no response.
"it seems it''s up to me now"
closing his eyes he began to focus on what happenedst time during the skill transmission.
on the outside world, Jiang yang and the others were being overwhelmed by skeletons
"Jiang yang help!"
"wooo I don''t want to die!"
"to sacrifice myself for humanity, a worthy death for my mu fan!"
"I shouldn''t havee to this dungeon!"
The ssmates exploded with grievances, unfortunately Jiang yang pretended not to hear their calls.
"Damnit! I didn''t expect them to be so tenacious"
swinging his sword left and right even Jiang yang was beginning to lose ground at this point.
"Although I didn''t want to use it yet, I guess there''s no choice."
Just as he was about to reach for his pocket, arge shout attracted everyone''s attention.
"Look everyone, what is that!?"
turning their heads, they saw a very shocking scene.
It was Ye Tian who was sitting in a lotus position, with his expression constantly changing from angry to sad, from sad to surprised, from surprised to happy.
"Isn''t that Ye tian?"
"hahaha I guess he''s lost it"
"it seems we''re all going to die"
looking at his behaviour they all thought he was going crazy however only ye Tian knew what he was going through.
*damnit system why didn''t you say it would be so hard to use skills*
[host it''s like swimming even if they taught you all the strokes, could you swim on the same day?st time was just a fluke]
*I thought you said it was like breathing*
[.....]
*tch.. this unreliable system*
Just as he was thinking back on the experience before, he suddenly started to experience something akin to a re-infusion of knowledge but adding an extra heart-wrenching, soul-splitting pain side.
A few minutes passed, and the ssmate''s were overwhelmed, some had even died already, it looked like all hope was lost.
Even Song ye at this moment was about to be sliced in two by a sword
"Ye Tain goodbye, I hope we can be best friends in my next life"
just as he closed his eyes ready to die, a familiar voice came to his ear.
*ng!*
"It seems I wasn''tte, was I?"
Chapter 7 Dungeon Raid (III)
?"It seems I wasn''tte, was I?"
standing in front of Song Ye with a smile was none other than Ye Tian, with a light in his eye, he had an amazing overwhelming Aura of confidence.
"Ye tian?"
looking at his befriend in front of him, song yes heart quickly calmed down.
"haha, old Song let me take it from here!"
not giving him a chance to react, Ye tian decisively jumped into the horde
"Swift steps activate!"
This time, there was a difference.
time seemed to slow down and he seemed in a different zonepared to reality.
nothing it much thought he took his sword and began a beautiful dance through the horde.
everywhere he spun, skeletons fell left and right,he immediately became the centre of attention.
coupled with the basic fighting technique, he instantly because the star if the show
"everyone look at that!"
"Am I dreaming of something?"
"Is this the same sleeping God from our ss?"
as time went in, both humans and skeletons alike were stunned by the sudden change of pace
While they were stunned, Ye Tian was experiencing what most would refer to as an adrenaline rush.
*haha little blue this is so fun, I feel alive!*
*little blue, your basic fighting technique doesn''t seem so basic, it''s awesome*
while mowing down skeletons l, he stillmunicated with the system in his mind
[how can things thate from this system be regr!]
[now let this great system help his ignorant host]
[just like what you were taught, all abilities and skills are rated using an F - SSS grade standard with F being the lowest, and SSS the highest]
[but what you don''t know, is that those skills are further subdivided into 5 levels]
[lvl 1- beginner
lvl 2- amateur
lvl 3 expert
lvl 4 legendary
lvl 5 saint]
[meaning the S level skills I gave to you at lvl 1 are far greater than a lvl 3 A-level skill]
hearing the exnation, a look of enlightenment appeared on his face
*however system, why didn''t you tell me these were S - ss skills? *
[.....]
[you never asked]
*system?*
[what host?]
*you forgot?*
[yes.... I forgot]
*sigh ...*
twitching the corner of his mouth he focused on the horde ahead.
"Everyone look at ye Tain!"
"Damn! Look at him go!"
seeing everyone ones attention Song Ye took the opportunity to rally everyone
"Everyone, look at your fellow ssmate in action. aren''t you ashamed?"
"what do you think your parents would think when they heard you cowered in the face of danger!"
"Now follow ye Tian and charge!"
with his shout, everyone seemed to have gotten a second boost.
"charge!!!"
"haha I can''t go down without a fight"
"I may have been born a baby, but today I die like a man!"
unwillingness to lose, unwillingness to give up, various emotions permeated their whole Bodies
disregarding injuries and casualties they fought for a glimmer of life.
Time went by, and casualties were already showing. fortunately thanks to ye tian taking the lead they finally got a chance to take their breath.
At their sides corpses of skeletons piled up like mountains resulting in various energies pouring into their bodies at unimaginable upgrade speeds so bad, they were too engaged in the battle to notice.
Just as they were about to give up, a green light shed on someone''s body, with the first sh, there was the second, then the third and so on
the whole crowd lit a Bright green ow in the dark dungeon, if this were a game the top of their heads would probably be filled with something like
[level+1]
[level+1]
[level+1]
[level+1]
fortunately, a random shout brought their attention to us.
"Mu fan, look your bodies glowing!"
"What?"
looking at his body, a look of surprise shed in his eyes.
"status"
[HOST: Mu Fan
REALM: F
LVl:5/100
EXP: 0/1000
STRENGTH:20
AGILITY:19
SPIRIT:23
VITALITY:18
SKILLS: CHUNNI(LVL5)
ABILITIES: FIRE CONTROL (LVL1)]
[CHUNNI(LVL5): SOMEONE WHO HAS STOOD AT THE HEIGHTS OF EIGHTH-GRADER SYNDROME]
[FIRE CONTROL (LVL1)]: CONDENSE MANA INTO WISPS OF FIRE]
looking at the definition of chunni a blush appeared on his face.
however, who is he, as someone known for a thick face he quickly ignored it
"mu fan what''s going on"
thinking of his status a look of pride appeared on his face.
"Look at this, this young master has officially be awakened!"
"Fire gun go!"
pointing his hand in a finger shape a small fireball shot out smashing the nearest skeleton skull.
"wow"
"so cool"
looking at everyone gathering around mu fan a look of displeasure appeared on Jiang yang''s face
"What''s all the fuss about, it''s just a leveling-up phenomenon, once you level up you''ll automatically awaken"
as he spoke he disappeared then reappeared directly above a skeleton smashing it directly
"Jiang yang S- ss spatial maniption"
Although he said it calmly, a look of pride clearly showed on his face.
"Is this true?"
"what? no wonder I feel stronger"
"status!"
"status!"
"status!"
without waiting for anyone''s permission everyone immediately checked their status
secondster augh resounded through the cave
"haha so cool"
"I also have awakened!"
"Lin fan B-ss ice Creation at your service"
shooting ice from his hands Lin Fan took the lead joining my fan in the counterattack
soon more and more people sessfully awakened
"I also have awakened!"
"I also have awakened!''
"I also have awakened!"
"I also have awakened!"
"haha everyone go help Ye tian!"
the he heartyugh of mu fan resounded through the cave, with a fist full of mes he mmed into the nearest skeleton soldier
"haha from now on, call me fire fist mu fan"
"Take this, ice shot!"
"Try my gravity kick!"
"serious punch!"
Soon the whole battle turned into a dance of demons and gods with various abilities being disyed.
Some grew bigger, some shotsers from their eyes while others seemed to be Immortal, with an exaggerated healing factor.
as time went on, the number of skeletons kept reducing and a sh from ye Tian''s sword signaled the end of the horde
"thank God, we finally won"
flying over was song ye with his A-ss flying ability.
"yeah, but at what cost?"
"Look around you, did we really win?"
with a gloomy look, he pointed to the remaining ssmates,
five dead and almost everyone was seriously injured and tired.
"haha don''t be such a downer Ye we survived and that''s all that matters"
unusually friendlyughter sounded from Jiang yang but given that they''d just experienced a fight together Ye tian didn''t think much of it.
just as he thought that''d be the end of the matter Jiang yang spoke once again attracting attention to him
"By the way, Ye, what ability did you awaken? I only saw you using a sword?"
Anyone with a bit of IQ could see that Jiang yang thought ye tian awakened a poor ability and wanted to use this opportunity to embarrass him.
thankfully song ye''s roar brought their attention back.
"Jiang yang, didn''t anyone tell you it''s rude to ask someone about their abilities!"
yes although they fought together normally one''s abilities are meant to be hidden and used as a trump card
Although they thought so there was still some unwillingness in their hearts after all they''d already exposed all their abilities, what makes him special?
Soon there was an awkward silence as everyone looked toward Ye tian for his response. unfortunately for them, he still kept a straight face
"Old song it''s fine, and Jiang yang if you must know, I awakened-"
before he couldplete his sentence the ground started vibrating.
*boom!*
next, a line of text appeared on everyone''s status along with an hoarse voice
[kekeke Congrattions hunters the king of bones approves of your bravery]
not giving them a chance to react, a section of the wall parted in two.
"You guys, look! it''s the boss room"
standing in front of them was arge bronze gate about 50 meters in size.
Even Jiang Yang couldn''t help being slightly nervous, but thinking of his all-so-close goal he firmed up his mind.
*Gulp*
"I guess there''s no turning back now"
pushing open the door with a trace of anticipation, a bright light shone in his eyes.
Chapter 8 Boss Room (I)
?Pushing open the door with a trace of anticipation, a bright light shone in his eyes.
Entering the gate, he seemed to be in another world.
Arge gothic castle stood in the centre, a red moon giving the surrounding an eerie glow and a surrounding full of graves.
Just as he was about to take a step further a terrifying aura gushed out from the castle.
"Damn! judging from this aura and size of this boss room, the dungeon has most likely be an A-grade if not S-grade"
Not giving him time to gather his thoughts, the rest of his ssmates passed through the gate
"Wow look at that castle!"
"So huge!"
"Haha I can''t wait to face the boss"
"Yo skeleton man, get ready to taste my fireball!"
With waves of excitement going through the crowd, everyone was still pumped from the earlier awakening.
"Quiet! we don''t know what could happen everyone keep your eyes peeled"
Hearing the shout from their group leader, everyone reluctantly buried the excitement in their hearts.
Unfortunately just a few minutes into the walk a ssmate shouted once again ending the quiet atmosphere
"Look what that is!"
At some point in time, an elegantly dressed vampire appeared above their head.
With silver hair and blood-red eyes, he had a charm that stood out of the ordinary. However, what stood out were the three rings on his right hand coupled with a matching 3 piece earring on his left ear.
[Zehaha wee to milord''s humble abode]
Taking a slight bow, he slowly licked his lips as he addressed the crowd.
[I mustmend you for making it this far however if you want to meet milord you have to make it out of the forest of death alive]
After he finished speaking everyone turned to the group leader Jiang Yang waiting for his next move.
"Ahem, mister vampire?"
[You may call me Khaled]
looking at the vampire with many times his stats sweat began to trickle down his face.
"Khaled then, where is this forest of death, and how do we leave there"
After hearing Jiang yang''s question, a big smile appeared on his face
[Zehaha good question human]
[where you''re standing is the forest of death and if you want to escape, all you have to do is reach that huge castle in front ]
Taking a pause, the smile on his face grew wider and wider till his jaw extended revealing a hideous set of teeth
[However! if you do want to reach the castle I advise you to start running now]
As he said this, he snapped his fingers and disappeared leaving a puff of ck smoke.
"Wait! You never told us why we should be running!"
Unfortunately, there was no reply, just when they were about to continue their journey, a sudden change urred
*Boom!* *boom!* *boom*
All around the ground started shaking with different kinds of undead appearing from all directions.
Zombies and skeletons from the ground, ghouls, and vampires from the sky it seemed they''d just transferred from one horde to another.
Suddenly awakening powers didn''t seem so sweet again.
"Ghouls!, Vampires and more skeletons, damn! what kind of dungeon did we enter!?"
"It''s over, it''s totally over"
Waves of panic began to spread, thankfully Ye tian quickly calmed down the situation.
"Everyone should calm down, remember how we didn''t give up when we faced the skeleton horde from before?"
"Now that we''re close topleting this dungeon, how can we give up?"
"So who''s with me? let''s get make it out of this dungeon alive!"
Looking at Ye tian give his speech Jiang yang had a look of jealousy on his face, unfortunately, none of his ssmates seemed to notice
"I''m with you!"
"I''m with you!"
"I''m with you!"
Soon the sound of chanting filled the crowd
"Now don''t just stand there run! remember what the vampire said, as long as we make it to the castle we can defeat the boss and make it out alive!"
Taking the lead he shed a zombie in front.
Time passed and the ss made their way closer and closer to the castle.
Sadly just as they thought they were going to make it alright a scream from behind shattered that possible
"Help! I''m being dragged under!"
The sound of a ssmate came from behind as they were being dragged underground by an unsuspecting zombie
As they continued to run, the ssmates continued to shout louder and louder each time.
"Don''t turn back, run for the castle, as long as we beat the boss we''ll we can get out of this darn ce"
Seeing that the crowd was about to stop, Ye Tian quickly dissuaded them.
"What the hell is going on? Why did the school choose such a dungeon?"
Such thoughts were going through Ye Tian''s head as he made his way out to the castle. Little did he know that the school he was thinking of, was facing problems of its own at this moment.
.....
Dungeon entrance
At this time, arge number of reporters had arrived at the dungeon scene with Su Ling and the other teachers trying to keep the scene calm.
"Miss Su, what do you have to say about the change in the dungeon?"
"Miss Su is this a conspiracy by the monsters to weaken our younger generation?"
"Miss Su does this incident highlight your ipetence as a teacher?"
"Miss Su, how are you going to bear responsibility for all this?"
Looking at each reporter actually like a bunch of kids high on candy a vein couldn''t help popping up on her forehead.
"Who the hell leaked the dungeon news, I''m sure it was one of these a-holes behind me"
Seeing the look on Miss Su''s face both reporters and teachers alike could help but shiver a bit.
"Everyone calm down, reporters please I would like you to step back"
Taking a deep breath, she tried not to worsen the situation.
"But Miss Su-"
Unfortunately, not every reporter is willing to calm down
*Boom!*
"No buts! Now step back!"
Before the reporter could continue, she forcefully stepped on the ground causing a minor earthquake.
*Gulp*
It was at this moment they remembered who they were dealing with, Su Ling C-level super strength awakener known for her hot temper and daughter of the infamous White Beard.
Without waiting for her to repeat herself they obediently stepped back.
"Ha-ha-however Miss Su, you do owe us an exnation as reporters to give to the people and families involved in this fiasco"
Although he said so, his confidence from before had visibly reduced.
"Do not worry, before entering the dungeon all students were properly trained and the dungeon was properly inspected"
"Although we are not sure what caused the abnormality we have full confidence in our students"
keeping a straight face she faced the reporters somewhat calmly now that they had put themselves in line
As time passed, more and more reporters showed up on the scene.
Just as the night fell and they had given all hope a sudden shout brought everyone''s attention
"Look, what is that?"
"What is what?"
"What is that!"
"That''s i-i-its"
"It''s the dungeon, the dungeon is opening!!"
Chapter 9 Boss Room (II)
?"Don''t turn back, run for the castle, as long as we beat the boss we''ll we can get out of this darn ce"
With a shout, Ye Tian continued to lead the charge toward the castle.
Just as they were about to reach it, a burst of loudughter came from above, gaining their attention.
[Zehaha! human you''re going in the wrong direction]
looking at the grinning vampire floating above a name shed in everyone''s mind.
"Khaled!"
[Zehaha, did you miss me? because I sure enjoyed watching you perform just now.]
[ Wait, wasn''t there one more of you? Oh right, he died Zehaha]
Ignoring the increasingly gloomy look on their faces the vampire above continued toughpletely disregarding his earlier elegant persona.
Just as he was about to continue talking, a loud shout interrupted him.
"Dammit I can''t take this anymore!"
"If you lose, you die. if you don''t fight, you can''t win!"
Stepping to the front of the crowd was their ssmate, Qin Yu, with a slightly rugged face, pitch-ck hair, and eyes, he seemed ready to burst with anger.
"Qin Yu calm down, just feel his aura there''s no need to fight him"
As Qin Yu was moving closer a big hand from behindnded on his shoulder stopping him from moving forward.
"Song Ye let me go! I have to deal with this bat bastard!"
Ignoring him, he continued to walk forward with anger, tiredness, determination, and a bit of relief in his eyes
"Qin Yu! stop for me!"
However, he turned a deaf ear.
before anyone could say anything else, bit down on his finger turning into a Giant of about fifteen metres.
"Ahhh! take this, you darn vampire!"
throwing a fist with all his strength, time seemed to stagnate at the moment.
"Wow! I didn''t expect old Qin to be so hidden"
"It''s definitely an A-level ability!"
"No, it''s definitely S-level!"
seeing the huge fist crashing down, the whole crowd burst into exmations envying and shocked by the power of their ssmate.
*Cough cough*
"you''re all wrong, it''s-"
Seeing the ignorance of his ssmates, Jiang wanted to use this as an opportunity to establish his knowledge and snatch back the leadership role from Ye Tian, unfortunately things don''t always go as nned.
"S-level Gigantification ability"
"It would have been rated SSS level unfortunately users of this ability need pain to transform and can only live for thirteen years"
Before Jiang yang could finish speaking, Ye Tian who had just finished scanning Qin Yu with the help of the system subconsciously spoke out after seeing such an outrageous change from his ssmate.
"Gasp!"
Seeing the side effects, their expression cooled down and no longer had the envy of before though few still had a look of jealousy written on their face.
"Now''s not the time to talk, let''s watch Qin Yu fight"
Seeing his ssmates lose focus on the fight at hand, Ye Tian quickly brought their attention back.
Turning their attention, a look of surprise showed on their face.
At this moment Qin Yu''s fist was rapidly approaching Khaled.
Just when everyone thought they were about to see a mashed vampire, his fist passed through Khaled''s body leaving a ck mist.
[Oh? What do we have here? it looks like someone is being disobedient]
with the same wide grin, he started to observe
Qin Yu''s transformation and new found strength brought a gleam to his eyes, it was like he had discovered something interesting for the first time.
*No wonder milord pays so much interest in them, it seems I should take them more seriously*
Thinking of his lord, a look of reverence appeared on Khaled''s face.
However, just as he was about to envision the full image of his lord, Qin Yu''s scream rang in the background interrupting his concentration.
"Arghhhh! Damn Vampire,e fight me like a man!"
And Qin Yu in a fit of rage unfortunately could not see the anger rising on Khaled''s face.
*Foolish human! how dare he interrupt me from imagining milord''s face*
Thinking of what just happened he became angry,pletely disregarding his interest in humans at this moment.
With a loud shout, the gravity of Qin Yu seemed to increase tenfold out of nowhere forcing one of his knees onto the ground.
"Qin Yu!!!"
"what the heck just happened!?"
Seeing the change of pace, the ssmates wanted to rush and save Qin Yu, however, how could Khaled give them the opportunity?
[Insolence! it seems you''ve forgotten your position herepletely]
putting away his smile he spoke in a deep voice
[Dark Water!]
With thatmand, his shadow began to rise until it formed a huge wave of about twenty metres heading in Qin Yu''s direction.
Not giving anyone a chance to react, it directly drowned Qin Yu in darkness not even leaving behind a corpse.
~hssss
Silence filled the air as the scene in front of them was too shocking.
[Now that I''ve disposed of the trash, let''s continue our earlier discussion.]
[Any opinions?]
"....."
Hearing such an obvious sarcastic question everyone chose to keep quiet especially after watching a ssmate die with no resistance to fight back.
[Good no questions]
With a p of his hands, he continued to exin their current situation
[As I was saying before being so rudely interrupted, You''re going the wrong way, look ahead]
It was then that they noticed that the castle they were all so close to had disappeared.
[Zehaha I forgot to tell you, the castle you see here is a reflection of the one above]
With his usualugh albeit in an awkward tone, he pointed above his head.
Turning their heads up everyone noticed the exact castle they were approaching directly above their heads.
"..."
[Zehaha Don''t be like that, speak up don''t be shy, I don''t bite]
"...."
Seeing there was no reply he cut to the chase
[Although I made a slight error, as a proper gentleman, I''ll help all of yound directly in the castle]
As he spoke, he took a handkerchief out of nowhere and began to fold it.
"..."
Silence as everyone still looked at him nkly with an ''i don''t believe you, get out of here you vampire scumbag'' face
[zehaha I''m sure you don''t trust me, but don''t worry there''s a catch]
As soon as he said this, everyone had an ominous premonition, especially Jiang Yang who had already started to slightly tremble.
[All of you may go apart from him]
he spoke pointing to Jiang Yang.
"Wha-"
However, before anyone could speak Khaled waved his hands making everyone apart from Jiang Yang disappear on the spot.
After making sure that everyone had gone, he floated over to a trembling Jiang Yang and said something that made him feel chills all over.
[Now shall we talk now Jiang Yang? Or rather Milord''s mysterious benefactor!]
Chapter 10 The King Of Bones
?CASTLE THRONE ROOM
In a highly decorated throne room filled with gold and banners, arge skeleton sat resting on a throne
*Boom!*
Just as the skeleton was lost In thought, arge bang came from the throne room entrance revealing a figure running towards him.
[Good day Milord]
not giving him a time to react the figure immediately went down on one knee
[Anna, what brings you here?]
Seeing the figure in his front, the king of bones didn''t bother to raise his head.
[Milord, I can feel spatial fluctuations around us, are we expecting guests?]
Kneeling in front of a huge throne wearing a maid costume was a demoness with pure golden eyes, a pair of curly goat horns, a long slick tail, and two pairs of wings attached to her back.
[Guests? I think in this situation, they should be the enemy]
raising his head slightly, the king of bone''s eyes glowed red with a glint of expectation.
Unfortunately, Anna didn''t have any expectations but rather it seemed she was about to explode from anger any moment from now.
[Enemies!?]
[Isn''t Khaled meant to be on guard duty?]
[how could they reach here, could it be that idiot vampire couldn''t do his job right!?]
[Damn Khaled, how dare you put our lord in danger!]
In her mind, she had already thought of a million ways to shred him alive.
[Milord leave those intruders to me, I''ll go dispose of them now.]
Unexpectedly the King of bones just raised a hand motioning for her to stop.
[No need to go anywhere Anna, They should be arriving any moment from now]
Having said that, a bright light shed in the throne room revealing Ye Tian and the others.
....
On the side of Ye Tian and the others
"Where am I?"
"What just happened"
"Where did that Vampire go?"
"What happened to Jiang Yang?"
Opening their eyes, a wave ofmotion spread within them as everyone was surprised by the sudden transmission.
"Damn vampire, one day I''ll pluck off your wings one day to make winged soup!"
Dusting his body, the voice of an angry Mu Fan sounded among the crowd.
[Oh? it''s a great idea, too bad I''m already going to pluck that Vampires wings]
Just as Mu Fan finished speaking, a slightly seductive voice came from behind him.
"what!!''
"Who''s that! show yourself, or are you afraid of the great Mu fan"
with a fireball in his hand, Mu Fan had officially entered fire fist Mu Fan mode.
[look behind you!]
listening to the voice, a question mark couldn''t help but appear on top of their heads.
Turning their heads, they saw a very strange scene. A Skeleton who satzily on a huge throne while a blushing demoness stood at his side.
Looking at the two of them, they felt like they were about to drown from their aura alone.
"Do you feel that?"
"yeah! they are definitely S-ss!"
"What S-ss?"
"Didn''t the school say this was an S-ss dungeon?"
Feeling their presence the whole ss couldn''t help but stare at them to confirm they weren''t dreaming.
[What are you looking at, kneel down!]
Perhaps feeling the strange gazes the demoness let out a roar immediately causing all of them to kneel on the ground.
[wee hunters, I am Anna the maid of my one and only lord Amnennar the king of bones. While Imend you for reaching it here safely, unfortunately, not all of you could make it. ]
Although she said so, the look of sarcasm and disdain in her eyes said more than enough.
*it seems that fool Khaled can do something right, ording to milord they were twenty when they entered, and now about half of them are gone*
Just as she was thinking about how to deal with these human ants and go back to discussing with her lord, a loud voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Shameless, how dare you act all high and mighty when you''re obviously an S-ss dungeon boss pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger!"
Hearing her speak badly about their dead ssmates, a nameless fire filled my fan''s heart so much that he ignored the fact that both of them could crush him with a finger.
[Ant! how dare you speak to me this way!]
Just as she was about to make a move to wipe out the ant in front of her, arge tap sound brought her attention back.
*Boom!*
[Anna, Stay back!]
At some point in time, Amnennar had gotten arge golden staff in hand tapping on the ground a few times drawing everyone''s attention
[Firstly, yes you are right. We are what you hunters call ''S ss bosses'', speaking of this I would like to thank you for that.]
Casually throwing out a bomb of information the king of bones immediately changed the topic.
[but that''s a topic for another day]
Ignoring the annoyed expression on everyone''s face, Amnennar continued speaking.
[Since you made it here safely, how about we make a deal?]
[How about I pick one of you at random, and as long as whoever I pick canst for ten minutes against me I''ll let you all go harm free]
"...."
hearing this, a sense of Deja Vu filled the air as they seemed to be back when they first met a certain vampire.
Unfortunately, he didn''t give them a chance to reply.
[Silence? so I''ll take it, you agree.]
[we''ll let''s star-]
Just as he was about to continue, a piece of information was suddenly transmitted to him from Khaled.
[Milord what happened?]
seeing the sudden pause by her lord, a look of confusion appeared on Anna''s face.
[Nothing let''s move on]
motioning for her not to pay attention he started the skeleton version of eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
after a few tense seconds, his finger finally stopped
[it''s you!]
pointing in Ye Tian''s direction, the selection finally ended.
"...."
Silence filled the group as no one said anything to refute or help him.
Apparently, although no one said it, Qin Yu''s death and Jiang Yang''s kidnapping is still fresh in their mind, at this point, no one is willing to sacrifice again, even the hot-blooded mu fan was surprisingly quiet.
[So what''s it going to be? do you ept or I''ll just wipe you all out?]
staring at Ye tian with his expressionless skull skeleton, to bad for him Ye Tian wasn''t paying attention to him, he was busy talking to his system at this moment
*system, is there any way out of this, even after levelling up earlier, there''s no way I can win this*
[....]
*little blue hurry up, now''s not the time to be silent!*
[[it''s not that I don''t want to tell you but....]
*but what?*
[Sigh..... fine host and tell you]
After a series of pressing, the system finally gave in and told him how to deal with the current predicament.
[host, if you want to deal with this situation, then you''ll have to...]
Thankfully the whole conversation with the system didn''t attract any suspicion from the skeleton, but thinking of the only way out given by the system a gloomy expression showed on his face.
*Take a deep breath Ye Tian, you can do this, think of all the ssmates that sacrificed themselves for us to make it here today, think of Chu Ting and aunt Wang waiting for you at home*
Whispering to himself, he had already made a decision.
