《Dungeon System: World Of Chaos And War》 -3 Character Bios Name: Lily Race: Fairy Title: Dungeon Core Affiliation: Heaven''s Gate Dungeon/Cave Status: Alive - She is very playful, she listens to whatever her Dungeon Master says. Lily knows when to get serious, but she would rather play than anything else. She is eager for the day when she''ll be able to play every and all day. Name: Athena Race: Elf Title: Queen Of Yggdrasil Kingdom Affiliation: Yggdrasil Kingdom Status: Alive - She is the Queen of the Elven Kingdom known as Yggdrasil Kingdom. Name: Elena Race: Elf Title: Councilman Affiliation: Yggdrasil Kingdom Status: Alive - She has blue hair and blue eyes and wears a hood, she Specializes in the Element of Water. Elena is usually a quiet person within the council but won''t hesitate to speak when he comes to humans, who she hates very much. Name: Roctis Race: Elf Title: Councilman Affiliation: Yggdrasil Kingdom Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Status: Alive - An Old Councilman who believes humanity is destined to perish due to their greedy and deceiving ways, he is usually a calm and wise old man. He usually does the talking at the meetings or the talking in general, he seems to have the most wisdom. Name: Aria Race: Elf Title: Councilman Affiliation: Yggdrasil Kingdom Status: Alive - She has blonde hair and blue eyes with a sexy figure, just like her fellow council members, she also hates humans. She is an expert in the Art of Lightning, her level with this power is unknown. Name: Alice Race: Elf Title: Councilman Affiliation: Yggdrasil Kingdom Status: Alive - She''s Eager to destroy the humans quickly, she loves the idea of forming an alliance with other elves to aid them in doing so. She has Green hair and eyes with a bob cut hairstyle. Name: Dukes Race: Elf Title: Councilman Affiliation: Yggdrasil Kingdom Status: Alive - He likes to joke a lot and has Red hair with one red eye and one yellow eye, he is an expert with the Fire elements. Dukes usually gets a kick out of everyone reaction to human and always bring up jokes about it which irritates the person he''s throwing the joke at. Name: Arious Race: Elf Title: Councilman Affiliation: Yggdrasil Kingdom Status: Alive - He usually never shows up at the meetings when they''re called for, so little is known about him. Name: Zillien Race: Elf Title: Council Leader Affiliation: Yggdrasil Kingdom Status: Alive - The Leader of the Council who make the big decision. He is a serious person who upholds the sole protection of the elven race, he would do anything to ensure the well being of his kind. It is said that he can use up to three elements, which could be deemed as a talented individual. Usually, Heros can use all the elements, but any more than that for a normal person could be deemed as special. 1 Another World! In a town somewhere in Kansas, lived a man named John, he was nineteen years old and lived alone. Of course, for his age, he lived in an apartment by himself. After graduating High school, he decided to take a break from school in general, so he didn''t start college right away. "My first Day of College is next month, so I''ll just work and play games for the time being." John yawned and continued to play Call of Duty, he was more into fantasy games but he would settle for first-person shooters every now and then. "Kill him, he''s defusing the bomb!" John hollered from his mic but no one listened, his teammate was still camping in the same spot without checking the bomb! [Bomb Defused!] "Fuck! This Ilovewaffles165 kid is complete trash, just leave the game!" That was the last round and they lost because of a shitty camper who never checked the objective that they''re supposed to protect. "Trash? You''re trash, funny how that''s coming from someone who was the first to die, haha!" The guy on the other end laughed and taunted John. "I''m done, I can''t play with noobs!" John left the game and cut his Xbox one S off. After that, he hopped on his computer to play the new Rpg game called Dungeon Masters & Attackers. "Games like Call of duty make people mad, it''s best I stay away from that game for a bit." John sighed, those type of game could make people crazy if they played too long. "What''s this, someone''s raiding my dungeon, what a joke!" John laughed seeing so many people attacking his dungeon. When you first make a save for this game, you can be a dungeon master or a dungeon attacker who would roam around attacking dungeon and creating or joining guilds. "It''s a party of twenty this time, that quite the number of people attacking my dungeon but it isn''t enough!" John immediately send an Earth Dragon and Infernal Dragon to attack the intruders. His dungeon''s threat level was very high so most people wouldn''t raid it. The problem was if you died you would lose all of your stuff. However, if you destroyed the dungeon, the rewards were astronomical. The game was so famous that people could earn a living from it by converting gold coins into real-life currency. And taking down John''s dungeon would earn people a lot if they were able to. This was his living and he was making a lot of money killing players. The game even had an app that would alert dungeon Master''s if their Dungeon was under attack. Of course, there were other monsters to guard your dungeon that the dungeon Master would have already had in place. This was why John never worried and relaxed a lot, his dungeon was too strong. The Earth and Infernal Dragon''s Health Points were in the Millions, it was Raid Boss! "Haha, I bet their face are distorting right about now, two raid Bosses at once, good luck!" John laughed and sat back in his chair in a relaxing manner and watched. John could control his monsters but having them fight on autopilot was good enough. The Team consisted of 10 Dps, 5 Healers, and 5 Tanks. The infernal Dragon shot a huge Flame blast from its mouth, it did true damage as most of the DPS player''s Heath Bars plummeted. The Earth Dragon targeted the Healer, the tanks didn''t do much damage and weren''t that important. The Tanks used Taunt to grab the attention of the Earth Dragon while the Healer tended to the Dps Players. These people weren''t equipped so well and had the nerve to Raid his Dungeon! The Tanks that taunted were annihilated from the head-on attack of both dragons. Seeing the 5 Tanks getting wiped out so fast, the rest of the players made a run to the exit. To bad the exit was sealed once a player entered. "Ha! Wanna run, no way I could allow that, hand me your valuables and lives!" In a matter of seconds, the whole Raiding squad was wiped out! [Congratulation, you''re the Number 1 dungeon in the world!] [Receiving Special Gift Box!] "Finally, this game has been out for a year and now I''m number one! The first to become the number 1 dungeon in the world!" He was already getting paid a lot so the money he was going to get now was going be big. John clicked the White Box and it opened up. [You have been chosen to become a true Dungeon Master for your merit!] [Transmigration will start in 10 seconds!] "Say what now?" John wondered what kind of reward this was, was the location of his dungeon being moved to somewhere else. [Transmigration starts now!!] Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Suddenly the space around John distorted and he warped away. Moments later, he found himself in a secluded space where there was nothing but darkness. "What the hell!? Where am I!?" John began to panic and feel around him but he couldn''t feel his legs or arms, he felt nothing from his body! In the middle of his panic, he heard a voice. [Calm down! You have been chosen to become the next dungeon master, fear not!] "What the..." John was stunned a bit, "Where is this and what do you mean Dungeon Master?" "It''s just as I said, you''ve have been transmigrated to a world of fantasy and Chaos. You are now appointed as a new Dungeon master. I''ll be your guide for the time being through the tutorial, but I will leave afterward. You''re a professional from what I can see and from what I''ve heard, so everything will be common sense to you." The voice spoke in a manly tone and explained a bit to john. "That''s impossible, other worlds don''t exist, otherly impossible!" John found this to be completely crazy! "No, it is possible, we''re here now, so how could it be impossible?" The voice said, "Simply say dungeon create and your dungeon will be made, it will have a default look to it." "Whatever! Dungeon Create!" With those words, the black void of nothingness started to build scenery before John. After two minutes, the scenery had been completed, it was a cave system with torches on the walls all around. "Oh my gosh!? This....." Shock couldn''t describe how John was feeling right now. "Next, to get access to the Dungeon store, just say Dungeon Store or Store for short." The unknown voice continued to guide John through the tutorial. "Dungeon Store!" John hurriedly and said. ?Dungeon Store? ¡ï Monsters ¡ï Abilities & Skills ¡ï Dungeon Terrain & Scenery ¡ï Weapons & Armor ¡ï Plants & Animals ¡ï Daily Life Essentials ¡ï Potions & Relic Items "Oh, damn, it was like this! But if there is a store then don''t I have to pay for the things I want?" John was mesmerized to the point where he forgot about his current situation. "Yes, for starters, you get 10,000 Dp for free, so there are no worries there." The voice spoke again "You can also check your status, but since you have no physical body yet you won''t have any stats." Status: Name: ??? (John Deer) Race: ? Class: N/A Title: Dungeon Master Vitality: ? |Mana: ? |Strength: ? |Spd: ? |Intelligence: ? |Dexterity: ? |Charm: ? Dungeon Points: 10,000 Glory Points: 0 "Okay, so how do I get a body, just what am I anyway?" John could move through the dungeon freely but had no actual body. "Well, you can say you''re in spectator mode or something like that. You can get a body once you have enough point for that, it''ll cost 15,000 Dungeon Points." The mysterious voice said quickly. "How stupid! Take my body away and put in a world that is completely unknown to me, fucking great!" John was outraged hearing what the voice said, they took him here against his will and made him a so-called Dungeon Master! "Relax, we understand why you''d be angry, that''s why we''ll give you an extra 5,000 Dungeon Points and we''ll tell more about the world outside!" The voice sighed and added 5000 Dp to John''s Status. "Sigh, alright, let me explore the System a bit more, then you can answer my questions." John sighed and looked at the Dungeon Store. He clicked the monster tab and several Monster names popped up for sale. However, they were all in gray so he couldn''t purchase a single one from the store. "A little help, why can''t I buy or spawn any monsters?" John asked. "Well, I was going to get to that but what you need to do is spawn a dungeon core to summon monsters." "Hmm, okay, Spawn Dungeon core!" Suddenly, a white blinding light appeared in front of John. Once it died down, it revealed a stone the size of a tennis ball! "This little thing is my dungeon core?" John was a bit worried by the size, couldn''t it be crushed with ease? What the voice said next scared John nearly to death! "Ahem! Umm, take good care of it because if it breaks, you die!" Damn it, fuck you, bro! John cursed the voice silently. "Well, you get to control where to want to station the core, you are given three Dungeon floors for free. Once you station the dungeon core, a little fairy will spawn as the dungeon core and aid you in your works." "Nice! Three floors from the jump, I can work with that! Station the dungeon core on the 3rd floor!" With those words, the core disappeared to the 3rd floor and John heard a notification. [Ding! You''re Dungeon Core Fairy is being created! You can now view the Dungeon status, Mister Dungeon Master!] [Dungeon Core Fairy: 9%] "Oh! Show me the Dungeon''s status!" John also looked at the percentage level. Once it hit one hundred percent the Dungeon Core Fairy will spawn, he was interested to talk to it. Dungeon Status Sheet: Dungeon''s Name: ??? Dungeon''s Danger Lv: Code White/ Grade-1 Dungeon''s Floor Count: 3 Dungeon''s Mana Lv: None Dungeon''s Defenses: None Dungeon''s Status: Normal "Damn! I have a lot to work to do!" John didn''t need to be told how weak this was, the dungeon lacked mana which was a story in itself. "Okay, you can tell me about the world now, unknown voice guy!" 3 Buying More Floors! The was up and running well, two days had already passed since he was transferred to this world and started his Dungeon. The Female Orcs and Goblins were pregnant while the Golbin Females were due in three days. If the females ate correctly and on a regular, they could have their offspring earlier than their usual due date. The Goblins Females ate well, so their due date was sure to be tomorrow instead of three days later. John also commanded the Goblins to make traps on the first, but of course, they didn''t know how to. John had to walk one of the Goblins through it as the others watched and learned. The Goblin dug a hole and filled it with spikes, so anyone who fell, hehe, you already know. They Learned the new skill trap maker after trying a few times around the first floor. John had to personally set up some traps, like an arrow trap where if you stepped on a certain place on the ground, it would activate. The food that the Goblins planted were growing slowly as John had expected but hey had animals they could hunt in the jungle on the second floor. With the usage of traps, they were able to catch their prey with no problem. The 2nd and 3rd floors were big and would take time to get through. With how big it was, he decided to buy some Kobolds to live there as well. This floor was his biggest line of defense until he was able to get more floors, John wanted to protect the 3rd floor as much as possible or stop anyone from advancing to it. As a Spectator or whatever the Voice called him, he didn''t feel sleepy, hungry, or exhausted in any way. So, John was up 24/7 thinking about ways to bulk his Dungeon''s Defenses up, he had 10 Kobolds with an even number of males and females alike. Of course, he made sure to have them breed to create more forces and save him Dp. The crops that were being grown were corn, Radish, carrots, and potatoes. As for his spendings, he had 9,100 Dp but he needed more monsters on the 3rd floor just encase someone broke through. With that in mind, he decided to buy two Moon Bears, he couldn''t buy any Earth Bears or any other variants because of the lack of mana here. They each cost him 1,800 Dp each, and like usual, he ordered them to breed. None of the creatures were hostile to one another under the Dungeons conditions. They all saw each other as an ally to keep the dungeon protected from outsiders. With such big creatures on the 3rd floor who need a decent supply of food, he bought a Boar spawner (mid rating) which cost 750 Dp. With the rating being a mid rating, they would spawner more than that of a lower rating. John continued to skim through the system for new things. "I want to make a new floor if I can but I don''t know how or where to find it." The system Store was big so it wasn''t easy to find somethings but after searching he found it. "Wow, it was right in front of me the whole time!" John would have smacked his forehead due to him overlooking where he could buy a new floor. After checking it out, he saw that a floor cost 1000 Dp every time he bought one. "Jeez, that''s too much for me as of now, but I may as well spend it to ensure my safety." He didn''t care about the loss of Dp after thinking about it. John had no physical body so he couldn''t buy skills for himself, he had checked the abilities & skills he could buy and was delighted that he could become strong once he got a body. With that in mind, he decided to buy another two floors for his dungeon. [Ding! You have purchased New Floors, they both will revert to the default scenery settings!] [Congratulations, you''ve unlocked New things you can purchase on the Dungeon System!] John was surprised, he already received some new stuff, he speculated that for a bit as to why. Perhaps every 5 floors you purchase he would get something new? John looked at the system and saw the word New flashing next to some categories. The first thing he clicked was the weapons & armor, and what he saw was that he could buy bait weapons and gear. After checking the description, they could be used to lure in people who wanted rare armor or weapons. Sadly, the monsters of the dungeon couldn''t use these ''Bait'' weapons since only invaders could. "Nice, they''re much cheaper than weapons I could buy for my monster and myself, what a pity." John understood this the most, it would be cheating if he could get these weapons at such a low price for himself and his monsters. "It looks like I unlocked a few new monsters as well, but I can''t buy any of them now. I''ll just fix up the 4th floor and put the Dungeon core on the 5th floor." John had also made another discovery, he had found out that the Dungeon Core had a personal space room in it that he and the Dungeon Core Fairy could go into. They didn''t have to find someplace in the dungeon to sleep in or at pacifically. John didn''t need sleep anyway but the Fairy did, she was sleeping right now. Terrains costed some money as well, but he got a few for free, so he used one of his free ones. Before that, he decided to see what new monsters he got, maybe he could get some that would go well with the environment he had. However, before he could check, he saw another notification, or should he call this an option? [Ding! Would you like to turn floor 5 into a Boss level? yes/no] "A boss level?" John was surprised but it made sense. When you made your dungeon back in the game in his world, he could make a boss room every 25 floors, every 10 floors, and every 5 floors. "Put that on hold for now, so no for now." John didn''t even have the Dp for that right now so he''ll just wait until another time. After this, he checked the Monster category out again to see what was new. ¡îMonster Shop¡î ¡ï Goblins [20 Dp] ¡ï Kobolds [100 Dp] ¡ï Slime [200 Dp] ¡ï Mimic [500 Dp] New ¡ï Giant Rat [250 Dp] Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. ¡ï Stalker Puppet [900 Dp] New ¡ï Stealth Puppet [900 Dp] New ¡ï Orc (Western) [1500 Dp] ¡ï Orc (Eastern) [1200 Dp] ¡ï Moon Bear [1800 Dp] ¡ï Mud Golem [5000 Dp] New "Haha, I got a Golem, now this would be good to use if I can fill the boss room with Dirt and Mud!" If he could do that, then the Golem could regenerate if it was hurt in any way. It would take an Element User to defeat the Golem but it would require a lot to decisively take it down. "Gotta get my hands on one when I get the chance." John then looked at the other new things "I can set a few mimics around to trick people, but I''ll put a hold on monsters for now. These puppets are something I''ve never seen before." John said no more and went to the 2nd floor. Yesterday he order the Goblins to build a training area for themselves, The Goblins were regular Goblins and were not Warriors, Bowman or Enhancers which could use elemental abilities. He told the Goblins to choose which weapon they liked the most and to train with it against each other. Of course, he told them not to kill one another, he had bought them weapons on day one. John bought them spears, Bow and arrows, Swords, and axes. He discovered that some females wanted to fight as well despite being pregnant. He couldn''t help but commend the little goblins, they were so short that it looked quite comical. They were deemed as one of the weakest races in this world but if they could evolve then they could surmount that. Too bad most never lived long enough to do that and died as quickly as they were born. Goblins were cheap, so he could get other females to replace the ones that want to fight. The true goal was to get them to evolve and gain experience to create a bigger army. The Hobgoblin was the 2nd evolution of the Goblin, it was strong and had decent intelligence. This was a warrior type Hobgoblin that used the sword as its main weapon. The Chain went Goblin >Goblin Warrior/Bowman/Enhancer >HobGoblin and so one. Depending on what they evolved from is what they would specialize in as a HobGoblin. The plants grew slowly, so John had to give them some special water called Growth Water to make things grow a bit faster. John put a lot of importance on this floor because when Goblins were born they grew up faster than Orcs, Moon Bears, and Kobolds. Even if he halved the time in which Orc could be born, it would take a month and a half. John only had thirty-three days left so he put more energy into the Goblins. There was only one thing he had left to do for this dungeon before he was really ready. He needed to add bait treasure around the dungeon to trick people further or any other creature in general. They were real treasures but he and his monsters couldn''t use them, he was restricted from that. "Well, it time to get to work and set out some traps!" If anyone could see John''s face, he would be grinning right about now. Even though the Fairy was born on the first day, she knew quite a bit of things for some reason, so he would have to ask lily more. 5 4th Floors Completion! The Past, Day 8. Yggdrasil Kingdom. In the Kingdom of Elves, a storm was brewing amount to delegation. "Someone has kidnapped some of our people, some of the civilian claimed they saw a carriage trafficking Elves!" The Elf councilman was outraged after receiving this report. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "I''ve heard, that''s why I sent some people to pursue them, it was said that they went into Dread Forest. They won''t get too far with the dangerous creatures in that curse it place!" The wise man wasn''t worried, he was confident that his people could defeat the kidnappers and get their people back. "The filthy humans have no bounds to their lust and keep trying to kidnap our people! I say we attack their Kingdom head-on, we can get the assistance of the Moon Elves who would gladly help us!" Some elven woman with a hood over her head spoke in a cold voice, you could tell that her hate was deep. "Relax, Elena, we''ve sent our elites to handle this matter, we''ll either capture or kill them if we have to so the situation is already taken care of as far as I''m concerned." The old Councilman said calmly. "That''s good to hear, these human will have their time, but they''re no different from those Demons! The Humans also have a Hero who wields the Sword Of Aether, so their power has been boosted by many folds." The Old man spoke with some concern, it was game changer if the Human could spawn Hero Warriors with weapons like these. "It''s okay, we also have a Hero, and we are currently working on getting another one if she can pass the trial. Those lowly human are nothing, the filthy things have a due date just like anyone who makes us their enemy!" Some woman with long blonde hair and blue eyes spoke harshly, she was extremely beautiful with a very busty and tall figure. "Haha, it really sounds like you hate those humans to the extreme! Speaking of which, where is the Queen, I haven''t seen her around." A man with fiery red hair smiled as he looked around the council room. "Queen Athena is in the Starfall Kingdom on a political matter, she and other Elven Kingdoms are trying to form an alliance called the United Nation Of Elves! With this Alliance with the Snow Elves, Sea Elves, Dark Elves, and Moon Elves, we should become a force to be reckoned with!" A Green haired bob cut Woman by the name of Alice spoke with complete confidence, she seemed kinda arrogant when she spoke. "Hmm, this is true, we will be able to get a foot over those greedy and lustful humans, and a foot over those nasty and destructive Demons!" Everyone couldn''t agree more, this made them even more confident. They were all Wood Elves and they had formed an alliance with the Moon Elves already. "The Dungeons in Dread Forest have been increasing lately, I fear that a horde will soon appear. It''s already a bad place filled with Demons and other types of Monsters, but with Dungeons, it could only get worse." Their Kingdom was located in a peaceful forest home to Fairy, Dwarves, and many other peaceful being Like the fox race, but next door to this peaceful place was Dread Forest. They had raided a few Dungeons and cleaned them out but more would appear soon after, it became a headache after a while. "If the Hero passes the trial, we''ll have her conquer some dungeons with a group of warriors, if she fails the trials, we''ll still send her!" This was the leader of the council by the name of Zillien, he made the big decision around here other than the Queen. "Sounds good, we can wait until she is done then." Everyone agreed and began to talk about other matters. _____________________________ Day 21, the Current time. At this point, twenty-one days had already passed since John had been transferred to this world. John had checked on the Kobolds, they were training just like the Goblin but not as professional as them. John had Lily come to show them the path, which improved their training greatly, he even had a Kobold Evolve into a warrior but it was just one. The Female Kobolds had 3 to 4 pups each, so their numbers were growing pretty fast. The Kobolds that were born were still in their teen stage but they could still train and fight. Buying them off the system would make them Adult by default so it was easier that way, but who wanted to spend the money for that? The Goblin were all adult and several more had been born and had grown up already. There were now a total of 35 Goblin and six of them had evolved into their next level. Three Warrior and three Bowman were within John''s ranks. John''s theory had proven to be true, which made him feel delight. He was getting 700 Dp each week that passed, so he earned 1,400 Dp already from that alone. John now had 4,050 Dp, it was now time to put some Monsters on the 4th floor. With that, he teleported to the 4th floor and started to put the monsters in it. John bought two Stealth Puppets and one Stalker Puppet. Each of these puppets cost 900 Dp each, so he spent 2700 Dp. The Stalker Puppet used a knife as a weapon and could move very fast. It could also regenerate its body slowly from the damage done to it. It also could control its knife like it was apart of its body, so it could recall its knife or control it with its mind to attack, like a psychic. The Stealth Puppet could go invisible, and shoot poisonous needles out of its mouth. It had sharp nails on it that were poisonous, so if you were cut, you were in for some trouble. With the fog on this floor, it made their advantage higher. John didn''t forget to buy a Mimic, he put it into a corner near the exit to the fifth floor. This would make people believe that after making it through the floor, they had earned a reward. The mimic took the form of a Golden chest that had a slight bright glow to it, this thing completely sold it with its imitational look. John had a total of 850 Dp left but he was still satisfied with what he had done. He was sure that no one could make it to the 5th floor anytime soon, so he finally relaxed. During these days, he had been constantly think about his floors and his forces on each one. John knew in time that he would get stronger Monsters, but he had to live to see that day. John also learned about the Danger level of Dungeons and that each had a Danger level. First, it was the level then the second was the Grade of the level, he had the lowest grade, which was 1. The Grade of a Dungeon reached Grade three from one, then it would level up to the next Danger level. This would open more opportunities up for John if that happened. In this world, people had devices that could scan a Dungeon to check its danger level so most would know what they were dealing with before going in. Of course, som dungeon were good at hiding their danger level so it could fool people as well. However, John''s Dungeon was quite strong already for such a low ranking threat level. This worked to his advantage though, as most would underestimate this dungeon which would lead to their downfall. As for creating a floor, the terrain, biomes, or scenery would become customizable for him. It was sort of like world creation or creative mode of some sort. So, he would create a forest the way he wanted it to look, like making waterfall or adding anything he liked. The Dungeon System had just about everything but there was so much to unlock in the future. John didn''t care so much about the monsters in the Dungeon, he could just make more or replace them. But as he was now, he had to care, the numbers meant everything to him right now. Once his Dungeon opened up, he didn''t care if people came or not. At the end of the day, he would still be getting 700 Dp a week, so if he had to slowly build his Dungeon then so be it. Time passed quickly as Lily would set up training for the Kobolds each and every day. This wasn''t normal for anyone of their power, at least as the Dungeon Master and Core. They could just have a wise Kobolds of their kind train and show them, this went so with the other races too. Sadly, the smart creatures of these beings were things like Enhancers and Casters and higher Elementalist user in their ranks. No mana meant none of these creatures could use any abilities or be bought on the system, so that was John''s next priority. Well, he wanted to set up the 5th floor first then work on the Dungeon''s Mana System. And just like that, another week had passed. Nothing change besides some Kobold evolving which was good and all. John also got another 700 Dp but that was it, he no problem waiting like this. He had one more week left for his Dungeon to official be opened for the surrounding to see. It was no telling what type of trouble would come, he just hoped it wasn''t overwhelming for him. John could only spectate for now, there was just so much to do. He had to strengthen the dungeon, get a body, train the inhabitants, form mana in the dungeon, and so much more. "I can only wait for now, but I should view my option on a new body." John had seen the list of creatures he could become as a Dungeon Master on the system. 7 Intruder After Intruder Part 1! Two days had already passed since John''s recruitment of the Orges, he had also added the Mud Golem to the Boss Room when he earned his points. John didn''t spend anything after he bought the Golem and just checked on his dungeon creatures from time to time. It was pretty peaceful despite the Dungeon being opened to the public. The Ogres were well fed and enjoyed their time on the third floor. John didn''t want the Orges to train, he had something special for them in the future. Race: Ogre Race Type: Fiend Gender: Male Title: None Class: N/A Evolution Chain Level: 0 |????Vitality: 200 |????Mana: 0 |???Strength: 250 |????Spd: 100 |????Intelligence: 10 |????Dexterity: 50 |????Charm: 5 Passive Abilities: Digestion| Night Vision| Innate Talent: Huge Power Race: Ogre Race Type: Fiend Gender: Female Title: None Class: N/A Evolution Chain Level: 0 |????Vitality: 150 |????Mana: 0 |???Strength: 210 |????Spd: 140 |????Intelligence: 16 |????Dexterity: 102 |????Charm: 12 Passive Abilities: Digestion| Night Vision| Innate Talent: Huge Power John viewed their status, he didn''t see anything out of the ordinary about the two but he couldn''t tell if they were strong or not. But knowing that Ogres had High Strength, he could tell that the number of their strength was no joke. The innate Talent Huge Power also added to their strength so it was stronger than the number displayed. "When will I be able to buy these things on the system, they would be a big help if I got some more." John sighed. These creatures were just too strong and had high potential, he needed more of them. John saw that they were doing alright and decided to check in on his mud Golem, it was in its mud state on the ground. Golems had cores in their bodies that would keep them going, John learned that this Golem would be able to regenerate faster if mana was in this dungeon. The Boss Room was big and the Golem stood around 3.5 meters in height. However, the Golem looked like melted ice cream, it blended in with the muddy environment around it, it would rise the minute an intruder came in. John looked over the 5th floor and knew he needed to put monsters on this floor. "The Monster that I have aren''t suited for a swampy environment, I guess I''ll have to wait until I unlock more." John didn''t dwell on it and looked at the fourth floor, there was nothing wrong here. So, he left everything at that and went on his way. John had a total of 4,550 Dp so he really wasn''t trying to spend anything. John wanted to explore outside of the cave, maybe he could have his Goblins capture some creatures in the area. John himself couldn''t leave the Dungeon but his forces could. He discovered that there was a special crystal ball he could buy from the system he could give to his Goblins to view the Forest around him. The crystal ball worked like a live streaming device, he could have his Goblins carry it as they walked around the forest hunting. The Goblins were being trained every day on how to hunt, they knew how to make traps and much more. Just when he was about to set up some force to explore the outside, he heard an alarm go off. [Beep! Danger! Hostile Intruders!] John was startled from the alarm, it was another invader!? He immediately pulled up the Virtual Screen to check. John was a bit surprised, it was a group of Humans with a number count of five. John just smiled and listened in on their conversation. "So, the Danger Level Scanner showed that this is a fresh new dungeon, right?" The man with the long sword asked. "Yep! This Dungeon is a Code White Grade 1 Dungeon, it should only have a total of 3 floors before we can take the Core!" The fat midget with a dagger on his side spoke excitedly, this was jackpot for them. "Good! We really lucked out this time, even a weak and small core like this Dungeon should sell for a high price!" This man had a bow in his had with a quiver on his back filled with arrows. "Okay, let''s do this and conquer this place, haha!" A man in red robes stood in the back, he had a staff in his hand which got John knowing what he was. The group continued to walk and one guy said "Low-level Dungeons should only spawn lowly monsters like Slime. Hehe, once we conquer this Dungeon and get paid, I''m gonna have me a little fun at a whorehouse!" Lust was written all over the man''s face as his imagination ran wild. However, as they were stepping forward. Whoosh! A trap that a Goblin had set, opened up, and the man who was letting his imagination run wild fell in! "Ahhh!" Sploosh! Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Because he and everyone else had underestimated this Dungeon, he fell into a trap! The man was impaled by several spikes sticking out of the trap below, he died just like that! "Rev!" One of the men was surprised, everyone was, in fact. Low-level Dungeons of the White first Grade never had traps set up, it was usually Grade two or higher! "Forget it, he''s dead, let''s keep moving!" The man in the red robes spoke coldly, he didn''t care about any of them, he just wanted the Dungeon Core. Everyone agreed, it was his fault for not paying attention, besides, it was more money for them. Once they walked off, John had the Dungeon absorb the dead man. [Ding! You''ve earned 500 Dp!] It was a decent amount but not as much as John would like, he could only wait for these guys to die. "The trap actually worked on a human, but he seemed to have been careless before it happened." John speculated. He could tell from the man''s flustered face that he was off his game. John said no more and continued to watch the four men. "Damn, this Dungeon entrance is surprisingly filled with traps! I wonder what type of Dungeon master it is, could it be a Goblin, haha!?" The man with the long sword laughed in disdain and mockery. "Shush! We need to focus on..." Before he could finish, the man in front of his step on a trap button! Bloop! Suddenly, the wall opened and a swarm of arrows came flying out of the wall! "Evade!" Everyone was shocked, wasn''t this trap a little too advanced!? They were able to evade but some of them were pierced, the swordsman from before had no choice but to parry some of the incoming arrows. The man in the Red Robes summoned a wall of fire and incinerated the arrows before they could connect with him. "What the hell was that, did you see that trap!?" The fat short man was outraged, he was hit in the leg with an arrow. He hurriedly to check and see if the arrow was embedded with poison. He sighed in relief after knowing that they weren''t poisonous. "Be on guard, this little Dungeon isn''t so simple from what I''m seeing!" The man in the red Robes doubled his guard. "It''s just a few traps, it must have wasted a lot of resources to make these traps, it might even have two floors as the limit!" The swordsman didn''t believe that some lowly White Grade 1 Dungeon could be so decked out. The man in red shook his head, he had seen Deceitful Dungeons before, he had a feeling this one was like that. After the fat man applied ointment and bandages to himself, they proceed onward. They were much cautious now, but that was the end of the traps after you passed the arrow launcher. They had evaded all of the ditch traps after the last guy''s demise to one. "Wow, this cave is lit by some pretty nice crystals, maybe we can take them?" The man with bow and arrow said. "We can do that on our way out, right now we need to conquer this place!" The robed man said. The bowman shrugged and said no more. The group soon came to a body of water within the cave, it looked so clear and clean. "Ah! Water!" The bowman and swordsman rushed towards the water but before they could drink any, the Robed man spoke. "Don''t get close, it may be some monsters hiding in the water you morons!" The man warned. They all stopped in their tracks and looked at the Fatman. "Okay, I''ll use my detect to see if it''s dangerous or not!" The man closed his eyes for a brief moment and found that the water was completely empty and safe. After hearing that, the two drunk from the water without any warning. John grinned coldly seeing the two idiots drinking from his little lake. "Phew, this water is so refreshing, in fact, it''s the best I''ve ever had!" "Oh yea, I second that! Look, there a pathway leaving downstair, it must be the path to the second floor!" The robed man and Fatman look at where the man pointing and saw the stairway. "Come on, let''s head down!" The bowman stood up and walked over immediately, he was followed by his party. The group walked down the stone stairs to the second floor as John alarmed the Goblins and Kobolds that trouble was coming and to prepare. "We''ll see if you guys can last any longer than this, it''s going to get troublesome from here on!" With that, the Goblin army and Koblods prepared for incoming trouble, their numbers were far greater than before. John was feeling confident about his army and sat back to watch the upcoming show. 8 Intruder After Intruder Part 2! As John watched the upcoming events from beyond the 5th floor, Lily came into the Dungeon Core room. Both John and Lily went into the Dungeon Core, in here, he could materialize a body for himself. Inside the Dungeon Core was a room, it wasn''t so big due to the size of the Dungeon core but they could easily view anything here. There was a bed, chairs, and a table set up in here. With that, he appeared in a human form and sat in a chair to continue watching the upcoming battle. Little Lily, who was the size of a barbie doll sat on his lap to watch as well. "Those bad guys won''t last long for attacking our home, they''ll all die for that!" Lily said seriously. Her face was so cute that John couldn''t take it seriously. "We''ll have to see, but if I could, I would do much more if I had a body!" The price for a body was outrages, but what could he do? John didn''t say anymore and both he and Lily continued to watch. 2nd Floor. "This is crazy, it''s a whole Jungle here in a low ranked Dungeon like this!" The Archer was stunned. "This place isn''t simple, just as I thought, be on guard, there could be more traps or even Monsters!" The man in the red robes was surprised himself but he didn''t show it. The Fatman and the Swordsman stayed silent and just walked around cautiously. "This place is too big, will we even be able to find the entrance to the 3rd floor without that device to help us?" The Archer was a bit worried, this place seemed to be a little too big for a second floor and a huge jungle to boot. "Don''t worry, I have sensory so I can detect the entrance if it''s close by!" The Fatman played a key role here, he could sense traps and the way out. "Phew, that''s a relief, we should hurry to the 3rd floor!" The archer sighed in relief, he started sweating profusely for some reason. This was the same for the swordsman, he started sweating pretty bad for some reason as well. "The temperatures are normal here, why in the world are you two sweating so badly?" The Fatman was fat, so he should be sweating from this, but he was in good shape. "It''s nothing, let''s keep moving." The two just use a cloth to wipe the sweat on their faces. However, several arrows flew out of the forest! "What? Watch out!" The fat man had the quickest reaction, he was very cautious of arrow now, so he jumped towards the nearest bush. Everyone reacted on time except the archer who was suffering from the poison of the lake. The swordsman had more Vitality so he could sustain longer from the poison. The Archer was riddled with arrows that rain death all over him, without a word, he dropped dead. No one had time to check the archer because what they saw next needed their attention, and even surprised them. "Goblins and Kobolds!" What appeared was an uncountable amount of goblins, it was around 40 of them, but who could count that or take the time to? The Kobolds were behind the Goblins shooting arrows, they were the ones that killed the archer. "Why the hell are there so many of them, and why are they so coordinated?" The swordsman started to sweat more, it shouldn''t be this many Goblins in a weak Dungeon like this! "Calm down you fool, they''re still nothing but Goblins!" The man in the red robes summoned a fireball in his hand and launched it at the goblins that were rushing them. They weren''t the smartest so some of them were torched by the incoming fireball. They were new Goblins who had just grown up so they weren''t taught so well. "I can handle these small fries, you guys focus on the Kobolds!" The group gained more confidence and the Fatman moved in on the Kobolds in the backline. However, more arrows came out of the forest this time! "Another attack!" The Fatman was stunned and quickly moved behind a tree. The Swordsman parried the arrows and dodged some. "There are other Goblins in the Jungle hiding and sniping us, what is this?" Goblins shouldn''t be this smart, was there a higher existence behind them, and coordinating their attacks? "Arg!" The Fat man thought he dodged the arrows but felt and saw that one arrow had caught him on the side. "Marco, I''ve been hit by an arrow, these fucking green bastards got me!" The Fatman hollered for reinforcements but everyone else was busy. Suddenly, a kobold warrior rushed the swordsman and engaged him in a swordfight. The Swordsman''s vision was starting to get blurred but he endured. The Kobold warrior kept up its assault but at the end of the day, it was defeat after a few exchanged blows. The red-robed man continued to dish out attack and felt like he was running out of Mp, so he took out a mana potion to drink. However, it was broken when a rock came flying over, destroying it! "Which Green sack of shit dares to destroy my mana potion!?" The man looked around a saw a humanoid figure that was taller than the average Goblin and looked more human. "What!? How can there be a HobGoblin in a Dungeon like this!?" The red-robed man''s face turned a bit unsightly, this dungeon must be hiding its rank, that has to be it! The Swordsman looked over after killing two Kobolds, he saw the Humanoid figure and knew this thing was in command. "It''s there leader, we have to kill it then everything else will fall into our hands!" The swordsman rushed the HobGoblin to kill it as fast as he could. But how could it be that easy, he was intercepted by three Goblin warriors which caused him to stop and back away. The Fatman was still hiding behind the tree, he knew the bowman Goblins in the jungle were still watching him. "Damnit, let me handle the those Goblin warriors, you hurry and kill that Hobgoblin!" The red-robed man pulled out another mana potion and consumed it right away. The Swordsman mustered up the strength and jumped over the Goblin warriors, they weren''t that tall so it wasn''t hard to do. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. The Goblin warriors tried to attack him from behind but the red-robed man put up a firewall to stop them. "Gigigigi!" The goblins said something and one of the Goblin warriors ran off. "You''re mine, little Goblin boy, haha!" The Swordsman laughed but his forehead was full of sweat! The HobGoblin pulled out its sword and clashed with the Swordsman. The Hobgoblin was much faster than any of the others and aimed for his weak points. Shing! "You little piece of shit, how dare you!?" The swordsman was enraged after finding out he couldn''t kill this thing as fast as the others. The HobGoblin noticed his sluggish movements for some reason, so it started using more strength to parry. Every time it parried it would aim for the swordsman leg''s to wear him down. "I''ll kill you!" The swordsman was panting madly but his strength was being zapped away from poison! "Ahhh!" Suddenly, the Swordsman heard a scream, he back away and saw that the Fatman had been stabbed to death by a Goblin warrior! "Pant pant, we''re going to lose at this rate!" The Swordsman had to kill this Hobgoblin and all would be well, he thought. He clashed with Hobgoblin again, it had an indifferent expression on its face but its eyes seemed to be mocking. "Don''t look at me with ugly mocking eyes, fucking green bastard!!" A mere Goblin dared to look down on him!? This made him even angrier and he sent out a flurry of attacks, but they were all parried. The Hobgoblin went in for the kill this time, it was merely testing its skills against this hurt swordsman. Shing! zip! "Aack!" The swordsman neck was sliced wide open, his eyes were also wide open from shock as he stared at the Goblin before him. He never could have imagined that he would die to a lowly goblin, it was simply unthinkable! The man fell to his knees and held his neck as it was leaking blood like a waterfall! He fell backward and died with his eyes wide open and his hand on his neck, his face still had shock on it! "Shit! You useless things, you all died just like that!" The red-robed man found it incredible, how could this happen? He had no choice but to retreat, he turned to run away, he had to leave this place or he was going to die next! He would soon run out of mana and be overrun when it happened. John had the Dungeon suck the people up when the red-robed man ran to the stairs. [Ding! Human archer has died in your dungeon, you''ve received: 3,000 Dp!] [Ding! Human Swordsman has died in your dungeon, you''ve received: 9,000 Dp!] [Ding! Human Bandit has died in your dungeon, you''ve received: 3,200 Dp!] John had been watching the crazy fights this whole time and knew that the Swordsman was strong. Fortunately, he was poisoned or it would have been more trouble. "This guy is escaping, but the Goblins can''t catch him because he''s too fast." John sighed seeing the red-robed man running away, but suddenly. [Beep! Danger! Hostile Intruders!] "More people are attacking the dungeon!? What is going on!?" John looked at the entrance and saw three huge spiders enter his cave. Suddenly, an uncountable amount of little spiders that were slightly bigger than tarantulas swarmed his dungeon! "This day is getting worse by the second!" John''s face turned dark. 9 Intruder After Intruder Part 3! The spiders moved quickly through the dungeon, they were actually closing in the red-robed man. This number was insane, he looked at the record to see the number of invaders and found out how many of them there were. John found out that there were 5,000 of these spiders invading his dungeon, he had a red screen that showed all hostiles in his dungeon. He had to think quickly, after a few seconds, he went through his system and sat up some traps. He set up some acid traps at the exit of the first cave and the entrance to the 2nd cave. Of course, some will be crawling on the walls to pass the traps he had set. The man in red robes kept running but was met with the army of spiders! "W-What the hell is this!?" He was terrified seeing so many spiders, he began to panic and started throwing fireballs and using a firewall to block the spiders. These spiders had strong venom, so it would be best to not get bitten. John didn''t care at this point, he had his dungeon set to auto absorb anything that died. [Ding! Crawler Spider has died in your dungeon, you''ve received: 5 Dp!] [Ding! Crawler Spider has died in your dungeon, you''ve received: 5 Dp!] [Ding! Crawler Spider has died in your dungeon, you''ve received: 5 Dp!] Several notifications continued to go off as the man in red robes killed many spiders. John rejoiced, this only served to lower the pressure on John''s head while he gained from it. He didn''t forget to warn his Goblins about the incoming threat, he wanted them to use fire if possible. The man continued to shoot abilities, he only had 3 abilities from what John could see. Dungeon Points continued to rack up and John''s smile continued to get wider and wider. Suddenly, one of the huge spiders about the size of the tiger walked over. One of the huge spider swiftly moved onto the ceiling above the man, the man was surprised to see this type of creature. He immediately set his attention on the big spider on the ceiling by shooting a firebolt at it, the technique was much faster than a fireball but did less damage. The spider dodge by moving quickly on the ceiling''s surface, it also seemed reckless and dived towards the man. The red-robed man hurriedly and put up another firewall, he began to feel stressed, he was starting to run out of Mp! The spider dove into the wall of fire and screech in pain as it landed on the ground. The spider ran around screech as it burned. The red-robed man was quite experienced and shot a fireball at the spider ot finish it off! This fireball was slightly bigger than the previous ones and the spider was completely set ablaze! [Ding! Spinner Spider has died in your dungeon, you''ve received: 800 Dp!] With that attack, he ran out of mana, he looked around to find some form of salvation. "This lake, this will stop them from getting to me, it''s the only way!" The man wasted no time and dove into the mini-lake. His firewall finally timed out as several spiders had died to it already, he had done a number on them! But there were 5000 from the start, he couldn''t kill them all, so he had no choice but to jump into the water. "Haha, the idiot jumped into the lake, this is good even if the spiders couldn''t finish him." John said. The spiders ignored the man in the lake and rushed toward the entrance to the 2nd floor. But what the man saw next shocked him! Splash! Tsss! Suddenly, acid dropped from the ceiling the minute the spiders were about to enter the second floor. "W-why was a trap there, how could it have not fallen on us earlier, this doesn''t make sense!" The red-robed man was in disbelief. Several spiders continued to walk into the acid as they were melted away from it. The smell wasn''t so pleasant either, it smelled like gasoline. John only smiled, these spiders weren''t intelligent at all, not even the bigger ones were that smart. "Keep the points coming, I''m loving it!" John was so excited seeing the rise in points, he had long done the math. If he killed all 5000 of these spiders, the points he would gain would be 25,000 Dp! 5 Dp wasn''t much, but killing these spiders altogether was worth it if he could do it. The last two big spiders seemed to notice what was going on and send out a strange screech. The little Crawler Spiders changed directions and crawled on the wall and into the cave entrance. The two Spinner spiders followed. The Spinner spiders looked like bigger versions of the Crawler Spiders. John didn''t think this was a coincidence. "Hmm, maybe those are the evolutionary chain for the Crawler spiders, it''s likely so." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. The spiders swarmed the stairs, it was still quite the amount of them at this time. Once the spiders exited the first-floor exit and arrived at the second floor, another acid trap activated. However, this Acid trap didn''t pour down, it was set in the ground. Bloop! Tss! With that, an uncountable amount of spiders fell into the trap once they arrived at the floor. Each of these traps cost John 1,000 Dp each, these traps were pretty affective if someone got caught in them. Even the Spinner spider was almost tricked into falling into it but they avoid the trap. The intelligence of the Crawler spiders was quite low and they kept falling in until they were called out to by the Spinner spider duo! So many had died at this point but they were still 1,400 strong, the number was still quite a lot. John frowned, he had no choice at this point. "These Spiders won''t be able ot handle slime, they can''t poison or hurt slime." Afterward, he would just appoint the Slime to the 1st floor for the time being. With that, he summoned 4 slimes to the floor which cost 250 Dp each. The goblins saw the large number of spiders and set their arrows and swords on fire. This was the quickest way to take down these bugs, it was so in reality and in pokemon! Author note: Lol! xD The Goblins and Kobolds had already put gasoline on the ground throughout the area. Once they were on top of the gasoline, a Goblin shot off an arrow! Swoosh! Shhh! The area was set ablaze as many spiders went up in flames. The spinner spiders were shocked, so many spiders died this time. It looked like a sea of spiders not too long ago but now, it was a sea of flames! Almost all the spider died from this trap set up by the Goblins, it made John very happy. There were about 300 but they were smart enough to stay away from this wildfire. However, too many had died already, it was too late! The Goblin did their part to a started attacking, most of the spiders were absorbed by the slime. The Spiders had no chance against the slime, there was no way to fight them! Soon, the remaining spiders were wipeout by the goblins, Kobolds, and slime before they could be effective. John already signaled the Goblins and Kobolds that the little spiders were all no more. John was so happy with this end result. Many Goblins began to pour water on the fire to put it out, they all had water ready beforehand. As they were doing that, the spinner spiders attacked. Their sharp leg ripped through several Goblins that were trying to put out the fire. Some were wrapped up by webs and rendered immobile! "Shit! kill those damn spiders!" John hollered! They could all hear John''s frustration and turned serious fast. The Hobgoblin got involved right away. The Kobolds shot flaming arrows at the spiders from afar. They shot one of the spiders as it fought against the Hobgoblin, it was hit in the back and distracted from the attack. The Hobgoblin''s eyes glinted and it took the opportunity to attack while it was distracted. The Hobgoblin stabbed the spider right through its black head filled with eyes. Its head had red eyes, it was the typical spider face with eight eyes! "EEEEK!!" The spider screeched loudly which caused some goblins and kobolds to cover their ear and even close their eyes. The Hobgoblin persevered through the scream and slammed its sword down on its head, killing it! [Ding! Spinner Spider has died in your dungeon, you''ve received: 800 Dp!] "Ah! yes, I love the sound of that!" John grinned and said. The last Spinner Spider was now alone, it seemed to have noticed that it was in endanger and turned to flee. But how could the goblins and Kobolds allow something like that for a second time? They immediately all shot their arrows at the spider fleeing towards the exit to the 2nd floor. The acid pit was still present so it had to crawl on the wall to make it through the exit. This impaired its speed, which made it an easy target! The spider didn''t have a chance under the flaming arrows, they easily brought it down as they penetrated its body all over! [Ding! Spinner Spider has died in your dungeon, you''ve received: 800 Dp!] John caused the acid pit to disappear for a bit and told the Goblins and Kobolds to head to the first floor to kill the red-robed man. The Goblins and Kobold listened and followed his order without question as they ran to the first floor. 11 Troublesome Exploration! Status: Name: Lord Vitiate (John Deer) Title: Dungeon Master |Vitality: ? |Mana: ? |Strength: ? |Spd: ? |Intelligence: ? |Dexterity: ? |Charm: ? Dungeon Points: 36,350 Glory Points: 0 With that, his Name was now official. He decided to rest a bit and to not stress himself out so much. This wasn''t something smart to do but he had to relax, he was always on edge. Time passed quickly, and a month had already gone by, every now and then some dumb monster would wander into his dungeon only to be killed by the traps on the first floor. Other than that, things had been pretty quiet this time around. However, with mana in the dungeon now, the goblins numbers had increased a lot. The Eastern Orcs were born as well, so this made Vitiate happy. Author Note: His name will now be changed into Vitiate. Vitiate was gaining 700 Dp and week, so at the end of the month, he now had plus 2,800 Dp. In this time, he hadn''t spent a single Point on anything. The Goblins and Kobolds were seeing progress as some had evolved into Warriors and Bowman. It wasn''t easy to ascend to a Hobgoblin so there were no other Warriors or Bowman that changed into one. Vitiate did have two Hobgoblins, they were both training and teaching the other Goblins as usual. The Orcs were growing pretty fast, but they were still too young. There were now a total of 11 Orcs on the 3rd floor. The Moon Bears were looking good as well, the female had 2 cubs that were really healthy and strong. Vitiate had to think about what type of creatures he wanted to put on the other floors. The 6th Floor had already been turned into Mountain terrain, so he could opt for Knoll and the Bear species for the 6th floor. "I have 54,550 Dungeon Points, so it should be more than enough to do what I need to do." With those words, he purchased 6 Knoll and 1 Earth Bear from the System. There were other variants of the Bear species but they weren''t available, it was just the Moon bear and Earth Bear. The Earth Bear was huge, it was around the same size as the Golem but slightly shorter. The earth Bear cost 6,000 Dp but it was worth it. Vitiate decided to check its status to confirm why it cost so much. Name: Earth Bear Race Type: Bear Gender: Male Title: King Of The Mountain Class: N/A Evolution Chain Level: Can''t Evolve |????Vitality: 310 |????Mana: 60 |???Strength: 302 |????Spd: 100 |????Intelligence: 20 |????Dexterity: 10 |????Charm: 10 Passive Abilities: Rocky Hide| Steel Claws| Hard Jaw|Intimidating Roar Innate Talent: Earth Rifter Element:????Earth Mastery: E Techniques: |Earth Wave: Lv2 |Rocky Armor: Lv1 |EarthClash: Lv2 | There was an Orange Aura around the Earth Bear for a moment, it was Black with Red eyes with a fierce expression. The Knoll felt fear, but they were no wimps either, however, they knew they couldn''t fight something like this Earth Bear. They were deemed as allies anyway, so there was no need to fight. Vitiate was surprised by the title of this Bear, it was already deemed as the king of the mountain! The knolls went their own way while the bear went higher up on the mountain, it was claiming its territory. "Well, I''m starting to feel a bit confident with these beast around but I better not let my guard down." Vitiate was satisfied, but it would be stupid to underestimate any other beings in the area. Vitiate noticed that Orange represented the Earth Element which interested him. He also noticed the little mountain Icon on the creatures status. "Haha, this world, there is so much to learn but we''ll figure those things out soon enough!" He noticed this with the Enhancer Goblin he summoned a month ago, it had a red Aura around it for a brief moment. This obviously represented the fire element the Goblin was innately good at. Vitiate wished he had a map of some sort, but this was the perfect time to send out some troops to investigate. With that, he and Lily gathered the troops, he wanted to know where these creatures were coming from, he also wanted to capture some creatures or monsters if he could. "Alright, you''ll split up into squads, to be exact, a total of two squads." The Warrior and Enhancer Hobgoblin would lead a squad through the forest to hunt some beast to bring back. Their main job was to scout the area and see what was going on around his dungeon. Vitiate handed the Goblins each a Spectators Crystal Orb which cost only 500 Dungeon Points. It was only good for streaming thing and nothing more, so any higher in price would be unreasonable. The Goblins headed out, there were 11 Goblins in each squad, including the Hobgoblins leading each group, so it was 22 in total. The ones that went were the higher-ranked Goblins like Warriors and Bowmen. One of the goblins in each group was instructed to carry the Orb around. Once they were out of the Dungeon, what greeted them was a huge forest. They turned to his dungeon and saw that above the Dungeon was a huge mountain. Vitiate continued to watch with lily, this was good to know so far. The group soon split up and went different ways as intended. Group 1 was under the command of the Warrior Hobgoblin, while Group 2 was under the command of the Hobgoblin Enhancer! Group 1 was soon meet with a strange long-necked deer, it looked very weird but it soon ran away once it discovered the group of Goblins. Suddenly, a change occurred! The Hobgoblins spoke in its language to its squad. It was simply this, they were being stalked by something! Vitiate understood what it was saying, the warrior Hob had decent senses so it picked up the stalker stalking them. No! There were multiple stalkers watching them! Vitiate frowned after knowing this and commanded Group 2 to back up Group 1. Much to Vitiate Dismay, they had run into a Giant Centipede that was trying to attack them. The Giant Centipede was quite smart, it knew that they were merely Goblins, one of the weakest races around. To it, they were easy to take down with it alone, so it attacked them with a frontal attack. However, these weren''t regular Goblins, they weren''t as dumb as the typical Goblins this thing had preyed on before. Green liquid dripped from its mouth mandibles, once it landed on the ground a sizzling sound could be heard! It had an uncountable amount of legs with a black shell-like armor around its body. "Don''t let it bite you under any circumstances!" Vitiate made sure to let them know as the battle begun. He then looked at Group 1, they were being stalked by something or somethings in the forest! At that moment, a silhouette jumped out of the forest and lunged towards the Hobgoblin. The Hobgoblin''s eye flickered and he swung his sword down onto unknown creature in a flash! Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Splurt! The creature''s headshot into the sky before landing on the ground with a thud. Vitiate looked at the unknown creature and wasn''t surprised that such a thing could be here. The creature was a wolf, it had brown fur and a ferocious jaw full of teeth. "Awooooo!" With the death of the wolf, howls came from the forest as multiple wolves emerged from it. They were all Brown Wolves, but there was one that was bigger than the other brown wolves. This was clearly the leader of this group, there were 12 other wolves other than itself, so the Goblins were outnumbered. "Really, I send my Goblins out and they run into trouble nearly instantly! This place lives up to it name, truly a dreadful place!" Vitiate clenched his fist and stared at the Virtual Screens. The Goblins that were fighting the Centipede were doing really good. The Enhancer Goblin seemed to have learned Fireball, it also came with one move when you bought them. The Technique was pretty good but you would burn mana fast if you used it too much, it was apparently called Flame Shock! With this solo enemy, the Hobgoblin threw away all caution and torched the Centipede with Flame Shock. It looked like some sort of Electric Fire since red static was around the fire used. The Centipede wasn''t weak, but it screeched in pain when it was hit by the attack. The creature had managed to knock away one of the Goblin warriors, but the bowman kept shooting the Centipede, but its armor was just too hard to infiltrate. In Vitiate book, it was a good thing this centipede was unfortunate to run into this group of Goblins rather than his other group. It was questionable if his Hobgoblin Warrior could wound this Centipede with such armor! The Centipede managed to shot some acid spit off at the group of Goblins, but happily, they dodged in a hurry or they would have easily been melted away. The Goblin Enhancer sent another Flame Shock toward the Centipede, it was already at its limit so another one did the trick! It could easily overtake creatures that relied on physical attacks, but Special attacks like this were a no go! The Giant Centipede was in disbelief, lowly Goblins had actually managed to kill him, how sad! With its final screech, it fell to the ground dead while still on fire. Vitiate wanted them to take it to his Dungeon, but he couldn''t mind that now, he ordered them to immediately help the other Group. The Hobgoblin Enhancer was feeling fatigued after two consecutive Flame Shocks. Vitiate looked back at Group 1, he was seeing that more wolves were showing up. There was a green Wolf that appeared at this moment with its blue eyes and Green fur, it looked quite beautiful. The Green wolf used some sort of Wind attack, was it a wind wolf of some sort!? It was clearly stronger than the Brown wolves by default with this! "Bro! This is Forest is going to be a pain." Vitiate Said. Lily looked up at Vitiate, he was in his create form from the Dungeon Core. She knew his worries, these creatures were probably nothing, who knew how big this place was? "Hopefully, they can catch this green wolf!" He wanted to catch that Centipede but that wasn''t possible, it was just too dangerous to risk it any further. 12 Sending More Forces! The Green Wolf dashed passed the nearby Goblins in a flash, upon passing them, it kicked up winds that sent most of them flying away. The Hobgoblin was also almost blown away as well, but it resisted and attacked the Wolf with its sword. Shing! A cold light came down on the wolf, but the wolf form some transparent sword in its mouth! Vitiate could tell that this was some sort of wind blade. The other Goblins that were blown away got up to fight the other brown wolves. The battle was intense, this was surely going to draw the attention of some other unwanted creature! Vitiate viewed group 2 and discovered that the Enhancer Hob was exhausted, he wished he had given it some mana potions to sustain. The group continued to press toward the battle where the goblins were fighting the wolves. Vitiate sighed with laughter, he couldn''t allow them to split up again, it was a lesson well learned. The wind wolf was fast and had decent strength, it seemed like it was battle-hardened. Elemental Creatures technically had the advantage over regular creatures with no aspects. The creature was a wind type, so its speed on top of it being a wolf was just too quick for the hobgoblin. In terms of strength, they could be considered equal, but the wolf was slightly stronger. The intelligence of this wolf was also quite high, they weren''t stupid by any means. Suddenly, the Wolf slashed the air and two wind slashes were released from the created wind blade in its mouth. The wind blade disappeared after that but the wind slashes were fast! The Hobgoblin was surprised, it couldn''t block this! It would only be able to block a certain part of this attack while it would get hit by the other slashes from it. It quickly moved away, and manage to dodge one, but the other one nailed him! "Argg!" The Hobgoblins groaned as its hand was cut off by the slash, it forehead was now full of sweat! It quickly pulled out something to stop the bleeding. Vitiate face wasn''t looking so good either, he only wanted to explore this place and catch a few creatures, but found that everything here was just too strong! "This isn''t some low-level starting area, I''m already in the high leveling stage!" The creatures here fought for survival, it was no telling who would be ambushed and killed! On the contrary, how could the wolf give this Hobgoblin any breathers to recover? It was almost as if the Wolf was grinning, it knew it had won. It was now time for the killing blow then it could easily kill these other goblins. It formed another wind blade, it wasn''t high on mana so it wanted to end this fast and enjoy a goblin feast afterward. Suddenly, the wolf''s eye changed, but no one noticed it! Bang! The Wolf quickly jumped away and suddenly, a hammer came down in the last place it was standing. The hammer created a pothole in the ground as dust and rocks flew everywhere! This easily got the attention of the fighting Wolves and Goblins nearby. At that moment, 4 other creatures came out of the forest. To describe them, they were slightly shorter than the Ogre, but Vitiate was sure that the Ogres could win against one in a solo battle. The Ogres he had were youngling so if he thought about, the Ogres would actually lose in terms of experience. They had fat long noses that slouched down on their faces, it was accompanied by a crooked mouth with two tusk-like teeth protruding upward from their lower jaw. One eye of the monsters was bigger than the other, they also wore broken and worn out armor with some rags. For some reason, Vitiate could identify this type of monster right away! Trolls! It was comparable to the ugly Eastern Orcs, it had cyst bulging on their faces that looked like they would explode at any moment. The troll grumbled due it failed ambush, it had failed in its sneak attack, it found this wolf to be more of a threat so it wanted it dead first. It was quickly accompanied by the other 4 trolls, they had heard the sound of battle coming from this location. They wanted to clean up after everyone was exhausted, it would be an easy picking after that. Vitiate had already sent out more troops, he had also sent the Kobolds recently. Things were getting bad fast and they hadn''t even been out of the Dungeon for a full hour yet! The wolf growled at the group of Trolls in anger, it was sneaked attacked and interrupted. The troll didn''t seem to care, it only curled its mouth into a grin before speaking its Troll language. Now, no one else could understand but Vitiate who apparently knew every language, which he speculated some time ago. The Troll basically said it would deal with the wolf while the rest will kill off the other pieces of meat. Its intelligence wasn''t that high but it had experience in dealing with Element typed creatures. The hammer it had also stood out to Vitiate, it looked unique and special, just where did it get this hammer? With that, the other Trolls rush over to where the brown wolves and Goblins were fighting. The trolls were superior to the Goblins and low ranked Brown wolves. Vitiate had already told group 2 about the Kobold and Goblin force that he sent as reinforcements and to meet up with them. The other trolls carried wooden clubs, so they weren''t really that armed well. One of the trolls instantly went to target the wounded Hobgoblin, its club crushed towards the hobgoblins head. The hobgoblin rolled backward to dodge the incoming fatal strike that was meant to kill. The hand that was cut off had his sword in it, so he was currently unarmed. The troll continued its assault, it knew that this was the next threat it had to take down. The wind wolf fought the troll, but the troll''s weapon had some special properties. These special properties could cancel some of the abilities that the wolf would use to some degree! The effects were weak but it was enough to fight this wolf. The wolf was already running low on mana so it wanted to kill the goblin from before quickly. Now, it was having a hard time, it couldn''t fight this troll in close quarters with the kind of strength it had. The wolf knew that once it ran out of mana, it was would faint and it would be done for! Suddenly, a fireball came over and hit one of the trolls in the back! "Ahrggg!" The troll roared as its back was scorched by the fire, it kneeled down due to the pain. The other troll''s expressions became even more ugly as they looked towards where the attack had come from. It was a group of Goblins and Kobolds with a Hobgoblin in red robes leading them. Vitiate gave one of the kobolds 2 mana potions to give to the hobgoblin. He was back at 100 percent now with that! Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. The fireball hit the troll that was attacking the warrior hobgoblin. The Enhancer hob thought the troll was done for, but it started to heal it scorched back slowly but surely. Trolls had a good healing factor, so they weren''t easy to take down unless you aimed for the head. Depending on the troll at hand, it wasn''t even certain that you could kill it by destroying the head since that might grow back! But this was only for high ranked trolls which were clearly not present here. "Aim for the head, destroy it and it will die!" Vitiate knew about the trolls ability to heal really well, this was the troll''s innate talent! The kobolds and goblins already had a plan in place. There were a lot of bowmen Kobolds present just for this plan! While the Troll was healing, the Kobolds shot several arrows at its face! Eventually, they were able to hit the troll in the eyes. "Roar!" The troll roared in pain again but soon started to take the arrows out of its eye sockets. The hobgoblin Enhancer tossed the sword of the warrior hob to it. The warrior hob caught it with his other hand and immediately chopped down on the troll''s neck with great strength! The troll''s head was severed from its body and it fell to the ground dead! The trolls and wolves were initially surprised to see Kobolds and goblins working together, just what was going on here? However, after they saw the death of their kin, they woke up from their surprise. Vitiate had already ordered some kobolds to lock the area down so none could escape from here. He knew that the wind wolf was running low on mana which would make it an easy catch! The Kobolds didn''t have normal arrows this time around, they had tranquilizing arrows just for this mission! Rage could clearly be seen in the Troll leader''s eyes, he ordered his trolls to focus on the group of Kobolds and goblins led by the Enhancer Hob. The kobolds hiding in the forest were the ones with the tranquilizers. "Awoooo!" The Wind Wolf saw the grave situation and ordered its wolves to retreat, this was a loss in its book. At that moment, multiple tranquilizing arrows shot at it from the forest! The wolf sensed the danger and quickly moved away, but it was too low on mana to fully use its speed. It did well by dodging most of them, but all it took was about three to put it down! zip! "Grrr!" The wolf growled at the forest where the arrows came from, but it soon dropped to the ground and fainted. The other wolves that were with it weren''t so fortunate either, they were taken down easily with just one arrow. The trolls didn''t notice what was happening around them since they were focusing on killing the group of Kobolds and goblins. Vitiate loved it when a plan came together. Sadly, the hobgoblin warrior lost one of its hands. "Good, now to finish this up. I''ll have to find a way to heal his hand later, it should be easy if his severed hand can be recovered safely!" 13 New Discovery! Once the wolves were taken down, everyone''s attention was turned towards the Trolls. They had already started attacking the hobgoblin group. It could be noted that the troll had some pretty good defense with their healing factor. Sadly, if the troll was low in rank, it could be executed through beheading with a good weapon. Vitiate found that the Troll must have some sort of defense ability, maybe a resistance type of ability. Author Note: I''m talking about like Fire Resistance or Ice Resistance, you know. :D He wasn''t certain that they may have something like that, but they were taking the hobgoblin''s fireball pretty well so it was possible. Much to the troll''s dismay, they were completely outnumbered, they weren''t that smart so they didn''t know when to retreat like the wolves. Vitiate had the hidden Kobolds use their tranquilizers on the troll, they didn''t have many tranqs left. So, it was advised by Vitiate that they use their arrows carefully and not to miss if they could. The trolls had already reached the hob enhancer''s group. Their bodies were filled with arrows, but they kept rushing without thinking about the fact that they looked like porcupines. Goblins warriors were knocked away like wooden puppets with ease by the trolls. Despite their evolution, they were absolutely no match for trolls at this stage of power. The Hob Enhancer quickly got away but was pursued by the leader of the trolls. The troll wasn''t that smart but it knew who it had to kill to make things easier. The Hobgoblin had no choice, so it used a flame shock at point-blank on the troll! Boom! An explosion shot out, both the troll and the hobgoblin were blown into different directions from the Hob Enhancer''s attack. The troll landed on the ground and began to roll around in pain from the overwhelming attack. Its skin had burned badly from the attack, but with its healing factor, it should heal soon. Vitiate quickly commanded the Warrior hob to finish it off while it could! The warrior hob was watching with surprise, it was the first time it had seen the enhancer Hob at work. After hearing Vitiate''s voice, it quickly turned serious and went over to finish the troll off. The Enhancer Hob had taken some serious damage and wasn''t moving at all, did it die? He had check all his monster''s status'' so he saw that the Hob enhancer had Fire resistance that was Level 1. After killing the troll leader, the other trolls turned around in shock seeing their dead leader! They weren''t the brightest and decided to run away. He wanted to stop them by having them get tranked, but the attack from the Enhancer gob would probably draw more monsters over. He couldn''t deal with any other monsters now, it was best to grab the troll corpses and wolves to return to the dungeon! Vitiate would have to wait until he had stronger monsters or any creature that could fly to scout the area. The Enhancer Hob''s face and half its body was scorched by the last attack it preformed at point-blank. Many Goblins were wounded and couldn''t fight anymore, it was a good thing the trolls ran away, or else! The Kobolds and some Goblins carried the wounded Enhancer and helped the other wounded goblins back to the dungeon. Vitiate had sent quite a number of kobolds as reinforcements, so it was enough to carry the wolves and trolls back. "Thank goodness they didn''t run into any trouble on their way back!" Vitiate sigh deeply in relief. Vitiate immediately had the others give them medical attention. He had some healing potions, but they were common grade so it would take a bit longer for the effects to activate. The Warrior hob was easily able to have his hand reattached, but the hob Enhancer had to lay in bed like some other goblins to recover. If they did die, he could just replace them if it happened. With that, he had the 2 trolls absorbed into the dungeon soon after. [Ding! Your Dungeon has absorbed a Troll, you''ve gained: 7,000 Dp!] [Ding! Your Dungeon has absorbed a Troll Leader, you''ve gained: 8,500 Dp!] [Ding! You''ve received Nullifier Hammer (Replica)!] "Replica?" Vitiate shook his head "I thought so, it seems to be something that was made on a whim and not the real deal." He knew it was too good to be true, this item was a copy, a rip off of the real one! Vitiate sent the Ogre male and Orc male over to the wolves to force them into submission. The wind wolf was acting up, but it was locked down by some special chains. This Wind Wolf was too arrogant, Vitiate could understand what it was saying, so he knew. The Orges had already had a kid, it was a boy, it had Red skin with little horn coming out of its forehead. The Male and female took special care of it, they really were a par that was in love! Vitiate thought it was just some instincts at first to breed like those Eastern Orcs but it wasn''t! Eastern Orc would kidnap female from other races to breed them, it was pretty much **** at that point. They would keep them locked up to continue the process daily, it was endless hell for the female that was caught. The Eastern Orcs highly favorited Elves, Human, Demi-Human, and the fox race women the most. However, Western Orcs were much different. If they were to catch you, it would only be to eat you later. They didn''t care about things like lust and focused more on fighting and eating than anything else. To the Western Orc, they were nothing more than food, or something it had to kill! With that, the Ogre and Orc male went to the second floor and proceed to beat the Wind Wolf into submission. Vitiate had told the wolf to surrender or he''ll be beaten until he does, but it simply said ''go fuck yourself!'' This shocked Vitiate silent, he couldn''t believe a wolf could speak in such a vulgar tongue! It also had a feminine voice, was it a female or was that how it sounded? He didn''t bother with the other Brown Wolves, they would submit the minute the Wind Wolf did. After hours of being beat which was surprisingly funny to Vitiate, it surrendered. With its surrender, the rest of the Brown wolves conceded. [Ding! Eighteen New Monsters have joined your Dungeon!] [18 Wolves have been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 23,000 Dp with your recruitment of 18 Mid-tier Raced creatures!] [Ding! New things have been added to the Dungeon Store!] Vitiate originally had 45,550 after buying the orbs and the chains to hold the wolf in place. However, after absorbing the Trolls and recruiting the wolves, he now had 84,050 Dungeon Points! "Good! I need to keep getting more points to survive in this crazy forest!" He had been fortunate to make it this far, if he was raided by monsters then that would be troublesome. Vitiate looked at the beaten black and blue wolf, he couldn''t help but chuckle seeing this. "Let''s check my little wolf friend''s status." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Name: Wind Wolf Race Type: Wolf Gender: Female Title: Tribe Leader, Alpha Female Class: N/A Evolution Chain Level: 1 (Can Evolve) Vitality: 160 |Mana: 60 |Strength: 110 |Spd: 202 |Intelligence: 65 |Dexterity: 180 |Charm: 50 Innate Talent: Zone Perception Passive Abilities: Untaunting Growl| Rally| Leadership| Element:?????Wind Mastery: F Techniques: |Wind Blade: Lv:1| Wind Step: Lv:1| Wind Cutter Lv:1| Name: Brown Wolf Race Type: Wolf Gender: Male Title: N/A Class: N/A Evolution Chain Level: 0 (Can Evolve) Vitality: 70 |Mana: 10 |Strength: 55 |Spd: 110 |Intelligence: 30 |Dexterity: 90 |Charm: 20 Passive Abilities: Untaunting Growl| Innate Talent: N/A "Not bad, this wind wolf has some pretty good stats according to my Warrior Hob stats." Vitiate nodded in agreement to himself. The Wind Wolf was a bit angry but it''ll get over it in due time, he relocated them to the 3rd floor with the Orcs, Moon bears, and Ogres. The Wind Wolf would later evolve into something like a Hurricane Wolf in the future, it was no telling. Vitiate looked and saw that he had some new Monsters he could add to the dungeon. However, he believed it was time for him to get a body. It was about that time to do so, he needed to train and get used to it. It would cost a total of 65,000 Dungeon Points to complete the process. "But before getting my new body, it seems that my fortune is good. For the new creatures, I''ve gotten a new flying type creature called the Scout Crow." These Scout crows were only 50 Dungeon Points each and could scout the land without worrying about the crazy creatures roaming around. The sky was the best way to investigated the land around anywhere anyways. Vitiate bought 3 scout crows and set them loose to scout the area. The first place he wanted to check was the mountain he was under. Vitiate just watch through the projection from their eyes, they didn''t need any orbs like the others. The crows continued to fly upwards until they reached the top. Vitiate was stunned seeing the mountain, it was in fact, a Volcano sitting above him! Something caught his eye through the eyes of the crow. "Is that what I think it is, it looks like an egg but it could be a rock." What he spotted was something that was black and red with firey patterns on it. "It must be an egg, it can''t be anything else. But what type of creature is it to be sitting in volcano lava?" The egg was the size of a soccer ball, it coloration was so beautiful that if he was present, he''d grabbed it and make a run for it! Two crows circled around the egg while one watch from afar. Suddenly, the sky turned red for a second and both the crows were reduced to ashes! "What the hell!?" Vitiate was shocked! Not because the crows were turned into ash, but because of what he was seeing! He was looking through the 3rd crow''s eyes and could see what killed the crows in an instant. It was a Giant Bird with Red and Gold wings that looked majestic and recognizable to anyone that saw it. It had eyes that were glowing Red, every time it flapped its wings sparkling would fall from it! Red Aura swirled around the Bird as it flapped its wings hard again, it had spotted the 3rd Crow! The screen went black soon after. Vitiate already knew what it was, it was a mythical creature that was rare in any scenario! The Pheonix! 14 New Body & Element Ranks! Something this dangerous was on the mountain above him, this already spelled trouble. However, another thought ensued Vitiate, if he could somehow steal the egg and make it his, just how strong would his dungeon become? The Pheonix controlled its own territory, no monster dared to cause trouble for it. The Pheonix only flapped its wings and incinerated the crows like it was nothing. "Yeah, it''s a pipe dream, there is no way I can get that egg without suffering some serious losses." There was no other way, so he didn''t dwell on it and went on to his next objective. "Okay, let''s make and get a body for ourselves, this should be interesting." Vitiate brought up the interface and went straight to the body creation tab. He created a body and used the create his own race option, all of this would equal 65,000 Dungeon Points. Author Note: Lol! The last chapter I messed up the math but I fixed it afterward. [Ding! Please create your image, race name, Race alignment, and Innate talent!] "Oh, my goodness, this is overpowered!" Vitiate was overjoyed hearing what he could do! Vitiate thought for a moment, it would be better to have a human shape, but he could just transform into a monstrous form! This would help him blend in more when he went to check out some human footholds. Vitiate had thought about it several times before on how he would look. With that, he chose to look like Kayn from League of Legends. This time around, his eye pupils were both scarlet red so anyone would be able to tell he wasn''t human. However, there were methods to hide this from people so there were no worries with that. Vitiate couldn''t think of what his monstrous form would look like. He only had one slot for a monstrous transformation, right now. Vitiate could get more, but that would cost him more, but he got one for free. Since he couldn''t think of anything now, he decided to skip it until later. There was also an option on whether he wanted to make his race spreadable or infectable. For example, the human race wasn''t spreadable like Vampires who could turn others into them. Or werewolves who could also do the same. "How else could there be more of me, of course, I want this option on." It wouldn''t matter anyway, he was the true blood of his race, the king of his kind. None could go against him when they became one of him. The people he infected would become true bloods as well, but the people they turned would get weaker and more impure. However, you would still be very powerful, just not as strong as if you were turned by Vitiate himself. So, getting infected by him, the source would give you many more benefits. "Now, my race name, what will I call us?" This one was a hard one, but he planned to be a race of Dark and Light. So, good and evil but have a special talent in learning all elements, but mainly Dark and Light Elements. There were classes to the Element system. Water, Earth, Wind, Fire, and Wood elements were classified as the standard/common that most could learn. Becoming an Enhancer wasn''t easy, most didn''t have the talent to become one. Then there was the Super Element Class which consisted of Lightning, Ice, and Metal! These abilities could change the environment on a great scale if trained well. Ice with the ability to change the weather by making it hail or snow, this was the same for lightning. However, Metal was different, it was extremely hard, so if one could master this, then their defense would become outrageous. Then there was the Special Element Class which consisted of Dark, Light, Mind, and the Poison Element! Finally, there was the Ultimate Element Class. The elements for this class were Time, Space, Life, and the Death Element. There were places all around the world known as the City of Light. This city was run by organizations called the Order of Light and an Organization called the Vindicators. There was another called The Templars. These three Organizations had allot of influence in the world and had a post set up in every kingdom. They strictly prohibited the teaching of the Dark and Death Element and even the poison element in some cases, so anyone learning this would be put to death immediately. The 2 elements were the opposite of the Life and Light element. Author Note: Sorry for the rant, but I just wanted you guys to understand a few things. I will explain more in the future, so let''s get back to the body making. xD Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. After some hard thinking, he decided to name his race Apostles! An Apostle could be good or evil, it depended. Of course, he made his race naturally good at Dark, Light, Life, and the Death Element! This was natural for them to know right away. They wouldn''t know the Life and Death Element right away, though. For starters, they would know the Dark and Light element but would have to train to learn the other 2. For the Innate talent, it was random but it would be something good depending on the person. He set this to random, he didn''t want anyone having the same talent, how boring would that be? [Ding! Are you sure about these options? yes/no] "Yes! Let''s go!" With that, the body he made went up in a flash of yellow light, it floated in the air for about 3 minutes before coming back to the ground. [Ding! Body completed, would you like to start the assimilation now? yes/no] "Yes! Start the fusion!" As soon as he was done speaking, he was pulled by some strange force. Vitiate and the new body fused as he came slamming into the new body. Swoosh! The Body flashed with Black and White light for a brief moment. After about 10 minutes, Vitiate opened his eyes, he moved his limbs and stood up. [Congratulations, the assimilation is complete!] Vitiate checked by kicking and punching with his new body, how long has it been? It was ever since he came to this world. This made him think about his mom and dad, he also remembered his childhood friend. He recalled that his childhood friend scolded him for playing games all day instead of going to college right after high school. She would visit almost every day to cook for him since he couldn''t do anything like that. "Well, I can make a sandwich, that should count for something, right?" Vitiate laughed and joked to himself just thinking about it, he had said that to her which almost made her punch him. "Oh, Aria, it looks like I''ll never see you again." Vitiate sighed, he felt like he''d never see any of his friends and family members again, but what could he do? "Now, just how strong is this body, let''s check the stats of my new body!" Status: Name: Lord Vitiate (John Deer) Title: Dungeon Master, The First Born, Otherworlder Race: Apostle Race Type: Divine & Unholy Age: 19 Class: N/A |????Vitality: 120 |????Mana: 100 |???Strength: 100 |????Spd: 100 |????Intelligence: 140 |????Dexterity: 110 |????Charm: 100 Elements: ??Light Mastery: F| ????Dark Mastery: F|?Life Mastery: F|?? Death Mastery: F| Techniques: Night Shade: Lv:1| Flash: Lv:1| Infectionous Bite: Lv:10| Infectionous Claw: Lv:10| Healing Touch: Lv:2| Passive Abilities: Eternal Youth| Training Speed (x2)| All Speak| Innate Talent: Race Domination Dungeon Points: 18,900 Glory Points: 0 After reading about his new abilities, he frowned a bit. The NightShade would allow an individual to go invisible at night and boost your speed. The Flash Techniques was a light Element technique where the said individual would send out a blinding light. This ability was usually used to escape or to catch someone off guard for a sneak attack. "Great, I didn''t get a single offensive attack, besides these infectious abilities!" He wasn''t really that dissatisfied but he would be really happy if he had one Elemental attacking technique. Vitiate read up on the Infectious Abilities. The level represented the control over the ability, so he could choose if he wanted to infect someone or not. If it was at level 1 then they would get infected no matter how much he didn''t want it to happen. None of his race members would ever learn to the infectious Claw ability, it was exclusive to him. He didn''t want his race to spiral out of control in growth, so he also put a rule on this. Weaker members of his race would have to level the infectious ability up to 4 to infect anyone. This would require a serious amount of training to do. Lily watched the whole process in amazement, she was finally able to see her master''s true body. "Gasp! you''re so cool-looking master!" Lily landed on Vitiate''s head and said excitedly. "Really? Thank you!" Vitiate nodded with a smile. He also saw that he could purchase techniques from the shop. Eternal Youth was a passive ability of the Elves, but he didn''t know that. Some elves had more Passive abilities depending on the individual. Vitiate tried using his previous abilities as a dungeon master by teleporting anywhere in the Dungeon, he still had all his capabilities. "Good! Now, I''ll continue to do as I was always doing and that''s to build up this Dungeon." He finally had his own body, so he could now walk around like everyone else. However, he needed to eat, sleep, and goto the bathroom like them as well. Vitiate thought for a moment and decided to stay away from the top of the mountain. He wanted to send some crows out to scout the other areas. He seemed obsessed about knowing his surrounding, it was all he could think about. Vitiate recalled the new monsters that appeared on the shop, there were 2 others besides the Scout crows. The two other monsters were Skeletons and some Zombies! He was a little surprised to see that he had gotten something like this, but he was happy about it. "These kinds of monsters would need a spooky setting, I say, a graveyard or spooky and foggy forest!" Vitiate grinned, but he wanted to hold out on these monsters for now. He wanted these types of monsters to be between the 11 and 15th floor or maybe higher. "Well, let''s work on the 7th floor and see what I can get done." With that, he warped away. 15 Cave Findings! When he arrived on the 7th floor, there was nothing but the default cave system. Vitiate touched the walls with his hand and smiled a bit. With that, he began his work, he decided to turn this place into a mountain but with a huge forest around it. The Mountain was a Snow Mountain, it had a little bit of a snowy terrain in the forest but not much. Vitiate decided that he wanted Western Orcs and Maybe a powerful Bear on this floor, but Orcs will do for now. "Let''s see, I have 18,900 Dungeon Points. It shouldn''t be much of a problem if I buy some Western Orcs." Vitiate was currently standing in a forest surrounded by snow-covered trees. This part of the forest would have a minor snowfall every now and then. Sadly, he was now out of free terrain templates, but they didn''t cost much to buy. Vitiate bought 5 Western Orcs, this time he had 1 Male and 4 Females. Unlike the Eastern Orc Females, the Western Orc Females looked feminine. The Eastern Orcs Females looked like males, no one could tell the difference! Vitiate now had 11,400 Dungeon Points, he was out of terrain as well. Of course, he could use the free terrain he had over and over again, but who would do that? He could mix and match some of the terrain as he did with this mountain, he added a little bit of snow around to change it a bit. The Western Orcs spawned with tribal clothing on, it was completely different from the Eastern Orcs. They looked around, they then looked at Vitiate and bowed. He simply gave them the order to reproduce as usual, it was the best way to save Dungeon Points. These Dungeon floors were all pretty big, so they could fit a lot of monsters in them. People needed a person with a special ability to find the exit that led to the higher floors. However, there were devices to help anyone find the way out of dungeons and the way to other Dungeon floors. These devices were sold at a cheap price, so anyone could get their hands on one. These Orcs were already his favorite after seeing them up close. They were really like the world of warcraft Orcs! From the bio he was reading on them, they were really friendly with the Goblin race. Goblins were good at alchemy and could be taught and trained to be an alchemist. They often worked together with the Western Orcs or did trades with them. However, this was only for the organized Goblins in ancient times, there was nothing but primitive and stupid Goblins now! Vitiate dismissed the Orcs and told them to choose anywhere they would like to live. After they left, he sat under a tree for a bit. Vitiate thought about the Pheonix on the Volcano, it posed a serious threat but it had already marked its territory which was not in his range, so it was okay for now. What he needed now was for some scout crows to scout the land from the sky. "I should watch the video of the Pheonix, I want to look it over." Vitiate rubbed his chin and warped away to the Dungeon Core floor. Vitiate saw Lily sitting on a nearby rock, she looked bored but smiled when she saw him. He sighed, but then he thought of something. "Say, Lily, you wanted to have some fun, right? If you do, I can set something fun up for you." Vitiate said thoughtfully. "Gasp! Fun! Yes, Lily wants to have, where is the fun?" Lily''s little cheek turned red from joy as she shot off the rock. She landed on Vitiate''s shoulder and stared at him with anticipation. "Watch and learn, you''ll be amazed!" Just for his little fairy Dungeon Core, he bought a paradise Garden Terrain. This Terrain cost 500 Dungeon Points, so it wasn''t all that bad. Lily had other things she could do for the Dungeon other than just commanding monsters. She also had the ability to edit floors if she wanted to. She couldn''t summon floors or monsters, but controlling and editing floors was one of the other things she could do. Vitiate had Lily help him customize the floor, he created a large wide space on this floor and a huge waterway slide. In fact, he could see other monsters on the Dungeon System, they were just greyed out, so they couldn''t be purchased. Vitiate saw that he could even buy fairies in the future, fairies were very good at the natural elements, they could be her playmates later. For now, she would have to play by herself, he could and didn''t have the time for that. The place had nice tropical trees to it and all, this floor had been set to the 10th floor. Vitiate could move floors anywhere he wanted, he could switch the 4th and 1st floor''s position if he wanted to. This was a special floor for Lily, so once he got more floors, he would continue to move this floor to the last stage. Lily looked excited and began to play on the water slide and flower slides. Vitiate had added many flowers so he decided to add basic bees to produce honey. After he was done with that, he walked off to the Dungeon core which was on this floor. Vitiate sat back in his chair and watched the recording over again of the Pheonix. After watching it three times, he noticed something! "Wow, hold up! What was that? There was some strange cave on the mountain that I missed!" He noticed that when his crows were heading up the mountain, he saw a Cave from their Peripheral vision! This time, he summoned five Crows, he wanted to scout that cave and see what was in it. After 5 minutes of flying up the Volcano Mountain, the cave was spotted with ease because he knew of it. The crows flew through the cave, it was like any cave system. The cave was dark, but after flying for a bit longer, he saw red light from the crow''s eyes. Once the crows reached the light, what appeared was giant red crystals. According to the crows, it was warm and gave off heat within the cave. "Hmm, there doesn''t seem to be anything here other than these giant Red crystals." Vitiate seemed a little disappointed, but these weren''t just any crystal, they were fire crystals. However, he looked at another screen, he heard one of the crow''s voices. "What? Are those what I think they are?" Vitiate stood up in surprise. What one of his crows spotted was a nest, there were 3 white eggs with strange yellow designs on them. They were the size of normal eggs but slightly bigger. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. The crows were normal in size as the typical crow, so carrying them wasn''t going to happen. "If all of them worked together to carry one at a time, then it should be good." Vitiate commanded to crows to carefully carry these eggs out. Vitiate also ordered a few Goblins to wait below the mountain to get the eggs from the crows. He didn''t care how time-consuming it was, if he had to have them bring one down at a time, he would do it! They did just that, all five crows worked together to bring one egg down at a time. This took an hour to bring all three eggs down. They were handed to the Goblins and they set off to the second floor with them in hand. Vitiate just stationed the Scout Crows on the 1st floor, no traps would activate to hurt them so they were okay here. Vitiate warped to the second floor to personally retrieve the eggs. The Goblins were stunned to see the Dungeon master for the first time, they had never seen him before but they knew he was the Master. They all kneeled down after being stunned, but Vitiate just told them to stand, this wasn''t necessary. They handed him the eggs, and he analyzed them. They were showing up as red on his Dungeon Interface, so they were deemed as enemies to the Dungeon. After some time, he made the eggs submit, it was easy to do since they had no will of their own yet. "Good! They now belong to my Dungeon! I swear! If these are pigeon eggs I''m gonna go crazy!" Vitiate heartbeat almost stopped just thinking about that result. Since they were apart of his Dungeon, he could check their status now. Name: Griffin Egg Race Type: Bird Gender: ? Title: None Class: N/A Evolution Chain Level: 0 |????Vitality:? |????Mana:? |???Strength: ? |????Spd: ? |????Intelligence: ? |????Dexterity: ? |????Charm: ? Passive Abilities: ? Innate Talent: ? Author Note: Check the Status on Chapter 14, 11 and 7! They''ve all been adjusted and fixed up better. Lol! Yeah, I like to use emojis, it brings life to the status page if you ask me. xD That isn''t it, I also added a passive ability, that was something that I should have added long ago but forgot about it. Btw, you can only have one Innate talent. Passive abilities are what you can get multiple of. "OH, MY GOODNESS!" Vitiate was shocked! It was the Mythical creature, the Griffin! He recalled that the Griffin needed to be somewhere warm to be born, at least healthy that is. "This is dangerous, but I''m going to need some goblins to climb up the mountain." He needed to get some of those fire crystals. The Griffins would need to be placed next to fire crystals to speed up their birth and for them to be alive and healthy. Vitiate was excited, he could even ride on their backs if he wanted to. They could fly, but once he got his monstrous transformation, then he would be able to fly. Griffins were powerful and could control at least two to three elements! Vitiate gave the goblins the order, he called them over and gave them equipment. Two iron pickaxes each and a big sack to carry some crystals. The crystals weren''t hard to break, but they did have a lot of mana in them that he could use. With that, 10 Goblins set out, he wanted to get this over with fast. It would be bad if the mom showed up and started rampaging on his Goblin force. Just in case, he sent out 3 crows to watch the surroundings for them. "Everything is good so far, they will empower my dungeon a lot once they grow!" Vitiate could see from the Dungeon store that Griffins were greyed out, but they also cost a lot. "Now, to sit back and relax a bit, I just got this body, after all!" Vitiate pulled the 10th floor''s screen and saw Lily playing, she didn''t seem bored at all. "Good!" 16 The Coming...! Roland Kingdom. At this time, three knights on horses could be seen riding through the city in a quick and urgent manner. Everyone saw that they were knights and immediately gave way for them, they didn''t dare to offend these people as they were protectors of the country. They rushed to the castle at neck-breaking speed. The guards around the castle didn''t stop them and opened the gates upon their arrival. Once they were at the castle door, they got off their horses as some men came over to take their horses away. A man dressed in a black suit came out of castle. "The border knights, is there something wrong for you to be rushing here like that?" This man was a butler of the castle, he handled a few things around the castle, but he wasn''t that important. "Yes! We have an urgent message from the Order of Light and the Paladin Corp! This is a message straight from the City Of Light!" The butler face changed dramatically, who didn''t know these important Organizations and their influence? "This way please, the King just got done with a meeting so you''re right on time!" The Butler quickly led the Knights into the castle. The knights knew the magnitude of this message, it couldn''t be ignored! The Castle was armed to the tooth with guards in almost every corner, they were all highly trained soldiers. They were stopped by many guards to confirm what they wanted, they were really cautious people and didn''t take bullshit. After hearing what needed to be done and who was involved, they immediately let them through. Eventually, they came to the throne room, the King had already gotten word about them from some maid. The knights walked into the throne room with grave expression on their faces. The councilmen in the room grew silent and listened closely. "Speak, my hardworking border knights, what is the message that you bring that''s so grave?" The King said in a calm and smoothe voice. "Please be at ease when I say this, but...." The knight paused and continued "The Demon King has been born!" The room immediately went into an uproar hearing this, everyone was shocked, the Demon King has spawned!? "Order! Order in the presence of the King!" It was a Knight wearing Golden armor that stood behind the king, he spoke loudly to calm the situation. The man was exuding pressure from his voice and body, this man was really powerful! Everyone quieted down and the King spoke up. "Tell me, is there more to it, there must be for the Order of Light and the Paladins to send you this message." The King stared at the three, he was seeking an answer. The three Knights Gulped "Yes, they have confirmed that there are in fact 4 Demon Kings on the rise!" Everyone''s faces turned ugly, there was usually just 1, why was there 4 all of a sudden!? "This..." The King was stunned, there was nowhere in history where 4 would make an appearance! "This isn''t it, there''s more!" The knight''s forehead began to sweat, it was even sending him chills just saying it. The King sucked in a mouth full of cold air and said: "Speak, there is no need to hold back, the more we know the better we can prepare for the worse!" The King sighed, but he thought, what could be worse than Demon Kings being born, and four at that! "The abyssal brink has opened up, this could mean only one thing!" The knight took a deep breath, but everyone''s face in the room was getting darker and darker. "The Devil Race has also made an appearance!" One of the councilmen fainted on the spot, it was too much for his mind to handle! The Devil Race was much worse than the Demon Race, they actually drew their power from despair, grief, and Hate of any race. They also loved to eat humans, Elves or any race they could get their hands on. "This is a disaster, how are any of us going to deal with this situation!? The Hero of the Human race can''t handle this alone!" The King attitude had completely changed, he was truly worried now. "The hero Runa and his party can''t handle it alone, they''ve hired several S-rank Adventures to keep an eye on the Dark Isle for the time being." One of the knights spoke like there was hope. "Don''t talk crazy, we''ll need more than S-rank adventurers, they may be strong but it isn''t enough, it''s never enough! These are Devils and Demons, what if they started to work together!?" King Roland especially hated the Incubus, it the male version of and succubus. These were abyssal Fiends Monster that preyed on Women while the Succubus preyed on men. His wife had become victim of this creature, after having intercourse with her, it sucked her dry, she even died saying its name! The King almost died from anger on that day! If a succubus or incubus is spotted anywhere in his Kingdom or around it, it must be put to death without exception! "You speak like there is hope, then what could be the big hope you think will give us salvation. We may win the fight with the help of the guardians of Light, but we''ll still suffer extreme losses!" The man in the Golden armor finally spoke. Author Note: Guardians of Light refers to the organizations that fight for the light, like most I''ve named in this chapter and the previous ones. Remember this, it will be used quite a bit. :D "Ah, yes, Grandmaster Baron, there is hope!" The knight finally smiled for the first time being in the king''s presence. "Oh, and what is that, it better be good, or else!" Baron''s face turned cold, this wasn''t a joking matter! The 3 knights instinctively shivered and spoke up. "The guardians of Light have gathered in the city of light! They plan to summon heroes from another world, they''re doing it as we speak!" Everyone''s eye lit up hearing this, who didn''t know how powerful heroes were from another world, they were cheat like characters with strength that didn''t make sense! "This, this is....Amazing!" The King felt a great wave of relief wash over him, everyone knew how powerful those type of heroes were. "You three idiot, why didn''t you tell that first!?" Baron glared at the 3 with visible anger. "W-we wanted to tell you the bad news first then cheer you up with good news!" One of the knights hurriedly and spoke before things got bad. "Good, Good, this makes sense! This causes for a celebration, we''ll be throwing a banquet tomorrow at noon! Invite the Dukes of the land and the other nobles!" King Roland was feeling happy now, it was nothing but extreme relief! Many servants ran off to set up the invitations. ........ City Of Light At this time, many powerful Guardians of the Light were gathering at the Temple of Light! There were many people walking in with Golden and pure white Armor, Robes, and Hoodie Robes, while some had masks on their faces that looked sort of like the Jedi temple guardian mask, at least the coloration. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Three things were for sure, first, their bodies gave off Golden light from time to time, while some even had white light coming from their bodies. Second, was that their main color seemed to be Gold and White, and lastly, they were clearly very powerful at that! Everyone entered a big hall, it was filling with people from different types of Guardian of Light Affiliations/Organizations. At this point, there were about 1,000 to 2,000 people present in this great hall! At that moment, a man with hair as white snow walked out, he was an old man with a long beard and a few wrinkles on his face. "Most of you if not all of you know who I am, but I''ll say who I am anyway." The old man looked around and scanned the great crowd. "My Name Lucas Winchester, and I''ll be the one to give you a brief explanation of what is going on now! It quite simple, the natural order of things are about to turn upside down! The Demon King or should I say, Kings, have been born!" With those words, everyone went into an uproar, this wasn''t acceptable! "We must purge these evil creatures and banish them back from which they came!" A man in white armor roared from the crowd, everyone couldn''t agree more with him. "I''ll save them, I''ll grant them salvation with my sword, it works every time!" A Paladin''s eyes flashed with golden light as he grinned coldly. "Everyone, settle down!" A man with a white and gold mask on his face yelled to calm the crowd. Everyone slowly calmed down, there were many important figures in the high seats of this room watching quietly, they already knew what was going on. "With our strength, I am confident we can win to some degree, but we''ll suffer very heavy and great losses." The man paused and looked around, everyone remained quiet. "This is why we''ll be summoning heroes from another world to aid us in battle!" Everyone was shocked silent, but after a moment, they went into an even louder frenzy! This was too amazing, everyone knew how strong heroes from another world was! "Saint Lucas, when does the Temple of Light plan to summon these heroes?" A loud and powerful voice came over, it was really loud but you could tell he used his ability to amp the sound of his voice. Everyone suddenly quieted down and listened closely to Saint Lucas''s answer. "We plan to summon them in an hour at the alter, we''ll summon 10 powerful heroes!" Everyone smiled and started gossiping with each other joyously. "I hope one of the heroes is beauty, I''ll have up my game, haha!" "Oh, who would want to talk to a middle-age baffoon like you?" A holy knight woman scorned in contempt. Saint Lucas only smiled, this was to save humanity! 17 Heroes Summoning! The Saint explained more about the situation and the Devil race making an appearance. Everyone finally knew the graveness of this situation, this wasn''t anything good. The Dark races were more active these days because of it. Creature like Vampires and Succubuses were on the prowl in their hunting methods. Villages were the easiest targets, they didn''t have much defense and the creatures could take a human appearance like most high up in rank races. After Saint Lucas was done telling them about what was going on in greater detail, he left the stage. After he left the stage, a woman walked up, she had red eyes and red firey hair. She was tall and slim with long hair and sharp eyebrows. "Time has already passed during Lucas'' speech, and him answering all of your questions." She scanned the room full of people and continued. "The Hero Summoning will begin in 10 minutes, but not all of you can be present to see the summoning, sadly. However, you''ll get to see the heroes, each hero will be taken by a certain faction to further their training." There were going to be 10 heroes and only certain factions had the rights to take a hero with them. Many warriors of the light were dissatisfied with this, who didn''t want a hero in their faction. The kingdom of Roland was the last to find out about this situation since the king was so paranoid about a succubus and incubus kind, he never allowed anyone in so easily. However, the 2nd Prince of the Rox Kingdom was present with his bodyguards. This was the same for the Romulus Kingdom, but they had a Prince and Princess present for this. "Now! The 3 priests will call the faction leaders and representatives to the Altar Chambers." The red-haired woman spoke and pointed elsewhere. Suddenly, a huge door in the room opened and 3 old men dressed in pure white robes and robed hoodies came out with staffs in their hands. "Ms. Melanie, you''re the first to be called, so you can go on ahead." One of the robed oldmen signaled the woman on the stage, her name was Melanie. Malanie smiled and got off the stage, she bowed light as the Oldman nodded gently. Afterward, the men began to call different representatives and Faction leaders affiliated with the light. Much to everyone''s surprise, the Kingdom prince'' and princesses were called! They called the Roland Kingdom''s name, but he got the message too late, they may send a hero over there, or not! With that, the doors were shut as the whole room went silent. "Damn, my faction doesn''t get an opportunity to choose a hero, how sad!" One man in white and blue armor sighed. "Well, if your merit was high enough then you could have chosen! What is there to be surprised about Marko?" "Rick, you can fuck off! You do nothing for your faction, yet you can talk trash!" Marko''s facial expression turned dark. "Haha, says the one who won''t receive a hero!" Rick didn''t care, he was decently strong himself and wasn''t afraid of Marko. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Suddenly, a spear made out of light formed in Marko''s hand, he was ready to fight! "Wow, wow, hold it right there! Have you forgotten where we are!?" A man in white armor and cape hanging off it yelled out seeing this disrespectful action. This was a sacred place and he dared to pull out a weapon to fight! "Ah! Sorry!" Marko quickly put his weapon away. Rick smiled mockingly toward Marko, but all he could do was look away in anger. Many people shook their heads, Rick was known for his trash-talking so they could relate to Marko. .... Inside the summoning chamber, many figures gathered around the altar. "Prince Louis isn''t here, it''s too bad he''ll miss out on such a great event." The prince the Rox Kingdom smiled knowing he could see a hero summoning. "Well, it''s his loss, but I heard he got the message pretty late." The of Romulus Kingdom prince shrugged, it didn''t matter to him. "Haha, his father had gone paranoid from having his wife scooped up and killed!" Prince Lars couldn''t help but laugh, his Kingdom had no problems with monsters like these. "You shouldn''t laugh, if Louis was here, he''d probably attack you on the spot for making that comment!" The princess of Romulus Scorned seeing this man''s disgusting personality. Lars licked his lips and looked the Princess up and down. "How about you become my wife and we can get to know each other a bit more in bed, hehe!" Lars'' eyes landed on the princess''s thighs, they looked so soft that he wanted to bury his head in them! Before the princess could explode, a voice came over. "Keep your vulgar words to yourself or I''ll rip your mouth off!" A woman walked over, she had red hair, yes, this was Melanie. She glared coldly at Lars, if glares could kill, it was no telling how many pieces he would have been blown into. "A joke, relax, it isn''t anything serious." Lars smiled bitterly and got up to move to a different part of the room. He had heard about this crazy woman before, she would beat the hell out of men and even kill them for the slightest bit of disrespect. "Haha! Runaway!" The princess jeered at Lars but he didn''t look back at her, his face was already sweating pretty bad in the face of that crazy woman, he was warned by his father many times. "Little girl, I was surprised to see you come out of the castle for this event!" Melanie smiled and took a seat next to the princess. "Yeah, my dad and mom are too overprotective, so I couldn''t go to many places, but now, hehe, I can go!" Usually, the Kings were the head of the Kingdom, but that was different for Romulus Kingdom, it was ruled by the Queen! The Continent only had 3 Giant Kingdoms in it, Roland, Romulus, and Rox. There were other continents with usually the same number of kingdoms. "My little Senna is growing up so fast, you''ll surely be a beauty when you get older. Make sure to join the Palace of Light, I''ll be sure to teach you many things!" Melanie smiled and said. "I will do so!" Senna nodded like a chicken pecking grain. Before they could say more, a man in white robes, that were so long they dragged on the ground came out. "Gasp! Grand Priest Neo!" Everyone gasped in shock, this man never made an appearance in public and many rarely saw him so close. Two other men followed behind him, they were giving off powerful pressure that stunned everyone. They were both carrying a box each that were both embedded with many glamorous jewels. Once they were close to the altar, they sat the box on the table next to the altar and took several steps back. The Grand Priest Neo took a step forward and spoke. "Some of you are only here to witness, while some of you are here to witness and get a hero to train and guard your borders." Neo''s hands were tied behind his back as he explained, then he suddenly reached out for one of the boxes. Neo pulled out a key and proceeded to open both boxes. Once he opened the box, a radiate light washed over the room, it was a rainbow light that left many in awe. Neo pulled out 5 strange stones from each box and slowly place them on the table. These were special stones that could be used every 1,000 years to summon a hero to the world. One stone could summon one, but 10 could summon, well, ten! The Heroes in question that were being summoned would come from different worlds. There wasn''t just this world, there were several worlds like the one John came from. They could never come from the same world, which the Order Of Light liked most about this. The light had died down at this point but the stones were still glowing with rainbow light. Neo slowly sat the stones on the altar one at a time before backing away. There were special pillar around to help conduct this summoning. Neo looked over at one of the men off to the side and gave him a nod. The man in white pulled a lever and the altar began to glow up! The altar exuded Electricity, Fire, water, ice, Mind, Light, Life, Wood, Earth, Wind, Space, Time, and Metal Fluctuations! Everyone was lost in amazement, no one has ever seen the summoning before, its been so long since anyone had to do this. Neo himself was a bit surprised, but it didn''t show on his face. The stones floated in the air as they slowly lost their color, they began to slowly turn into stone as they floated back into the box they originated from. Neo''s eye flashed green, which indicated that he was using the Mind Ability to control the stones. At that moment, ten figures could be seen in the rainbow light which represented all the elements! The light died down slowly to reveal the 10 summoned Heroes from different worlds! 18 Hero Awakening! I''m walking home from college, my name is Aria but these days have been quite depressing. My Childhood friend had gone missing about three months ago. I knocked on his door and he never answered, I thought he was trying to ignore me because of our little argument. However, he never really showed signs of getting mad, ever! So, this didn''t make sense at all, I just left it at that and came back the next day, but still, no answer. I asked the old man at the front desk, but he said he hadn''t seen him at all. I called his parent but they said they hadn''t heard from him. John''s parents had been calling him to, but they never received an answer. The police got involved soon after to report a missing person and questioned me and the old man at the front desk. I told them I only saw him $(% days ago, and that we had a little argument. It about him not starting school right away and playing games all day. The police became somewhat suspicious and started to question me more, I only gave the same answer but they kept looking at me like I was guilty of something. I unlock the door to my house, well, I live with my parents as of now. I ask my mom and dad if the police found out anything, but she silently shook her head helplessly. Even though I felt he was lazy sometimes, he was still my closest friend. If I could be with him, things would be so much better but he isn''t around anymore. I head to my room upstairs to relax my nerves. I still have many photos of us when we were 4, oh, those good days! Some evil scum bag must have kidnapped him, he was quite the trash-talker in video games. Maybe someone found out where he lived and kidnapped him in anger, he might be getting tortured as I speak. Damnit, this is making me mad just thinking about it! If I had the power to destroy evil, I would surely go with it! If I could find my childhood friend, then it all wouldn''t matter, I''d just go with him! Damn! I slammed my fist on the nearby desk in anger, but this isn''t affecting anyone but me and my desk I paid for! All I can do is finish the essay that was assigned to me and that is it. I can''t do anything more, but suddenly, my room starts to glow in a rainbow light until it was fully engulfed in it! I''m currently shocked and I yelled out for help, but no one responded, this is so weird, what is going on? I looked into the distance and could see nine other silhouettes, I call out to them but they don''t respond! Suddenly, the light got brighter then it died down in an instant. I''m currently standing, but I''m next to nine other people. I looked around and could see people dressed in strange clothes that are all white. Some even had nice armor on, are they cosplaying or something? Everyone who was standing on the same platform as me looked around in confusion. Some of them were dressed in strange clothes as well. From primitive clothes to high tech clothes you''d see in the movies. ... Altar Room. With the appearance of the heroes, the room grew quiet. Most of the factions that had the right to pick a hero was analyzing them. There were five females and five males heroes summoned each, with the grand total of 10. "Hello! I welcome you guys from different worlds! My name Neo and you''ve been summoned by us to save the world. I know this is a lot to take in, but you guys are quite special, we''ve summoned you guys here to aid us against the Demon Kings that are on the rise!" Neo was finally done with his speech. All the summoned heroes were dumbfounded, say what now!? They were summoned to a different world? "Wait, wait, are you saying my bedroom glowing up in strange light was because I was being summoned to a different world?" A teenager around the age of 16 to 17 with blonde hair and blue eyes asked. "This is most likely the case, we''ve summoned you for this reason. Once the Demon Kings and the Devil Race have been defeated, we''ll send you home will many rewards." Neo said with a cheerful smile. "No way! Fantaisies like this actually exist? Say, do elves or Demi-humans exist in this world?" Some nerdy glasses man suddenly spoke up, his face looked quite perverted. Neo eyebrows twitched and nodded. "Oh, my god!!!" The nerdy man had tears coming out of his eyes, he wanted the dream harem of elves and demi-humans! All of the hero women looked at him in disgust, they knew what he was imagining. The man didn''t seem to care, he just wanted his elf and demi-human fantasy to come forth. "Is there any proof of this? Can you show us something that can convince us?" Suddenly, a black man walked forward and questioned. "Yes, we can show you guys, come over here and touch this orb and it''ll awaken your powers." Neo wasn''t worried about them, the heroes still needed to be trained and weren''t that strong yet despite their coming awakening. Just when the black guy was about to walk forward, the Blonde man who appeared to be European, insisted on going first. He didn''t seem to mind and let the guy go ahead of him. The man nodded with thanks and touched the orb. Suddenly, the orb flashed with several different colors, this indicated the elements they were learning and the awakening of their power. The blonde man suddenly felt stronger, he could feel it right away, he was shocked! "Hehe, you feel it, huh? You should be able to view your status by saying status." Neo smiled and said. The summoned heroes were surprised now, a status, it was like a real fantasy! This made the nerd man so happy, that he was on the verge of fainting from joy. He was an absolute fan of fantasies like these. The Blonde said status lightly and his status was revealed to him. Name: Jack Frost Title: OtherWorlder, Noble, Hero, Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Age: 17 Class: Hero |????Vitality: 80 |????Mana: 100 |???Strength: 85 |????Spd: 110 |????Intelligence: 100 |????Dexterity: 90 |????Charm: 130 Elements:??Ice Mastery: E|????Fire Mastery: E|????Mind Mastery: E|??Light Mastery: E| Techniques: Ice Wall: Lv:1| Ice Coffin: Lv:1| FireBolt: Lv:2| Barrier: Lv:2| Flash: Lv:1| Fencing: Lv:4 Passive Abilities: Sleight Of Hand, Footwork, Eagle Eye Innate Talent: Hyper Focus "Holy fu..." Jack stopped himself from cursing, he was a nobleman in his world and had to act modestly. But he was amazed looking at his stats, he fenced a lot back at home and found it to be Level four, was this high? Jack walked back, he was still in deep thought about his status. Jack did look at the black man and nodded for him to go forth. The Black man shrugged and went up to do the same thing as Jack. He also felt a great change in his strength, his power was also awakened! "Status!" He said bluntly Name: Bryce Williams Title: OtherWorlder, Fighter, Hero, Age: 20 Class: Hero |????Vitality: 120 |????Mana: 95 |???Strength: 130 |????Spd: 85 |????Intelligence: 100 |????Dexterity: 70 |????Charm: 105 Elements:????Earth Mastery: E|??Metal Mastery: E|?Lightning Mastery: E|????Water Mastery: E| Techniques: Earth Wave: Lv:1| Lightning Bolt: Lv:1|Steel Wall: Lv: 2| Water Wave: Lv:1| Pugilist: Lv:4| Berserk: Lv:1| Passive Abilities: Stamina Boost, Sleight Of Hand, Footwork Innate Talent: Eye Of Foresight "Hmm, not bad, I guess!" Bryce wasn''t sure if this was good or not, but he went with it. The rest of the heroes all took their turns. Everyone in the stance watched closely, but some had already made a decision on who they wanted to pick. The Orb also represented what element that they had awakened, so this is what they were paying attention to the most. There were now two more heroes left to try, it was the nerd man and Aria who was just silently watching. "Hehe, since you aren''t going, then I''ll head up first!" The nerdy man was about 20 years of age. The orb glowed up with 4 different colors. They always awakened 4 elements from the start and had to be taught the others. Some elements couldn''t be taught, some people couldn''t learn certain elements. Certain elements couldn''t be taught, for example, Ultimate Elements! The Nerdy man''s name was Jason Mccoy, he walked back to the platform with a wide smile on his face. "And last but certainly not least, you young lady." Neo looked toward Aria, who was the last Hero. Aria nodded and walked over to the Orb and slowly touched it. The Orb flashed with 5 brilliant colors, which shocked everyone, it was 5 Elements! But there was also something else that shocked everyone. Two rare colors had made an appearance, it was extremely hard to learn these elements or to be taught them! Neo himself was visibly shocked, what kind of hero was she? Aria didn''t notice anything because her head was turned towards the orb, but she felt the power running through her body. After the Orb stopped flashing, she whispered the word status. Name: Aria L. Star Title: The Chosen One, OtherWorlder, The Ultimate Hero Race: Human Age: 19 Class: Hero |????Vitality: 100 |????Mana: 250 |???Strength: 80 |????Spd: 120 |????Intelligence: 150 |????Dexterity: 100 |????Charm: 140 Elements: ??Light Mastery: E|?Life Mastery: E|????Space Mastery: E|??Ice Mastery: E|????Fire Mastery: E| Techniques: Teleport: Lv: 2| Ice Blast: Lv:2| FireBall: Lv:1| Heat Wave: Lv:1| Heal Pulse: Lv:2| Light Shield: Lv:3| Eye Of Appraisal: Lv:3| Mana Regeneration: Lv:2| Health Regeneration: Lv:1| Passive Abilities: Indominiable Will| Limit Breaker Innate Talent: Accelerator "Hmm, is this good?" Aria touched her chin, she had picked up this habit after seeing John do it so much. Aria turned around and looked toward everyone, however, their faces looked strange. Some were shocked, some were happy, while some had the look of greed in their eyes! Aria put her head down and looked away, those stares were just too weird! Neo was silent, he was still a bit stunned, he looked at the crowd and raised his hand. "The ceremony is now over, you young heroes will be send off to other places to train. These people here will choose one amongst you to join them!" Neo paused and looked at the heroes and continued. "Don''t worry, you''ll get the full support of each faction or nation you''re sent to no matter what!" Neo assured that they''ll be supported with every action they took or anything they needed. The Heroes looked reluctant at first but nodded soon after. They just wanted this over with, so they could return home. This wasn''t the same for Jason, he wanted to stay here and never leave! "Good, it''s nice to have you guys on board!" Neo nodded and smiled towards the heroes and looked towards the spectators. "The first pick this time around will the Palace of Light for their high Merit!" As soon as Neo said that, everyone in the room frowned deeply. Melanie stood up quickly and smiled, she didn''t need to think about it and pointed straight to Aria. "You, you will be learning from the Palace Of Light from now on!" Aria looked behind her and pointed to herself and said ''me.'' "Yep! You!" Melaine quickly appeared next to Aria and grabbed her shoulder, this move easily started Aria. "Hey, hey, hold it right there, just one minute!" An angry voice came from the spectator''s seating area, it was clearly a dissatisfied one at that! 19 Solo Exploration! Hearing the grudge filled voice, every turned to the voice''s location. A man stood up with a white suit, he had gray hair with the typical donut hair cut. The man was glaring daggers at Melanie, he clearly wanted Aria for himself! "Felix, there is no need for discussion, the Palace Of Light will get first pick. The Vindicators are second so you''re not suffering any losses, technically." Neo didn''t want to hear it, this guy was a representative, he had a reputation of complaining a lot when something didn''t go his way. "Please, just a second, my Lord. I have a proposal to make, it''s a challenge to see who gets first pick." Felix slyly looked at Melanie who expression remained indifferent. "Oh?" Neo thought for a moment then shook his head. "This isn''t my decision to make, this is the representative of the Palace Of Light''s choice to make." Even though Neo never showed himself in public, he knew about the rivalry between the Vindicators and the Palace Of light. Felix turned towards Melanie with a cold smirk. "Hmph! What do you say, do you want to battle me, it isn''t a physical battle but a Battle of Wills!" In simple words, it was a battle with their minds, the Mind Element! "Hahaha! Look at you, you''re such a petty, sad, and a spoiled man!" Melanie laughed in contempt, she had tears in her eyes from the sight of Felix! Many people wanted to laugh, but didn''t, they just watched with anticipation. Others didn''t mind as the heroes will serve the same purpose in the end. Unless they wanted to exploit the strength of a hero for their own selfish purposes! "You damn bitch, are you going to battle or what!?" Felix lost his temper, he really wish to attack this stuck up woman, but he couldn''t do that in the presence of such powerful and high figures. "Language, Felix! We don''t speak like that in this place and surely in a sacred place like this!" A Temple Guardian watching from the side immediately spoke out against Felix''s foul language. "Ah, sorry, it''s just that she called me petty and I overreacted a bit." Felix scratched his head and apologized. "The Palace Of Light has the most merit, and with you not being able to accept that, it seems pretty petty." The Guardian shrugged and every else in the room couldn''t agree more. "Damn it! Forget it then!" "Who said I didn''t want to battle you?" Just when Felix was about to sit, Melanie spoke out, how could she let him go just like that? "Oh? So, you want to do battle? Haha, you''ll regret no turning away when you had a way out!" Felix stepped forward with a grin on his face, he wanted to humiliate the Palace Of Light so much, and it was the perfect time for it! Melanie didn''t reply and stepped forward as well, she was still smiling, but not smiling at the same time. Suddenly, green Aura formed around both their bodies. Their Mind Elemental Forces clashed with one another. The guardians had already form a light barrier around the two to prevent any powerful mind attacks hitting anyone. It would be wise to not get hit with this PsyForce, it could destroy someone''s mind with a glimpse if strong enough! Everyone watched in amazement, this was especially so for the new heroes, this power was what they could gain! Jack knew better, he had the Mind Element and grew excited seeing how strong it was. Just from the forces, it looked like Felix was winning. Senna frowned when she saw this, she didn''t like Felix, he was too arrogant like most Vindicators. However, at that moment, Felix''s Mind force was destroyed under Melanie''s attack all of sudden! "Ugh!" Felix experienced a terrible shockwave to his mind, giving him a terrible headache! With that, he was blown away by the mind force as he slammed into the barrier that was set by the Temple Guardians. "Impossible! Councilman Felix''s Mind Force has reached the Mastery Level of C, how is that possible!?" One of the men that came with Felix couldn''t believe it, mastery was everything! "It''s simple! If you feel the force she''s giving off, you can tell that her Mastery Level has reached B-Grade!" Neo had sensed it long ago and could tell she had advanced to the next stage with her Mind Element. "B-B-Grade!" Everyone was surprised, B-Grade was extremely hard to achieve, but she had done it. For example, if your abilities were all the same level, they would cancel each other out. However, if the Mastery of a person was higher, but they had the same Level technique/ abilities, the higher Mastery Grade would triumph against the lower. The man walked over to help Felix up, but Felix pulled away holding his head, he was angry. Felix glared with hate at Melanie, but she only smiled mockingly toward him. "Well, it has been settled, you can take the hero you picked and have a seat." Neo shook his head, the Vindicator surely lost face today, that''s for sure. Many factions sighed, the Palace Of Light was getting stronger and stronger, what a pain! Afterward, Felix chose Jack as his hero, Jack had no problem with it and went over to his side. After 30 minutes, certain factions were finally done picking their hero. Neo gave a quick speech before having everyone dismissed out of the Altar Room. "Hmm, Keep a close eye on the Palace Of Light, their strength seemed to be growing even more," Neo said thoughtfully. "Yes, sir, we have a couple of spies in there that have been keeping watch. Sadly, none of them knew of Melanie''s breakthrough!" The hooded man hurriedly and said. "Understandable, but mainly have them keep an eye on that hero Melanie took, she doesn''t seem simple at all! We have to keep all of the heroes under our control, we can''t let one go!" Neo wasn''t talking so softly anymore, it was like he had completely changed. "Yes, Yes, most certainly, sir!" The hooded man bowed. "But what about when this is all over with Demons and Devils, will we send them home, afterward?" The hooded man asked curiously. "Home? This is a one-way trip, there is no returning home after they''ve come here! We''ll use them for our greater purpose in due time, we''ll pamper them for now, but later!" Neo smiled sinisterly, this gave the hooded man a cold chill which left him silent. Neo looked at the hooded man. "Make sure the spies report everything the heroes learn and do, we have to keep a track record for later." Neo said nothing more and walked away, it was no telling what he was planning or thinking. The heroes could used, in fact, they had been used in the past for many purposes unknown. "Yes, I''ll give them the message immediately!" The hooded man quickly left soon after to report. .... Heaven''s Gate Dungeon. "Nice! not bad, you little fellows have worked hard, too bad two of your buddies died!" Vitiate shook his head. Two Goblins fell to their death trying to get these Fire Crystals, but what could he do? The Goblins brought back a great amount of Fire Crystals, these crystals were good for birthing bird and reptile-like creatures/monsters. Vitiate gave the 8 Goblins nice armor and good weapons, it didn''t take much to really please these little guys. Vitiate warped back to the 10th floor where he placed the eggs at, he sat the crystals next to the Griffin eggs as planned. This place was a paradise Garden for Lily, she was still playing in the garden area. "Good! The little goblins told me it was night outside right now, I want to explore a bit by myself." This was dangerous, but Vitiate had many escape abilities if he ran into trouble. He also had the Techniques called Nightshade, which made him invisible at night. This also suppressed his presence to some degree, so it wouldn''t be so easy to spot him. Vitiate warped to the Dungeon entrance and exit and walked out. He quickly activated Nightshade and ran off into the forest. The Spider attack in the past was never explained, he just thought it was a random attack, so he didn''t mind it. Vitiate climb the tree and started jumping from tree to tree silently. His dexterity stat was pretty decent, so he could to this. Author note: Dexterity is Agility, pretty much. :D Vitiate passed many monsters while jumping from tree to tree, he had spotted 5 minotaurs, 3 Lizardmen, and some primitive goblins so far. After about 15 more minutes, he spotted a group of humans that looked exhausted. "What in the world, there are still idiots that dare to come to this forest!" Vitiate Paused and spied on the Human group. Two were carrying swords and one carried a spear, while the other was clearly a doctor since he was treating another man. There were a total of 7 of them, 2 swordsmen, 1 spearman, 1 doctor, 2 Bowmen, and someone that was carrying a map in his hand, he must be an explorer of some sort. The man put the map back into his bag after looking at it for a brief moment. Vitiate eyes turned sharp, a map? This was something he needed most right now, so he just decided to listen in on their conversation. "Fuck! We ended up getting split from the other group!" One of the swordsman said, he had a large brown beard with sharp eyes. "They had the slaves we were going to sell to the nobleman in Goa Village! If they die, we''ll lose a lot of money and all will be for nothing!" One of the bowmen wasn''t thrilled at the thought of losing money, but who would? "That damn monster just attacked us out of nowhere, its scorpion-like tail impaled our other warriors to death. The creature is clearly a poisonous type, they died so fast from the poison, how can we fight something that fast and dangerous!?" The Explorer was angry, but this was within everyone''s expectation. They were the ones who decided to cross the Red Sea and come to this Big Island! "The elves killed a nobleman and his crew about a month or so ago for kidnapping their kind! The Elf Kingdom is on this island, and they often scout this forest so if they see us, we''re done for!" "Wait a minute, is it me, or does it feel like we''re being watch?" The Bowmen stood up and readied his bow after hearing the bearded swordsman. "Have I been discovered, but that''s impossible for them!" Vitiate was a bit surprised, but didn''t move an inch. "Come out and stop hiding!" The swordsmen all readied their swords and looked around cautiously. Vitiate frowned, it looked like he was found out, but just when he thought that, a monster jumped out of the forest and roared! It quickly shot fire from its mouth, everyone was stunned and quickly evacuated the area! Sadly, the wounded Bowman wasn''t so fortunate, he was torched to death by the fire! Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "Ahhh!" He screamed, but it was nothin anyone could do! Vitiate was surprised and looked towards the monster that jumped out. It had a Scorpion tail, with bat-like wings on its back. The creature had the body and head of a lion, it was clear what it was! "Manticore!" Vitiate instinctively said. There were two types of Manticores, there was one that had the typical lion face and head. Then there was the Manticore that had a face similar to a human. It was smarter and would make evil facial expressions, grins, and laughs like humans. This type of Manticore actually got off on seeing people''s miserable and fear-stricken expressions before it killed them, as it would usually laughed while doing so! "Interesting, let''s watch and see what happens!" Vitiate just spectated, maybe he could take them all down at once. 20 Island Map! The 4 able fighters got into their fighting positions, there was no way they could run from this thing. They could only stand their ground and fight until they killed it or it fled, or maybe when they all... died! "Ahhh!" The Manticore copied the scream of the man it burned to death just recently as its face twisted into a strange smile. "Now, that''s creepy!" Vitiate was stunned hearing the Manticore copy the dead man scream. Yes, this was the Manticore with the face similar to a human. "Fucking Monster!" The spearman shivered hearing the screams that the Manticore mimicked, it was especially because its face looked so identical to a human, it was too creepy! "Hehehe!" The Manticore laughed and shot another Flamethrower at the group of men, they quickly moved away. The bowman fired an arrow at the Manticore as he strafed to the side, once he shot an arrow he quickly drew another from his quiver. The Manticore simply blocked the arrow with its wing, then it lunged at the bowman, it would rather not get hit from any ranged attacks. The Manticore knew who it had to take out first and that was the ranged annoyances. "Damn it!" The bowman cursed, he became the first target of the Manticore! Suddenly, the 2 swordsman ran over to blocked the Manticore with their swords! Shing! Their swords clashed against the Manticore''s two horns on its head! "Richard, come stab it, hurry!" The spearman''s name was apparently Richard. Richard quickly ran over with his spear, ready to impale the Manticore. However, just when he wanted to, the Manticore flung its thick scorpion tail. Richard tried to block the Manticore''s tail and he did, but the tail had too much force behind it. With a ding metal sound, he was sent flying like a kite with no strings attached somewhere into the forest. "Richard!" They were surprised, they knew Richard was a big and fit guy with a lot of muscles, but he was thrown away by this Manticore like it was nothing! "Richard!" The Manticore copied the Brown bearded man''s words and began to charge up another flamethrower! "Break!" The two swordsmen quickly moved out of the way as the area they were once standing in, was set ablaze. The Manticore quickly moved this time, it didn''t waste a second and lunged towards one of the swordsmen! The fire attack was just a distraction to get them to move, it just wanted to single them out. The Manticore appeared in front of the Darkblue hair swordsman in a flash, it quickly rammed him with its horns on its head! The swordsman''s armor was ripped through like paper, it was nothing under the Manticore''s horn! "Arg!! Pfft!" The Swordsman yelled then spat up a mouth full of blood! "No! You Evil Thing!" The brown bearded man stabbed the Manticore, but something was strange, it didn''t pass through! The hide of the Manticore was too hard to cut through with his level of strength! The Bowman kept shooting arrows, but they failed to penetrate its skin. The Manticore was worried about the bowman at first because he could hit his eyes with an arrow and that wouldn''t be good for it. "Mommy, I want my mommy!" The Manticore said a few more words that sound like a little girl''s voice. It then shot another flamethrower at the man on its horns, it was nothing he could do. The Bearded man kept stabbing the Manticore, but it just wasn''t working. Seeing the incoming crisis before them, the Doctor, Bowman, and the Explorer made a run for it! They weren''t fighters, they couldn''t do anything here but wait for death, and who would do that? Vitiate sighed, this creature was no joke, it was just too strong! The Bearded man never gave up, he kept stabbing at the Manticore but nothing changed. Seeing the man struggle, the Manticore face twisted into a sinister smile. The Manticore then swung its tail toward the man''s legs, it was his front knees! Crack! "AHHH!" The bearded man fell to the ground screaming in pain, his legs were bent in the wrong place! Vitiate cringed a bit seeing the man''s deformed legs, it was almost too hard to look at. "No! You Evil Thing!" The Manticore copied the man''s words again! "You fucker, you think this funny, someone''s going to kill you one day, hahaha!" The man laughed in grief, he knew it was over. The Manticore said nothing more and brought its tail to the man''s neck, impaling him. "Uh!" The Poison from the Manticore''s tail was instant, the man started to bleed out of his eyes, mouth, and ears at an alarming rate. He foamed at the mouth, his eyes bled so much that his eyes socket looked empty until he stopped moving, he was dead! "Please! Don''t kill me!" The Manticore said a few more words, then it walked off! At this time, Vitiate was already on the move, he was tracking the 3 men from earlier who ran away. He wanted to catch that man with the map to take it from him. It wasn''t hard to find them, the trio was hiding in a bush shivering in fear. Vitiate sat on the treetop and spoke in a deep voice. "Hand over the map or the 3 of you will die here without intact corpses, hahaha!" Vitiate adjusted his voice to some sort of sinister and demonic like. "Ah! Please, don''t kill us, just take it, I don''t wanna die!" The Explorer''s forehead was drenched in sweat and so was his clothes. Vitiate wasn''t too sure, but he believed he smelled piss coming from one of these men! Did one of them piss themselves!? The man held the map out for the Vitiate and he snatched it from his hand! "Please, don''t kill us, we don''t taste good mister demon, sir!" They thought he was a demon, what else could he be if not that? "Demon, who the heck are you calling a demon!? Scram before I change my mind!" "Ah!" The three men jumped up and ran with all their might, they didn''t even look back! Once they were gone, Vitiate sat in a tree and looked at the map. The map was so detailed that it shocked Vitiate, it was a map of this island only. The map was created by an SSS-Rank Adventurer who was very powerful, she was bold enough to draw this map out. The woman was an artist, she was also a summoner who could summon monsters to fight with her. "Lissandra Snow!" She had made several copies of this map and sold them at a high price! People would buy it, she had was an SSS-Rank Adventurer and this map was very helpful. Author Note: I went the extra mile for you guys and made a map for you to see. This is the map he has as of now, check it out here: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/21/9f/57/219f572d218555a681aff2d7fecbcca9.jpg Vitiate discovered that there were five parts to Dread Forest. The Woodland Zone, The Swamp Zone, The Glacial Zone, The Black Zone, and The Dead Zone! He was located in the Woodland Zone where there were nice forests, so he was quite fortunate with his location. "Goa Village, it should be some ways away from here, the man mentioned it not too long ago." Vitiate saw Goa Village on the map as well, it was a village with a Guild, ship dock, and a Noble Mansion present on the map within the village. [Ding! Mission Unlocked!] [Vengeful Strike!] Mission Objective: Destroy the Arachnid Dungeon Displayed on the Map! This Dungeon attacked you once before, take them down and get revenge! [Mission Rewards!] ?10,000 Glory Points ?35,000 System Points ?Mysterious Eggs Note: This mission is optional, you don''t have to do it! Technically, the monsters in his dungeon were quite weak. The Earth Bear couldn''t evolve, but that was because of the mana flow in his Dungeon. "So, that was an attack and not just some creatures roaming about!" Vitiate glared at the maps, there was a spot on the map that was glowing red. This was clearly where the Spider Dungeon was located, he wanted to take it down. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "So, they attacked me in what they believed to be my weak stage, I assume!" Vitiate wasn''t stupid, this was the only conclusion he could think of, but he didn''t blame them, it was a smart decision. "Little Spiders don''t know what death is, so I''ll play there game!" Vitiate had took the time to learn about his ability when the Goblins went up the Mountain to get the Griffin eggs. Vitiate wasn''t sure how, but he found out that his ability to infect was quite special. When he infected someone, all he had to do before infecting them was to imagine what creature he wanted them to look like. This included abilities as well, he was in total control of all of that. The thing is, he had to think about it before doing it, that was the problem. He could pull an image up of some creature in his head and give it abilities. With that, he could infect someone and that would be their monstrous transformation and traits. If they infected someone, the person in question, who was infected would take similar traits as them. This meant that he could start a clan within his race if he wanted to, this ability was too amazing! It required thinking and time before he could infect an individual since he had to imagine it first. The power was stronger if he bit you instead of scratching you. Vitiate wanted to explore the Forest more, but he had a mission and a map now, he had to make preparations! Vitiate didn''t want to go back empty-handed, so he went to the location of the corpses. When he went back and looked at the corpses, he saw that they were still there. However, he could see movement next to the bodies, something was gnawing at one of the bodies. It was the body of the Beardman since his body wasn''t burnt to a crisp! Vitiate was puzzled and looked closely, he saw a little lizard-like creature that looked like a little ice sculpture. It had blue eye pupils with wings on it back, its mouth was covered in blood. "Whoaaa~! A Baby Dragon!" Vitiate eyes contracted, was he seeing things!? "I have to catch it, I can''t let it get away!" This catch was too important! Vitiate still had the Nullifying Hammer on him, so he wasn''t empty-handed. Vitiate made his move while invisible, he wanted to knock it over the head and take it away! 21 Forcing the Dragon To Submit! The Little Dragon wasn''t alarmed in the least, in fact, it was eating as if it had no worries! Vitiate quickly appeared over the dragon that was eating with no worries in mind. He swung the hammer downward, he couldn''t gauge the dragon''s strength, so he didn''t use much force. The dragon was knocked over the head as the back of its body tilted upward from slamming headfirst into the ground. The dragon didn''t faint like Vitiate hoped it would, but it was surprised and dizzy. Vitiate himself was surprised to see it still conscious, he also saw that it was dizzy. He didn''t spare a moment and attacked it again, but with more force! The dragon was shot up into the sky, he aimed for it chin this time. The dragon''s eyes dilated and turned white, it finally fainted! It couldn''t understand what was attacking it, it didn''t see anything, so why? The baby dragon hit the ground with thud sound, it showed no sign of movement. The chin and neck were the weak points on it, so it couldn''t withstand such an attack. "Good! It fainted as I wanted it to." Vitiate just wanted to take this thing away, he didn''t care about the bodies anymore. He had to hurry because he may not care about the bodies, but other monsters surely would. Vitiate walked up to the dragon and grabbed it by its tail. Once he grabbed it, his hand started to freeze over! "What the hell!?" He quickly let go of the dragon, at least, that''s what he wanted to do. Sadly, his hand was frozen and attached to the dragon''s body! Vitiate also noticed that the hammer had minor frost on it! He quickly put the hammer next to the ice to nullify what he could, it was working for a bit but it wasn''t enough! "What kinda potent crap is this!?" Vitiate had to think again, the ice was spreading! This was really potent for some reason! Then he remembered, he quickly started using healing touch and the hammer together to fight off this attack. The Ice started to collapse with the two working together. Despite the hammer begin a ripoff of the original, it was still pretty good. "Thank goodness I bought this hammer with me and know a healing technique!" If he didn''t have any of these, he would have been turned in an ice statue! [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve Learned Cold Resistance!] "Through pain do I learn!" Vitiate smiled seeing this. Another thing was for sure, he knew why this little critter was carefree! Anyone that dared to touch it would surely be turned into an Ice sculpture! "Something like this shouldn''t be in this part, right?" Vitiate speculated that this dragon must have come from the Glacial Zone of Dread Forest. "I know now not to touch any dragons physically or else!" This dragon may look cute, but there was saying, anything too beautiful or cute was the most dangerous! Even as ugly as an Orc was, it wouldn''t hurt to touch it, but a flower in his original world could kill you if you touched it or cause an irritation to your skin. Dragons and Phoenixes were not to be touched, useless for suicided purposes. Vitiate didn''t let go and kept holding onto the Dragon, it kept trying to freeze him over but he kept canceling it out. Any normal person would let go, but he found that his Healing Touch and Ice resistance were leveling up from this! "It''s a good thing I have a decent mana pool, but I have to hurry back before it awakens." It was already a headache to carry, he couldn''t imagine an aware one that could attack! His Mana Pool could be higher, but had to drink some Mana Enhancing Potion! Vitiate continued to focus on his canceling of the ice attacks while leaping through trees. The dragon had woken up several times but he quickly knocked it hard over the chin to knock it out again. "I had to, this isn''t animal cruelty, you can''t blame me!" Eventually, he made it back to his Dungeon and warped to the 2nd floor. Vitiate was greeted by Lily who easily spotted the Baby Dragon in his hand. "Lizard?" Lily hovered around the dragon, just when she wanted to touch it, he quickly moved it away from her. "Don''t touch it, this thing will turn you into a popsicle if you do." Lily quickly backed away, she then noticed the frost that would appear on Vitiate arm every now and then before disappearing. Lily just decided to sit on Vitiate''s head to watch. He decided to put the dragon in chains, he couldn''t really have his monsters beat this thing into submission or they''ll be frozen. "I guess I''ll have to do it, this isn''t evil, it has to be done!" Vitiate said to himself for reassurance. Vitiate''s Ice Resistance had gone up to Level 3 while his healing Hand had increased to level 4! Nightshade was no different, it had increased in level as well. "Shoot! Maybe I can farm levels with this dragon after I tame it!" Vitiate smile brightly, it was the best idea. After he was done taming it, he wanted to go train, first, he would need to buy a combat weapon. Suddenly, the dragon started to move, it opened its eyes slowly and stood as best it could. It looked around with fear, something kept knocking it out every time it gained its consciousness. Vitiate had knocked it out 3 times on his way here, so this was understandable. The Dragon spotted Vitiate and its face changed a bit. It wanted to charge up an attack but it was knocked over the head with Vitiate''s hammer! "Don''t do that, you better give up or I''ll keep beating you unconscious! If that happens, you''ll starve to death then I''ll be having fresh dragon soup!" Vitiate threatened. The Dragon wasn''t dumb, it understood him perfectly for some reason, this guy could speak his Draconian language? Vitiate had the All Speak Passive Ability, so he could speak all the languages of the world. The Dragon was surprised, but then it started to charge up another attack! Submit? It was a mighty Dragon, why would it submit to anyone? And how could Vitiate give it time to charge up an attack, he simple smashed it over the head with the hammer! Bonk! Bonk! The Dragon glared at Vitiate, but he didn''t care and continued to crush it over the head. The dragon had a hard head, so it wasn''t like he was killing it. This type of attack was disrupting and annoying it more than anything else. Baam! "Come on now! We can do this all day, I have all the time in the world!" Vitiate grinned and smacked its buttocks. "Ekk!" The baby dragon jumped and yelped in pain! "Oh? So you buttocks is your weak point, I''m gonna love this!" Vitiate grabbed its tail and began to smack it butt! And just like that! [Ding! One New Monsters has joined your Dungeon!] [1 Baby Ice Dragon has been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 225,000 Dp with your recruitment of One Superior-tier Raced creatures!] "Oh, my Goodness!!" Vitiate was shocked, he received so many points, and it was a Superior race! He then looked at the tearful face of the dragon with surprise. "Ahem, well, you''ve made the right decision to join me, you won''t be mistreated at all." The dragon glared harshly at Vitiate and walked off to a nearby tree. "Okay, I guess we''ll talk later." Vitiate understood its anger, it was forced against it will. With that, he ran over the Dragon''s status to see what it could do. Name: (Baby) Ice Dragon Race: Draconian Race Type: Dragon Gender: Female Title: Run Away, Clumsy, Scavenger, Little Coward Class: N/A Vitality: 150 |Mana: 150 |Strength: 90 |Spd: 130 |Intelligence: 90 |Dexterity: 70 |Charm: 160 Innate Talent: Ice Law (Locked) Passive Abilities: Ice Body| Rocky Head| Element:??Ice Mastery: D| Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Techniques: Ice Breathe: Lv:5 |Baby DragonBreath: Lv:3 |Ice Ball: Lv2 |Frozen Domain: Lv1| "Oh gosh! It''s a good thing I didn''t let this little clown hit me with any attacks!" What in the world were these stats, well, Mastery with Ice! It was already at D level! "Yeah, I better start my training but I want to sleep first. Lily, you keep an eye on this little Ice dragon for a bit, I don''t want her to do anything stupid!" Vitiate gave the dragon the side-eye, he felt that the dragon was staring at him and it was! It quickly looked away when he looked towards it, it had a sneer on its face to some degree but he only smiled and ignored it. Vitiate laughed and shook his head because he saw the dragon''s titles, it was clumsy and a coward! "So, you''re a runaway, this makes sense." There was no way something like this should be out in the open ready for snatching. If a human were to spot this creature out in the open, they would surely want to catch it and sell it at the highest price. Some Noble would go out of his or her way to purchase it for the highest price! With that, Vitiate warped away, he was out during this night and did a lot. He wanted to sleep then start his training tomorrow. Once he was back on the 10th floor, he went straight he the Dungeon core and warped inside of it. "I have so many points now just from catching a dragon!" Dragons didn''t even appear on the Dungeon''s list in gray! But he remembered he had another list he hadn''t checked yet, it was the Glory List. Dragons were a race that slept most of the time and never showed themselves to the public. Some would hibernate underground while some would sleep in volcanos for hundreds of years! "I''ll buy techniques, more floors, and more monsters, etc!" This was the perfect time to deck out his dungeon with this fortuitous encounter. Just when Vitiate was about to close his eyes, an alarm went off! Beep Beep! Intruders Alert! "Are you kidding me!?" 22 Direct Conflict! Vitiate put his clothes back on and looked at the virtual screen to see who was invading his Dungeon. He wore pants that were similar to Goku''s, but black instead. He wore black armored boots lined with Gold. Vitiate also sported a Belt with a bull buckle on it, the bull was black with red eyes, each hole in the belt was also outlined with gold. He wore a tight long sleeve shirt with a turtle neck that stuck close to his neck. Once he looked at the screen, he saw 4 men, and another figure he could barely describe. Using the zooming function, he got a better look. The person was in rags with no shoes, it had orange fox-like ears sticking from its head. It was almost hard to tell if it was a boy or girl but upon further inspection, he found it to be a little girl around the age of 8 or 9. The kid had a collar around her neck, one of the men tugged her roughly since she paused for a moment. Her head was drooped downward at all times, so he couldn''t see her face. "Must be a slave, it has to be." It didn''t take a genius to figure that out, so Vitate took a seat and started to listen in on them, they were moving their lips a lot. "Damn! So much money lost, we lost the other 9 slaves except this one! She is so skinny that no one would be willing to buy her!" One of the men raged, he had a bald head with several tattoos on his face. "I''ve seen the monster glossary and know for sure that it was a Manticore that attacked us!" They were forced to split up from their group and hadn''t heard from them since. But of course not, they were officially killed by the Manticore! "It''s okay, there are a few nobles oversees that love kids this age. In fact, it''s quite a lot of them, the Demi-Human Kingdom is closed off, so to get one in our hands is a big win!" The man with the large scar on his face felt like he was seeing gold coins. "Hmm, you do have a point, the nobleman in Goa village doesn''t have that type of taste, so it wouldn''t work there." Some tall lanky man agreed, he seemed to know about the noble a lot. "Now, this is a Dungeon so it''s advised that we be careful!" The last man wore armor, he looked serious and cautious. "No need to worry, this is a White Grade 2 Dungeon! The danger level is so weak, what is there to worry about?" The tattooed man had a device in his hand, Vitiate had seen this before from the last group of humans that entered his Dungeon. The man at that time fell into a trap and died. He carried the device, thus, it was destroyed in the trap with him. The fat man gave it to him to hold onto since he was too lazy to carry it. "Oh? If it''s like that then it shouldn''t be too much of a problem. Keep watching the slave, we''ll sell her at the highest price we can possibly get." The man had cold eyes, his voice was no different. "Aiya, Captain!" The scarface man said sarcastically. The men proceeded deeper into the dungeon, they were easily able to detect the traps in the area and avoided them. "Why does this dungeon''s first floor have so many traps, isn''t it a White Grade 2 Dungeon?" The armored man questioned, this dungeon had too many traps! "The Danger detector says it is, what more do you want?" The tattooed man shrugged helplessly, he was just saying what the device said about this place. The armored man shook his head, and continued onward, they soon came into a room in the cave. This was a room Vitiate had man on a whim as a test, he forgot to delete it after making it. The room had one bed with a lantern hanging over it. They all used their abilities and found that there were no traps in it, so they went inside to rest. The slave girl was put into a corner. She curled up and put her head against her knees "I usually don''t do this, but I should kill them right now." If they were from Goa Village where a Guild is located, they may report his dungeon. With the level of his dungeon, they may find it as an easy target causing many adventures would swarm the place. Vitiate was confident in his dungeon, but it may begin to be too much which would lead to his defeat and death. He needed to strengthen his dungeon more! "This is a good time for me to experience a fight, shall I look at what moves I can learn?" Looking at the system, he also found that he received some new monsters. There were also several other categories with new next to them. So far, he only had Light, Dark, Death, and the Life elements, so he checked what he could buy of other elements. ?Abilities & Skills? ?Fire Mastery| 30,000 Dp ?Wood Mastery| 30,000 Dp ?Earth Mastery| 30,000 Dp ?Water Mastery| 30,000 Dp ?Wind Mastery| 30,000 Dp More Elements showed up, but these 5 were the cheapest so he was going to choose between these. Things like swordsmanship could be learned through training, so he wasn''t going to waste Dungeon Points on those things. Vitiate originally had 10,650 Dungeon Points, but with the capture of a certain runaway, he was back on the map. "I have a total of 235,650 Dungeon Points, this should be more than enough to buy all of these but I have to invest in my Dungeon." Before buying anything, he sent a message to the Western Orc, Eastern Orc, HobGolbin Warrior, Earth Bear, and to a Goblin Female Bowman. She was better than the rest of the Bowman and was likely to evolve soon to a Hobgoblin Archer. This seemed a bit overkill but Vitiate was a bit tired after dealing with that Dragon. He decided to Buy the Wood and Water Element since they worked so well together. [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve Learned Wood Mastery!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve Learned Water Mastery!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve Learned Vine Grapple!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve Learned Water Bomb!] Once you''ve bought an element, you would be given a free Technique with it. The technique was random, so it could range from very good to absolute crap. Vitiate looked and saw that everyone was relaxing in the room he had forgotten to get rid of. With that, he warped to the second floor to await the arrival of the rest of his monsters. Vitiate wouldn''t fight if he didn''t need to, it would be best to avoid fighting as he was. His mana was nearly depleted and he didn''t really have any destructive elements on board. Well, he did, but he didn''t have any offensive techniques for them. Wood and Water were a good combination, water-fueled the wood element and made it grow faster and stronger. Water was weak to Wood, as it would only fuel its growth and strength! The first arrivals were the two Goblins, then the Eastern Orc, then the Earth Bear, and finally the Western Orc. "Okay, I don''t really need to explain much, but we''re going to slaughter some invaders really quick!" He looked at everyone and nodded in approval. Everyone gave a roar of determination and followed Vitiate to the 1st floor! The Earth Bear was a walking threat while the rest were pretty good in their respective fields. Traps didn''t activate against any allies of the Dungeon so they walked right through the traps. The Western Orc didn''t seem to like the Eastern Orc so much, but they still were willing to work together. They were all on the same side, so they''ll be participating in more raids in the future. Western Orcs weren''t located in this Continent while Moon elves were the same. Moon elves had purple skin and were on the same continent as the Western Orcs. The men inside the cave room were instantly alarmed of what was to come. With the earthquake-like footsteps of the EarthBear, and both Orcs, who wouldn''t feel the danger coming? Besides, one of the men had a detection ability, so he could warn the others anytime. The group of men quickly prepared by taking out their weapons. What could be so big in a White Grade 2 Dungeon that could give off such earthshaking footsteps? The Little girl hid under the bed, her eyes had long lost their light and looked devoid of life. Suddenly, the footsteps stopped and everything grew silent all of a sudden. At that moment, Vitiate came to the entrance with a smile on his face. "I see! Humans have invaded my Dungeon again, you guys sit tight because you won''t be leaving!" The group looked at Vitiate in surprise, they looked at his eyes and knew he wasn''t human! "What are you, you aren''t human, you must be a Demon!" The scar-faced man was a little spooked and readied his axe. "No! I''ve fought a Lesser Demons before, they don''t have this type of Aura!" The Armored man was sure of it, this wasn''t a Demon, it was something else! "It doesn''t matter what it is, we have to kill it before it kills us!" The slender man pointed his spear at Vitiate and grinned coldly. Vitiate frowned, they kept calling him an It which was kind of annoying. "Okay, prepare for battle, you''ll be fighting the dream team!" Suddenly, four shadows appeared behind him. Everyone''s facial expression turned very unsightly when they saw the monsters behind him. This was especially so when they saw the Earth Bear! "Impossible! There can''t be these types of monsters in a low-level Dungeon like this!" The Armored man couldn''t believe it, it didn''t add up at all. He suddenly felt the urge to turn and cut down the man who lied to him about this Dungeon, but he needed him now. "Sorry, guys, you''ve come to the wrong Dungeon." Vitiate sighed, he just wanted to sleep and build his dungeon. With those words, the Monsters charged at the group except the Earth Bear and Goblins Bowman, she didn''t even appear, she was hiding just in case someone wanted to escape. Thus, the Orcs and Hobgoblin rushed for battle! Vitiate was going to sent the EarthBear soon, but it was so big! Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. It was questionable if it could fight well in here. 23 Area Advantage! The Hobgoblin lunged at the lanky man with his sword, sending out several quick strikes! "A mere Hobgoblin thinks he can compare to a human!?" The scar-faced man had a longsword, he quickly intercepted the attacks of the Hobgoblin. However, the lanky man wasn''t having such a good time against the Western Orc, he had tried to block the Orc''s first attack, but upon first contact, his arms started getting numb! He used his spear to block several hits, but he was defending and hurting at the same time. The Western Orc was using a Black Cleaver Axe that Vitiate had given him on the way here. This particular weapon boosted the strength of the holder by 8 percent! "Damn it, someone, back me up, this thing is too strong!" The Western Orc was attacking in a frenzy, it wasn''t letting up. "I have my hands full with this Pig, I can''t help you!" The tattooed man couldn''t be bothered to help anyone right now. He was sure he could defeat this Orc if he had more space to move around. The Eastern Orc had the advantage in such a close space, its mace crushed toward the man head but he quickly back away to avoid the attack meant to kill. "We need to get out of this close space or we won''t last!" This was why Vitiate came here, he knew that they wouldn''t be able to hold up in a close space like this. The armored man never took his eye off Vitiate, he was trying to study him. He had never seen this type before, was he a Devil? The armored man pulled out his sword, when he unsheathed it, it flashed red for a brief moment before changing back to normal. Vitiate frowned a bit, he knew what that meant, he had seen it on the Dungeon system before. Enhanced Weapon! He was still an untrained fighter, so it was best not to fight anyone until he truly trained. The only reason he was here was because he had a Dungeon ability that boosts the stats of his monster when he was present. Author Note: Lol! Sorry for the run-on sentence! Vitiate looked at the man having a hard time. Suddenly, the man''s arms were impaired by vines that came rushing out of the ground. What!?" The Lanky man was shocked, but it was too late. The Orc didn''t seem to notice that he had been bound by vines. It swung its Axe across the air, it was nothing the lanky man could do! With that, his head was removed from his shoulders as blood shot out like a was geyser! The lanky man''s head hit the ceiling wall and landed on the ground shortly after. His facial expression still had shock on it, even in death! "Paul!" The tattoo man was stunned, he was having a better time against the Hobgoblin, so he noticed most things around him. The armored man noticed the element fluctuation used, he knew it was activated by the unknown figure before him. "Wood Element User!" The man wanted to attack Vitiate but the large bear by his side was quite threatening. Just as the armored man was thinking of something, an Axe came crashing down towards him! The armored man immediately blocked it with his Enhanced Sword. This caused sparks to fly and for both weapons to give off steam. "Unbelievable! An Orc that can only be seen in the West Contientient is here in the East Continent?" The man parried and stabbed towards the Orc''s shoulder, impaling it! Tss! "Roar!" The Orc roared and backed away from the attack. It shoulder had a charred black hole on it, it had actually managed to damage the Orc! "Ah, so it''s a fire Aspect sword as I thought!" Vitiate touched his chin and nodded thoughtfully. Suddenly the vines from before whipped toward the man''s legs in an attempt to bind him. The armored man had pretty good footwork and dodge with ease. They didn''t stop and kept coming for him in order to grapple him. He easily chopped the vines with his Swords, they were burned to nothingness soon after. At that moment, a big ball of water slammed towards him, he quickly dodged again. "Hah! Your aim is poor, how about you work on that before using any abilities!" The armored man laughed coldly. "Wait what? Who said I was aiming for you?" Vitiate stuck his arms out and shrugged. "What?" "Ah!" The tattooed man who was engaging the Hobgoblin was hit in the back. The Water Bomb exploded on his back, this was highly pressured water! The Water Bomb always retained its same size throughout its leveling course, but power changed when it leveled up. The Water Bomb was the size of a beach ball so it could do quite a bit of damage. The man fell to ground drenched in water, he felt a horrible pain in his back. He felt like it was hard to breathe, it felt like he was too deep in the sea for a bit and under pressure. The Hobgoblin and Orcs didn''t get off scot-free either, they were hit with some of the water, but it didn''t affect them. You would need to be directly hit with this attack for it to affect you in any true way. Suddenly, the vines started to spawn and grow rapidly. They were much thicker this time around, they quickly wrapped around the tattoed man and even grabbed hold of the Scarface man! "No! Ugh!" The scarface lost hold of his weapon as the thick tendril-like Vines quickly wrapped around him. The armored man understood what was to come and discard all caution. He looked towards Vitiate, his eyes were filled with killing intent now! His sword flashed red as he lunged towards Vitiate, meaning to kill him. The earth suddenly shook and stood up like a wave of water, and slammed into the armored man''s body like a small tidal wave! "Ah~!" The man screamed as the rocky ground crushed against him, he wanted to attack Vitiate in order to make him give way. His true goal was to escape, but how could Vitiate allow that? The man was knocked back as he slammed in the wall. He fell onto the bed in the room afterward and fainted. "Nice job!" Vitiate looked towards the Earth Bear, it had done this. Vitiate knew the man wanted to attack him, so he told the Earth Bear to move away. He also told the Earth Bear to sneak attack the man if he attacked him, which he ended up doing. "I eat human, good food!" The Western Orc grinned and walked over to one of the men being bound by Vines. "No, No, don''t!" Vitiate ordered him away. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Eating Human? Disgusting, he didn''t want to see that! The Orc scratched its head and smiled strangely before backing away. Vitiate began to walk towards the two snared men with an indifferent smile on his face. "You filthy bastard! You won''t get away with this, they''ll know we''re missing and come find you!" The scarface man took the time to trash talk, he wanted to scare Vitiate. "Yeah, he''s right, you better let us go! If you do, we can guarantee your survival when the Great Cleansing comes!" The tattooed man followed up in assistance. Vitiate paused when he heard Great Cleansing, what did that mean? "I''m listening, what is this great cleansing you''re talking about?" Vitiate asked, this didn''t sound appealing at all. "Haha, are you scared!? Then you better listen closely Demon man, because your kind is the main targets to be destroyed!" The tattooed man started getting arrogant because he thought Vitiate was scared. "Speak up! You better tell me what it is or I''ll feed you to my buddy here!" Vitiate pointed his thumb to the western Orc by his side. The Orc grinned as it stared at the men while licking its lips! "Y-you better let us out afterward or you''ll die!" "Yeah, if you hand over all your valuables afterward." Vitiate said bluntly. "Okay, you better not be lying!" Suddenly, their courage flared again. "The cleansing is something the Guardians of Light host every 3 years. Many High ranked adventures and people from the other organizations come here to take down as many dungeons as they can." The tattooed man looked closely at Vitiate''s facial expression to see any changes. He wanted to see his fearful face, but he was disappointed as Vitiate''s face never changed! "Go on!" Vitiate blinked slowly and said. "They have this competition to see who can get the most monster corpses and Dungeon cores. Dungeon cores are worth a lot of points if you can get one. The winner will receive many rewards like high ranked relics, weapons, armor, and Platinum Coins!" "I see! So when does this competition start?" "I-it starts in 5 months from now, it''s going to be a big event, so expect a lot of action when the time come!" With those words, the vines released both of them. "Hand over all your valuables and I won''t kill you!" The men quickly handed over all of their items. The poor bastards didn''t have much but they had one item each that was worth it. "Can we go now!?" The scarface man hollered and said. "Ah, yes, thank you for that, you saved me the trouble of looting your corpses!" Zip! Suddenly, an arrow came flying out of the shadows into the Scarface man''s forehead! His eyes were wide from surprise but he soon fell to the ground dead! "What!? You said you would let us go!" The tattoo man screamed as he looked at Vitiate with anger. "I''ll let you go, but I don''t know if they will." Vitiate stepped back as a mace came over the tattoo man''s head. Vitiate looked away, he didn''t want to see this! Crunch! He had the dungeon swallow the 3 quickly. [Ding! Slaver Trader Adventurer has died in your Dungeon, you''ve received: 12,000] [Ding! Slaver Trader Adventurer has died in your Dungeon, you''ve received: 13,500] [Ding! Slaver Trader Adventurer has died in your Dungeon, you''ve received: 11,000] Vitiate picked up their items and tossed them outside of the cave room. He also picked up the Fire Aspect Sword and tossed it out as well. The armored man was still knocked out, but he was already wrapped up by the Vine Grapple. Vitiate was getting tired, he was just about out of mana as he was already sleepy when he came here. Vitiate got down on the ground in a push up like position to look under the bed. He could see the eyes of the little girl, they had no fear in them at all, there was nothing as she stared back at him silently. "Warren, lift and move the bed away, don''t hurt the person underneath it." Vitiate had decided to call the Hobgoblin Warren some time ago. The Hobgoblin sheathed its sword and walked towards the bed in huge strides, it lifted the bed effortlessly and threw it away. "Hmm, so you''re a Demi-Human or Beast man, right?" Vitiate asked. "........" She remained silent. "Too skinny, not good food at all, nothing but bone and skin, not tasty!" The Western Orc looked the kid up and down and found that she barely had any meat on her. It speech patterns were similar to the Orge''s but slightly better. "Good mate, me take as mate!" The Eastern Orc smiled and showed a bit of favor to the little girl, it seemed to want her as a mate! "Are you crazy!? Do you want to kill her with that thing, she is only like 8!" Vitiate had the urge to kick this Orc, he had looked in on floor 3 and found that he would be Fu***** nearly every time! "Age no matter, it still make kids!" The Orc shrugged, it didn''t see anything wrong here. "Go wait outside!" Vitiate mouth twitched, this guy would screw a goat if he could catch it! The Orc put his hands out in ''I don''t understand way'' and walked out. "Now then, what is your name, little girl?" Vitiate smiled and asked, he tried to as friendly as he could. "........." "Uh, okay!" At that moment, the armored man started to wake up. 24 Finishing The Floors! The armored man slowly opened his eyes, at this point, Vitiate had pulled the little Demi-Human by his side. He was too tired to even listen to this guy, he wasn''t anything good so he had the hobgoblin stab him in the throat. Vitiate turned around along with the Demi-Human and walked out of the cave room. He sent his Dungeon Force upon the Demi-human to see if she would give in. He didn''t want to kill a kid that looked like she''d been through hell already. [Ding! 1 Sentient being has joined your Dungeon!] [1 Demi-Human has been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 50,000 Dp with your recruitment of one ???-tier Raced Being!] "So Fast!" She submitted without a fight or any resistance! Vitiate looked the kid over, she was dirty and smelled sour, when was the last time they cleaned her? "Damn, someone give this kid a sandwich!" She was just too skinny, she was nearly looked like a skeleton. Vitiate sighed, then reviewed her status, she obviously didn''t care about her fate with those dead eyes. Name: Nina Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Title: The Kidnapped, Survivor, The Hopeless, Dead Weight, Meatshield Race: Demi-Human Race Type: Fox Age: 12 Class: N/A |????Vitality: 10 |????Mana: 0 |???Strength: 20 |????Spd: 23 |????Intelligence: 80 |????Dexterity: 15 |????Charm: 15 <(Dirty and Smelly) Elements: N/A Techniques: N/A Passive Abilities: N/A Innate Talent: N/A "What? You''re actually 12 and not around 8?" She was pretty small for her age, was this because of the lack of nutrients she was deprived of. "Ouch, that status sheet is rough, you''ve been through hell and back, what a strong kid!" This status page was crazy in his eyes, she was also weaker than a Goblin in terms of stats. [Ding! Slaver Trader Adventurer Leader has died in your Dungeon, you''ve received: 15,000] Vitiate felt that the man should be dead at this point, so he ordered the dungeon to absorb any dead bodies around. The Eastern Orc seemed to be talking with the female Goblin Bowman, was he trying to hook up with her!? The Goblin female looked like she was ignoring him, but he didn''t get the message and kept talking! Soon, the rest of the monsters came out of the room, they were deciding on who got to eat the body, but the body disappeared into the dungeon. With that, Vitiate warped all the monsters back to their floors except the Goblin bowman and Hobgoblin Warrior. He had both of them help carry the weapons he looted from the men. Vitiate could absorb the weapons into his dungeon for points but he needed as many weapons as he could get for his monsters. Author Note: His real name isn''t Vitiate, it''s more of a title than anything else. If you looked up the definition you''d understand a bit more on why he named himself that. He took the Enhanced Fire Aspect sword, it was an uncommon grade but it was so close to a rare grade weapon, it was seeing a breakthrough soon. Yes, enhanced weapons could level up under certain conditions, though the conditions were unknown in most cases. Vitiate took this sword, he wasn''t too fond of swords but he''d use it if he had to. There was quite the amount of weapons to carry. These were tools from the outside, so he couldn''t just control where he wanted them right away. Thinking of this, he gave the fire aspect sword to them to hold until a later date. The Hobgoblin''s eyes flashed with happiness as it took the sword into his hands. Afterward, the duo left back to the second floor. In this one night, he''d seen a great increase in Dungeon Points. Vitiate now had a total of 262,150 Dungeon Points! Being on the first floor, he walked over and sat on a rock within the cave. The cave had lights all around do to the green and blue glowing crystals. "Time to add more monsters to the dungeon, so I''ll upgrade and add another floor." With that, he ran through the system''s monster list. The system had gained 4 new monsters and several other new things from other categories he wanted to check out. "The 4 new monsters are Ratmen, Deformed Mutant, Trap Door Worm, and a Sludge Monster!" The Sludge Monster could be a considered a Boss level monster, it was perfect for the 10th floor''s Boss! "Okay, before adding monsters to the 8th floor and up, I better put more monsters on the 7th floor." There were only Western Orcs on this floor, so he would need more than just this. Vitiate decided to put 2 Sabertooth Lions on the floor with them. They both Cost 2,400 Dungeon points each. "Now we can start the 8th to 10th floor." Vitiate had to think about this one, he didn''t know what monsters to use yet. So, he ran through the terrains and environments to see what would go good with his monsters. After scrolling for a bit, he spotted something interesting but disgusting. "Haha, this will work well with the Ratmen, Mutants, Trap Door Worms, and the Sludge Monster!" It was a Sewer environment, it counted as environment. The sewer was a tunnel-like sewer, but there was very little water for this floor. There would be water dripping from the ceiling from time to time but that was it. Like all sewers if not most, it smelled bad here! This would surely drive some invaders crazy, it may even hamper their senses. The Ratmen didn''t cost much, but they were a good investment. They spawned with a weapon at random, it was either a dagger, crossbow, or knife. Ratmen had decent intelligences, they used poison a lot when fighting. They were also good at sneak attacking people, not to mention that they were cunning. They reminded Vitiate of the old twitch before his rework in League of Legends. They were hard to look at, they had either brown or black hair on their bodies. The Ratman cost 700 Dungeon Points each. Vitiate bought 12 Ratmen and placed them on this floor, they loved the darkness so they instantly adapted. Vitiate also put 5 Giant rats in this place, they were the size of a small dog. They had ugly yellow sharp teeth that could rip through steel accompanied by their Red eyes with night vision! Vitiate moved on to the 9th floor, he still made this into a sewer system, but it was polluted! This time, he bought 6 Ratmen, 2 Giant Rats, and a TrapDoor Worm! The Trap door worm ambushed people from underground like the trapdoor spider. It had a mouth of razor-sharp teeth with pale bronze skin. It hid near the entrance to the next floor to ambush any unsuspecting victims and intruders. Vitiate felt like he wanted more for this floor. However, he wouldn''t dare to venture to this floor, he might vomit and faint if he did. There was a sewage water system on this floor with unknown foams floating in and on the water, he would rather not try to figure out what it was! Sludge could be seen on the walls. The Sewer environment cost 250 Dungeon Points, this was cheap just like all the other environments and terrains. "Ah, yes! I can add a Zombie on this floor, but a decent one!" Vitiate clicked the zombies and saw many variations of the zombie. He went with the Plagued Zombie, it had black hole eyes with black skin. Its nails and teeth were sharp, it was swift in movement and blended well in this environment. The Zombie had worn out armor on. It walked to the nearest corner and sat down in place, it didn''t move and sat still as a statue. Once it sensed or detected an enemy, it would rise to seek them out! The Plagued Zombie naturally had the Death Element and could be deemed more dangerous compared to the regular Zombie. The plagued Zombie cost 1,500 Dungeon Points. The 10th Floor remained a sewer, but it was much more spacious with some lights lighting the way. The Pollution had reached a whole new level, it was far worse than the previous floor. The water was grayish-black, with yellow in some places! Sludge fell from the ceiling from time to time, it was even on the walls and floor! "Goodness! No one could pay me enough to go to this floor!" Vitiate shook his head, he didn''t even want to look at this floor much longer! With that, he started to add monsters, he put 6 Ratmen on this floor. He also added 2 Ratmen warriors who spawned in with random warrior weapons. One had a spear while the other had a Sword. Vitiate also bought and added Deformed Mutants to this floor! Just like the name implied, they were deformed badly! If anyone saw this at night, there was no question that they''ll be running the other way without needing to think about it! One of their eyes were bigger than the other while their face appeared to look like it was melting. Everything was uneven and out of place on their bodies, they had pinkish meaty skin that looked like it was bruised and damaged as it bled allot. Tss! Its Blood bubbled and sizzled upon contact with the ground! "Acidic Blood!" Vitiate was a bit surprised but he was in favor of it. Anyone who wanted to get physical with it in any sort of way would need to be careful. Vitiate bought 3 of these, they cost 1,500 Dungeon Points each. There were variations of it, but it costs more for them, he didn''t need any more of them. The warrior Ratmen cost 900 each. Now, it was time to buy the Boss of this floor, the Sludge Monster! Vitiate had already bought this floor which cost 2,000 Dungeon points. He fixed up the dungeon boss room to suit the Sludge Monster, it was toxic waste in the room as well! "Ha! I hope they bring a face mask to cover that face of theirs or they may be in trouble!" Vitiate smiled with satisfaction. With that, he added the Sludge Monster into the room, it cost 12,000 Dungeon Points to buy. Everything was costly, but he had to do it. "All done! I think it''s time to create my new form for my training!" He had thought about it for a bit and came up with an idea for his first form. As soon as he was done saying that, he heard a notification! Ding! 26 Changes In the Dungeon! Vitiate arrived on the 3rd floor in the forest next to the Ogre''s home. They were outside of their big hut cooking boar meat. It was the Male, Female, and the Red baby Ogre, who had grown quite a bit but not enough for Vitiate. "They don''t grow up as fast as the other monsters, it would be best if I just bought these types of Monsters from the system." He sat on a log in the forest and went through his system, he needed the item that could boost a creature or monster''s intelligence. He soon found it, it was called an Intellectual Tablet Pillar that sat on 2 small pillars. The item gave off light and soothing energy that developed the mind and brain of any monster. This only worked for monsters and not humans, elves or Succubus, beings like these. The item was quite costly with it costing 40,000 Dungeon Points. "Shit! My pockets are gonna take a hit with this, yikes!" It was worth it though, he could use this forever so it was a good investment. Vitiate shrugged and bought the Intellectual Tablet Pillar. Once he bought it, he warped in front of the Ogre''s hut house. The Ogres looked over with wide eyes due to his sudden appearance, but they came over right away with the baby Ogre. "I know you''re confused but you guys are going to need this. What you need to do is meditate in front of this 3 hours a day." Vitiate explained what they needed to do and even show them an example. "Understand, meditate, will do!" The Ogre male nodded and said. Vitiate smiled, maybe his speech would get better once he gained high intelligence. He didn''t want them to train because they would end up becoming warriors, thus locking themselves into the class. "Doing this will make you stronger in the future, so have the kid do it too." Vitiate looked at the Red Ogre hiding behind its mom, it would peek at Vitiate curiously every so often. He moved the tablet to the side of their hut and warped away. This item was very important, if he used it on skeletons, he could create a Lich or Death Knight in the future. These types of Monsters were a force to be reckoned with and rarely appeared, it would be a crisis if one ever did as the Guardians of the light would get involved right away! This time, he appeared back on the 11th floor. Once he was on the 11th floor, he was approached by Lily in a hurry. "Master, Master, Lily thinks the foxy girl is hungry, her stomach is always making funny noises." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "Oh, yeah, I still need to feed her, she must be starving at this point!" Vitiate looked over towards the area where he saw the Dragon and Demi-Human sitting next to different trees. Nina was sitting alone with her head against her knees posted up against a tree. He walked over to her and she looked up, she was finally clean now. Vitiate laid out a picnic blanket and bought many dishes from the Dungeon system. Food like this was cheap, they were around 5 to 100 Dungeon Points altogether. He gave her a Hamburger with fries on the side, he also gave her some apple juice. "Go on, eat it, this is yours, you''re too skinny." Vitiate smile and patted her head and mainly her ears! "Soft!" It was like petting a cat''s head! The Demi-human''s eyes brightened when she took a bite of the Hamburger. Of course, with so much food present, it easily attracted the attention of the Dragon. He gave the dragon a fully cooked turkey, it had a watery mouth as it started to eat like a wild beast. The Dragon had run over and even tripped on its way over, it was pretty comedic which caused him to laugh. Vitiate ate some food too, he still got hungry like any other person. "Eat well, once you''ve gotten bigger, you''ll have to start training, little girl!" Vitiate smirked a bit and walked away into the tropical forest in the Paradise Garden. He was going to edit this part of the land into a training ground. He needed to choose what type of weapon he wanted to use. The two weapons were either a Scythe or Halberd and maybe a shield of some sort. Before doing that, he looked at the Mana Circulation in his Dungeon. His monsters in the Dungeon would receive a stat boost once he bought this. There were more benefits, but Vitiate didn''t know about them.. With that, he upgraded the Mana Circulation for 50,000 System Points! [Ding! Mana Circulation has upgraded from Lowest to Lower!] [Ding! All Monsters within the Dungeon have received a stat boost!] [Ding! With the upgrade in Mana within your dungeon, you will be rewarded! [Congratulations, you''ve received New Item: Mystery Box!] [Congratulations, you''ve received New Ability: Eye Of Appraisal!] [Congratulations, you''ve received New Item: Potion Of Power!] Due to his achievement of upgrading his Dungeon''s Mana, he received rewards! This wasn''t it, there were many changes occurring in the dungeon. Monsters were receiving stat boost and some were even evolving! Vitiate was bombarded with notifications from his rewards and on what monsters were evolving! The Mana had caused a chain reaction which further the strength of the Dungeon. Now, monsters that couldn''t evolve before, could now evolve into the next stage. He also felt some of his stats increase a bit from the change, he wouldn''t receive as many benefits as the monsters in the Dungeon. This was alright with him, at least he got a boost, he even received rewards for upgrading his Dungeon. Vitiate could feel the energy coursing through him from the Mana. If the Dungeon''s Mana level reached a higher level, he and his Monsters would receive Mana regeneration as long as they were in the Dungeon. His Mana pool was slowly increasing from this as well. "The importance of Mana flow is understandable now, it''s best I keep upgrading it in the future. The next time I purchase Mana Circulation, it''ll go up to the Low level. This is going to cost me more Dungeon Points, it''ll cost me 150,000 Dungeon Points next time." Afterward, Vitiate pulled up a Virtual Screen to view the Dungeon''s Inhabitants on each floor. The Eastern Orcs hadn''t shown any change at all. Vitiate knew that some Monsters like Orcs would need to fight and kill to Evolve, it was best to lead a campaign into the forest to kill monsters later! The Ogres would receive enlightenment much faster with this change, so he was happy about this one. Vitiate looked at the Mud Golem, it seemed to have evolved into something else, it was no longer a Mud Golem, that''s for sure! The ones that benefited the most from this was the Kobolds and Goblins. There were many who had evolved into warriors and Bowman. The Goblin Bowman female had changed as well, she had evolved into a Hobgoblin! She looked like a green human now, she had orange hair as she stood around 5''7 in height. The Hobgoblin Female had tribal markings on her neck that were black, she had a moon-shaped tattoo of some sort going over her right eye. She had dark green eyes that started to flash because of her complete evolution. "Wow, she has grown in more places than one, and she looks much more human-like. Someone give this girl some clothes, she''s completely naked!" Vitiate was a bit surprised, he had plans for this particular goblin. He wanted to upgrade her class to an Elemental Archer which would allow her to use different elements with her archery skills. Sadly the HobGoblin Enhancer didn''t evolve but he leveled up to an Enhancer grade 2! The Limit for this was 3 stages before he would evolve into a Caster type or whatever the next level was. "This reminds me of cultivation, sort of like those novels back then." Vitiate then looked for the first Hobgoblin he had ever gotten. Once Vitiate saw the Hobgoblin, he was stunned, it had evolved into the next stage! This would usually take much more time, this was especially so for Hobgoblins. They had 3 grades like every other monster before leveling but this was when they gained a Class. New monsters usually had stage 0 next to their evolution chain, this was different from grade. This only meant how many times they had evolved. Once a monster gained a class, it would be given a grade for their current class, which was grade-1. The Hobgoblin had been around since the beginning and fought many battles, so it leveled up quickly. This was also due to the Mana changes in the Dungeon. "What is he? What type of Hobgoblin, wait, he isn''t a Hobgoblin anymore!" The Goblins stood around 6''4, he had Dark Blue skin. His eyes had changed into an orange tint, at least his pupils. The armor he was wearing had fallen off, he couldn''t fit it anymore. This was the same for the Hobgoblin Female, they were both standing butt naked! The Hobgoblin Warrior was always bald but he had grown orange short hair. If it wasn''t for his skin tone and pointy ears, you''d easily mistake him for a human. The Goblin had swirling patterns on his chest that were Dark blue, but a bit lighter, it was no telling what they meant. Vitiate wanted to go check what he had evolved into but he wanted to open his mystery box first. "Okay, let''s see what we got! Open mystery box and show me the goods!" Ding! 27 Training Set up! [Ding! Opening Mystery Box!] [Congratulations, you''ve received: Horror Circus Bundle!] [Congratulations, you''ve received: Cursed Shapeshifting Pole!] [Congratulations, you''ve received: Weapon Master Card!] [Congratulations, you''ve received: Storage Ring [Rare-Grade!] Vitiate looked at his rewards with a strange expression, this was because of this Horror Circus Bundle. He didn''t say anything and looked at the description of it. Horror Circus Bundle: A bundle of monsters that''ll spawn once summoned. The Monsters are in the description below. It was a simple description, but the name got him thinking of what monsters would spawn, so he looked at the description below. Monsters ?Killer Clown (x10) ?Murderous Doll (x8) ?Cursed Teddy Bear (x6) ?Jack-in-a-Box (x5) ?Corrupted Jester (x3) ?Telekinetic Clown (x1) "What the..." Vitiate was speechless, there were clown type monsters? These monsters were strange, they were deemed as mysterious type monsters. These types of monsters were created from the fears of kids. They were manifestations of their imagination, there was a story behind it dealing with a circus that came into town one day. There was more to it on how and why these strange monsters came to be, it was something unnatural. Vitiate had something like a monster-dex that gave him information on the monsters he would ever get. There wasn''t any reason to use these monsters now, so he didn''t summon them, he would wait until a later date. "Of course, I have to make a circus for these types of monsters, the terrain would have to be a spooky forest with the circus in the middle of it all!" Vitiate wanted to make it where you would have to go through the circus to make it to the next floor. Next, he pulled out the cursed weapon, this type of weapon wasn''t something anyone could touch but he could. The weapon had a blue light around it which indicated its grade. Vitiate looked at what the weapon could do, he found that it could change into any weapon he wanted! "This weapon is cursed, it even has 5 seals on it that need to be removed to awaken its true power. If I were to take the seal off, its grade may go up another level. The thing is, what are the requirements to remove a seal or two?" Vitiate then pointed his attention to the storage ring, it was the legendary ring in all fantasies that held things in a pocket space. He had always wondered how they worked, he put his finger on the ring and found that he could sense everything in the ring, which was nothing. "The space in this ring is enough to fit a mansion in it, this will be enough to carry some dead monsters, later. I''m thinking about creating a monster horde to attack some other monsters in this forest to subdue them!" Yes, he wanted to conduct a mass attack in this forest, Vitiate wanted to send out some Scout crows first before doing that. Many Monsters within his Dungeon should level up with this, he even wanted to buy Mud Golems for this Raid. Vitiate basically wanted to control this territory and capture more monsters, he was particularly gunning for that manticore he saw yesterday night. There was too much to do for this Dungeon and capturing monsters gave him Points, so why not? With this plan in mind, he bought 7 scout crows, Vitiate already had 3 hanging out on the 1st floor. He sent the crows out and they scattered across the land, he could review the recording later if they noticed anything, even if they were killed off by something. He was looking to destroy and capture some monster camps if he could! "This is a weapon master card, that''ll give me the ability to understand all weapons. This is too convenient, there should be a luck or fortune stat because this is within my favor!" A weapon that could change into any weapon? A skill card that could give him the ability to understand all weapons! Vitiate crushed the skill card and particles flew into his body, with that, he learned the Skill, Weapon Mastery. "Ah, Damn!" Once he crushed the card, he received a terrible headache, it was processing all weapons in existence and if a new one occurred, it would update! The headache lasted for 3 minutes before it stopped, Vitiate viewed his status afterward. The funny part is, there was a fortune stat, it was just hard to unlock but he didn''t know that. Author Note: There is a Sword, Hammer, and other Masteries but he has the rarest which is Weapon Mastery. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Vitiate continued to build the training ground, he could get training puppets for free from the system. The puppets couldn''t be used to fight outside forces but were strictly meant for training only. They came with a different set of skills at their disposal, some even could use the space and time element! "These elements are too strong, if I could have chosen these two for my innate racial traits, I would have!" These elements were things he could only buy from the Dungeon System, he couldn''t get these so easily. They cost quite a lot, so Vitiate wasn''t getting these skills no time soon. They were only granted to the puppets for an individual to practice with, to understand what a person with these elements could and would do against you. Strength types, Element types, ranged types, they were all here for him to practice against. This system was generous enough to let him practice against these types of things for free. "In the future, I''ll have to buy a gravity chamber to improve myself. Yeah, we''re going Dragonball Z style for this one." He wanted to quickly train then start working on his army to take with him for that big campaign. Vitiate was sure that such a huge monster horde would attract the attention of several people scouting in the forest, like humans, and maybe elves. Vitiate had reviewed the map, so he would know what to expect. He didn''t care, Vitiate had the ability to hide his face with a white and black mask he could form. On this campaign, he would be in his 1st transformation so no one would recognize him later. For his first fight, he decided to fight against a strength type since most monsters had high strength. The puppet began to transform into a shadowy figure, with no notable features besides its large size, large muscles, and pure white eyes. The Puppet stood in place waiting for its orders. Vitiate grabbed the pole weapon and with a thought from him, it changed into a scythe. The puppet also formed a weapon in its hand, it was an Axe. Both Vitiate and the puppet clashed, it was unknown how strong the puppet was, but its strength was high! Once the two clashed, he could easily guess that its strength was slightly higher, it may have strength but he had higher speed with much more backing him. Vitiate quickly backed away, it would be best to not contend with these types head-on now. The puppet didn''t give him a chance to breathe and charged towards him swinging its Battle Axe. With a simple attack like this, he was easily able to dodge, but once the Axe hit the ground, it was pulverized as cracks formed around it. Vitiate quickly moved around the puppet to attack the head to kill it, but the puppet used one of its arms to punch out toward him. "Smart, huh!?" Vitiate grinned then his weapon changed from a spear into a dagger. He quickly knocked the puppet''s hand downward, his strength wasn''t that far off from it so it lost its balance! Vitiate was right at its head now, and with his dagger, he pierced through it! The puppet didn''t make a sound and fell to the ground without further movement. [Ding! Strength has gone up by +1!] "Oh? It was like that. I like this type of training already, haha!" There were difficulty level to these puppets, so it wouldn''t remain easy like this forever. Vitiate continued to train daily with the strength puppet for a week, this was the level 1 difficulty. After a week, it didn''t give him any more points, he fought the thing twice a day. It used different brute like weapons like a Mace, Axes, Spiked Maces, and large Hammers. During this training, he went to feed and make sure the Demi-Human and Dragon ate. This floor only had honey bees on it, so there was no game to hunt here. They were trapped on this floor pretty much, if they left this floor to the 10th floor, they would arrive at a gate that blocked them off. This was the boss room of the Sludge Monster. Lily had the ability to warp people just like Vitiate so this was how they got to this floor. After a week of training, he received 700 Dungeon points as his weekly currency. Vitiate wanted to train his speed and dexterity next but he had to check his evolved monsters first before that. With that, he appeared on the 5th floor in the Boss Room. The Golem wasn''t in its melted Mud state because it wasn''t made of mud anymore. The Golem just stood in place silently, it didn''t move an inch. If someone were to see this they would mistake it for a statue without question. The Golem was brown in color now with a green eye light in the middle of its head. The Golem stood taller than all the monsters in his Dungeon, it was 23 feet in height! Once he checked its status he found out that it was a Rock Golem. The next evolution for the golem would be a Stone Golem, which was a refined version of rock. Vitiate nodded in satisfaction, he couldn''t buy any other Golems other than Mud Golems off the system, for now. He needed to make this room bigger since the size of this Golem increased but he wanted to check the other monsters first. Just as he was about to warp to the 2nd floor, a spatial crack appeared in the void and Lily appeared out of it. "Huh? What''s up, Lily?" Vitiate asked. "Master, Birdies have hatched from those eggs the goblins bought back that day!" Lily quickly said. "What!?" Vitiate didn''t say anything else and warped away to the 11th floor! 