With onest look at his ssmates, he strode forward with a firm look on his face.
"King of bones, I ept your challenge!"
Chapter 11 The King Of Bones (II)
?"King of bones, I ept your challenge!"
*Thump*
*Thump*
*Thump*
A nervous heartbeat echoed through the room as Ye Tian tried to dispel his nervousness.
[kekeke human, Imend your bravery]
After saying that, the staff in hand turned into a giant sword.
[Let''s start then!]
Getting off his throne, a wave of pressure went through the crowd, even Anna on the side couldn''t help trembling.
[As expected of Amnennar-sama just his presence brings me such pressure]
With a blush on her face, her tail spun around as she wriggled beside his throne.
Ignoring her, the two faced each other seemingly waiting for the other to create an opening.
*swift steps activate!*
whispering under his breath Ye Tian took the lead. Soon a multitude of phantoms were made as his speed started to create afterimages.
"Hey, bonehead get ready!"
After saying this, he ran around Amnennar, not giving him a chance to attack.
*system, if I keep this up would I not have to use the earlier n?*
thinking of him not using the earlier n a smile appeared on his face.
[host there''s no way you can hold on, now if you want to survive follow my instruction and move forward in a straight dash after three seconds]
*why wouldn''t I hold on, do I look like a two-minute man to you?*
[.....]
[yes]
hearing the answer from the system two veins appeared on his head however he still dashed after three seconds.
*system are you sure I''m going the right way? it looks like about to hit his throne*
[Yes host, now dodge left!]
immediately the system spoke, he rolled left missing the iing attack from the king of bones
*Boom!*
With thending of the strike, arge vibration filled the castle resulting in arge amount of dust rising from the ground.
"Gasp!"
"Oh my Buddha!"
"What was that!"
As the dust settled everyone''s eyes couldn''t help but pop out as an extremely exaggerated scene met their eyes.
Starting from the point of impact on the ground, the walls, and the way up the ceiling a crack that seemed to split the castle in two was formed.
Even Ye Tian the one on the reviving end of the attack was dumbfounded by the scene in front of him.
"Damn! Are you telling me I have tost ten minutes against that!?"
*system how many seconds have passed*
[ten seconds....]
Just as the fight was about to go on, a ck portal appeared in the sky dragging everyone''s attention.
"look what is that!?"
with a shout from Mu Fan, everyone turned to lookup upwards apart from Anna and Amnennar who seemed to know what was going on
Looking closer, a vague hand could be seening out of it.
after a few seconds of waiting two figures came out of the portal
"Jiang Yang!!!"
seeing himing out of the portal with Khaled uninjured a look of doubt appeared on everyone''s face.
"don''t worry everyone, your excellency Amnennar and I have reached an agreement"
with a slight smile on his face, Jiang Yang spoke ignoring his doubtful ssmates.
"As long as I supply him a few upgrade crystals hell let us go"
hearing it upgrade crystals were involved, Hsi ssmates below exploded
"What!"
"Upgrade crystal!?"
"Jiang Yang, are you insane!"
"Jiang Yang if the federation finds out they''ll never let us go!"
Upgrade crystal, a forbidden resource found when a high-level dungeon boss is defeated, can be used to forcibly raise the rank of lower dungeons, and used along with the blood of adventurers can cause dungeon creatures to evolve.
ording to Federalw, once a dungeon crystal is found it is to be destroyed on the spot. any act of hoarding or using it to make deals with dungeon creatures isbelled as a crime or treason against humanity.
Seeing the reaction from the crowd below, he knew he had to persuade them more.
*Cough cough*
"Listen to me first, just look around, almost half of us who entered are dead, do you think surviving this dungeon and beingbelled a criminal is worse than drying here in darkness?"
Immediately he said this, a look of hesitation appeared on everyone''s face.
Seeing the hesitation, Jiang Yang decided to hit the iron while it''s hot.
"And think about it, how would you know if we don''t tell them after all I''m from the Jiang family how dare they investigate me!"
"...."
"I agree!"
"I agree!"
"I agree!"
Only after a few seconds, the whole ss agreed with it, even Song Ye who was Ye Tian''s best friend and hated Jiang Yang didn''t refute.
Hearing the Jiang family would be involved, thest trace of guilt left their minds as they were determined to leave this dungeon alive.
[Zehaha humans it seems you''vee to an agreement]
looking at their eagerness to go home, Khaled waved his hands making most of them disappear at this moment.
Soon only five people remained.
with only Ye Tian, Jiang Yang, Amnennar, Anna, and Khaled remaining in the castle a weirdly tense atmosphere circted.
After a few minutes, a voice spoke breaking the silence
[here''s what you want]
saying this, Amnennar threw a very small crystal-shaped heart to Jiang Yang.
"Thank you, milord!"
from the look of frenzy in his eyes, you could tell this crystal was definitely not something mortal.
"Zehaha I should be thanking you all you''re the one who raised the ranks of this dungeon and all of us"
pping Jiang Yang on the back, Khaled''sugh resounded through the castle.
*Boom!*
*Milord? raise ranks? all of us?*
hearing the conversation between both of them, a bomb seemed to explode in Ye Tian''s mind.
From his p at the dungeon entrance to his calm appearance even though the ranks of this dungeon were obviously wrong, at this moment all the pieces suddenly fit together.
Feelings of anger and shock flooded his heart as he thought of everyone who died on the way to make it here.
"Damnit! Jiang Yang, I''ll kill you!"
*Boom!*
Unfortunately, before he could charge forward he was thrown onto the ground by Anna who at some point appeared in front of him.
[Silence human, do not make noise in the presence of Milord]
Watching his former thorn in the side being thrown about like a ragdoll, pride flooded Jiang Yang''s heart.
"Milord I would like to ask you to deal with him so he doesn''t expose our ns"
unfortunately what he was met with was a feeling of boundless gravity pressing upon his shoulders
[Are you teaching me what to do]
hearing this voice, Jiang yang turned his head only to meet two deep skeleton eyes looking at him
"ha-ha n-no m-milord how c-could I-I"
feeling the boundless pressure, his legs started to shake however, after looking at the crystal in his hand he steeled his nerves.
*just you wait, with the resources I''ll gain after delivering this home you''ll all knell to me one day*
although he thought so he didn''t dare say it out loud.
"haha milord I''d better be going, and Ye Tian don''t worry about Chu Ting, I''ll take care of her for you"
saying this he disappeared like the rest of his ssmates.
"....."
"Jiang Yang!!! you dare!!"
It was only after a few minutes that Ye Tian realised what had just happened.
Unfortunately, no one was there to answer him.
Seeing everyone gone, a feeling of being alone flooded his heart.
[Zehaha human, it seems that your colleagues left you]
With his signatureugh, Khaled began to fly above him as he released a series of taunts.
Even Anna had a look of disdain as she smiled at his lonely figure.
[Human, for the sake of my n, I shall end your life swiftly]
saying this, Amnennar lifted up his swordzily ready to give the finishing strike.
*boom!*
raising his face with dull eyes, Ye Tian looked at the oing strike
*it seems there''s no turning back*
*sigh...system?*
[yes host]
*use it now*
[...]
[are you sure?]
For the first time, unlike the usual snappy tone, a bit of concern could be heard from the system''s voice. Unfortunately, Ye Tian''s mind was not on the system right now.
*System use it now"
repeating the same words with no emotion on his face, he watched the giant sword approaching slowly inch by inch.
[sigh....okay host, I hope you don''t regret it]
[Congrattions to the host for using-]
Chapter 12 So...I Died
?[Congrattions to the host for using ex lvl integration]
Hearing the words of the system, Ye Tian couldn''t help but think of the solution the system told him a few minutes ago.
....
A FEW MINUTES AGO
[host, if you want to deal with this situation, then you''ll have to use one of the items from the novice gift pack]
*Which item?
[it''s the ex lvl integration host]
*oh that?*
*Given that there wasn''t a lot of time between school, going home, anding to the dungeon I haven''t really had time to look at it.*
It was only at this moment, he remembered there was still such an unused item from the novice gift pack.
*Cough cough*
*system could you exin what it''s again*
scratching the back of his head in a somewhat awkward manner, apparently forgetting its use.
[As you wish host]
After a few seconds, a blue screen appeared in front of his face.
[Ex lvl integration (¡Á1): fuse any two items without limitations once. (Note: this process is irreversible, use it wisely!)]
*....*
*Um.... system?*
[what host?]
*How is this going to help me out of this situation!?*
*what do you want me to do with this, merge him to the wall so he can''t attack me*
Thinking of the giant skeleton he had to take on for ten minutes, he seriously doubted the system was trying to get him hacked to death.
[No host, if you do that you''ll most likely be hacked to death by the demoness beside him]
With a mechanical tone, the system began to describe him as being sliced to death.
just as he was about to refute it he took a quick peek at Anna unfortunately what he was me with was a bone-chilling smile.
*brrr*
Quickly dodging her eyes, he couldn''t help but scold the system fiercely.
*can you please suggest something that doesn''t involve me being hacked to death*
[Yes host, there is one option but I''m not sure of the oue]
*What is it?*
[Merge with the dungeon!]
...
BACK TO THE PRESENT
[host by merging with the dungeon core, under his throne you can take control of the dungeon bringing all monsters here under your control]
*How do I do that?*
[the dungeon core is located on the side of his throne all you need to do is go near it and leave the rest to me]
Fortunately thanks to the instructions given by the system during the fight earlier he was already beside the throne.
Looking at the throne beside him covered in gold and diamonds, he couldn''t help but think that just a bit of this back on earth could have made him a millionaire. Too bad he''s already transmigrated.
Just as he was about to continue to admire it he noticed the sword descending in his reflection.
*system do it now!*
[host are you sure? getting hacked might not be so bad, after all, there''s never been an incident where anyone''s merged with a dungeon core, there''s no telling if you''ll still be human after this]
[even dungeon lords don''t merge with it directly but rather borrow its power]
hearing he may lose his identity as a human he suddenly began to hesitate, but looking at the iing sword and thinking of Jiang Yang''s grinning face as he left, gritting his teeth he made his choice
*Yes system I''m sure, do it now!*
[Yes host!]
With the system''s confirmation Ye Tian''s body started to glow a bright white light Illuminating the whole dungeon, even Amnennar who was about to make a human shish kabob was blinded by the light, staggering backward he looked at the scene in front of him in surprise.
[Milord should we stop this?]
Although he said so, Khaled had a strong curiosity about the strange sight. Thankfully Amnennar had simr ideas.
[No hold on, he''s already dead let''s see what this human wants to do]
[This may be what humans call a st gasp'']
After speaking, he looked at the scene with deep concentration as if ready to make a move if something went wrong.
As time passed, the light grew brighter and brighter till it spread out of the dungeon leaving those in the surrounding cities stunned at the spectacle.
However back in the dungeon, their attention was on something else rather than the blinding light.
[Milord, look what is that?!]
a shout from Khaled brought their attention to a strange scene.
Just when the light was dimming down, the green orb in Ye Tian''s backpack suddenly floated out.
Before anybody could react zoomed into Ye Tian''s body who waspleting the transformation.
*Boom!*
As if a certain taboo had been vited the whole dungeon started to vibrate as if it would copse any minute from now.
*Boom!*
*Boom!*
*Boom!*
with loud bangs, the whole dungeon had already begun to copse.
[Amnennar-Sama I think we should go find a way to leave now, the dungeon is about to copse]
Looking at the crumbling surrounding a look of worry appeared on Anna''s face thankfully Amnennar was quick to react.
[Got it, Anna, Khaled leads the way]
After taking a deep look at the floating Ye Tian he left the castle with Anna and Khaled in the lead.
Soon only Ye Tian was left in the room
*System?*
[yes host]
*What''s going on?*
Although he was conscious during the integration, the sudden change of pace left him stunned
[host the orb you brought from your parent''s house interfered with the integration process, as soon as it merged the dungeon started being bombarded with lightning from the outside]
From the tone of the system, various emotions of confusion and unwillingness seemed to be conveyed from its mechanical voice.
*so it''s my fault?*
[.....]
*.....*
*System, am I going to die?*
[...]
*Sigh.....*
With nothing to be said, he waited for the worst toe as his whole body couldn''t move during the integration process.
Fortunately, he didn''t have to wait for long
*Boom!*
with thest boom, a sh of lightning prated through the dungeon burying him and everything around to the ground.
Chapter 13 50 Years Later
?"Breaking news!"
"Lord of Space Jiang Yang bes the first of mankind to breakthrough an SS-ss dungeon"
"Fire Fist Mu Fan and God of Lighting Adam Young fought at a tie for three days and three nights sessively sinking three inds in the process"
"On other news, the influx of dungeons into the blue star has seen a geometric rise over the past 50 years"
"Is this the sign of a new era? With the birth of heroes such as Lord of Space Jiang Yang, Fire fist mu Fan, and Ice Queen Chu Ting, do we humans stand a chance over the ever-increasing dungeons and monsters?
"Stay tuned for all this and more on Hunter Tv, I''m your host Shuer Binger and I wish you a good night!"
Putting off the television, a beautiful figure could be seen sitting on a snow-white couch
"So it''s been fifty years..."
"Big brother where did you go, didn''t we pinky swear?"
with slightly misty eyes, she was about to continue reminiscing, but unfortunately, a hoarse voice interrupted her thoughts
"Youngdy, the Miss is waiting for you"
standing at the entrance was a tall figure wearing a white long dress and a fox mask.
"I see tell her I''ll be on my way"
hearing her reply, the figure immediately turned into a shadow and disappeared as fast as he came.
"Sigh... it seems I have to go now"
taking onest look at the television, she wiped her tears getting ready to leave the room.
"Don''t worry big brother, I''ll find out what truly happened that day and get revenge!"
"For both of us!"
clenching her fists, she seems to have transformed into a whole different person from a sad grieving maiden to a cold immortal goddess.
.....
Ye Tian POV
Somewhere in an unknown void, a faint shilluete could be seen making a slight sound from time to time
"Where am I?
"What am I"
"Who am I?
With a clear tone of confusion, these three questions sounded through the void, unfortunately, no one was there to answer.
Soon, like water, time began to flow, maybe days, weeks, months, years, just a dark silhouette mumbling trying to find answers on its existence.
After a period of unknown time, an unexpected change urred in the void.
All of a sudden, the silhouette started to glow, brighter and brighter gradually giving itself a stable form.
"What''s going on!?"
"Who''s there!?"
Seeing his sudden change, emotions he had never felt such as fear, excitement, and curiosity, flooded his heart. Thankfully unlike the usual no response from the void, a slightly familiar mechanical voice sounded I''m his mind
[Congrattions to the host for sessful integration!]
hearing the voice, emotions of curiosity and joy could be heard in his tone as for the first time he got a response
"Host?"
"What is a host?"
like a child having learnt a new word, he started repeating words and asking all the questions he could.
[....]
[Although I expected this to happen I guess it can''t be helped]
"host?"
"toast?"
"Host is toast?"
Ignoring its host''s constant rambling the system began to emit a soft light which enveloped his entire figure
[detected that the host soul is slightly damaged and unstable]
[consuming original source!]
If someone could look closely at this moment, they would notice that his originally somewhat vague figure began to be somewhat clearer.
Soon after a period of time, a slightly stable figure was formed.
with each ramble, it seemed ayer of his former intelligence wasing back.
"host?"
"host I''m the host!"
"Ye Tian is the host!"
"I''m Ye Tian!
Soon, a heartugh resounded through the void seeming to celebrate hisplete awakening
*haha little blue, it''s great to see you too!*
*However, how long have I been floating here?
looking at the empty void all around, a touch of confusion appeared on his face.
[Fifty years host... it''s been fifty years]
*Fifty years huh?*
"Wait fifty years!!*
he couldn''t help but burst into an exmation as he heard such an outrageous number.
*Ting''er, Miss Su, Aunt Wang, think of all those figures he hadn''t seen for fifty years, all of a sudden the joy of remembering his name was immediately diluted.
*however, I can''t just think of negative things, let''s try and cheer up*
trying to cheer himself on, began to think of any bright side to the current situation.
*Yes I''ve got it!
*At least thankfully I''m alive, that''s good news!*
thinking of thatst lightning strike, he shiver ran down his spine
[....]
Unfortunately, it seemed a certain system thought otherwise
[not meaning to burst your bubble host, but from human standards, you cannot be ssified as a living being]
*What do you mean by "cannot be ssified as a living being?"*
listening to those words, a bad feeling suddenly came.
[meaning that host, you are dead-]
"dead? dead? how could I be dead?"
learning he was dead, his slightly recovering soul started to fluctuate as motions of manic anxiety overwhelmed him.
It seemed the systems work on his soul earlier didn''t perfectly fix it
*I can''t be dead! I have to go home now, Chu Ting, aunt Wang, they''re all waiting for me!*
[Host calm down!]
[your soul is currently unstable right now, from long exposure without a body]
*dead! dead! I can''t be dead!*
unfortunately, the already depressed Ye Tian seemed to have tuned all news as he was lost in his paranoia
[Sigh... why did I get a host like this]
Emitting a soft light the fluctuating soul began to calm down
[Host, you didn''t allow me to finish what I was saying]
[dead, you''re dead physically]
[Your body was crushed into pieces by the copsing dungeon, then smashed into smithereens by thest lightning strike]
*hehe sorry about that*
with somewhat shy and awkwardughter, he tried changing the topic
*By the way, am I like a ghost or something now?*
looking around the void, a strong sense of curiosity filled him,
[Um...no host, your current situation is a bit special]
*Sigh let''s not talk about that for now*
Obviously from the hesitation in the system, he could tell his situation wasn''t something that could exin simply.
Pressing down his curiosity, he decided to sort out other things beforeing back to that.
*Where are we tho?*
Judging from his surroundings, he couldn''t rte this to anywhere on the blue star. However, he had to make sure before jumping to conclusions, thankfully the system seemed to know all that happened while he was unconscious.
*So system, where are we?*
[.....]
hearing the silence of the system, an ominous premonition suddenly came to mind.
*we won''t really have left the blue star?*
[host ording to my analysis, we''re currently-]
Chapter 14 World Tree Seed
?[host ording to my analysis, we''re currently in the dungeon core]
Dungeon core?
Hearing the system words Ye Tian was stunned, how could he suddenly enter the dungeon ocre?
However, before Ye Tian could ask, the system continued speaking, interrupting his train of thoughts.
[Host back then, thest lightning boltpletely shattered your body and almost eliminated your soul.]
[It was only through the Ex level integration that I managed to merge you and the core, thus preserving a means of survival for you.]
Speaking of this, Ye Tian could hear a hint of annoyance in the system''s tone.
After all, who would like it after suddenly being bombarded by lightning?
Shaking his head he decided not to think about the past too much.
*However system, if I''m in the dungeon core then how do I leave? And wasn''t the dungeon destroyed back then, how can the core still survive?"
Asking a series of questions, the Ye Tians level of doubt didn''t decrease, rather it increased as more and more questions kepting to his mind.
[.... about that, where we are is somewhere in the void a bit outside of the blue star]
[If my guess is not wrong, then that lightning back them was a form of the world expelling us]
*boom!*
Hearing the system say this, Ye Tians mind seemed to explode as a flurry of doubts and fear swept over him.
*impossible! Why would the blue star suddenly expel us, could it be it found out i''m a transverser?*
Thinking that his identity of being a transverser was exposed, Y Tian suddenly started to get angry at the system.
*Damn system! I''m sure this is all your fault, if it wasn''t for you bringing me to this damn world none of this would have happened.*
*Just look, other protagonists go to other worlds and achieve all kinds of amazing feats such as punching the moon and kicking the stars!*
*Unfortunately, thanks to you I was hacked to death in less than a month!*
Pouring out his anger Ye Tian seemed to want to rip out the system.
However the systems next words left him stunned
[Host! I would really appreciate it if you didn''t me this poor system for what it didn''t do.]
[ Remember, it was when that strange orb you brought from your parents house merged into you that we got sted away]
[ and don''t think it''s only you whos angry, who wants get lost in the ghost ce of a void]
With a loud voice ringing in his head, the system quickly shouted back, unwilling to show weakness to his host.
And like that time passed, perhaps it was because both sides were frustrated and needed a way to rx themselves, but both Ye Tian and the system kept arguing for an unknown amount of hours.
Luckily, the anger on bith sides soon reduced as after taking a pause to calm down, Ye Tian suddenly asked a question that was on his mind.
*oh right system, about what was that orb, and why did the blue star suddenly start to go crazy?*
With a slightly embarrassed tone Ye Tian asked they system. Acknowledging that he was the one that caused the current situation.
Luckily, maybe because the system was bored from the earlier argument, but it quickly answered Ye Tian''s question without making fun of him.
[Host speaking of that orb, i don''t know if i should call you lucky or unlucky]
[ During the integration process, I managed to analyse it and guess what?"
[You my host just merged with an items that would cause many forces in the multiverse to go crazy]
[And just like the dungeon core, this has never been merged into a living being before]
With a sarcasticugh, while genuinely surprised by the existence of this item, the system couldn''t help but doubt Ye Tians luck as it actually took the initiative to merge with him
*Damn! system, don''t y riddles with me. Just tell me what was that thing? And why did we get exiled because of it?*
Listening to the system''s sarcasm, Ye Tian couldn''t help but start feeling like ripping it again. Unfortunately even in his current consciousness state, he still had no clue on where the system was on what it was.
Fortunately, he didn''t have to wait to long as the system quickly told him the answer next.
[Rx my lucky host, the item you merged with was none other that seeed of the legendary world tree!]
Hearing they system speak, Ye Tian could detect a hint of envy in the system''s tone
[Humph! What do you know! The world tree is a treasure capable of giving birth to millions of worlds, ording to legend each of its leaves is a different world]
[ And the seed you carried although would consume enormous resources, has the potential to grow into that!]
Saying this the system couldn''t help but getting angry at its hostck of knowledge
*Fine! Fine! I get the world tree seed is amazing, however how does it merging with me anger the blue star?*
Asking this, Ye Tian curiosly waited for the answer as the was what bothered him most
However the systems next words left him shocked. It was only then he realised how lucky he was to survive
[You really don''t get it host?]
[Back then in the dungeon you were merging with the dungeon core. ]
[And each dungeon apart from its ability to create monster and give the dungeon lord strength, there are also known for having another characteristic]
[Having an independent space!]
Taking a slight pause the system continued
[ It is also due to this space being independent from the world that the dungeon inside a dungeon is also called another world.]
[However in your case, this independent world suddenly merged with the legendary world tree resulting in a mutation different from anything I ever expected!]
[To be honest, host i was wrong when in said we were currently in the dungeon core]
[Host¡..]
[Congrattions on identally creating the world!]
Chapter 15 Rise Of A Dungeon Lord (I)
?[Congrattions on identally creating the world!]
Hearing the system say this, Ye Tian who was already at loss suddenly became more confused
Thankfully, although the system had a bit of an attitude, it still exined everything to him.
[Host, before I tell you anything more, you must understand ]
[From this moment on, you are no longer a human. It''s no exaggeration to call you a God although a somewhat weak one at that]
[However, if you think that even if you find a way back you''ll be epted like before. Then you''re sadly mistaken]
[ Wasn''t there a saying you humans always said? ''Not my race must have a different heart'']
[So now rather than worrying about how to get back, you should be more focused on the current situation!]
Telling Ye Tian all this, the system kept quiet obviously giving him time to process this new information.
And just like the system predicted, after hearing its words. Ye Tian suddenly remembered a matter he had unknowingly been neglecting.
Yes, Is he still human?
Looking at the fact that he currently didn''t have a body, Ye Tian knew it was hopeless.
And even if he did manage to get a body that was exactly the same as before, could he be sure that after discovering his secret he wouldn''t be coveted by the people around him?
After all, as a former human being not too long ago, Ye Tian knew that greed was one of their race''s major driving factors and weaknesses.
*Sigh¡ it seems that there''s still a lot to think about*
Realising the seriousness of the matter, Ye Tian knew he had to decide his attitude toward humans before he ever returned.
As for not returning? How is that possible?
Not to mention that there''s still a younger sister waiting for him, Ye Tian also felt like the keys to uncovering the mysteries of the system and his transversal would be somewhere on the blue star
However, thinking that he was currently still stuck in the dungeon core, or now world core, he decided to put all matters behind him at least until the current predicament was solved.
"Fine system you''re right. I''ll decide how to treat humans how we get back to the blue star"
"That is if we ever get back"
Calming down, Ye Tian told the system about his n to recklessly push the thought away, and how he''d deal with it when the time came.
Hearing his host say this, although he had already expected Ye Tian to suggest something like this, the system couldn''t help but mumble why his luck was so bad.
[Damn! In the history of systems, I would Like to call my host the weakest!]
[However, while being weak, how does he manage to get an item like a world tree seed]
[ Could it be that it was the host who stole all my luck?]
Comining about Ye Tian''s various negative traits, the system couldn''t help but want to give him a beating
Unfortunately, what it didn''t know or maybe it knew but didn''t care that Ye Tian could clearly hear all his thoughts
But without a care in the world, the system continued to speak recklessly
"Damn system! Who are you saying stole your luck!"
Shouting at the empty void, Ye Tian and the system once again entered a bickering contest.
However, unlikest time this one was a bit different.
After several rounds of bickering, it was no exaggeration to say that the rtionship between both of them had be a bit closer.
At least the earlier estrangement between the two of them due to his sudden transmigration had somewhat reduced.
"However system, what''s all around me is just void."
"Even if you keep calling it a small world, to be honest, I think it would make more sense if you called it a storage space"
Talking to the system, Ye Tian seriously began to doubt the credibility of its words as after floating around aimlessly for a few hours now he hadn''t seen any sign ofnd much less a whole world
However, hearing Ye Tian''s words, the system suddenly replied like he was ignorant.
[Stupid!]
[Of course, there''s nothing around, obviously since this world was formed by merging the dungeon core and the world tree seed, things are bound to be different.]
Listening to the system call him stupid, although angry Ye Tian knew he had no choice but to keep quiet since he still needed the system''s answers
And the system, seeing that its ignorant host did not reply, nodded its nonexistent head in satisfaction.
[Good, I see the host is finally learning some manners.]
[Well then as a reward I''ll tell you more about it]
with a mocking tone in its voice, the system began to exin the things it knew about the current ce they were in.
[Well then, first off since it''s a world born out of a dungeon, it''s bound to possess dungeon-like qualities]
[And since you merged with the core back then, hence you automatically have the position of dungeon lord allowing you to make use of those qualities]
[For instance, void creation and gamification, analysis and devouring evolution if you will]
[Most so-called ''monster drops'' and items are created by the dungeon using energy extracted from the void to lure more challengers]
[While gamification allows for the existence of things such as status screen, levelling up, and other things that only ur once you awaken in a dungeon ]
Hearing the system say all this, Ye Tian unknowingly found himself brimming with excitement
"Haha, awesome!"
"Although I''m not sure how most of these things work till I personally experience them, both of them, especially void creation, sound amazing!"