28 Monster Check-Up! Vitiate appeared on the 11th floor with Lily sitting on his shoulder, he was eager to see the new hatchlings. He had sat the nest in the forest area in a solitary place where the artificial sun could reach. With the help of the false sun and the red Crystals supporting them, the hatchlings could be born with no defects. Vitiate walked closer, he could now hear the Griffin babies chirping altogether, there were 3 of them and they all looked the same physically. Once they saw Vitiate, their chirping grew louder, it was like they recognized him as their mom! "My goodness, they look so cute and amazing! I''m sure they''re hungry right about now, so it''s best to feed them something." Vitiate knew that they were carnivores like most bird species in this world, so he opted to feed them meat. He decided to feed them cooked beef, he mashed it up first before giving it to them. With the help of the Mana in this Dungeon and feeding them this type of food, their growth would be much faster. At this time, the Demi-Human and the Dragon came over to check what was going on. From what he saw from their stats, there were two males and one female. Once the Dragon walked over, it heard the Griffins and ran over. The Dragon looked at the little chicks and its mouth began to drool, it wanted to eat these Griffins! Bonk! "Ekkk!" The Dragon rolled on the ground in pain then it looked up at Vitiate with a glare. It pouted and stuck its head up high with its tail wagging and walked away arrogantly. "Don''t even think about it, if you come near them, I''ll throw you on the 10th floor with the mutants and funk!" Vitiate''s mouth twitched, these creatures weren''t turkeys and chickens that could be eaten. The Dragon shook when it heard these words, it was thrown on the 8th floor for 10 hours in the funky sewer filled with Ratmen and huge overgrown rats, it didn''t want to go to a place worse than the 8th floor! The Dragon was acting up, so Vitiate put it on the 8th floor with the Rat Folk. The Dragon recalled how a few Ratmen tried to court her and have a ''good time'' with her as they licked their lips with lustful eyes! The Dragon looked liked static was going through it from fear and shock! Vitiate chuckled to himself, he knew what the dragon was thinking, he was watching the whole scene at that time. With that, the Dragon ran off somewhere in a hurry after hearing Vitiate''s chuckle. The Demi-Human stood in place, she didn''t know whether she could come over or not. Vitiate tried to talk to her many times this week but she stayed silent, she seemed really scared from her past experiences. "Come on over and have a look at them." Vitiate waved his hand but he didn''t look back because he was focused on feeding the 3 Griffins. Nina gasped and walked over to get a better look, she was instantly mesmerized by the babies. "Hehe, you like them, don''t you?" Nina nodded as she stared at the babies. "Okay, if you like them, you can have one as your pet, what do you think?" Vitiate smiled and said. Nina was shocked, was he seriously going to let her have one of these birdies!? "Don''t be surprised, think of this as a gift for joining the family, so choose the one you like most!" Vitiate patted her back and pushed her forward gently. "Y-Yes!" Nina spoke for the first time, when was the last time someone was so nice to her? Nina looked over the Griffins, she was having a hard time picking but she soon picked one in the end. Nina picked up the one she chose, it was one of the males. "Remember, you have to take care of him, and in the future, he will surely do the same." Nina had tears in her eyes from joy, she was smiling so brightly from this experience that she looked like a completely different person. "So you can talk and smile, it''s good to know that hope isn''t all lost." Vitiate then looked at Lily and continued "Lily, you''ll be in charge of feeding and bathing them, you can get some help from Nina here." He couldn''t watch these Griffins 24/7, so he left this job to Lily since she wasn''t really doing much anyway. "Lily Understands! Lily will take care of the birdies until they don''t need Lilies'' help!" Lily did a little salute and started to tend to the Griffins. Once this was done, Vitiate warped to the second floor to check on the Goblins. Once he arrived, he saw the Goblins were gathered around the Hobgoblin female and the new Evolved Hobgoblin. All the goblins that gathered were Warriors and Bowmen who recently evolved themselves but they were fascinated by the Warrior Hob''s evolution. "Damn, this guy is taller than me now, perhaps my next form should also be a great increase in height!" Vitiate already knew how he wanted his 2nd form to look but that would be in the future since it cost 200,000 for the next form. His stats would increase when he transformed, his Elemetal ability power would also increase upon transforming, this was the same for his 1st form as of now. As expected, the 2 were butt naked standing amongst the crowd, but no one cared about that. Once they saw Vitiate, they all broke their formation and turned to him instead. "Dungeon Master!" "Master!" "Great Lord!" "Shining Master!" They began to praise Vitiate the minute they saw him. Vitiate''s mouth twitched, who called him a Shining Master!? "Well, well, it looks like you evolved Warren! How does it feel to reach this state of power?" Vitiate observed the two closely seeing their new changes. "Master! It feels good, I feel stronger than ever, I must be able to go further than this." Vitiate was surprised, he didn''t expect Warren to talk, he usually just nodded and would say ''ok'' or ''mhm'' but he talked this time! "Good to know, let me scan you." Vitiate began to view his status. Name: Warren Race: Hobgoblin Elite Race Type: Demon Gender: Male Title: Duelist, Backstabber, Spirited Fighter Class: Knight| Grade-1 Evolution Chain Level: 3 Vitality: 430 |Mana: 0 |Strength: 450 |Spd: 290 |Intelligence: 65 |Dexterity: 300 |Charm: 80 Combat Masteries: ?????Sword Mastery: E| Passive Abilities: Health Regeneration| Combat Adaptability| Night Vision| Vital Spirit Techniques: Body Reinforcement: Lv: 5| Swordsmanship: Lv: 5| Wall Walk: Lv: Lv: 3| Sneak: Lv:3| Hide: Lv: 2| Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Innate Talent: Combat Focus "So he was still a Hobgoblin, he has grown much stronger than before, haha!" Vitiate nodded and looked at the Hobgoblin Female, she had nice curves. Vitiate wanted to describe her body but he remembered that it was a Goblin, it wouldn''t be a good idea to have his mind run wild. Name: Stella Race: Hobgoblin Archer Race Type: Demon Gender: Female Title: Sharp Gaze, 1-Shot-1-Kill, Enemy Unseen, Class: Archer| Grade-1 Evolution Chain Level: 2 Vitality: 250 |Mana: 0 |Strength: 200 |Spd: 250 |Intelligence: 70 |Dexterity: 270 |Charm: 99 Combat Masteries: ????Bow Mastery: E| Passive Abilities: Stamina Boost| Eagle Eye| Night Vision| Vital Spirit Techniques: Archery: Lv: 4| Sneak: Lv:5| Hide: Lv: 5| Innate Talent: N/A Vitiate touched his chin, she could be better. Like he said earlier, he wanted to turn her into an elemental Archer which was away more capable then this default class. "You two are good, but you should get some clothes on quickly, it isn''t good to walk around naked." Vitiate nodded and said. "Hmm, Why not?" Stella looked confused, she didn''t understand. Vitiate looked at her intelligence, how could she have not picked up on this!? "Just don''t, it''s not good to show your body in public like you''re doing now." Stella still had a confused expression but nodded. With that, he turned and warped away to the 11th floor once again, he wanted to overlook the Dungeon and make plans. Once he arrived back on the 11th floor he could see Nina giving the Griffin baby some milk he got from the system long ago, well, 2 days ago. Vitiate quickly made his way back to the training grounds, he had always wondered how to level up his mastery but he found out yesterday. It was similar to Ki control from Dragonball Z, he had to control the elements and strengthen it through training and meditation. With his training speed passive, his Mastery would go up much faster than a regular person. "I''ll have to have the Goblin start another training program for the Goblins and Kobolds, I want this raid to happen next month or so." Thinking about this, his crows had been out for a week but he had never checked them out. Vitiate looked through the available monsters he could purchase from the system but they were all the same as before. "I''ll have to summon a good amount of monsters for this raid, it''s going to get chaotic in this forest, haha!" "I might have to use the Horror Circus Bundle Monsters for this battle, they should be pretty strong." Thinking of the different monsters, he remembered the Glory system list, it was a different type of system currency which sold different monsters. Vitiate quickly ran through the system to find the list which took him 2 minutes to do. He ran through the list of monsters with visible shock, they were just too strong! ¡îGlory Monster List¡î ?Flesh Golem [25,000 Gp] ?Jack O'' Lantern [30,000 Gp] ?Alraune [1,000 Gp] ?Medusa [1,200,000 Gp] ?Naga [300 Gp] ?Naga Queen [10,000 Gp] ?Cerebus [500,000 Gp] ?Cthulhu [700,000 Gp] ?Ganesha [1,500,000 Gp] ?Wyvern Egg (Ice) [3,500 Gp] ?Wyvern Egg (Fire) [3,500 Gp] ?Wyvern Egg (Poison) 3,500 Gp] ?Wyvern Egg (Lightning) [3,500 Gp] ... ... The list went on and on with different monsters. Vitiate''s gazed burned, these monsters were mostly at boss level, he couldn''t wait to get them. "I need some sort of device that''ll spawn my monsters in at a later time after death, so I don''t have to keep spending money." There was surely something like this on the system to prevent hard spending like that. Vitiate didn''t worry about it and turned to start training his Water and Wood Element Masteries, he wanted them to breakthrough to E-Rank soon. 30 Monster Training Regiment! Suddenly many figures appeared around Vitiate with a flash of light, some of them gave weird chuckles once they appeared. Vitiate''s eyebrows knitted, he looked over every monster that had spawned from the Horror Circus Bundle. [Ding! Your Dungeon''s strength has upgraded to Code Grey Grade 1!] [Ding! Handing out two free monsters!] Vitiate couldn''t pay attention to the notification now and looked around. There were 6 different entities, what stood out the most were the Jack-in-the-Boxes. They were placed in big boxes, they would and could pop out with different weapons in their hands. The jack-in-the-box was a clown, he wore half red and half yellow clothing of a clown while sporting a Santa Claus-like hat. It knew how to control the box like it was apart of its body, it even used the box as a defense method. It wore typical white clown makeup, but its nose wasn''t red like most clowns, it was instead yellow this time around for all 5 of them. The Murderous doll came in many different forms and looks, but one of them reminded him of Chucky! Vitiate scratched his head, he ran over its ability, it seemed this doll would mainly sneak attack people. It Sneak skill was so high along with its ability to overcome perception skills to some degree. Like you''d expect, it came with a knife but the grade of the knife was of the Rare Class. They had high speed and intelligence, so they were good together in coordinated attacks. There were male and female of these types of monsters but they couldn''t breed, obviously. The dolls kept little smiles on their faces, it was the type of smile where their teeth couldn''t be seen. Their faces seemed frozen but it was only an act to catch people off guard! Vitiate looked at the cursed teddy bears, they were another decently strong creature. They were small in size but from reading their status sheet, he knew they could grow in size similar to Tibbers! They were black in color, it looked like most of their bodies had been sown up. The Cursed Teddy bear had sharp white claws coming from its knobby arms where fingers should be. One of its eyes looked like a button while the other looked like an X was over it. With that, Vitiate pointed his attention to the series of clowns. The first he analyzed was the Killer clown, they wore Half black and red clown suits. It had red hair but their hairstyles were different from each other, one even had a pennywise hairstyle! The Killer Clown always had a frown on its face, some even had frowns so deep that it looked like they had seen something dreadful. They wore white gloves, but their noses were black, they only had one goal in mind, and that was to kill! Vitiate noticed that these clowns had very high durability, so they could take a beating and still rise afterward. Some had weapons while some didn''t, they had a high strength stat and usually stabbed or choked someone to death with their iron grip. They had a special skill called Shadow Trickery, they would form a shadow with their hands and it would come to life and attack people. Looking at the demonstration, this skill reminded him of the scene from killer clowns from outer space where the shadow ate a group of people! This Clown could utilize the Dark element and manipulate shadows, this was its prime element. The clown wore the typical big clown shoes that were both red and black, its eyes were cold and bright red. Vitiate turned to the Corrupted Jester, it was wearing black and white diamond patterned clothes. It had a pale white face with deep black eyeliner around its mouth and eyes, it even had a pointed tip on each end. Its eyes were yellow and unlike the others before it, it had the biggest grin on its face that revealed a row of sharp white teeth. This was just one of the Jesters, there were two more but their clothes resembled different cards. The One described was of the diamond jester while the other two were different, one had heart patterns while the other had spade patterns on their clothes. They had different color so everything was different and not the same. Vitiate was a little creeped out by these 3 smiling all the time. He then quickly turned his attention to the final monster, the Telekinetic Clown. This clown seemed more becoming than the other monsters. This clown wore half purple and a half green outfit, it had a pale face with a yellow star under its left eye. The clown had sharp purple eyes that lit up every so often, it levitated in air in a crossed-legged position. It had its arms folded while wearing golden genie shoes, green aura wrapped around its body displaying its Mind Element. What amazed Vitiate was his clean hairstyle, it was just like the jokers, what a fresh clown! The Clown''s abilities were near boss level, if not, it was. The Clown had the highest intelligence Vitiate had ever seen from a monster! However, Vitiate had seen a clown type monster on the Glory List that was far superior to this clown. "Do you guys understand me?" Vitiate scanned the crowd of monsters and said. They looked at him and nodded without saying anything. Some of them gave weird chuckles, it seemed laughing or giggling was something they just did naturally. "Good!" Vitiate just studied the monster''s abilities and how he could utilize them later. He decided to place them on the 20th floor for now, but this was only temporary. He turned the default cave system into a Dark forest with a bright moon shining down. Like he said he would do before, he created a huge circus for the clowns to dwell in. The place looked like a circus amusement park. Before he could send them to their respective floors, he was greeted by Lily and Nina, who was walking with her pet Griffin. The Griffin had grown quite a bit and was now able to walk. "Ah!" Nina stepped back and fell on her butt, she was horrified seeing the group of monsters around Vitiate. The Killer Clowns are what really scared her, she looked at their grief-stricken faces in terror! The clowns could sense her fear and glared at her deeply with sadistic eyes, Nina''s face turned pale seeing this, she felt like crying but no tears came! Vitiate, seeing the situation quickly waved his hand, warping all the clowns to the 20th floor. "Haha, relax, they''re allies I''ll be using in the upcoming battle." He smiled and shook his head, he almost kept the clowns present to see more, but what if she had a terror attack or something? "T-those w-were clown m-monsters?" Nina stood up slowly, Vitiate looked at her and saw that she had peed herself, what the heck? "Nina, you pissed yourself, you can''t be a coward forever or you''ll end up dying in this world. I think you may be ready for some training soon!" Vitiate looked over at Lily and continued, "What brings you guys here, did something happen?" Lily was a bit surprised by the new monsters too, but she wasn''t scared, she honestly wanted to go visit these interesting looking beings later. "The ant Queen has given birth to some strange looking ants aside from the usual. Lily and Nina just wanted to tell you so you could check them out." Nina said. "Oh? I''ll check it out, I put so many monster spawners on that floor for them, they should be good for now. Nina, you get cleaned up, you''ll start your training regiment tomorrow with the Goblins and Kobolds." Vitiate said no more and warped away. With that, he arrived on the 15th floor but directly in the nest. He was just on this floor not too long ago, he could see Goblins helping the Ant queen with food and water. All the Ant eggs had a bronze-like color to them, but there were 10 silver eggs and 2 golden eggs. Lily had pointed out the eggs to Vitiate the minute they arrived on the floor. Once he scanned them, he knew what type of eggs they were. The silver eggs were Ant Guardians and the golden eggs were the queen''s personal bodyguards, the royal guard class. There were Goblin warriors bringing food through a portal lily had formed. This was a portal that connected to the 2nd floor. The queen was eating while pumping out eggs at the same time, Vitiate told Lily what they were and she instantly understood. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Afterward, he went to the second floor, there were Goblins shipping food while there were Goblins being trained by the Hobgoblins. There were many creatures spawning on the 15th floor for the ants to eat but they couldn''t hunt them now. This would help later since the creatures like wild boar would have time to increase in number. Vitiate needed as many Goblins as he could, so he wanted to spawn 120 Goblins, They would get the training they need. Goblins were cheap, they only cost 10 Dungeon Points each, this was a steal to Vitiate. This was why he relied so much on the Goblins than any other race, they didn''t cost much and they reproduced fast! He placed 40 Goblins under the Hobgoblin Enhancer, 40 under the Hobgoblin Archer, and 40 Under the Hobgoblin warrior. They were to strictly train for the upcoming battle, he had already told them about it. Vitiate bought a few Skill books off the market, he bought 10 different types and handed them to the Hobgoblin Enhancer. He dropped in on the 5th floor where the lizardmen were, they had seen progress but not as much. For this bout, he warped them to the 2nd floor to join in on the training regiment like the Kobolds and Goblins. Nina was going to have to join in as well, it was time for her to learn how to fight, but tomorrow was when she would get started. There were 18 lizardmen due to them breeding, their children were adolescents and nearly adults so they could fight. Vitiate had only purchased 6 lizard men, but they had grown this much over the months. Once he was done with that, he went to the next floor which was the 3rd floor. At this time, he could see the Ogres meditating near the Tablet silently. Vitiate viewed their status and saw that their intelligence had grown a lot. The Tablet had a limit, it would only help a creature''s intelligence reach 100 before becoming useless to them. He didn''t need to visit them, he could see that it was effective on them, so he moved to the Eastern Orc''s den. Vitiate didn''t bother to go in, he had a bad feeling that he might see something he didn''t want to. So, he simply called out to them to come out, they needed to be apart of the big training course on floor 2. Fifteen Pig faced Orcs soon made their way out of the den, Vitiate simply explained what needed to be done. They all nodded and he warped them all to the 2nd floor, he already told the Hobgoblins that more races would join in on this training from other floors, so they knew what to expect. Of course, how could he forget the Knolls and Western Orc, he visited them and they also joined in. Vitiate remembered that the system gave him 2 free monsters because his Dungeon''s Danger level had gone up. He hadn''t checked yet, so he immediately brought them up to see. The Monsters appeared in card form to indicate that he owned them already. Monsters had grades to them, so the cards were different colors due to their grade. The first monster he saw was a Minotaur, before summoning any of these creatures, he could choose their gender. The last monster stunned Vitiate a bit, he had never heard of this type of monster before but the grade was quite high. The monster was called a Dragon Rex, it looked like a mix of a tyrannosaurus Rex and Dragon. It was black with wings on its back, there were several spikes protruding out of its body. The Monster had small green eyes but despite the size of its eyes, it could see really well. Vitiate thought of something and didn''t summon it, but he did summon the Minotaur to join the training course. It was taller than the Ogres with a height of 9''11, it had sturdy muscles and every time it breathed deeply, steam would come out of its nose. Vitiate didn''t say anything much, he just told it that it would be participating in a training course. The Minotaur said ''I understand'' and he warped it away. "Perfect! Everything has been set in motion, all I have to do now is train myself and wait." With all his monsters training, he was sure a lot of them would evolve. With that, he went back to his training, but he''ll peek in on them every now and then to see what was going on. 31 What To Expect! At this time, a month had already passed by on top of the 2 weeks that had passed before. There were 2 more weeks left before the start of Vitiate''s raid. In this time, he was training rigorously with his Weapon and Elemental Mastery. He improved quite a lot from his training, all his Skill and masteries had gone up. Of course, he learned new skills naturally through training. Yesterday, he found that the Ogres had reached complete enlightenment and took the Tablet away from them. With that, he bought 3 skeletons and put them in a secluded area around the tablet. Vitiate chose to train on the 15th floor and he would just head to the 21st floor to fight some puppets to train himself further. There was a reason he chose to train on the 15th floor, he had found a few things out about the Dungeon. Vitiate wanted to quicken the growth of his monsters as fast as he could, so he asked Lily a couple of things. She was still a Dungeon core, so she knew a lot more than him, she just never bothered to explain since he never asked. Lily wouldn''t know what he wanted to know unless he asked, she was still a child and newborn to some degree. What he found out was that he could concentrate all of the mana onto specific floors. So, he stopped the flow of the other floors and concentrated the flow of mana onto the 2nd and 15th floors. The Monsters could feel the mana around them burst with thickness, this improved their training speed quite dramatically. Despite them feeling the mana around them grow stronger, it didn''t mean they could use it like Enhancers or Casters. Instead, it would strengthen their bodies and training speed, this also improved their awareness. Vitiate didn''t forget to put the bad-tempered Dragon and Wind wolf on the 2nd floor to train to. This included her 17 wolf buddies, he even put Nina there to train, she would come back to the 21st floor exhausted but she was improving a lot. Her little pet even went with her to learn how to fight, so they could coordinate in battle. This didn''t mean he was going to let her participate in this raid, she would be by his side at all times, at least. Vitiate was especially going to take care of her improvement in the future with the skills he was going to give her. He had thought about infecting her but held off on that until a later date, he''ll see how things go first. Now, with the mana flow getting stronger on the 15th floor, the eggs hatched much faster. They started to grow faster as well. If an adventurer saw this, they would immediately scream and send a red alert to all towns in the nearby area, this was a serious threat! The standard worker Ant was reddish-brown with sharp mandibles protruding out of their faces, they had black eyes with sharp legs that were meant for digging and killing. These worker ants came with the natural Earth Element. Their armor shells were tough to bypass but it could be done if they targeted their weak spots, their joints. Then there was the Guardian ants, they were orange in color and were bigger than the worker ants. They had the same features as the worker ant but their bodies were bigger and their eyes were red. Finally, there was the Royal Guard Ants, they were slightly bigger than the worker ants. However, their size was something you shouldn''t underestimate, they were much stronger than guardians. They had a Silver Body, with 4 wings on their backs, they could use two elements naturally, with this being Wind and Earth Elements. What amazed Vitiate most about these Ants was their ability to transform into a humanoid existence, not even the Dragon could do that yet! In a humanoid form, they were the size of a tall human, they could move much faster through the air with aerial attacks. They were smart enough to use weapons, they highly favorited piercing weapons like spears and Lances. The ants that could work started digging a deeper and bigger nest right away. There were many of them, and once the nest was deep enough they were going to carry the queen down to a safe position. At the moment, Vitiate was satisfied with his training, he needed to upgrade the Dungeon more the make his training much faster. For now, it was time to go over the battle plan with the Monsters he was going to put in charge. There were some monsters in this forest that weren''t something they could easily deal with. Vitiate bought 4 Mud Golems and placed them on the 15th floor as well, he wanted to see if they could evolve into Rock Golems but it never happened. So, he just decided to use these in the upcoming raid. Vitiate was running very low in Dungeon Points but it would be worth it in the end, he thought. If he had to throw them in cages and beat them into submission, he would. Sadly, if he had to kill them it would have to be so, he would still be getting Dp from their deaths. With that, he warped to the 2nd floor, this place was crowded with monsters training and talking. Some were enjoying food while others drunk some wine and liquor, yes, he bought these things for them. Vitiate was technically underage to drink these things so he didn''t bother to drink them, he didn''t want to anyway. He arrived at the training field where a big group of monsters were training. A few Kobold Warriors and Bowman had evolved into Kobold Knights and Kobold Sharpshooters. These were the veterans he bought when he first got the Dungeon so this made sense. There were two types of Kobolds, ones that were lizard-like and the ones that had wolf-like heads, he had the wolf type Kobolds. Vitiate liked these types more than the Lizard kind, so he was happy to see them advance in strength. He noticed that the Minotaur was training the hardest, it was practicing with a huge battle Axe against the Orc male. The Eastern Orc male sadly didn''t stand a chance, it was overwhelmed every time in the spars they had. "Damn it! you cheat, size too big, can''t win!" The Orc seemed kinda butt hurt from his constant losses. "Sore loser, all Skill, you puny weakling can''t defeat real warrior!" The Minotaur Grinned in contempt, they both sounded funny due to their weird speech. Despite their bad speech, they couldn''t be considered dumb like the Ogres who was surely not the brightest. "Rematch, will beat dumb bull this time, will crush fat cow!" The Eastern Orc shifted his Axe in front of him ready for a second round. "Stupid pig is too weak, me beat ugly smelly pig again until it understand the weakling it is!" The Minotaurs eyes flashed with fury, Vitiate knew it had a skill called berserk which wasn''t anything to look down on. "Aye! That Cow and Pig are back at it again, someone stopped them!" "Uh oh, someone better call Warren, these guys don''t know when to call it quits!" A few Kobolds and Goblins off to the side had been watching the whole time. This happened way too often so they had grown used to it, it started on day one when the Minotaur was ported to the 2nd floor. Some unknown conflict had broken out between the two. Vitiate was speechless, he was in the forest watching the whole thing. "I guess competing is still a thing in Dungeons but no one should be getting killed over it!" Just as he said that, a slash split between the Minotaur and Orc before they could clash again. "Okay, you guys break it up, go rest and eat before pumping up again." Warren suddenly showed up to break the fight up, the Eastern Orc had grown bigger, he had evolved as well but was still having a hard time against the Minotaur. "Next time piggy, you get lucky, next time turn to pork chops!" The Minotaur walked off with a sneer on its face. "Stupid fat cow, all fat, no real strength!" The Eastern Orc gritted its teeth and left the training ground soon after. Warren scratched his head, he didn''t know how to feel about these two. Vitiate walked out of the forest and approached. "Ah, Master, you''ve come, its been so long!" Warren noticed Vitiate right away and so did everyone else. "Oh, yeah, it looks like you''ve got your hands full." He looked around at the once training monsters, who started to stare into their direction, they obviously wanted to come over and greet him. "What brings Master here today of all times?" Warren asked curiously. "Assemble the aven.. I mean assemble the Hobgoblins and High Kobolds!" Warren didn''t question him anymore and went to seek out the other Hobgoblins. Vitiate already knew that the Enhancer Hobgoblin was giving the Ogres the rest of the skill books to practice at this time. He walked into a house he made some time ago, it was a humankind type. He sat at a table and waited for everyone to come, he even called the Lizardman leader and Western Orc over. Within 5 minutes, everyone that was called showed up. They looked around when they entered and stood around the table in the room. Vitiate looked around and nodded before pulling out the map he stole from the explorer. He sat it on the table and everyone instinctively looked at it. "Hmm, is this a map of the forest?" Warren looked and asked, he was just guessing. "Yep, this is a map of the forest, this forest is called Dread Forest, it''s made up of 5 sections. You can probably guess why I''m showing you this map." Most nodded but few shook their heads in confusion. "Before I explain, let me show you something to help you understand what we''re dealing with. This map will be what''ll help us with our upcoming raid." Vitiate then pulled up 10 virtual screens of many monster territories he reviewed daily. He showed them the scene that the Scout Crows had seen, and even the death of one of the Scout crows. After watching the video on the screen, everyone was stunned but there was excitement on their faces as well. "That swamp doesn''t look like a place I would ever spend time at, it looked poisonous and smelly!" The Lizardman could tell that it wasn''t a place any normal creature could survive, he didn''t like the water coloration which screamed polluted! "That''s right, it is polluted to the extreme, I''ll be sending Mud Golems or maybe the Rock Golem to that swamp to conquer it." "Are we splitting up again.. or?" Stella wasn''t sure, so she asked "Nope! We''ll overwhelm these monster clans with numbers and surprise attacks." Vitiate began to relay more about the monsters in the area, but one stuck out most to everyone. "These Sharkmen are near the lake here, it''s the lake near the human village." Vitiate pointed to the map and continued "Sharkmen are a Hyper-Aggressive race that''ll target, kill, and eat anyone or thing they see that moves. Their own kind isn''t even spared from this as they would also resort to cannibalism in rough situations." Sharkmen used bone saw weapons that were outlined with spikes. They stood tall and had bulging muscles with deep black eyes as dark as night. To note, they were good at Close Combat and using their natural element which was water, and if they were special, they could use the Metal element as well. "What a strong beast, I can''t wait to fight it!" The Western Orc loved a good fight, it couldn''t wait to test its strength against the Sharkmen. "The lake is their stomping ground, it won''t be so easy to take them down but..." Vitiate suddenly thought of the Little Dragon, it could get the job done with its skills. Vitiate showed them another location, it was the location of the Arachnid Dungeon that was attacking his dungeon in the past all the time! "The Spiders that attacked before, so it was this Dungeon''s doing!?" Stella''s expression turned cold, her mom was killed by these spiders during that attack, she was trying to put out the fire at that time but died while doing it. "That''s right, we''ll have to deal with them too, it shouldn''t be hard now, but I would like to know how many floors this Dungeon has." Vitiate wasn''t sure but he was certain it had about 15 or so, he was planning on using the Dragon-Rex to Raid this place with the rest of his monsters. As of now, the Dragon Rex was the strongest monster he had, it wasn''t as strong as a True Dragon but it was enough to handle most enemies around. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. He started to tell them to create cages if they had to, they would need to bring captured monsters back with them somehow. Now, if a monster was killed off by them, they were to give the corpse to Vitiate to store away. He continued to tell them more about how strong they could get from taking down other dungeons, thus, this served as even more fuel to make them fight harder. The Western Orc didn''t know too much but he knew he had to kill to get more strength, so he welcomed it. With that, the meeting ended, everyone now knew what to expect, so they went to make preparations. Lily was spending most of her time playing around with the Clowns on the 20th floor. She loved the tricks and shows they would perform, so she asked Nina if she wanted to go but was completely refused on the spot. The Dragon went, she actually like the clown show and found it funny and entertaining. They had many fun tricks but they also had many deadly tricks like acid balloons, exploding toys, and presents! Vitiate sighed, what kid was so scared of clowns that they formed these types of monsters with their imagination!? With the growth of the Ants in his Dungeon, his Danger level had gone up again, he was now a Grey Grade Level 2 Dungeon! Vitiate went back to the 21st floor and looked at the Dragon-Rex Card. It was a Dragon Rex Alpha, so it was pretty powerful. "May as well summon it." Vitiate shrugged and crushed the card. Suddenly, a huge silhouette appeared. 32 Terror Mountain Dispute! The Giant Dragon Rex landed on the ground flapping its wings, it stood straight up on its hind legs. The Dragon Rex had a large jaw full of thick sharp teeth, it had spikes nearly all over its back with a huge horn on the tip of its nose. It had so many teeth that they were coming out of its mouth despite it being closed. The Dragon Rex looked around and discovered Vitiate during its search. Vitiate scanned the creature and was certain that this was the strongest monster in his Dungeon indeed. He reviewed its moves and was surprised at what it could do. Vitiate just told the Dragon to go about its business elsewhere, he was contemplating whether to let it guard his Dungeon during the raid or just take it with him for it. With that, the Dragon Rex flew off into Paradise Garden''s Forest, he would need to feed it later. Vitiate went about with his business, he wanted to upgrade his Life Element, it was something he didn''t get to train in this time. Suddenly, Lily appeared before Vitiate. "Master, Master, there are Earthquakes hitting the first and second floor!" Lily quickly said. "Earthquakes? Does this Forest get earthquakes?" Vitiate stood up and warped to the 2nd floor. Rumble! Rumble! Suddenly, the 2nd floor shook, it was indeed an earthquake, at least that''s how it felt. "Master!" Warren quickly ran over with the Hobgoblin Enhancer, he hadn''t given this Hob a name yet. "The Earthquakes are only shaking floors 1 and 2, the rest of the floors aren''t exposed to the tremors." The Enhancer had checked and found that this was the case. "Yes, I heard from Lily here, but why would this place get hit with an earthquake and only two-floors at that?" Islands like these did have a high probability of getting hit with earthquakes, but why was it only targeting the 1st and 2nd floor? Everyone was silent, they couldn''t answer that. Rumble! Another quake shook the Dungeon, it couldn''t be that someone was hitting this place with Earth Elements, right!? "No! Why would they attack this Dungeon from the outside, this can''t be any earthquake because it''s affiliated with the earth, thus it would shake the whole dungeon since I have no defense bought for the Dungeon." It was only hitting the 1st and 2nd floor, so this wasn''t an earthquake since an earthquake would shake the whole Dungeon. Though, regular Earthquakes wouldn''t be able to do anything like shake it. Vitiate thought no more about it and warped to the 1st floor''s entrance. He was followed by Lily but she stayed at the Dungeon entrance. Vitiate looked up and could see shockwaves from Terror Mountain. "Oh my goodness, I hope that isn''t the volcano exploding!" Vitiate frowned, what would happen if this volcano erupted above his Dungeon? He didn''t really want to find out! Vitiate immediately called over 3 Scout Crows to fly up the Mountain to check what was going on. He walked back into the Dungeon and sat on a rock to watch through the Virtual Screen. As the Crows were flying up, they were hit with Shock and Heatwaves which blew them away like feathers! "What the heck is going on!?" Vitiate''s face twitched a bit, he needed to port his Dungeon elsewhere away from this place, or else! He quickly sent two more crows to investigate, the other crows were killed from the shockwaves! This time, there were fewer shock waves but there were some Heatwaves that looked like vibrations in the sky. The Crows showed no fear and kept flying to the top of the mountain until they reached it. The environment was set ablaze everywhere. Suddenly, an explosion shot out which destroyed the void nearby. A giant pillar of fire rose from the volcano and shot into the air toward an unknown silhouette. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. The figure was unfazed by the attack and rammed its body towards the offender! Both figures flew high in the sky, it was a battle on this Volcano! Vitiate looked closely at the contenders, he recognized one right away, it was the Phoenix from last time. It was fighting something in the clouds, the battle was terrifying, these two were very powerful! Both figures were giving off powerful Auras as they shook the sky and earth. Vitiate Commanded the Crows to get further away from the two to watch. He got a good look at the second figure, it had a huge wingspan that Vitiate wouldn''t be able to figure out with a glance. The Monster was Green and Black, to put it simply, it was a True Dragon! The Pheonix was fighting an unknown type of Dragon. Vitiate first thought was an Inferno Dragon but they were usually Black and Red most of the time and never Green. Bright Orange light came from the Phoenix''s Wings, green particles quickly made their way out and shot towards the Dragon. The Temperatures in the area skyrocketed, anyone near this area would probably suffocate to death if they weren''t burned to a crisped first! The Dragon''s eyes flashed a green glow and it opened its mouth and shot out a chaotic DragonBreath. Both the Green particles and DragonBreath exploded upon contact with each other. During the explosion, the Pheonix took the time to rush the Dragon during the chaos. The Phoenix moved so fast that it looked like a blur through the crow''s eyes, it soon arrived at the huge Dragon''s side. The Dragon didn''t panic, its sharp claws shot out in a blink of an eye. The Pheonix''s wings started to glow blue as it countered with its wings. Vitiate Could only think of Pokemon when seeing this fight! The sound of cracks could be heard, it sounded like glass was breaking for some reason. The sky cracked and both figures were blown away by each other''s attacks. The Dragon''s huge body slammed into the Volcano pit while the Pheonix was blown away somewhere else. Another tremor shook the mountains, this time, it was far bigger than before! "These two are the cause of these damned earthquakes, just what are these 2 fighting for anyway!?" He wanted to tell them to get lost and fight elsewhere, but how could they listen to that? If anything, they may target him before fighting again. The Dragon arose from the Volcano''s lava pit, it was covered in magma but Vitiate could see that it was hurt. The Dragon''s thick scales were pierced by the Phoenix''s strange wing attack moments ago. This wasn''t a simple wound, it was hit hard and was bleeding pretty bad. The Dragon roared in anger and flew away clumsily towards the direction of the Glacial Zone, it didn''t seem to want to fight anymore. Moments after the Dragon flew away, the Phoenix came back, it was also injured from the exchange earlier. They were top tier monsters that were at the top of the food chain, they were nothing to joke with! The Phoenix''s wings were both bleeding pretty bad, they looked like they were broken. It landed near another Volcano pit to check on the strange colored egg from before. Suddenly, the Phoenix''s body started to glow with red light, its body started to shrink. With that, the Phoenix started to change into a humanoid shape, once the light dissipated, she had turned into a Human! Vitiate was stunned but this was to be expected, Monsters like these could eventually learn to take a human form. The Phoenix wore a Red and Black dress, she had no shoes or anything else but a dress on. The dress must have been bought by her because it had Divine patterns on it of many Pheonixes flying. She had one red eye and one orange eye, she had long fiery orange and red hair that was mixed together. Her face was so shockingly beautiful that she could easily put the people from his previous world to shame! The dress couldn''t hide her Voluptuous figure, her figure was in the shape of an S, how could she know to look this sexy in a Human Form!? "This is going a little too far for a Monster that can take the form of a human!" Vitiate shook his head, who was she trying to seduce? But suddenly, she noticed the crows like last time, but she didn''t blast them into oblivion like the last time. "Who are you? You were spying on me last time, what is your objective?" The Phoenix''s light voice came over as her eyes flashed red. At that moment, the crows felt a wind that seemed to be pulling them all in! One of the crows manage to get away but the other one was caught by the Phoenix with her bare hand. "You better speak if you can, or I''ll crush your pet into nothingness, you think I didn''t noticed the Dungeon below my territory?" The Phoenix woman smiled coldly, she had known about Vitiate''s Dungeon all along! Vitiate''s face turned a bit ugly after hearing what she said, she had long discovered his Dungeon!? "Lady, Calm down now, you were causing earthquakes fighting that Dragon so I came to investigate!" His voice transmitted through the crow for the Phoenix to hear. Vitiate''s face wasn''t looking so good, was she trying to cause trouble for him? "Oh, really, so what about the last time you visited me, what was that all about?" The Phoenix was quite arrogant, but this was to be expected of such creatures like these. The little Dragon he had was still arrogant despite it being under his control, they had a lot of pride in their race no matter what. "I think you understand that my Dungeon was new at that time, so I went to investigate the area to see what was going on." Vitiate quickly answered, but he wasn''t lying so he found nothing wrong with what he was saying. The Phoenix smiled beautifully but then she grinned. "So, is that why you stole those Griffin eggs from the cave in the middle of this Mountain?" The Phoenix suddenly fired shots at Vitiate out of the blue, she even knew about that!? "......." Vitiate was speechless, did she know every event that was going on around this mountain? "Hahaha!" The Woman broke out in wild laughter, she was trying to picture Vitiate''s facial expression. "Forget it, it doesn''t matter but I know for certain you probably had some ideas about my egg, didn''t you?" "Yep! I sure did at one point!" Vitiate said bluntly, he didn''t need to lie because he really did. This Phoenix wasn''t stupid in any way, she knew exactly what was going on so lying to her would be pointless as she might cause him trouble for it. "Yeah, I know, I''ve already seen you on that night when those stupid Humans were fighting that Manticore, so I can picture how you look." Vitiate frowned again, was she a stalker or something? "How about this, you come up to the mountain and greet me, after all, you''re on my territory!" The Phoenix suddenly suggested something outrages, this was too dangerous to do alone. "Lady, are you trying to kill me or something?" Vitiate didn''t like this idea at all, was she baiting him in order to kill him? "Little Dungeon Master, if I wanted to kill you, I could have the minute your Dungeon had the nerve to appear in my territory." She shrugged, she had long sensed his Dungeon when it opened to the public. "........" Vitiate was stuck in a dilemma, he wasn''t an opponent of a Phoenix yet. "As the Humans say, stop being a pussy and man up!" The Phoenix chuckled with a bit of disdain in her laugh. "Alright, but don''t try anything funny!" Vitiate warned. "Oh, I''m so scared!" The Phoenix rolled her eyes and spoke in a sarcastic voice. "I''m coming up then!'' "I''ll be waiting, I''ll hold on to your crow friend." The Phoenix continued, "You must be of some crow race or something, maybe a Golden or Nether Crow Monster, perhaps?" The phoenix speculated, he had used Goblins, Crows, and Kobolds from what she had seen. Vitiate didn''t answer her and went to grab his DragonRex to fly him up the mountain, he would rather not reveal anything to this nosy Bird! "Haha! Won''t tell me, huh? I''ll figure it out when you appear before me!" The Phoenix smiled and turned to her egg, she had started to heal herself but this wound was quite inflicting, it was more to it than what met the eye. 35 The Approaching War! Time passed and a week went by just like that, the Phoenix did what she said and came to visit. Vitiate knew she liked hot lava-like places so he changed the 14th floor into a fire cavern with lava falls. She met the Demi-human fox and took a liking to her immediately. After spending 2 hours in his Dungeon, she left after a long talk and playing with the Fox Demi-human. Her race was actually pretty friendly with Demi-Humans, so she earn her favor right away. He didn''t breakthrough in his Life element but it was close to D-Rank. Vitiate was thinking about his other transformation, this played a big role in his ability to infect people. For his next transformation, there would be 2 of them. His first Transformation would branch off to each of them, one being a Light and Life type while the other was a Dark and Death Type. Hearing the Phoenix''s explanation on the world and on many different intelligent races, he was eager to grow. The ants were growing in number and so was the strength of the monsters on floor 2. For his second forms, he decided to go with the Negative and Positive look for them, so one would be Red and the other Blue. He was targeting a branch transformation type with 2 transformations being polar opposite of each other with Negative and Positive types. When the Phoenix showed up, she told him about a lot of new things during her visit. When she arrived at the mouth of his Dungeon, the Dungeon signaled the alarm which was a black alert due to her threat level. Vitiate learned about the evolution of Elements and that there were more elements that he initially thought. He thought there were only a total of 16 elements, but there were a few more that were never mentioned. Vitiate didn''t see any other elements on the Dungeon System, so he only assumed as such. The Phoenix Understood his ignorance and told him that there was the Blood, Vibration, and more elements. The Blood element was exclusive to the Vampires and some Demons. This was a Super Taboo element on par with the Death Element which was deemed as the worst. When Vitiate heard of the Vibration element, he thought of a certain One-piece Character. She also spoke of how elements like Darkness and light could evolve, so they should be a higher grade than what they really were. The Phoenix told him that if a person who could use the Light and Life element trained it to a certain level, they could fuse them. Once they fused, they would become a whole new element, this was the same for the Dark and Death element. But it all depended on the level which was the Mastery, she wasn''t sure what level it had to be, but she knew if it reached a certain level, it was possible to fuse them. She only told him that there were two races in the Southern continent that were at war with one another that could do it. The Phoenix had already told him the two races and he knew what they were right away. They appeared in a game and were enemies there, they blame each other for the destruction of a certain tower. Vitiate knew how strong these two groups were, they were no joke, he had to find some good humans to infect to join his futuristic army! He was growing eager and eager, he had to make some moves quick, he had to make a Power Play! Afterward, he looked in on every floor and saw that everything was well. Once he confirmed this, he went back to his training of his Life element. He needed Dungeon Points, and as many as he could get his hands on, he would be aggressive and forceful if he had to. During his training, he had finally managed to make a breakthrough on the 5th day. Vitiate was training on the 15th floor as usual, but this would change after the raid. He started seeing Ants roaming around hunting during his training, so they were on the move now. Vitiate had also heard more good news from the Goblins, well, Lily told him. Apparently, the Hobgoblin Enhancer broke through to a 3rd Grade Enhancer, he was well on his way to Caster Level now. All the monster celebrated with his new upgrade of strength, despite not understanding what really changed about him since he looked the same. Of course, Vitiate made sure to congratulate him, he couldn''t buy Goblin Elites or Casters from the system. Vitiate had speculated that the Dungeon System may have upgradable levels to it. Time passed again, this time he was training in his Transformation state. Today was the day that the Phoenix would visit again. Tomorrow was the day of the Raid so everyone was preparing and excited at the same time. The army Ants were ready to go, but the royal Guard ants seemed to have some sort of issue leaving the Queen''s side. Vitiate didn''t force them, so he allowed them to stay behind despite how the queen was going to force them to go. "Status!" Name: Vitiate (John Deer) Title: Dungeon Master, The First Born, The Awakened, Otherworlder, Lord, Self Inflicter, Race: Apostle Race Type: Apostle Progenitor Age: 19 Class: N/A |????Vitality: 540 |????Mana: 625 |???Strength: 600 |????Spd: 576 |????Intelligence: 345 |????Dexterity: 530 |????Charm: 100 |Elements: ??Light Mastery: D|????Dark Mastery: D|?Life Mastery: D|?? Death Mastery: D|????Wood Mastery: E|????Water Mastery: E| |Combat Masteries: ?? Weapon Mastery: E| Techniques: Night Shade: Lv:3| Flash: Lv:3| Infectionous Bite: Lv:10| Infectionous Claw: Lv:10| Healing Touch: Lv:4| Water Bomb: Lv:5| Vine Grapple: Lv:5| Hail Of Light: Lv:3| Dark Rain: Lv:3| Vitality Curse: Lv:5| Eye Of Appraisal: Lv:1| Plagued Touch: Lv:3| Ominous Wind: Lv:3| Light Laser: Lv:2| Water Beam: Lv:2| Chains Of Contempt: Lv:4| Light Particle: Lv:4| Leaf Frenzy: Lv:2| Weapon Master: Lv:3| Defensive Skills: Ice Resistance: Lv:3| Curse Resistance: Lv: 2| Fire Resistance: Lv: 1| Passive Abilities: Eternal Youth| Training Speed (x2)| All Speak| Aura Of Terror| Aura Of Soothing| Levitate| Innate Talent: Race Domination Dungeon Points: 12,100 Glory Points: 0 Vitiate wasn''t too proud of his new title self inflicter, but he cursed himself to gain a resistance against these things. Oh yeah, it was painful, but with his Life and Light element, he could overcome it with time. Vitiate was trying to Upgrade his Weapon Mastery, but this was his last priority so he didn''t have time to train this. He was getting in what training he could right now before she arrived. Vitiate was currently fighting against a Shadowy puppet but this was a level 2 puppet. With a swing of his Halberd, the Golem looking Shadow was crushed into nothingness. Vitiate gave off a bright glow while in his first transformation. While in this form, all of his stats would increase by 200 except charm and intelligence, charm would go up by 50 while his intelligence wouldn''t change. Author note: The Status sheet that was just shown was his base stats. Vitiate had improved a lot but that was because he trained almost every day tirelessly. He would drink a potion of fatigue to keep going on. He was too sleepy to see the Phoenix today so he sent a crow up the mountain to message her. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. He just told her to drop by in 5 days, this was a good time for him and nothing more. She actually agreed and postponed her visit until 5 days from now. Vitiate had to be fully prepared for tomorrow''s raid. Everyone was moving around in the Dungeon, preparing for the next day. Vitiate had actually gotten a lucky spawn when he spawned the Goblins back then in large numbers. He had managed to get an alchemist Goblin from his spawn, he didn''t bother to check at that time because he didn''t know he could get things like this. Lily had created giant wormholes that looked like portals to each floor the given monster had come from. So, after training, they could just take the portal back to their respective floor. Vitiate even brought the Shadow puppet training system to the 2nd floor for them to train with. Most of them were having a tough time with the first puppet type while some manage to win. When nighttime rolled around, Vitiate was already asleep from moving and training so much. Time passed and morning was already on its way. The Goblins got up early and started preparing, they packed potions, armor, weapons, and other things they may need. The Rock Golem was relocated to the 2nd floor under Lily''s command. Once noon rolled around, Vitiate appeared on the 2nd floor. He slowly walked up on the stage and gave a speech. After giving his speech, everyone was pumped up and cheering, he already told them that some of them will die today but they didn''t care. This was for the future of the dungeon! "Let''s go! Kill or Capture the enemies, turn them to our side!" Vitiate yelled out and everyone raised their weapons in the air and cheered. Moments later, several loud marching footsteps could be heard on the 1st floor of his Dungeon, it was an army of monsters! Vitiate commanded Lily to open a portal up to the 15th floor to let the ant army free. "Duhuhuhu!" At that moment, Vitiate walked out of the Dungeon with multiple clowns and dolls next to him, it was the Horror Circus Bundle Monsters! Nina was sitting on the DragonRex with her Griffin and the Ice baby Dragon, she was shocked and once again scared seeing these monsters. "Time to get paid!" Vitiate looked at the green forest before him and grinned. 36 Advances! Dread Forest. Elsewhere in Dread Forest, a fight had broken out between a group of Elves and Humans. Heavy winds whispered through the air as several humans were sent flying away like leaves! "You wretched human, how dare you attack us, you can all die!" An Elven woman with pink wavy hair and an all green hunters elven outfit hollered. 2 Swordsmen were cut down by the Sharp winds while some humans blocked the attack and were just sent flying away instead. She wasn''t alone as she was accompanied by her companions. "You damn bitch, I''ll capture you and sell you to the highest bidder, but first I''ll have to kill them men and have some fun with you and the rest of the women here!" A Blue haired man screamed and stomped the ground. Suddenly, the ground froze, he wanted to snare her with this Ice Element attack! However, the woman pointed at the man with all her fingers, then multiple fireballs came flying out of her fingers! The Ice that was meant to freeze her was ultimately stopped with this attack. She wasn''t done, she quickly targeted him next! Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "Duel Element User! Fuck! Ice Wall!" There were just too many fireballs, he knew he couldn''t dodge them all, so it was best to stave them off. The fireballs lit up the ice wall, it started melting right away, but before that could happen, a gleaming light flickered. "Haha! I''m gonna have to hurt you just a little, then we can have some fun afterward!" Suddenly, a man jumped over the ice wall, he was one of the men that was blown away earlier. The Elven woman showed no fear seeing this and remained calm. At that moment, a silhouette lunged toward the Spearman, countering him. Sparks flew as the spearman clashed with the silhouette''s weapon, it was a dagger. The person that countered the spearman was an Elven man with long green hair, he was extremely handsome, most would mistake him for a woman if they weren''t observing well enough. The man wore a black cloak, he used a movement technique to instantly appear and counter the spearman. At this time, the rest of the Humans had already joined the fight, they were fighting the other elves present. "Annoying little girly boy, I know a few Nobles with fetishes for men and boys like you!" The man smiled sinisterly and added force to his spear, both landed on the ground and begun their fight. "You talk too much, human. You''re vulgar and corrupted, you''ll never be on par with the elven race in any aspect!" The man turned into a blur for a second and appeared by the side of the Spearman. The spearman wasn''t some novice as he quickly countered the Elven man quick attack. They both started quickly attacking and countering each other with low and high attacks, the Elven man had two daggers so he could keep up with the man''s quick thrust. Suddenly, the ground froze around the elven man''s feet, locking him in place! "What?" The Elven man was stunned. "Haha! You should also keep your guard up, I''ll only knock you out, you won''t die but later you will surely wish for it!" The spearman''s eyes glinted as a strange smile appeared on his face. The Enhancer on his team had frozen the Elven man''s feet nearly up to his knees, he couldn''t move. However, just as he was about to make his move, his body was wrapped by vines. Vines also emerged from the ice around the Elven man''s feet, cracking the ice and freeing him. The spearman wanted to say something but his mouth was covered, it was the elven woman from before, she had the wood Element too! "Impossible! How can someone train in 3 elements so proficiently like that, you trashy bitch, I''ll make a killing selling you!" The blue-haired man''s face turned ugly seeing three elements at once, he couldn''t wait to beat this annoying woman into submission. This was rare, she looked good and had 3 elements, how much money could he make!? Greed quickly made itself known in his eyes, yes, he would sell her and become rich! "Hmm, funny coming from someone who hides behind Ice walls all day during a fight." The elven woman looked at the blue-haired man with indifference, he was nothing to her! "Fuck! I''ll humiliate you in every way possible after your capture!" Suddenly, the void opened up, and sharp long icicles formed out of nowhere. Multiple sword-like Icicles came crashing down toward the elven woman. "FireWall!" The huge wall of fire appeared with her call, this wall was much bigger and hotter than the Redrobed man''s from before. The Icicle attack was easily blocked, but at that moment, an explosion went off. This was the other battle with the Humans and elves, the elves had won. Some of the other men had their skin charred black, they had no choice but to retreat at this point. "Blair, we have to retreat, we can''t fight them anymore, our men are down!" Some blonde headed man hollered and ran off with some other men soon after. "Damnit, you damn sorry bastards, I almost had her, she wasn''t going to last long!" The elven woman sneered, it was obvious who was losing, what fantasy was he living in? Blair''s eyes were suddenly filled with killing intent, then he looked at his ally who was wrapped in vines before running off! Eventually, a group of Elves walked over, 2 females and 1 male. The black-cloaked Elf also walked over soon after. "They ran away. Shall we pursue and kill them, or just let them slide?" An elven woman with orange hair and green eyes questioned. "No, we have more important things to do, we need to take down another Dungeon." The woman with pink wavy hair didn''t want to waste her time on shameless idiots like these humans, especially the blue-haired man. "Hmm, what about him?" The Cloaked man looked over at the spearman who was still tied up by vines. "Let him be, just take his spear and throw it aside, let him get out on his own. If he can''t get out by nightfall, he might become food for some monsters." The Pink haired woman snorted looking at the spearman. The Cloak man took the man''s weapon and tossed it into the forest thicket. "Caitlan, tell me the location of the next dungeon, we need to head there now." The Woman with pink wavy hair called out to another woman wearing all purple, she also had long purple hair and was an elf. "Of course, it''s really amazing that you passed the Hero trial, you''re now a Hero with so much strength!" Caitlin smiled joyously and pulled out a map, but before she could look the map over, the ground started to shake. "What the..." Caitlin and the rest of the group of elves looked around. "Hide!" The wavy pink-haired woman quickly ordered the rest of the elves, she was a bit surprised. They reluctantly grabbed the human and threw him into the forest somewhere like a rag dog. They weren''t that hateful, but they did look down on humans. Afterward, they all rushed to the thick forest and hid within, it wasn''t hard for an elf to blend in with the forest, they had skills centered around nature. Sadly, Despite this skill, there were high perception users that could still detect them if they weren''t skilled enough. The ground kept shaking, they couldn''t help but feel curious about what was causing this. Everyone looked closely, and what they saw next shocked them silent! It was a horde of monsters wearing armor and carrying many essentials, like potions, armor, and weapons. "It''s an army of Goblins!" The Orange-headed woman frowned, but they weren''t afraid of goblins, these monsters were too weak. "What? There aren''t just goblins, look, there are other monster types present as well!" The cloaked man had good eyesight, he could see that there weren''t just goblins but orcs and other monsters within the marching goblins. "Is.. that a goblin?" The Purple haired woman had spotted a tall humanoid Monster, it had Dark blue skin with swirls on its chest and was around 6''0 or more! "Yes, I''ve seen this type of Goblin in the monster encyclopedia. There are various variants but judging from the height, it should be a Hobgoblin Elite!" This time, it was the other man who spoke, he had purple hair as well, his sister was Caitlin so they had identical features. "Impossible! How could a Hobgoblin Elite appeared, don''t they only show up in the Demon King''s army, why here?" Caitlin''s face changed greatly, was a Demon king around here or something!? The Pink haired woman''s facial expression wasn''t looking so good either, this could be a disaster if a Demon King appeared or one of his Generals! The Bigger monsters were pushing giant cages, they also saw something that looked sort of like a machine being driven by another Hobgoblin, Just what was going on!? They saw several monsters, Mud Golems, Minotaur, but what they saw next truly stunned them, but this was natural! It was a DragonRex with another Dragon and a Demi-Human sitting on its back! Then, it happened, they saw a Humanoid figure with black and white wings levitating in the air, he was slightly hovering over the ground as he advanced. He had a mask on his face with a Yin and Yang sign on the forehead of his mask. His Aura was mysterious and terrifying, they couldn''t figure out what he was for the life of them! Now they were shocked, its features wasn''t that of a Demon nor did it feel like one. Around this man was a Green wolf that walked by his side, but what was amazing was the other monsters by his side. They were clowns and weird dolls following him, this sent chills down Caitlan and the orange headed woman''s spine, they were actually scared to the point where they just wanted these guys to get far away! This was Vitiate''s army, he had long discovered that there was a group watching them as they passed. Vitiate had the Wolf by his side for a reason, it had good Perception, its Innate talent was Zone Perception, basically, so she told him everything. He had bad Perception, he had yet to learn anything like that so he kept the wolf by his side to avoid possible sneak attacks. This was also the same for the clowns, they were good protection, just in case. Soon, Vitiate''s group passed, he ignored them because the wolf told him they were elves. Elves wouldn''t go out of their way to just mess with people unless you messed with them first. "What the hell did we just witness!?" Caitlin''s face was pale, she was extremely horrified right now! This was definitely so after seeing the clowns and the unknown levitating monster with the Mask! "..." "....." Everyone was silent, they couldn''t make sense of it, what was that army going to do? "Should we follow them to see where they''re headed?" The cloaked man asked suddenly. "No!" The Pink wavy-haired woman shook her head, she knew they were discovered by the masked man. She also knew what type of wolf was by his side, and wolves had good perception, she had a feeling that they were long discovered and following wouldn''t be good. Though she was contemplating on following, this horde was heading in the direction of her home, but they would be wiped out if they attacked her Kingdom. The Elven Kingdom couldn''t be bullied, they had some strong monsters and allies on their side. ..... Monster Army. Vitiate was currently heading to the swamp area with his monster horde. There had been some stupid monsters that had challenged them every here and there. Sadly for them, they were killed on the spot by his Goblins archers. Vitiate monster army kept advancing, they managed to catch a few monsters on the way. His group had spotted a long neck deer like last time but it high tailed when it saw the swarm of monsters. Vitiate looked at the map he stole back then, he saw that they would need to cross a bridge to reach the designated Zone. He was told by the wolf that they were being watched by some unknown figures in the forest, they were monsters according to the wolf. They wanted to attack Vitiate''s army but the numbers made them think twice every time. Vitiate had to buy special cages that could hold monsters, it had an engine so it could be driven. There were 6 different cages within this vehicle, it was being driven by the Hobgoblin Enhancer at this time. They had already caught some monsters on their way here, but Vitiate didn''t bother to look at them until he reached the Dungeon. Soon, they came to a bridge, it was the bridge to the Swamp Zone. The Swamp Zone was next door to the Elven Kingdom from what Vitiate could see. "Stop! You guys will cross this bridge slowly, all air forces will fly across. Make sure to abide cautiously while crossing or you''ll destroy the bridge and fall into the river below!" Vitiate sent a voice message straight to everyone''s head, he didn''t need to speak with his voice when he could do this. The DragonRex was the first to fly over the bridge, followed by Vitiate who could also fly, he carried the Wind wolf over with him. The Goblin force moved slowly and cautiously over the bridge, it was no telling when this bridge received a maintenance check. Eventually, everyone was across the bridge, there was no trouble of any sort and the horde continued to the Crocodile men''s territory. The Hobgoblin Enhancer on the Cage Machine had to be carried over by the DragonRex. Within this area, the Crocodile men were the closest to the Dragon race, even more so than the Lizardmen. They had pretty decent intelligence, they could make and create basic things that were needed for them to grow. "We need to make a detour first, let''s head the poisonous swamp first." 37 Stronghold Battle Part 1 Vitiate''s army kept marching, they were attacked by trolls not too long ago but they were killed while some were caught, they couldn''t handle this army. Eventually, after walking for a bit longer, they made it to the Swamp entrance point. This place was already muddy, but it got even muddier as they kept advancing, it even seemed like they could fall into a bottomless swamp pit if they weren''t careful. Vitiate could see multiple crows circling in the sky indicating that this was the right place. "Stella, you know the plan. Sadly, I''ll have to leave you here to handle this swamp since no monster can enter. The Kobolds from the Dungeon will be here to assist you, they''ll be bringing the ''package'' to help you deal with these frog and toad men in the poisonous swamp." The plan was simple, they would send the Mud Golems in, but they needed serious back up to make this plan work. He didn''t want to split up but he couldn''t wait here all day until they were done conquering this place. Once they sent the sentinels in to cause havoc, some frog and toad men might rush out of the swamp and they had to catch them with these huge cages the Orcs and Goblins were pushing. Besides, they weren''t that far from each other, the Crocodile men''s stronghold wasn''t that far from here. "A group of Kobolds and 3 Kobold Knights will be here to assist you." Kobold Knights were equivalent to hobgoblins, so she had good back up coming her way. They were also carrying the ''package'' to help them solve this Swamp Problem. Vitiate didn''t release the Ants just yet, he had that order on standby, for now, they weren''t needed yet. "Understood! We''ll standby until the Kobolds come with the ''package.''" Stella nodded as to understand. Vitiate left quite the amount of goblins with her and even the Minotaur was left with her. He told her to meet him at the given position and if she couldn''t find it, the crows would guide her. 20 Crows circled in the sky at all times, Vitiate had more than this loose in the Forest, always watching! With that, he went to his next destination, the Crocodile men''s stronghold! Yes, they had a stronghold, he originally thought it was just a den but it turned out to be more than just that! Vitiate and the rest of his army left the area to begin their siege! More monsters tried to fight them, this time they were huge mosquitos which stunned Vitiate. Nevertheless, they were weak to fire-based attacks and met their end quite fast. It would be best to not let these huge mosquitos attach to you, you might be sucked dry instantly! Vitiate made sure to capture a few of these big bugs. He put the dead ones in his storage and continued onward. Soon, Vitiate could see the gated fortress from afar, it looked like it would be troublesome but he and his monsters were ready for this. ... Crocodile & Lizard Men''s Gated Fortress. On the thick wooden and stone wall sat many Lizard and Crocodile men. Some were on watch while a few were playing board games, they seem to be playing a game that resembled chess. "Damn it, I lost again, you must be cheating or something!" The lizard man in leather armor said. "Don''t be a sore loser, you just have to practice more or you''ll never be as good as me." The crocodile man grinned and took his winnings. Suddenly, a Lizardman ran over. "Captain, you might want to see this, the scout lizards sent an urgent warning but now we can see it!" The lizard man hurriedly to speak, they had little lizards that roamed the area, they observed everything and saw an upcoming threat recently. The Crocodile man stood up, he was huge with thick green skin, he had sharp eyes with his teeth being no different. "What''s the problem, it better not be anything trivial or you''ll be demoted!" The Crocodile man said bluntly. Just as the lizardman was about to reply, another lizardman hollered! "We''re under attack! A huge Goblin army is heading are way, sound the alarm!" The Crocodile captain was stunned and ran to the wall. That was when he saw it, there was an army of Goblins with other types of monsters in the mix! The Alarms were loud enough for the Army of Goblins to hear. Several Lizardmen and Crocodile men started gearing up! "Mere Goblins dare to attack us, they may have the assistance of some other monsters but it isn''t enough!" The Crocodile man was stunned a bit at this sudden event. The Crocodile Captain peered at the approaching army, they were attacking head-on which didn''t make sense to him. Many lizard and Crocodile men were already armored up and ready to fight. However, the Goblin army suddenly stopped in place as a Goblin around 6,0 walked out of the crowd. "By the order of the Great One, it is advised that you all surrender and join our cause!" The Goblin that walked out was Warren, he was talking through a loudspeaker so everyone could hear it! Vitiate had gotten this item cheap off the system, the system sold things from his world. Everyone that was once riled up suddenly went dead silent. Surrender to goblins? What a Joke!? "Little Goblins, while you still have the chance you better turn around and scram out or else!" Suddenly a Crocodile man with dark blue skin spoke up in a deep voice, he was bigger than the green crocodile man which hinted that he may be of a higher stage in strength. "Sigh, do you realize who you''re going against? Now, I''ll give you another chance, just put your weapons down and give in, don''t worry, we''ll treat you all well!" Warren spoke again in a more resilient manner. "That does sound good!" The Blue Crocodile man touched his chin thoughtfully then grinned "But here''s what I think of your proposal!" Suddenly, the sky started to turn slightly dark. Vitiate who was far in the back looked up, but there was no change in the clouds, so what was this? He looked closely and discovered that this was no weather change but a hail of arrows! "So, it was like that!" Warren smiled and shook his head. "Now!" On Vitiate''s command, the Telekinetic clown made his move, it started to move its fingers in a strange jester. Suddenly the 1,000 or so arrows disappeared from the sky, they were no more. "What!?" All the Lizard and Crocodile Men were shocked, what happened!? This was a Skill the Telekinetic clown could use. This skill could stop projectiles within a certain radius, so they couldn''t launch arrows here, this sadly applied to allies as well. This was the main reason Vitiate left Stella back at the swamp, he also left all the archers with her. They would be rendered useless in this stage. He knew this stronghold had quite the amount of weapons, and they would opt for ariel attacks like arrows or catapults. There was another downside to this, the Telekinetic clown was new to this ability so it could only use this and focus on it. So, the Telekinetic clown was out of this battle while trying to hold up this skill. The Crocodile man didn''t seem to care and ordered the use of another swarm of arrows. He even had them shoot the catapults at them, but like the first time, they all disappeared! "How is this possible!?" Many Commanding Lizard and Crocodile men showed up soon after. "They can''t siege our wall unless they want to be impaled to death. We have the high ground and we''re playing defense, we''ll see how far they can get!" A Red Lizardman walked over and sneered, he was confident that this little goblin army couldn''t siege their base. "You''re right! The minute they try to climb the wall, it''ll be their deaths!" The Green crocodile man from before grinned coldly looking at the army of Goblins. "Okay, since you don''t want to give in then prepare for battle!" Suddenly, Vitiate walked out of the crowd of Goblins, he hid his presence well in the crowd. No, to be exact, he was hiding amongst the monsters and watching. "What the.. hell are you!?" The Lizard and crocodile men''s faces scrunched, they had never seen this type of creature before. If Vitiate knew they viewed him as a creature, he would probably be cursing them out by now. "Ah, yes! I see what you are, you''re a birdman, yup that has to be it!" Some random lizardman pointed at Vitiate and exclaimed as if he found the answer. "I see! So you''re a pigeon birdman, dare to act arrogant around here!" Vitiate''s mouth twitched under his mask, a birdman!? He didn''t say anything and pulled out a cube that was in his storage device, he tossed it in the air, afterward. Suddenly, a giant figure began to spawn from the cube, then it landed on the ground with a loud impact. It was the Rock golem, it shook the landscape upon entry which shocked the lizard and crocodile men! "It''s a Golem, he wants to siege us with a Golem!" The blue Crocodile man frowned, this was going to be a long day! "Destroy and take that wall down. give us entry into their base!" Vitiate waved his hand, then the Golem''s eyes flashed Green! It began to move towards the stronghold with the intent to destroy their walls! It was perfect, they would need to come out and fight if they wanted to get anything done. If not, this Golem was just going to rain havoc on their stronghold walls and allow them entry. "Damn, this bastard! How could he have plotted so much against us!?" The Red Lizard man''s eyes were nearly spewing fire, he glared at Vitiate in anger! He stopped their arrow and catapult attempt and even had a golem to siege them, where did he get a Rock Golem from!? "We have no choice, we must attack them head-on! Send out the warriors to counter these bastards, this is far from over!" Suddenly, a black Lizardman spoke up, he was muscular with red eyes and pure maroon black skin. "Good! Open the gate! Fight and kill these intruders, leave no one behind!" Everyone gave a war cry as the great gates were opened. Several hundreds of Lizard and Crocodile men ran out of the gate with their weapons in toe. Vitiate knew this was one of the toughest forces in the forest, so he opted to take them down first before making his advances on the rest. "Go, take them down and remember your training!" Vitiate spoke to them directly in their minds. With that, the Goblins and orcs advanced and clash with the Lizard and Crocodile men. When the sun reflects on a person, it usually cast a shadow for the said person. Just like that, the Killer clowns turned into shadows and rush toward the stronghold walls! "What the hell are those!?" The clowns moved quickly through the crowd of monsters and easily made their way up the wall and into the Stronghold! Vitiate only sent 5 Killer clowns to infiltrate the stronghold. Only a few Lizardmen were able to spot the weird shadows swiftly moving on the ground, but they were quickly engaged in a fight with goblins before they could say any more. "You little green bastard, Die!" The Lizardman swung his Axe and knocked a goblin away with ease. "You''re green too!" Another Goblin lunged towards him with his sword, but this was a Goblin warrior this time. "Shut up!" The Lizardman hollered and they both clashed, this was going on everywhere. There weren''t any Enhancers around so the battle wasn''t super chaotic if you excluded the Towering Rock Golem. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. The Golem stomped its foot near the group of Lizard and Crocodile men, blowing them away. Some were even stomped on and killed right away. The Golem had one goal in mind, and that was to break and destroy this wall before it! "This can''t go on, if that thing gets to our wall, they''ll be able to siege our stronghold!" "We have no choice, we have to release it!" The high in command Lizard and Crocodile men looked at each other, then nodded. "Release the beast... release... The Cyclops!" 39 Activity In Dread Forest! Dread Forest. With the big battle going on at the Lizard and Crocodile men''s stronghold, how could it not attract the attention of other forces? Elsewhere, there was a group of 3 men watching from afar, they were dressed in light armor. One of the men was holding a spyglass as he watched the two Giant beings going toe to toe with one another. "I hope you''re recording this with the crystal ball, this battle is unlike anything I''ve seen so far!" This unknown man had a full beard growing on his face, but he was bald. "Oh, yes, it''s a good thing the recording Crystal ball has a zoom-in function, we''re going to earn big with this recording, just look at those monsters!" Everyone had already been shocked seeing some of these monsters that were out of the ordinary. They were actually quite far from the battle, but they were on a Large cliff watching, it was easy to see the two monsters fighting from afar. "Did you see the one with the black and white wings, it''s like an angel or something, it must be a new monster type!" "Oh yeah, it just blew a hole in the fortress gate, it''s leading so many monsters, it''s clearly really strong! I can''t wait to return to Doran''s Guild with this new info, the money and fame we''ll get will be top tier!" The man behind them was visibly drooling, all he could think about was gold coins falling into his pockets! "The creature is leading monsters, but it just used a light element attack on the wall, it even used some shower of light on the fortress!" The Light element was usually used by the Guardians of Light, was it Hostile or Neutral? "It may be a monster from the Abyssal Brink, who knows at this point. Well, we were just promoted to E-Rank adventurers, so we may rank up again with this!" It didn''t matter to the bald bearded man, all he was seeing was money and a higher adventurer rank. "You''re right, keep recording Roger, the more footage you get, the more money we get, haha!" The other man holding a spyglass laughed and continued to watch the battle. .... Elsewhere in Dread Forest. At this time, a group of adventures were hiding in the forest, they had once looked pitiful but now they were better. Leading these men was a blue-haired man, it was obvious who he was as he had attacked the elves recently. "Blair, that monster horde from earlier should be around here somewhere, we came all the way to the swamp Zone for them." A man with an Axe on his back said. "No worries, Vector is good a tracking, so we''ll be able to find them in no time." Blair wasn''t a happy camper right now, he couldn''t catch any elves. He was originally apart of a slave-trader group recently, but they were forced to sacrifice all their slaves to survive the assault of a Manticore. Vector picked up on something, but these tracks led into the swamp, while some lead in another direction. "I speculate that some monsters went into the swamp while some went into another direction." Vector was sure of his analysis, he was the guy who dealt with the slaves that ran away, he was good at tracking the runaways, so they couldn''t escape! "This leads into that poisonous Swamp, this doesn''t seem ideal at all." Another man frowned, this place was way too poisonous! "We won''t go directly into the swamp, we''ll walk through the forest and watch the path from afar." And so, the group moved through the forest and avoided the path into the swamp entrance. They did this to avoid being noticed by the monsters that clearly took the path to the entrance of the poisonous swamp. Suddenly, they paused. Blair and his group easily spotted monsters from afar. "It''s a group of Goblins, they seem to be waiting at the entrance for something. Look, they have... are those Mud Golems!?" The man with the Axe was stunned, did Mud Golems appear in this swamp? Blair scanned the group of monsters, he was a bit surprised himself, they were all archery Classed Goblins. He noticed something that caught his attention right away, it was an orange-haired Goblin that stood out the most. "Hobgoblin!" Blair quickly said. He viewed her features, and was shocked, how can a hobgoblin look so human!? Despite evolving into the next stage, they would still retain their ugly mugged faces, but this wasn''t so for this goblin! Her body was quite nice, he also noticed the tribal marks on her and couldn''t help but be surprised again. "Oh, shoot! I think we hit the jackpot, boys! That Hobgoblin female has a lot of potential to grow, it''s a rare human-like type, they rarely appear, ever!" He was elated with this find. However, he also noticed the Giant Minotaur by her side, it was bigger than the usual Minotaur, he could feel that it would be a threat if he dared to attack with his group! Everyone couldn''t agree more, they had also long noticed the hobgoblin female. "If its body is good enough, maybe we could..." He stopped as everyone looked at him, they all smiled sinisterly, yes, they would do that to her first! Suddenly, they heard marching footsteps approaching, they all quickly hid their presence deeper to avoid discovery. They watched closely to see where the footsteps were coming from, then they saw them. What appeared was a large group of Kobolds, they were being led by 3 other Kobolds. These Kobolds were bigger with Dark Blue Coats on their bodies. They sported nice armor and weapons, they couldn''t help but frown deeply seeing this army of Kobolds. But what they noticed next made them frown even more. The Kobolds were being followed by Ratmen, these guys only appeared in the Black Zone of this Island, why were they all the way over here!? The Kobold Knights greeted the Hobgoblin female and Minotaur. After talking for a little, the Monsters gave one of the Kobold knights some space. The Kobold knight through a Cube onto the ground and a cage came out. This cage was completely locked down with no holes or way out, anything in this cage would surely suffocate to death! All of the monsters in the area suddenly pulled out masks and wore them over their faces. Once everyone checked out, two Kobold knights opened the cage doors. At that moment, a foul stench escaped the cage, this was enough to make someone''s stomach turn or cause a person to faint on the spot. The smell was so bad that you would probably get sick if you were exposed to it for so long! All at once, a Dark Greenish brown gooey Monster made its way out of the cage, it had no eyes, nor did it have a mouth. It looked like a blop of some sort, it was the sludge monster of the 10th floor! The Men in the forest immediately started barfing as they took several steps back, the smell had reached them in a matter of seconds! They were now shocked, it was a hazardous monster type that was in the cage!? "Fuck this!" One of the men wasn''t going along with this, no way! "I agree! We''ll wait until the time is ripe!" Sadly, Blair couldn''t agree more, this was getting out of hand, how were these monsters so organized? Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. ... At this time, the elves had come to a decision to follow the trail of the monster horde. They couldn''t shake the feeling of seeing so many monsters heading in the direction of their kingdom. They had just missed the Kobolds that recently went off into the Poisonous swamp. They moved stealthily through the forest, it was like they had dead silence on. Caitlan suddenly started feeling a headache recalling the clowns, dolls, and jesters. This was no different for the orange headed woman who was by her side. "Relax, you two, we''re going to confirm if that monster horde is attacking our home or not. We can''t be cowards in these type of situations, we must defend our home!" The Pink haired woman spoke strongly, she was confident in her ability and people. "Yeah, yeah, I know!" Caitlan said tiredly and lazily. After receiving speed buffs from the forest with their elven skills, they saw something incredible from afar. "What the... is that a Rock Golem?" The Purple haired man, who was apparently Caitlan''s brother asked in a strange tone. "Goodness! It really is a Rock Golem, look at the coloration, it''s most definitely a rock Golem!" The black Cloaked man''s eyebrows knitted, what was this type of creature doing here? Golems such as Rock Golems could mainly be found in tarnish desert, so it was surprising to them all. Mud Golems couldn''t evolve under the island''s conditions unless it went into the Black Zone of Dread Forest. "It''s fighting a cyclops, it''s the cyclops from the Dark Tavern, why would it fight a rock Golem?" The orange headed woman was confused, cyclops usually like to be alone and wouldn''t usually come out of their territory to seek trouble. "Who knows, but we''ll stop here. Climb the highest tree so we can see what is going on. The monster horde''s tracks don''t go very far according to my Earth Tracking skill." The pink wavy-haired woman and the rest of the elves climb the tallest trees they could find to get a better look. The trees weren''t tall enough, so she used her Wood element ability to make them grow much taller for all of them to see better. They were shocked to see monsters going to war with one another. She saw the Goblins from before fighting against Lizard and Crocodile men. The Goblin warriors couldn''t hold up against a crocodile man alone but they could fight decently against a lizard man. Caitlan looked around, she didn''t see any clowns right now, but what would she think if she knew they were in the forest. However, she did spot the jesters killing people in the most strangest way. One of the Jesters sprayed acid out of a flower on its shirt, melting a lizard man into nothingness! The Pink wavy-haired woman seemed to be looking for someone on the battlefield. She looked towards the stronghold walls and saw exactly who she was looking for. The being with wings! He was moving his mouth and laughing, she could read his lips from afar, he was telling them to surrender! "Is he really on a campaign of power, why would he make these Lizard and Crocodile men surrender to him?" It would be a lie if her Elven clan didn''t see these Crocodile and Lizardmen as a pain since they were nearly next door to them. "It seems so, it''s no wonder he has so many Goblins under him, it all makes sense now." The orange headed woman nodded as to understand, but what is he planning on doing getting so many monsters? "Maybe we should get in contact with him once this battle is over, if we ask, we''ll know!" The Pink haired woman said bluntly. "Roslynn, that''ll be the death of us if we did that, are you kidding me!?" Caitlan''s face turned unsightly, was she seeking death? If he wanted to attack us, he could have done it the minute we were detected in the forest earlier. I think it has greater pride than just outright attacking people, just look at it, does it really look so hostile?" "Except it attacked these lizard and crocodile men, so that point is invalid. And hostility? Just look at him, have you seen anything like it before? Remember, anything too beautiful is the most dangerous in this world!" Caitlan ranted on and on, but Roslynn had stopped listening to her some time ago. "Sigh, I see no problem with it, worst-case scenario, we can escape from it with the forest aiding our call." The black-cloaked man had no problem confronting the unknown creature later, this also applied to Caitlin''s brother who just nodded. The Orange-headed woman was daydreaming, she kept thinking about those killer clowns! Caitlan sighed, it was nothing she could do. At this time, there were other forces watching as well, but these forces weren''t human, they were monsters of the night! Author Note: I will continue with Part 3 of the stronghold battle in the next chapter. :D 40 Stronghold Battle Part 3 After calling to the Crocodile and Lizardmen to surrender, they were all clearly enraged hearing his arrogant demand. Sadly, he was indeed mocking them but wasn''t acting like he could beat them all himself. The Red Lizardman was especially angry, he was the smartest hear and hated being mocked the most. \"You filthy Pigeon Crow bastard, we don''t surrender to anyone, you''ll have to take our dead bodies in! Sadly, that too won''t happen, this will be your defeat today!\" The Red lizard hollered in rage. \"I see, so you''ve chosen death! I didn''t want to have to do this but you forced my hand!\" Vitiate shook his head as his mask covered his mouth. If he could catch this Red Lizardman then he could trap him. Vitiate could invade the stronghold alone, but he had to be careful, he couldn''t underestimate anyone here. He took flight and landed on the fortress wall, he was immediately greeted by many Crocodile and Lizardmen, who looked at him viciously. Just when they were about to attack, they felt strong winds hit them all of a sudden. \"What?\" Everyone on the wall looked over in surprise, what they saw was a tornado quickly approaching the Stronghold Wall! The tornado slammed into the wall, causing cracks to form on it, but it didn''t destroy it. Once the tornado slammed into the wall, the Wind Wolf jumped out of it and landed in a crowd of lizard and Crocodile men. No one could resist the rough and strong winds this creature brought with it, thus, they were blown off the Stronghold wall! The once who weren''t caught in the wind flow were getting attack by the Wind Wolf''s quick movements! She was bigger, stronger, faster, and badder than when Vitiate first had her caught. Her coat was much thicker and beautiful than before, she had changed quite a bit. All at once, Vitiate pulled out a Cube and tossed it in the air, these special cubes could store allied monsters. Once he used the cube, it would automatically return to him once the monster was released. Vitiate considered these cubes similar to poke''balls if anything else, however, these cubes could hold up to 3 monsters at a time! With that, 3 boxes appeared out of the cubes, they were colorful boxes with happy and joyful designs on them. He had tossed these cubes directly into the stronghold, he was now planning on invading the plaza this way, he, of course, had help. If the leaders didn''t want to surrender and would choose death instead, then he''ll have to kill them and steal their forces! But if he could catch them and bring them to his Dungeon in one piece, then he could just beat and torture them into submission! Many of the Lizard and Crocodile men stared suspiciously at the strange boxes, but nothing happened. Soon enough, a Crocodile man suddenly grew impatient and rushed over to cut the boxes in half with his Axe, he wanted to display his power. Sadly, once he swung his Axe against the big box, he didn''t even put a dent in it, better yet, not even a scratch! The big-box opened after his attack and a huge clown emerged from it, he had a hammer in his hand. The hammer was quite colorful, it looked more like a toy than anything else. It was a wacky hammer with the word Blam on it, the jack-in-the-box laughed in a silly manner and swung its hammer down on the Crocodile man. The Crocodile man''s vitality instantly plummeted as he was reduced to a bloody mess! \"Good Lord!\" \"What the f**k!\" \"What kind of monster type is that?\" The 3 leaders were stunned seeing this strange monster. The box was hard to penetrate and a monster suddenly popped out and killed one of their men with one hit! At this time, the wind wolf seemed to have noticed something. She signaled Vitiate about the strange movements she had felt. He looked around, then looked back, multiple creatures were moving underground through the battlefield at an alarming speed! Vitiate''s face remained indifferent, whatever they were, they didn''t seem to want to join the battle as they kept moving deeper into the battlefield. He soon came to a realization, they must have found out about TC. This wasn''t surprising at all, he knew they would find the solution to their artillery set back. He quickly called D-Rex over to defend TC! Author Note: TC= Telekinectic Clown Suddenly, Warren appeared on the Stronghold wall, he didn''t waste any time and started fighting. Warren had the skill to walk on the walls, it was called wall walk so it was no problem for him to get up the walls. \"Hurry, kill that box man and the rest of the invaders, no giving up, we have the number advantage!\" The black Lizardman quickly commanded to boost everyone''s morals. Several Lizard and Crocodile men rushed the jack in the box, the last two popped out of their boxes with different weapons. One of the jack-in-the-Boxes had a large boxing glove attached to something with a spring on it. The Large boxing Glove was suddenly launched at a group of monsters, sending them flying in different directions. The other jack-in-the-box had a large pair of metal scissors in its hands. The jack-in the box chuckled, as its arms suddenly stretched far towards a group of approaching monsters. Their faces turned uglier seeing the jack in the box pull out a large pair of scissors. It was too late though, the jack in the boxes slinky arms chopped them in half like paper! Suddenly, a fireball flew towards Vitiate, meaning to hurt him or damage him. Vitiate stuck his hand out toward the fireball, as it exploded on his palms. He looked over and noticed that he was attacked by the red Lizardman who was staring at him coldly. Vitiate grinned and fired a Waterbomb toward the Red lizardman. The Red lizard man sensed that this waterbomb was at least at the intermediate level! He didn''t want to block such an attack and opted to dodge instead. The Waterbomb exploded while creating a small crater where he was once standing. Once it exploded, sharp water bullets flew everywhere. The Leaders quickly used their weapons to block the fall out of this attack while other warriors were pierced by sharp pressured water. During the commotion, Vitiate sent out another attack, this time black ominous chains came from his body. These chains exuded emotions from them, which were hate, anger, and madness! The chains swarmed the Red Lizardman, he shot several fireballs at the Black chains but they were dispersed by them. He ran away again but there was no outrunning these chains. He put up a firewall but it didn''t work, it was crushed through, as he was quickly wrapped up by the Black Chains! What was amazing was the ranged these chains could reach, and even more so the speed of them. This was a skill called Chains of Contempt! The lizard was shocked, he struggled and called for help from the other leaders. They quickly acted to help him, but one of the leaders, which was the Crocodile man was intercepted by Warren. The Dark Blue Crocodile man couldn''t help the Red lizard leader due to Warren attacking him out of the blue. The Black Lizardman was too far away and couldn''t help as well, he had no choice at this point. The Black Lizardman gave off a strange screech, every lizard and crocodile man knew what this meant. \"Damn, someone shut that guy up!\" Vitiate looked over at the lizard man with annoyance, why was he screeching!? The Wind Wolf listen without question and threw a wind slash toward the Lizardman to shut him up. However, the lizardman was aware of this attack, as most wouldn''t be able to see cutting wind, he was able to, though. The lizardman stuck his sword out and dispersed the wind slash like it was nothing. \"Well, at least he shut up! Now, you! You''ve been getting on my nerves for some time now. That mouth of yours won''t shut up, but look at you now, you can''t even say anything!\" Vitiate dragged the Red lizard man in front of him, he was wrapped in chains that were crushing at his body. The Lizardman was working up a cold sweat, he could feel the strange emotions in these chains that wanted him dead for some reason. A lizardman suddenly lunged at Vitiate in order to free the Lizardman leader, but he was quickly wrapped in chains. \"Last chance, this will happen to you if you don''t surrender!\" Suddenly, the emotions in the chains grew strong as energy quickly rushed through them, the lizard man''s body started to change. It screamed in pain as the strange energy invaded its body, then it exploded, there was no blood, there was no trace of him left! The lizardman''s eyes grew wide from fear, just what was this monster in front of him!? At that moment, the ground shook and 3 monsters appeared out of the ground. They were giant lizards with black skin and green eyes, their mouths were dripping green liquid every so often. Every time the liquid from their mouths hit the ground, acidic bubbles along with a sizzling sound could be seen and heard. They had sharp spikes on their backs which had little holes on the tip of them. Vitiate looked closely at these new monsters and appraised them. |Title: Bad Breath, Great Digger, Predation, |Name: Corrosion Lizard ???? |Race: Primordial Lizard |Race Type: Draconian [Ding! Your Appraisal Skill has leveled up to 3!] It made sense that it was a primordial Lizard as this was how lizards originally were, at least in form. Lizards are supposed to be standing on all fours like these 3, so it fell into the primordial type. It''s just that these guys were much bigger and had skills to fight and use, this was a fantasy world, after all. The three Corrosion lizards immediately looked to Vitiate as their top target. They quickly rushed over toward the stronghold wall with the intent to kill. \"Haha, if you let me go now, you can still live but you''ll have to apologize and beg for mercy first!\" The Red Lizardman suddenly grew courageous and threatened Vitiate with ridiculous demands. Vitiate didn''t look at the Lizardman and wrapped some chains around his mouth to stop him from talking. He could torture him later, but if he could beat this Red lizard man this easily, he should be able to enslave it later. The Corrosion lizards were still approaching fast, but they were suddenly intercepted by 3 other monsters. Jack-in-the-Box Monsters! With that, a fight broke out between both groups. \"It looks like no one will be saving you now!\" These creatures were originally the beast that were going to attack TC, but they were called to duty by the Black Lizardman. At that moment, Vitiate pulled out some handcuffs, these were especially good from nullifying mana. This type of metal was used and bought by nobles, kings, and Emperors to trap, beat, and fight Element users. These costs Vitiate a pretty penny to buy but they were worth it right now. Once he put them on the Lizardman''s wrist, his mana started to deplete at a rapid rate! \"W-w-what have you done to me!?\" He was scared now, he was losing his mana, then it was no more! \"There we go! You can''t do anything now, but I have a special place for you!\" At that moment, the Dragon Rex appeared in the sky, this stunned every Lizard and Crocodile man! \"Oh my god, it''s a mighty DragonRex!\" \"D-dragon Rex, our ascended ancestor!\" \"How could this be, it''s a DragonRex of all things!\" Many Lizard and Crocodile men paused on the battlefield with its appearance. They were filled with admiration seeing it fly over. Vitiate was going to hand this Red Lizardman off to the DragonRex to be caged by the Goblin Enhancer, who hadn''t participated in this battle at all. The Cyclops and Golem were still fighting, cracks had appeared on the Golem''s face, it wasn''t going to last long! On the back of the DragonRex were 2 people, it was Nina and the Baby Ice Dragon. It was no telling how they would react if they saw the Ice Dragon. Vitiate sensed that the Killer Clowns were in a fight with a group of monsters as of now, he told them to abort what they were doing and come to his position. There were a few more Killer Clowns on standby, but the dolls and corrupted bears would kill people and run away soon after. They were just too fast to catch after they had sneak attacked someone. The bears could do so much more but Vitiate just told them to work with the dolls and kill. \"Yes, this battle must be won! Those Glory Points are waiting for me!\" Through war and victory did he gain glory points, these monsters were all worth glory points if he could kill or add them to his dungeon! 41 Stronghold Battle Part 4 Final Vitiate took notice of the Rock Golem''s struggle, it wasn''t going to last long under the speed of the Cyclops! He sent his thoughts to the DragonRex, and its eyes changed a bit, it looked toward the Cyclops wailing on the Golem with the Golem being unable to retaliate. The DragonRex opened its mouth and started to charge up a Dragonbreath. Greenlight appeared in its mouth, but the cyclops didn''t seemed to notice. Well, it knew light was in the surroundings, but it had grown too used to seeing lights flashing so often on this battlefield thanks to Vitiate. It didn''t think it was being targeted all of a sudden. The chaotic DragonBreath was fired, it looked like green lightning if anyone had to describe its appearance. With no let-ups, the Cyclops was hit directly in the chest, everyone quickly moved further away. The attack ripped right into the Cyclops as it vomited a mouth full of blood! Vitiate told the DragonRex to not use so much power, as to keep it alive for later. The attack didn''t pass through the cyclops, but it still received heavy damage from the attack despite the D-Rex holding back. The Golem found that it wasn''t being attacked anymore and took the chance to land some blows of its own. The cyclops screamed while coughing up blood, it couldn''t take any more attacks and collapsed on the ground with a loud crash, it had fainted. The Battlefield was silent after seeing the fall of the Cyclops, it was their main back-up. The DragonRex didn''t pay any more attention to the Cyclops once it landed its attack, it proceeded to the stronghold wall. It was too big to land on the stronghold wall, so it just hovered over it flapping its wings. \"The Cyclops has fallen!\" \"The Dragon used a DragonBreath just now, it used one attack and damaged it so much!\" \"D-don''t give up, we still h-have a chance of winning, we have number and strength!\" The Golem didn''t pay any more attention to the cyclops and continued with its initial objective, which was to siege! Nina hopped off the DragonRex''s back, she had gauntlets on, she liked punching rather than using weapons like swords and spears for combat. Name: Nina Title: The Kidnapped, Survivor, The Hopeful, The Redeemed Race: Demi-Human Race Type: Fox Age: 12 Class: Pugilist |????Vitality: 100 |????Mana: 0 |???Strength: 90|????Spd: 60 |????Intelligence: 80 |????Dexterity: 65 |????Charm: 89 Elements: N/A |Combat Masteries: ???? Fighter: F| Techniques: Hand to Hand: Lv: 3| KickBoxing: Lv: 1| Passive Abilities: Enhanced Stamina| Enhanced Breathing| Innate Talent: N/A Vitiate glimpsed at Nina''s stats, then he tossed the Red lizard man onto the back of the DragonRex. Once he was thrown on top of the DragonRex, he started to panic. Then he saw and felt something that left him in amazement, he saw the Baby Ice Dragon. His yellow eyes dilated from shock, it was a true Dragon! The Baby Ice Dragon looked at him and snorted, she sensed the little Dragon blood in him. But to her, he wasn''t even worthy enough to be her servant, better yet, to even take out her trash! After she was done evaluating him, she jumped off the DragonRex as well. \"Oh, my gosh, what is that!?\" \"How can this be, do you feel that!?\" \"That beautiful sculpture-like figure, she is so sexy, I want to marry her!\" \"Why here, it''s actually a True Dragon!\" Many Lizard and Crocodile men stopped fighting when they saw her dazzling features. They all felt its bloodline and had the urge to kneel and kowtow. Most of them were losing the will to continue fighting at this point, this was definitely so after seeing the DragonRex, but now, a True Dragon! Even the Corrosive Lizards stopped their fight with the jack-in-the-boxes! The Ice Dragon noticed everyone''s amazement, and grew even more arrogant! She lifted her head and shook buttocks to flex her features. Vitiate wanted to knock her over the head, just how old were you to be doing that!? But, he didn''t do it because it was effecting the lizard and Crocodile men. \"Listen men! It''s a trick, why would an ice dragon be here of all places, keep fighting and don''t be fazed!\" The black Lizardman saw the grave situation and spoke up, he knew she was a true dragon but she was still a kid, so what could she do? \"Yeah, he was trying to trick us, you may have a DragonRex but it isn''t a true Dragon!\" Once this random lizard man was done speaking, the stronghold wall shook! Cracks began to form on the wall, Vitiate quickly grabbed the Ice Dragon and Nina to fly upward. Suddenly, a huge margin of the Stronghold wall was destroyed! The Golem had already reached and breached the base, it didn''t pay attention to everyone''s amazement and continued what it was supposed to do. \"Shit! The Golem sneak attacked our base, stop it!\" Vitiate looked confused. Sneak attacked? Do you see the size of that Golem, who is it sneak attacking? \"Hey, big head, deal with that big mouth lizardman over there for me.\" Vitiate looked at the Ice dragon he was holding by the tail, she had grown quite a bit. \"Hmph!\" The Ice Dragon Hurrumped and he threw her over toward the Black Lizardman. The black Lizardman readied his sword, he was stunned to see Vitiate throwing the Dragon his way. The Dragon Rex had already left with the Red lizard man for lock-up. However, the Baby Ice Dragon Breathed cold mist that froze the air, creating an ice slide towards the Black Lizardman. \"What?\" He was surprised but his face turned cold soon after, \"Y-you fake Dragon, who do think you''re fooling? I''ll kill this fake dragon and hang her head on my wall as a tro.....\" He didn''t get to finish when he was frozen solid, instantly! \"2 down, 1 to go!\" Vitiate smiled, he looked over at the Dark Blue Crocodile man, who was still fighting Warren. Nina really couldn''t fight, but he held her to watch and spectate, she could learn this way. The Corrosion lizards were running on their instincts, they didn''t seem to want to make an enemy of the Baby Ice Dragon. The baby Ice Dragon walked over toward the Corrosion Lizards and they quickly bowed their heads! \"I would have never thought she could be so useful in such a way!\" If he knew she could influence these creatures like this, he would have pulled her out much sooner. \"You damned traitors, kill that fake dragon, what are you doing you dumb overgrown lizards!?\" The Dark Blue Lizardman hollered at the Corrosion Lizards, but they didn''t even look at him. Vitiate smiled and commanded the Baby Ice Dragon to command the Corrosion lizards to attack the Dark Blue Crocodile man. The Ice Dragon looked at Vitiate and harrumphed, but she listened to him anyway. Once see spoke her orders to the Corrosion Lizards, they all simultaneously looked at the Dark Blue Crocodileman. \"y-You, what are you guys looking at me like that for, you better listen to me or you''ll be punished, do you hear me?\" They couldn''t be bothered to listen to him, their master was frozen solid by the Dragon. Not only did he lose to the Ice Dragon, they saw her as their new master because she was a true dragon and he lost to her in one hit, which further proved herself. At that moment, one of the Corrosion Lizards opened its mouth and shot a green Acid ball at the Dark Green Crocodileman. All at once, he was rushed by the other 2, who didn''t want to be outdone by the other. \"You rebellious things!\" He started to panic, this wasn''t the time to be getting stabbed in the back by your allies. He easily dodged the acidic ball but he was quickly infringed upon by the two Lizards. One of the Corrosion lizards shot spikes out of its back while the other swung its tail towards his stomach. The spikes hit his armor but didn''t penetrate it, he was unfazed by the attack. However, he was able to block the tail, sadly, it had too much force behind it. He was shocked, they were actually betraying him and going all out against him! The Crocodile man was sent flying to the ground, he wasn''t knocked far. He quickly recovered, he was angered, his eyes flash red! He was activating some sort of skill. His muscle started to grow bigger and so did his size. Vitiate watched closely, he thought this was some sort of Augmentation skill that boosted stats to some degree. With that, the crocodile man lunged through the air with a flash of red light and punched the Corrosion lizard in the face. He had lost his weapon when he was sent flying as is slid elsewhere. The Corrosion Lizard was knocked back but recovered from the attack, it shook its head like it was experiencing some sort of headache. Vitiate didn''t want this to go on any further, he could sense that the crocodile man was getting stronger, it had to be a drawback to this technique after it was over. He seemed to have gone into some sort of berserker state, at that moment, the Crocodile man was sent flying from a slap that tore the ground apart! He coughed up blood and slammed into a stone wall, cracking and decimating it! What had attacked him was the Rock Golem, it had smacked at the savage Crocodileman. Vitiate didn''t have to do anything, really. The DragonRex assisted on the battlefield by taking down several Lizard and Crocodile men. Vitiate sat Nina on the Golem''s shoulder before flying back to what was left of the stronghold wall. \"Your leaders have been defeated, put your weapons down or be killed like the rest of them!\" Vitiate removed half his mask to speak in a loud booming voice. At that moment, the Killer clowns had arrived, they had defeated the Elites and even trapped the annoying green one, as they called it. The Lizard and Crocodile men in the stronghold knew that they had lost, but the ones outside couldn''t believe it. They did witness the Red lizardman being taken away, so they knew he lost. Vitiate knew they didn''t believe it, so he showed them the rest of their leaders who were defeated. \"Impossible!\" \"We Lost!\" \"It''s all over, unreal!\" But they understood after thinking about it. The Golem invaded the stronghold and so did many of the enemies leader figures. Some still wanted to fight, because they were technically beating the goblins in battle. It required 2 Goblin warriors to take a lizard man down. They had hard skin and could move fast, it was worse for crocodile men, who they couldn''t really damage at all. This was why Vitiate called the Jesters, dolls, and Bears to fight so fast, he knew they couldn''t hold up long. However, the thought of fighting any further went stale when they noticed the DragonRex flying in the sky, it was ready to attack and kill if they didn''t surrender. Thus, the battle came to an end, the Lizard and Crocodile men put down their weapons in defeat. [Despite being outnumbered by the enemy, you managed to achieve victory!] [All stats except charm and Intelligence has risen by 100!] [Fire Resistance has risen to level 3!] [WaterBomb has risen to level 6!] [Congratulations, you''ve Learned WaterBullet!] [Congratulations, this was a war but you''ve won within 2 hours, you''ve received: 15,000 Glory Points!] \"Oh!?\" Vitiate heard the notifications and became a bit anxious to try some things out. \"Okay, take the defeated leaders back and lead all the Lizard and Crocodile men back as well!\" Vitiate spoke so everyone could hear it, he was taking them all back to his dungeon. All Vitiate could see Was more Glory and Dungeon Points, he was almost drooling thinking about it. \"I must grow fast before that time comes!\" His dungeon would be having a lot of traffic when that time came. Warren quickly followed his orders and opted to lead the Crocodile and lizard men back. The Leaders were all thrown into cages like the Red Lizardman, just in case. Many Goblins had died during this battle but it was for the greater good. Vitiate had the rest of the troops loot the stronghold of their weapons. They had quite a lot of them but they were all low tier weapons, they had more arrows than anything, it was a good thing he had this disabled! Everyone picked up the corpses and passed them to Vitiate, he simply stored them to be absorbed later. He could do this for Goblins, but it would be half the points if they originated from the dungeon. It took 2 hours to do a clean sweep of the stronghold, he even took the catapults. Once Vitiate enter their stronghold, he found 2 dwarf prisoners. Vitiate finally understood why these lizard and crocodile men were so decked out, they were using these 2 to make weapons! They both looked exhausted with bags and darkness under their eyes, did they let them rest? They looked at Vitiate with obvious surprise on their faces. \"You 2, what are your names?\" Vitiate asked bluntly. \"Ah, my name is Grom and this is my brother Keppler!\" This dwarf had a big black beard that went over his shirt, it was questionable if he had ever shaved. \"From now on, you will work with me.\" Vitiate looked at both of them and said. They both sighed, they were freed only to be enslaved again, what a dark world. \"Relax, you''ll get rest and every now and then you can make things or help around. You won''t be doing things alone, as I will soon get more of your kind to help you with anything.\" Vitiate said working with him, not work for him. Vitiate didn''t need any weapons right now, but he would soon need some for his greater plan. The dwarfs didn''t say anything as they were led away by 5 Goblin warriors, leaving him and Nina behind. Vitiate scanned the other dungeons cells, but he didn''t find anything but human skeletons and bones, they must have been eaten or starved to death. They both quickly left the stronghold, they were all trying to figure out how to move the Cyclops, who was still knocked out. \"Use the Golem to move him, it shouldn''t be too hard. If he wakes up, knock him out again, just don''t kill it.\" Vitiate waved his hand and thought about the poisonous swamp, he walked to a nearby tree to bring up a virtual projection that he could see only. \"Hey, winged man.\" Suddenly, Vitiate heard a voice from the Forest, he was alarmed immediately and was about to draw on his power. \"Relax, don''t attack, I just want to talk with you!\" Vitiate still carried a discharge of energy in his hand. Soon, the figure walked out of the forest, his face remained unchanged but inside, he was quite confused, it was an elf! 42 Friends, Maybe? Somewhere in Dread Forest. \"We''ve been waiting for some time now, it looks like the battle has ended and the monsters are retreating. It looks like they''re taking the Lizard and Crocodile men as prisoners.\" The man with the beard and bald head came to a conclusion. \"Hmm, yeah, this guy had more cards then I thought, he even had a DragonRex, this is certainly not a good sign.\" Though he was saying this, he figured it wasn''t his problem. Once they got paid for this information, they''ll just leave this island. \"Well, everything''s been recorded so let''s get out of here to report this. I doubt the Guild will take action themselves since the highest rank on this island is an A-Rank adventurer who is working for that noble right now.\" The guild would surely be surprised to see this new monster, but they won''t act on it. They would see what it could do and what it had, and would surely wait for stronger Adventurers to fight it. \"We can''t be careless in this forest anymore. After we get paid, we can head to tarnish desert to reside there instead!\" They all agreed and moved out, but before they could leave, they felt the temperature skyrocket! \"What the... fuck? Why is it so hot all of a sudden?\" At that moment, the orb cracked, then it exploded into pieces of glass! They were shocked, but it wasn''t time for that, they wanted to act to defend themselves but they were turned into ash on the spot! A woman soon came out of the forest with a smile on her face. \"Now, now, you can''t go around talking and spreading things that could bring trouble.\" It was Diana the Phoenix, she had long sensed these guys, she saw everything in this domain. Diana looked into the distance toward where the battle had occurred, she had an idea about what Vitiate was, but he looked different from them due to his wings. She''d just meet him later and ask him again, maybe he would give her an answer. However, her eyes were as clear as water right now, they weren''t red and yellow as seen by Vitiate before. In fact, this was how her eyes really looked like, her eyes would change into those two colors when she was serious or in combat. Author note: Her real eye color is actually a black-grayish color. I have a picture of her already. I also picture of the elf that will be described soon. With that, she walked back into the forest as if nothing had happened. ..... Battlefield Vitiate started to analyze the Elf that appeared, she had long pink wavy hair. Her face was out of this world, it was on par with the phoenix! Her eyes were blue, she gave off soothing energy that didn''t seem threatening at all. She looked very young, she wore clear green elven clothes with a white piece of cloth down between her legs, it just acted to cover it up. The elf woman had silver earrings in her ears. Vitiate then scanned her body, any normal man would do this. Her chest wasn''t that notable, but her butt was nice and plump, he made sure he wasn''t caught scanning her like he was. Roselynn did the same and analyzed Vitiate closely, he still had his mask on and gave off a mysterious type monster vibe. She didn''t seem to notice Vitaiate checking her out in a strange way, but he had a mask on, so it was easy to hide this. Just when she was about to speak, the Wind Wolf landed by Vitiate''s side, she had noticed the elf and quickly ran over. Vitiate signaled her that it was alright, but the wolf told him that there were other elves hiding close by. \"So, elf, why have you stopped me? I''m quite busy right now and can''t really talk much. Can''t you see, I''m wreaking havoc on these Lizard and Crocodile men!\" Vitiate didn''t care if he sounded rude, he wasn''t afraid of anything right now. Roslynn frowned a bit, he was kind of rude, but she got over it fast and smiled again. Vitiate decided to use his appraisal on her to see further info. |Title: The Vindicated, Vanquisher of Evil, Dungeon Buster, |Name: Roslynn Von Visla ???? |Race: Elf |Race Type: Wood Elf |Class: Hero ''Whaaaaat!?'' Vitaite face remained unchanged but he was shocked inside, it was a hero! He was going to ignore her at first but once he found that she was an elven hero, that went up in smoke. Roslynn Smiled and spoke. \"Sorry, my name is Roslynn Von Visla. I have been tasked with scouting the forest for any troublesome Monsters..\" Roslynn looked at him knowingly and continued. \"You''ve marched your monster army all the way here to take down a Lizard and Crocodile man stronghold, why is this?\" \"To save the world and people from falling victim to them, I''m the good guy, after all.\" Vitiate smiled honestly and nodded. Roslynn stared at Vitiate strangely, she didn''t believe anything he said and he could tell. \"If you don''t believe it, then you can take it however you want, but I just did your job. I know for a fact that you and your kind can''t stand monsters being to close to your kingdom, that''s also probably why you came here to investigate, right?\" \"You also probably thought I was going to attack your kingdom.\" Vitiate wanted to laugh, his army wasn''t ready for something like that yet, he wouldn''t attack them anyway unless they provoked him first. Vitiate looked Roslynn in the eyes, but she couldn''t refute, this was indeed why she came here. She was afraid that he was sending a monster horde to attack her kingdom, but his monster horde was too weak for that. \"Yes, that was the case, big movements in the forest like this will easily grabbed the attention of other monster forces hiding here. You''ve surely gotten the attention of some unknown monster that''ll probably try to provoke you later!\" \"Monsters? I fear no evil, I say let them come and if they do, they can get crushed just like those reptiles!\" Vitiate would welcome some monsters to invade his Dungeon. Speaking of Dungeons, it was about time to take down that Spider Dungeon. [Ding! You''ve learned the new skill Acting!] Roslynn wanted to scream arrogant at this guy for what he said but held back. This guy was either overconfident or just plain arrogant, she didn''t know which but he did take down a stronghold with the number odds against him. \"I see, do you mind telling me your name, sir?\" Vitiate was stunned at first, he was expecting her to act like the typical arrogant Elf but it didn''t happen. He spoke in an arrogant tone, but she didn''t bite, so he would be nice, she wasn''t full of herself like he thought she would be. ''Better show respect from the start to earn it, huh?'' \"You can call me Mr.X! I think we can be good friends, you''re a fighter of justice, after all, just like me.\" Vitiate had long removed the lower part of his mask to show his sincere smile. Roslynn didn''t know why, but her mouth started to twitch hearing his words. \"Okay, Mr. X, I was wondering, just what are you? Are you a demon because I can''t sense any evil Aura from you at all.\" Roslynn couldn''t help but ask, she had a few run-ins with demons before, but he felt different from them. \"No! I''m not a Demon, Devil or Human, that''s all I can tell you.\" Vitiate shrugged and said. Roslynn couldn''t help but to re-evaluate Vitiate in appearance and the way she thought of him. Maybe they could become friends, she had been testing the waters at this point but she kept getting warned by that cautious maniac Caitlin. Demons, humans, and Devils were the ultimate enemies of the elven race. These other races would either enslave, torture, or eat them, this happened too often and created grievance between them. Elves weren''t hostile from the start, and would give any race a chance to befriend them. Sadly, Devils, Demons, and Humans had long burned their bridges with them.Vitiate''s race may have a chance to make an ally out of the elven race, who knows? Vitiate was neither of the above, so he couldn''t be counted as her enemy. \"Yes, we can be good friends, I have the ability to talk in all languages, so I was able to sway other monsters to help me fight for what is right!\" \"I see! I guess I shouldn''t get into your personal business, is there any way I can contact you?\" Roslynn was falling for his act, this skill was surprisingly pretty good. If he could level it up more, he could probably sway anyone to his side. [Ding! Your Acting Skill has risen to level 2!] \"I usually appeared near the strange tower next to that human Village, we can meet there if you want to talk, hero!\" Roslynn''s eyes grew wide from surprise, she jumped back and looked at Vitiate cautiously! \"Wow, there, calm down! I can tell you''re a hero from the Aura you''re giving off, it''s so holy and full of righteousness! Anyone would be able to tell with sharp senses like me, so it only makes sense.\" Vitiate lied, but it seemed to have work, as her face relaxed. \"I see, so it was like that.\" The only reason he was able to fool her so much was because of his Aura of soothing that relaxed her nerves. This, along with the acting skill worked perfectly together, she was a pure woman with no impure inclinations with only thoughts of protecting. The thing is, he wasn''t really lying to her as most of the things he said were true. \"As much as I would want to talk more, I can''t since I have to go purify more evil in this forest, later.\" \"I understand. I guess we''ll talk later, I''ll bring my friend when I come to meet you, just in case. You''re still an associate so don''t get too full of yourself because we both fight for justice!\" She was still suspicious that Vitiate could be hiding something, she didn''t really trust him that much. Apparently, it didn''t work 100 percent, but it was a start. Though she gave him a chance because he could have easily attacked her back then and even now by calling over monsters to aid him in killing her, but he didn''t. If it had been a Devil, human or Demon, she would have been attacked right away with no questions asked. \"Okay, I''ll be on my way now.\" He turned and walked away with the Wind Wolf. Roslynn stared at his back, as she felt the strange sensation slowly disappear from her body. \"What was that good feeling I had when I was talking to him, it felt so good and relaxing!\" It gave her the feeling of peace of mind while making her feel comfortable. The rest of the elves walked out of the forest after he left. \"He seemed different then what I was imagining him to be.\" The cloaked Elf man seemed satisfied with Vitiate''s personality. \"Hmph! He was probably lying, he also seemed arrogant as well!\" Caitlan didn''t buy Vitiate''s act, she was a very cautious person, after all. \"As long as he doesn''t bring any of the clowns over, he''s okay with me.\" The orange headed elf woman looked around with fast takes of the forest. Caitlan''s brother didn''t say anything, but he did stare at Vitiate in the distance, it was no telling what he was thinking. .... Most of Vitiate''s army had already moved out at this point. Vitiate was now heading to the swamp, he had most of his monsters head back to the Dungeon. He took the Ice Dragon, the 3 corrosion Lizards, and the Wind Wolf. There was clearly a lot to do when he got back to the base, he needed to fix the dungeon up, then head back out 2 days later to fight the shark men. \"I could put the shark men on hold for now and just head to Goa Village. I don''t know yet, we''ll have to see how things go first.\" Infiltrating Goa Village was a must, he needed as much information as he could get. Once he arrived at the swamp entrance, a horrible smell caused him and the monsters he brought with him noses to shrivel awkwardly. \"Damn!\" Vitiate quickly took out a mask and put it over his mouth and nose under his current mask. He put one on the Wolf, Dragon, and Corrosion lizard''s face as well, they all looked like they wanted to run away at first. He could hear a battle up ahead! Once he was present, he saw the Goblins, Kobolds and the Sludge Monster catching frog and toad men. The Sludge monster was sending out tendrils and tentacles to catch the frog and toad men, they couldn''t resist the Sludge monster once it latched onto them. The Minotaur was fighting a Giant Frog, it was the same one that ate his crow at that time. Once they were caught, they would be knocked out and thrown into the cages. The Minotaur and other monsters didn''t want to attack in a close combat conflict, but it was unavoidable with the minotaur, as it became the top priority of the Giant Frog! \"Let''s help them out, then return home!\" It''s been a long day already, and he had much to do when he got back. 43 The Cursed One! At the swampy forest area, the warriors had already caught several Toad and Frogmen. They didn''t seem to be the smartest at all, it looked like they were mindlessly attacking while trying to escape at the same time. The Mud Golems had already invaded the Swamp. None of the Frog or toad men could fight them and was forced to run. Every time they hurt the Mud Golems in some way, they would quickly regenerate using the Muddy terrain around them. Stella noticed Vitiate when she turned, she also noticed the strange Lizards she had never seen before. Vitiate was riding on one, so she didn''t see it as a threat that they needed to be cautious of. The lizards sped over to help catch Frog and toad men, some frogmen were really poisonous like the dart frog type. Vitiate was wary of the really colorful ones since they reminded him of that particular frog, just touching them would cause pain! \"Catch as many as you can, and help the Minotaur with the big frog. Sludge, focus on helping the Minotaur with catching that giant frog!\" There were 3 large cages that were starting to fill up with knocked out frog and toad men. The toad men seem to be the ugliest of the two, they were quite hard to look at compared to the frogmen. Vitiate used his chains of contempt to capture several toad and frogmen alike. They weren''t that big, they were around 5''3 each, but he could get points off of them later. He made sure to appraise them like he did with all the creatures he would come into contact with. The sludge monster did better in closed-off spaces when in a fight. It was just too slow, as most could just kite it if they didn''t faint from the horrible smell. The sludge monster wrapped its tendrils around the giant frog and started slamming it on the ground with no mercy. The Minotaur backed off, it didn''t want to come into contact with this frogman, and was actually trying to avoid it. It didn''t take long for the giant frog to faint, but the sludge monster kept body slamming it all over the place! \"Okay, it''s down, we don''t need to kill it, we need to capture it!\" Vitiate hurriedly and spoke before it killed it. The sludge monster stopped and tossed the giant Frog into a separate cage. Vitiate signaled the Golem to bring him a big sample of the poisonous swamp water. The Goblins were using tranquilizer arrows to knock the toad and frogmen out. They had knocked out and caught many of them by the time he got here. \"Master, the Mud Golems are still catching more frog and toad men. We saw that there was a rare type in there, at least its color seemed unique compared to the others.\" \"A unique frogman, this sounds good, so what color was it?\" At this point, no more toad an frogmen were running out of the swamp. Most of them probably went deep into the swamp water to avoid being caught and detected by the Golems. Mud Golems obviously couldn''t go into water. Before she could answer his question, the Wind Wolf seem to have detected something. She looked off into the forest with a dazzling gleam in her eyes. However, the people she noticed had a change in expression. \"What is it Wendy, are you sensing something? Who is it this time, is it more elves?\" Did the elves follow him, and if they did, why? The wolf signaled to him that these weren''t elves, but humans! \"Humans?\" He looked into the direction she was looking in with a frown on his face. The wolf suddenly told him that they were moving away, they were retreating. \"Oh? Ice Dragon, have those Corrosive lizards chase and capture those humans if they can!\" The Ice Dragon looked up, these were her mounts, she didn''t want to walk around when she could just ride on these guys. She looked reluctant, but she complied. Vitiate really didn''t care if they got away or not, technically, but if he could catch them, hehe! The Corrosion lizards ran off as soon as the order was given. At that moment, the 3 Mud Golems came out of the swamp. One was holding a cauldron in its arms full of swamp water, while the other carried frog and toad men. Vitiate noticed the strange color of one of the frogmen, it had a gold coloration to it, unlike the rest. They were all knocked out and put into a cage, he could check this special frogman out later. The other Golem sat the polluted water from the swamp down slowly. Vitiate cringed with the sight of the water, but he wanted to use this water for many different experiments. Each Golem was assigned to carry a cage to the Dungeon under the Kobolds Guidance. However, before sending them off, one of the Golems relayed a message to him, it went straight to his mind. Vitiate gasped in surprise, the Golem had discovered something in the forest near the swamp that stunned him. \"I have to check this out, now!\" He made one of the Kobold knights stay behind as many other Goblin Archers followed the other group back. All that was left was Stella, the Kobold knight, the Ice Dragon, the Wolf, and a few Goblin archers. The Sludge Monster had already went back into its cage, where it would return to the cube to be put on the 10th floor again. \"This way, guys! Our Golem friend has made a discovery in this forest that''s too good to pass up!\" Vitiate had already ordered the DragonRex to come to the swampland once it had escorted everyone back safely, so it should arrive soon if everything went well. The other monsters didn''t question him, but Stella was curious. \"What was it, did it discover a treasure of some sort that would boost our power?\" \"Yes, it could do some good for us, it could do real good! Judging by their condition, they may want to consider coming with us.\" From the way he was speaking, it didn''t seem to be an object. Stella remained quiet, she would find out soon enough. The Golem had shown him the location through its mind, so he knew where to go. Vitiate paused, the wolf sent him a message saying she sensed multiple figures watching them. Vitiate looked around and reached out to grab a branch nearby. However, the branch flinched and tried to break away from him. \"Ah! The bad guy caught me, help!\" The voice was that of a little kid, he raised it up to reveal the full appearance of the creature. It had all green skin with green eyes, the place where there should have been hair was branches instead. Vitiate''s intelligence had gone up recently, so he knew exactly what it was. Dryad! \"Ah, let Isra go, you bad man, you evil guy!\" \"Go tell mother, she''ll save us by beating up this bad man!\" \"Oh, no, the bad men are back to cause more trouble for us, run and tell mother!\" Several other Dryad kids popped out, they all had unique and different appearances from one another. Vitiate let the little Dryad girl go, and she quickly dashed away. Stella was about to shoot a tranquilizer arrow at her, but he told her not to, they could just follow them. Vitiate and company just went on and followed them, these kids thought they slipped away. They had finally managed to track the kids to their final position. Once they were there, they saw a tree with a woman attached to it, she looked like she had aged 1000 years, she looked like she was withering away! Suddenly, the trees started to move and close in on Vitiate and company. The Kobold knights started to cut the vines, and so did Vitiate. That''s until the ice Dragon Froze the branches to where they couldn''t operate anymore. \"Dragon!\" A voice filled with surprise could be heard from the woman attached to the tree, she had completely overlooked the dragon. This was obviously the Dryad mother the little dryads from before were talking about. \"What do you want from me, you keep coming here stealing from me every time!\" Her voice was filled with resentment. \"Steal? Sorry, but this is my first time in this area, you must be mistaking me for someone else! You shouldn''t just attack people randomly or it might start a conflict.\" Vitiate looked at her withered face, then appraised her. |Title: Dryad Mother, |Name: Lucy ???? |Race: Dryad |Race Type: Nature |Class: N/A [Current Status Effects: ???? Corrosion Curse, Life Draining Curse, Vitality Curse] He saw that she was a Dryad mother for sure, but she was sadly dying. Vitiate''s face visibly changed, she had so many curses on her, who the heck hated her so much to put so many Curses on her!? She was clearly in pain, no one could get a decent amount of sleep with so many curses on them. \"Are you not one of them, you guys want my seed of life so bad, but I''ll never give it to you! I''ll rather take it to the grave with me before I hand it over to you evil things!\" Her voice was filled with scorn, her situation wasn''t going to get better. \"I just told you, I''m not one of whoever you''re talking about!\" She seemed rather paranoid, but he somewhat understood as he was very paranoid himself when he first came to this world. However, she has reached a new level of paranoia, which was far greater than his. \"You''re not one of those ugly bloodsuckers, well, you don''t look anything like them. However, you could be disguising yourself, I know how you guys like to play mind games with people, but I won''t fall for it!\" \"Oh, can any of those bloodsuckers do this?\" Vitiate utilized the Light element for her to feel and see, she was stunned, those ''Bloodsuckers'' couldn''t use this element, In fact, they were weak to this element! \"You''re not one of them.\" She calmed down immediately after confirming this. \"I see! If you''re not one of them, then what are you?\" Vitiate felt like he was being asked this question too much, and he would never stop hearing it when people saw him as is. \"That''s unimportant now, what is important is that this swamp isn''t doing you any good. You and your daughters won''t last long here.\" Vitiate could see that she was started to rot and corrode away, she wasn''t going to last another month! \"Sigh, my life is already finished, this place used to be such a nice place to live, but those frog and toad men corroded the nice waters of this area. It didn''t take long before it started to affect the soil around here, killing all the plant life.\" \"Yeah, it''s that and the fact that you''re cursed!\" Lucy''s tired eyes went wide, then she put her head down as if she was thinking. \"So, you understand, right? Did those bloodsuckers curse you as well?\" Lucy shook her head. \"No! Thinking about it at this point, it was definitely the man they were with. That man had Death energy around his body, so curses were something he could surely do.\" \"What? Was he an undead or something?\" Vitiate found this amazing, did this part of the island have undead monsters? \"No, but I do believe he could command the undead, he had 3 Bulky silver skeletons by his side, he was definitely a human!\" Lucy said seriously, she had actually opened up to Vitiate, this was because of his acting skill, the light element, and his Aura of Soothing playing together right now. Hearing that he could command skeletons, it was easy to guess what he was! \"Humans working with Vampires, this is something new for sure. However, they''re both affiliated with the undead, so it makes sense that they could agree to agree.\" \"Speaking of which, what type of curse do I have on me? You''re a user of the light so I understand how you know these things.\" \"Well, you have 3 curses on you, to be exact.\" Vitiate looked into her eyes and said. \"T-t-three curses!?\" She was shocked, they were really trying to kill her, wasn''t this just overkill at this point!? Lucy wanted to cry, but she had already dried out, so no tears came when she wanted them to. The Ice Dragon just shook her head in pity, she was quite familiar with these things. After all, her parents would pass information onto the next generation of their children. So she knew how curses worked and what they could do to someone, she looked at her appearance and knew it was because of this. \"It really is the end for me, I could have never imagined!\" \"Yeah, sorry, but there is nothing I can do, you looked too far gone.\" Vitiate sighed and shook his head, it was too bad. He could see the little dryads hiding behind their mother''s tree, they showed signs of rotting away as well. Suddenly, a shadow could be seen in the sky, once it spotted Vitiate and his group it landed. \"Oh, so you''re back!\" The DragonRex had returned, which showed that the escort went without a hitch. \"Amazing! You have 2 Dragons following you, now I''ve seen it all, just what are you, really?\" Lucy looked at Vitiate curiously, she was dying so he kind of wanted to tell her, at least. However, he felt that it was a taboo for anyone to know now. Vitiate wasn''t going to be the one to make his race known, it would be others within his race. He would stay in the shadows for a bit, while they built an empire. This was his plan, he would just focus on his dungeon and creating chosen Apostles. \"...\" Lucy smirked. \"I can understand that much, but do you think it''s possible to save my children, can you heal them or take them to a safe place?\" Vitiate could hear the desperation in her voice, and he could see it in her eyes. \"Sure, I can do that, I''m in need of Dryads who can purify. Your kind does a lot for the land and the earth, how could I ignore such beings?\" The Dryad kids were too young to fully use their power, while she was heavily cursed. She would still need a lot of rest before she could do anything even if she was healed. [Ding! Your Acting Skill has risen to level 3!] At that moment, the Ice Dragon spoke to Vitiate directly in his mind. ''Really? So, I can do that and actually save her!'' 44 Money Calls! The Baby Ice Dragon gave him a brief suggestion on how to save the Dryad. Vitiate listen closely and felt that it did make sense to use this method to save a cursed individual. The Dryad mother kept talking but Vitiate wasn''t paying attention, he just listened to the dragon''s voice. She still sounded arrogant with her child-like voice but he still paid attention. After hearing her suggestion, Vitiate nodded in approval. She had many millenniums worth of knowledge, she was smarter than how she looked and acted. Though her intelligence stat was questionable, she didn''t use her intelligence much, this could be why it was so low. \"It looks like I found a solution that can save you from your cursed and terrible predicament. You''ve been living in this polluted swamp for a while, I''m surprised you and your kids have lived this long.\" Everyone knew that Dryads needed good soil, freshwater, and fresh air to survive. Despite not having any of that while being cursed, she was able to survive. \"Excuse me, did you say that there is a way to save me?\" Lucy looked at Vitiate with a questioning gaze, she felt that it was impossible at this point. \"There is a way, I can''t hang around here long because I have so much to do when I get back.\" Vitiate nodded and continued. \"I can save you with the life element, I can''t completely disperse the curses but they''ll fade over time as long as I use the life element on you twice a month.\" \"The Life Element!\" This was a rare element, she had only seen it used once, if anything can save her, it would surely be this element! \"But are you willing to come out here and heal me twice a month? Wouldn''t something like this take up too much of your time?\" Lucy seemed concerned about this since he seemed in a hurry most of the time. Vitiate was indeed in a hurry, he had to be prepared when many adventurers came to this island for that event. These people weren''t going to be some pushovers, so he had to ready up before then, or else, who knows how things would turn out? \"No way I''m coming out here twice a month to do all of that.\" Vitiate wasn''t going to waste his time coming all the way out here! \"That''s why you''ll be coming with me, you can receive healing and live in better conditions.\" \"I can''t leave the tree for long as it is my last lifeline, I''ll die after being detached for a certain amount of time.\" This tree was a source of life for Lucy, the minute she left the tree, her vitality would start to drop! \"I have the Life element, I can supply you with energy until I give you a healthier tree to attach to. Once you''ve gotten over your cursed state, you should be good to walk around without a tree, like your kids.\" The Life element would act as fuel that would keep her alive, but he would still be burning mana. Vitiate had already wasted about thirty percent of his mana in the previous battle, but his mana was regenerating slowly. This was another concern, he needed to get a skill that regenerated mana, but he had some mana potions on him, so he wasn''t worried. Lucy was enlightened, she didn''t know much about this element but she was finding it more amazing every time. Vitiate approached the tree she was attached to, slowly. All of the other monsters with him just watched cautiously for any strange movements. The Ice Dragon immediately hopped on the DragonRex''s back to relax. \"You can come down now, like I said, I''ll just keep pumping you with Life Energy.\" The Dryad kids walked out once they saw Vitiate in front of their mother. They noticed that he had been talking to her and felt more at ease. Lucy had nothing to lose, so she came down without hesitation. As soon as she removed herself from the tree, her vitality started to drop. Vitiate grabbed her arm as white energy quickly invaded her body, she felt warmth throughout her body that she hadn''t felt in a long time. \"Okay, let''s get out of here!