Thinking of being able to create anything as long as there was enough energy, Ye Tian felt like he finally acquired his first cheat skill
Unfortunately, the systems next words poured cold water over him
[Haha what are you thinking of my dear host, do you really think such a broken broken skill would exist?"]
[The only things that can be created are things that have been analysed by the dungeon already or things that you understand the principle behind them]
[Now stop thinking about nonsense and let me finish talking!]
Hearing the system say this, although disappointed Ye Tian had no choice but to keep quiet and listen
[Good, where was I?]
[Oh yes, next off is another ability that all dungeons posses]
[Devouring evolution!]
Chapter 16 Trouble From Outside
?[Devouring evolution!]
[Much like the levelling up mechanism thates with gamification, this is also a firm of upgrading]
[However, unlike what you might think this is for upgrading the dungeon itself rather than people or monsters.]
Hearing that this was for upgrading the dungeon, Ye Tian couldn''t help but think back on Jiang Yang''s actions just before the whole dungeon fiasco.
[Yes host, you''re right. But unlike the unconventional method Jiang Yang used which abruptly raises the dungeons rank and overdrafts its potential.]
[Devouring evolution is the method used by most dungeon lords, however, it''s an extremely long process just to raise a single rank, which is why most dungeon lords would even be happy raising a rank no matter what means]
[In devouring evolution, the corpses of challengers are devoured by the dungeon to strengthen its core. Or it can be done by devouring other dungeon cores]
[Unfortunately, the first method is extremely slow while thetter is almost important impossible since dungeon inhabitants apart from during a dungeon break cannot leave their dungeon]
Listening to all this, Ye Tian found himself stunned, it turns out that there are so many things a dungeon lord can do.
Thinking that he should be able to do all this, he started to feel excited! Maybe this was his real cheat rather than his useless system
However, while getting excited, there was still a part of the question the system hadn''t answered
"Alright system, now that you''ve told me the characteristics of a normal dungeon, what''s changed since merging with the world seed?"
Yes! This was Ye Tian''s question. He didn''t believe that a seed that even the system could call legendary and mythical wouldn''t result in a huge change of an ordinary dungeon core.
And sure enough, the system''s next answer left him stunned.
[Hmmm, about the changes, you might as well take a look at your property panel to better understand the situation]
Hearing this, Ye Tian didn''t hesitate and immediately called it out
"Property panel open!"
[Yes host!]
With the reply of the system, unlike the former colour, a transparent silver coloured panel appeared before him.
Seeing this change, Ye Tian couldn''t help but have some suspicion
"Hmm, it seems that I''m not the only one that had a change, nice paint job you''ve got there"
"Come with the update?"
[.....]
Unfortunately, the system ignored his taunting and disyed his property panel obviously not wanting to talk about its change.
Seeing this, Ye Tian knew he couldn''t get any information from taunting and instead focused on the property panel In front of him.
[ NAME: YE TIAN
RACE: DUNGEON LORD/ ??
OCCUPATION: WORLD LORD??/ DUNGEON LORD??
TITLE: THE ONE WHO ACHIEVED THE IMPOSSIBLE, THE ONE WHO TRANSCENDED HUMANITY, THE EXPELLED ONE, THE CREATOR, THE HARBINGER OF CALAMITY, THE ONE WATCHED BY DAO.
RANK: ??
ABILITY: WORLD POWER, EXP SHARING, WORLD DEVOURING, CORE SPLITTING, ANALYSIS, REPLICATION, CREATION, I AM THE WORLD, GAMING AUTHORITY, MARK OF LOYALTY
WORLD POWER: 10 POINTS]
Opening the property panel, Ye Tian was stunned by the number of outrageous things being disyed before his eyes
Title? upation? World power? And what is going on with his race much less the outrageous abilities being disyed before him
Seeing all this, Ye Tian couldn''t help but think he was dreaming
*Could it be that my earlier guess was true, and thus is actually my real cheat?*
Thinking of this, Ye Tian was extremely excited as he Imagined himself returning back to earth with full power punching the start and picking the moon
SSS ss hunter? what is that, you''re looking at Dungeon Lord Ye Tian!
Lost in his fantasies, Ye Tian couldn''t wait to check what each ability and title stood for.
Unfortunately, just as he was about to take a closer look, the system''s voice suddenly came into his ear.
[Host, I know you''re excited about the current situation, but we need to deal with something important first.]
[Quickly take a look outside the core, although you don''t have a body you should be able to use your consciousness to see a bit of the outside surroundings]
[Just focus, we don''t have much time!]
[Darn it! How could they appear here at such a time!"]
Listening to the system worlds, Ye Tian''s happiness quickly disappeared
ording to the system''s earlier words they were somewhere in the void outside the blue star.
So for danger to still be present, it must be something able to transverse in the void
Realising this, Ye Tian quickly focused his mind ready to do as the system said
*Focus!*
*Spread your mind outwards*
Talking to himself, Ye Tian began to act.
Darkness¡.
Darkness¡.
And more Darkness¡
With the movement of Ye Tian''s consciousness, the only thing that came into view was just darkness which he was used to
*Is the system ying with me or am I still looking into the orb?*
Thinking this, Ye Tian felt like giving us no matter how far he stretched his thoughts, nothing could be seen in sight.
Now the time had passed, Ye Tian felt he had already started reaching his limits
However, considering the level of anxiety detected in the system''s words earlier the ''they'' which just appeared were different, not good news.
With this in mind, Ye Tian increased his pressure as he made onest effort to reach the outside world
*Boom!*
And as if a shackle was broken, a burst of White light exploded in Ye Tian''s vision not giving him a chance to react
"Arghhh what is that!!"
Feeling like his soul was about to explode, Ye Tian couldn''t help but scream out in agony, thankfully the system quickly took action
[Look way host, the current you cannot look directly at the void]
[Wait a minute, I''ll help you out]
Saying this, the system emitted a soft light wrapping around Ye Tian''s soul and the rn in general
"Hahh hah¡"
Panting heavily, Ye Tian sighed in relief. Thankfully with the quick action of the system, the pain quickly reduced giving Ye Tian some breathing space.
"Damn system! Why didn''t you let me know this was going to happen earlier!"
Chapter 17 The Eight Immortals
?[Host, the ce we currently are is called the world sea, a ce where millions of worlds meet]
[And over there to your right is earth!]
After making sure Ye Tian had calmed down, the system while still emitting a stand light controlled his vision, luckily this time with the system''s protection nothing bad happened.
"Amazing!"
"Wow, how did I not know something as beautiful as this existed!''
Following the system''s line of vision, Ye Tian found himself stunned as he was quickly immersed in what he saw next.
In the emptypletely dark and soundless void, in the area in which the system called the world sea, different light spots could be seen adding a hit of beauty to the surroundings
While some were extremelyrge, and some were extremely small,
some holy white in colour, while others a dark ominous red.
Some made his whole body feel rxed after taking a look at them, while others made him feel a bit of danger as he felt a gaze stare back.
However, from all the different light spots he saw, no two could be said to be the same.
"System, are all these light spots different worlds?"
Although he already knew the answer judging from the name ''world sea'', Ye Tian still wanted to hear the answer from the system.
And sure enough, the system''s next words fully confirmed his thoughts.
[Yes host, you got it all those you see are different worlds]
[Some so powerful with inhabitants capable of moving mountains and reiming the sea, With others as weak as your human race before the arrival of dungeons]
[However one this is certain, and that is that each world is special.]
[Just take a look at the blue star, in this area were currently in it could be said to be if not the strongest]
[Unfortunately, its current state doesn''t seem too good.]
Listening to the system''s words, Ye Tian turned to where the blue star was said to be.
"Impossible! Why Is the blue star like this!?"
Eximing full of shock, Ye Tian couldn''t believe what was before his eyes.
The blue star which he just came from was currently on the verge of copse.
With a fading greyish colour, its whole body was surrounded by tiny light spots seemingly extracting something from its body.
Dungeons!
Watching this happen, thus was the only thought that came to mind, apart from dungeons Ys Tian couldn''t think of anything else.
"Damn it, it seems like the danger of dungeons to the blue star is more than I thought"
After bing a dungeon lord, although his dungeon had been destroyed and a new one hadn''t been created
But Ye Tian had already started to get some sort of inheritance information from the dungeon core he merged with.
Now looking at the light spots around the earth, more information suddenly came to his mind
Spores¡
Rather than dungeons, Ye Tian wanted to call them spores.
ording to the information he just got, it turns out that when a dungeon transcends the SSS level rank and bes Ex level, it can separate smaller dungeon seeds and cast them into the world sea.
Finding a new world, that seed would then scatter into multiple grade dungeons all over that world and make it the same state as the current blue star.
However, if that was just what was happening Ye Tian wouldn''t be so worried.
Something deeper and more sinister was hidden under the dungeon''s arrival.
With thending of the seeds on their newly found, they would then begin extracting energy from it and transporting it to their main base, the ex level dungeon.
And with the gradual extraction of energy, over time it would lead to the strengthening of the dungeons and weakening of thes.
Soon, without any intervention what would happen next would be the destruction of that world as a whole.
Now ording to the information of the core, there are currently eight Ex level dungeon lords in the void sea titled the Eight immortals.
Each capable of physical wondering in the void, immune to time, and watch the rise and fall of different works for all eternity
From the information he got, this core was a spawn from the ''Forbiddennds'' , the Ex level dungeon owned by the fourth immortal
Lord of the forbiddennds.
Unfortunately, just from the little information transmitted by the core, there was nothing on how the eight immortals looked nor on what characteristic their dungeon had.
Now reading through this new information, Ye Tian realised the current situation was not serious
"System, since the eight immortals can each spawn dungeon seeds or cores, then what are the chances that their current Ex level dungeon core wasn''t from a spawn"
"Doesn''t that mean that there''s somebody even more powerful than them?"
"After all, the current information I have says nothing about the first dungeon core, nor either of them being the creator of dungeons"
Although it was just a spection, reason told Ye Tian that he was correct.
[.....]
Hearing Ye Tian say this the system fell silent
As a system, it before symbiosis and binding with Ye Tian, he had been stored with a lot of knowledge on the void
However the eight immortals, there was only one thing in its program about them
Don''t approach!
ording to what its database held, the eight of them had been around for aeons each possessing three standard characters
Unspeakable, unknowable, Unseeable
Now through its symbiosis with Ye Tian, it too got the knowledge from the core inheritance.
Adding to The Tian''s spection just now, the system knew things were getting out of hand
[Host forget about everything you just saw, the current you if you want to live don''t say anything]
[And don''t ask me why, just do it. As you know I''m currently bound to you so there''s no way I would want to hurt you ]
Listening to the words of the system, Although he wanted to ask what was going on Ye Tian wisely kept quiet
After all, if the system wanted him to due he could have just not saved him back then on the blue star
Thinking of this, Ye Tian quickly changed the topic.
"Fine, I won''t ask about it again."
"However system, I thought you said there was danger. Why don''t I see anything?"
Remembering the system''s earlier words, the system looked around and unfortunately could not see anything
However, the system''s next words left him speechless
[Look again host, behind you]
[Judging from the time we wasted just now looking at the earth, I guess we should bepletely surrounded by now.]
Chapter 18 Void Beasts
?[Judging from the time we wasted just now looking at the earth, I guess we should bepletely surrounded by now.]
"Surrounded by what?" Asked Ye Tian
Thankfully, although the system said he was surrounded he couldn''t feel or see anything no matter how he looked
Unfortunately, the system''s next words told him otherwise
[Host since you know this is the world sea, a ce where worlds of all kinds of sizes and strengthse together]
[You should also know that this world sea is also a feeding ground]
Hearing this, Ye Tian found himself shocked
Just what kind of beast would be powerful enough to take the world as their food, just thinking of it gave him a tummy ache
And the system, Reading Ye Tian''s thoughts, was speechless.
What kind of host did it have, rather than being scared or warring about his safety,
Its Host was busy getting a tummy ache from imagining the world being eaten as if it was some sort of giant burger.
Shaking its non-existent head, although it wanted to ask its host if its mind was alright, the system still continued exining the current predicament.
[*Ahem!*]
[Like I said host, the world sea is a hunting ground]
[And the creatures who hunt here are called void beasts]
Saying this, the system made a transparent screen pop up in front of Ye Tian''s field of vision.
[ Void beasts: beasts who are said to have existed since the dawn of time. With a shape simr to that of the blue stars giant whale, Void beasts are born averaging a height of a hundred metres and S-ss strength
ording to legend, the highest void beast discovered is currently a suspected Ex-level with several SSS-level void beasts being discovered regrly.
Thankfully, Void beasts have very poor fertility resulting in a child not being born for several hundreds of millennia.
And even at that, as a loner specie, as soon as the child is born it is thrown in a nearby world sea where there''s enough food to eat to fend for itself
Some experts have deduced that there''s and many other disadvantages are why void beasts have not eaten up all worlds by now
Void race ranking
#No 9]
Looking at the screen of information, several questions could help but pop up in Ye Tian''s mind as he was now confused more than ever
"First of what is the void race ranking"
"And second of all, if a race as powerful as the void beasts can only be ranked ninth, doesn''t that mean that the other eight are more dangerous than it?"
Speaking out loud, Ye Tian quickly started bombarding the system with questions.
Luckily although they were surrounded, there didn''t seem to be too much danger as the system still answered his question even in the current situation.
[Calm down host, I know that you have a lot of questions you want to ask so let me just quickly exin]
[The void ranking is a list created by Dao ranking each and every race that lives in the void]
[ording to your ranking on the list, it is said that the race obtains different benefits such as an increase in overall luck and strength as their ranking increases]
"Bu-!"
[And no, I do not know who or what the Dao is, and also the human race is not on the ranking since no human being had ever stepped into the void and survived much less the whole race.]
[However, ording to my spection, the Dao should be a kind of upgraded version of the way of heaven that banished us from the blue star]
[However this time on the void level]
Cutting off Ye Tian''s words, the system continued to exin
[Also, while there are other eight races above the Void beasts, their being stronger is not absolute as the rankings tend to change every one thousand years or so]
[If my guess isn''t wrong, the next ranking should be in about one hundred and fifty blue star years from now]
Listening to the system talk, Ye Tian realised there was still a lot more to the void he didn''t know
Dao?
Ranking?
Different races?
Each of these things, he could even fathom encountering them back on the blue star, much less before his reincarnation
However, now with the help of the system, he had a chance to experience a peak that many could never experience in their lives.
Thinking of this, he couldn''t wait to begin his adventure
Unfortunately, before that he had to deal with the current situation.
ording to the system, he was currently being surrounded by void beasts and judging from what he read just now, even the baby void beasts wouldn''t be an easy opponent.
Thinking of this, he could only pin his hopes on the system
"System, what do I do?"
"If I actually am being surrounded, doesn''t that mean that I''ll soon be eaten?" Asked Ye Tian with a hint of worry in his tone
Unfortunately for him, the system confirmed his words without any hesitation.
[Yes you are, however don''t worry.]
[The current situation is due to the aura of the world you''re emitting due to merging with the world tree.]
[Now all you''ve got to do is either remove or seal that aura]
"And how do I do that?" Asked Ye Tian
Listening to the system''s words, he could help but feel that its advice was no different from no advice since he didn''t know how to do either
Thankfully, it seemed the system had already expected this and quickly exined it.
[Simple, since you obviously just merged with it and it would take a long time to control your aura]
[ Then your only hope is to exhaust the current power of the world you have so as to not gain their attention.]
[Currently, the void beasts around are scouting you since they''re not sure if you''re a world as a hint of human and dungeon is mixed in that world aura]
[Now, they probably think you''re some freakish mutant experiment]
Chapter 19 Void Beasts (II)
?mutant experiment?
Listening to the words of the system, Ye Tian couldn''t help but twitch the corner of his lips
However thinking deeply about it, he couldn''t find a better word
After all, thanks to the system he was currently some kind of world tree, dungeon core, human hybrid.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Tian decided not to think too much about his freakish nature.
"Hey system, quickly tell me how to get rid of this world power if you don''t want your host to get eaten"
By now, Ye Tian could feel some movement in the void around him, most likely this was the result of the approaching void beasts
Obviously, his time was running out, thankfully the system already had a n though there would be some major setbacks.
[ Hey host, you remember on your panel which showed ''world power:10 points'' ]
[Although you''re going to need that in the future creation of your dungeon or world in your case]
[But given the current situation, you have no choice but to abandon most of it in order to survive]
Hearing the system talk, Ye Tian couldn''t help but hesitate
As a dungeon lord, giving this away would be equivalent to digging away his own foundation.
Just imagine a dungeon lord without a dungeon, that isn''t even a lord!
Thinking of this, Ye Tian wanted to ask the system if there was any alternative.
Unfortunately, the system quickly cut him off
[ No, there is no other choice or way out.]
[Choose one, give the void beasts something to eat or be eaten!]
[And hurry we don''t have much time]
Noticing the fluctuations in the void getting closer and closer, the system pressed Ye Tian to quickly make up his mind.
"Damn! Damn! Damn!"
"Why would they appear at this time, could it be my chance to turn very is going to end like this?"
Cursing out loud, his core of a body that was currently floating in the void began jumping up and down as if to reflect his emotional
"Sigh¡."
"System, I agree. Take as many as you need to give me a chance to get away from here"
Giving an exasperated sigh, Ye Tian couldn''t help but resign to his fate
Judging from the current situation, he was currently out of options.
Say no and get devoured by the void beasts.
Say yes and lose his qualifications to go back to earth.
Considering the two, Ye Tian decided to choose the opinion that still left him alive
After all, although it might be harder, some world power would still remain.
Not only that, no one said it would be impossible to gain more although the process might not be easy.
After all, he had currently lost his human body, Ye Tian doubted his lifespan would still be the same
Talking of lifespan, Ye Tian decided to ask the system was going on with his own after he got out of this situation.
Now he had to avoid his imminent death crisis.
*Boom!*
*Boom!*
*Boom!*
With three loud bangs, three huge figures appeared left, right, and center all around Ye Tian
Void beasts!
Looking at their figures, Ye Tian''s non-existent eyelids dted as he couldn''t believe what he just saw
With a huge hundreds of metres in seize, Ye tian felt just one of them was alone to destroy the whole blue star before the advent of dungeons
Guns? Nuclear weapons? Please, Just one hit from their tails should be enough to knock down a continent sinking it below sea level
Now looking at these fierce predators that looked at him like he was some sort of snack, Ye Tian was shook
Thankfully the system was quick to react, under its control, a huge ball of world power was quickly condensed before Ye Tian
[Host, you made the right decision.]
[Deduction seven world power]
[Using six to create bait]
[Using one to create an escape ticket]
As the system moved, a series of actions began to take ce not giving Ye Tian a chance to react.
"Awuuuuu!"
"Awuuuuu!"
"Awuuuuui!"
With the appearance of the orb of world power, the three void beasts began to howl with excitement
Obviously, they couldn''t wait to have a taste of it,
Seeing this, the system knew it was time to act.
[Creating diversion!]
*Swoosh!*
All of a sudden, with the systems words the orb suddenly flew far away from where the current location
"Awuu?"
Looking at its food suddenly fly away, the void beasts could help but be confused before getting angry
"Angh!"
"Angh!"
*Angh!"
Roaring out in anger, the three turned to where the system had thrown the orb
Watching this happen, the system knew it was now or never.
Using thest bit of world power it had collected from Ye Tian, the system nned to make it explode thus propelling them into the void far away from here
Although there might be some damage to Ye Tian''s core, but this was the best way the system found to leave this area
[Hold on host, this might hurt a lot!]
Hearing the system say this, Ye Tian suddenly got an ominous premonition.
"Wait a minute system, what do you want to do!"
"Remember, I don''t have a body and we''re currently in the void. I can''t hold on to anything" asked Ye Tian
Unfortunately, it was toote. The system had already begun its n
*Boom!*
Taking advantage of the void beast''s distraction, the system promptly caused thest piece of world power to explode thus thrusting Ye Tian''s core body into the void.
"Ahhh system curseeee youuuu"
Realising what just happened, Ye Tian could only shout unwillingly as his body was helplessly spreading to some unknown corner of the world sea
[Haha no need to thank me host, it''s this systems job to take care of its host]
Laughing, the system pretended not to hear Ye Tian.
And with that, the two of them began their journey drifting into the Void.
And as for the void beasts, those three were currently fighting themselves for the orb of world power.
Chapter 20 World Invasion
?"Hah hah~"
"Damn system, next time give me a heads-up!"
Catching his breath, the thrust of the explosion finally died down giving him a chance to rx.
"By the way scan if there''s any danger around here, I don''t have any more world source to waste" said Ye Tian.
Thinking about the world source just used now, Ye Tian had a distressed look on his face.
Six as bait, and one used on the diversion.
Although he didn''t know how much a unit of world power valued,
however considering it''s something that can only be gotten from a world, Ye Tian reckoned its value was way high
Unfinished, those precious world sources had all been thrown away leaving only three.
Shaking his head Ye tian decided not to think much about it
After all, the more he thought about it the more he felt depressed.
Lucky for him the system had already finished scanning the surroundings thus distracting him from his current thoughts
[Host, there''s good news and there''s bad news]
[Which do you want to hear first?] Asked the system, obviously the results of her surgery were a hundred percent in his favour
"Tell me the good news first, at the moment I think I''m already depressed enough"
Sighing, Ye Tian hoped the good news would be something enough to leave him ecstatic.
With that in mind, he patiently waited for the systems words
[The good news is that we''ve left that area to a rtively safe part of the world sea]
[ording to my scan now, majority of the worlds are small worlds with the highest there being a B-ss creature]
"And the bad news?"
Hearing the words of the system, Although happy however Ye Tian knew it was still too soon to rx.
ording to what he knew about the system, its ''bad news'' was almost always the worst of news.
And sure enough, the system''s message directly plunged Ye Tian''s happy mood down the drain.
[Host, you need to replenish your world power Immediately if not your core would be assimted by the void.]
[It turns out that that explosion led to cracks in it, thus resulting in this state.]
World power¡.
Listening to the system''s words, although Ye Tian knew it was going to be important, but he didn''t expect its effects to be shown so soon.
Hearing his life was now dependent on it, he more and more regretted spending all those back then
Who knows, maybe with a bit of haggling the system might have reduced the about it took
Unfortunately, it was toote.
Now unable to find a way to get more, Ye Tian couldn''t only wait for thest bit of world power within him to drain before being assimted.
[Calm down host, Although things seem bad but there''s still a way out.]
[Currently there are two ways to resist the erosion]
[One, you gather up enough world power and create the world.]
[Starting from the lowest small world, they''re enough to resist the void erosion and other attacks through their world barrier ]
[Two, you plunder the world source and core from other worlds and forcefully upgrade or patch your core depending on the avable source.]
Listening to the systems two words, Ye Tian couldn''t help but begin to get angry
"System, what do you mean! isn''t this the same as saying nothing?"
Obviously his avable world power wasn''t enough to create the world
Adding to the fact that he doesn''t even have a body, how was Ye Tian going to plunder from other worlds.
However, just when Ye Tian was about tosh out, the system suddenly spoke to him again
[Rx host although the first option isn''t possible at the moment, the second option more than is.]
[All you need to do is use your core splitting ability and a unit of world power]
Hearing the words of the system, Ye Tianpletely lost it
"Damn system! Currently I''m in the state because ofck of world power, yet you want me to give more?"
"Impossible!"
Saying this Ye Tian made up his mind, obviously it seems this system is the kind that wants to kill its hosts
[ Calm down host, trust me it''s your only way out]
[If not, could it be that you want to float around here till you''repletely assimted?]
Listening to the system''s words, Ye Tian kept silent.
In fact, he to knew that there wasn''t much of a choice for him, either die now or sooner no other options
If it wasn''t for the fact that he just needed to vent and the system was currently the best option, he would have agreed Immediately
So taking a few minutes to calm down, Ye Tian finally agreed to the systems idea
"I agree, however you need to exin the whole n step by step."
"This time let me know what''s going to happen before it does."
Thinking back to the unexpected explosion that led to this situation, Ye Tian sighed.
Fortunately this time the system agreed to all his terms
[Sure thing!]
[Host, you''ll need to use the core splitting ability to split a small part of yourself]
[After that, wrap it in a unit of world power]
[Once that''s done, all we have to do is send it into one of the neighbouring small worlds and use it as a means to steal from it]
[Who knows, maybe the host can sessfully conquer it and drain itpletely of its world source once it''s over]
[By then you''d have surplus, no longer worrying about putting your life in danger]
Hearing this, Ye Tian fell silent.
No matter how much of an imagination he had as a child, Ye Tian never once Imagined himself being a world invader.
"System, what happens when the world source of a world ispletely drained?" Asked Ye Tian
Although he already knew the answer,
However, maybe it was because of his conscience or something else, but Ye Tian still wanted to hear the system words.
And unfortunately for him, the system told him the answer he least wanted to hear.
[Host I''m sure you''ve guessed it, but just like you once the source is exhausted it''ll be assimted by the surrounding void]
[Meaning if you do this, the deaths of billions of lives will be on your hands]
Listening to the end result, Ye Tian fell silent as a bit of hesitation started to well up within him.
Chapter 21 Aincrad
?[Using the world source as a ticket, you should be able to sneak your core into the world]
[Then, all you need to do is expand your dungeon as much as possible]
[Oh, and you can also try killing the children of the world, although this might result in serious bacsh, but it also elerates the destruction of the world]
Ignoring Ye Tian''s change of mood the system continued exining the things he needed to do.
[Stupid host, don''t make it seem like this system doesn''t care]
[For in order to prepare for future troubles you''ll need to go through things like this]
[Just remember in the grand order of things, something like a billion lives isn''t up to a speck of dust in the void]
Hearing the system say this Ye Tian didn''t argue, obviously he knew it was true
In fact, Just looking at the light spots representing worlds all around Ye Tian had already acknowledged his smallness.
However, for him who had never killed a human tomit world-level genocide?
This was definitely a huge hurdle to cross
Unfortunately, he didn''t really have much of a choice, as even at this moment the void was constantly eroding him
"Sigh~"
"Fine system, let''s do this!"
Heaving a big sigh Ye Tian finally gave in.
However, it was not because he had resigned his fate to be a mass murderer
Rather, Ye Tian believed that he could find an alternative after getting there.
After all, even back before transmigration he was never one to give up, and now wasn''t any different
Firming up his mind Te Tian immediately began to split a smaller core
"Core splitting ability activate!"
Focusing on his core, Ye Tian activated his ability.
*Pop*
However, unlike what He Tian expected to happen, there was no excruciating pain nor tearing feeling that one would expect with the word split
Rather, with a low pop sound, a small core about a quarter of a circle from the main body separated from him.
If it wasn''t for the fact that he noticed a small reduction in the size and mass of the main body, Ye Tian would have thought it was clone rather than split.
"Haha awesome, is this what it feels like to have bodies?"