\" Just as he said that, the three Corrosion Lizards emerged from the forest. This scared the Dryad children, as they ran off to hide again. Vitiate could see that they had some scars on them, while one seemed to have frost on it. The Baby Ice Dragon quickly removed the chilling frost from its body. Apparently, one of the men they were pursuing could use Ice attacks. Lucy called all of her children over to board the DragonRex, there were a total of ten Dryad kids. The Baby Ice Dragon stayed on the DragonRex''s back, she didn''t like so many people sitting in her personal space. The Kobold Knight sat on top of a Corrosion Lizard and so did Stella. Vitiate also got on a Corrosion Lizard, but he sat on it with Lucy, who he had to keep healing on their way back to the Dungeon. From what the Corrosion Lizards said, they manage to wound some of the escaping humans badly. Sadly, they were able to get away using some sort of device the blue-haired man had. Vitiate wasn''t familiar with this blue-haired man, so he didn''t think too much about the details. The other Goblins walked to the Dungeon, they didn''t ride on the Corrosion Lizards fast, so they could keep up. About an hour later, they arrived at the Dungeon, Lucy was stunned, she knew this was a Dungeon, but why here? \"Yes, I''m a Dungeon Master, so I can create a space for you to dwell in, don''t worry, what I said still stands.\" Vitiate hurriedly and explained, he didn''t want her feeling uncomfortable and stack up her already stressed state. \"...\" Lucy remained silent. Once Vitiate entered his Dungeon, it looked the same as always on the first and second floor, where were the monsters he had caught? Vitiate warped to the twenty-first floor with both Dragons and the Dryads. The Kobolds and Goblins from before just went back to the second floor, where their home was. Once they arrived on the twenty-first floor, they could immediately feel the mana on the floor. They were shocked how beautiful it was here, it was like a paradise they could only see in their dreams! \"It so pretty, is this our new home, mom?\" \"I wanna live over there, it''s full of pretty flowers!\" \"So many nice trees, I love it here!\" Before Lucy could say anything, the kid Dryads ran off into the tropical forest. They loved to play the most if they could, and this forest looked too beautiful to pass that up. \"Ah, sorry about that, they tend to get overly excited sometimes, hehe.\" Lucy quickly apologized for her children''s behavior. \"Oh, no, I have no problem with what they''re doing, they just act how normal kids would act. This is actually a good sign that they''re still happy and playful.\" Vitiate didn''t mind kids, he actually liked seeing kids enjoy themselves, they should be happy. \"Thanks!\" Vitiate flew off into the forest carrying Lucy, he took her to a large tree within the forest. This tree was the biggest on this floor and had allot of mana circulating in the area around it. Lucy''s body was so fragile, that he was afraid that she might break under his grip! \"What a beautiful tree, the mana in this area is so strong! I never would have thought that after struggling every day that this opportunity would come.\" Lucy wanted to cry with joy, but she was, of course, dried out. Lucy attached herself to the tree with what Vitiate might describe as a joyous expression. Honestly, he couldn''t tell because her face was so dried out and wrinkly, if anything, it looked like a smile of horror! Vitiate didn''t speak his thoughts and cast a healing pulse on her, then boosted her with Life energy. He had to drink a mana potion on his way here, since he was continuously using mana to keep her strong. \"This is the first term healing session, I''ll insert more Life energy into you two weeks from now.\" Vitiate would need to insert her with Life Energy every 2 weeks for her to recover. \"I can''t thank you enough, mainly for giving my children such a good chance at a good life. Is there anything I can do for you to make this up?\" Lucy''s weak and old voice came over, but it was the words he wanted to hear the most! \"Well, I would like you to join my Dungeon, like before, it will be a good place for your kids to survive and even you yourself.\" Vitiate could see his acting proficiency rising, it was already close to Level 4! Lucy nodded without even saying anything, she didn''t have the energy to say much. Vitiate brought his force over her, and she accepted. [Ding! 1 Sentient being has joined your Dungeon!] [1 Dryad Quasi Queen has been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 160,000 Dp with your recruitment of one ???-tier Raced Being!] Vitiate was secretly happy, he needed to find a chance to explore the Glacial Zone and the deeper parts of Dread forest. There were too many monsters out there that needed to be caught by him, they were all points! Moments later, Vitiate gathered the little Dryad kids and added them as well. There were ten of them, and each of them gave him 20,000 Dungeon Points each! They had brown and black rot growing on them around their arms, legs, and even their necks. Vitiate didn''t worry about it because they would heal up in this healthy space, so it wouldn''t be on their bodies for long. Fortunately, they weren''t cursed like their mom, the person who cursed her didn''t attack the children. \"I''m back on the map already, I can only imagine the points I''ll get from forcing the other monsters!\" Vitiate had 372,100 Dungeon Points just from the Dryads, it was no telling how much he was going to make once he forced the others to submit! Suddenly, Lily appeared before Vitiate once he was done with the Dryad Kids. Lily quickly became fond of them, they seemed like they would be good playmates for her. \"Lily, where are the rest of the monsters? I think you know what needs to be done!\" Lily came to herself and began to explain that she changed the thirteenth floor. She turned the thirteenth floor into a jail floor to hold all the monsters. They were thrown into separate jail cells until the Dungeon Master returned. Some tried to resist, but they were beaten! Vitiate was speechless, but it was effective! With that, he warped to the thirteenth floor, it was just as she described. The Orcs, Ogre, and Kobolds were watching the locked up monster closely. There was even a giant cage that held the Cyclops, he laid on the ground holding his chest. \"The Dungeon Lord has returned!\" Vitiate was quickly greeted by the other monster residence of his Dungeon. \"Good, you''ve watched over the prisoners, I think you guys know what it''s time to do!\" Vitiate grinned at the monsters and they grinned right back. \"It''s time to beat these guys into submission, I can already see the money!\" 45 Notification After Notification! The first monsters Vitiate went to in order to force them to submit was the frog and toad men. Several Goblins and Kobolds were called over to beat them, it was easy to scare these creatures with their low wills and intelligence. Then there was the Gold Frogman, he was saving this guy for when he was done with the other toad and Frogmen. [Ding! forty-five New Monsters have joined your Dungeon!] [45 Toadmen have been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 67,500 Dungeon Points with your recruitment of forty-five Lowest-tier Raced creatures!] Vitiate''s force came over the Frogmen next! [Ding! forty-two New Monsters have joined your Dungeon!] [42 Frogmen have been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 67,200 Dungeon Points with your recruitment of forty-two Lowest-tier Raced creatures!] Vitiate could only smile, it didn''t matter how much they gave him individually, but altogether. He had them stay in the jail cells until he started editing floors to station them on. Once he was done with them, he looked towards the Giant frog and Golden frogman. The Giant Frog had already endured a beating from the sludge monster earlier, so it wasn''t moving now. Vitiate''s force came over the Giant Frog, who appeared to be dazed. [Ding! 1 New Monster has joined your Dungeon!] [1 Gigantus Frog has been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 10,000 Dungeon Points with your recruitment of one Lowest-tier Raced creature!] It was easy to force wounded creatures to give in, this was another reason why he resorted to beating them. Vitiate looked at the Golden Frog, who appeared to be energetic, he hadn''t endured a beat down yet. It wasn''t the smartest, but it understood that this guy before it was going to hurt him if he didn''t comply. The Golden frog was already scared after seeing its kin getting beat by the Goblins and Kobolds. \"I think you understand, right? If you don''t give in, I can only beat you until you do, you better surrender now, or endure hours of torture!\" Vitiate spoke strongly to get his point across, it couldn''t run away or escape, either surrender or get beaten black and blue! The Golden frogman''s big eyes dilated, it seemed to have understood! The Frog quickly kowtow to show that it had given up. With that, Vitiate''s force came over the Golden Frog upon seeing it surrender. [Ding! 1 New Monster has joined your Dungeon!] [1 Golden Crown Frogman has been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 12,000 Dungeon Points with your recruitment of one Lowest-tier Raced creature!] \"Good!\" Vitiate nodded in approval, he didn''t bother to check any of their statuses because he had much to do right now. As usual, he kept them inside cages for when he was ready to assign them to a floor to live on and defend. Seeing the hurt cyclops, this was his next target. At that moment, he sent his force over to the cyclops, who was still holding its chest where the DragonRex struck him. The Cyclops didn''t submit, it was resisting! \"Oh, so you wanna play this game?\" Vitiate smiled, he knew it wouldn''t be a walk in the park to get something like this to give in so easily. With that, he warped the Rock Golem to this floor to beat on the cyclops for him. The Golem started kicking the Cyclops in the face and stomping on its head like it was trash! The Cyclops was so angry, that it coughed up blood, it state was starting to worsen from anger. It could do nothing more but give in or die at this point. [Ding! 1 New Monster has joined your Dungeon!] [1 Cyclops has been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 90,000 Dungeon Points with your recruitment of one High-tier Raced creature!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve earned 5,000 Glory points!] Title: Mad Warrior, Race: Giant Race Type: Cyclops ???? (Heavily Wounded) Age: 20 Class: N/A |????Vitality: 170/800 |????Mana: 60 |???Strength: 860 |????Spd: 400 |????Intelligence: 52 |????Dexterity: 100 |????Charm: 10 |Elements: N/A |Combat Masteries: N/A Techniques: Hand to Hand: Lv: 2| UniBeam: Lv: 2| Defensive Skills: Earth Resistance: Lv: 2| Passive Abilities: Heightened Breathing| Identify| Heightened Hearing| Heightened Eyesight Innate Talent: N/A \"This guy has the Giant bloodline flowing through him, he must be related to beings like titans.\" Cyclopses were in the same category as Giants, with titans being the strongest and most dangerous. If it had been an actual titan, he would have gotten way more points, but it was a simple Cyclops. Vitiate sent the Golem back to floor two, then used heal Pulse on the Cyclops whose condition was getting worse. Once he was done with the cyclops, he pointed his attention to the Lizard and Crocodile men. Vitiate was happy to know that his monsters separated them into different cells for him later. \"You guys have lost already, so I assume you won''t give me any trouble, right?\" Vitiate looked and questioned the Lizardmen that were locked up. \"....\" \"...\" \".....\" It was dead silent, no one said anything, their breathing even slowed down. The monsters that were locked up were organized all the way down to their rank. Regular Lizardmen were all inside a wide spacious jail cell together. This was the same for warrior levels of the lizard and crocodile men. The leaders were all in separate cages alone, being watched at all times for anything dumb they might pull. Vitiate decided to start with the lizardmen, there were hundreds of them! The Cage was so big that it looked like a colosseum arena for gladiators. Their tongues would slick out of their mouths every so often, like snakes. Vitiate force went over the whole crowd of Regular Lizardmen, they knew they had lost so there was no point in resisting. [671 Lizardmen have been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 1,409,100 Dungeon Points with your recruitment of six hundred seventy-one Mid-tier Raced creatures!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve earned 201,300 Glory points!] Vitiate''s body jolted seeing the amount he had earned, he was rich! \"Oh, my goodness!!\" He had gotten 2,100 Dungeon points for each regular Lizardman, as for glory points, he had gotten 300 for each one. Vitiate calmed down and looked over at the regular crocodile men with a greedy gaze. The Crocodile men felt chills seeing his change in expression, so suddenly! They all jumped in surprise when he yelled out not too long ago. Without saying anything to the crocodile men, he sent his force over them. [302 Crocodilemen have been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 906,000 Dungeon Points with your recruitment of three hundred two Mid-tier Raced creatures!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve earned 90,600 Glory points!] Vitiate started to breathe hard like a weeb seeing the amount of points he was getting, he felt like taking some shit over! He was really motivated to cultivate this army for later use, their floor would have to be really big. Vitiate looked at the Lizard and Crocodile men warriors with a smile, and sent his force over them at the same time. They were all in separate cells, it was needless to say that he was feeling happy right now. [120 Lizardmen Warriors have been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 480,000 Dungeon Points with your recruitment of one hundred twenty Mid-tier Raced creatures!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve earned 24,000 Glory points!] [50 Crocodilemen Warriors have been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 350,000 Dungeon Points with your recruitment of fifty Mid-tier Raced creatures!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve earned 90,600 Glory points!] [Congratulations, you''ve been rewarded the title: Monster Collector!] [Congratulations, you''ve been rewarded the title: Tyrant Of Monsters!] [Congratulations, Vitality has risen by 20!] [Congratulations, Strength has risen by 30!] [Congratulations, Speed has risen by 20!] Notifications kept going off one after another, it felt like he was hearing mini bells over and over again. However, Vitiate didn''t seem to mind, he was just too happy right now to even care. The other Monsters like the Goblins, Kobolds, Orcs, and Ogre just watched as new monsters joined them a group at a time. They were well aware of what this meant. [5 Trolls have been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 50,000 Dungeon Points with your recruitment of five Mid-tier Raced creatures!] [15 Ghoul Mosquitos have been added to your ranks!] [Congratulations, you''ve earned 50,000 Dungeon Points with your recruitment of fifteen Low-tier Raced creatures!] More monsters were caught such as horned rabbits and even the long-necked deer he couldn''t catch before. [Ding! Horned Rabbit has been registered on the Dungeon system for purchase!] Eventually, all the monsters that were caught came under his control, except the leaders who he had yet to get to. \"Hehe! Now for the 4 of you, you better cooperate or bare the consequences!\" Vitiate had already reverted to his base form. He grinned sinisterly at the Leaders while his eyes turned bright red, they were stunned for a second, mainly because he had different forms. \"Y-You fucker, you won''t break my will, you son of a bitch!\" The Red Lizardman snorted looking at Vitiate, it seemed he wasn''t going to give in so easily. \"For a lizardman, you sure have a dirty mouth, but I have a way to help you with that.\" Vitiate ignored the Red lizardman and looked over at the other 3 leaders. \"So, what will it be, will you surrender or will you endure pain for the next 24 hours?\" The three of the Leaders sneered hearing Vitiate''s question. \"You can kiss my behind where my tail stands, I''ll never submit, hahaha!!\" \"I have the warrior''s heart, I don''t submit to anyone, definitely to no birdman!\" \"Scram you bastard, I''ll never give in to an asshole who uses weirdos to kill people with acid pies!\" Black Lines formed on Vitiate''s forehead, who was killed by acid pies? He recalled that it was a skill that the Killer clowns could use and understood right away. Honestly, he almost started to laugh, he knew these clowns could troll around but they actually killed someone with pies! \"Okay then, enjoy being disciplined for the next 24 hours, you idiots!\" Vitiate looked over at the Orcs and the Ogre. They joyously walked over, they were actually quite the sadist group that love beating people who didn''t submit. Over the course of time, they became addicted to beating individuals, it all started with the WindWolf! They initially thought Vitiate was going to get everyone to give in too fast, so they were thinking that they wouldn''t have a chance to beat anyone, but their wish finally came true! \"Orcs? You dumb pigs, who do you think you guys are!? You''re the last thing I''ll give in to, you''re just dinner to my people!\" The Red Lizardman then looked over at the Ogre and continued. \"An Ogre? What a joke, your IQ is probably the size of a pebble, you dumb thing, screw off!!\" The Red Lizardman was trash-talking as usual, even Vitiate felt like hitting him in his mouth. He was still in those cuffs that nullified his mana, so he was powerless. The Red Lizardman was so angry, that he was spitting everywhere with each word he spoke! \"I want you to especially beat him, don''t kill him but hurt him badly!\" Vitiate glared coldly at the Red Lizardman, he was way too rebellious! He had to show this big mouth who was the boss! The group smiled, they were more than happy to do so. He was also trash talking them, so they couldn''t wait to put him in his place. With that, Vitiate warped away, he wanted to get some rest before fixing up the Dungeon tomorrow. Vitiate looked at his total points one last time. Dungeon Points: 4,163,100 Glory Points: 426,500 Author Note: The Dungeon Points are added on more because there were other monsters he caught that I didn''t mention. 46 Dungeon Floor Add-Ons and Reworks! The next Day Vitiate did his normal and daily routine before finding a place to relax. He was happy that he didn''t have to use the Ant army in his previous confrontation, it saved him from exposing too much to the public. Vitiate was well aware that he was being watched by other forces, how could he not get any attention with a horde following him? He recalled the Dwarves, they weren''t in the cages like the other monsters. Yesterday, he found them with Nina, she was a Demi-Human, something they were familiar with. She was familiar with the Dwarf race as well, and didn''t want them put in cells. Vitiate didn''t see anything wrong with that, he brought them to his side after leaving the thirteen floor. He especially rewarded the Ice Dragon, she did so much yesterday to make things work out. He promised to give her, her own floor but this was something he was going to do in the future anyway. \"Okay, let''s work on the rest of the floors.\" Before buying any more floors, it only made sense for him to finish the floors he had yet to finish. Starting from the eleventh and up, he may need to upgrade a few things on the previous floors that seemed to be obsolete at this point, namely the fourth floor with the Misty Maze. The Eleventh and Twelfth floor were turned into a swampy mountain forest terrain. Vitiate was going to divide the Crocodile and Lizardmen to these floors. This included the ones he already had, he also wanted to change the fifth floor up. He stopped editing the Eleventh and Twelfth floor and started working on the fifth floor. This Floor was turned into a jungle, but there were far more trees than usual here, it was a pure jungle with one large river flowing through it. Vitiate bought 4 Bloodsucking and Man-eating trees. The Man-eating tree had a face on it that looked fearsome, it''s mouth was always open with crest shaped eyes. The Bloodsucking tree was camouflaged and hard to spot, it looked like a regular tree amongst the trees here. However, it had vines that pierced its potential prey, these vines would start to drain their blood rapidly. Most would be drained before they realized what was going on, it was just that fast! Vitiate was glad he wasn''t someone that could become potential prey for these things, what a way to die! He also bought two monsters from the Glory system for 1000 Glory points each. They were called the Venus Man Trap! Author Note: I laughed so hard when I wrote this! xD Must Vitiate explain the size of these things? Instead of being green, they were red and smelled horrible. Their cover might get blown just from that alone, but they had a way to suppress their smell but sadly, not their color. Vitiate wanted to add more monsters, but he''ll hold out on that for now. Once that was done, he relocated the Lizardmen that he had caught to the Eleventh floor. While Teleporting the Crocodile men to the Twelfth. Vitiate had blocked off the mana flow for the thirteen floor for the time being. He had the fifteenth floor and sixteenth-floor switch places, so the Ants were now on the sixteenth floor. Once he was done with that, he turned his attention towards the seventeenth to nineteenth floor. He turned the seventeenth floor into a spooky and foggy forest. The trees didn''t have a single leaf on them, they were all dead. Vitiate continued to the eighteenth floor, he turned this into a spooky forest as well, but this floor had a huge cemetery on it. If you wanted to advance to the next floor, you needed to walk through the cemetery. Next was the nineteenth floor, he turned this into a tomb. Once he was done fixing up the scenery for these three-floors, he started to add monsters. Now that he had so much money, he bought 15 regular Zombies and 10 Zombie runners for the seventeenth floor. Next, he added 5 poisonous zombies on this floor that could also run. Vitiate didn''t look at the price, he''ll look at the receipt later. Before buying anything else, he purchased a crystal that looked like a white star, it shined white, lighting up the whole area. This star cost him 500,000 Dungeon Points! The star could revive the monsters that were recently killed on any floor. This was only if they died in the Dungeon, this wouldn''t revive any highly evolved monsters unless he upgraded the star to a certain level. The Star was placed inside a cave on the twenty-first floor, this would be its place of operation. Afterward, he began to work on the eighteenth floor, he added more Zombies, But they were all poisonous runners. He also added ghouls, who were hyper-aggressive and hungry for the living, they looked fierce with sharp nails and teeth. He bought 10 ghouls and 15 Poisonous runner Zombies. With that, he started to add monsters to the nineteenth floor. This floor was a tomb, so he added Mummies, Ghouls, and Skeletons to this place. The skeletons were armed with swords and spears, he added a skeleton Brute, who was far bigger than the norm, it had a large hard bone club in its hands. This brute stood 3 meters tall, with bones as hard as steel! The Mummy count was three, the Ghoul count was 10, while the skeleton count was 8. With those floors out of the way, he turned his attention to the fifteenth floor, this was a boss level floor! Vitiate looked at the thirteen floor and notice that the Lizard and Crocodile leaders still hadn''t given in yet. He sent his monsters a message telling them to start breaking their legs and arms slowly if they didn''t comply. Once that was done, he pointed his attention to the fifteenth floor again. Vitiate decided to have the fifteenth-floor switch places with the fourteenth. The fourteenth floor was originally a lavafall floor that he used to meet the Phoenix. Vitiate turned the fourteenth floor to a place similar to where the toad and frogmen were living before. The Toad and Frogmen weren''t nearly as strong as the Crocodile and Lizardmen, but the environment they lived in gave them the ultimate advantage. They would be able to turn this clean place into a polluted hazard zone in no time. Vitiate moved the Toad and Frogmen to the fourteenth after he was done, he also put the Ghoul Mosquitoes on this floor. He wanted these mosquitoes to breed and grow in number. The Giant Frog was put on the floor as well, he added all the monsters he found from the swamp there. The five trolls were relocated to the third floor. He decided to do another switch, this time he switched the thirteen floor with the fourteenth. Then the fourteenth with the fifteenth, the jail floor was now the fifteenth floor. Once things were settled with the Leaders, he would fix this floor up. Vitiate kept the fourteenth floor the same for the time being, this was mainly for the Phoenix. He will go onto change it later once he started making real lava based floors with Volcanoes. He wanted to set up the bosses every five floors, so he wanted to buy another floor and move the Circus floor up another level. He bought a floor for 4,000 Dungeon Points. This was the boss floor, it was a misty forest as usual but it had spooky lambs on this floor. There were several graveyard on this floor with a bright moon hanging in the sky. Vitiate created the boss room for the 20th floor, then he proceeded to by monsters for it. He bought five acid-spitting Zombies, fifteen regular Skeletons, ten Skeleton Warriors, eight ghouls, and Five Toxic Skeletons that had green bones. For the last monster of this floor beside the boss he had yet to get, he bought one Skeleton Enhancer Grade 3! This Skeleton wore purple and yellow robes with a purple and yellow pope hat. Its eyes radiated red flaming pupils that looked around cautiously. This Skeleton Enhancer could utilize the element of Lightning! The Purple energy around its robes signified the lightning element. Vitiate thought that this guy may need better and more intelligent guards, so he bought 2 Spartios to act as bodyguards for it. \"All I have to do now is buy a boss for this floor, then my work for the Dungeon floors will be done!\" Vitiate still had other things to buy for the Dungeon besides fixing up the floors. His attention went to the Glory System, this system mainly consisted of monsters that weren''t in this world. Some were heard of within this world, but didn''t make an appearance, they usually appeared when certain beings appeared. For example, the hellhound. This dog never appeared unless a Demon was around, as they had these creatures as pets most of the time. Vitiate found a suitable boss for the twentieth floor. It was called the Bone Corpes Behemoth! It cost him 11,000 Glory Points to buy. It stood at 7 meters tall, with a sword and shield. It wore bright shiny silver armor, it had spikes coming out of its back with purple blazing pupils in its skull face. The Behemoth just stood in place, it didn''t move an inch when Vitiate summoned it. Up until this point, he heard several Notifications going off, but didn''t pay attention to them. He knew what it was, so he didn''t bother to give it so much mind, Vitiate viewed its stats and found its abilities to be amazing! He was finally done working on the Dungeon floors, he would need to add bait treasure to them later. \"I think it''s time to boost my personal strength, it''s time to get a second form!\" This was a long time coming, he needed more strength for himself. Of course, his Dungeon came first since it was his lifeline, he couldn''t let the core in his dungeon be destroyed. If his Dungeon was too weak, he wouldn''t be able to fight alone, the core was his life, it had to be defended by more than just himself. He wasn''t overpowered, at least not yet! Vitiate looked at the amount of Dungeon Points he had left. He had spent over a Million Dungeon Points already, to be exact, he spent 1.3 Million or so! \"I guess having millions isn''t really rich.\" Vitiate shook his head bitterly, he wasn''t as rich as he thought, but it should be enough for now. 47 Second Transformation s ! Vitiate did a few stretches before getting his second form, he needed to upgrade the mana flow in his Dungeon. The Notifications from before were signaling that his Dungeon''s Danger level had increased. Dungeon Status Sheet: Dungeon''s Name: Heaven''s Gate Cave Dungeon''s Danger Lv: Code Grey| Grade 3 Dungeon''s Floor Count: 22 Dungeon''s Mana Lv: Lower Dungeon''s Defenses: None Dungeon''s Monster Reset Star: White Star Dungeon''s Status: Normal His Dungeon''s Danger level had gone up by a whole grade! Vitiate also noticed the new input into the Dungeon''s status, the Reset star. Vitiate wasn''t too excited about the Danger level change, this would only serve to cause him trouble later. He went on to his next objective of the day, and that was to upgrade the mana flow in his Dungeon. The Price to upgrade to the next level showed up, it was 150,000 Dungeon Points. Vitiate didn''t hesitate and upgraded the mana flow to Low Rank. [Ding! Mana Circulation has upgraded from Lower to Low!] [Ding! All Monsters within the Dungeon have received a stat boost!] He suddenly felt himself get stronger again, he received a stat boost, but not on the same magnitude as the monsters that inhabited his Dungeon. There were quite some changes, he noticed that both Ogres, who were currently on a break from beating up the Lizard and Crocodile men leaders were glowing up with red light! "Oh, it''s about time!" Vitiate watched closely, he had seen this before with his Goblins, so he knew that they were evolving! Their sizes increased slightly, their eyes exuded far more intelligence than their previous selves. Both Ogres actually grew hair, the male''s hair was pure white, while the female had firey red hair. They looked human-like instead of monstrous, he couldn''t understand why they looked so close to humans. In general, why did the monsters he have evolve into monsters with human-like appearances? Both of them started playing around with the elements they had been learning. Vitiate didn''t want them to grow two heads, he hated that look, he would just save that for other Ogres in the future. They both had red pupils, so they had that much in common. The child they had didn''t evolve, so he remained as is. "I''ll check on them later, let''s see how the Skeletons are doing, they should have changed a bit, I hope!" Vitiate remembered the three skeletons he had isolated with the tablet of intelligence, and wanted to know their status. He looked at the Isolated Skeletons, they were in the same cave as the White star he purchased. Their location was on the same floor as the paradise garden where he was stationed, the 22nd floor. They didn''t show any physical changes, but their stats said otherwise, they had 96 intelligence each, so they were all close to the max. The next upgrade in mana flow was called intermediate Level, it would cost 500,000 Dungeon Points. Vitiate didn''t upgrade anymore, he had to spend his money on other things, like himself! "Alright, now I can upgrade to a second form, what should I make it looked like and possibly do?" He was quite excited, he was going to upgrade to another form! He soon figured out how he wanted this form to look, or should I say forms!? Yes, he was going to buy the Bundle that allowed him to have two forms within this branch. Vitiate went through the Dungeon System and found what he was looking for. This was a special part of the system, this was a Special section for if he chose to make a new race instead of an already existing one. Duo Transformation Bundle! |500,000 Dungeon Points| Usually, this should cost 250,000 Dungeon Points, but he wanted to have a Negative and Positive form as his second form. Without hesitation, he bought the Bundle to start his new transformation. The next time he wanted to gain another transformation, it would cost millions! There was a rule set for each transformation, so he was limited. Over time, it would become less restrictive as he purchased more forms. Vitiate started to visualize his second forms, time passed quickly during his train of thought. Two Hours, Three Hours, Four Hours, and finally, on the Fifth Hour, he was done fusing with both forms. The Positive form looked similar to an Angel, he wore White and Gold armor that covered his whole body. Vitiate''s eyes always radiated bright Gold light in this form no matter what, he had a total of 6 wings on his back that increased his speed dramatically. While in this form, his Light and Life element attacks would increase by three times, this included healing. There were 2 bright Golden halos floating around him at all times. The Negative form looked similar to a Fallen Angel, he wore Black and Gold armor that covered his whole body. Vitiate''s eyes always radiated bright Blue Light in this form no matter what, he had a total of 6 wings on his back that increased his speed dramatically. While in this form, his Death and Dark element attacks would increase by three times, this included curses. There was 1 Dark Blue and 1 Dark Red halo floating around him at all times. Increases while in these forms. +800 |Vitality +800 |Strength +500 |Mana +1000 |Speed +900 |Dexterity +150 |Charm These forms were clearly based off-speed more than anything else, this was what he was gunning for with these forms. Vitiate heard other notifications, he was expecting this. [Ding! You''ve gained Passive Skill: Clear Mind!] [Ding! You''ve gained Passive Skill: Armor Materialization!] [Ding! You''ve gained Passive Skill: Longevity!] [Ding You''ve Learned: Light Bomb!] [Ding You''ve Learned: Dark Resistance!] [Ding! You''ve Learned: Blight Light!] [Ding! You''ve Learned: Halo Energy Projection!] Vitiate''s whole body was engulfed in White light, then it changed into Blue light. This indicated that his forms had completely assimilated with him. There was no telling where he stood in strength in this world, he had to find that out once he went to Goa Village, it should have some information about the world. [Ding! Congratulations, your 1st transformation''s stats have increased slightly!] [Ding! As the Progenitor of your Race and the increase in your strength, you''ve been given the right to create a Bloodline System network!] "Perfect! This is exactly what I wanted to do!" Suddenly, a list appeared in front of him that was empty. There were a total of 7 slots that appeared on the list, he had to put in their Grades and Ranks! At first, there wasn''t a clear cut ranking system, all he knew was that the people he infected would be really powerful. Now that he had a system to go off of, it was much more easier to make sense of things and keep track. Vitiate didn''t start creating a system right away, he turned into his Negative form to test out somethings. He found that the New skill blight light could only be used in this form, it was a purple laser with gold light outlining it. This attack was destructive, if he had to say it himself, it was the most destructive attack he had so far. The Halo Energy projection allowed him to use skills through the halos around him. They could move around enemies fast and use any skill he had! "A Blinding flash Wombo Combo into a powerful skill would devastate someone, haha!" They would be blinded as they were hit by an unsuspecting attack, these halos were so good, they could even slice at someone. Vitiate didn''t revert back, he stayed in this form for the time being. He pointed his attention back to his Race creation. "Making your own race is the greatest and most pleasurable thing I''ve ever done in my life, haha!" Vitiate was full of smiles, as he began to name the Rank and make the Grades within the Ranks. Vitiate started with the strongest since it was easier to branch them off this way. The First was the True Bloods, they could only be made by Vitiate himself. However, there were Grades, the True Blood Grades were from 1 to 5, with 5 being the Highest/Strongest. He also made some Bloodlines with only 3 Grades within them instead of 5 being the max. The Second was the Royal Bloods, they could be made by Vitiate or made through scratches from a True blood. The True Blood must be a Grade 3 or higher to successfully create these classed Apostles. AN: True Bloods and RoyalBloods are the only ones with 5 Grades from here on. The Third was the Noble Bloods, they could be made by Vitiate or made through scratches from a Royal Blood. Born through scratches, they can be made by Grade 3-5 Royal Bloods. The Fourth was the Guardian Bloods, they''re created through scratches from a royal blood. The Noble Blood must be Grade 3 to successfully create these Apostles. The Guardian Bloods are usually the councilmen of the race, they handle and oversee everything. The fifth was the Lord Class, they''re created by the Guardian bloods to handle property matters and business-like things. The Guardians appoint these people to watch over certain land and areas, they usually live in large mansions. The Guardian Class must be Grade 2 to 3 to successfully create these Lord Classed Apostles. The sixth was the Elite Class, they are created as bodyguards by the Lord Class. Like all Apostles except with Vitiate, they''re created through scratches. The Lord Class must be a Grade 2 to 3 to successfully create these Elites. The Seventh was the Warrior Class, they''re also created by the Lord class, they can be made by any Grade Lord for bodyguard purposes, but they''re mainly used for managing businesses for the Lord that created them. Elites and Warriors had the ability to infect but it was unknown what they would become from what he could see. It could be speculated that they would become servant Class Apostles, which was laughable and sad! Vitiate was finally done! [Would you like to confirm? y/n] Once he was done confirming, a beam of light penetrated into his mind. This was an information networking, once he infected someone, they would know and understand how the ranks of his race worked. [Congratulations, with officially creating your race, new items have appeared on the system just for racial creation, have fun!] Vitiate''s eyebrows knitted and he quickly pulled up the system to see what was new. Monster Creation Cards had popped up, along with other things for racial creation. "Gasp! I can make Lesser Monsters of my race with these!" Vitiate was shocked, he instantly had ideas on what he wanted the Lesser Monsters to look like! The Level of Monster Cards were from Low, Middle, and High. They cost money like everything on the Dungeon system did. Vitiate thought about the anime series the seven deadly sins, they had a lesser group within their Demon race that went by a color scheme, for example, the Red Demon. "Haha! I''ll have to take that color scheme Idea, let''s make an Apostle and call it the White Apostle!" Vitiate wasn''t going to copy the Monsters from the show, he just wanted to copy the way they named the Demon''s by color, he wanted to name his Lesser Apostles by Color as well. 48 The White Apostle! There was no telling how much time passed, as Vitiate silently browsed the system for new things. Before creating a Lesser Apostle, he browsed the system for anything he may have missed. Once he confirmed that he didn''t miss anything, he checked his new skills he just acquired recently. [Armor Materialization: This Passive skill grants the user the ability to create armor around the user''s body. The armor''s defenses and strength solely depends on the power level of the creator at hand. This armor can ''only'' be worn by the user and ''can''t'' be used for anyone else.] [Clear Mind: This Passive allows the user to pinpoint Mind attacks. With this Passive, you can fight against mental attacks, where the user will be drawn into a battle of wills against an attacker.] Vitiate read the Clear mind Passive over again to make sure he was reading it right. This would guard him or make him aware of attacks he couldn''t see. As the saying goes, it was always the one you didn''t see coming that took you out. The main thing that would attack him mentally would be the Mind Element or the Death Element with curses, like the Mind curse, Mind eater, Nightmare curses Etc. Afterward, he went back to what he was initially going to do, and that was to create a Lesser Apostle. "I''ll start with the White Apostle first, this should be interesting!" Vitiate felt excited, he was actually going to make his own monster! There were 3 Ranks he could choose from, which were Low, Middle, and High. The Low-Rank Creation Card cost 10,000 Dungeon Points, while the Middle-Rank cost 50,000. Vitiate saw the Price of the High rank and decided to buy this one, it cost 100,000 Dungeon Points. He had far more than enough to buy a high ranking card, so why not? "Go hard or go home!" Once he purchased the Card, it flashed an orange light before dying down. It Looked like a Yu-gi-oh card, but the card was empty with no picture. Suddenly, he heard a notification. [Rule of Creation!] 1. To create a Being, you can either draw it out or use your imagination to create it. 2. The following being will not have a Growth Rate or evolution besides its skills. Stats will never grow over time! 3. The Created Being will have a Stat Cap of 7,000, this will expand depending on certain requirements being met. 4. To make the created being apart of your race, you must use your blood during the process of creation. 5. You can teach the Created being a total of 13 Skills in total. Vitiate looked over the rules thoroughly, he shook his head and reluctantly cut his finger to pour blood on the card. Strangely, the blood was quickly absorbed into the card, as it shined blue for a second. All at once, Vitiate started to visualize the monster, he obviously wasn''t going to draw it! These Lesser Apostles wouldn''t look friendly, nor would they be! They wouldn''t exactly be hostile either, but they would listen to their superiors. The Monster had one eye with razor-sharp teeth. It was large in size and mainly in length, it had a long snake body with sharp spikes coming out of its long lengthy body. The Monster had white spikes going all the way up its body to its head. The beast had a large and wide mouth with so many teeth, that they were simply uncountable. The Monster had Muscular arms with Pincers as hands with several veins popping out. The Giant white monster drooled all of the time, it looked hungry and fearsome! Vitiate looked at the monster who remained immobile, it had not been completed yet, so it couldn''t move until he was done making it. He was done with its image, so now he needed to arrange the stats of the monster. He had 7,000 base Stat points at his disposal, so he had to think about what type of fighter this monster would be. Vitiate noticed that he could give the monster one element, but he could also give it another element from his gene pool, like Death, Darkness, Light, and Life! He decided to make this monster more of a Defense and Attack type. The elements he gave it was the Metal and Dark element. The most overpowered thing about these Creatures was that he could teach them any element except Ultimate Level ones. Though, this was different for the Life and Death Element since it was apart of their bloodline. Vitiate Obviously named it the White Apostle. Afterward, he started to invest stat Points, he put 2,500 into Vitality, 800 Mana, 1,800 Strength, 900 Speed, 190 Intelligence, 800 Dexterity, and 10 charm. Despite its stats being so high, they would never grow, unless they were buffed in some way. Their stats wouldn''t go up, but everything else could over time. These were just Lesser monsters to help beginner Apostles when they were in trouble. In the future, he was going to make stronger Apostles, but he had to finish the Colored series of Apostles first. Vitiate''s aim was to make this a tanky type monster more than anything else. He could only give it 13 moves, so he had to make them good. After working on the monster for an unknown amount of time, he was finally done. Vitiate was satisfied with his creation, and reviewed its stats. Title: N/A Name: White Apostle Race: Apostle Race Type: Lesser Apostle |????Vitality: 2,500 |????Mana: 800 |???Strength: 1,800 |????Spd: 900 |????Intelligence: 190 |????Dexterity: 800 |????Charm: 10 |Elements: ?? Metal Mastery: E|???? Dark Mastery: E| |Combat Masteries: N/A Techniques: Steal Vice: Lv: 3| Iron Wall: Lv: 6| EyeBeam Lv:3| Dark Mouth Beam: Lv:4| Breath Sensory: Lv: 3| Health Regeneration: Lv: 4| Defensive Skills: Metal Resistance: Lv: 8| Earth Resistance: Lv: 9| Dark Resistance: Lv: 6| Light Resistance: 5| Fire Resistance: Lv1| Passive Abilities: Enhanced Eyesight| | Night Vision| Innate Talent: Steel Body The Monster still had a notable weakness, which was fire. The Innate talent and Masteries didn''t count as an ability, because they were naturally things it could know. Most monsters didn''t have an innate ability, this was the same for humans and other races. You were considered fortunate to gain one in your life, as these people would be sought after to join Clans, Families, The Royal guard, and other famous groups. [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve created a monster for your Hierarchy!] [Congratulations, you''ve been rewarded the title: Monster Creator!] Once he was done with the monster, it looked around, then it gave a deafening roar. This startled the residence on the 22nd floor, mainly Lily and the Dryad kids who were playing a game together, this even surprised Vitiate, who covered his ears! The White Apostle noticed Vitiate and went silent right away, it then put its head down as if it was bowing. "You''re a loud and excited fellow, are you trying to blow my eardrums out?" Vitiate joked, if anyone were to see this monster, they would be stunned, as this was something never seen before. He had already set a system up for this monster, only certain ranks in his Race could command them. They would listen to True Bloods, Royal Bloods, Noble Bloods, and Guardian Bloods. They would listen to Lord Bloods to some degree but not fully, they would have to be given an order by a Guardian for them to fully cooperate with the Lord ranked Bloodline individual. Vitiate didn''t say anything and stored the White Apostle inside a Cube. He had ran over the system earlier and found that he could clone this monster later, there was a Special Altar that aloud him to clone and summon this monster over again. This would require some sort of payment, but it wouldn''t be much spent to continuously summon them. "I''ll buy and work on the other colored Apostles at a later date. For now, let''s buy some skills for myself!" He went back to the Elements to purchase more, he needed more variety than just the elements he already had. He wanted to train the ones he had already before getting more, but it was still a good idea to have them already to train as he went. ?Abilities \u0026 Skills? ?Fire Mastery| 30,000 Dp ?Earth Mastery| 30,000 Dp ?Wind Mastery| 30,000 Dp ?Lightning Mastery| 120,000 Dp ?Metal Mastery| 120,000 Dp ?Ice Mastery| 120,000 Dp ?Poison Mastery| 300,000 Dp ?Mind Mastery| 300,000 Dp ?Space Mastery| 4,000,000 Dp Vitiate thought for a moment, then decided to buy Fire, Lightning, and Wind as the next elements. [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve Learned Fire Mastery!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve Learned Lightning Mastery!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve Learned Wind Mastery!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve Learned CrossFire!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve Learned Electro Ball!] [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve Learned Wind Spin!] Vitiate started to test out his new skills, the CrossFire Skill required him to cross his index fingers while pointing to an area he wanted to attack. This attack reminded him of a certain one piece character he favorited allot, but he died. Electro Ball was a Blue Ball of lightning that could damage and cause a person to experience paralysis for a certain amount of time. Wind Spin was sort of complicated, but it was good for knocking away enemies and projectiles, he just had to spin for it! "This skill would be really good with either of my transformations, it''s best to utilize it the most when I''m transformed." Once he was done evaluating his new skills, he ventured to the 5th floor to visit the boss room. The Golem wasn''t present here now, but he was thinking of using a different Boss for this floor. "I think a plant monster type should be good to use in these conditions, but I need to change this muddy boss room first." He had never gotten over to changing the Boss room floor, he was supposed to have changed it into a Rocky arena for the Rock Golem, but he never did! The Boss room was adjusted to look like a grassy arena with a few trees around. Afterward, he added a different boss to the floor, it was a monster he bought from the Glory system, it was a pincer plant monster called Venenthes. This particular monster had a hard shell that could cover it from attacks, it also sported two tendrils covered in strange liquid that could cause paralysis. The Monster was in plain sight once you enter the boss room, it could be seen hanging up on a large tree. The Glory system mainly had Boss-type monsters and special items he couldn''t get from the Regular Dungeon System. Once he was done with the Dungeon boss, he went back to his floor to grab something to eat. Vitiate was cooking live Lobster from the system, he could eat as much Lobster as he wanted. This made him especially happy with this life, it was the food! At that moment, someone walked out of the forest and approached Vitiate, this person clearly had caught wind of the food being cooked and came over. "I know you want something to eat, you greedy thing, but you''re in your growing faze, so I understand." Vitiate didn''t even look back to see who it was, he already knew it was the Baby Ice Dragon. He finally turned to the baby dragon, but once he turned around, he was stunned! It wasn''t a baby dragon but a girl with light blue hair and eyes. The girl looked around the age of 9 or 10 with two small horns coming out of her forehead, she had her hands on her waist looking up arrogantly at him once he noticed her. It was the Baby Ice Dragon, but in human form! "Y-you little...." Vitiate didn''t know what to say for a moment, "Don''t act arrogant because you found out how to become human, I''ll still hang you out to dry!" "Can''t you ever be nice and just give me food, I''m hungry!" "You can talk now?" She usually just talked to him through grumbling or through her mind, but she was actually using her mouth to speak an actual language! "Of course! Can you give me some of that Lobster? My mom used to catch giant Crabs back then and we''d eat them all up!" "...." Vitiate didn''t say anything, but he still gave her some Lobster and fish. "Mmm, it''s so good! I want to eat like this every day, you have to feed me this every day!" The Dragongirl continued to eat with rosy red cheeks, while talking at the same time. "Oh, and what was that loud roar I heard earlier, it kinda creeped me out. Hello? Are you listening to me, hellooooo~!" ''Now I have a big mouth to worry about.'' Vitiate sighed inwardly. 49 The Weeks Past Events! In our current time, a week had already gone and passed. Allot had happened over the week, he spent some his time training his new skills. Vitiate checked on the Ogres and found that they both knew an element each. He didn''t need to know what element they were training in, since he had seen them playing with their respective element after they evolved. The Female Ogre was training with the Fire element, while the male practiced with Lightning. Vitiate didn''t want them to know the same element as one another, he wanted them to have different skills for coverage purposes. Thankfully, Skill books didn''t cost much, well, it depended on the skill book you were trying to buy. Vitiate asked them what was the second element they would like to learn, but he advised them that it was best to choose something to cover each other when they fought an enemy. The Female Ogre was interested in the Water element, while the male was interested in the Wood element. This was perfect for the two, he had the Lightning Element and the Wood Element, along with her Fire and Water element synergy. Water sped up the growth and strength of the Wood Element, while water and electricity worked well together. Next, he had gone to help Nina and Stella, he bought a class from the system for them. Stella became an Elemental Archer, while Nina Became an Elemental Pugilist! Everyone was surprised at first to see that the Dragon had become human. What was worse, she had a big mouth that never seem to stop running! Vitiate taught the Dryad kids and Lily a new game called Infection and hide and seek. They seemed to like the game infection more, once you caught someone, they would help you catch the other players. He also went to check on the skeletons he had in seclusion, they were done much faster than the Ogres. This was because they didn''t need to take a break, eat or drink, they were dead, so they could hang around the tablet 24/7. Much to Vitiate surprise, he could control what path he wanted them to take. He had one of the Skeletons take the path to DeathKnight, Lich, and a DeathReaper. They soon started to visibly change once he chose their path. The Skeleton that was taking the Lich path changed into a Death Enhancer, it was something he couldn''t buy from the system! It could control Skeletons and the death element. It wasn''t a necromancer, so it sadly couldn''t summon Skeletons yet. Much to Vitiate''s delight, it was an Enhancer Grade 3. He found some information out recently, once any Enhancer reached the Caster level, they would be given a Class Type. For example, if a Fire Enhancer, who trained in nothing but fire were to become a caster, he would be given the Class type of Pyromancer. This was the same for Ice, they would become a Cryomancer and so on. This would only appear in their status if they reached Caster, though. If you had two elements that you were training in, which wasn''t common by any means, you''d be called a Duomancer! As for the Skeleton that took the Path to a DeathReaper, it turned into a Deathsickl''ist. It wore a dark robe that covered its whole body, its face that should be seen from the opening in its hood wasn''t present. All anyone could see was darkness in the hoodie''s opening, with no bone face present at all. The only reason anyone could tell that it wasn''t human from afar, was because of its Aura and its bony hands gripping the Sickle. Other than that, you might be fooled if you weren''t sharp enough. This Creature was based on deceit anyway, it could suppress its Death Aura and use a Camouflage skill. It also mimicked human voices to lure in unsuspecting people to slay. This monster was rare, but once this monster was known to be in an area, many people would gather to try and slay such a dangerous Undead. It usually hid in forest or jungles, its favorite spot was against trees where most people always walked passed, that''s when you''ll get ambushed. Then there was the DeathKnight path Skeleton, it was different from typical Skeletons. Mainly because of its armor and Skeletal color, which was jet black. Another notable feature was the eye pupils in its sockets, they burned far brighter than the average skeleton and skeleton warrior. The armor it wore was light armor and black in coloration, it always exuded Kill Aura! Killing intent always loomed around this undead, it seemed to be ready to kill all life that it met. Always hating, always wanting to kill, always looking for a victim. These were the emotions Vitiate could only describe coming from this thing. It was called a DeathEnforcer! They couldn''t talk now, but he was 100% sure that they would be able to in the future. Vitiate checked a video out of his previous Stronghold Battle, he found that he relied on his elemental abilities too much. Thus, he started to train with his weapon more, he even started to train in martial arts. The Phoenix was coming to visit today, and he already knew she was going to bombard him with questions. Vitiate sighed, why was everyone so nosy? He also had a full conversation with the Dwarves, they were pretty nice guys once you got to know them. Apparently, they were originally caught by humans, but soon after, they were attacked by Lizardmen. They killed the humans and took them as prisoners to make weapons for them. They knew Vitiate wasn''t human, or something anything they had seen before, but they didn''t bother to ask. Dwarves were pretty friendly with other races, like elves, demihumans, and even some humans. There were gnomes as well, but they usually hid themselves from the world. On the third day after capturing the Prisoners of War, the Leaders finally caved under the harsh beatings and conditions. Vitiate was surprised that they had lasted this long, they had some pretty strong wills to hang on until that point. They were stationed on separate floors depending on their race, soon after. At this time, Vitiate was training alone with several different weapons. He made sure that from now on, he was going to keep that nullifying hammer on him at all times. At first, he just kept it in a cave on the 22nd floor, but he remembered what it could do, so he decided to keep it in his storage. Beep Beep! [Dungeon Intruder, Black Alert!] Vitiate looked up, it was only one person that could give off a black alert that he knew of. Vitiate looked at the Virtual Screen, it was just as he expected, the Phoenix had shown up! She danced around the traps on the first with a smile on her face, did she think she was a princess? Did she think his traps were a joke!? Vitiate''s mouth twitched, then he warped to the first floor. "Oh? I was wondering when you would show up, is this how you treat your lovely guess?" Diana chuckled and looked Vitiate in the eyes, directly. "Maybe you should set a time for when you''ll show up and tell me while you''re at it. Don''t just show up at random parts of the day, how can I greet and prepare for anyone like that?" "Ah, whatever, let''s just head to that nice lava floor you had last time." Diana ignored Vitiate''s somewhat complaining manner and changed the subject. He didn''t bother to talk about it anymore and warped himself and her to the 14th floor. "I love that, I can never get tired of that jump, it sort of like the space element." Diana walked over the already present seats in the area and sat down. "Glad to see that you''re enjoying your stay so far!" She went to take a seat like she owned the place, who did she think she was!? Of course, he wasn''t going to say that to her, it might be dangerous to say too much. "Thank you! Come, have a seat, I want to talk to you about a few things." Diana looked around and continued "Oh, and where is that cute little Demi-Human, could you summon her as well?" "Look here, I''m not your errand boy, she is busy training so not right now." Vitiate''s whole face squinted, as he looked at Diana with some annoyance. "That isn''t the way to talk to someone you owe, is it?" Diana grinned and looked Vitiate in the eyes again. He noticed that she had a strange habit of looking people in the eyes, it made him a little wary at times, as if she was looking right through him. "Owe? What do I owe you for? If anything, you owe me, right?" Was she trying to tax him because his Dungeon was on her ''territory.'' "Hmmm..." Diana''s eyebrow lifted like the rock as she spoke again. "You were quite loud last week in that little war you had with the Reptilemen. I''m surprised he didn''t come out do to all the ruckus in his territory, you should consider yourself fortunate." Vitiate was puzzled, who was this person she was talking about? "You seemed confused, I''ll tell you more if you bring me that DemiHuman and some tea." Diana stretched, she had a fire symbol in the middle of her forehead this time around. Vitiate wanted to know more, he needed to know about all things that could threaten him. He send a message to Lily to bring Nina to the 14th floor. Within a minute of sending his message, a wormhole appeared, as Nina jumped out of it. Nina didn''t even get a chance to breathe or look around when a suction force pulled at her. "Ah!" Nina was stunned, but she soon landed in the arms of Diana. "It''s okay little one, you know I wouldn''t hurt my little cute foxy girl." Diana pulled on Nina''s cheeks and patted her head. "S-sister Diana!" Nina''s once stunned feeling turned into that of joy. Vitiate''s face turned a bit ugly seeing them get along, but it quickly turned back to normal as if nothing had happened. Lily was also present, she put the tea on the table, as Diana started to warm her own tea up with Nina on her lap! "Okay, she''s here, you can tell me about this person now." Vitiate wasn''t in the mood to drink any tea, so he pushed it aside. Diana put up her index finger, indicating him to wait, while she sipped her tea. ''Just you wait, once I get strong enough, you''re gonna feel the pain!'' Vitiate''s face still had a smile on it, but his thoughts were completely different. "Phew, this tea is amazing, does this Dungeon generate tea like this? If you were to sell this stuff, you''d probably make a killing!" Honestly, she couldn''t get enough of this tea, it was unlike anything she had tasted before. ''It''s just normal lemon Ice tea!'' He thought it wasn''t anything special. This was normal tea back in his world, it was better cold in his opinion. "Ahem.. Just a second, let me do this first." Diana sat her tea down and started to play with Nina''s ears. Nina couldn''t help but blush, Vitiate had already gauged and figured out Nina''s personality. Nina was the silent and shy type, who didn''t talk much unless talked to, but even then, she wouldn''t say much. Vitiate frowned, she was clearly doing this on purpose, if he had the strength, he would have knocked this Phoenix over the head by now! "Hehe! That tickles, sister Diana!" Nina giggled with red cheeks, as her tail wagged back and forth, she looked like she was enjoying the little massage. Vitiate stared at the Phoenix, his face was filled with annoyance, but he didn''t say anything. What was the true goal of this Phoenix, he understood her curiosity, but to visit him every week? This seemed a bit too much! "Oh my, your boss doesn''t look too happy, just look at those mean eyes!" Diana pointed at Vitiate, then Nina looked up at him. "If you ever have a hard time with this bad boss, you can come live with me, I''ll never mistreat my lovely little Nina!" Diana was clearly joking, but Nina didn''t know that. "No, Mr. Vitiate treats me the best, he trains me, and gives me nice clothes, and tasty food!" Nina was shaking her head as she said these things. "Hmm, Vitiate? You''ve never told me your name, but I guess I''ve never told you mine either, huh?" Diana wanted to question his name on why it was so, but she didn''t think about it so much. His name was based around lowering the population, or at least, taking it over! This was only for his area, and not the whole world, he didn''t want to rule the world. "What I wanted to tell you about is the Being that rules over the Swamp Zone. The Being resides in the Dark Tavern, you''ve taken one of his subordinates into this Dungeon. But, he already banished that Cyclops, so there isn''t anything to worry about. However, he might retaliate if he wants to take him back." She wanted to see the fear in Vitiate''s face, so he could ask her for help. Sadly, his face never changed, he just listened closely. "You refer to it as a Being, but it''s still a monster. What type of Monster is it?" "It''s a True Titan, but he sleeps most of the time, so he won''t be coming out of that tavern no time soon." Everything she said was to scare Vitiate, he always had the same expressionless face, what would she think if she knew this was just an act? "Well, that''s a relief, I don''t want my Dungeon being attacked by something of that level while I''m away." "Huh? While you''re away? Are you going to gather materials to relocate your Dungeon?" Diana was surprised, he was leaving this fast? "No, I''m going to spend some time in the human Village to investigate and learn more. 50 Preparations! Vitiate and the Phoenix continued to Conversate, she didn''t ask him about his transformation a week ago, right away. They talked about a variety of subjects, he could easily tell she was bored and lonely sitting on the volcano all of the time. "You''re right, most, if not all races have their own territories across the world. This includes even the most evil races around, like the Lich King, Vampire Queen, and King, Etc. Everyone''s at war with one another, the Lich King is at war with the Nosferatu Vampires, it''s total chaos out there!" Vitiate had asked her about the races of the world, and if they all had their own territory. Diana replied, and told him much more than he expected. She began to tell him that there were different types of Vampire Groups. The Nosferatu were very pale and had monstrous features, they were quite ugly and hard to look at. They were greedy and had an insatiable hunger for blood, they would drain their victims dry! These were the most hated out of the Vampire group, even so amongst their kind. Then there was the Nightdwellers, they usually seduced women or men to suck their blood. However, the victim would be in a trance and wouldn''t notice anything out of place. They would suck your blood but not to the point where it would kill the victim. They also healed their victims of the bite marks on their neck, so they wouldn''t notice later. Then there was the strongest of the Vampires, she didn''t know what they were called. This group hid themselves, but they could eat regular food to soothe their hunger, they didn''t need to have blood to survive like the other Vampire groups. They were also resistant to the sunlight and wouldn''t burn from it. "Hehe, if you want me to tell more things that''ll be helpful to you, then you''ll have to tell what you are, or at least, give me some details. You looked like them, but they had all white wings, while their enemies have all black wings, are you a mixed breed between them, like a forbidden love child?" Vitiate knew what group she was talking about, and it made sense for her to think that, he didn''t look like a mix of the two. Most would think she was talking about angels or demons, but this wasn''t the group she was talking about. Demons didn''t have black feathery wings! "I''m not from either of those groups, I''m a race from a Different Dimension. I''m a race completely new to this world, the first of my kind!" Vitiate didn''t tell her exactly what he was, but did tell her that he was a new race, and the first at that. Vitiate went and told her, she wasn''t going to tell anyone anyway, she sat on a Volcano all-day watching her egg. Humans viewed Phoenixes as something worth catching, she was in a hostile relationship with them, they were just too greedy! He only told her he was a new race, and that was it, he didn''t get into any more detail. "Wow, so that''s why I couldn''t understand your Aura, you''re completely new to this world!" Diana was actually shocked, he was the first of his kind and she was the first to meet and talk with a new racial group! Diana could tell if someone was lying, and he clearly wasn''t, he was really the only one of his race. Vitiate knew she could tell if he was lying or not, so he had to consider the White Apostle as a non-member of his race to pass this little test. Vitiate quickly changed the subject and asked her about the Element evolutionary chain. Diana informed him on what water would evolve into and several other elements. Water Evolved into the Hydro Element! Fire Evolved into the Flame Element Wood Evolved into the Nature Element Lightning Evolved into the Thunder Element Wind Evolved into the Hurricane Element Of course, he only asked about the elements he had. She didn''t have any knowledge of what the Dark and Light Element could change into. Diana felt sorry for Vitiate, he was the only member of his kind, and once he died, his race would go extinct. Vitiate didn''t bother to tell her that he could spread his race through bites and scratches, she would surely find out later, if she was nosy enough. After playing with Nina for a bit more, she left after spending 4 hours at his Dungeon! "Damn, I understand that she''s bored, but seriously." Vitiate looked on the bright side, he learned something new every time he met her. Once she left, he started to make preparations, he looked over the loot his Monsters had gotten from the stronghold. The group of Lizard and Crocodile men had ambushed and killed several adventurers overtime. There were no weapons, they were probably taken away and used by some other Lizard or Crocodile man. Checking over the loot, he found the currency of this world, allot of copper coins, some silver coins, and 3 gold coins. "I read some Light novels before, it usually took 10 or 100 Copper coins to equal the worth of a silver coin." Vitiate didn''t know the worth of these coins and what was what, but he stored them away, he''ll find out sooner or later. He first got his hands on some coins when he confronted the men back in that small cave room in his Dungeon. "Every race in this world has a place they can call home, but what about my newly created race?" He had to find a place for his people to rebuild and live, he didn''t want his race to be nomads. Of course, this was going to cost money, there was no free in this world. "Tomorrow, I''ll head to Goa Village, it''s time to blend in and gather information." His best bet would be to become an adventurer, he could do mission centered around this island. This was close to his Dungeon, and he could just go to his Dungeon to relax after completing a mission. "For the time being, I better buy some skills that''ll help me blend in more." Vitiate pulled up the Dungeon System, he had received points for the Leaders once they submitted, so his points were a bit higher. He had to literally type Abilities that could hide certain things. Once he typed it in, a small list popped up with items and skills that could hide or conceal stuff. He found 2 skills that he wanted to buy, they were both called Disguise and Conceal! [Disguise: This allows the user to replace his or her name and Race with something other than what they originally were on their status.] [Conceal: This Skill can hide anything on your status sheet depending on the level.] Vitiate already had a skill that could cover his Aura, so no one should suspect him later on. These Abilities weren''t cheap, they both cost 200,000 Dungeon Points each! Disguise was a Passive, while Conceal was a skill. Vitiate was kind of worried about the individuals who had the skill to appraise people. What he didn''t know was that this was an extremely rare skill, that even most Heroes didn''t have. After buying them, he started to activate his conceal skill right away, he wanted to level this skill up. Afterward, he ventured to the fifteenth floor, this was a boss floor he wanted to add a boss too. Vitiate spent most of his week training and helping the members of his Dungeon personally. He wasn''t too sure what to add on this floor, he was saving the snow, desert, and other Terrains for higher floors. Harsh condition terrains like those were better for the higher floors instead of running into them so early. Suddenly he had an idea for a floor, he searched the system and easily found it. He turned the floor into a cornfield with tall grass. This time, he used his Glorypoints and bought some scarecrow monsters for this floor. These monsters were hard to deal with, this was mainly due to their regeneration ability, which was level 5! Vitiate placed the Golem on the 15th floor, for now, it had evolved when he upgraded the Dungeon''s mana flow. He didn''t find this out until the second day, this was the same for the Mud Golems, but they evolved on the 3rd day after his battle at the stronghold. He now had 3 Rock Golems and 1 Stone Golem! The Stone Golem was gray in color, but it was slightly shorter than the Rock Golems, who were as brown as sand. Vitiate placed the Rock Golems on the same floor as the Paradise Garden, they didn''t move and always stayed still until told to. As for the jail floor, he still had yet to change it. He couldn''t think of anything now, so he left this place alone. Vitiate returned back to the 22nd floor, he went to check on Lucy and found that she was doing much better. This was mainly because the mana had grown stronger, so her recovery sped up. Lily and the Dryad kids were playing as usual, this time, they had Nina playing with them. Vitiate watched for a moment, but just when he was about to leave, a voice came over. "Hey, I''m hungry, can you give me some turkey or chicken, also, can you season it up like last time?" Vitiate almost tripped, it was the greedy gluttonous dragon again, where did she store all the food she ate!? "I''m not seasoning anything, take this food as is, and go play with them like a kid should!" Vitiate tossed her 2 full turkeys and waved his hand in a ''go away motion.'' "Not now, they''re too easy to find and catch, it isn''t a challenge at all." The Dragon Stomped and pouted and continued. "It tastes better cooked and seasoned up, I don''t want it raw anymore!" She complained in a childish and whiney voice, she now preferred it cooked and seasoned, instead of raw. "If you wait for about 3 hours, you''ll be able to eat as much as you want. I''ll cook something up later, so just wait until then, go lick your butt or whatever dragons do." Vitiate Laughed to himself and walked off into the forest. "Hey! I''m not a dog, I take baths to clean, not use my tongue to do it!" The Dragon Girl hollered, but Vitiate kept walking and ignored her. "Hmph!" She harrumphed and walk towards Lilly and the group of Dryads playing Infection. Vitiate didn''t have anything to do right now, so he opted to finish his creation of his Apostles. "Hmm, what color should be next?" Vitiate grinned and touched his chin thoughtfully. 