Spinning the smaller core around his main body Ye Tian found it fun as the feeling was truly novel.
Unfortunately, his joy was short-lived as the system quickly reminded him of his current situation
[Host, are you sure this is the time to be ying?]
[Just take a look at your avable world power] said the system.
Hearing the system''s words, Ye Tian suddenly had a bad feeling.
And sure enough, after checking a bead of non-existent sweat ran down his core
[WP: 2.7]
What!?
Seeing the value Ye Tian shrieked in disbelief.
Unknowingly during this period 0.3 world power has been used up, obviously the leak was more serious than expected
"Damn! System, why didn''t you give me a warning"
"In fact nevermind, let''s get this thing started"
"Didn''t you say that all the worlds around us are currently on the same level?"
"Then pick that one! Since they''re all the same"
Seeing his death was edging closer than ever, with anxiousness Ye Tian randomly picked a world beside him.
[Host are you sure? That world is kind of some special]
Looking at the world his host picked the system was a bit hesitant, obviously there was something wrong with it
Unfortunately, Ye Tian who was currently worried about dying by assimtion did not hear the worry in its tone.
"Yes system I''m sure! Now send the core over there!"
Hearing this, The system knew that talking any further would be of no use
[Alright host, don''t regret thister!]
*Boom!*
With that, under the systems control the core hurled directly into the world Ye Tian picked.
.........¡..
[Aincrad]
Aincrad, a world where many lives lead by the four major races live in Harmony
Elves in the forest of life,
Orcs in eastern ins
Dwarves in the northern mountains
And humans scattered all throughout thend.
If anyone were to hear that all these races lived in harmony, they would immediately think it was a lie.
After all, conflicts are bound to rise due to the insatiable nature of living beings.
However, this was actually the case as all races had to unite as they faced amon enemy.
Demons!
Demon, no one knows how they were formed. However what is known is that they aim to enve all life possible
In fact, looking closely at Aincards history, most of the major events can be seen to be demons versus themon people''s wars
Every hundred years, a demon lord would rise on the neighbouring demon continent trying to enve all of them.
And every hundred years, the human race led by the goddess of light would summon a set of otherworldly heroes to destroy the demon lord
Aided by the four major races, the hero''s duty is to defeat the demon lord and protect their continent from demons
Thankfully, up till now the demon lord had never seeded, thus allowing them to live in peace till now
Now a hundred years had passed and another''s demon lord had risen.
And with his ascension, the four major races had already begun to take action
Gathered in a huge castle, the king and queen of the human empire of light sat on their throne as they looked at the newly summoned heroes before them
However, if Ye Tian were here he would be shocked
These so-called heroes just looked like a bunch of high school students,
And Judging from the fact that their uniforms were the same, they were most likely from the same school.
Looking at the confused heroes, before him, with knights, the queen, and a set of priests by his side, the king slowly stood up.
"O'' heroes from another world, wee to Aincrad"
"In the name of Goddess, please save our world from demons"
Saying this, the king took a slight bow.
Chapter 22 Sato Kazuma
?"Hello there! My name is Sato Kazuma"
"And I am the protagonist!"
"From a very young age, I''ve noticed how the world seemed to literally revolve around me"
"Even the constant bullying I received in school was most likely to enhance my back story before I make a hugeeback"
"Haha Tomoki and Nagumo don''t know they''re anything but side characters, they dare to humiliate the great me Sato Kazuma!"
"They''re sadly mistaken"
"And as for the bishojo ss rep Hibiki and her assistant Tomoe, those two are most likely going to be part of my haremter"
"Oh? About my harem, should I add the ss teacher? Miss Mio''s body is definitely my type"
"Hmm, I''ll just put her on the reserve list, now here was I"
"Yes, hello there, I''m your protagonist and otherworldly hero Sato Kazuma!"
"Like all protagonists, I have been thrown into a dungeon for being powerless"
"However, what they don''t know is that this is where I get my cheat skill!"
Writing this down in his notebook, the boy named Sato Kazuma continued to stride down into the dungeon without fear
In fact, rather than fear, Kazuma had already started to imagine himself gaining a cheat skill
Defeating the dungeon boss and levelling up a few hundred times
Getting out of the dungeon to find a few female vepanies, and get back at his ssmates and the capital who abandoned him.
"However a different world hunh, it seems that this is where my protagonist''s aura fullyes into y!"
Thinking of what happened a few minutes ago, Kazuma clenched his fists in excitement.
...¡.
[ A few days ago]
"O'' heroes from another world, wee to Aincrad"
"In the name of Goddess, please save our world from demons
Opening his eyes slowly, the first thing that came into Kazuma''s view was something he had been waiting for all his life.
With spiky ck hair and ck eyes, his facial features while standing out from the typical blond hair and blue eyes in Aincrad
We''re nothing short of a norm back on earth, unfortunately along with everyone else in the ssroom they were no longer on the earth they knew.
Just a few minutes ago on earth, Kazuma and the rest of his ssmates were about to start their morning lecture
Sadly before they could do anybody could react, a strange magic circle appeared swallowing the whole ssroom while
"What is that!!"
"Help! Somebody, I can''t move!"
"However it is that''s ying tricks please stop, it''s not funny"
With the circle''s brightness ever increasing, seeds of panic began to sow as the ssmates discovered they had lost their mobility.
"Calm down everyone, rx"
"Nothing is going to happen as long as everyone remains calm"
Trying to control the scene, a somewhat tall woman with sses took the stage.
With long waisted length ck hair, wearing a red velvet dress, and a short brown jacket
Even in this moment of panic, a few boys began to ogle at her due to her beautiful face and wonderful figure
This person was none other than their school goddess and head teacher Miss Watanabe Mio
Thankfully, maybe it was because the few boys who panicked the loudest were busy eyeing her figure, the panic started to die down
Seeing this, Mio couldn''t help but nod in satisfaction
*Sigh¡ while it''s great and all that the students calmed down, but what the hell is going on!*
Just looking at the sounding circle, Mio knew this was not some prank that could easily be pulled off
Obviously, something serious going on, however in order to maintain a calm atmosphere she didn''t say anything
"Stupid!"
"It seems that none of you read manga, obviously we''re about to be isekai''d into another world!"
"We''ll probably have to do stuff like be heroes and defeat the demon king and what not"
"Tch¡ I Sato Kazuma look down on your ignorance" said Kazuma
Looking at his scared ssmates, Kazuma rolled his eyes with disdain as he promised himself not to associate himself with them after arriving
After all, he can''t have them trying to rub off on his protagonist aura since most of them were obviously side characters
"...."
Silence....
Hearing Kazuma''s words, the whole ss went silent before bursting out intoughter
"Hahaha, I thought Chunni Kazuma was going to say something reasonable for once, I guess I was wrong."
With tears in his eyes, the head of the ss bullies Shindou Tomoki clutched his belly asughter overwhelmed him
In fact, not only him behaved like this, other students began tough following Tomoki''s lead.
Even MiO the ss teacher snickered after she heard Kazuma''s words
''Chunni Kazuma''
A title bestowed on Kazuma on his first day in Fubuki High School.
Back then, during his introduction they asked Kazuma what did he want to be in the future
And unfortunately, his answer still remains in the Fubuki hall of Fame
"My name is Sato Kazuma, and I''m going to be a hero one day!"
"Believe it!"
And since then, a series of bullying and taunts have followed Kazuma ever since.
However, he never gave frowned nor fought back, for he believed he was the protagonist and was waiting for his ''cheat skill''
Now looking at his ssmates mates who had once again found joy in making fun of him, Kazuma just shook his head
*Just you wait, once we sessfully teleport and I be a hero, you all would grovel before me!*
Saying that Kazuma turned his gaze to the circle hoping the teleportation could be quicker
Luckily, his prayers seemed to be answered as a big change suddenly urred in the circle
*Boom!*
With arge bang, the circlepletely exploded, making Kazuma as well as everyone who was present in the ssroom disappear.
Now, with the explosion, all that was left was a set of broken desks and chairs leaving the cepletely devoid of people
Soon, under the rigorous investigation by the police, no news was found
Due to that, only this false statement could be used
"Dear citizens, it is unfortunate to inform you that all the students as well as a teacher from Fubuki High School have unfortunately perished in a terrorist attack"
"May their souls rest in peace"
Chapter 23 Status!
?"Dear citizens, it is unfortunate to inform you that all the students as well as a teacher from Fubuki High School have unfortunately perished in a terrorist attack"
"May their souls rest in peace"
And as one would expect, the public especially the families of those affected became enraged by their government''s ipetence.
Unknowingly a rift that wouldter lead to a civil war in a few years was from now between the people and the government.
Unfortunately, no one was aware of this uing danger.
However, that would be far into the future, for now, the victims in question were currently stunned by their new surroundings.
___________________
Knights!
Priests!
King!
Queen!
Demon lord!
Heroes!
Each of these elements was a necessity for every protagonist''s growth in a different world.
Now meeting all of them at once, although he expected it, Kazuma''s breath could help but speed up
"Haha, it''s my time to shine!"
Laughing maniacally to himself, Kazumapletely disregarded his image as soon as he realised he was in a different world.
*Humph! I''m sure all those side characters are currently stunned, they must be confused about what is going on*
Thinking about his ignorant ssmates, Kazuma sneered in disdain.
Unfortunately, what Kazuma didn''t know was that his ssmates were surprised, however, a majority of them were excited rather than surprised
Looking at their beautiful surroundings m, the first to speak out was the ss representative Fujiwara Hibiki
"Amazing, could it be what Chunni Kazuma Said was true?"
"Could we actually be in a different world?"
Although she didn''t want to admit it, but just judging from the surrounding environment Hibiki felt it was true
*We seem to be in some sort of luxurious building, most likely a castle*
Looking at the paintings lined up on each side of the wall, Hibiki began to analyse her surroundings.
"A chandelier"
"A man and woman sitting down on what looks to be a throne, surrounded by knights and priests"
"ording to my calctions, this should be some kind of western fantasy world, and those two people should be the king and queen"
Mumbling under her breath, within a few seconds, Hibiki had already deduced the current situation
However, given the fact that there was not much information known about her so-called summoner
Hibiki decided to pretend to be confused like everyone else so as not to arouse suspicion
*Sigh.. it seems hiding your whole cards is still necessary in a different world*
Letting out a sigh of regret, as she pretended to be confused by the sudden situation, Hibiki unknowingly began to remember her days back on earth.
"Hide your true character"
"Never let anybody know the true you"
"You must Excel in everything you do, failure is not an option"
"Let everyone see you as perfect"
As a daughter of the world-renowned influential Fujiwara family, Hibiki had been instilled the many rules and regtions of the family
And the number one rule was¡,
Always keep a hand. Nowing into a different world, Hibiki had unknowingly begun to do it
"O'' heroes from another world, wee to Aincrad"
"In the name of Goddess, please save our world from demons"
Snapping out of it, the voice of an old man though to be the king came into her ears as well her other ssmates
"Don''t kid me!"
"What other world, I want to go home!"
"Who''s the geezer, get out of here!"
"If this is a prank stop it, my Dad is a cop!"
All of a sudden, with the words of the king all thirty of her ssmates including the began to riot asints wereunched from all directions.
However, under all this, three people keep quiet as their eyes just focused and analysed the king
Kazuma, Hibiki, and Mio, out of the whole crowd only they seemed to be calm
"Your majesty, look at those three"
"They seemed to be more mature than the other heroes"
Whispering into the king''s ears, the retainer beside him pointed to the three of them
Hearing this, after taking a closer look at them, the kind didn''t say much, rather he just gave a slight nod
After doing that, he once again turned toward the heroes and continued speaking.
"Heros from another world, I am King Charles Gnar IV"
"Son of the former and now dead King Charles Gnar III"
"Although I apologise for suddenly dragging you into our world, but in the name of the goddess I beg you to please save us from the demon lord and his army"
Listening to the words of the king, the crowd suddenly kept quiet as his words nowpletely denied theirst bit of hope that this was a prank
Obviously although astonishing, but truly they had been transported to a different world.
"Hey geezer, I don''t care about defeating the demon lord and all"
"But since we''re summoned by you guys to fight, aren''t we meant to have some powers or something?"
"Because sorry to break it to you, but almost all of us here apart from teacher San next to me are just ordinary high school students" said Tomoki
With his hands in his pocket, Tomoki looked toward the thing after saying this as if to tell him ''old man since you brought us here give us some gifts''
Thankfully, it seemed the king had already expected such a question to be asked as he quickly replied
"Alright I almost forgot to tell you"
"All heroes summoned have been blessed by the goddess, all you need to say is the word ''status'' then you can see your blessings''
"Most likely since all of you are heroes, your blessings are things that I can not imagine
"With these, you''ll surely be able to defeat the demon King in no time, and maybe then the goddess would send you back home"
Hearing the king say they had a chance of going home, Tomoki as well as everyone else''s eyes shone with excitement
However, just when Tomoki was about to confirm from the king if what he said was true, Kazuma''s voice suddenly sounded
Sitting in a lotus position, had an inexplicable glint in his eyes
"Status!"
Chapter 24 The Abandoned Ones
?[ NAME: SATO KAZUMA
LEVEL: 1
EXP: 0/100
TITLE: OUTSIDER, OTHERWORLDER
ABILITIES: NONE
BLESSING: NONE
CURSE: NONE]
????
"This!"
Looking at his status panel, Kazuma couldn''t help but rub his eyes to confirm what he was seeing
"Impossible!"
"I''m the protagonist, how could my status panel look so empty?"
"Where are my cheat skills?"
"Where are my Op titles?"
Unable toprehend what was happening, Kazuma began to go crazy
However, his ssmates beside him had quite the opposite situation
"Haha amazing, I''ve got the hero title! Not only that I''ve got two blessings and two skills already"
[ Blessing of the God of Martial Arts: able to easilyprehend any kind of hand-to-handbat.
Note: you who are blessed by the martial God, go be a man and beat some demons with your fists]
[ Blessing of the Goddess of light: blessed by the goddess of light, all your attacks would be apanied by holy power
Note: need a torchlight? No need, you''re a human body torch light!]
[Skill Holy sh: condensing holy power into a de, you can cut down all enemies
Note: need a weapon? No need, I can create lightsabers!]
[Skill mental fortitude: no matter the situation, your mind would always remain calm
Note: with this skill I can probably head into battle with a straight face!]
Reading his new Abilities, Tomoki was shocked
At first he to thought this was some sort of prank, however not it doesn''t seem to be the case
Looking at all his skills although he wasn''t sure how hepared to everyone else, Tomoki was sure he was strong
"Hehe, it seems that being kidnapped t another world might not be so bad"
Feeling the holy power surging through his body, Tomoki began to look forward to the future
A hero, thinking of the benefits he could get from ying this role, Tomoki had an evil smile on his face
Obviously, he had other ns apart from being a hero in mind.
"Haha, I got the title Sage! And I was blessed by the goddess of magic!"
Jumping up and down, Hibiki screamed with excitement at her newfound power.
And as if pulling a trigger, all the other students began to check their status calling out their titles and skills one by one.
Magic swordsman!
Priest!
Schr!
Fighter!
Vanguard!
As time passed, more and more students began to call out their various titles, blessings, and skills.
Watching this happen, the king could only sigh with relief and a bit of envy in his tone.
"Worthy of being the ones chosen by the goddess"
"You know how hard it is to get a title and a blessing from a God"
"However these heroes before are getting them in multitude"
"Especially titles like sage and hero which haven''t appeared in hundreds of years!"
Shocked by what he was witnessing, the king began to make some ns in his mind
After all, although they might be heroes, but no one should be bigger than the king.
Realising this, King Charles'' face turned gloomy. It wasn''t until the pope brought his attention to a certain hero that he snapped out of it.
"Your majesty, look at that hero, rather than being excited like the others, his face seems distraught''
"Could it be that he is an abandoned one?"
Hearing the words of the pope, king Charles was stunned.
Abandoned one, this was a name that had appeared a few times throughout history.
Summoned by the goddess to Aincrad just like regr heroes.
unfortunately, unlike those heroes who possessed all kinds of incredible powers and abilities, these people were said to be abandoned by the Gods
No blessings, curses, or skills.
With only the title of outsider and other worlder, the only thing these kinds of people could do was brag that they came from the same hometown as the heroes.
Abandoned ones, otherwise known as those forgotten by Gods.
"Alright then pope, then I''ll leave disposing of him to you"
Waving his hand nonchntly asked Charles didn''t want to dwell too much on it
After all, the heroes summoned this time were a lot, disposing of a few of them wouldn''t hurt anyone.
*No, this might actually be a good thing, using the power of the Pope I might be able to reduce the heroes power*
Wearing a smile on his face, the king''s face gradually began to change from wariness to that of a hunter looking at his prey.
Unfortunately, none of the heroes in question had any idea the kind had already begun to deduct methods to deal with them.
Still excited by their new powers most of the students began trying it outpletely disregarding where they were
*Ahem!*
Dressed in a long white robe, a huge white hat, and a small book in his right hand
A fairly old man coughed bringing everyone''s attention to him
"Wee to Aincrad heroes!
"I am Pope Agustin, the current head of the church of light, and I thank you for lending us help in our time of need "
Hidden behind a warm smile the pope secretly sneered at both the heroes and the king''s naivety.
As a level 78 priest of light, neither Tomoki''s nor the king''s small moves could be hidden from him
In fact, he alone was able to destroy the whole empire by his power alone.
However in order toplete his ns the pope could only continue to pretend.
"But it''s not like my current job isn''t fun, thanks to that I get to do things like this!"
Turning towards Kazuma who was still lost in denial the pope spoke up
"What''s wrong hero, why the long face?"
"Could it be that there''s something wrong with your status?"
"Did you receive some sort of curse from an evil God? Don''t worry, I''m very skilled at removing curses"
Pretending to be a kind old man, the pope slowly walked over to Kazuma
*Don''t me me boy, me yourself for being an abandoned one*
Thinking of this, the smile on the Pope''s face became brighter.
Chapter 25 Leveling Up!
?"Did you receive some sort of curse from an evil God? Don''t worry, I''m very skilled at removing curses"
Listening to the Pope''s question, All eyes immediately turned toward Kazuma
All of a sudden, an unprecedented silence filled the castle pce.
"What''s happened young hero, can you not speak?"
Feeling the change of momentum in the room, the pope decided to apply more pressure
And just like he expected, under his lead Kazuma had be the main focus of the pce.
"Haha what do you mean, there''s nothing wrong with my status"
"It''s just that I don''t want to let you see it, after all those are my whole cards"
Giving a weirdugh, Kazuma quickly thought of an excuse
*Damn pope! Just a mere side character yet you dare speak like this to the protagonist!"
Cursing in his mind, Kazuma had already marked him as one of the people to get revenge once he gets his cheat skill.
After all, not all main characters get their powers at the start of the story.
Thinking of this, Kazuma''s gaze toward the pope became more confident.
Unfortunately what he didn''t know was that his reply just now further confirmed the Pope''s spection
*Haha unbelievable, it''s actually an abandoned one!"
*However, I can''t dispose of him too hastily*
Considering the bacsh he might get from the heroes if one of their fellows were disposed of as soon as they arrived.
Thinking of this, Pope Augustine knew it was not feasible.
However, although that was currently the case, Augustine had already thought of a n b.
Casting a wink at the king, the pope bowed slightly to Kazuma
"Oh apologies lord hero, it was my fault for asking"
"However while It may be rude of me to ask you for your skills, but I would need them to help you level up more efficiently"
Speaking eloquently, the pope pretended not to notice Kazuma''s lie and apologised.
Seeing this happen, Kazuma who was expecting to be exposed couldn''t help but be confused
*Cough*
"Well then it''s okay, just make sure not to disturb this hero again"
Speaking in the third person Kazuma coughed pretending to be calm
However his behaviour just now got a lot of mixed reactions from his ssmates around
"This hero?"
"Haha it seems like chunni Kazuma still exists even in a different world"
Laughing at Kazuma, Tomoki couldn''t help but cringe at his words.
Even Nagumo one of his doglegs began tough as he pointed at Kazuma in suspicion
"Yeah, Tomoki is right, what''s all this crap about some whole cards"
"His status panel is probably trash just like he is"
"Trash on earth, trash in a different world"
Listening to Nagumo''s words, most of the ssmates began to nod feeling like his words were true
After all, they all showed their status panels, why didn''t he?
Watching this happen, a strange glint shed in the Pope''s eyes.
*Oh? Interesting*
*It seems the heroes aren''t as close as I thought, that makes things much easier*
nning how to take advantage of this new discovery, a smile unknowingly found its way onto the Pope''s face
However, just when Tomoki and Nagumo were about to pressure Kazuma into exposing his status panel
Hibiki''s voice suddenly interrupted them.
"Wait a minute sir pope"
"What do you mean by helping us efficiently level up?
Although she had nned to keep a low profile, Hibiki couldn''t help but ask as a strong curiosity filled her heart
"Could it be that to increase our levels we have to y monsters and upgrade just like RPG games back on earth?"
"And would they be item drops and stuff like boss monsters?"
As someone who always yed RPGs whenever she was free, Hibiki unknowingly began to release her inner weeb
So much so that all her ssmates began to give her weird nces
Since when did the upright Hibiki have such a side?
Unfortunately, no one could answer that question.
*Cough cough*
"Sorry sir Pope, I got a bit carried away, so what did you mean by helping us level up?"
Slightly embarrassed Hibiki excitedly nced at the level 1 and 0/100 experience on her status
Fortunately, the Pope didn''t seem to think too much and quickly exined
"Oh I forgot since you heroes are not originally from Aincrad but here everybody is born with the ability to level up"
"With the blessings of the Gods, one can increase their skills, Abilities, and strength by defeating various monsters in and around dungeons"
"Speaking of dungeons, you and the other heroes after a bit of training would be heading into one so you can officially start levelling up"
Exined to Hibiki, the pope had a gentle smile on his face
However, what he didn''t know was that his simple words just now had set off amotion within the crowd
Levels?
Dungeon?
Could it be that this is actually a game world?
Hearing the words of the pope, everyone couldn''t believe the level of absurdity of what they were experiencing
Unexpectedly, things like dungeons and levelling up that are only done in games would be experienced by them one day.
Soon, the whole crowd began divided into two group
One that wanted to go into dungeons and level up as fast as possible
And another that thought it was too dangerous and wanted to stay back to avoid getting hurt
*Ahem!*
"Esteemed heroes, I''m not done talking"
Being rudely interrupted, the pope couldn''t help but twitch the corner of his eyes
*Calm down Augustine, they''re heroes*
*Ignore them for now, once their roles are done they''ll be left to your disposal*
Calming himself down, the pope forced out a smile before he continued speaking
"About dungeons, since we''re talking about them their some things you should know"
"Such as its history!"
Saying this the Pope''s face turned gloomy, obviously the appearance of dungeons to Aincard wasn''t all positives
Seeing this, Hibiki and everyone else couldn''t help but turn curious as they kept quiet ready to listen to the Pope''s next words.
Chapter 26 Awakening!
?"Dungeons, this wasn''t something that has always been around in the world of Aincrad"
"In fact, ording to my records, the era of dungeons started about a thousand years ago!"
Speaking about the appearance of dungeons, a hint it doubt could be seen on the Pope''s face
"Back then, there was no such thing as a status panel, nor was there a levelling system"
"Even you heroes, apart from the blessings you receive from various Gods when yound"
"Only by years of training and trials can you be powerful enough to face the demon king"
"Unlike now where you just have to reach a high enough level"
"Objectively speaking, it could be said that the appearance of the dungeon was both a blessing and a curse for us in Aincrad"
Thinking of his own levelling experience, Even he as the pope couldn''t help but nod at the benefits of levelling
However, it was not without its downsides
"A thousand years ago, a seed fell from beyond the sky"
"Even back then the gods where shocked were shocked realising for the first time that there was something above the heavens"
"Unfortunately, before they could explore more about the seed, something happened!"
"Dungeons appeared!"
"All over Aincrad, be it the Demon domain or the continent which we live on, no one was spared from these strange ces"
"And if that wasn''t enough, just when people were stunned by its sudden appearance"
"A transparent screen appeared in their front, showing them their status screen for the first time"
"Using the status panel as a guide, and dungeons as a means since then people of Aincrad have been able to level up"
"Venturing into dungeons, upgrading levels, finding artefacts, and defeating monsters"
"Or seemed a new era had found its way for us the people of Aincrad"
"Now a thousand years have passed, and while the actual origin of dungeons and the status screen isn''t clear"
"However, a hundred years ago, back when the former hero defeated the demon king,"
"During his exploration of a dungeon, he found some sort of prophecy as a prize for conquering it"
Speaking of the prophecy, the Pope tried to hide the yearning in his eyes, obviously he also had some thoughts about it.
"From the mortals on the ground"
"To the Gods in the sky"
"On the day of advent shall weep and cry"
"To those who want honour"
"To those who want fame"
"Only by sitting on the empty throne"
"Can you have your way"
Saying this, the pope kept quiet for a while giving the heroes some time to digest it
"As you can see, although no further information can be found but countless spections had been made"
"However what most people believe is that hidden in the many dungeons, there''s a throne"
"And as long as you grasp the power of this throne, then you would receive can you have the power to make God and man weep"
Hearing this, all the heroes were stunned. Just what kind of fantasy world did theye to?
However, unlike his ssmates who were stunned, Kazuma felt an unprecedented sense of excitement swelling in his chest.
*Yes this is it!*
*This is my Kazuma''s chance, this throne is definitely a cheat prepared for a protagonist like me!*
Clearing out the earlier sadness from his empty status panel, Kazuma couldn''t help but feel happy
Obviously, his adventure as a protagonist was about to kick off.
Thinking of this, he turned to the pope ready to get more information on the throne
Unfortunately, there was no more information
Sensing the raising ambition of the heroes before him, the pope couldn''t help but nce at them mockingly
*Cough cough*
"Dear heroes, I must remind you that while this story sounds interesting, you must remember that it''s only a story"
"So far during the past hundred years, even after countless explorations"
"Nothing rting to the throne, much less another prophecy had been found"
"Even now, most people have begun to believe that the prophecy was a hoax created by the former hero"
Shaking his head, The pope began to dissuade their thoughts
"Okay then, keeping the unknown throne aside, which dungeon are we going to enter?"
"After all, you said that there were a lot of them"
Raising her hand, Hibiki asked a question on her mind
as for the whole prophecy bit, he wasn''t in the mood to chase after fairy tales
"Haha good question miss hero"
"The dungeon you''re about to enter is the great dungeon of the undead, located not too far from the empire''s capital"
Looking at Hibiki who spoke, unknowingly she had be somewhat pleasing in his eyes
Just kidding, if the prophecy was already a well-known thing in Aincrad, the pope wouldn''t have even told them about it
After the empty throne was something he already set his sights on, how would he allow someone otherworldly heroes to go searching for it?
Fortunately now, thanks to Hibiki''s question, the topic had sessfully changed.
"But don''t worry heroes, we''re just going to the first level of the dungeon,"
"that should be more than enough for you to level up for a while"
Saying this, the pope gave warm smile to his newly summoned heroes
Sadly what neither he, the heroes, nor the Gods in the sky or demons on the ground knew was that this dungeon trip
This would lead to a series of events that would mark the end for Aincrad and all life as they knew it.
Unfortunately, by the time anyone realised what was going on, it would have been toote
........
The great dungeon of the undead, an unconquered dungeon heralded as one of the best beginner dungeons due to its easy first floors
However, unknown to the outside world a series of mechanical sounds could vaguely be heard from deep within the dungeon.
[Detecting repairs have beenpletely finished¡..]
[Detecting Global gamification and Dungeon proliferation finished¡]
[Detecting world name Aincrad¡..]
[Detecting world is on the brink of promotion]
[Restarting system...]
[Restartplete...]
[Wee back Dungeon Lord Ye Tian!]
Chapter 27 A Thousand Years Ago
?[Detecting repairs have beenpletely finished¡..]
[Detecting Global gamification and Dungeon proliferation finished¡]
[Detecting world name Aincrad¡..]
[Detecting world is on the brink of promotion]
[Restarting system...]
[Restartplete...]
[Wee back Dungeon Lord Ye Tian!]
Under the series of prompts, the formerly dark dungeon bottom began to light up
"Damn system, what on earth happened?"
"Is this a new world? And if so, why do I feel like a long time has passed?"
"Could it be that I slept for another fifty years likest time?"
Holding his head groggily, Ye Tian began bombarding the system while he survey his surroundings
ording to what he remembered, if everything went ording to n then he should be in a dungeon made out of his split core
Luckily, it seemed that nothing had gone wrong in that aspect as after looking around for a while, Ye Tian was sure he was in the right ce.
Sitting on arge stone throne with a round table and a core In front of him, Ye Tian felt a strong connection with the core in front of him
"So this is my dungeon? Why so shabby?"
Looking at his surroundings, Ye Tian couldn''t help but smack his lips.
However, just when he wanted to check what functions the core had now that a dungeon was built, the system''s familiar voice once again sounded
[Host, before doing anything you might want to understand what happened while you were out]
[And no, it''s not Fifty years, this time you were actually out for a thousand years due to theck of world source]
[However don''t worry, the time between each world and the void is different]
[ording to the connection with my main body it should approximately be a week that passed]
Having finished its start-up process, the system began answering Ye Tian''s question
Unfortunately, not all the answers were good answers
"What! A thousand years? What exactly happened??"
Eximing on his throne, Ye Tian couldn''t believe the outrageous figure he just heard.
Although only one week had passed in the void,
But it was still uneptable for he was 18 years old in his past life to suddenly be a 1000-year-old sage after two naps
Shaking his head, Ye Tian''s face filled with disbelief as he listened to the system''s exnation
[Host calm down, you know this isn''t actually a bad thing]
[During these thousand years, a lot of things progress has been achieved so much so that our wake-up time exceeded my initial expectations]
[To be honest, based on the state we were in when we first arrived, I expected us to wake up in about five thousand years]
[Unfortunately, since everything that happened was a lot, I can''t manually tell you so I''ll just directly transmit it to you]
Saying this, the system began to transmit all knowledge from when the name of the world, to its origins, to all the things that urred during the thousand years
And Ye tian receiving this sudden burst of information could help but howl out in pain
"Arghhh!"
Holding his head with his two hands, Ye Tian who was still feeling a bit groggy from earlier hadpletely woken up
Thankfully, the process was quick as it was painful, making the pain soon begin to fade.
"Ha~ Ha~ Ha~"
Panting with breaths full of exhaustion, Ye Tian''s eyes were full of shock as he couldn''t believe what he just saw
So much so that Ye Tian''s anger toward the system for suddenly stuffing information toward his head hadpletely flown away.
"Damn! System how did this happen!"
"How did I not know my core could do all this?"
Thinking back to what he just saw, asked the system with doubt
It turns out that back when his core descended a thousand years ago,
upon its entry into the world, the source waspletely drained making both he and the system enter a forced shutdown state
And with such a forced shutdown, Ye Tian could be said to be in his most vulnerable state ever
Back then, anyone could just walk up, pick up his core and do anything he wanted to without Ye Tian''s reaction.
Thankfully this wasn''t the case, as Ye Tian''s entry into the world stimted a lot of changes in Aincrad
Seeing the descent of Ye Tian''s core into the world, both far and wide, gods and mortals all believed that this was a treasure from beyond the heavens.
Determined to get this treasure to empower their various factions, a thousand years ago, a huge war was fought over Ye Tian''s core
However, little did they know that while they were fighting, the so-called ''treasure from outside the heavens'' was slowly regaining life thanks to their bloodshed
Yes, even while dormant one of Ye Tian''s characteristics was active
Devouring Evolution!
Devouring the corpses of those fallen during the process of war, the core slowly began to regain its vitality
However, perhaps it was as a means of self-defence against the multiple people aiming for it
Using its newly gotten powers from the corpses, the core subconsciouslyunched two more of its abilities
Gamification and core splitting.
Immediately, using itself as the centre and the surrounding corpses as an energy source
The core Immediately ran both abilities to the maximum.
Soon, it didn''t take too long for most of the people at war to get news of the changes around the world
From the unexpected appearance of status screens to the discovery of something called dungeons with strange monsters and treasures inside them
Both sides tactically agreed to step back and go fight for the ownership of the newly appearing dungeons
And as for the ''treasure outside heaven'' after taking a look, it was discovered that it had unexpectedly disappeared at some point in time.
Scrolling through the memories, Ye Tian couldn''t help but sigh at the events that took ce during that one thousand years.
"However, this doesn''t exin why I''m just waking now."
Saying this, Ye Tian kept quiet waiting for the system to answer his questions
After all, 1000 years wasn''t a small time.
Chapter 28 Abnormal Status
?[.....]
Taking a pause, the system couldn''t help but wonder how Ye Tian thought
Not concerned about the changes the appearance of dungeons and gamification brought to this world
Nor thinking about the fact that they were almost caught and dissected by the powerhouses of this world
Rather, instead of any of these things, Ye Tian was still wondering if he was still ssified as a teenager or if he was a thousand years old virgin
Seeing this, the system was left speechless as Ye Tian''s actions never ceased to astonish him.
However, ignoring his host who still couldn''t get his priorities straight, the system continued speaking
[Host, now that you''ve woken up you might one to get a better look at your situation]
[You see that core in front of you, ce your right hand on it]
[After doing that, you should at least be able to get a better grasp of your current situation and where we need to head]
Hearing the words of the system Ye Tian instantly sat up, although he might take a lot of things seriously
But with something concerning his life such as the world source, Ye Tian knew there was no chance for errors
Straightening his back, he looked at the green orb in front of him
And to his surprise, it was almost identical to his main body
If it wasn''t for its smaller size, Ye Tian would have thought it was the same.
Thinking of this, he couldn''t help but feel more curious about his current changes and abilities
Although he didn''t know the reason, for a while now Ye Tian had noticed a steady stream of strength seeping into his body
Obviously, his current situation was anything but simple.
Realising this, with a smile on his face and a tinge of anticipation in his heart, Ye Tian slowly ced his right hand on the core.
*Boom!*
With his hand making contact, the whole dungeon Immediately burst into a sh of brought lightpletely illuminating the room.
Next, before Ye Tian could react, from the core a series of mechanical sounds along with a transparent light screen shot out from it.
[di!..di!..di!]
[Detecting Identity...]
[Detecting Dungeon Lord Ye Tian¡]
[Scanning all surroundings Dungeons¡.]
[Recording all avable dungeon inhabitants and summons¡..]
[Analysing world erosion rate¡.¡]
[Generating Status panel¡.]
[Status panel generated¡]
[Would Dungeon Lord Ye Tian like to see his status panel Y/N?]
"Hey system, what the hell is all this?"
Seeing all this, Ye Tian couldn''t help but feel overwhelmed
So many things he couldn''t understand, some he had a few ideas on what they were about, and others no clue
And to make it worse off, the system seemed to bepletely ignoring him as even if Ye Tian asked, the system gave no reply
ording to the words of the system, he was getting too dependent on it
Always asking for answers and not trying to find anything for himself
Because of that, the system has officially decided to ignore him for the entirety of their stay in this world.
With it onlymenting leisurely from time to time, the system decided topletely ignore him
And Ye Tian after calling out a few times finally realised that the system was really serious about what it said
"Well who needs the system!"
"After all, I''m not the one who even asked for one in the first ce"
Talking to himself, although annoyed Ye Tian decided not to think too much about it
As he said, the system forced itself onto him not the other way round
Just thinking about it, Ye Tian felt confident he didn''t need the system.
Soon a few minutes passed, and Ye Tian felt more and more that his thoughts were correct
However, if he really wanted to prove the system wrong he knew there was only one way.
And that was topletely conquer this world without the system''s help.
Unfortunately, to do that he first needed to understand the first set of words from the dungeon core after he touched it
Luckily, there was a way to do that without the system''s help
[Would Dungeon Lord Ye Tian like to see his status panel Y/N?]
Looking at thest line of the dungeons notifications, Ye Tian knew what to do
Obviously, there was no other choice than to press Y.
In fact, he had wanted to do that for a while now, unfortunately, due to his earlier nervousness Ye Tian held back for now
However considering the current situation without the system''s help, he had no choice but to press it now
Realising this, although nervous Ye Tian still clicked it.
[Answer received¡..]
[Detecting the dungeon lord has epted to see his status panel]
[Disying dungeon lord''s current status]
Hearing the Dungeons words, Ye Tian''s emotions could be described as a rollercoaster
From height to lower as his nervousness reached its peak beginning he finally set his eyes on the result disyed by the dungeon core
However seeing this result, Ye Tian''s pupils couldn''t help but dte in shock
"Damn! Just how is this possible!"
"System I know you''re watching, I''m sure even you didn''t expect something like this to happen!"
Looking at his status screen, Ye Tian''splexion turned extraordinarily pale.
[.....]
[You''re right host, I did not expect this]
Saying this, the system once again felt silent, however this time it was not to ignore Ye Tian
Rather, figure out a solution for their current predicament, it seemed that even this issue was even though for the system
And Ye Tian hearing the systems word, couldn''t believe it
"No, I can''t give up! There has to be a way!"
Comforting himself, Ye Tian once again took another look at his current status panel
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Authors note¡..
Hello dear readers, please be informed that as of next month(April), the update schedule would be changed
Set for two chapters a day, fourteen a week.
And if anyone has anything toment or say, please feel free to let me know.
That''s all for now, your neighbourhood author Ghost worker.
Chapter 29 Seeing Old Enemies
?"No, I can''t give up! There has to be a way!"
Comforting himself, Ye Tian once again took another look at his current status panel
[LORD: YE TIAN
LEVEL: 0/100
MAIN DUNGEON: THE GREAT DUNGEON OF THE UNDEAD
AFFILIATED DUNGEONS: THE UNDERWATER NIGHTMARE, THE BOTTOMLESS FOREST, ¡..,
SUBORDINATES (NAMED): KING OF BONES (Drake), VAMPIRE ANCESTOR (Khaled), SUCCUBUS (Anna)
SUBORDINATE (GENERALS): NONE
SUBORDINATES (MOB): SKELETON SOLDIERS (¡Á1000), SKELETON MAGES (¡Á300), SKELETON WARRIORS (500)
WORLD ASSIMILATION PROGRESS: 40%
CORE INTEGRITY: 100%
WORLD POWER: 5.7 ]
Scrolling through the information, had a better grasp of his current situation and strictly speaking too bad
In fact, it could even be said to be amazing considering his situation beforeing to this world
From the hundreds of dungeons thanks to the core proliferation abilities and the assimtion which has almost reached 50%
Seeing all this, unknowingly at some point in time a smile miraculously found itself on Ye Tian''s face
Especially the assimtion rate which was almost halfway, this alone brought him the most joy
Assimtion rate, not only was this important to his future ns, in fact, Ye Tian knew he had to find a way to quickly push it over 50%
If he didn''t, then there would only be two things expecting him
One, be sent out of the world once again like he was on Earth
Two, run out of world power and shut down indefinitely here"
"Three, both. Be cast out of Aincrad and shut down indefinitely due tock of world power"
And as for why things were like this, it had to do with why his world power was so low.
Taking a look at his world power was just 5.7 even after a thousand years, Ye Tian couldn''t believe
Even the system was shocked after all, I''m its calction adding the number of deaths that have happened all these years
Plus the number of corpses and materials devoured, both Ye Tian and the system thought they would have amassed quite the sum by now
Unfortunately, that wasn''t the case as after taking a closer look, the two of them quickly found out the reason.
"Damn world will, just eating up all my thousand-year gains!"
Cursing angrily at the sky Ye Tian couldn''t help but want to cut down the sky
Sighing slightly, regrettably looked at his avable world power
It turns out that with the proliferation of dungeons and gamification, unknowingly his identity as an outsider became more and more exposed
And to make it worse, Ye Tian found that order to make it so that their identity wasn''t fully exposed
Fortunately, a way to make the dungeons invisible from the world will sights exist.
However unfortunately using the
Is method, the dungeon must be wrapped in world power 24/7
with a consumption of almost five world power a day for one dungeon, and an ever-increasing amount of dungeons
Now a thousand years had passed and the dungeon was still struggling to break even.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Tian couldn''t help but sigh, it seemed that there was more work for him to do in the future
Thinking of this, Ye Tian couldn''t help but wonder if he should have slept passed a thousand years until at least the assimtion had reached 50%
Unfortunately, now that things hade to this there was no changing it.
Making up his mind, Ye Tian began to try and understand the other things on the panel
Luckily, most of the things were really basic, not attracting Ye Tian''s attention.
"Lord''s name, main dungeon ( obviously this), affiliated dungeons¡ and many more of which Ye Tian knew what the stood for"
However, this time excluding the minuscule about of world sources, another thing caught Ye Tian''s attention
Subordinates!
And not just the ordinary subordinates, but rather the named ones
Seeing the familiar names there, Ye Tian couldn''t help but wonder what they were doing here
Ana, the beautiful demoness
Khaled an obnoxious vampire
And the king of bones, the former dungeon boss of the first andst dungeon he experienced on the blue star.
In fact, if anyone had asked him, Ye Tian could have sworn they would have been dead with the copse of that dungeon then.
However, now looking at them stated there with the subordinate tagged attached to them, Ye Tian couldn''t help but develop an evil smile at the corner of his lips
"Haha, it seemed that my first chance toward revenge mighte soon!"
Thinking of the screams of his ssmates back then,
The smile in Khaled''s eyes as he toyed with us I''m the dungeon
The contempt in Ananas eyes whenever she nced at them
And the king of bones who pushed him into a desperate corner resulting in the current situation
Three of them along with Jiang Yang and some others had already long been marked down in Ye Tian''s book for revenge.
Thinking of this, Ye Tian couldn''t wait to start serving them some punishment right now
Unfortunately, he couldn''t since they were a lot of questions he hadn''t answered yet
First of all, how does the subordination work?
Do subjects have a possibility of betrayal or are they hundred percent loyal?
And after being granted the status of subordinates, is there a time limit?
Can outsiders or non-dungeon inhabitants be subordinates?
Thinking of all these questions, Ye Tian knew he could not be hasty for revenge and quickly calmed himself down.
*Yes the three of them are not running anywhere, as long as the core still exists I should be able to summon them at any time!*
Making this realisation, Ye Tian''s body suddenly felt a bit lighter as he continued studying the panel
Unfortunately, what he didn''t know was that his sudden change of mood was clearly detected by the system
And watching Ye Tian calm down so quickly and analyse the situation calmly, the system was unknowingly satisfied with this level of growth being disyed by its host.
Chapter 30 Protagonists, Side Characters, And Villains
?"So what now?"
"First off we need to find a way to reserve more world power"
"After all, if things keep going on like this,
were bound to incur losses"
"And if that happens, this Damn world-will would surely strike!"
Holding the core in his hand, Ye Tian spun it about a bit as he began to n out if next course of action
First off, he couldn''t stop the proliferation and gamification process, after all, it''s those two things that even made the assimtion progress reach 40%
Shutting them off to get world power would be akin to shooting himself in the foot!
So removing that bad idea, Ye Tian quickly began to think of others
Unfortunately, his ideas either had bad after-effects or were not feasible all together
"Sigh¡ how do those protagonists in novels do it?"
"Don''t they almost always have a n? And even when things don''t go as expected, they still seed!"
"But here I am, a transverser, the owner of a system, and a dungeon lord"
"Any of these things would have been able to make a great novel with an awesome protagonist as the lead"
"And here I am an almighty mix of the three, there''s no way I''m not the protagonist!"
Feeling his own situation, Ye Tian felt more and more that he was obviously the protagonist of the story, so why wasn''t anything going as nned?
And to make it worse, the system seems to hear Ye Tian''s words and couldn''t help but pour cold water on him
[Host, do you know what a protagonist is?]
Not giving Ye Tian a chance, the system continued
[A protagonist is someone who has concentrated the luck of the whole world on him]
[He falls down a cliff, and discovers some ancient relics]
[ The beggar on the roadside he discoverers turns out to be an almighty master ready to pass on his life skills]
[The tattered book he bought from the bookstore turns out to be a legendary cultivation technique]
[Due to that huge amount of luck, no matter what happens the protagonist is meant to reach the peak of life under the world''s protection]
[Also he can push the world to a higher level]
[Now ask yourself this, you who has been kicked out of your own world, and an outsider in this one, do you still believe you''re the protagonist?]
Listing to the words of the system, Ye Tian''s face turned serious
Normally he would have been angry at the system for interrupting his words, however, this time he was learning something which he wasn''t even aware of
Thinking of the fact that protagonists actually existed, Ye Tian couldn''t help but feel worried
After all, if what the system was saying is true then wouldn''t the protagonist inevitably y a world invader like him?
Just imagining the scene of the protagonist leading a worldwide coalition in order to crusade against him made Ye Tian get goosebumps all over his body
And to make things worse, the system confirmed his thoughts with its next words
[ Yes just like you think, this world does have a protagonist and under the power of the world]
[As long as you dare to be exposed under the sight of the world, then he would instantly be aware?]
[ Meaning that you can''t even leave the dungeon unless you''re willing to spend more world power to mask your presence]
Hearing this, Ye Tian this time wasn''t that surprised, after all, given the fact that the dungeon needed to be constantly masked
Why would the creator of them be any different?
I''m fact, ording to Ye Tian''s guess, the only reason why his revival and presence haven''t been detected is because he was currently inside a dungeon
And thanks to the world power, not only is the dungeon hidden from the world wills sight but also all its inhabitants
However, Ye Tian didn''t care too much as he wasn''t nning on leaving the dungeon anytime soon
Just listening to the words of the system just now had made him realise that the thing called the ''world'' was definitely not a simple thing
Especially with its ability to actually create protagonists was something he didn''t expect
"Wait a minute system, since protagonists exist, do supporting roles and viins also exist?"
"And the protagonist of this world, since they exist, where are they? Can you find out?"
Ask the system this, Ye Tian patiently waited for the system''s reply as its next words were going to be absolutely crucial to his uing ns
Thankfully, the system didn''t think too much and answered him.
[Host, on the first question, yes they exist]
[Supporting roles are people who although also have great luck, their luck in total is much smaller than that of the protagonists]
[Not only that, their luck is linked with the protagonist making it so that they inevitably meet and support him]
[And as for the viins, these are usually more than one]
[Possessing a special viins kind of luck, their sole existence is to be a means of experience for the protagonist]
[With the person possessing the highest amount of viin luck being the so-called ''big boss'' in your terms]
Listening to the system''s exnation, Ye Tian nodded his head with understanding
Thinking of it now, he kind of remembered the system mentioning something about him killing the protagonist beforending in Aincrad
Unfortunately, he couldn''t remember what exactly the system said,
However, after trying to remember for a bit he quickly put it behind him.
*Now it''s more important to find out where this works protagonist is and n on how to deal with them*
Thinking of this, Ye Tian waited for the system to answer his second question, hoping it could give him a reliable answer
And thankfully it did, as without any hesitation the system directly told Ye Tian the protagonist''s location
Unfortunately, the ce where the protagonist was, was somewhere Ye Tian least wanted
[Host, about your second question]
[In fact, I do know where the protagonist is, and you should too]
[After all, the protagonist is currently at the entrance to this dungeon]
Hearing this, he quickly jumped up from his throne
"Damn! How can the protagonist be here already!"
Stunned with eyes full of shock, Ye Tian couldn''t believe the systems words
Chapter 31 Tomokis Plan
?[After all, the protagonist is currently at the entrance to this dungeon]
Hearing the words of the system, without any hesitation, Ye Tian quickly picked up the dungeon core
"Dungeon call up the entrance video!"
Yes, as another perk of being a dungeon lord that Ye Tian recently found out was his ability to see what was going on on any of the Dungeons floors at any moment
Unfortunately, before he could explore this ability along with many others, an unexpected intruder came knocking on the door.
Protagonists!
Unknowingly just after waking up, he would encounter his major obstacle in conquering this world
And to make things worse, given his current state and little amount of world power reserves
Ye Tian was sure his chances of winning would not be more than thirty percent
After all, even if the protagonist itself was weak, however, the world will behind him was the main problem
"Sigh¡, although that''s the case, but having a weak protagonist as an opponent wouldn''t be all bad"
Thinking of this, Ye Tian took a deep breath before once again turning his attention to the dungeon core.
Hopefully, things wouldn''t be too bad
[Detecting dungeon lordsmand¡.]
[Showing entrance video....]
Soon a few seconds passed while Ye Tian was lost in thought and the dungeon core had already brought up the projection
However, what he saw next wasn''t what he was expecting, In fact, Ye Tian wasn''t sure what he was seeing.
Looking closer at the screen, all he could see was a group of high school students struggling to fight against a few F-ss skeletons
If it wasn''t for the strong knight-dressed people behind them, Ye Tian would have even wondered if they came to his dungeon tomit suicide
"System, are you sure the protagonist is among this group of kids?"
Asking this, Ye Tian could not help but wonder.
However, the system once again left him shocked by his words
[No host, the protagonist isn''t among this group of kids]
[The protagonists are this group of kids]
Listening to this, Ye Tian was lost, after all, although he hoped the protagonist was weak
But isn''t this too weak? heck most of them are weaker than F-ss awakened back on the blue star!
Shaking his head, Ye Tian decided not to think too much about it and observe their movements for now
With that in mind, all of a sudden his gaze toward the cores projection became a bit deeper making sure nothing unexpected happened
However, what Ye Tian didn''t know was that this group of so-called protagonists wasn''t meant to be in his dungeon at this time
In fact, all this was due to an ident that happened a week ago,
Unfortunately, Ye Tian who had just woken up had no way of knowing what happened in the outside world.
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[One week ago, Empire of light]
*ng!*
*nk!*
*ng!"
Early in the morning on the knight''s training ground, the sounds of swords shing could clearly be heard
Along with the metallic scent given off by the freshly sharpened swords, the whole ce seemed to carry along with it a sharp aura
*ng!*
"Hahaha, sir knight you might have to do better if you want to defeat me the hero!"
shing swords with an opposing knight, Tomoki''s eyes seemed to be set aze with excitement
Roaring with confidence, it seemed to have the aura of an undefeated god of war pushing back his enemies
In fact, it was right for him to feel so as even the gods who gave him blessings, and those that didn''t had begun to notice him
[A certain Martial God admires your warrior''s heart]
[The Goddess of light nods in satisfaction at her chosen one]
[A certain God of ughter urges you to behead the knight in front of you]
Looking at all these, notifications from Gods on his status screen, Tomoki was ecstatic
However, in order not to make himself seem like someone who was easily swayed he pretend not to notice
*Humph dumb Gods, keep on paying attention*
*By the time I receive all kinds of powers and blessings from all of you, coupled with my own strength!*
*At that moment, It would be human anymore rather*
*I would be a God!*
Thinking of this, Tomoki swing his sword harder with anticipation
*Booom!*
Yes a God, a few days had passed since being summoned along with the rest of his ssmates,
And during this time, Tomoki had grown tired of hearing the word hero
Plus knowing that such a thing as Gods exists in this world, Tomoki had found himself a new goal
Bing a God!
To stand aloof for all eternity, holding all kinds of unimaginable power
And who knows, if he became a god and returned to earth, then he might end up being the ruler of two worlds
With that mindset, Tomoki had been putting extra hard work into his training making sure that all kinds of Gods take notice of him
And if lucky, he might even make get some blessings
Unfortunately, so far instead of the situation where they were hundreds of gods fawning over him
Even with all his efforts only about three of them took notice with a few weird ones popping up from time to time
For example this God of ughter who keeps on telling him to kill and destroy everything.
Analysing his situation, Tomoki knew he needed to do something else in order to gain their attention
Luckily, before today he had already thought of a n.
"Tch¡, I guess there''s no helping it"
"My dear ssmates I hope you don''t me me too much for this,"
"But for my ascension into Godhood, please be a sacrifice!"
Murmuring to himself, Tomoki looked toward the head knight in charge of training with a smile on his face
Obviously what he was going to next would not only affect him but also his ssmates all together
Unfortunately, neither the Gods nor anyone else was aware of the changes that would take ce due such a n.
Chapter 32 Changes
?Changes.
The world of Aincrad was ongoing rapid changes, and unfortunately for the newly summoned heroes, they were thrown directly into the storm
The Demons on the other continent had started to move,unching small attacks on the borders
Thankfully, the empires and countries of various races had already informed their citizens of the sessful hero summoning
Thus raising the overall morale.
However given the current situation, rather than resting and getting used to their new surroundings
Under the orders of the king and the pope, the heroes including trash Kazuma were immediately thrown into serious training
Thankfully, thanks to their various blessings from different Gods of Aincrad, their learning speed could be said to be almost unbelievable
So much so that whenever the pope looked toward the heroes, drool almost dropped from his lips as an unending me of greed seemed to burn in his chest
However what the pope didn''t know was that although only a few days after their summoning, but a lot of heroes had already begun having different ideas
Starting from Tomoki who wanted to be a God, or Kazuma thought he was the main character of the show
All in all, it almost seemed like the matter of defeating the demon king had been almost thrownpletely to the back of their minds
Fortunately, among all the newly summoned heroes, someone was focused on their current situation
And that was none other than Hibiki.
[A certain goddess of magic admires your skillful disy of skills]
[A bearded lustful god requests you remove your armour]
[An angry water goddess bonks the lustful God on the head]
Watching the actions of various Gods on her status screen, Hibiki couldn''t help but have a wry smile
Unknown to her various ssmates, apart from Tomoki, Hibiki had gotten the most amount of gods'' notice and even some blessings in the process.
Scrolling through her status screen, Hibiki frowned slightly as she inspected her new skills
[One loved by mana: hello girl, good job! This goddess raises your affinity with mana to the highest!