51 The Green and Yellow Apostle! Making at least 2 more Apostles was the last thing he wanted to do before leaving his Dungeon Tomorrow. Vitiate was sure that once he traveled to the Human Village, he would be able to find suitable people for his race. These Lesser Apostles were good for defending newly starting Apostles. They were also good for military purposes, so they would be able to help the beginners at the start. Vitiate had just over 2 million Dungeon points, so he wasn''t considered poor as of now. He didn''t hesitate to buy 2 Cards for 100,000 Dungeon Points each like last week. The same rules appeared as usual, and he poured his blood over the cards. This time, he used more blood for the cards, he was testing something. Vitiate began to walk back and forth, he was trying to figure out what colored Apostles he should make this time. He also had to figure out how he wanted it to look, his imagination wasn''t the greatest, so it took time. "Alright, I''ll go with Green and Yellow, for now. The Green Apostle can be a user of the Poison Element, while the Yellow one can use the Earth Element, this should work." There were other things on the system he needed to buy. He wanted to go all out before leaving his Dungeon tomorrow. "I''ll handle the last of what I need to do tomorrow before leaving, I need all the rest I can get before heading to the Human Foothold." Who knows, what was the probability of being discovered at this point? Even if he was, he could escape if things went south. Vitiate started with the Green Apostle, the White Apostle was more of an experiment than anything else. He found that he was getting more base stat points for the creation of these Apostles, he was certain that this was because he added more blood. The total Base Points were 7,500! To make just one, it took him an hour until completion. The Green Apostle had a large longhorn coming out the top of its face. It had two big green eyes with black and sharp eye pupils, similar to a cat. It had tall armored shoulder pads with long arms and sharp claws. Its tail started from its back, as it ran down touching the ground. The Tail of the Monster was as sharp as a Spear, it could even secrete poison from it. Its body gave off a Green and Orange glow, even its teeth were green! TN: Lol! The Author is bad at describing Monsters. xD Once it was complete, he started fixing its stats and move set right after. As usual, he could only pick 13 moves for it, this meant passive skills and technique skills. Things like Innate Talent and Mastery didn''t count. He invested 2,000 Into Vitality, 2,600 into mana, Strength had 2,000, its speed was 300, it int was 290, it had 300 Dex, and 10 Charm. He invested allot into mana because he wanted the Apostle to use skills almost continuously. It was a Poisonous type, so its skills would do really well in a large scale battle. Vitiate reviewed its status after giving the Monster its Skills. Title: N/A Name: Green Apostle Race: Apostle Race Type: Lesser Apostle |????Vitality: 2,000 |????Mana: 2,600 |???Strength: 2,000 |????Spd: 300 |????Intelligence: 290 |????Dexterity: 300 |????Charm: 10 |Elements:?? Poison Mastery: E|???? Dark Mastery: E| |Combat Masteries: N/A Techniques: EyeBeam Lv: 3| Dark Mouth Beam: Lv: 4| Health Regeneration: Lv: 4| Poisonous Fog: Lv: 3| Corrosion Claws: Lv: 6| Corrosive Breath: Lv: 3| Defensive Skills: Water Resistance: Lv: 3| Fire Resistance: Lv: 4| Poison Resistance: Max| Passive Abilities: Enhanced Hearing| Night Vision| Acidic Blood| Acidic Saliva| Innate Talent: Plague Aura At first, he was worried about its Innate Ability, but the Apostle had the ability to control who this Aura attacked. However, its attacks were indiscriminative, and would even hurt allies if it wasn''t careful. This was why he made the Green Apostle so smart, it had an Intelligence stat of 290, so it could understand and process things much better. However, it had flaws as well, it was terribly slow, but its AoE attacks made up for this. Vitiate felt like it wouldn''t be wise to use this guy often unless he had to, it was much more dangerous than the White Apostle. There may be some mistaken friendly fire if this thing went into battle, so it may need to be isolated or go into fights with other Green Apostles only. This time, the Apostle didn''t roar, it looked around and was able to easily track Vitiate with its good hearing. Once it saw Vitiate, it stuck both its hands out into the air, as if it was celebrating. But suddenly, it turned towards the forest, it seemed to have heard something. "Don''t mind whatever you''re hearing, they aren''t the enemy, so cool it." He made this monster, so he knew it was good at hearing, it probably was able to hear the kids playing around here. The Apostle settled down and didn''t worry about it anymore, it was sensitive to sound. It stood at 9 meters tall! Vitiate didn''t say anymore after he observed it, he stored it into a cube for later. He had to do something else tomorrow for these Apostles. Next was the Yellow Apostle, this monster also had 7,500 Base stats up for use. Time passed as usual, and soon the monster was born. This monster would control the Earth and Dark Element, he wanted all of these Lesser Apostles to have the Dark Element as a secondary. This Monster stood tall, the sclera part of the eyes, which was usually white was black. It had bright yellow eye pupils that shined with brilliance. Its whole back was filled with spikes, it had a slender build and stood straight up with two sharp horns on its head. If anyone hadn''t noticed now, Vitiate seemed to have an obsession with spikey monsters. The Monster had an exposed ribcage and chest bones with muscle behind them. The Apostle had 3 fingers that were sharp all around, they looked like they were made of steel. Once he was done with this monster, he started to work on it stats, then it skills. He invested 3,300 into Vitality, 1,200 into Mana, 2,000 into Strength, 470 into Speed, 40 into Intelligence, 470 into Dex, and 20 into charm. Title: N/A Name: Yellow Apostle Race: Apostle Race Type: Lesser Apostle |????Vitality: 3,300 |????Mana: 1,200 |???Strength: 2,000 |????Spd: 470 |????Intelligence: 40 |????Dexterity: 470 |????Charm: 20 |Elements:???? Earth Mastery: E|???? Dark Mastery: E| |Combat Masteries: N/A Techniques: Sand Vortex: Lv: 3| Rock Wall: Lv: 6| EyeBeam Lv:3| Dark Mouth Beam: Lv:4| Health Regeneration: Lv: 4| Earth Sensory: Lv: 3| EarthWave: Lv3| QuickSand: Lv:2| Defensive Skills: Metal Resistance: Lv: 2| Earth Resistance: Lv: 10| Dark Resistance: Lv: 6| Passive Abilities: Enhanced Defense| Night Vision| Innate Talent: EarthStream This monster was more of a defense type, it had the most Vitality to date. Sadly, it wasn''t the smartest and fastest thing around, so it had some flaws. The White Apostle was a balance between Attack and Defense when he made it, while this was mainly on the defense side. Despite all of that, it still had more strength than the White Apostle, being way better overall, actually. "I guess there has to be a Hierarchy even amongst the Lesser Apostles." This was the same for the Seven deadly sins, the Gray Demon was stronger than the Red one, so they even had a system like this. The Yellow Apostle made a few movements, but it just stayed in place, it didn''t even bother to look around to investigate where it was. Vitiate could only blame its intelligence, but it knew it wasn''t in any danger so it wasn''t alert. He looked it over for a bit more, before storing it into a cube. There were things he needed to do before leaving the next day, he had to Buy an Altar. Just as he was thinking about this, someone walked out of the forest! Vitiate was able to easily sense who it was, it was the Ice Dragon, the nosy big mouth Ice Dragon! Once he turned to her, she had a look of shock on her face and in her eyes. Just from the look she was giving him, he could tell she had witnessed the monsters. Vitiate didn''t say anything and just stared back at her silently. "D-don''t stay quiet, what were those monsters, they weren''t anything known in the record my parents passed to me! T-they felt like they were the same as you, but complete monsters, I never asked but what are you anyway?" The Ice Dragon wanted to ask him this for the longest, but she felt too ''above it'' to ask him. "I come from a place beyond the reaches of this Dimension, a place beyond the darkness of the void, in the outlands beyond all lands! It''s a place I can''t return to as of now" Vitiate never told her what he was, but he did indicate to her that his race didn''t exist here. Of course, he made sure to sound cool when he explained it, but it was all bullshit, though! Author note: Lol! I was laughing as I wrote this. "W-what!?" The Dragon was shocked, she believed everything Vitiate said. "W-what were those monsters just now?" She asked again since he didn''t answer this question, why not find out more? "It was a monster from that Dimension, it is something, and more will appear after it." Vitiate grinned and continued, "You Dragons and Phoenixes aren''t the only powerful race around, you''ll witness that soon. Of course, there are other races right now that can compete with you guys, but another will be joining the chat soon!" The Little Dragon''s face scrunched for a second, but it returned to normal quickly after. "Hmph! Phoenixes are just overgrown chickens, they can''t hold nothing to the superiority of a Dragon! We''ll reign forever and ever, none can overcome the power of the Great Dragonkin!" The Little Dragon was overwhelmingly confident in her kind, she didn''t seem to have a shred of doubt. "So, if a Phoenix is an overgrown chicken, then wouldn''t that make you an overgrown lizard, I don''t see the difference here." Vitiate questioned, what can she say in reply to this, he was curious to know. "....." "Lizards are stronger than Chickens!" She concluded, then she ran off into the forest without a word. ''How dumb, and why are you running away?'' Vitiate shook his head and went back to the Dungeon Core to rest. 52 Setting Off! The next day came around smoothly, he woke up and did his daily morning routine. Today was the day he set off to the Human foothold. There were still a few things he had to do before leaving, the first was to upgrade the floors in his Dungeon. Vitiate wanted to upgrade to the 30th floor, but he wasn''t going to put anything on them, for now. With that, he upgraded to the 23rd, 24th, and 25th, but suddenly, he received a notification. [Beep! The Dungeon Core has reached its limit on the number of floors it can contain! To upgrade any further, you must collect Dungeon Cores to strengthen the Dungeon Core''s capacity!] Vitiate was at a loss for words. Now that he thought about it, his Dungeon core was still the size of a Tennis Ball! "Sigh, it looks like I''ll have to wreck that Spider Dungeon sooner than I thought! I''ll scout the Dungeon on my way to the Human Village." It was the least he could do, for now, he wasn''t worried about the Dungeon with the amount of Subordinates he acquired a week ago. The Dungeon didn''t even add monsters or anything new to the Dungeon System once he reached the 25th-floor threshold. It seemed like he was being penalized! Afterward, he went to check on Nina and the rest of his monsters. As usual, they were all training in groups, they were getting stronger. Stella wanted to evolve, but she had some ways to go before reaching the next level. Nina learned some exclusive skills that Only Elemental Pugilist could learn. Honestly, they were quite overpowered if she were to train and level them up. Vitiate watched as she trained, she was a really motivated person, he could tell she didn''t want to be that helpless person of the past anymore. Name: Nina Title: The Kidnapped, Survivor, The Hopeful, The Redeemed Race: Demi-Human Race Type: Fox Age: 13 Class: Elemental Pugilist |????Vitality: 110 |????Mana: 50 |???Strength: 130|????Spd: 90 |????Intelligence: 80 |????Dexterity: 105 |????Charm: 90 Elements: ???? Fire Mastery: F| ?? Ice Mastery: F| |Combat Masteries: ???? Fighter: F| Techniques: Hand to Hand: Lv: 3| KickBoxing: Lv: 2| FireFist Projection: Lv: 2| Scorching Knee: Lv: 1| Cold Shoulder: Lv: 1| Passive Abilities: Enhanced Stamina| Enhanced Breathing| Innate Talent: Martial Law Nina had improved allot, she was also 13 years old now. Vitiate just wanted her to practice with the skills she had now. Nina trained every day, she wanted to get strong so badly, and it was paying off. Once he was done visiting every floor, including the Lizard and Crocodile men, he visited the Dwarves. They were stationed on the 3rd floor, they preferred Forest, rather than a jungle. Grom and Keppler didn''t do much but grow vegetables and drink beer. Vitiate didn''t bother them after talking to them for a brief moment. These two deserved a vacation, however, Vitiate didn''t know that he would need them sooner than he thought. Vitiate gathered all the items and coins he needed for the human village, he was going to first sign up to be an adventurer. This should allow him to have a bigger information networking pool on any subject of the world. "Now its time to get down to business before leaving, I have to buy this Altar for those Apostles. This Altar will keep a record of them, so I can spawn more of them at a later date." Vitiate first had to figure out how many Apostles would be apart of the Colored Series. He quickly deemed that there would be 9 colored types, so he bought a 9 sided polygon, which was called a Nonagon. This cost 250,000 Dungeon Points, he also bought 3 Duplication relics. They were to be placed on each end of the altar, which was in the shape of a Nonagon. Once they were placed, they would glow with the same color as the chosen Apostle. Vitiate transferred the Monsters each into a Duplication Relic, then placed them on each end of the Altar. As expected, the White Apostle''s end lit up with White, while the others lit up with their respective colors, Green and Yellow. [Ding! Please Name the newly created Altar!] "The name will be called the Paramount Altar!" The name was simple, it had a little meaning to it, but not much. There were still 6 more slots that needed to be filled before completion. Vitiate placed the Altar in the Forest and told everyone to not approach it. Once this was done, he went to heal Lucy before doing anything else. Lucy told him that it would only require him to heal her once a month now. Vitiate could visibly see the change that she was undergoing, she was surely getting better! After departing from her, he went to pack a few things before leaving. Vitiate also told Lily to contact him if trouble came their way that they couldn''t handle. Lily had the ability to communicate with Vitiate from anywhere at any time. With that, he set off! "The first thing I wanted to do is to scout that Dungeon with the Spiders. I won''t go into it, but I''ll take a look and see what it''s all about." Vitiate was going to destroy this Dungeon anyway, he needed to for many reasons. The reasons were simple, It was for the mission rewards, he needed Dungeon cores to level up his Dungeon Further, and because this Dungeon provoked him so many times when he was down and weak. Vitiate moved through the trees of the Forest, jumping to each one like a ninja. He didn''t want to transform since that may draw unnecessary attention. The Forest was beautiful and green as usual, while he was jumping through the trees, he spotted many monsters interacting with each other. Suddenly, a shadow lunged at Vitiate from the trees, it had been watching him for some time now. The monster was long and green with sharp scales on its body, its mouth was wide open as it lunged towards Vitiate, meaning to swallow him whole! It was a snake of some sort. Vitiate wasn''t surprised, he quickly drew his weapon, as it turned into a sword. With a single swing, the strange snake was sliced through, it fell out of the tree as both slices of it landed on the ground. "You dumb snake, you thought!" Vitiate smirked at the snake''s attempt to sneak attack him. He jumped down the tree and recovered its body. As soon as he put its body away, he felt the ground shake beneath him! Vitiate turned around, it was coming from the forest. He quickly jumped back into the trees and went to investigate. After two minutes, he finally reached the destination where the ground shaking quakes were coming from. Vitiate was surprised by the scene, mainly because of the monster types. It was a battle between two large monsters that no normal person would want to get caught between. One of the monsters was a Giant Elephant with Red hair all over its body, its eyes beamed with maddening red light. It gave a loud roar before swinging its large thick trunk towards its contender. Its foe blocked the attack; this Monster carried a large Hammer in its hands that was covered in Orange Aura. It stood around 3.5 Meters tall, its thick brown coat looked well-groomed. Its eyes showed intelligence, as it was clearly calculating the Elephant''s every move. The Beast would parry the Elephant''s trunk and dodge away from its charges. After the Elephant''s failed charge, it would attack its side to hurt and wear it down. The Monster was a Bear, it stood on both its legs like a human. Vitiate checked its status and found that it was an Ursa Warrior, he could also see that it was a warrior of some Bear clan around here. The Bear had armor covering its lower half, with a strap of armor going across its chest. It was clear that this Ursa Warrior could use the Earth Element do to the Coloration of Aura it was giving off. "This might be a test of strength or something, he probably has to hunt a powerful beast and bring it back as a trophy." Judging from what he could see from its titles, he noticed that this was a young Ursa warrior who wanted to prove himself. Vitiate wasn''t in a rush and continued to observe silently. After 20 minutes of fighting, the Elephant started to get tired. The Ursa Warrior took hold of his Hammer with two hands and slammed it over the head of the Elephant. A bone-crushing sound rung out, the Elephant''s eyes turned white, as it began to foam at the mouth. The Elephant fell to the ground and fainted, it could be said that it may have gotten brain damage from the attack. After seeing the victor, Vitiate didn''t stick around and left soon after. However, after he left, the Ursa Warrior turned towards the trees, it seemed to have noticed that it was being watched, but Vitiate was long gone. At first, it didn''t pay any mind to Vitiate because it didn''t sense any hostility. But it felt that it was strange that he only watched and didn''t show himself. Vitiate wasn''t that stealthy unless it was night time, where he could hide his presence at its peak with Night Shade. The Ursa didn''t bother thinking about something he couldn''t figure out and continued to smash on the Elephant''s head until it died. At this time, Vitiate continued to the Dungeon, after 30 minutes of travel, he finally made it to his destination. On his way here, there were several activities going on in the forest all the time, mainly fights between monsters. No matter what, there was always something going on here! Vitiate scoped the Spider Cave out from afar. There were spider webs blocking the entrance, this was a sign to anyone who wanted to venture in. If anything, it served as a warning, you better think twice before coming in here! Vitiate took out a device, this was the same device to gauge the danger level of a Dungeon. He had swooped this item up from some dead invaders of the past. He activated it and pointed it towards the Dungeon, but it didn''t show any reading. "It seems I''m too far for it to get an accurate reading on the Dungeon Danger Level." Just as he was about to approach the cave to get a better reading, he heard another fight. "Does anyone in this place take a break from fighting!?" Vitiate was somewhat annoyed, it was always chaos in this forest, like, take a day off or something! However, his face changed a bit, this was because it was the sound of human voices. But who could be sure, other races can speak the human language like elves. "Ah, forget it! I''ll go check it out, curiosity always got at me, I can''t ignore the sound of Humans!" He couldn''t shake it, he was a little nosy like the Phoenix, if anything, she was probably spying on him right now! "If you''re watching me, then screw off you nosy bird!" Vitiate looked around, then took to the trees and raced to the location of the battle. 53 Hero Mission! TurnBack Forest. Elsewhere, far off away from AsheFall Island, there was another forest located in the Continent. This forest was quite dangerous, but it wasn''t on the same magnitude as Dread Forest. In a tall tower within this forest, there lived 3 witches. However, this place was usually blocked off by extremely poisonous gas and clouds, so no one could enter and disturb the evil Trio. Sadly for them, with the becoming and summoning of the new heroes, this couldn''t last! At this time, a fight had broken out within the tower! Suddenly, multiple armored Black Golems were crushed into dust by some muscular man. "Your days of tyranny are over, you can no longer do as you want and hide in this poisonous part of the forest!" The man was around 6''1, he had curly hair with brown eyes. His weapon of choice were Gauntlets, they were Silver with 1 blue gem in each one of them. This wasn''t it, there was another party here beside his, each of them was a hero party! "A bunch of fools think they can take me down, I''ve lived for centuries and can''t count how many times I''ve heard that!" The Witch sneered, she had killed many who ventured into her and her sister''s tower! "Ice Bolt!" Right as she was done speaking, a blue bolt was sent over toward her. The Witch quickly stuck her staff out, as the crystal on the tip of her staff turned red. This easily dispersed the Ice bolt once it was close enough. "It looks like this won''t be as easy as our last mission, maybe we should have chosen a different one." This was a hero and his name was Jack, he was one of the 10 heroes summoned recently. Jack was here with his party members and another Hero party group. This was the man who recently smashed the Golems into dust, his name was Bieito Ford. Bieito was Pretty much a Brazilian man, but he was from a different world where Brazil was different, it was an empire! "You lowly heroes are too young to fight on par with me, you guys are best killed in your cradles!" The Witch was well aware of the growth rate of heroes, so it was best to kill them now to prevent future troubles. The Witch''s killing intent grew stronger, she set a powerful barrier around her body. Her staff''s crystal changed again, this time it turned Red. "You reckless heroes will be reduced to ashes with this attack, everyone''s more beautiful as ash!" The Witch gave a sinister smiled, as her eyes turned bloodshot! Her face wasn''t pleasant to look at, she looked like the wicked witch of the west, minus the green skin. She was outfitted with the stereotypical clothing of a witch, except she wore all red. "She''s about to release another AoE Fire attack, everyone, set up a Barrier to counter it!" Jack hurriedly and Commanded. The Heroes were still noobs, but they had grown quickly, it just wasn''t enough to fight this witch yet. Bieito could use 4 Elements like the other Heroes, he mainly favorited the Water and Metal Element. Everyone in each of these hero parties were from good Academies or Rich noble families, so they were well trained. "I won''t make it so easy for her, she thinks she can freely charge up attacks in an attempt to kill us!?" Bieito didn''t want to even give her a chance to launch her attack, so it began to use his skills to prevent her from doing so. Bieito''s eyes flash Dark blue, as his body was engulfed in Dark Blue Aura. "Water Drill!" Bieito yelled out. Water quickly formed over the Witch who was in the middle of charging a deadly skill. The water spiraled like a tornado as two spinning vortex-like drills connected with the barrier around her. "You stupid fools, can''t you see that it is pointless to try, just except your deaths! Don''t worry, I''ll hold onto your ashes, the ashes of a hero will be my trophy!" The witch laughed and taunted, his Water Drill couldn''t penetrate her barrier at all! Suddenly, the ground shook around the witch, causing her to lose her concentration for a bit. The barrier was then bombarded by the stones the tower was made of. This wasn''t it, the barrier was attacked by several lightning arrows. "You ugly bitch, you think you can stand up against the heroes and guardians of Light? You working for the Demon king was a bad idea!" The two that attacked the barrier were members of Bieito''s party. They were both twins, their names were Nick and Nicolas, Nick was an Elemental Archer and Nick was a Geomancer! "Everyone! Attack her all at once, destroy that shield and kill this ugly hag! Aim for her footing, she can''t concentrate if she has to worry about where she stands." Jack was using his Hyper-focus Innate ability to find her weakness, he was the one who asked Nick to target her footing. With that, Jack''s Party members attacked altogether, of course, the healer''s just sat back and watched if anyone were to get hurt. Each Hero party had 4 other people besides the hero, they always made sure to have a healer if someone got badly injured, they were a must-have for any party. Healers were rare in this world, as most would flock to them to join their parties once they were found to be so. "Y-you little bastard! Who are you calling ugly!? If my sisters were here, you all would be tortured while wishing for death!" The witch was pissed, but no one listened, her barrier was bombarded with skills from both parties. With so many attacks hitting her barrier, she could no longer concentrate on charging up her attack. The Witch stopped charging her skill and gave her undivided attention to her barrier. "Haha! The ugly hag stopped charging up her attack, keep attacking, we almost got her!" However, over time, her barrier didn''t collapse at all! "Hejejejeje! Did you think with your measly Mana Power you could break my shield!? What a bunch of ignorant fools, I''ll have you all die here!" The Witch was upset because her concentration was ruined, this usually couldn''t happen even if she was attacked from all sides. She knew that this was because of the Hero''s special Passive ability, Hero Aura! "Damn! After all of that, we still can''t break her barrier, I need to go back and train more!" Jack was irritated, he was obsessed with perfection, as failure was something he couldn''t accept. The witch began to quickly power up another skill, this time, it was a Dark element attack! "How evil! She can''t stay, she can''t live!" Jack''s face turned ugly, he wanted this witch dead! "Relax, everyone should use the light Relic that was given to each of our parties, this should work at stopping her Darkness Element." Bieito calmed down, they were still noobs and were actually nervous. They only trained for a month before being able to choose a mission to complete to test their skills. "Right, we have our relics, this should defuse that attack!" Everyone pulled out their relic, but found something strange, they couldn''t use them! "What!?" "Why can''t we use our relic''s, what is this!?" "Something must be wrong, I test it out earlier!" Everyone started to panic somewhat, their Relics were not working. "Oh! Hejejeje, did you think I didn''t put in any countermeasures, I used my own special relic to block the use of any relics within this tower!" The Witch laughed contemptuously as she continued to power up her attack. Most of her attacks were high powered AoE skills, so it would be bad if she finished her charge! "What Relic could stop the use of other relics!" The healer in Jack''s party was shocked. "The relic must be at least at Legendary level, or worse, maybe higher to stop the use of other relics!" Nick couldn''t help but speculate, it only made sense if it was at this level. "Hejeje! You''re a smart kid, it''s too bad that you''ll have to die, but since you''re going to die, then yes, it is higher than Legendary!" Everyone''s face fell, higher than legendary!? One must know that you''d be extremely fortunate to get an Epic Item, so higher than legendary was only a Myth to people. The Order Of Light had one Weapon that was higher than Legendary but they would only use it for emergencies. Each Light Affiliated force had one Legendary weapon, any higher could only be made by legendary Blacksmiths, mainly Dwarves. Just when everyone was about to go into a panic, the void twisted and opened up around the barrier space of the witch. "What!?" The Witch was shocked, she managed to dodge, but she still got slashed on the face. The attack wasn''t targeting her, really, but the staff in her hand! "Y-you! Nooo!" The sword penetrated the crystal on the staff, it then cracked and exploded into dust! "How dare you sneak attack me and destroy my staff crystal!?" The Witch screamed seeing her barrier Crystal get destroyed. This type of crystal was hard to make and obtain, but it was destroyed just like that. "Wow, your aim is as good as ever, that ugly witch didn''t see it coming at all!" A woman dressed in green spoke fondly of the member of her party. This group of people just arrived out of nowhere! "Bella, you''re flattering me again, it is nothing once you''ve trained enough. Let''s beat this witch and head back to the Palace Of Light." This could be no one else but Aria, she was accompanied by her party. Sadly, she only had two members within her party, they had yet to be assigned more people yet. In the shadows, another person was watching, she was also affiliated with the Palace of Light as well. "You! Were you the one who destroyed my Crystal and damaged my face!?" The witch glared at Aria, as killing intent flared in her eyes. "Well, yeah, you were going to kill them, so I stopped you from attacking. Besides, your face is already damage, I couldn''t damage it anymore than what it is." Aria spoke bluntly, it only made sense to destroy the source of the problem, the crystal. She also made sure to taunt the witch while she was at it, many people almost broke out into laughter but this was a serious situation, they couldn''t laugh now. "Good, Good! Another hero to add to the death count, you all will serve as a warning for ev..." The Witch couldn''t finish when Aria arrived in front of her with a glint of violet light. The witch couldn''t react in time and was kicked flying upside down through a wall! "What!? What was that skill just now!? How can she move that fast!?" Jack was stunned, he couldn''t understand how she could move so quickly, he wasn''t told about such a movement skill! "There''s a rumor going around, did you see that Violent glow around her? She can use an ultimate element, the Space Element!" Norman from Jack''s party had long gathered information on the newly summoned heroes, so he knew a thing or two about them all. Norman was a Duomancer, so he could be considered talented amongst his peers. "S-Space Element!" ''Why does she have such an amazing Element? Why couldn''t it be me!?'' Jack was stuck in a dilemma, as jealousy was starting to make itself present in his psyche. "Wow, she''s my kinda chick!" Bieito touched his chin and smiled, as he stared at Aria''s back. 54 Arias Party Schedule! Everyone looked on in surprise due to Aria effortlessly kicking the Witch away. They had spent all this time trying to hit her but failed. But with the appearance of another hero, she was able to do what they couldn''t despite having 2 other heroes amongst them! Aria floated in the air, she seemed to be able to manipulate the Gravity around her body, which allowed her flight. She wore a white and gold medieval warrior dress, with her upper body having bits of armor tightly grasped around her chest and torso. ''How could she have gotten this strong in just a months time, I don''t understand!'' Jack was aware of the Space Element, this had to be why she was stronger, yes, that was it. This is what he told himself over and over again, if he had this power, he could get strong just like that quickly. However, he was unaware of the special title she had amongst the heroes summoned. "Come out! Stop hiding in that hole, though, it does suit someone like you so it''s understandable!" Aria smiled and taunted the witch who had yet to emerge from the wall she was kicked through. "You little bitch! You sneak attacked me while I was talking, what kinda hero are you!?" Upon hearing Aria''s taunt, the Witch finally emerged from the destroyed wall. She looked at Aria coldly, she knew very well what kind of attack she had used! Needless to say, she wasn''t thrilled in the least knowing she could use such an annoying and dangerous Element. "Less talking, more fighting!" Aria didn''t have time to talk about anything, she was the type that got straight to the point! After speaking, her sword started to glow with Yellow light, as she swung it in quick successions. The Witch was annoyed seeing the indifference in Aria''s face. Blades of Yellow light shot towards the Witch, she quickly pulled something from her bosom and teleported away. The area she was standing in was engulfed in yellow light, the slashes destroyed the black stone ground with ease, completely shredding it! "Damn!" "My eyes!" Everyone backed away or covered their eyes, this was an aftereffect of the Light Element. It would cause a person to cover their eyes if someone were to perform a skill from this branch. This wasn''t the same for people who could use the element, this was ineffective on Jack, who still kept watching without blinking. The Witch moved to a different part of the room and hurriedly shot an empowered Fireball at Aria. She didn''t even bother to dodge, she was already skilled at the fire element. Aria herself was amazed by her progress back then, so she was confident in her abilities. With that, the Empowered Fireball was dispersed! This Witch mainly worked on AoE power Skills, which took time to charge. This was her sad weakness that Aria could and see and jack had picked up on. Jack could use his Innate talent to gauge this, and Aria had her Appraisal skill to see and scan her. The Witch gritted her teeth, how could a hero get this strong within month!? She didn''t give up and powered up a FireShock! "Hmm.." Aria frowned, she could feel how strong this attack was, but she still wasn''t worried. Aria gripped her sword with two hands and put it in front of her face. She closed her eyes as Red Aura circulated around her body. Aria was charging up an attack to counter the Fire shock. The witch was surprised, she thought she would be interrupted during her charge, and was prepared to use the item she had used recently to teleport to a different part of the room. "Hejeje! Stupid woman, you''ve just dug your own grave!" The witch laughed meticulously, she was well versed in the Fire element, at least D Mastery at it! "You Dumb Hero, Goto Hell! FireShock!" The Red bolt of extreme heat caused the temperatures to shoot up in the surroundings. Aria remained calm and whisper the words, ''Plasma Cannon.'' Everyone''s face turned ugly, they all had good hearing and knew this skill was too hot! Bieito was the first to retreat, followed by everyone else. Aria had already laid a barrier down where her allies were, so there was no need to retreat, but they didn''t know that! With that, a Violet beam and Dark Pink laser shot out of Aria''s sword! Once it was fired, the witch''s heart dropped, as the Black rocks immediately started to melt! The FireShock and Plasma Cannon Collided, which sent a Powerful Heatwave out in all directions. The Rocks were all turning into molten rock. There was another presence observing in the tower, he watched with interest from the shadows. "Damn! The Witch is already at the D Mastery level, but the other Hero''s energy fluctuation tells me she''s at the peak level of E-Rank in the fire element, so how?" Bieito questioned, he and everyone else knew the basics of mastery and its importance, so this was odd to him and the group. "How can she go against such a common rule, is she something that stands outside of the laws of the world?" It was unknown who muttered this because the temperatures shot up again, as the Plasma Cannon broke through the FireShock at that moment. "N-noooo! Impossible!" The Witch wanted to use her escape relic, but it was too late! The attack directly made contact with her, thus, her body was completely incinerated on the spot. The Plasma cannon didn''t stop, the purple-pink energy shot through the tower and into the forest where the tower was located. BoooooM! A Giant Sphere of energy could be seen brightly over the forest, any monsters nearby were probably killed once it had detonated on the forest! After two minutes, the attack dyed down, but not before a fire started in the forest. The guardians that were hiding in the shadows quickly rushed over to put the fire out before it got out of control. Molten magma had appeared where the witch once was, along with a gaping hole coated with molten magma that led outside. Bella and Salene''s mouths twitched, they were members of their party, but they felt she may have gone overboard. "Hehe, looks like I went a little too far." Aria scratched her head and exclaimed. Bella and Salene nodded quickly with eyes wide, it looked pretty comical. "Couldn''t you just spatial slashed her or something, that attack seemed a little overboard." Salene believed it shouldn''t have been hard to just cut the Witch down with her sword. "Yeah, it would have, but I don''t want to show all my tricks to the other Heroes," Aria whispered to both of them, she didn''t want to reveal too much of her space ability. They didn''t say anything and nodded as to understand. "It looks like you manage to kill her with that over the top skill." The rest of the Hero parties walked over after confirming that the witch was no more. "She''s dead but not dead," Aria said. "Dead but not dead? Pick one, is she dead or not!?" Jack glared at Aria, for some reason, he found that he didn''t like Aria very much. He remembered that she looked weak and scared when she was first summoned, but now, it was completely different. "Well, that was only the witch''s clone, she probably left it here to fight us. They were probably just testing and gauging our strength to keep note of." Aria had appraised the Witch, so she noticed the clone body wording in her status. "A clone? If that''s so then her that wasn''t her true strength, she should be more powerful than her clone body." Nicolas had quite the amount of knowledge with his noble status, so he knew a thing or two about the cloning skill. "So we got defeated by a clone body?" Bieito wasn''t feeling a bit down knowing this, but he understood why the gap was so huge. "It''s only because of the barrier relic, other than that, she would have long been defeated by us!" Jack didn''t think highly of the witch, he was sure they could have beaten her without the use of her barrier relic. "Speaking of which, how were you able to defeat her with your fire elemental skill despite being a tier lower than her." Norman from Jack''s party was curious, he was also a noble who sought knowledge like most Enhancers and Casters. Everyone looked to Aria with anticipation, how could she defy the Mastery Rule? Aria shook her head and reached into her armor. She pulled out a necklace that was around her neck, to reveal a blazing red stone. "What is this stone?" Bieito asked hurriedly. He could feel the warmth coming from it. "It''s a Nova Keystone! How rare! Did the Palace Of Light give it to you!?" These were two women who remained silent until this point, they were stunned to see such a treasure. Aria smiled strangely but still nodded in return. "No wonder you''re so strong, they''re babying you when you should technically be weaker than us. Using underhanded tricks to gain victory isn''t a real victory!" Jack took this time to insult Aria for using a treasure Keystone to gain the upper hand against the witch. Aria''s eyebrows scrunched, she could long tell that this guy had a problem with her. "But weren''t you just talking about how you could have won if she didn''t have a barrier relic? I used my relic to even the playing field, but I didn''t even need to use my relic to get through her barrier, unlike you." Aria spoke calmly and countered Jack''s ridiculous claim. This was a fight against an enemy, who cared about what tricks were used? "Y-you! Do you want to spar, you think you''re all that because you can use the space element!? Back in my world, women like you were put in their place!" Jack was pissed to the point where he wanted to spar and beat Aria. "Hmm, if we sparred, you''d be beaten black and blue, so I''ll pass." Aria was good a trash-talking, she and John trashed talked to each other all the time, but it wasn''t anything serious. "You bi...." Before he could finish, a shadow appeared behind him. "Enough!" The man was tall and wore a black suit with a white office worker shirt underneath. Two other shadows appeared, one behind Aria and one behind Bieito. This will conclude this mission, we''ll be heading back to our respective domains until further notice." The man in the suit said resolutely, he put his hand on Jack''s shoulders and steered him away. "It was a good fight by our young hero Aria, very well played." The man that appeared behind Bieito complimented before taking the hero party away. Bieito wanted to say something to Aria, but he was quickly moved away by the man that appeared. All that was left now was Aria''s party and the woman that appeared, which was obviously Melanie. Melanie didn''t say anything right away and pulled out a scroll, she ripped it and the group teleported away. Once they teleported away, they arrived in a town close by. They appeared in an alleyway, as to not draw any unnecessary attention. "We have a lot to talk about, so let''s talk it over while we''re eating," Melanie''s blazing red hair blew into the wind, as the group followed her out of the alleyway. "What about that sealing item in the tower, and all of the possible treasures located in the tower?" Bella couldn''t help but ask. "They will be taken by the Guardians Of Light, they had already invaded the tower silently. Once they have retrieved the items, they will be taken back to the City of Light for inspection." With that, Melanie, Aria, Bella, and Salene walked through the streets. Their clothes and features had long attracted the attention of many people. The town looked well defined, there were diners, food stalls, and people selling items and animals alike. The town was filled with people going back and forth, and going in and out of shops. "Here it is, this place has the best food in town!" The group came across a 3 story building that said Tim''s Food Dinery at the top of it. Once they walked in, they were greeted by a man dressed in a black suit. "Oh, if it isn''t our V.I.P guess, Miss Melanie. Please, right this way!" Aria, Bella, and Salene were stunned but didn''t visibly show it. The man guided them to a V.I.P room and handed them the menus before bowing and leaving. Once the man left, Melanie''s face turned serious as she looked at Aria and her party. "That attack from earlier was a bit reckless, so it seems you still need more training and control. The Palace of Light head has signed you and your party up to leave to LunaStar Academy to train and learn more." Luna Star Academy was one of the best Academies in the continent, it was filled with nobles and even some royalty from other continents of the world. The Academy also had commoners who had amazing grades and fighting skills. Aria''s expression looked troubled, she didn''t like the idea of going to school again in another world. Couldn''t she just learn from the Palace instead of going to an Academy filled with spoiled nobles? "I know what you''re thinking, and yes, they''re spoiled. However, you''re status as a hero outweighs any of theirs, so they won''t give you any trouble. Besides, this is a battle academy, so fighting and gaining experience from here will help you improve." "Sigh, I see! So, how long will I be at this academy before I can leave?" Aria would rather not go, but she didn''t have much of a choice. She just wanted to kill the Demons and Devils and head back to her world soon after. "You''ll be there for 3 months, so you won''t need to worry about staying any longer than that. We''ll also be looking out for more people to join your party, hopefully, there aren''t any annoying guys trying to join, if anything, no men at all." Bella and Salene looked at each other, what was this hatred she had for men, they didn''t understand it. "What comes after that, there must be something else this is leading to." Aria knew this training was leading up to something, but there was no way they were going to have her fight the Demon Armies and Kings so fast, right? Melanie smirked and said. "You''ll be participating in the event on AsheFall Island, the Dungeon Cleansing Event!" 55 Elven Partys Report! Yggdrasil Kingdom. Neighboring Dread Forest was the Kingdom Known as Yggdrasil. In this Kingdom, there were several tall and beautiful trees such as cherry blossom and fruit trees. The Buildings and houses were mostly green and built out of sturdy wood. At this time, many Elves and even dwarves wandered the streets of this domain. The Elves had a solid and excellent relationship with the dwarves, so they could be seen walking around the streets often. The dwarves set up blacksmith shops and usually helped the Elves while the elves did so in return. In the Center of the Kingdom, there was a large statue fountain with crystal clear water. Most elves hung around here to chat and converse due to the beautiful and lively environment. Like Elves, they made sure there were several trees within the city that were well taken care of. However, beyond all of this, there was the ruling branch that watched over the kingdom. These were the councilmen who dealt with all of these important and political affairs. The Council building looked similar to a Palace, it was station next to the Castle where the Queen and royals dwelled. Within this building, an Elven man sat at his desk browsing through several reports. As he browsed through the reports, he couldn''t help but frown as his face showed some worry. The man had beautiful facial features like most, if not all elves. His hair was Dark Purple, which was tied in a ponytail, this only made him look even more feminine. "So the Humans have summoned Heroes, they''re getting more and more troublesome. I hope these humans from another world are smarter than the ones we have in this one." This man was known as Zillien, he was the leader of the council. The elves weren''t in the dark about the matters of the world. Though they found out a bit late, they still found out about the hero summoning. It wasn''t like it was a secret anyway! As he was browsing through other reports, he heard a knock at the door. "Who is it?" Zillien didn''t even look at the door and kept going through the reports. "It''s Roctis and Roslynn''s Party, they have returned from their Dungeon Mission!" "Come in!" Once the door was open, an old elven man walked in with the elven party they sent out 2 weeks ago. The Hero party all gave a small bow and waited for further instructions. "Welcome back! It''s great that you guys survived, I assume you''ve taken down a good amount of Dungeons around the Forest." Zillien looked up and scanned the Elven Hero party with a smile. "Yes, here is our proof!" Roslynn pulled out a space bag, then she took out several Dungeon cores. She took out 8 Dungeon Cores and sat them on the display table in the room. Zillien stood up slowly and walked over to the table to check the Dungeon Cores. "Not bad, these are pretty decent cores, they''ll help the Dwarves enforce and create stronger weapons." Zillien gathered the Cores and placed them in his bag. He was going to hand them to the best dwarf in the kingdom, he had the Innate ability as a Power Forger. The Elves had to make better weapons like the hero of this world, who had the sword of Aether. "Do you guys have anything to report that you may have seen out of the ordinary while taking down Dungeons?" Zillien made his way back to his seat behind his desk, before asking his question. The group was silent for a moment before Caitlyn stepped up. Roslynn''s eyebrows twitched a bit, but she didn''t say anything. "So, Caitlyn, you have something you saw that was out of the ordinary, I wonder what it is?" Zillien rested his head on both his cuffed hands, he was eager to hear what she had to say. "While we were out, we came across a large monster horde. Before this happened, we were attacked by a group of humans that were trying to capture us. After we beat the Humans, that''s when the monster horde appeared. At first, we weren''t worried about them because it mostly consisted of Goblins, but we noticed something strange within this horde of Monsters." "Humans attacking our people, this is a problem, they dare to attack us on our island! But this monster horde, what was so out of place that you should mention it? Monster hordes are common in Dread Forest, so what stuck out so much?" Roctis listened from the side with interest, it was something he would have to tell to the other councilmen, anyway. "Within this horde, there were a variety of monsters, but some were completely out of the ordinary. No, they were monsters that didn''t exist, they couldn''t exist, no way! They were monster clowns and jesters with strange and powerful abilities. They were heading in the direction of the kingdom at that time, so we decided to follow them to see if they were or not." Caitlyn felt chills recalling the clowns, she didn''t want to see them again! "Clown and Jester Monster types?" Zillien started to think about it, but it didn''t seem like it was something that was impossible to occur. "So if I''m guessing correctly, they weren''t targeting this Kingdom but something else." It wasn''t hard to deduct if they were targeting this kingdom, they would have heard about it long ago. "Right, they weren''t targeting the kingdom, but a Lizard and Crocodile man Stronghold. The stronghold that isn''t too far away, the one that requires you to cross a bridge in order to reach. What was strange about this horde was their leader, it was a monster I''ve never seen before, at least, I assume it''s a monster." Zillien interest had yet to be piqued, if it was a demon, then he would have to be more aware. Demons were on this island, but they were located in the Black Zone most of the time. These demons didn''t have a clear leader, so they operated alone the majority of the time. "The Monster had Black and White wings on its back, it wore a mask that covered its face all of the time. From what we could see, it was able to use the light element, but we''re sure it didn''t use its full power in that stronghold battle. Despite using the light element and other elements, like water, it was leading these dark sided creatures, I don''t understand it." Zillien finally showed a change in expression as he stood up suddenly. This even surprised Roctis who was listening from the side. "Explain in more detail, it had Black and White wings, it wore a mask and what else?" Caitlyn was suddenly spooked with his quick change and backed away instinctively. Roctis put his hand on Caitlyn''s shoulder, letting her know to be calm and just say it. "H-he had a strange symbol on his mask, which was half Black and Half white, we actually manage to talk to him since Roslynn called him over. He noticed us earlier when we were hiding in the forest, but he ignored us." Caitlyn spoke nervously, she didn''t want to mess up in the face of this high figure. "What does that description sound like to you, Roctis?" "It''s just as is, it sounds like it could be them, but they''re located in the Southern continent." "Its racial description sounds like a mixture of the Elyos and Asmodians, could he be a mixture of the two?" Both these groups were currently at war with one another, so why would one be here? "It might be so, it could be a child created from a member of each party, thus, he was cast out as he wasn''t accepted by either party." This was the only thing Roctis could think of, anything else didn''t add up to them. "Elyos and Asmodians? What are those?" Arlene, the orange headed elf could help but ask after thinking about it. "They''re basically Ascended Humans, while the other has purple skin, and seem more corrupted. They both still draw their power from the same source, I don''t know all the details but they don''t like each other very much." Roctis gladly explained as best as he could. "You said he spoke with you guys, what did he say to you?" Roslynn stepped up and began to relay what he said. He didn''t say much, but there were a few things he said to her that surprised her, like knowing she was a hero. "Hmm, he doesn''t seem hostile, and I don''t expect him to be. The Asmodians and Elyos are only hostile to each other and no other party, unless provoked. I think since he was cast out, he is trying to build his own army since he''s alone now. If you find the time, go meet him at the place he mentioned" Of course, he told her to take her party with her if she ever considered it, just to be on the safe side of things. Roslynn agreed, she didn''t see anything wrong with it, she had read up on both of these races before, that was why he was so familiar to her back then. "By the way, the Queen will arrive home in a week, we must prepare for her arrival. She will land the airship near the World Tree, so be ready. You guys go relax, we''ll reward you with some good weapons and relics later." Roslynn''s party bowed and left the room. "Interestingly, a half breed of such strong races has made an appearance." Zillien touched his chin thoughtfully. "Hmm, Indeed, we''ll have to see how things turn out. By the way, how''s the political matter with the Queen, was it a success?" "Yes, the King and Queen of StarFall have immediately agreed to the alliance. All we need to do now is to meet with the Dark elves." The Elites that were guarding the Queen had already sent news of the successful formation of the alliance, so he was already informed on the situation. "Go tell the others about this, it''s best they''re updated on what''s going on. I already know you planned to tell them anyway, but it needs to be sooner than later." Zillien ordered Roctis as he continued to browse through the reports. "Understood!" With that, he walked out of the office room to inform the other Council members. 56 Quick Execution! The day was sunny and hot, the skies were blue without a single cloud present. Dread Forest looked peaceful if anyone looked at it from above, but don''t be fooled, peace was a lie here! Vitiate was already on the move towards the location he heard the commotion. After some time, he arrived at a dirt road. This road was used often for travel, most used them for carriages. Nothing visibly could be seen on the road, but once he looked on the other side of the road, he could see three men confronting a large beast. Vitiate knew what the beast was right away, he didn''t even have to appraise it to figure that out. The Beast was a Bull, it had Black Hair with long and sharp protruding horns. The Bull huffed and puffed as hot steamy air would appear out of its nose. After observing the monster, Vitiate looked towards the humans it was confronting. One of the men wore regular warrior clothing with little bits of armor on his chest and legs. His weapon of choice was a Rapier. The man wore mostly grey, from what Vitiate could understand, this man might be a fencer. The other man was tall, he wore a Black Trenchcoat that covered his whole body to his neck. The only thing visible was his legs and his shoes. Vitiate wondered why he would be wearing something like that in this hot weather. The last man was fat, he sat in the back most of the time. He wore a simple burgundy robe, he even had burgundy hair to match his clothing. Vitiate had already reviewed this man status, so he knew exactly what he was from one of his titles. "Zelman and Rigor, keep it busy, I''ll hit it with my Super-Duper Fireball skill." The Fatman commanded one of the men as he pointed towards the bull beast. "SuperDuper Fireball? You can barely start a fire and you think your weak fireballs can hurt it?" Zelman looked at the Fatman with disdain, it was clear that he had complete doubt in his abilities. Indeed, the Fatman was an enhancer, but he was a complete noob with little training, it was no wonder he had so much doubt. "Zelman, don''t hate and hold it at bay as you watch my true skills at work!" They couldn''t argue for much longer before the bull grew more irritant and charged at them. Rigor didn''t say anything about the arguing pair, as he rushed to quickly intercept the bull''s deadly charge. The Bull was grasped by the horns and stopped in place by Rigor. He was a tall man who wore black gauntlets over his hands for more force. "URRRM!!" The Bull howled in anger but it still couldn''t get out of the powerful grasp of Rigor. Suddenly, the bull''s head was removed from its body, leaving Rigor holding nothing but a severed head in his hands. "W-what the....!" Rigor quickly backed away, he thought it was Zelman at first since he used a rapier, but he didn''t have the strength to rip through the thick neck of the bull beast like this. Rigor looked over at the man that delivered a single death blow to the bull with a surprise. The man had an exposed forehead with long bangs coming down from each side of his forehead. There was a long thick braided ponytail in the back of his head that went down to his waist. What was most notable to him was his jet black hair and eyes, it was extremely rare for anyone to have these colored features. "A-ah, thanks!" Rigor thanked the man who was around at least 6''1, while he himself stood tall, being 7''2 in height! "You looked like you were having trouble, so I came over to help you out." Yes, it was Vitiate, he had decided to help this group. "What? The bull is dead already? I didn''t get to use my powerful fireball skill!" The Fatman, who was initially arguing with Zelman notice the silence where the bull once was. He didn''t see how the bull was killed since he was arguing with his partner. Zelman looked at the dead bull and then Vitiate, who was holding a scythe in his hand. "Goodness, did you kill it in one strike with that scythe?" "I mean, it''s just a bull, it shouldn''t be that hard, right?" Vitiate didn''t see anything out of the ordinary being able to kill a bull with a single chop to the neck. "Bro! That bull''s neck is hard and as thick as enforced rock, how can you just cut through it?" The Fatman who didn''t know what was going on at first, finally understood. "........" Vitiate didn''t know what to say. "Ah, forget it, you''re not going to steal our prey, are you?" The fatman suddenly didn''t care anymore and was more concerned about their game being stolen from them. "No, I don''t need it and I''m no thief unless I have to be." Vitiate shook his head, he had no use for the bull. The fatman sighed in relief. "Lucas, not everyone is a thief, so stop complaining every time you see someone! The last time you ask that question, the group from before wanted to attack and kill us, people are edgy as hell these days!" Zelman was about to slap the back of Lucas''s head, but Lucas quickly rolled forward on the ground towards the bull in a strange and weird manner. "Haha, once we turn this bad boy in, we''ll be promoted to F++ Ranked Adventurers!" Lucas ignored Zelman and celebrated his future promotion. "Ah, yes! I never got your name, is it alright if we know your name?" Zelman sighed looking at Lucas and asked Vitiate for his name. "Hmm, you can call me Monster Hunter, for now!" Vitiate smiled and said. "Monster Hunter? Okay, Monster Hunter, are you an adventurer and if you are, what rank are you?" Zelman was sure that Vitiate was at least a C ranked Adventurer or slightly higher. "Nope! I''m not an adventurer, but I''m heading to Goa Village to become one." This was Vitiate''s initial plan, he saw that these guys were Adventurers and wanted to use them to make it a bit easier on himself. This was by getting into the village and signing up. Of course, he could sneak in, but they would sooner or later find out about him, so this wasn''t the wises choice. "What?" Rigor, who was silent was stunned, he thought someone of Vitiate strength would have been an adventurer by now. "Wow, what a plot twist!" Lucas stored the bull into his space bag before walking over. "Well, it''s whatever, let''s head back to the village so you can sign up. Wait, where are you from anyway, and how did you end up here?" Zelman finally came to a realization, where did this guy come from all of a sudden? "I''m from Tarnish desert, I arrived here by boat on another part of the island. This place is huge, so it''s pretty easy to get lost here, it''s a good thing I heard the fighting from you guys." Vitiate lied with a straight face. [Ding! Your Acting skill has risen to Level 4!] "Wow, that makes sense, this place is big and dangerous, but with your skills, it shouldn''t be too hard to survive. We just need to stay away from powerful Monsters like the notorious Manticore roaming this forest!" News had already spread throughout the village about this Monster, so it was no secret to anyone. Everyone was at risk going into the forest, but that was the job of an adventure and why it paid so much. It was about risk and gains, almost like gambling! "Okay, let''s head back, we can just follow the road back to the village." Lucas stretched and pulled out some meat from his storage bag. "See, this is why you''ll never lose weight you fatty!" Zelman scorned Lucas. "This isn''t fat, this is all muscle, even the sexy desk attendant at the guild notices my sexiness!" Lucas held his head up high and smiled, for some reason, sparkles could be seen around his face when he smiled! "You don''t understand the gaze of feeling grossed out and love-struck!" The two continued to go at one another while Rigor spoke to Vitiate. "Monster Hunter, was it? Just to give you a heads up, the village has been seeing a lot of problems, and I mean attacks." The Group continued to walk on the road as they talked, but Rigor felt it was best to warn Vitiate of possible future trouble. "Really? What kind of attacks?" Vitiate didn''t want anything to interfere with his gathering of information and his other plans he set in place. "Monster attacks, like Vampires attacking people at night. Everyone knows its a Vampire because the victims are sucked dry with teeth marks left on their necks. The city is under martial law until this problem is solved, as only adventures can enter and go out at night." Vitiate knew what Rigor was hinting at, it was best to quickly sign up before they laid down some more rules. "They may also get really strict with you at the gate when they inspect you, so be ready and don''t freak out." The Guards at the Village gate were extremely cautious these days, so they watched everyone who came out and entered the village closely. After 30 minutes of walking, they came to a huge lake near the road. They went around this lake and didn''t bother to get near it or within a certain range of it. This place had danger signs all around it, there were a lot of signs nailed to trees that served as warnings before reaching this place. This was the territory of the shark men! Once anyone got too close, they would be sensed by the Sharkmen, which wouldn''t be good! This was the place Vitiate had planned to attack next, but he held out for now. Lucas and Zelman quickly got away from the lake, they didn''t even want to look at the water. They were easily able to avoid setting off any red flags from the Sharkmen and kept walking. After fifteen minutes of more walking, a huge gated town came into view. The gate was about 30 feet! Around the gate were walls that were even taller, there were men stationed on and in front of the gate as well. They were suited in blue armor, some were on horses, but there was one man suited in red armor. He held his head high with arrogance, looking over at the forest, he noticed Vitiate and the others with ease. "Damn, this asshole!" Zelman said with some hate. "Stay cool or this guy will try to make things difficult for you!" Lucas frowned, he seemed to hate this guy as well. "...." Rigor didn''t say anything. 