Note: the goddess of magic expects you to be her apostleter on]
[Friend of water: have you ever been friends with the ocean? If not then here you go!
Blessed by the goddess of water, your water affinity has been said to be raised to the highest
Attached skills: walking on water(active), underwater breathing(passive), underwatermunication(passive)
Note: the goddess of water expects you to be her apostleter on]
Just looking at the two skills, Hibiki had a lot of thoughts on her mind
First off, while the goddess of water blessing seemed more powerful, Hibiki felt like the mana affinity would help her moreter on
Other than that thanks to these new blessings, Hibiki unintentionally learnt a new word
Apostles!
ording to the exnation of the system, bing an apostle of a certain God means that while forsaking all other blessings of other Gods
Your connection with the God whose apostle you became bes extraordinarily close
So much so that things like borrowing the God''s divine power for your use could be done at will, while also being able to summon the descent of that God
And Hibiki, although she didn''t know how strong the so-called divine power was, however, she was certain of one thing
It would be strong! Probably strong to overwhelm all her other ssmates
And as for the empire? She didn''t believe that an empire that had stood for hundreds of not thousands of years would have a few hole cards lying around
Imagining the scene of her wanting to take over the empire and being besieged by twenty or more apostles Hibiki couldn''t help but shiver
*However, it''s not like I have to make a choice now*
Whispering this, Hibiki gave a sigh of relief
Thankfully, there didn''t seem to be any sort of time limit stated on her status screen
Meaning she could make a choice whenever she wanted, as long as the option still remained
Realising this, Hibiki calmed down before turning her attention to the skills granted along with the water goddess''s blessings
[Friend of water: have you ever been friends with the ocean? If not then here you go!
Blessed by the goddess of water, your water affinity has been said to be raised to the highest
Attached skills: walk on water(active), underwater breathing(passive), underwatermunication(passive)
Note: the goddess of water expects you to be her apostleter on]
Judging from the names of the skills, their functions could easily be guessed by her
However, what caught her attention was the active and passive marked in the brackets beside them
*Hmm, if this were a video game then the meaning of these two would definitely represent the main two types of skills*
*Passive skills: skills that are always active without any sort of activation mechanism or consumption requirements*
*And Activate skills, skills that need to be manually activated by the user and consume things like mana or stamina for them to function*
Thinking of this Hibiki felt more and more that her guess was correct,
unfortunately, she couldn''t know if she was correct until she tried it out
And as for asking the system, it didn''t work.
Nope matter how many times she clicked on it, no additional information came out. Obviously, she had to find out on her own
"Sigh.., I guess there''s nothing else to check then, I better go see what that weird pope is calling us for now"
Thinking of the weird gazes she felt from the Pope whenever he looked at her and her other ssmates, Hibiki couldn''t help but shiver
Unfortunately, given her current situation she could only pretend not to notice and smile whenever she saw him as she prepared In case of an ident
With this in mind, after shutting off her status screen, Hibiki walked toward the centre of the training ground
As just now, the pope had called for an emerald meeting and announcement
Chapter 33 Unexpected Announcement!
?"Heroes! Heroes! Gather round!"
"The pope has an important announcement to make!"
Standing in the centre of the training ground, the tall blond knight held a sword as he shouted
Standing tall covered with shining metallic armour and a wipe cape with a cross on his back, just looking at this knight, a word appeared in the hero''s mind.
Inquisitor!
Different from the knights which guard the pce and use life force and aura to fight, these knights called inquisitors arepletely different
Born and raised in the church of various Gods, inquisitors from a young age are capable of wielding divine power to strengthen their body and attacks
It could even be said that they were the opposite of priests who could use their godly powers to heal, while inquisitors could only use it for destruction
With the strongest inquisitors capable of cutting down a huge mountain in one sh, it was due to this that no church could be underestimated in Aincrad
Especially since most Gods didn''t act physically on the world, rather most of the time used apostles and envoys to deliver their will.
Now seeing someone as strong as that in front of them, most of the heroes who had already begun yearning for power couldn''t help but feel excited
Unfortunately, the inquisitor in front of them seemed to think otherwise
"Silence!"
Giving an order, the inquisitor immediately released a tremendous amount of pressure forcing all the heroes to their knees
*Bang!*
*Bang!*
*Bang!*
One by one like a set of dominos, the sound of heroes falling onto their knees resounded throughout the training ground
And if that wasn''t the worst of it, rather under the pressure some could even remain kneeling andid t on the ground
*Damn! What the hell is this pressure, how on earth can someone be so powerful!*
Clenching his teeth angrily, Tomoki couldn''t help but curse out in his mind His legs gave way due to the pressure
Just kidding, how could he who was destined to be a God kneel before a mortal
Thinking of this, Tomoki felt unprecedentedly angry as emotions such as shame and anger began to surge in his chest
In fact not only he felt this way, but a lot of his ssmates felt the same
They couldn''t believe that they as heroes would soon suffer such humiliation just a few days after their summoning
However, Hibiki and Kazuma had slightly different thoughts.
Kazuma on one hand, remained expressionless counting this as a character development arc in his protagonist journey
While Hibiki just focused her attention on the pope, after all, if not for the Pope''s permission, she didn''t believe that without the inquisitor would act without permission
And sure enough, she was right. Watching the gradually changing expressions of the heroes on their knees, after waiting for a few seconds the pope raised his hand
"Haha, don''t be rude sir Kevin, these are the esteemed heroes that are going to save Aincrad"
"They shouldn''t be doing such unsightly things as kneeling on the ground, let them go"
With his signature warm smile and calm expression, the pope seemed to express unlimited sympathy and anger toward their current situation
However, Hibiki who was already seen through his acting couldn''t help but roll her eyes.
Fortunately, the pope was too busy with his charade to note this.
"Yes Lord Pope, however even as heroes they shouldn''t show such disrespect to the number one follower of her majesty the goddess of light!"
Still expressionless, Kevin remained rigid as slowly retracted his aura while not forgetting to let the heroes know their ce
Seeing this, although hidden, a smile shed deep within the Pope''s eyes.
*Good, with this these heroes should get a taste of reality!*
*No matter how much poprity you may get by thosemoners on the outside world*
*But here in the empire, I''m In charge!*
Remembering the cheers of joy as soon as the king announced the sessful summoning of heroes to the masses, the pope couldn''t help but feel jealous
After all, he in his over hundred years of being the pope has never received such an ovation, yet a bunch of powerless kids from another world did.
Thinking of this, his gaze toward the heroes narrowed slightly
*Should I do something else to reduce their ego a bit?*
*After all, they''ll soon start to make public appearances, we can''t be having them gaining pride in the process*
With this in mind, The pope began to think about whether he should do something else to show them who boss
And even if he did, how to do it withoutpletely angering them since mostly some of them would harbour a grudge after this whole kneeling incident
Although most of that anger would be directed toward Kevin than him.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard the pope thought he couldn''t think up anything on the spot
Realising this, he decided toe back to itter as he had more important things to do
Remembering the words of the head knight beforeing here, the pope suddenly turned to look at Tomoki with a smile
*Although I didn''t expect all the heroes to be good people, but thinking that one of them had something like thisin mind, it''s truly amazing!"
"To be done in by a fellow hero, truly an unexpected plot twist*
Saying this in his mind, the smile on the Pope''s face became wider. Obviously, his and Tomoki''s n coincided together
Unfortunately, seeing the Pope''s smile, no one thought that he had anything bad in mind, rather they assumed it to be his usual kind gesture.
Sadly they were wrong, and this error in their judgement today would leave most of the heroes regretting in the distant future
However, that would be for wayter.
Now looking at the heroes who were still patiently waiting for him to speak, the pope suddenly dropped a bombshell
"Get ready heroes, we''re going into the dungeon right away!"
Saying this the pope waited for their reactions
Chapter 34 Conspiracy emerges
Chapter 34 Conspiracy emerges
"Get ready heroes, we''re going into the dungeon right away!"
Saying this, the pope stayed silent waiting for their reactions
Dungeon!
Hearing the Pope''s words, the heroes could believe it.
Although they had been practising for a few days now, but neither of them believed they were ready to take on a dungeon
And even if they were, as people from Earth where living safely and healthily was a norm, nobody wanted to participate in something with could make them die
Unfortunately, maybe it was because of the inquisitor standing close to them, but no matter how much they thought otherwise
Fear didn''t allow them to refute the Pope''s words.
Seeing this happen, the pope knew his n had worked.
.
Realising this, the pope couldn''t help but think of what made him carry out a sudden decision such as this one
Thinking back to it now, the pope remembered that this all started with the head knight
A few minutes ago, the head knight said one of the heroes came to him requesting for them to enter a dungeon
At first, the pope thought that this was a joke, after all most of the heroes were currently so weak, they couldn''t even beat the weakest of Magical beasts
However, after taking a look at the hero who proposed such an absurd idea, the pope knew it wasn''t a joke.
Greed, desire, jealousy, pride, and many more of such vices were what the pope discovered within the eyes of the hero who nned it
*Tomoki was it?*
Just after taking a quick look into Tomoki''s eyes, the pope realised that things were not that simple
Most likely he had nned something in store for his fellow heroes to happen during the dungeon raid
And judging from the looks in his eyes, whatever Tomoki nned was definitely not a good thing
*But isn''t this the opportunity I''ve been looking for?*
*Maybe with this,my next n for the heroes can begin taking ce*
*However, this could only be possible if something went wrong in the dungeon*
"It seems I have to make some additional preparations"
Saying this in his mind, the pope took a quick nce at Tomoki before taking a look at the rest of the heroes
Now although he told them about the sudden dungeon trip and they agreed, however, he still needed to appease then
After all, even though he had something else in mind, however considering the image he had to uphold, the pope had to be kinder
Thinking of this, the pope quickly put on a false look of worry on his face
"Heroes, I hope you do understand this but this wasn''t mine nor the empire''s hasty decision"
"In fact, if it wasn''t for the current situation I wouldn''t want to rush putting in our heroes and only hope in danger"
Trying his best to sound sad and worried, the pope began praising himself for his acting skills in his mind
Unfortunately, none of the heroes fund any idea what was going on
Fortunately, the pope soon continued speaking, making them think not too much about his quick pause just now.
"So heroes, I really hope you understand where we''reing from"
"Just a few minutes ago, we got the news that several outposts on the border had been abused by demons leaving everyone there dead"
"And to make things worse, upon the investigation team''s arrival, the corpses werepletely decimated"
"With some burnt to a crisp and others in pieces asrge parts of them had already been eaten by the enemy"
"Just thinking of what happened fills me with an unprecedented rage!"
Hearing this, the whole crowd was shocked!
Although they knew that the wire would be fierce and they as heroes had no choice but to participate in it
However, after hearing about the corpse''s muttion and unteral ughtering,
Most of the heroes especially be body present couldn''t help but be filled with righteous indignation
And sensing this, Tomoki who had always been waiting for an opportunity to strike in the crowd, finally realised this was his chance
So clearing his throat, he looked toward the pope and spoke
"Lord Pope, It''s okay, I understand where you''reing from, and truly even I as a hero feel angry hearing you say this"
"And even though most im of us didn''t ask to be summoned here to this strange world, but given that it is our duty"
"Then we as heroes have no choice but to seed!"
"And to do that, we''ve epted your proposal"
"We agree to enter the dungeon right away, so we can get stronger and help better"
Speaking this way, Tomoki had unknowingly pushed himself into the position of head of the heroes making a decision for everyone present
Luckily, perhaps it was because of the strength he disyed during training, or because they all felt the same, but no one said otherwise.
Seeing this, both the pope and Tomoki had smiles in their eyes, obviously, their n was working
"Thank you so much heroes, but don''t worry some knights and priests would follow you"
"As long as anyone is in danger of getting harmed, they would take immediate action to ensure your safety"
"So don''t worry and use this time in peace as the great war between us and demons is already on its way"
Speaking of the war, the Pope''s face turned serious showing them that its scale was definitely a huge one.
Knowing this, the heroes one by one quickly realised the urgency to level u and couldn''t help but request to set off immediately
Seeing this, the pope couldn''t help butugh in his mind
*Haha, this is too easy, I wonder if the heroes of the past generations were also so gullible?*
*Even if they weren''t, at least this set of heroes are definitely not going to escape my palm*
*However Tomoki, it seems like I have to keep an extra eye on him, after all he might turn into an unexpected variable*
Unknowingly as the pope thought of this, Tomoki who was still ecstatic due to the pope epting his n suddenly felt a chin down his spine.
Chapter 35 Dungeon day(I)
Chapter 35 Dungeon day(I)
Dungeon day!
Unexpectedly, contrary to the heroes'' expectations, it arrived faster than any of them expected
Even the gods who were overwatching the heroes had a strong reaction
[A certain dwarven cksmith God ruffles his beard In excitement]
[Apassionate goddess can''t wait to see many of her valiant heroes in action]
[ A God who loves war passes thepassionate goddess some popcorn to chew]
Looking at the reactions of various Gods on their screen, the heroes couldn''t help but excite themselves
Especially those who had never received any atten from Gods during their arrival to present
Now everyone seeing the god''s reaction only had one thought in mind
''This is my chance!''
Realising this was an opportunity to impress some Gods and gain some blessings, the heroes could wait to head into the dungeon
And the pope seeing this, had a rxed smile on his face
*Oh? It seems like the gods have started to react*
Sensing the change in the heroes'' moods, the pope could already tell what has going on
Thankfully the appearance of the gods don''t bring any damage to his n, rather it was an unexpected form of help
After all, just now he was still nning on how to persuade the heroes to go into the dungeon in case someone objectedter
Fortunately, thanks to the heroes and their desire to be noticed by the Gods, the pope realised his worries were unnecessary.
Thinking of this, he decided to immediately lead them into the dungeon while they were still so hyped
So with a loud p, the pope created a sound gaining their attention
*p!*
"My esteems heroes of Elias, thank you for your willingness to help, and while I want to brief you more on the dungeon, unfortunately I cannot"
"Due to the current situation, we have no choice but to level you up as quickly as possible"
With a worst-case scenario a curse being imposed upon them for wasting their time.
23:35
And the heroes realising this knew they couldn''t go against the Pope''s words
*And as forbat skills, you''ll learn them as you fight the monsters in Dungeons"
"Now all you need to do is follow me for now and we''ll head to the nearest beginner dungeon"
Emphasising on the urgency of the situation, the pope smartly pushed them into a position where they couldn''t refuse
After all, if they decided not to head back with him, then it would be no different from admitting they were cowards
And being bring branded a coward would almost definitely lead to instant abandonment of the gods attention
With a worst-case scenario a curse being imposed upon them for wasting their time.
And the heroes realising this knew they couldn''t go against the Pope''s words
So seeing the heroes remain silent without any objection, the pope finally gave them onest bit of reassurance
Guarantee their safety!
Thinking of this, The pope slowly talked to them with a smile
"Heroes of Aincrad, to be honest, I as the pope am the one who''s most annoyed by the current situation"
"After all, why would I want to endanger the future saviours of Aincrad by rushing into a dungeon unprepared?"
"Unfortunately, as I said, given the current situation we have no choice."
"If you heroes don''t level up quickly and gain some fighting power, then given the current situation we''ll soon be overrun!"
Taking a deep breath, the pope let them take in the current situation
although just how correct what he said was unknown, especially since the heroes had never left the pce
So listening and believing the Pope''s words was the only thing they could do
And the pope knowing this, decided to take advantage of the situation.
After nning a bit of fear into their hearts, it was then next to give them hope
So with this in mind, the Pope continued speaking
"However, don''t worry too much about the danger of the dungeon, all you have to do is focus on levelling up"
"And as for your safety, that would be left to none other than some inquisitors, castle knights, and priests who would follow you"
"With them around, even if you identally lose an arm, you can trust the priest to reattach it"
Cracking a joke, the pope went on to reassure them on just how much their safety would be guaranteed in order to strengthen their courage
And thankfully this worked, especially after hearing the appearance of the inquisitors have the heroes a serious confident boost
Looking at the tall expressionless inquisitor in their front, as the heroes thought of that pressure that oppressed them not too long a go
They couldn''t help but be d that such a person was watching over their safety
Seeing this, the pope knew there was nothing more for him to say
Now all that was left was for phase two of his n tomence by them entering the dungeon
Thinking of this, the pope couldn''t wait for it to start
So with that on his mind, the pope immediately announced their departure for the dungeon
"Alright heroes, since you all understand let us start going!"
"The carriages responsible for carrying each and every one of you had been arranged in front"
"While the soldiers and everyone else responsible for protecting your safety would ride beside you"
"As for me, I''ll be waiting right here in the castle pce hoping to see your glorious return and growth once you''re done"
Saying this, the pope still had his signature heart-warming smile on his face making even the most nervous heroes calm down
However, just when the heroes were about to take their leave, Hibiki suddenly asked a question
"Wait a minute sir pope, what''s the name of the dungeon we''re going to?"
Hearing this, the pope couldn''t help but be stunned before turning back to his usual smile
It just urred to him that throughout the curse of this meeting, he hadn''t once said the name of the dungeon
Thinking of this, the pope couldn''t help but give Hibiki a grateful smile
"Thank you young hero for your reminder, that''s a good question."
"The ce you''re going to is none other than the famous great undead dungeon!"
Chapter 36 Dungeon Day(II)
Darkness¡..
Entering the dungeon, the first thing that came to the hero''s sight was an unprecedented feeling of darkness
Just taking a few steps into it, they seemed to feel something crawl on their legs from time to time
Obviously, entering a dungeon especially one as creepy as this one was still a bit too much for people justing from a modern society
*crunch~*
"Damn! Why didn''t anyone have a shlight transported with them"
"Just moving about in this ce gives me the creeps"
Stepping on a piece of broken bones Tomoki couldn''t help butin angrily as he headed deep into the dungeon
In fact, not only the heroes felt ufortable but even the knights and inquisitors apanying them felt the dungeon was especially eerie today.
However, what nobody realised was that what they felt wasn''t just a feeling, rather something was really going on
And whatever it was at this moment had led the gods who were known to be omnipotent to feel restless
[The bearded dwarven god feels like something bad is about to happen]
[A certain Martial God readies his fists for a fight]
[The beautiful goddess of light smells the breath of heresy approaching ]
Getting ready to act, the gods who had already picked various chosen ones among the heroes were extra wary
After all, summoning heroes wasn''t something that could be done regrly so losing their chosen one meant having to wait for the next hero summoning
Realising this, the goddess of light immediately delivered a warning oracle to the head inquisitor Kevin who was in charge of the hero''s safety
And the head knight, who was currently leading the dungeon raid with a serious face couldn''t help but pause due to the sudden change
"This!"
Unable to react, just as Kevin was about to lead the way into the next chamber of the dungeon, his eyes suddenly began to glow
And along with that, a stream of warnings about the current situation suddenly descended into his mind
Obviously, this was the goddess of lights'' method of warning him about the peculiarity of the current situation
Unfortunately, it was just a little bit toote
"Ahhhh!!!"
Just as Kevin had finished digesting the information, a scream suddenly sounded in his ears gaining his attention
*Damn! What is going on!*
*how could this happen within a few seconds!*
Unable to believe what he was seeing, Kebin began to question if he had identally spent days digesting the Oracle instead of a few days
Because what he was seeing right now, wasn''t something he believed could happen within a few second
However, the endangered heroes before him seemed to prove otherwise
Surrounded by hundreds of skeletons with more still emerging from the ground, the heroes including the knights and the priests could be said to be in serious trouble
*Bang!*
"Hero-sama''s! Get yourself together! As a hero, one must never show weakness!"
"Even when surrounded by an overwhelming amount of enemies"
Speaking to the heroes behind, a knight with a long beard have them some words of encouragement before shing down a row of skeletons in front of him
*Boom!*
*Bang!*
*sh~!*
*Hack~!*
Soon time passed, and although Kevin was worried given the oracle he just had
However, he still decided not to act yet and watched silently since his gut feeling kept telling him the worst was yet toe
Fortunately, although he didn''t do anything, the heroes who had been watching the knights fight so valiantly for their sake finally began to act
And taking the lead was none other than Hibiki!
Holding a staff that had been given to her by the castle right before the dungeon raid, Hibiki immediately began tounch a flurry of attacks
"Water magic activate!"
"Rapid rain bullet!" shouted Hibiki
with this yell, in the extremely dry dungeon, tens of water bullets began to form in the air destroying one skeletal whenever they descended
And with this, it didn''t surprise that a certain unfamiliar sound soon came to her ear
[level up!]
[level up!]
[level up!]
Under Hibiki''s series of attacks, her body soon shed green three times symbolising that she had levelled up three times
And with each level up, hibiki''s mana and stamina both resorted and increased making her seem like a perpetual motion machine
Such a change naturally could go unnoticed by her ssmates, and realizing the benefits of leveling up, they too soon joined the fight
"Spear arts! One stab three deaths!"
"Fire magic activate! Fireball barrage!"
"Wind magic go! Gust of ten thousand winds!"
Soon, using their abilities and skills, all kinds of different attacks wereunched as everyone was eager to level up
It was even to the point where those who had run out of mana didn''t fall back but rather used their bare fists to continue going at it
Fortunately, the knights and priests were there to ensure everyone''s safety, and due to this nobody got hurt
However, it was at this moment when they thought they were winning that Kevin''s bad feelings suddenly reached its peak
Sweat ran down his fire head as he sensed imminent death approaching, it seemed that every cell in his body was screaming or him to escape
And as to confirm his feelings were correct, suddenly the status window of all the heroes suddenly came up with a ring red font
[Warning! Detected dungeon interference from race known as gods!]
[Warning! Detected spying from race known as gods!]
[Detecting The Dungeon lord is awake]
[Receiving dungeon lordsmand]
[Expelling all Gods!]
Watching what was happening on their screen, the heroes could help but feel speechless
Even the head inquisitor who could be said to be the closest to the goddess was dumbfounded as he suddenly lost contact with her divine power
Judging from the current situation, Kevin could feel that he had beenpletely isted from her power
Realising this, he immediately wanted to leave this dungeon and find out what was going on from the pope, unfortunately, he couldn''t
Looking around and feeling the current change, Kevin couldn''t help but sigh unwillingly
All of a sudden, everything seemed to have made a turn for the worse.
Chapter 37 The King Of Bones Returns!
*swooosh~!*
Underserved everyone''s stunned gaze, after hours of fighting and leveling up, the already fallen skeleton soldiers began to move
Like puppets at the hands of the puppet master, the fallen skeletons began to slowly rise,ing ever so closer to each other
Just watching this happen, everyone already felt like something big was about to happen
"Damn! What are you guys looking at! Don''t let them get together!"
In fact, as soon as Tomoki realized that the gods were no longer spectating him, adding to the ominous series of messages from his status panel
He knew that his earlier ns were going to be for naught, however considering the fact that he could still re-n next time
Tomoko set his current goal to sessfully escape from here and to do that he needed to stop whatever was going on with those skeletons
Unfortunately, it seemed the dungeon had other ns in mind
[detected 100 defeated skeletons]
[First summoning condition activated!]
[Detecting huge amounts of mana in the surrounding]
[Second summoning condition activated!]
[reviving the king of bones!]
*Boom!*
And with the final prompt from their status screen, all the fallen skeletons had sessfully joined giving birth to the so-called king of bones
With a height of around five feet, and with a set of shining silver armour, a sword, and a crown, it really deserved to be called the king of bones
After all,pared to the skeleton soldiers they just faced, just judging from its aura alone, everyone could tell it was on a different level
And Kevin seeing this, finally made his move
"Everybody sheet behind me, that is a named monster! It''s not something you heroes can deal with at your current level"
"Knights form a row directly behind me, heroes you go behind the knights, and the priests stay behind the heroes!"
"We''re going to break through this monster and report what happened here to the empire!"
Quickly analyzing the situation, Kevin quickly began to show abilities that made him worthy of the head inquisitor
With his quick and simplemands, everyone soon stood behind him forming a sturdy defensive formation
Now all they had to do was find a way to break through and find a way past the king of bones
Fortunately, the king of bones at the moment was currently in a state of confusion
"Who am I? What am I? Where am I?"
"Didn''t I die when that foolish human destroyed my dungeon?"
"Could it be that I have been reborn??"
"However, even if that was the case, then why am I so weak?"
Taking a look at his skeleton hands, although The king of bones wasn''t all too sure of the current situation, however, he could feel this wasn''t his full strength
Compared to his heyday, it seemed he had only had about 50% of his former strength
Unfortunately, before he could think more about his situation, a piercing pain ran through his skull
As if a nail was being hammered into the center of his skull, the king of bones knelt down gripping his skull in pain
"Ack~!"
"What is this!"
Shouting grievously, a huge amount of information was stuffed into him exining his current situation along with a mark being imprinted directly on his soul
Through this information, the king of bones knew that the former human whom he had despised had unknowingly usurped his position
And through the mark, he knew that he had no choice but to be absolutely loyal to him as both his soul and body were currently bound to the dungeon
Thanks to this, he couldn''t even raise a negative thought against Ye Tian.
Any attempt to do such would result in his immediate death, without any chance to plea
"Sigh¡., it seems that I have no choice, but to obey" sighed the king of bones
Thinking of his current mission that came along with the information, although he didn''t want to act as a pawn for a human, the king of bones knew he had no choice
Realising this, he turned to face the crowd huddled together in a formation not too far from him
His task this time was to eliminate all intruders, and judging from their current wariness they should be the intruders
Fortunately, none of them seemed too strong, as the king of bones could help but want to end it quickly
After all, there was something he had been itching to ask Ye Tian who had be his new leader and revived him
Unfortunately, before he could evene near Ye Tian, he had to finish his current task
Thinking of this, he turned to face the huddled humans and swing his long sword across his shoulder giving off an aura of contempt
"Humans, I thank you for activating my revival conditions"
"And as a symbol of appreciation, I''ll give you the opportunity to choose who would lose their life first"
"But you have only five minutes, if not I''ll ughter you all at the same time"
Putting a wide smile on his skull face, the feeling of contempt in his voice waspletely revealed
Obviously, he didn''t put any of thin his eyes, all that was on his mind was to meet Ye Tian and confirm the current situation
And you couldn''t me him for feeling so since in the eyes of the heroes, the current King of Bones was an unbeatable existence
[Named monster: King of bones(partial)]
[Level:??
Strength:??
Agility:??
Physique:??
Spirit:??
Ability:??
Skills:??]
Just trying to look at his status, all they could see was a series of question marks
Obviously, it wasn''t something that the heroes could deal with, and the king of bones obviously knew this too thus the reason he gave such a suggestion
Giving them the feeling of hope beforepletely crushing them!
Looking at the humans wrapped in worry standing before him, the king of bones decided to take his anger of bing Ye Tians'' ve out on them
Unfortunately, what he didn''t know was that this decision would lead to a series of troubles for himter on.
However, the king of bones who was still confused and angry about everything that was currently going on had no time to think things through
Chapter 38 Hidden Plan Of The Gods
[A few minutes ago]
Sitting on his throne in the dungeon, Ye Tian ced his palm on his cheek as he began pondering his current situation
"Should I count myself lucky or unlucky? I can''t believe just after waking up I encountered something like this" said Ye Tian
Taking another look at the entrance video although Ye Tan expected something like this to happen, however, he didn''t expect it to happen so soon
Just looking at the heroes trying to break through his dungeon, Ye Tian suddenly felt like he had a headache.
*But why do they seem so weak?*
This was Ye Tians'' sole thought after watching them through the dungeon core,
Weak!
So weak that even F-ss awakeners back on the blue star could easily deal with them.
However, just when he was about to continue using the dungeon core to spy on them, the picture suddenly got cut off
"???"
"What happened to the connection, could it be that even dungeons don''t have good signal?"
Confused by the sudden interruption, Ye Tian couldn''t help but make a light joke as he began to think about the reason
Fortunately, he didn''t have to think much before the dungeon gave him the reason
[Warning! Warning!]
[detected obstruction by divine power!]
[detected obstruction by divine power!]
[does the dungeon lord want to expel said, gods?]
Looking at the ring red text being projected by the dungeon core, Ye Tian finally understood what was going on
Along with the so-called chosen one dynamic between the heroes and gods.
And scrolling through the information, although he had read all kinds of books and novels during in first life
However this was his first time encountering such a thing, and Ye Tian couldn''t help but find it interesting
[Oh? It seems like the gods of this world are somewhat smarter than I thought given the world level]
[Well I guess this just proves to show that no living being should be underestimated] said the system
Apparently, even the system was also quite surprised by them, although for apletely different reason
[host you might not be able to see it at your stage, but I can tell you for sure the whole chosen one agenda is nothing more than a sham]
[looking closer, the heroes arepletely powerless only gaining strength and status thanks to the so-called gods]
[then what would happen if said gods decided to take back such power?]
Hearing this question, Ye Tian could sense the huge amount of sarcasm hidden in its tone
Obviously, the system despised such methods done by the gods of Aincrad,
However, in order to hear more about what the system had to stay, Ye Tan still answered the question
"If the gods withdraw their powers, then the heroes would once again return to their powerless selves"
And the system hearing this, once again confirmed his thoughts
[yes host! You''re right]
[due to this setting, events such as god killing and ying the sky are practically impossible to happen]
[just imagine you being about to y a god, and then he suddenly retracts all your power]
[obviously, this method was made as a precaution method for the gamification]
As the system said this, Ye Tian who was sitting on his throne suddenly brightened his eye as he came to a realization
Just kidding, In a world where gods exist, mortals are suddenly granted such an absurd ability like levelling up
How could the gods just leave such a thing that could almost certainly cause their downfall of left unattended
It is also due to this reason that the system couldn''t help but give the gods of Aincrad a bit of praise and disdainful
Praise for their quick analysis of the situation and ability to find a solution
And disdain in the fact that they thought the solution was shackling down the mortal''s abilities instead of searching for the source of everything
Obviously, this move of the gods had made the original highbrow system look less at them as a whole
However, considering its host will still need to deal with them sooner orter, the system still sent all of his discoveries to Ye Tian.
Fortunately, Ye Tian who already had an idea of the situation was quick to understand what was going on
So after going through the systems analysis, an evil smile couldn''t help but creep up on Ye Tians'' face
"Haha, that''s it! I know what I can do now!"
Bursting out into a fit of heartyughter, Ye Tian smiled as the gods'' actions had given him a n
And adding to the fact that the heroes are currently within his dungeon, it could be said that all the pieces of the puzzle were set
"However, before I can act, there is something that needs to be done"
Narrowing his eyes, at the dungeon entrance projection, The smile hidden within them could not be hidden
Although what he was about to do next could cause some significant bacsh, however, none of that was in Ye Tians'' mind now
Now, the only thing he had in mind was implementing the n he had just thought of, and to do that an important step had to take ce
However, this step was none other than listening to the dungeon core''s suggestions and expelling the gods out
And as for the danger involved? Sorry Ye Tian had already decided to face the bacshter
After all who knows, by then his n might have seeded and by then he might have superseded the so-called Gods in strength
So thinking this, with a smile at the corner of his face, and without the slightest bit of hesitation, Ye Tian spat out the most sphemous words possible
"Dungeon core! Expel all gods from my dungeon!"
"If possible let them receive some bacsh from it"
Wanting to add some salt to the wound, Ye Tian could help but have bad thoughts as he added onestmand to his words
Chapter 39 Bloody Rain
Yes, bacsh, imagining the scene of various gods spitting out clots of blood, Ye Tian had a smile on his face.
Fortunately, perhaps it was because the current dungeon core was made by Ye Tian, after sensing its master''s thoughts it immediately began to act
[ Acknowledgment received...]
[Added extra punishment on the master''s orders¡.]
[beginning to expel the gods...]
*Boom!*
And apanied by a series of mechanical sounds by the dungeon core, the sky over Aincrad began to rumble with a thunderous anger
*Ack!*
"MORTAL YOU DARE!"
With a shout full of anger, a certain gods shout resounded through the heavens and the earth, after which golden drops of blood began to fall from the sky nourishing the ground
And if that wasn''t strange enough, something weirder happened next
All around the world, no matter who made contact with the golden blood began to experience what could be best described as a collective evolution
The humans grew taller, dawning golden eyes and a perfectly toned and muscled body
Bathed by the blood of the gods, the select few seemed to be capable of controlling all kinds of natural phenomena at will
There was even a human who imed to be a god reincarnated in the body of a human to save all of mankind
And although most people didn''t believe him, just by reading his absurd amount of newfound power quickly amassed a group of followers
However, while this was happening, the dwarves elves, demons, and other popr and unpopr races in Aincrad each had been affected
The snow led queen in the north, or the giant barbarian in the South, it was even rumored that after the demon lords evolution, he possess the strength akin to a god now
Unfortunately, all these for now we''re rumors, and nothing had been certified yet
However, one thing that everyone was sure of, was while his overall strength had be a mystery, everyone know that the already strong demon lord had be a lot stronger
And for this reason, immediately after confirming the end of the blood rain, the heads of various empires began looking for all signs of the some of gods they could find
Obviously, it seemed that a new era was rising, and it looked to be one where those who bathed in the blood of gods were directly at the center
Unfortunately, neither Ye Tian nor the summoned heroes still trapped in the dungeon had any idea what was going on in the outside world
Just waking up in the depths of his dungeon only to suddenly encounter a set of heroes trying to sessfully raid him
Ye Tian didn''t really have the chance to establish a means ofmunication with the outside world, adding to the fact that he didn''t such expect a little punishment he wanted to give the gods to have such an effect
Due to that, both he and the heroes were sure to receive a surprise before their eyes the next time they stepped out of the cave
Unfortunately, that was a story for ater day as both sides currently had a situation and this time it was due to Ye Tians'' former enemy,
The King of Bones!
-..............
[Back to present day]
Returning to the present, right after Ye Tian had given the dungeon core permission to expel the gods, another set of information suddenly disyed before his eyes
However, this one was a bit different, unlike the former ring red screen used to show its urgency
This one was a blue shade, representing the normalcy of the current situation
With no urgency hidden behind it, everything seed in ce as Ye Tian slowly squinted his eyes as if to see what was written there
Unfortunately, what he saw next suddenly left his pupils dted
[detected hidden condition achieved!]
[have invaders destroy 100 skeleton soldiers]
[summons conditions for named monster king of bones avable(partial)!]
[does the dungeon lord want to summon the king of bones(partial)?]
[note: all monsters summoned by the dungeon are marked by the dungeon and absolutely loyal to the dungeon lord]
Reading the words of the dungeon core, although Ye Tian was happy with thest part
However, given the fact that he hadn''t tried it before, Ye Tian could help but feel anxious before epting such a thing
After all, what If the king of bones pretended to be on his side before suddenly stabbing him in the back
^yeah, although the dungeon core said so, you can never actually be too sure* Thought Ye Tian as he took another look at the information ready to confirm a rejection
However, after taking another look, Ye Tian suddenly saw something he had been overlooking while he read it just now
Partial!
The word partial, ording to the words written there, the current king of bones in nothing but a shellpared to his former power
Possessing less than 50% of his former strength, Ye Tian was sure to keep the current king of bones in check even if he decided to summon him
And as for the king of bones quietly hiding to regain his former strength? Sorry, but Ye Tian also found out that was impossible
It turns out that every upgrade done by all future-named bosses or monsters within the dungeon must be done with his permission
If not, any evolution or promotion of the sort would be all but impossible under his control
So reading this, Ye Tan realised his earlier worries although valid werepletely unfounded
And since there was nothing to fear from summoning him, Ye Tian realised he had no reason not to
So taking another smile at the dungeon core, Ye Tian once again summoned a video showing the hero''s current location before issuing an order
"Dungeon I ept!"
"You may summon the king of bones!"
Taking a closer look at the screen, Ye Tian could help but have a strong curiosity about how the dungeon was going to revive his once-fallen foe
Fortunately, the dungeon didn''t disappoint, and under Ye Tain''s astonished gaze, a change started to ur in the pile of bones located on the screen
Chapter 40 War Begins!
"Is this resurrection?" Thought Ye Tian as he focused on the projection
Watching bones slowly join together he couldn''t believe his eyes as the scene before himpletely over through his earlier spection
Unlike what he imagined with the king of bones being directly summoned out of the ground, however, this time waspletely different
The surrounding skeletons slowly began to emerge. I''ll see if they were one before.
Soon the time passed,and under both of their gazes, a huge explosion suddenly urred
*bang!*
Under the guise of the explosion, thest skeleton piece sessfully fused with the rest thus resulting in its sessful evolution
Or rather resurrection in this case.
"Haha, King of Bones, I can''t wait for the day we meet once again!"
"However this time is sure to be a whole lot different"
Smiling on his throne, Ye Tians'' eyes narrowed as he began to think up what sort of punishment he should give the king of bones after his return
Obviously, Ye Tian although his lord now still held a slight grudge against him.
So much so, that the newly resurrected king of bones unknowingly found himself shivering for some reason
*Achoo~*
"Could it be that I caught a cold along with my resurrection?"
"However it should be impossible for the undead to catch a cold"
Giving out a big sneeze, the king of bones quickly gave himself a quick inspection to find out the source of the problem
Unfortunately, even after repeated checks, nothing could be found as the source of the problem.
So realizing this, he had no choice but to focus on the current task at hand
And that was eliminating the so-called heroes in his front, however, even though he had already felt like such a task was going to be too simple given the disparity of their strengths
But it seemed the dungeon felt so too, as right as he was about to begin toying with the cowering heroes and knights
The dungeon core suddenly updated his mission making its difficulty rise to a whole new level
Just reading through the information made his expressionless skull head turn a bit angry
Unfortunately, given the fact that Ye Tian was his new boss, there was nothing he could do.
(
........................
EMERGENCY MISSION UPDATE
.....................¡.
[ Notice: due to the influence of the will of the world on the protagonists, it is not advisable to kill them directly
The named monster "king of bones" mission has thus then been altered in order to beat suit the situation ]
New mission
[ Main mission: sessfully break the will of the so-called "heroes" imprinting the fear of dungeons and the dungeon lord in them
Side mission: convert at least one of the heroes to the dungeon lords side
Punishment for failure: death!
Reward: a handshake from your new lord and king, Ye Tian ;)]
)
Scrolling through the new set of information, although he had already expected Ye Tian to make his life difficult
However, after seeing the punishment and rewards along with the mission, The king of bones couldn''t help but grit his teeth
Handshake!?
Feeling the clear contempt being conveyed by Ye Tian via this mission, the king of bones anger had begun to go through the rough
And unfortunately, since he couldn''t take it out on Ye Tian he had no choice but to transfer it to the closet target
"Bone spear activate!"
Throwing the bone spear right through the nearest knight, the king of bones decided to ughter a few of them since the current heroes were ssified as off limits
And unfortunately for the heroes and the knights, neither of them expected him to suddenly attack
*Ahhhh!!'' Bloood!"
Having the blood of the knight sshed all over her face, Hijiri one of their ssmates and a fellow hero couldn''t help but scream out in fear
"Damn! He''s attacking, everybody remain information and knights follow me and attack "
"Priests be sure to cast your healing on us from behind, "
"And heroes be sure to protect the priests!"Said Kevin as he sensed the impending fight
Fortunately, although they were scared, the heroes still cooperated and followed Kevin''s instruction somewhat urately resulting in their chances of survival at least going up a bit
However, if they were truly to survive from this ordeal was something none of them was sure off
"Boom!"
Leading the charge, Kevin with a loud boom shed the king of bones with his sword as he drew it out of its scabbard
A movement so fast, that even the king of bones a named monster could not react to
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
And following Kevin''s lead, the other knights also began to act eachnding sessive hits on the king of bones not giving him a chance to react
Even the heroes and priests in the far back watching all this happen began to think that they were winning
However, was that really the case?
"Damn! You insects, how dare youy a finger on me!"
"Bone thorns!!!"
*Bang!!*
Breaking out angrily, the king of bones immediately summoned a series of bones in the shape of thorns and vines from the groundunching them at the opposition
"AHHH!"
"My armmmm!"
"My eyessss!!"
"My leggsss!"
Under the king of Bones unscrupulous attack, with just one move, dozens of knights were left injured and wailing in pain
Fortunately, the priests hidden behind we''re ready for such moments
"Masss healll!"
Concentrating all their mana into one giant spell, the priests directly healed all the knights from their injuries returning them to full health
And Kevin who had just recovered once again took the lead position as he readied his sword aiming it at the king of bones
"Alright everybody! Once again!"
"Let''s cook this boney son a bitch!"
Spitting out a curse from his mouth, Kevin decided to give his all more after all the priests couldn''t release such high-level magic indefinitely
Perhaps maybe one or two more times and they would bepletely drained, now all Kevin needed to do was defeat the king of bones before that happened
However, looking at the figure who was still unfazed by their earlier attack, he seriously began to doubt the feasibility of this n
Chapter 41 Dead End
Soon the time passed, and the surrounding tensions began to rise
Both sides remained motionless, as they began analysing each others stance ready too loook for an opening
Kevin with the other knights maintained an arm length worth of distance, while the king of bones stared intently at the priests hidden behind them
Obviously, if he a wanted to end this battle anytime soon, he would need to find a way to eliminate and stop their healing magic
Unfortunately, with the double protection from both the knights and the heroes, this situation was anything but easy for him
"Damn human ants, just die. I need to ask the dungeon lord something!"
Not caring to wait for a response, the king of bones summoned another bone spear in his hand and began tounch another attack
Looking at the knights who had just been healed, the king of bones decided to continue attacking
After all, he didn''t believe the priests had infinite mana and could heal them indefinitely
All he needed to do was just to kill them a few times till theypletely ran out of mana, then deal with the heroes and then the priests
And as for how to leave the heroes in despair, the king of bones had already thought of a way,
And this was was none other than killing all the surrounding knights and priests right before their eyes
Just imagining the scene, where the heroes broke down in despair as they watched theirrades fall one by one, the king of bones felt that this was the best n
And unfortunately for his opposition, none of them had an idea of what he had in store for them
*Boom!*
With a loud boom, a huge explosion urred under the king of bones fierce attack, Kevin who had already been on guard parried with his sword resulting in a loud boom
"Knights of the goddess of light, y this undead abomination and do not let our godess down!" Shouted Kevin has he begun tounch a counter attack
"O godess of light"
" representative of all that is pure and good"
" give us power to eliminate all heretics who try to hinder your way!"
Solemn saying a prayer, Kevin along with all the other knights began glow with a bright gold holy aura
The holy song!
Although a famous hymn known throughout out the empire sang by the church of light
However, after being sang by the head inquisitor or the pope, the song was said to bring with it a series of special effects
Increased strength, agility, healing, senses and so many more, under the power of the head inquisitor
The song was capable of invoking the godess holy power''s capable of turning the tides of war when used and the right time and situation
And facing the king of bones, a turn around was exactly what they needed this time.
"May the godess of light be with us! Defeat this heretic!"
"Arghhh!"
Which veins on his head on his head Kevin made a huge cross sh towards the king of bone a chest
Obviously the holy song wasn''t just about singing a few lyrics
With veins on his head, Kevin could feel the blood in his body flow backwards as an unprecedented new found strength welled up from within his body
In fact, not only him felt like this but also the affected knights felt a huge load being burdened on their body as every second passed by
However, contrary to what one would expect, rather than wallowing in anguish about the pain they were receiving
Almost everyone had a huge smile stered on their face as they felt that with this power they could finally beat the king of bones to the pile of calcium he originally was
Unfortunately, what happened next immediately dampened their mood
"Hahaha!"
"Should I call you foolish, or should I be thanking you"
Sending the change in their physical states, the king of bones couldn''t help but burst into a fit ofughter
"Although I don''t know what you guys did, but I''m sure it was because of that song you just sang"
"But do you really think just now I couldn''t stop that song?"
Putting down his bone staff, with the position of a victor looking at his victim, the king of bones began to exin
"Judging from your current state, although you seem to have gained extraordinary strength, but what about it?"
"You obviously don''t seem to be able to hold such a state for a long time, with my estimates being as high ten to twenty minutes"
"This means that as long as I maintain a defensive mode for that period of time, then this your act just now would be the same thing as defeating yourself"
"So that brings me to my earlier question, should I thank you? Or call you foolish?" Said the king of bones with an undisguised sarcasm riddled in his tone
And the everyone else hearing this, quickly lost the smiles they had on their faces
Just kidding, just within a few seconds of activation their trump card, the king of bones had already both analyzed it''s properties and thought of a countermeasure
However, if that wasn''t enough, the king of bones next set of actions left thempletely helpless
Before anyone could react, and after distracting their attention with his words just now, the king of bones quickly put his palms on the ground
"Bone cage!"
Summoning a huge amount of bones, the king of bonespletely trapped them in a square shaped cagepletely made of bones
Obviously he nned to let them tire themselves out within the cage and deal with them while they were weak
And the knights, who were still lost in the horrors and abilities of a named monster could not watch helplessly as the sudden cage descended before them
Like a group of pets in a zoo, could it be that their fate would result in them being caged?
Chapter 42 Final Battle!
"Damn! I don''t believe we can''t get out of this ghost ce!"
"Air sh!!"
Shouted Kevin as he finally snapped back to reality trying to break through the sudden bone cage
Unfortunately, it was toote
*ng!~*
As if hitting a steel wall, with a Loud ng sound, Kevin''s sword ricocheted off it leaving itpletely unharmed,
Perhaps only the few scratch marks on it were evidence that he had actuallyunched an attack
And sadly, even that didn''t remain after a whole
"You guys, look over there!" Shouted Tomoki in shock as his eyes couldn''t believe what he was currently seeing
Just now, he had seen the amount of effort and energy Kevin had put behind that sh just now
However, to his surprise, the only thing that came out of it was nothing more than a measly scratch
But if that wasn''t just now, Tompkins just watched that so-called "measly scratch" disappear right before his eyes
Obviously, this bone change wasn''t some sort of ordinary cage.
ording to his estimates, Tomoki as well as all the others who saw this scene just had one thought in their mind
Healing factor!
Most likely, this dungeon possessed self-healing properties thus exponentially adding an increase to their death chances
Obviously, the king of bones wanted them dead, and he wasn''t taking any risks
Especially since witnessing, the power of the holy song just now, since he wasn''t all too sure if they possessed any other kind of trump cards
The king of bones thus decided to quickly end this battle before any sort ofplications urred
And unfortunately for his opposition, neither of them had an idea such a mindset change had taken ce within their bone-skinned foe
After all, currently rather than worrying about the king of bones'' mental state, they had more important things to do
And that was to find or create an exit from the bone cage before the effects of the holy song ran out, and also destroy the king of bones within that time
Luckily, although Kevin and the other knights were a bit annoyed by the sudden appearance of a healing factor, however, neither of them had truly given up
Rather, it could be said to be the opposite.
Thinking back to it now, as inquisitors and knights of either the church or the empires, although carrying a huge responsibility along with these titles
However, the truth of the matter is that the chance to disy their full strength had never been truly avable
So now, under the unfavorable conditions of the battle between them and the king of bones, a long lost blood boiling feeling had begun to gradually awaken.
Perhaps this was the fight that each of them needed to advance past the boundaries that they had been stuck behind all this while
So in order to achieve this, they carefully sensed and felt the feeling deep with blood, hopefully with this, they should be able to achieve some sort of blood-boiling state from it
So thinking of this, along with Kevin, the knights once again readied their swords ready to have the fight of their lives
Fortunately, this time Kevin had a somewhat simple but effective n
"All of you, look over there where I made my attack just now, I want all of you to do the same!"
"We allunch our attacks creating arge enough chain reaction capable of sting the bone chafewide open or at least creator a space enough for some of us to rush through and directly confront the king of bones"
"And for those of us that manage to rush through, that''s when the real trouble starts"
"We have to find a way to quickly defeat the king of bones since the bone prison would most likely copse due to the loss of its caster"
"Thankfully that should be easy casting such an imprable prison should have drained most of his mana leaving him at his current weakness"
"So now all we need to do is find a way and take
advantage of his illnesses to kill him" said Kevin as he began to exin their next course of action
Thankfully, there was no objection from the other knights as each of them drew their swords pouring huge amounts of mana into them
Obviously, each of them couldn''t wait to break down the bone prison while channelling out their mana ready to unleash one of their strongest strikes ever
"Haha good! then let''s do it then!"
"On the count of three, let''sunch the attack!"
Said Kevin who was also drilling huge amounts of mana and holy power into his words
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
"Boom!"
Along with the final countdown, a huge explosion many more times than what Kevin expected
However, now wasn''t the time to think of that, this was the time to act!
As the dust from the attack went down, Kevin and the rest saw a huge hole and crater created right where their attack worked
Obviously, the result of their attack was sessful, and while they might not have been able topletely blow down them
However, this was enough
"Everyone go! Go'' go!"
Giving the order, Kevin was the first as he dashed toward the holeas he noticed that that''s its healing factor had begun to work
"One!"
"Two"
"Three"
"Four"
"Five!"
Soon time passed, and thanks to Kevin''s quick reminder, five other knights were able to escape thus making it six of them to confront the king of bones
And as for the others? Kevin had already ordered them to take care of the heroes and priests while the six of them fought on the outside world
After all, who knew if the king of bones would suddenly get angry and decide to deal with the people still inside the cage firsts
So in order to prevent that from happening, Kevin had already given the leftover knights a lot of warnings and precautions to adhere to
However, if all that would be enough to stop the King of Bones attacks? That was apletely different matter
Now all he and the five other knights need to do is defeat him as soon as possible
Thinking of this, Kevin turned toward his enemy as he began to get ready for the final round!
Chapter 43 Dead End
Soon the time passed, and the surrounding tensions began to rise
Both sides remained motionless, as they began analysing each others stance ready too loook for an opening
Kevin with the other knights maintained an arm length worth of distance, while the king of bones stared intently at the priests hidden behind them
Obviously, if he a wanted to end this battle anytime soon, he would need to find a way to eliminate and stop their healing magic
Unfortunately, with the double protection from both the knights and the heroes, this situation was anything but easy for him
"Damn human ants, just die. I need to ask the dungeon lord something!"
Not caring to wait for a response, the king of bones summoned another bone spear in his hand and began tounch another attack
Looking at the knights who had just been healed, the king of bones decided to continue attacking
After all, he didn''t believe the priests had infinite mana and could heal them indefinitely
All he needed to do was just to kill them a few times till theypletely ran out of mana, then deal with the heroes and then the priests
And as for how to leave the heroes in despair, the king of bones had already thought of a way,
And this was was none other than killing all the surrounding knights and priests right before their eyes
Just imagining the scene, where the heroes broke down in despair as they watched theirrades fall one by one, the king of bones felt that this was the best n
And unfortunately for his opposition, none of them had an idea of what he had in store for them
*Boom!*
With a loud boom, a huge explosion urred under the king of bones fierce attack, Kevin who had already been on guard parried with his sword resulting in a loud boom
"Knights of the goddess of light, y this undead abomination and do not let our godess down!" Shouted Kevin has he begun tounch a counter attack
"O godess of light"
" representative of all that is pure and good"
" give us power to eliminate all heretics who try to hinder your way!"
Solemn saying a prayer, Kevin along with all the other knights began glow with a bright gold holy aura
The holy song!
Although a famous hymn known throughout out the empire sang by the church of light
However, after being sang by the head inquisitor or the pope, the song was said to bring with it a series of special effects
Increased strength, agility, healing, senses and so many more, under the power of the head inquisitor
The song was capable of invoking the godess holy power''s capable of turning the tides of war when used and the right time and situation
And facing the king of bones, a turn around was exactly what they needed this time.
"May the godess of light be with us! Defeat this heretic!"
"Arghhh!"
Which veins on his head on his head Kevin made a huge cross sh towards the king of bone a chest
Obviously the holy song wasn''t just about singing a few lyrics
With veins on his head, Kevin could feel the blood in his body flow backwards as an unprecedented new found strength welled up from within his body
In fact, not only him felt like this but also the affected knights felt a huge load being burdened on their body as every second passed by
However, contrary to what one would expect, rather than wallowing in anguish about the pain they were receiving
Almost everyone had a huge smile stered on their face as they felt that with this power they could finally beat the king of bones to the pile of calcium he originally was
Unfortunately, what happened next immediately dampened their mood
"Hahaha!"
"Should I call you foolish, or should I be thanking you"
Sending the change in their physical states, the king of bones couldn''t help but burst into a fit ofughter
"Although I don''t know what you guys did, but I''m sure it was because of that song you just sang"
"But do you really think just now I couldn''t stop that song?"
Putting down his bone staff, with the position of a victor looking at his victim, the king of bones began to exin
"Judging from your current state, although you seem to have gained extraordinary strength, but what about it?"
"You obviously don''t seem to be able to hold such a state for a long time, with my estimates being as high ten to twenty minutes"
"This means that as long as I maintain a defensive mode for that period of time, then this your act just now would be the same thing as defeating yourself"
"So that brings me to my earlier question, should I thank you? Or call you foolish?" Said the king of bones with an undisguised sarcasm riddled in his tone
And the everyone else hearing this, quickly lost the smiles they had on their faces
Just kidding, just within a few seconds of activation their trump card, the king of bones had already both analyzed it''s properties and thought of a countermeasure
However, if that wasn''t enough, the king of bones next set of actions left thempletely helpless
Before anyone could react, and after distracting their attention with his words just now, the king of bones quickly put his palms on the ground
"Bone cage!"
Summoning a huge amount of bones, the king of bonespletely trapped them in a squares shaped cagepletely made of bones
Obviously he nned to let them tire themselves out within the cage and deal with them while they were weak
And the knights, who were still lost in the horrors and abilities of a named monster could not watch helplessly as the sudden cage descended before them
Like a group of pets in a zoo, could it be that their fate would result in them being caged?
Chapter 44 Final Battle!
?
"Damn! I don''t believe we can''t get out of this ghost ce!"
"Air sh!!"
Shouted Kevin as he finally snapped back to reality trying to break through the sudden bone cage
Unfortunately, it was toote
*ng!~*
As if hitting a steel wall, with a Loud ng sound, Kevin''s sword ricocheted off it leaving itpletely unharmed,
Perhaps only the few scratch marks on it were evidence that he had actuallyunched an attack
And sadly, even that didn''t remain after a whole
"You guys, look over there!" Shouted Tomoki in shock as his eyes couldn''t believe what he was currently seeing
Just now, he had seen the amount of effort and energy Kevin had put behind that sh just now
However, to his surprise, the only thing that came out of it was nothing more than a measly scratch
But if that wasn''t just now, Tompkins just watched that so-called "measly scratch" disappear right before his eyes
Obviously, this bone change wasn''t some sort of ordinary cage.
ording to his estimates, Tomoki as well as all the others who saw this scene just had one thought in their mind
Healing factor!
Most likely, this dungeon possessed self-healing properties thus exponentially adding an increase to their death chances
Obviously, the king of bones wanted them dead, and he wasn''t taking any risks
Especially since witnessing, the power of the holy song just now, since he wasn''t all too sure if they possessed any other kind of trump cards
The king of bones thus decided to quickly end this battle before any sort ofplications urred
And unfortunately for his opposition, neither of them had an idea such a mindset change had taken ce within their bone-skinned foe
After all, currently rather than worrying about the king of bones'' mental state, they had more important things to do
And that was to find or create an exit from the bone cage before the effects of the holy song ran out, and also destroy the king of bones within that time
Luckily, although Kevin and the other knights were a bit annoyed by the sudden appearance of a healing factor, however, neither of them had truly given up
Rather, it could be said to be the opposite.
Thinking back to it now, as inquisitors and knights of either the church or the empires, although carrying a huge responsibility along with these titles
However, the truth of the matter is that the chance to disy their full strength had never been truly avable
So now, under the unfavorable conditions of the battle between them and the king of bones, a long lost blood boiling feeling had begun to gradually awaken.
Perhaps this was the fight that each of them needed to advance past the boundaries that they had been stuck behind all this while
So in order to achieve this, they carefully sensed and felt the feeling deep with blood, hopefully with this, they should be able to achieve some sort of blood-boiling state from it
So thinking of this, along with Kevin, the knights once again readied their swords ready to have the fight of their lives
Fortunately, this time Kevin had a somewhat simple but effective n
"All of you, look over there where I made my attack just now, I want all of you to do the same!"
"We allunch our attacks creating arge enough chain reaction capable of sting the bone chafewide open or at least creator a space enough for some of us to rush through and directly confront the king of bones"
"And for those of us that manage to rush through, that''s when the real trouble starts"
"We have to find a way to quickly defeat the king of bones since the bone prison would most likely copse due to the loss of its caster"
"Thankfully that should be easy casting such an imprable prison should have drained most of his mana leaving him at his current weakness"
"So now all we need to do is find a way and take
advantage of his illnesses to kill him" said Kevin as he began to exin their next course of action
Thankfully, there was no objection from the other knights as each of them drew their swords pouring huge amounts of mana into them
Obviously, each of them couldn''t wait to break down the bone prison while channelling out their mana ready to unleash one of their strongest strikes ever
"Haha good! then let''s do it then!"
"On the count of three, let''sunch the attack!"
Said Kevin who was also drilling huge amounts of mana and holy power into his words
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
"Boom!"
Along with the final countdown, a huge explosion many more times than what Kevin expected
However, now wasn''t the time to think of that, this was the time to act!
As the dust from the attack went down, Kevin and the rest saw a huge hole and crater created right where their attack worked
Obviously, the result of their attack was sessful, and while they might not have been able topletely blow down them
However, this was enough
"Everyone go! Go'' go!"
Giving the order, Kevin was the first as he dashed toward the holeas he noticed that that''s its healing factor had begun to work
"One!"
"Two"
"Three"
"Four"
"Five!"
Soon time passed, and thanks to Kevin''s quick reminder, five other knights were able to escape thus making it six of them to confront the king of bones
And as for the others? Kevin had already ordered them to take care of the heroes and priests while the six of them fought on the outside world
After all, who knew f the king of bones would suddenly get angry and decide to deal with the people still inside the cage firstss
So in order to prevent that from happening, Kevin had already given the leftover knights a lot of warnings and precautions to adhere to
However, if all that would be enough to stop the King of Bones attacks? That was apletely different matter
Now all he and the five other knights need to do is defeat him as soon as possible
Thinking of this, Kevin turned toward his enemy as he began to get ready for the final round!
Chapter 45 Final Battle!
?
"Damn! I don''t believe we can''t get out of this ghost ce!"
"Air sh!!"
Shouted Kevin as he finally snapped back to reality trying to break through the sudden bone cage
Unfortunately, it was toote
*ng!~*
As if hitting a steel wall, with a Loud ng sound, Kevin''s sword ricocheted off it leaving itpletely unharmed,
Perhaps only the few scratch marks on it were evidence that he had actuallyunched an attack
And sadly, even that didn''t remain after a whole
"You guys, look over there!" Shouted Tomoki in shock as his eyes couldn''t believe what he was currently seeing
Just now, he had seen the amount of effort and energy Kevin had put behind that sh just now
However, to his surprise, the only thing that came out of it was nothing more than a measly scratch
But if that wasn''t just now, Tompkins just watched that so-called "measly scratch" disappear right before his eyes
Obviously, this bone change wasn''t some sort of ordinary cage.
ording to his estimates, Tomoki as well as all the others who saw this scene just had one thought in their mind
Healing factor!
Most likely, this dungeon possessed self-healing properties thus exponentially adding an increase to their death chances
Obviously, the king of bones wanted them dead, and he wasn''t taking any risks
Especially since witnessing, the power of the holy song just now, since he wasn''t all too sure if they possessed any other kind of trump cards
The king of bones thus decided to quickly end this battle before any sort ofplications urred
And unfortunately for his opposition, neither of them had an idea such a mindset change had taken ce within their bone-skinned foe
After all, currently rather than worrying about the king of bones'' mental state, they had more important things to do
And that was to find or create an exit from the bone cage before the effects of the holy song ran out, and also destroy the king of bones within that time
Luckily, although Kevin and the other knights were a bit annoyed by the sudden appearance of a healing factor, however, neither of them had truly given up
Rather, it could be said to be the opposite.
Thinking back to it now, as inquisitors and knights of either the church or the empires, although carrying a huge responsibility along with these titles
However, the truth of the matter is that the chance to disy their full strength had never been truly avable
So now, under the unfavorable conditions of the battle between them and the king of bones, a long lost blood boiling feeling had begun to gradually awaken.
Perhaps this was the fight that each of them needed to advance past the boundaries that they had been stuck behind all this while
So in order to achieve this, they carefully sensed and felt the feeling deep with blood, hopefully with this, they should be able to achieve some sort of blood-boiling state from it
So thinking of this, along with Kevin, the knights once again readied their swords ready to have the fight of their lives
Fortunately, this time Kevin had a somewhat simple but effective n
"All of you, look over there where I made my attack just now, I want all of you to do the same!"
"We allunch our attacks creating arge enough chain reaction capable of sting the bone chafewide open or at least creator a space enough for some of us to rush through and directly confront the king of bones"
"And for those of us that manage to rush through, that''s when the real trouble starts"
"We have to find a way to quickly defeat the king of bones since the bone prison would most likely copse due to the loss of its caster"
"Thankfully that should be easy casting such an imprable prison should have drained most of his mana leaving him at his current weakness"
"So now all we need to do is find a way and take
advantage of his illnesses to kill him" said Kevin as he began to exin their next course of action
Thankfully, there was no objection from the other knights as each of them drew their swords pouring huge amounts of mana into them
Obviously, each of them couldn''t wait to break down the bone prison while channelling out their mana ready to unleash one of their strongest strikes ever
"Haha good! then let''s do it then!"
"On the count of three, let''sunch the attack!"
Said Kevin who was also drilling huge amounts of mana and holy power into his words
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
"Boom!"
Along with the final countdown, a huge explosion many more times than what Kevin expected
However, now wasn''t the time to think of that, this was the time to act!
As the dust from the attack went down, Kevin and the rest saw a huge hole and crater created right where their attack worked
Obviously, the result of their attack was sessful, and while they might not have been able topletely blow down them
However, this was enough
"Everyone go! Go'' go!"
Giving the order, Kevin was the first as he dashed toward the holeas he noticed that that''s its healing factor had begun to work
"One!"
"Two"
"Three"
"Four"
"Five!"
Soon time passed, and thanks to Kevin''s quick reminder, five other knights were able to escape thus making it six of them to confront the king of bones
And as for the others? Kevin had already ordered them to take care of the heroes and priests while the six of them fought on the outside world
After all, who knew f the king of bones would suddenly get angry and decide to deal with the people still inside the cage firsts
So in order to prevent that from happening, Kevin had already given the leftover knightss a lot of warnings and precautions to adhere to
However, if all that would be enough to stop the King of Bones attacks? That was apletely different matter
Now all he and the five other knights need to do is defeat him as soon as possible
Thinking of this, Kevin turned toward his enemy as he began to get ready for the final round!
Chapter 46 Disappear??
?
"Huff ~ huff~ huff~"
Painting trying to regain his breath, beads of sweat darted down Kevin''s forehead as he locked eyes with the King of Bones ready tounch his next attack
Unfortunately, unlike the earlier times when heunched an attack before, Kevin at this time could be said to be all but a hundred percent
Especially counting the fact that he justunched one of his most powerful moves in order to escape, plus the current side effects from the holy song
It wouldn''t be a surprise if he suddenly fainted due to the extraordinary amount of strain being out on his body
However, even if that was the case, an unwavering belief shone in Kevin''s eyes as he slowly raised his sword ready to strike again
Obviously, even the current situation wasn''t enough to push the head inquisitor into despair
And the king of bones who noticed this couldn''t help but look especially at Kevin with interest as two green mes suddenly lit in his empty eyelids
"Haha, amazing! I can''t believe even at this moment you seem to believe you can defeat me!"
"Unfortunately, even while I''m
Impressed by your courage, however, at this moment I''m already starting to get annoyed"
"Thus I''ve decided to stop ying with you lot, and put an end to everything!"
Saying this, the aura on the king of Bones suddenly doubled
ying! Looking at the fearless Kevin, the king of bones couldn''t help but conjure up a feeling of both admiration and disdain
Admiration in his unwavering nature, and disdain in the fact that he hadn''t realised that even till now, he had used less than fifty percent of his strength
Like a frog who had lived at the bottom of the well, the king of bonesughed at Kevin''s limited vision
However, much to his surprise, just when he was about to ready himself tounch a big move and wipe all of them out, Kevin suddenly burst intoughter
"Hahaha! I can''t believe that I the great inquisitor and follower of the goddess of light will one day be put into such a state by a mere monster"
"But the king of bones, while I do acknowledge your strength, but due to one thing and one thing alone your defeat had already been set into stone"
Still smiling, ever so calmly Kevin appeared to be unfazed by the king of bones words even with all his mocking involved
And the King of Bones seeing this, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
Unfortunately, it was toote
"Haha, I guess they''ve chosen"
Looking at the bone cage behind him, Kevin burst into a bright smile as he saw it suddenly glow in a bright holy light
I''m fact, at this moment but only was the bone cage glowing, but also he and the five other knights were glowing
Obviously, something was about to go down and the king of bones seeing this light already had a thought of what was about to happen
"Damn it'' do you think you can run in my presence!"
Roaring angrily, the king of bones stretched his hand toward Kevin.
Sadly, it was too little toote.
Like a ghost passing through the wall, the king of Bone''s hand directly went through Kevin''s body making zero contact
"Haha, nice meeting you named monster, however, let me promise you this!"
" the next time both of us meet, it would be with me leading an army of knights and inquisitors to raid this dungeon destroying you in the process"
Waving his hand, Kevin gave a bone-chilling smile as he and the rest of the knightspletely disappeared leaving a stupefied king of bones shocked in ce
"Damn! Damn! Damn it!"
The king of bones realizing he had been tricked, couldn''t help but go on a rampage as he thought of the punishment which appeared with the earlier mission notification
However, after leaving some irreparable damage to his surroundings, the king of bones suddenly turned his gaze toward the bone cage he summoned.
Just now, along with the disappearance of Kevin and the others, he felt that the bodies which he had trapped in the cage hadpletely reduced
Now rather than the huge amount of contained priests, knights, inquisitors, and heroes he had trapped and in disposal
Just now, under the king of bones'' careful detection, only one presence could faintly be felt
Obviously, judging from the current situation, all apart from this person had been left behind by them
However, just finding out the fact that somebody had been left behind, the king of bones could help but feel a bit wary
After all, there wasn''t any reason for them to do so.
Could it be that it was a trap? Or they had some sort of greater and deeper goal by leaving someone behind?
Just thinking of all these things, The king of bones felt that this person who was left behind should be carefully watched and monitored in order to prevent any idents
Unfortunately, he who waspletely enraged by the current situation unfortunately found himself doing the opposite
"Bone wall shatter!"
Squeezing his right hand into a fist, the king of bones abruptly shattered the bone prison revealing the figure of an enraged Kazuma
"Damn! All of you, how dare you leave me behind!"
"I promise that once I get my cheats and start my revenge arc, none of you are going to be spared!"
Cursing angrily, Kazuma wwaspletely unaware of the king of the bones angrily hovering behind him with unprecedented anger in his chest
However, even if he knew, Kazuma wouldn''t had done any thus once in his mind, his being betrayed by the rest of his ssmates and the empire was something he as the protagonist had to go through
Yes, finally it was the part of the story where he Kazuma finally takes the stage!
This thinking of this, Kazuma had already begun to imagine which race of ve girl to adopt once he sessfully escapes this dungeon
Chapter 47 Disappearr
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"Huff ~ huff~ huff~"
Painting trying to regain his breath, beads of sweat darted down Kevin''s forehead as he locked eyes with the King of Bones ready tounch his next attack
Unfortunately, unlike the earlier times when heunched an attack before, Kevin at this time could be said to be all but a hundred percent
Especially counting the fact that he justunched one of his most powerful moves in order to escape, plus the current side effects from the holy song
It wouldn''t be a surprise if he suddenly fainted due to the extraordinary amount of strain being out on his body
However, even if that was the case, an unwavering belief shone in Kevin''s eyes as he slowly raised his sword ready to strike again
Obviously, even the current situation wasn''t enough to push the head inquisitor into despair
And the king of bones who noticed this couldn''t help but look especially at Kevin with interest as two green mes suddenly lit in his empty eyelids
"Haha, amazing! I can''t believe even at this moment you seem to believe you can defeat me!"
"Unfortunately, even while I''m
Impressed by your courage, however, at this moment I''m already starting to get annoyed"
"Thus I''ve decided to stop ying with you lot, and put an end to everything!"
Saying this, the aura on the king of Bones suddenly doubled
ying! Looking at the fearless Kevin, the king of bones couldn''t help but conjure up a feeling of both admiration and disdain
Admiration in his unwavering nature, and disdain in the fact that he hadn''t realised that even till now, he had used less than fifty percent of his strength
Like a frog who had lived at the bottom of the well, the king of bonesughed at Kevin''s limited vision
However, much to his surprise, just when he was about to ready himself tounch a big move and wipe all of them out, Kevin suddenly burst intoughter
"Hahaha! I can''t believe that I the great inquisitor and follower of the goddess of light will one day be put into such a state by a mere monster"
"But the king of bones, while I do acknowledge your strength, but due to one thing and one thing alone your defeat had already been set into stone"
Still smiling, ever so calmly Kevin appeared to be unfazed by the king of bones words even with all his mocking involved
And the King of Bones seeing this, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
Unfortunately, it was toote
"Haha, I guess they''ve chosen"
Looking at the bone cage behind him, Kevin burst into a bright smile as he saw it suddenly glow in a bright holy light
I''m fact, at this moment but only was the bone cage glowing, but also he and the five other knights were glowing
Obviously, something was about to go down and the king of bones seeing this light already had a thought of what was about to happen
"Damn it'' do you think you can run in my presence!"
Roaring angrily, the king of bones stretched his hand toward Kevin.
Sadly, it was too little toote.
Like a ghost passing through the wall, the king of Bone''s hand directly went through Kevin''s body making zero contact
"Haha, nice meeting you named monster, however, let me promise you this!"
" the next time both of us meet, it would be with me leading an army of knights and inquisitors to raid this dungeon destroying you in the process"
Waving his hand, Kevin gave a bone-chilling smile as he and the rest of the knightspletely disappeared leaving a stupefied king of bones shocked in ce
"Damn! Damn! Damn it!"
The king of bones realizing he had been tricked, couldn''t help but go on a rampage as he thought of the punishment which appeared with the earlier mission notification
However, after leaving some irreparable damage to his surroundings, the king of bones suddenly turned his gaze toward the bone cage he summoned.
Just now, along with the disappearance of Kevin and the others, he felt that the bodies which he had trapped in the cage hadpletely reduced
Now rather than the huge amount of contained priests, knights, inquisitors, and heroes he had trapped and in disposal
Just now, under the king of bones'' careful detection, only one presence could faintly be felt
Obviously, judging from the current situation, all apart from this person had been left behind by them
However, just finding out the fact that somebody had been left behind, the king of bones could help but feel a bit wary
After all, there wasn''t any reason for them to do so.
Could it be that it was a trap? Or they had some sort of greater and deeper goal by leaving someone behind?
Just thinking of all these things, The king of bones felt that this person who was left behind should be carefully watched and monitored in order to prevent any idents
Unfortunately, he who waspletely enraged by the current situation unfortunately found himself doing the opposite
"Bone wall shatter!"
Squeezing his right hand into a fist, the king of bones abruptly shattered the bone prison revealing the figure of an enraged Kazuma
"Damn! All of you, how dare you leave me behind!"
"I promise that once I get my cheats and start my revenge arc, none of you are going to be spared!"
Cursingg angrily, Kazuma waspletely unaware of the king of the bones angrily hovering behind him with unprecedented anger in his chest
However, even if he knew, Kazuma wouldn''t had done any thus once in his mind, his being betrayed by the rest of his ssmates and the empire was something he as the protagonist had to go through
Yes, finally it was the part of the story where he Kazuma finally takes the stage!
This thinking of this, Kazuma had already begun to imagine which race of ve girl to adopt once he sessfully escapes this dungeon
Chapter 48 Dead End
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Soon the time passed, and the surrounding tensions began to rise
Both sides remained motionless, as they began analysing each others stance ready too loook for an opening
Kevin with the other knights maintained an arm length worth of distance, while the king of bones stared intently at the priests hidden behind them
Obviously, if he a wanted to end this battle anytime soon, he would need to find a way to eliminate and stop their healing magic
Unfortunately, with the double protection from both the knights and the heroes, this situation was anything but easy for him
"Damn human ants, just die. I need to ask the dungeon lord something!"
Not caring to wait for a response, the king of bones summoned another bone spear in his hand and began tounch another attack
Looking at the knights who had just been healed, the king of bones decided to continue attacking
After all, he didn''t believe the priests had infinite mana and could heal them indefinitely
All he needed to do was just to kill them a few times till theypletely ran out of mana, then deal with the heroes and then the priests
And as for how to leave the heroes in despair, the king of bones had already thought of a way,
And this was was none other than killing all the surrounding knights and priests right before their eyes
Just imagining the scene, where the heroes broke down in despair as they watched theirrades fall one by one, the king of bones felt that this was the best n
And unfortunately for his opposition, none of them had an idea of what he had in store for them
*Boom!*
With a loud boom, a huge explosion urred under the king of bones fierce attack, Kevin who had already been on guard parried with his sword resulting in a loud boom
"Knights of the goddess of light, y this undead abomination and do not let our godess down!" Shouted Kevin has he begun tounch a counter attack
"O godess of light"
" representative of all that is pure and good"
" give us power to eliminate all heretics who try to hinder your way!"
Solemn saying a prayer, Kevin along with all the other knights began glow with a bright gold holy aura
The holy song!
Although a famous hymn known throughout out the empire sang by the church of light
However, after being sang by the head inquisitor or the pope, the song was said to bring with it a series of special effects
Increased strength, agility, healing, senses and so many more, under the power of the head inquisitor
The song was capable of invoking the godess holy power''s capable of turning the tides of war when used and the right time and situation
And facing the king of bones, a turn around was exactly what they needed this time.
"May the godess of light be with us! Defeat this heretic!"
"Arghhh!"
Which veins on his head on his head Kevin made a huge cross sh towards the king of bone a chest
Obviously the holy song wasn''t just about singing a few lyrics
With veins on his head, Kevin could feel the blood in his body flow backwards as an unprecedented new found strength welled up from within his body
In fact, not only him felt like this but also the affected knights felt a huge load being burdened on their body as every second passed by
However, contrary to what one would expect, rather than wallowing in anguish about the pain they were receiving
Almost everyone had a huge smile stered on their face as they felt that with this power they could finally beat the king of bones to the pile of calcium he originally was
Unfortunately, what happened next immediately dampened their mood
"Hahaha!"
"Should I call you foolish, or should I be thanking you"
Sending the change in their physical states, the king of bones couldn''t help but burst into a fit ofughter
"Although I don''t know what you guys did, but I''m sure it was because of that song you just sang"
"But do you really think just now I couldn''t stop that song?"
Putting down his bone staff, with the position of a victor looking at his victim, the king of bones began to exin
"Judging from your current state, although you seem to have gained extraordinary strength, but what about it?"
"You obviously don''t seem to be able to hold such a state for a long time, with my estimates being as high ten to twenty minutes"
"This means that as long as I maintain a defensive mode for that period of time, then this your act just now would be the same thing as defeating yourself"
"So that brings me to my earlier question, should I thank you? Or call you foolish?" Said the king of bones with an undisguised sarcasm riddled in his tone
And the everyone else hearing this, quickly lost the smiles they had on their faces
Just kidding, just within a few seconds of activation their trump card, the king of bones had already both analyzed it''s properties and thought of a countermeasure
However, if that wasn''t enough, the king of bones next set of actions left thempletely helpless
Before anyone could react, and after distracting their attention with his words just now, the king of bones quickly put his palms on the ground
"Bone cage!!"
Summoning a huge amount of bones, the king of bonespletely trapped them in a squares shaped cagepletely made of bones
Obviously he nned to let them tire themselves out within the cage and deal with them while they were weak
And the knights, who were still lost in the horrors and abilities of a named monster could not watch helplessly as the sudden cage descended before them
Like a group of pets in a zoo, could it be that their fate would result in them being caged?
Chapter 49 Dead End
?
Soon the time passed, and the surrounding tensions began to rise
Both sides remained motionless, as they began analysing each others stance ready too loook for an opening
Kevin with the other knights maintained an arm length worth of distance, while the king of bones stared intently at the priests hidden behind them
Obviously, if he a wanted to end this battle anytime soon, he would need to find a way to eliminate and stop their healing magic
Unfortunately, with the double protection from both the knights and the heroes, this situation was anything but easy for him
"Damn human ants, just die. I need to ask the dungeon lord something!"
Not caring to wait for a response, the king of bones summoned another bone spear in his hand and began tounch another attack
Looking at the knights who had just been healed, the king of bones decided to continue attacking
After all, he didn''t believe the priests had infinite mana and could heal them indefinitely
All he needed to do was just to kill them a few times till theypletely ran out of mana, then deal with the heroes and then the priests
And as for how to leave the heroes in despair, the king of bones had already thought of a way,
And this was was none other than killing all the surrounding knights and priests right before their eyes
Just imagining the scene, where the heroes broke down in despair as they watched theirrades fall one by one, the king of bones felt that this was the best n
And unfortunately for his opposition, none of them had an idea of what he had in store for them
*Boom!*
With a loud boom, a huge explosion urred under the king of bones fierce attack, Kevin who had already been on guard parried with his sword resulting in a loud boom
"Knights of the goddess of light, y this undead abomination and do not let our godess down!" Shouted Kevin has he begun tounch a counter attack
"O godess of light"
" representative of all that is pure and good"
" give us power to eliminate all heretics who try to hinder your way!"
Solemn saying a prayer, Kevin along with all the other knights began glow with a bright gold holy aura
The holy song!
Although a famous hymn known throughout out the empire sang by the church of light
However, after being sang by the head inquisitor or the pope, the song was said to bring with it a series of special effects
Increased strength, agility, healing, senses and so many more, under the power of the head inquisitor
The song was capable of invoking the godess holy power''s capable of turning the tides of war when used and the right time and situation
And facing the king of bones, a turn around was exactly what they needed this time.
"May the godess of light be with us! Defeat this heretic!"
"Arghhh!"
Which veins on his head on his head Kevin made a huge cross sh towards the king of bone a chest
Obviously the holy song wasn''t just about singing a few lyrics
With veins on his head, Kevin could feel the blood in his body flow backwards as an unprecedented new found strength welled up from within his body
In fact, not only him felt like this but also the affected knights felt a huge load being burdened on their body as every second passed by
However, contrary to what one would expect, rather than wallowing in anguish about the pain they were receiving
Almost everyone had a huge smile stered on their face as they felt that with this power they could finally beat the king of bones to the pile of calcium he originally was
Unfortunately, what happened next immediately dampened their mood
"Hahaha!"
"Should I call you foolish, or should I be thanking you"
Sending the change in their physical states, the king of bones couldn''t help but burst into a fit ofughter
"Although I don''t know what you guys did, but I''m sure it was because of that song you just sang"
"But do you really think just now I couldn''t stop that song?"
Putting down his bone staff, with the position of a victor looking at his victim, the king of bones began to exin
"Judging from your current state, although you seem to have gained extraordinary strength, but what about it?"
"You obviously don''t seem to be able to hold such a state for a long time, with my estimates being as high ten to twenty minutes"
"This means that as long as I maintain a defensive mode for that period of time, then this your act just now would be the same thing as defeating yourself"
"So that brings me to my earlier question, should I thank you? Or call you foolish?" Said the king of bones with an undisguised sarcasm riddled in his tone
And the everyone else hearing this, quickly lost the smiles they had on their faces
Just kidding, just within a few seconds of activation their trump card, the king of bones had already both analyzed it''s properties and thought of a countermeasure
However, if that wasn''t enough, the king of bones next set of actions left thempletely helpless
Before anyone could react, and after distracting their attention with his words just now, the king of bones quickly put his palms on the ground
"Bone cage!"
SSummoning a huge amount of bones, the king of bonespletely trapped them in a squares shaped cagepletely made of bones
Obviously he nned to let them tire themselves out within the cage and deal with them while they were weak
And the knights, who were still lost in the horrors and abilities of a named monster could not watch helplessly as the sudden cage descended before them
Like a group of pets in a zoo, could it be that their fate would result in them being caged?
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