57 Troublesome Guards! The red armored man scanned Vitiate and the rest, he was easily able to recognize Rigor and his party. However, Vitiate was a face he hadn''t seen before, but he couldn''t be bothered to check, so he had someone else do it for him. The man signaled a couple of his men to inspect the approaching group by waving his hand. With that, two blue-armored men halted the group. "Well, well, if it isn''t our little nooby adventurers, did you finally succeed in a mission, haha!" Both men laughed mockingly, they both knew the skill level of this party, which was quite low. "We don''t want any trouble, we just want to get back into town and do what we have to as adventurers." Zelman put both his hands up to let them know that it was okay and that they didn''t want any problems. "You don''t want trouble? Okay, but what if I want trouble, what can you do about it?" One of the guards sneered and drew his sword out. He quickly waved it threateningly at Zelman''s face with a grin on his face. "Waving your sword in a threatening manner towards members affiliated with the guild can be deemed as a crime. I wonder what the guild master would say to guards causing us so much trouble just to pass by and turn in a mission?" Lucas''s plumped face smiled, in his mind, he was plotting something. "W-what? Don''t get full of yourself you damn fatass, you''re just some lowly F+ Adventurer! Do you think the Guild Master would care for such weaklings!?" The Guard felt the urge to smack Lucas, this wasn''t the first time he spoke out like this. "Calm down, he''s right. Let''s not cause any unnecessary trouble for these losers, it''s not like they''ll ever become big-time rankers anyway." The other guard didn''t think their group could amount to nothing, they''ll die soon or reach their limit in rank. To be promoted to certain ranks as an adventurer, one would need to go through a combat assessment. The person set for the promotion would have to fight someone of a certain level in order to rise in rank. "Alrighty then, open the gate as a good guard should, you should also have a free service that allows you guards to carry our stuff. Don''t look at me like that, it''s your privilege to hold my belongings, better yet, you should carry me on your back!" Lucas smiled cunningly and gave a ridiculous demand! "You fat bastard, don''t push it or I''ll crush you like a pig!" The first guard was nearly pushed to the hard way hearing Lucas''s demand. Vitiate almost let out a chuckle when he heard what Lucas was saying. He believed they should be carried through the gate, did he wanna break someone''s back!? "Ahahahaha! That would be great, a bunch slave guards carrying out luggage, how amazing would that be!?" Zelman burst into wild laughter, he couldn''t control himself like Rigor and Vitiate, whose faces remained unchanged. The two guard''s faces turned slightly red from anger. "You three better get out of here before three new bodies get added to the dead pool of villagers!" One of the guards turned and waved at the Gatekeeper to open the gate. Just when they were stepping forward, they spoke again. "Hold it right there, you guys can go but we need to inspect this new guy, hehe!" If they couldn''t make trouble for them, then what about their friend? "Are you a foreigner or something, what is with that black hair and eyes, you might be a primordial Demon or something!" One of the guards started ranting and making assumptions about Vitiate. "He isn''t a demon, you can feel his Aura and easily deduct that he''s human! You''re just trying to cause trouble, you petty guards!" It couldn''t be any more clear at this point, it was obvious what they were trying to do. "Ha! This is our job as guards, now you, turn around and put your hands on your head! You better comply or we''ll have to use deadly force!" The Guard grinned and pointed his sword at Vitiate''s face. "That isn''t what you''re supposed to do, you guys have an orb that can check these things! I''m filing a complaint on you shitty good for nothing guards, let''s see how long you keep your jobs!" Lucas didn''t back down, he hated these unreasonable things. "You fat blob, I would have mistaken you for a slime if you didn''t have such a big mouth! Scram back to the guild and mind your damn business! And you, turn around and place your hands on your head, I won''t say it again!" The man screamed as saliva splurted everywhere! "Are you guards stupid, you can clearly feel that I''m human but you like to play these games and jokes like little kids. If I was a monster, I wouldn''t bother coming to the front door for inspection, I would just sneak into town." This was what Monsters would do, why would they take the front door to be inspected? They were doing this to prove a point, and that the guards of this town shouldn''t be taken lightly by anyone. Sadly, they were using Vitiate as a test subject for this, there were rarely any newcomers that came here, so he was perfect, along with him being ''friends'' with this annoying group of adventures. "W-what did you say, you dare to defy the best-armed guards of Sir Great Noble!? Prepare to die you peasant fool!" Without warning, the guard flung out his sword in a stabbing gesture, meaning to kill him! Rigor shook his head, he seemed to have understood something. Zelman and Lucas were in disbelief, they couldn''t believe he was going to be killed like this! But this was Vitiate we were talking about, the guard''s movements looked slow to him. He easily dodged the stab with a sidestep and grabbed the guard''s wrist. Afterward, he elbowed the Guard''s stabbing arm, then quickly brought over his fist to punch the guard in the mouth. Finally, he quickly shot a palm at his chest, knocking him several feet away. "AHHHHHH!" The sound of clanking metal could be heard, some of the guard''s teeth could also be seen flying out of his mouth! Lucas and Zelman''s mouths dropped, as their eyes followed the flying body of the guard. "How dare you attack a gate guard, you''ll have to pay for that!?" The other guard was about to draw his sword, but Vitiate raised his leg and put his foot on the hilt of the sword to prevent him from drawing it. "Y-you! Do you have any idea what you''re doing?" The guard was angry beyond belief, he was really gunning to kill this time! "...." Vitiate said nothing, he just looked the guard in the face, like he was looking at an idiot. This only made the guard angrier, he could see the contempt in Vitiate''s eyes! "Hey! What''s going on over here, how dare you attack the guard of Goa Village!?" Several other guards came over, while some helped the guard that was sent flying. Sadly, he fainted from Vitiate''s last strike, leaving a dented handprint in his armor! They all drew their swords, while some came over on horses with spears in their hands. "Arrest this man and throw him in jail!" A man in Dark Blue Armor looked at Vitiate''s storage ring and continued. "Take his storage ring as well, he must have stolen that from the Nobleman of the Fel''nir House!" The Dark Blue armored man''s eyes were filled with greed. Usually, people carried storage bags, but to see a storage ring was rare in itself, how could he not feel an urge to have it? He had seen it on nobles, but a mere commoner had it, this was his chance to earn big. "Are you guys serious!? We won''t settle for low lives ganging up and framing someone!" Zelman quickly drew his Rapier, while Lucas began to charge up his ''SuperDuper fireball.'' Rigor''s face turned cold, he hated these types of people the most. He rarely spoke, but this was the final line of what he could handle and see. "What? You guys are his accomplices, you won''t be spared either, we''ll explain this to the Guildmaster. I''m sure he''ll understand in the noble''s name, we''ll just reward him with his storage ring and all will be settled, hahaha!!" A gloating and Sinister grin appeared on the Dark Blue armored guard''s face, the man in red armor just watched from afar with a strange smile. ''It looks like I''ll have to kill on my first day, how sad, but they''ve chosen their own deaths. Humans in this world aren''t the smartest, it seems!'' Just when Vitiate was about to pull out his weapon, a wind kicked up and blew the guards away! At that moment, a giant shadow appeared in the sky and slowly descended where the guards once were. It was a Dragon of some sort, to be exact, it was a Wind Wyvern that was cyan in color. Two powerful Aura''s could be felt, one from the Wyvern but another was coming from the Wyvern as well. No, there was someone on the Wyvern''s back! The man in the Red Armor''s face turned pale when he saw the figure on the Wyvern. The person that appeared on the Wyvern''s back was a woman, she had pure white hair. She wore an armored dress with a skirt which was pure white, she had black leggings on with only her chest having armor covering it. She had a fashion armor corset on! Lucas, Rigor, Zelman, and even Vitiate were shocked! This woman was so powerful, her Aura flooded the area, making it hard for the other guards to breathe, they were basically being choked out! The woman had her eyes closed at first, but she suddenly opened them to reveal her sapphire blue eyes. She glared coldly at the group of guards but still remained silent. Vitiate felt like this woman was the complete opposite of what he looked like and was. She was a woman but he was a man, she had white hair but he had black hair, she had blue eyes but he had red eyes. She was the polar opposite! "Ah! Madam Lissandra, you''ve returned from the Black Zone, it has almost been 5 months!" The Red armored man walked over and spoke in a respectful tone compared to his usual arrogant behavior. "Your men were trying to frame and steal from someone else, is this what the guards do for this town?" The woman''s face remained unchanged, she didn''t even look at the red armored man, as she closed her eyes again. "No, no, it was all a misunderstanding! You idiots, get over here and tell her your sorry or you''ll be hanging from the gallows!" The Red armored man hollered at the men sprung out on the ground, they all quickly got up to apologize! "You should be saying your apology to him, not me. You should do your regular procedure and check and see if he is a Demon or not." She still remained sitting cross-legged on the dragon''s back with her eyes close. They all quickly apologized to Vitiate, which caused his lips to twitch, they had done a complete one-eighty in personality! One of the guards quickly check Vitiate and found that he was human, as said earlier. "Haha! Look at you cowards! I bet if a Giant appeared, he would be able to sneak by a bunch of ass clowns like you guys!" Lucas said a few parting words before walking off, some of the guards really wish to tackle Lucas and kick him to death, he always had something to say! "I''m not satisfied yet!" Vitiate suddenly made a move, he turned into a blur and send a kick towards the Dark Blue armored man''s face, sending him flying upside down into the forest screaming. The scene looked pretty comical, as his voice slowly faded into the forest! "!?" The red armored man was silently pissed, but he held it in. Vitiate didn''t stop there, he swung his weapon at the other guard''s face, which had reverted back into a pole at this point. The man was shocked, he wanted to run, but Vitiate was way too fast for him. Crack! "Agh! My nose, you broke my nose!!" The guard fell to the ground and started rolling in the dirt holding his bleeding and dislocated nose. "......." The woman still showed no change, but Lucus and Zelman were loving the sight of this beating. Vitiate could feel killing intent coming from the man in red armor, but he ignored him. "Phew, you guys should thank her, I almost killed all of you guys here, that wouldn''t have been good. Well, I could have just blamed it on a monster attack, this would surely work, yeah, that could work." Vitiate nodded thoughtfully, a monster attack would be the perfect excuse for so many dead people at the front gate. "....." "....." "....." Everyone was speechless, Vitiate spoke about killing a whole guard platoon so casually! "This guy is amazing, I knew I made the right choice by picking him up off the road!" Lucas felt a sense of pride seeing Vitiate put the guards in their place. "Idiot! Who did you pick off the road, he was busy saving your sorry fat ass!" Zelman was about to slap the back of Lucas''s head, but he did his weird roll move and appeared at Vitiate''s back. "You were awesome, bro!" "Sometimes you just gotta put people in their place." Vitiate then looked at the woman on the Wyvern''s back. "Thanks for your help, you done me some good justice today, it felt good beating the evil guards of the is town." Vitiate thanked the woman for her help, if she didn''t say anything, he would have had to start killing on his first day! Evil Guards!? Justice!? Do you think you''re a hero, fuck you! The Guards silently cursed Vitiate, they didn''t have the audacity to say it out loud after seeing his combat prowess, he seemed to not care who he beats, even if it was in public! "No need, you weren''t in the wrong and was merely defending yourself, as all should do." She finally opened her eyes to scanned Vitiate. Her eyebrows wrinkled a bit, but she still smiled soon after. Though he went a little overboard with them, she didn''t mind it since they were trying to send him to ruin. Vitiate nodded and walked through the gate to follow Rigor and his party. Lissandra stared at Vitiate''s back, it was no telling what she was thinking. 58 Dorans Guild! Once they were through the gate, the group continued to walk on the road. Some of the guards gave them funny looks, but most of them were actually nice. The ones outside the gate were naturally edgier, their part of the job was much more dangerous, after all. "Bro, that move you used with your palm was incredible! You sent that guy flying like a pig that finally grew wings!" Lucas couldn''t help but feel amazed, it even left a dent in the guard''s armor! "It was nothing, it''s just that his movements were so slow, that even a sloth could dodge with ease." Vitiate wasn''t lying, the guard''s movements looked like they were in slow motion, his skill was clearly far above the guard. "Aw, you don''t have to be humble, you completely beat those Guard''s asses, haha! They will hate you forever for th... Ah!" Suddenly, Lucas was chopped on the neck by Zelman, who put his finger over his lips, indicating to him to shut up! Lucas got the hint and shut up immediately, he looked at Vitaite''s face, but his facial expression remained indifferent. Lucas sighed in relief, of course, Vitiate didn''t care whether they hated him or not, it didn''t matter. "I noticed your weapon has the ability to change into a pole other than just remaining as a scythe. Where did you find such an amazing weapon, or did you buy it from some weapon''s shop?" Zelman was trying to clear up the awkward silence, so he quickly found something to talk about. Vitiate''s weapon was just a scythe not too long ago, but before approaching the gate, it had turned into a pole. "I found it in some ruins, there are several ruins in Tarnish Desert. These places are the most dangerous locations in the world with death at every corner." Vitiate came up with a lie but made it sound interesting and real. "D-death at every corner? Were there monsters in these ruins?" Black lines appeared on Lucas''s forehead, he had never explored dangerous places he knew his group couldn''t handle. "Yep, these monsters don''t eat regular food, they feed off death, death gives them nutrients!" Vitiate''s face turned dark for a moment before changing back. "Ah!" Lucas jumped in fear from Vitaite change in tone and expression, he was also scared hearing about monsters that got nutrients from death. Soon the group came to a little forest, it wasn''t a forest filled with monsters. It had no monsters or anything, but just a great number of trees. What amazed Vitiate was the giant waterfall, it looked similar to Niagra falls back in his world. Vitiate had long looked over the map he had stolen, so he knew Goa Village had a waterfall. Looking at it from afar looked even more amazing, this was all connected to the ocean, but it had to go through long rivers to reach this destination. The lake was massive, it was schooling with fish that would jump out of the water from time to time. Vitiate could even see boats on the water, there were people gathered around the lake fishing and swimming alike. "I should hop in for a dip, so I can cool down and flex my muscles to the ladies, haha!" Lucas saw several women in bikinis, so he couldn''t help but stare with a delightful smile. "Yuck! Are you trying to scare them away? There are kids playing around the water, are you trying to scar their young minds!?" Zelman and Lucas started to quarrel again, this seemed to be a daily occurrence for the two. Most were out today enjoying themselves because the Village/Town was under martial law. They would have to stay home at night, but they could come out during the day to continue their regular activities. The group continued to walk on the nicely managed road, there were several guards on the side of the road chatting and drinking liquor. They kept watch all the time, some were on horses suited in Heavy blue armor, similar to the Knights at the front gate. As they were walking, Vitiate recalled the woman in white at the front gate. Her Strength and Aura showed how strong she was, being able to choke a few knights out at the time. He couldn''t even identify most things on her status page, only seeing Question marks on it. Vitiate saw that she was controlling the Wyvern like it was her pet, this confirmed to him that monster tamers also existed in this world. ''Her name was Lisssandra according to the knight in red, I''ve heard this name before.'' Just as he was thinking this, he heard the voice of Zelman. "We''re here, this is Doran''s Guild!" Vitiate came to himself with the sound of his voice. The building was huge, it was at least six-stories in height with windows on some places of the building. The Building was made out of some sort of Stone Brick and Dark Brown Wood. Honestly, it looked more like a small castle than anything else. The group didn''t waste any time looking at the building and walked through the wooden double doors. Vitiate followed behind them, it wasn''t like he hadn''t seen buildings this tall before. He was just amazed that buildings would be this big in this world. The inside of the building looked just as amazing, the floors were made out of some unknown Sturdy Dark Red Wood. There were decorated Photos hanging up showing a certain person. There were also pictures of Dragons and other monsters hanging up on the walls. Once they walked through the doors, many people turned their heads to look in their direction. Everyone was just having drinks while running over some missions they were planning on doing. The once lively room suddenly turned silent, it was like everyone stopped breathing. "We, the signature 3 are back from our hard and tough journey, we fought through hordes of monsters to survive, but we did it!" Lucas put his hands on his hips with his head pointed upward, it was the stance of Victory. Vitiate''s forehead wrinkled, what monster horde!? "Monster horde!? You guys when on a mission to kill a Ravenger Bull, how hard can it be!?" Some random man amongst the adventures spoke in a contemptuous voice. "The three stooges came back alive again, it looks like I lost another bet, why won''t you three just die already!?" Another man spat some more nonsense, but Lucas didn''t seem to mind or pay any attention to them, as he walked to the reception desk with a wide smile. Zelman wanted to say something, but he held back, he didn''t have thick skin like Lucas. Rigor ignored them as well, as long as no one physically attacked him, you can trash talk as much as you want. Vitiate followed along, he needed to sign up as an adventurer. No one paid any more attention to the group, they had better things to do, none of them gave Vitiate any attention either. But they looked again a noticed Vitiate''s out of place features, particularly his hair and eyes, which were pitch black! "A Foreigner?" "I haven''t seen him around here before, he must be from another continent or something." "He came in with the 3 stooges, is he their friend or something? If he is, he better stay away from those idiots or they''ll drag him down in no time." "His hair and eyes are as black as night, how is that possible?" Normally, they wouldn''t pay much attention to newcomers despite them rarely having any. Sadly, his features stuck out too much. Most commoners had Brown hair or maybe some other color, but black was extremely rare in the world. Behind the desk was a woman with curly Magenta hair, she wore a professional suit to match her field of work. Her eyes were violet, she had two diamond earrings on, she was playing with her nails that looked like they just got done at a nail salon. The woman didn''t pay any attention to the people who walked in and continued to look and play with her nails. However, once she heard Lucas''s voice her face turned a bit strange. "My beautiful queen, I''m back from a hard battle, I need a kiss to heal my wounds, ugh!" Lucas acted like he had been through war, as he faked like he couldn''t stand by holding onto the receptionist''s desk. "Uh oh, will Linda give our hero a kiss to heal his body and spirit from the war he''s been through?" "Give him a wet one right on the lips, that''ll heal him of any wounds from the past and even future!" Several adventurers teased and found Lucas''s shameless behavior quite funny. Vitiate almost laughed, but he endured, this guy was something else. "You Damn fatty, get lost!" Linda face palmed Lucas as he fell to the floor with a handprint on his face. "If you didn''t complete your mission, then you''ll be deducted points for your failure, so did you complete it or not?" "Agh, my poor soul, how could the sweet and beautiful Linda be so cold? At least a hug will do, right?" Lucas made a sad dog face as he stood up, he was pleading for comfort. Vitiate''s lips twitched. "Don''t you have a fiance already, why are you hitting on other women? If I were your fiance, I would have beaten your face in until it was black and blue!" Linda smirked, she already had information on Lucas and most adventurer here. Hearing what she said, Lucas went silent and backed away. Rigor shook his head, there was more to this story then what it seemed. Zelman sighed and took the storage back from Lucas''s waist, handing it to Linda. "Here, we''ve completed the mission." Linda smiled and took the storage bag to confirm the goods. She took the bag in the back to take the bull away, then handed it back to Zelman. "Very Good! Here is your reward, 15 silver coins. Congratulations, you and your party can now be promoted to F++ Rank! Hand me your Guild id''s, so I can have them all updated." Rigor, Zelman, and Lucas handed her their card id''s, then she handed them to some other woman to upgrade them. Once they were done, Vitiate walked forward. "What can I do for you, sir?" Linda smiled as usual and asked nicely. "Yes, I''m trying to sign up to become an Adventurer, is there something I have to fill out?" Linda quickly pulled out a pen and application, she told him that it would cost 1 silver coin to become an adventurer. Vitiate found it ridiculous to pay to get a job, it didn''t make any sense to him, but he paid it anyway. Linda told him if he couldn''t read or write, then she would write and read it for him. This was almost common, most people didn''t have a proper education and couldn''t read or write, while some were just illiterate. Fortunately, Vitiate could read and write this world''s language, which made her see him in a great light. The application didn''t ask much, it asked him his name, or what name he would like to go by if he didn''t want to give out this information. The application questioned him about his battle experiences and if he had a criminal record, it was pretty much like a job application but with you not needing to answer things you didn''t want to. Vitiate went to sit at a table to write all of this, before handing it to her. Once it was confirmed, he waited ten minutes before being handed a Plain White Guild Card. The Guild Card showed where he signed up to become an adventurer. This card also showed his rank and his name or the name he went by. The name Vitiate chose for himself was Monster Slayer instead of Hunter. The card had the number zero on it in black. After receiving his Guild Card, his name was recorded into a special Document with his picture! His picture was even on his card, it was like an identification to prove who he was. The Adventurer''s Guild had something special around the door that Vitiate didn''t know about. There was a special device around the doors of the Guild that was able to identify if someone was human or not! It was good that Vitiate was able to fool the device set in place, but this was to be expected, he had so many ways to hide his stats and skills. "So, I''m an F-Rank? How does the ranking system work here?" Vitiate was going to ask about the currency as well, but that question might be too weird, so he opted to just ask Rigor about it, afterward. Vitiate had an idea of how the ranks worked, but he had to be sure if his thoughts were right or not. "The System starts from the lowest to the highest, with F Rank being the lowest and SSS-Rank being the Highest. Of course, there are ranks higher than that, but those types of people work for the royal families or teach at prestigious Academies, so they rarely act." These people made a lot of money doing these jobs, some were even qualified to become nobles because of their strength. But to become a noble, you would have to be initiated by a Queen, King, Empress or Emperor. Linda explained that the Ranks above SSS-Rank were M, GM, and Ex, with Ex Being the Highest. All ranks had a single plus to a double plus before reaching the next tier. The only ranks that didn''t have pluses in them were S-Rank and above. Author Note: What I mean is like F+ and F++ for example. After telling him this, she pointed to a large board on the wall that had an abundance of missions on it that needed to be taken care of. Vitiate thanked her and went to check the board out, but found that it was only giving out F to E++ Ranked Missions. "What''ll be my first mission?" 59 Setting Up! F-Rank Quest were mainly lowly jobs like gathering herbs and finding missing animals. People came to the guild when they found something hard they couldn''t accomplish alone. Vitiate could do quest up to E-Rank, but that was the limit. After looking over the board, he grabbed a Goblin subjugation Quest, Slime Nucleus Quest, and a missing dog Quest. Vitiate saw some other quests on the board that obviously shouldn''t be on this low ranking board. There was a D++ to C-Rank Quest to Hunt a Manticore in the forest, it was the big topic around the town, the big bad Manticore! However, there were more important things everyone was worried about, and that was the people being Drained and found dead in the town. This Missing person''s and Murder Quest on the board had a Red Circle mark on it, this indicated the urgency of the Mission and that it needed to be completed ASAP. On each paper quest he took, there was a rank of difficulty on them. There was a picture to represent it, like a picture of a goblin on the quest paper. The paper also showed how much you would get paid for the completion of the quest, and a number that represented how many points you would get if you completed the mission successfully. From Linda''s explanation, you would receive a certain amount of points for completing a mission. These points steered towards your next rank up, you''d get more points based on the difficulty, obviously. Vitiate confirmed the missions he wanted to complete by Linda, he was given a certain amount of time to complete them before they were rendered void. This was an exception for the Dog hunting quest, which didn''t have a time limit to it. He was going to finish this mission last anyway, so it all worked out well. At this time, Rigor and company had already been given their newly updated Guild cards. There were several areas in this Guild, he learned that there were two upstairs sections. There was a stairway near the door where you first walked into the guild, this stairway led to the mess hall where people dined. There was another stairway, but you needed to go through the doors that led into the Guild library. Vitiate was unsure how many floors there were to this guild, he didn''t bother to ask yet. But he found out that he wasn''t allowed to go up those stairs, only D Rankers could advance up them. The ruled reminded him of a certain anime he used to watch back in his world. AN: ''cough cough'' Fairy tail! "Linda, you don''t mind if I hit the library later, right?" Vitiate wanted to read a few books, there were things he wanted to find out. "Of course, you''re an adventurer now, you just can''t go to the second floor in the library. Don''t worry, once you reach D-rank, you''re free to go up." There was more information on the 2nd floor, there was also ''tougher'' missions. Some missions were from other guilds and even took place off the island to accomplish. The Guild Id Card could record your battles as proof if you couldn''t bring back something to prove your mission''s completion. These Cards looked normal, but they were actually pretty special. If you lost it, you would have to pay quite the amount for a replacement! Linda always answered his questions in a nice respectful manner, this restored his faith in this world''s humanity. The people in his world weren''t nearly this troublesome, he was nearly forced to use drastic measures at the front gate! Once that was done, Vitiate spoke to the trio, or in this case, the three stooges. Sadly, this was in their title status page as well, when he first saw it, Vitiate was speechless. The Group was hungry, this was mainly so for Lucas, so the trio said their goodbyes for now and headed to the second floor to the mess hall. Afterward, Vitiate left the Guild to the village to find someplace to crash for the time being. The town was surprisingly well managed and nice, there were several houses and businesses on each side of the street. The place was pack and lively with people swarming the streets going in and out of businesses alike. "Well, it''s good to see humanity didn''t change that much from my previous world. There has to be an Inn around here somewhere I can stay. If not, then I will be forced to head back to my dungeon until tomorrow, but that''ll burn too much of my time." Vitiate had no choices but to ask someone for help, so he asked an Oldman selling barbeque meat at a street stall. The Oldman told him where to go in great detail, so Vitiate sat down and bought some meat, he was hungry anyway. He could have gone with Lucas and his group, but had come to this town with an objective, so he couldn''t waste too much time conversing. Vitiate wondered why this place was called a village, it resembled more of a town than anything else. He asked the old man this question and the Old Stallman told him the whole story. Apparently, this place was once a village but when nobles started investing in this place, it grew to what it was today, a town. After thanking the Oldman for his food and directions, he quickly left in the direction that was told to him. Under the directions of the Oldman, it didn''t take him long to arrive at the Inn. The Inn was a 2 story building that went by the name of Dormir''s Inn! Once Vitiate walked in, he spotted a middle-aged man behind a desk reading a shady book, if you know what I mean! Once he saw Vitiate, he quickly put the book away and smiled at Vitiate. "Traveler, you''ve come to the right place to get a good night''s sleep! Please, come and sign your name and pay the toll of 2 Copper coins." The man feigned ignorance and smiled without a trace of shame on his face. "...." Vitiate didn''t say anything about the book or anything at all, and just read what he had to sign before signing it. "Oh, I see, so you''re going to spend a week at our Inn? Welcome customer, we welcome all people, here is your room key." The man handed Vitiate his room key with a strange but delightful smile, Vitiate took it and left without a word. Once Vitiate was out of sight, the man''s facade crumbled! "Fuck! He saw me, he saw it! He wouldn''t say anything about my strange fetish hobby, right?" The man was sweating profusely all of a sudden, just what was he reading!? However, Vitiate didn''t care and made it to his new room, it was pretty standard. The room had one bed and a desk in it. The place wasn''t nearly as big as his Old apartment, but it would do, for now. So, what was Vitiate''s Ultimate goal in coming to this place, it was simple. His goal was to make tons of money, he was poor but at the same time, he was rich. He needed a lot of money to maintain a race, he needed resources. "I need to find an abandoned place over the world and I need to make a lot of money for construction purposes. But how can I make money fast, of course, I''m an adventurer now so that''s a start." Vitiate sighed and checked out the rest of his room, he had a little bathroom with a tub and sink. That was it, there was nothing else in this room besides that and his bedroom and desk. Once he was done handling where would stay, it was time to head back out. He passed the man by the desk on his way down, the man had the same smile plastered to his face, but he was sweating this time around. Vitiate gave the man a nod before leaving the Inn to the streets of Goa. "It''s my first day here, so let''s go around town for a bit, this place isn''t so bad." The first place he visited was the Ocean where several ships were stationed and Docking. The ships were bringing in and shipped out goods to and from all around the world. "Hey, mark, did you hear the news, the last ship that was bringing in goods was destroyed by a Kraken! The creature was massive, they couldn''t even fight back as the ship was pulled to the depths!" "I heard about that, this wasn''t all to the story either. I heard that the men who jumped off the ship were attacked by sirens! These nasty deceitful Monsters have been killing sailors left and right, we need to do something about this infestation of Flesh-eating bitches or the market may crash!" The sailor''s gossiped about their troubles, they were on the verge of quitting having to deal with so many dangers out at sea. "Sigh, sirens, and Krakens, this world just keeps getting better and better the more I hear things about it." Sarcasm was present in his voice, Vitaite was starting to believe that this world had every monster in mythology and fantasy, it was just too much at that point! However, this wasn''t surprising to him at all, what was a fantasy world without a Kraken or crazy flash eating mermaids? Of course, mermaids were different from their siren counterparts, they didn''t eat flesh and were very peaceful beings. Vitiate went back into town where he saw farmers doing their work as usual. While leaving the town to head back to the guild, he saw something that caught his attention. "Fortune must be shining on me today, this is the greatest opportunity yet!" He spotted a shop that had a sign in the window saying that the owner was selling some land. Strangely, the shop was vacant with no customers to be found. In front of the shop was a luxurious carriage with a clover insignia. There was the coachman who drove the carriage, he was tending to the horses. Vitiate didn''t mind this and walked over to the shop. At the door of the shop, he could hear two men talking, they both didn''t sound too happy. "Oldman Paul, Lord Clovis has been trying to buy your land for the longest now, you have it for sale but you won''t sell it to us, why!?" A man dressed in a butler outfit spoke in a somewhat disrespectful tone, his face showed annoyance as well. "No, it won''t be sold to any noble, you guys think you can just buy up everything? I''m not selling it to anyone, you can forget it and just leave!" "Then why the hell do you have a sign up saying it''s for sale, I hope you don''t plan on selling it to someone else after we''ve asked for so long!" "My shop''s closed, you can go, I don''t have time for this. I''m too old to be arguing with some knuckleheaded kid!" Paul didn''t feel like talking about it anymore and told the butler to leave, it was his property so he didn''t need to sell it. "Oldman, make the right decision, don''t be regretful later, we''ll ask again in the future. I just hope you make the right decision or things might start to happen." The butler grinned knowingly, he was ready to use underhanded means to get what he wanted. "Are you threatening me!?" Paul wasn''t scared, back in his day, he was a B-ranked adventurer! "I''m not, I''''m just hoping that you''ll make the right decision later. With the upcoming cleansing event, it''s the best time for businesses since traffic from foreigners will skyrocket. I''ll take my leave for now, but I''ll be back next week at the same time, have a nice night!" The Butler tidied up his suit jacket and walked towards the door to leave. Vitiate quickly hid from butler, as he drove off in the carriage soon after. The coachman, however, had seen Vitiate but didn''t really pay him any heed. Vitiate hurriedly and entered the shop. "Who is this time, we''re closed, so scram out!" Paul didn''t even look at Vitiate who entered the shop, as he hollered for him to leave right away. "Oldman, I''m here to buy that land from you, what do you think?" 60 Buying Land! Paul looked up and squinted his eyes, he scanned Vitiate from the ground up before smirking. "I think you''re an idiot, I''m in a bad mood right now, so I''ve decided not to sell my land to anyone! Come back next year, I might sell it to you then, but that depends on my mood." "Bad mood? You''re an Oldman, so I expected you to be a bit more humble than this. It seems like a noble put you in a bad mood with a few words, how childish." Vitiate grinned and said. "Young man, you should watch your mouth when talking to your elders, have some respect." Paul frowned, he felt like young people these days didn''t know the meaning of respect. "Hey, I showed respect by asking you if you wanted to sell me the land or not, but you disrespected me with your tone and words." In his world, you have to show respect to receive it, you didn''t just gain respect when you disrespected others out of the blue! Paul couldn''t really see Vitiate''s features from the bad lighting in his shop. "Come closer, so I can get a good look at you. If you want to buy that piece of land, it would only make sense to clearly see who I''m selling it to." Vitiate walked over to the counter for Paul to get a better look at him, he didn''t see anything wrong with this. "How strange, your features are something I don''t see often at all, you must be a foreigner. Are you of Noble origins, perhaps?" Paul pulled out a strange tool from behind the counter and placed it in front of Vitiate as he asked. Vitiate bluntly told him that he wasn''t and that he was far from one. With those words, the strange tool lit up with a green light. "Perfect! Honestly, I don''t want to sell my land to any nobles. They get richer while the poor get poorer. They''re buying everything up without the possibility of anyone else having a chance. The people in this town are too scared to step up, they''re also too poor to even buy the land!" Paul had been holding out on selling his land for so long now, he was hoping to sell it to some commoner but no one came. The ones that always showed were some off-island nobles or the nobleman of this island. "So it was like that, huh? I heard that this place is heavily invested by nobles, didn''t they do you guys a favor?" Vitiate only heard a few things from the Oldman at the food stall, but he didn''t dive into too many details. "Control and Power! That''s all they want, they want to take as many places over as they can over, don''t be blinded, kid. You have your whole future ahead of you, but you have to wake up and see what is really going on. The City of Light is hosting an event here along with other factions, they have more power than ever with the summoning of 10 heroes, so things will get really busy at that time." Vitiate''s smiled suddenly turned stiff! "Wait, what? Summoning of 10 heroes?" Vitiate was caught off guard, say what now!? Paul squinted his eyes again, what person didn''t know about the heroes? "Kid, you''re not some caveman or something, right? Everyone and their dog knows about the heroes summoning, it''s to combat the evil of this world, the Devils and Demons!" Vitiate''s expression was getting darker and darker! He knew about the hero of this world, but more heroes were summoned to fight the forces of evil! He was completely unaware that heroes could be summoned, but it made sense to him because he was summoned as well. "Kid, are you alright, you don''t look so well." Usually, Vitiate could hide how he felt, but this was different, he could be in great danger now! "Hehe, I''m okay, I was just a little caught off guard, that''s all. I''m a foreigner who spends most of his time on the sea, so this information is new to me, so this is why." Vitiate smiled and assured Paul that everything was alright. "Do you know how they summon these heroes, could you tell me the process?" Vitiate wanted to know more, he had to know more, this was possibly threatening to him. Paul shook his head, he didn''t know anything about the detail, all he knows is that they were summoned from an unknown place. "Forget about it, are you selling your land or what?" Vitiate would have to swing by the guild tomorrow to ask some questions, but for now, he wanted to buy some land if he could. Paul looked around and quickly made his way to the door of his shop. He locked the door and closed the curtains before moving back behind the counter. "Yes, I am!" Paul pulled out a black paper with white letters written on it, this was the deed to the land. However, there were strange fluctuations coming from this deed, it seemed to be imbued with mana. "How many acres of land are you selling and how much are selling it for?" "3,000 Gold Coins and the acres are 4!" Vitiate''s eyes twitched visibly, this price was equivalent to 300,000 Dollars back in his world! Author note: Copper Coin=$1| It takes 10 copper coins to equal 1 silver coin. Silver Coin=$10| It takes 10 silver coins to equal 1 gold coin. Gold Coin=$100, you get the drift. :D "What? You can''t afford it or something?" Vitiate already knew he wouldn''t be able to pay the full price as of now. "I don''t have any Gold Coins, but I do have Gold Bars that I can give to you as a Down payment." Vitiate pulled out 2 Bars of Gold. He had gotten these bars of Gold from his Dungeon, he bought 3 Bars just in case. He didn''t want to spend his points on things like these, but he had to since it would allow him to buy things. "Wow, that''s something you don''t see every day, let me have a look at them." Paul gave Vitiate a suspicious look before checking to see if the Gold bars were real. "Well how about that, these Bars of Gold are real and worth 50,000 Gold Coins each! I''ll take both of them as a down payment for the land if you''re in agreement with this." Paul picked up the contract and showed it to Vitiate at the same time. "I see no problem with that at all, but I do have somethings I would like to add to the contract." There was no question that the business he planned to open would grab a lot of attention, so he had to have a fail-safe just in case. "Haha, I wanted to add a few things as well, it seems we think alike." Paul laughed and opened a cabin station behind the counter, then he pulled out a bottle of ink and a pen to write with. "I''ll let you write what you want first, but tell me what it is before writing it. If you hadn''t guessed already, this contract isn''t normal. Once you sign this contract, you must put your fingerprint on it in blood to ensure that no one breaks the rules of it!" The Special contract would cause a person a lot of suffering if they broke the contract to the point of death. Vitiate looked at Paul strangely, this man was too serious about the whole not selling it to nobles thing, it wasn''t like Vitaite was ever going to anyway. "Okay, what I want on this contract is simple. My identity will be hidden as the owner of this land. When I appear before anyone, I will be disguised so no one can recognize me." Vitiate didn''t want anyone to bother him about his business or start unnecessary trouble. He would reveal his identity later, but it wasn''t a good idea for a newly starting business owner of this world to be known so easily. "Kid, you''re smarter than I thought, I see no problem with that. What I want to write is simple, you must not sell this property to any noble of any sort. This goes for the person you''ll futuristically sell it to, he or she must follow this rule as well. By the way, what name will you go by, I know you won''t be using your real name, right?" "I''ll go by the name Mr.X!" "Also, what if I become a King in the future, does this count against the contract rules?" Vitiate had to be sure, he is the Progenitor of his race. "Pfft! Hahaha! King, what the hell, the king of what!? Adventurers!? Hahaha!" Paul had tears in his eyes as he hammered his fist on the counter constantly. "Is it a thing or not?" Vitiate ignored his laughter and asked again. "Just in case you become a ''king'' I''ll write that you''ll be okay if this is the case. Oh boy, I haven''t had a good laugh in years, you aren''t so bad kid!" Paul wiped his eyes filled with tears then handed Vitiate the pen to write a clause. Within minutes, they both wrote their clauses and use their blood to sign the contract. The Contract words glowed with a bright white light for a brief moment. At that moment, a light shot into Vitiate and Paul''s bodies, the Contract was complete. "Seriously, you''re way too serious, Oldman!" "Hey, you can''t be too sure in this world." Paul shrugged and gave him the directions to the Vacant land. Before leaving, Paul took the contract and copied it before handing the original to Vitiate. Vitiate didn''t take the front door and took another way out to avoid anyone witnessing him leaving the shop. After leaving the shop, he went back to his Inn. The man from before was still at the front desk, he was taking care of two customers at this time. One was a tall burly man while the person he was with was a shockingly beautiful woman. She even made Vitiate double take at her, she had a really strong and tall build with long Blue hair. She wore a dress that emphasized her curvy body, with her chest was the most notable! She noticed Vitiate looking at her and smiled seductively at him. Vitiate looked away and went to his room without saying a word to her. "Okay, tomorrow, I''ll just return to the guild and show Linda the Goblins that died in the war as proof. I have two Slime nucleases from my Dungeon, so this should complete these missions instantly." This was the reason he chose these missions, he already had the stuff for them within his storage ring. He still had yet to receive points for the dead monsters from that war, but their bodies came in handy. "Hmm, I''ll check the land out tomorrow while I''m at it. I need to find workers for my big business, I won''t be hanging around this place long. I need to defeat the Sharkmen and take down the Spider Dungeon. Later, I''ll have to explore the Glacial Zone as well, there should be new monsters in this Zone." Vitiate said no more and closed his eyes to sleep. 61 Duel For a Promotion! The morning had finally arrived, so Vitiate got up and went to his bathroom to brush his teeth and shower. He looked a bit tired, but there was a reason for this, the walls in this Inn were quite thin so all activity could be heard. Vitiate heard the couple next door going at it for a while before they stopped and went to sleep! He tried using his pillow to cover his ears, but that all failed in the end. Once he was done cleaning up, he grabbed a fresh set of clothes from his storage before leaving his room. Right when he left his room, he spotted the woman from yesterday that was with the burly man. The woman gazed at Vitiate with a smile before walking off without a word, for some reason, Vitiate felt something from this woman but he couldn''t describe it. She was just coming out of the room she was given yesterday. Vitiate didn''t dwell on it much, it wasn''t his business anyway, he had a clear objective coming here. He quickly made his way downstairs where he saw the same man as yesterday, he was staring at the door with a mesmerized expression. "Ah, she is so beautiful, if I had a woman like that I would be the happiest man alive. That body, towering mountains on her upper body, that juicy and soft looking bu.." The man paused and looked over, he noticed Vitiate and went dead silent. Awkward silence! "...." "...." "Alright, I''ma head out, you have a nice day!" After a brief moment of silence, Vitiate greeted him and said a few departing words before walking out of the Inn. "Shit! This guy catches me in my moments all of the time, just who is he!?" The man''s eyes dilated, he was caught with his pants down twice by this man! Vitiate took to the streets, it wasn''t that many people out in the morning but there was still a decent amount wandering the streets. He was hungry, he was going to head to that older man''s stall from yesterday but he wasn''t set up during this time of the day. "The Guild has a buffet or restaurant of some sort upstairs I can eat from, this will do for now. I have many things I have to complete today, so I can''t linger around." His walk through the streets was much easier with fewer people out at this time, so his arrival was faster than usual. Vitiate entered the Guild as a few heads turned his way, there were fewer people this time around. There were only around 3 to 4 tables being occupied, many adventurers weren''t active during the morning, apparently. Before heading upstairs to the mess hall, he wanted to turn in his missions first. However, there was a change in management at the front receptionist desk. This time, it was an older woman, but she had very few wrinkles on her face, this didn''t matter as her grayish hair exposed her age. Vitiate could be wrong, she might just be a high middle-aged woman instead, but this didn''t matter now. "Fellow adventurer, are you here to turn in a mission or sign up to become an adventurer?" The woman asked immediately upon seeing Vitiate standing at the desk. "I''m here to turn in some missions I''ve completed." Vitiate pulled out the papers from the mission board he took yesterday and handed them to her. She quickly reviewed them and pulled out a folder to confirm when the missions were taken. "Hmm, you took these mission yesterday, you''re a pretty fast worker, huh?" The woman smiled and asked Vitiate to show her proof that he completed the missions. No time was wasted, he quickly pulled out the 3 nuclei from the slime type monsters. "Very nice, we do this to keep the monster population under control and to avoid monster hordes attacking the town. By the way, if you''re willing to sell these nuclei, the guild will buy them for 5 copper coins each." Vitiate nodded and agreed to sell them, he didn''t need any nuclei right now. Afterward, he pulled out a few goblin corpses, he wasn''t planning to sell any of these. He was going to have his Dungeon absorb these for whatever points they could give him. "Gasp! Are those Goblin warriors, the ears are good for making potions, are you selling these as well?" The woman seemed a little too excited, Goblin warriors were rare on this island since they were never able to live long enough to advance to this level. "Nope! Not for sale, I''ll be using these my self, thank you!" Vitiate spoke and the woman sighed in disappointment, she couldn''t keep her eyes off the Goblin corpses until Vitiate stored them away. "How many did you kill? You can''t sell even one or two to us?" The woman was a little smug about not being able to buy a Goblin warrior or two. "I don''t know how many of them I killed, but it was a lot of them, that''s for sure." Of course, Vitiate was lying, these goblins were killed by Lizard and Crocodile men during the war. The woman''s face changed, she quickly called another woman over to take her place at the front desk. "What the hell!? He killed several Goblin Warriors alone, you must be joking!" "No way, he''s clearly lying, you would need at least a full party to hunt so many. The threat and probability of being overrun are so high!" The people in the surroundings could easily overhear what Vitiate and the Receptionist were talking about, they even saw the dead Goblin warriors when he pulled them out. However, they still couldn''t believe it, Goblins weren''t that smart but they could plan much better when they were warrior class Goblins, so getting ambushed and outnumbered was a problem. Vitiate pulled out at least 4 Warrior Corpses which surprised them, to have so many warrior Goblins meant that there was a threat of a Hobgoblin or higher in Dread Forest close by. It could be a potential horde attack if they weren''t careful! "Come with me, this may involve your actual rank. If you''ve killed enough of them, there may be something involved for you." Hearing what the woman said, Vitiate was curious. He ignored the stares he was getting, many adventurers looked Vitiate up and down. From what they could see, he was just some ignorant foreigner, but what they heard next caused them to sneer. "You''re an F-Rank for now, maybe we can change that." With those words, everyone started to laugh and sneer, this guy must have found those corpses on the road or something. Vitiate ignored them and continued to talk with the receptionist. "Oh? A possible level up?" This wasn''t bad, it would allow him access to better learning on the upper floors of the Guild if he ranked up. Vitiate didn''t want to stay in this town too long, he still had to wreck the Sharkmen and Spider Dungeon, but he needed a money source to build an empire in the future. Vitiate nodded as the receptionist led him into the back of the guild. The Guild had an arena for battles or people who wanted to duel each other, it was also used to test Adventurers for their promotion. Aftertime, he was led to a waiting room, the receptionist told him to wait while she went to get someone of higher authority. Vitiate waited for about 2 minutes, the room was surprisingly well decorated. Eventually, the door opened up and the Receptionist walked in, this time, she was with a man. The man had brown hair with a short buzz haircut, he wore all brown. He wore a brown vest jacket and brown pants, he carried a sword and round shield on his back. "Ah, you must be the one who killed many Goblin Warriors, come this way for further inspection." The man smiled and signaled Vitiate to follow him elsewhere. Vitiate frowned, he wasn''t that trusting, what if this guy tried to pull something. The man seemed to have notice Vitiate''s strange behavior and spoke up. "Relax, no one''s going to do anything to you, this is to see your skills as an adventure. This is to see and gauge where you stand." The man shook his head with a strange smile and continued "By the way, my name is Dukar, I am the Vice Guild Master of this fine establishment, it''s nice to officially meet you..." Dukar paused, he didn''t know Vitiate''s name, but he stuck his hand out to introduce himself. "The names Monster Slayer, or you can just call me Slay''d for short." Vitiate shook his hand after his small introduction. "Alright, Slay''d, right this way!" Vitiate was confident in his strength, so if this guy did try anything, he would use everything to fight back or escape if it came to it. Of course, nothing happened as he and the receptionist were led to a very spacious room. "Slay''d, our guild is in need of monster material to create potions, weapons, and other things for the soldiers or just in general. But to confirm your true skills, we would like to see the Goblins you have killed. If you''re skilled enough, you can move up to a higher Rank to avoid wasting your time as a low ranking adventurer." Vitiate flexed his Storage ring, then waved his hand, summoning several bodies. "Holy....!" The receptionist was shocked seeing so many dead monsters, these were Lizard and Crocodile men! Dukar was stunned for a second, then he started to evaluate the dead monster lying on the floor. "Hmm, these monsters were killed cleanly while some were killed brutally, but some were killed with different weapons. Tell me Mr. Slay''d, do you work alone, or do you have party members to aid you in battle?" Dukar was an expert at this, he could tell that different weapons were used to kill these monsters. He was most confused about the bodies that were sliced so cleanly, as he couldn''t tell what weapon killed them. This was the bodies that were sliced apart by the jesters, but who would believe that they were sliced up by cards? "Yes, I use different weapons, I have a weapon that can change into any weapon I wish it to be, have a look." With that, Vitiate pulled out his pole, he made sure to change it into different weapons like an Axe, sword, spear, and even a scythe to prove he was a solo fighter. "What a rare and extraordinary weapon, are you selling it?" Dukar asked immediately, it was a weapon that could change into just about any weapon the user desired, who wouldn''t want one? "Nope!" Vitiate said bluntly. "Haha, I saw that reply coming." Dukar laughed and continued. "From what I can see, it could be said that your skills are quite good, would you like to take an exam to be promoted to D-Rank? It won''t be easy, but D-Rank is as high as my authority can go." There was no point in keeping someone who was as strong as Vitiate in F-rank, it was just a waste of his time. "If I''m promoted to D-rank, there isn''t anything I''m forced to do, right? Like take on missions forcefully that I don''t agree to do, or fighting for the country like a soldier." Vitiate would not fight for any country in this world, but his own in the future. "No, there is no such thing, you''re free to do what you want in that aspect." Dukar shook his head, there was no such rule. "Perfect! Then I''ll take the test for the rank up." He needed access to the library upstairs, so why refuse something that granted him nothing but benefits? "Alright, you''ll be set to duel a D-Rank adventurer three days from now, so be ready for a fight!" Dukar grinned, it would be ridiculous to say he wasn''t eager to see this fight. "Okay, I''ll get ready for the fight then!" The two talked it over and made the arrangement with a few words. The receptionist was still shocked from the corpses and the weapon Vitiate carried, but he was just an F-rank! However, she would find out later that he just applied to be an adventurer yesterday! Dukar badly wanted to buy the monster corpses, but Vitiate refused to sell them. Vitiate almost told him that a new business will open soon with good and rare items, but he kept quiet, no one could know! After everything was set, he went upstairs to the mess hall to eat, this place had some pretty decent food but he believed it could be better. "The street stall food was better, but this is alright, it isn''t like it''s nasty or anything." Vitiate had asked where the usual receptionist was, but found that Linda was scheduled to work later and never worked morning shifts. After eating, it was time to check out his new land, so he left the guild in a hurry. ... Guild Spacious Room. "Did you get a good look at those corpses, they were slice apart so perfectly. It''s almost like the guy''s a weapon master or professional swordsman of some sort." Dukar was secretly amazed at how precise the monsters were sliced apart, he still couldn''t figure out the weapon used to perform this task. "Yes, he may be another upcoming Powerhouse, it''s probably best to invest in this one, sir! We''ve both seen this before and we know what happened 2 years later with that guy." The receptionist said. "Hmm, keep an eye on him, these skills can''t be ignored. Also, spread the word of the upcoming duel, I''m sure many would love to see a good fight!" Dukar grinned as the receptionist nodded, leaving the room. "Hoho, I can''t wait to see it, let''s see those weapon skills in the flesh!" 62 Vitiates Chilling Speculation! Vitiate followed the directions told to him by paul to locate where his new land was. After 30 minutes of searching, he finally was able to find his newly acquired land. The land was vacant with no building or trees on it, but there were tons of grass on the land. This was a good thing, he didn''t have to cut down any trees or destroy any useless structures. There were other people around, so he only looked at the land from afar to not draw any attention to himself. Vitiate would need to have a building made, this was his worry, how was he going to accomplish that? Suddenly, an idea ensued Vitiate, couldn''t he use his dungeon to create a structure and place it here? His intelligence was quite up there, so for this idea to come to him so suddenly must mean something. He found himself figuring out a solution to his problem the higher his intelligent stat was. Intelligence didn''t mean you were always smart, you could still technically be an idiot. This stat was good for memory and Elemental force, it was also good for helping you figure out troublesome things, as you would reach enlightenment on how to solve a problem depending on your level of Intelligence. Seeing the large land, Vitiate was actually overjoyed looking at it. He sat on a bench near a candy store observing the land from across the street. Vitiate pulled out the last mission he had yet to complete, it was a missing dog case. "Tsk! This Dog was probably turned into some monster''s food, it''s questionable as to why I picked this mission." Vitiate picked this mission on a whim, the dog in the picture was just too cute with its little tongue sticking out. "Well, hopefully, this dog wasn''t turned in dinner by some giant bird monster or something." This mission didn''t penalize you if you failed it, it wasn''t really one of those missions that were important and required completion once taken off the board. Vitiate looked over and saw some chubby kid licking a lollipop after coming out of the candy store. "Hmm, I haven''t had candy in a while, why don''t check this place out and see what this world has to offer." Vitiate got up and walked in the candy store that was called Bonbon''s Smiles. As soon as he walked in, he saw many kids eating candy and lined up near the counter with bags full of it. The clerk was a woman who looked Asian, he couldn''t really tell what group she belonged to, but he was sure she might be Korean, maybe. She wore a colorful outfit, it was the same outfit as a chef! Her clothing looked like a rainbow if Vitiate had to describe them, she even had chef hat on! The woman always wore a smile as she watched the kid''s joyous faces as they opened and ate their candy happily. Vitiate looked over some of the candy, some were similar to his world''s candy, like Laffy taffy and chocolate, what was a world without chocolate? Vitiate just grabbed a few candy bars and got in line behind the rest of the kids. "Wow, you''re a big kid, how did you get so big?" Some kids turned to Vitiate and asked him how he grew so fast as a kid. Vitiate''s mouth twitched, he wasn''t a kid, couldn''t they see that!? Vitiate didn''t say anything in reply to the kids, but they kept staring at Vitiate''s face curiously. Soon, it was his turn and his purchase was complete. He just went back outside and sat on the bench to eat a candy bar. Eating the candy bar, he could say that it tasted better than his world''s chocolate, that was for certain. Speaking of worlds, this got Vitiate thinking, as he suddenly sunk into deep thought. All the events until now were somewhat fortunate, he had gotten a decent army and gained some unexpected allies. Vitiate caught a dragon and even has the potential to make allies with the elves if they aren''t as arrogant as he believed them to be. But yesterday, he came to this place to actually buy land, but was able to find and buy in one day! Vitiate didn''t see a luck stat on his status, so what did this mean, this couldn''t be a coincidence, right? Could there be... another involved in all of this, some unknown entity secretly watching him like a daily tv series that would come on at a certain time of day to enjoy. ''No! There couldn''t be!'' Vitiate thought to himself. He had been taken from his world forcefully for being the best at a video game, it would be understandable if he died then transferred over, but a video game! Come on, get real! Though none of this should be a reality, it was real enough for him. The voice sent him here to be a Dungeon Master, but never gave or told him a real objective, but to survive! Vitiate''s blood ran cold, was he being set up to be watched like some clown performing!? He didn''t like it one bit, he didn''t like being played, he didn''t like people who found entertainment in people''s suffering, he hated this the most! Things had always gone his way, like a play written beforehand, building up to a great climax. Like a setup, but he found that heroes had been summoned here to cleanse this island filled with dungeons! Maybe he was overthinking it, but this was far out there when it came to overthinking, but it was possible to him at this point. "Sigh~~!" Vitiate sighed deeply, but why be gloomy about it now? The die had already been casted, he had already been sent here to an unknown fantasy-like world. With each act Vitiate took, it was strictly to survive and spread, it was all he could do to live for now. In time, he was sure he would reach transcendence and he would stand where no one could. The voice knew it was in the wrong, even offering Vitiate more Dungeon Points at the time. Thinking about it now, he should have haggled more points from the voice, how dare he sent him here without great compensation!? "All in do time, all will be well if play my cards right." Vitiate had always been an overly cautious person to the point of paranoia. His apartment had several locks on it just in case someone tried to break in, he even had katana he ordered from offline in his room for protection. John, or in this case, Vitiate wasn''t the easily trusting type, he never could have imagined that his closes friends would be monsters straight out of a fantasy. It was something simply unthinkable, even Dungeon Masters wouldn''t give their monsters the time of day, only telling them to do their job. Vitiate knew that this was the human in him still in affect, driving him to be this way. What he was, and what he couldn''t be anymore, ever! Vitiate looked down and found that he had already eaten 4 candy bars, leaving only 2 left. He gazed back at the empty space filled with overgrown grass that hadn''t been cut since who knows when. "The sun still hangs high, I''m still in the morning faze, it best to head back to my Dungeon to create a building and bring it here." Vitiate had just arrived yesterday, so to leave this place, he wasn''t taking the front door out. Vitiate could still sneak around the walls of the town, he could even fly if he wanted to. After about 30 minutes, he reached near the gates where soldiers became frequent. He wasn''t trained well in perception, but he could still sense people if he focused. Hiding near wall, he climbed it where he spotted soldiers talking and drinking. "Hey man, I heard they were sending adventurers out to combat the Barbarians but no one wants to take the job. I hear that those humans are extremely savage, if it were me, I wouldn''t take the job as well, haha!" "Tsk! Adventurers are nothing but wimps, they can''t even handle a bunch of primitive cavemen! Pathetic indeed!" One of the men spoke in contempt, it was clear how he felt about adventurers. "Haha, I''ll drink to that any day!" The two men bump their liquor bottles and started to drink and laugh. Vitiate had already passed over the wall at this point, but he still heard their conversation as he passed by. "Hmm, did you sense that just now?" The man in red armor looked out of the tower close by, he thought he felt an Aura signature. "Captain, you must be imaging it, I''m sure it was just some bird, like those annoying overgrown vultures." This was the soldier that tried to steal Vitiate''s storage ring, but his face was bandaged up after getting knocked in the forest by Vitaite yesterday. "You may be right, no monster would dare to pass by this gate or they''ll be killed on the spot!" The man in Red armor recalled Vitiate''s words about monsters sneaking in and couldn''t help but feel angry. "Damn bastard!" At this time, Vitiate was racing through the forest, his travel method was through the trees. This was faster and lowered his odds of running into any monsters. There was still activity as usual in the forest with fights breaking out almost everywhere. Suddenly, a tree was sent flying towards a monster near Vitiate''s location in the forest, but it quickly dodged. Vitiate was stunned seeing a tree being thrown like a stick. He only glimpsed at the monsters that were fighting, he recalled this monster from before. It was the Bear Ursa from yesterday, but this time it was fighting a humanoid Elephant that towered over him. Its head was that of an elephant with gray armored skin, the creature had hands that were like that of a human but much bigger! It was sporting black armor on its lower body while its upper body was bare. Its deep green eyes glared coldly at the Ursa Warrior, it was clearly mad about something. Vitiate had an idea about why it was so angry, but he couldn''t stick around and watch, so he left quickly to avoid getting caught up in this storm. Moments later, he arrived at his dungeon with no problem besides seeing a tree flying near his location at the time. Once he was in the Dungeon, he warped to the 22nd floor to start what he came for. "Huh, Master is back already?" Lily was a little surprised, she was expecting him to be gone for at least a month, but he came back in just a day! "Yeah, I need to do a few things really quickly and return back to where I was, but first, I have some questions about a few things." Lily may be a little kid, but she knew more about the Dungeon''s capability than even him, if anything, she was technically a guide other than the core itself. "Lily will answer all of your questions so Master can understand!" Lily''s face turned serious, as she flew over to Vitiate and sat on his head. "Perfect, this is about the Dungeon abilities. I was wondering if I create a structure, is it possible to take it elsewhere outside of here?" "Mhm, it is possible, you can even link the Building to the dungeon and get points off visitors that come to the building." This was stated earlier in the series, people who sat in his territory inside the dungeon would give him dungeon points. So not only would he be making money, he would be making Dungeon points from people who stayed in his created structures. It was a win-win situation! Vitiate could only grin, he was so happy to hear this, he did recall that the people on his turf would give him a certain amount of Dungeon Points depending on how strong they were. "Alright, it''s time to create!" 63 Mr. X! Vitiate flew off to a spacious area on the 22nd floor to conduct this creation. He had 4 acres to work with, so that was a lot of free land with many possibilities. What he was planning to create was a mall-like building with several different shops. The problem was getting workers, but he had spotted something in town that should help with that issue. "This takes me back to my Minecraft days, I gotta bring the creative mode spirit back to myself!" Materials were summoned suddenly, there were bricks, cement, and other building material for use. Vitiate was thinking of getting really technical with this by adding escalators but decided to just go with traditional stairs. Vitiate worked for a while, he added an armor and Weapon shop inside, a Potion and Elixir shop, a skill book shop, and a food mart. These could make him good money, but he needed something that could really make him a lot of money, something addicting to anyone. "What could really make me some hard cash?" Vitiate thought about it for about 5 minutes, and then it came to him! A Casino! This was the greatest idea yet, he could set something like this up here. "The people on this island aren''t the riches but when that event comes around, I should be able to make bank of those nobles." Vitiate got to it immediately and bought different slot machines from the system to place in the created casino area. He had an area for poker and other card games, but he would need a dealer for that. Roulette was another thing, he placed just about every casino game in this big area. Vitiate placed a bar in the Casino area, this was something he couldn''t forget. "Hmm, maybe I should add something not of this world, like a vending machine, this would be a bit more convenient for people." Making all of this wasn''t cheap, but this was a good investment that he was sure would pay off later. -Major Jackpot -MegaBall Etc. Vitiate couldn''t make winning easy, he had to add a percentage rate of victory and it wasn''t high! Once he was done with all of this, his attention was put back on the stores in the mall. He didn''t have any potions, weapons, and any other thing to put in those other shops yet, so all he could do for now was sell food. "All of these other areas will have to be closed for the time being until I have enough resources to stock them." Food didn''t cost much, and the food from the Dungeon System tasted amazing, this was food from his world. There was no doubt in his mind that people would love the food his business was selling. The mall wasn''t super big, but it was big enough. It was merely a 2 story mall, with black marble floors, Vitiate placed a large Stone Garden marble water fountain in the middle of the mall with lights inside of it to enhance its beauty. This little mall didn''t take up much space, so he had more room to add more businesses to the area if he wanted to. Thinking about this, he decided to add a separate building that would be stationed near the mall. This was going to be an auction house, he could have someone auction special items here since he wouldn''t be around most of the time. "I could have some sort of grand opening, but it can''t be opened yet." The mall had a special place in it for the employees to sleep and live. There was a reason for this, as no mall would ever have a place for their employees to live in. Thinking about it now, this could be thought of as a deal for Vitiate; the old man let him off good! The Auction house was nicely decorated on the outside, Vitiate decided to call it Aira''s Auction House. He only made the inside, but he hadn''t set up a system for this place, like a V.I.P and membership system. He wanted to make more buildings, but his Dungeon Points were taking a nose dive! Vitiate was able to store the building as he set these structures up for relocation, which was out of the dungeon. "I can''t put these up during the day, so the best time would be at night when people are at home during martial law." He had only 2 structures so far, but later he was going to add more buildings to create a little district, perhaps. Vitiate looked at his Dungeon Points, he couldn''t help but feel tight hearted seeing them, but this investment should do him some justice later. Once Vitiate was done with his business inside Goa, he had to get down to business inside Dread Forest. As soon as all of this was done, he left the Dungeon right away. He could warp to the Dungeon from his business, so getting here was going to be more convenient from now on. As usual, he raced through the forest until he reached the walls of Goa Village. Like the first time, he made his way over the wall with no problem, this was good and bad at the same time. The security was pretty bad, this meant no humans were safe if an intelligent monster wished to invaded the place secretly. Vitiate didn''t think much about it, any monsters hiding inside the village would surely have their time when the event started. The two structures sat in the void and were waiting for transfer, so this had to be done in 24 hours or they would force their way out! This was more than enough time for Vitaite, his next stop was to heads to the Guild. Once he walked into the Guild, he saw Linda this time, it was now her shift. As usual, she was too busy looking at her nails to notice anyone entering the guild. There were also way more people than in the morning, they turned to Vitaite, but once they knew it was him, they looked away to finish doing what they were originally doing. Quickly approaching the receptionist''s desk, Linda easily noticed him. "Ah, slayer, have you finished your missions already?" She clearly didn''t know of his arrival during the morning. Author Note: He spent about 2 hours or more at his Dungeon. "No, I''m here to convert a Bar of Gold into Gold coins, could you do that for me?" It was best to change it into Gold coins, as a Golden Bar wouldn''t do much for him now. "Golden bar? Sure, I can do that, please show it to me, please!" Linda''s interested peeked, there weren''t too many people with Golden bars. Vitiate slowly sat the bar of Gold on the counter, she inspected it for a second before taking it away. Some other woman took her spot at the desk, they were clearly checking to see if it was real and it worth. The doors to the guild were suddenly opened, and a man with a spear on his back walked in, his face looked gloomy. "Well, well, look who it is! If it isn''t Richard the coward!" Everyone turned to the man and started to jeer at him. Vitiate recognized this man, it was the man the Manticore knocked into the forest at that time, he survived! "Trash like you deserve everything bad that comes your way, you guys kidnap and enslave other races, fuck you and the Subjugation Guild!" "Why don''t you drop dead like your partners? Why are you still alive, you sacrificed slaves to survive, what a shameless bastard!!" "Haha! Have you heard, Blair and his gang were attacked by Giant Poisonous lizards! They were forced to run in the end, the creatures also wounded them!" It seemed that not everyone agreed to the idea of enslaving other races, they were scared of a possible war. However, this would grant many adventurers the opportunity to make a lot of money if they were drafted for war. Richard snorted coldly; this wasn''t even his main Guild, so he didn''t care about what anyone had to say here. Not saying a word, he walked upstairs to the mess hall, ignoring the jeers of the other adventurers. "Yeah, you better run you coward, trash like him and Subjugation Guild should all die!" Everyone laughed and cheered, Vitiate couldn''t agree more with what they said, though it was none of his business. Soon after, Linda returned with a smile on her face, she called Vitiate to the back as to not draw any unwanted attention. Once he was in the back, she pointed to a table that had a chest on it. "This chest is filled with Gold Coins, to be exact, a total of 50,000 Gold Coins! This is the worth of the Golden bar." Golden bars cost a lot even in his Dungeon, so he didn''t buy many of them, only three tops. Vitiate was sure that the Guild wouldn''t scam him, he opened the chest to see what appeared to be, an uncountable amount of Gold Coins. He quickly put the chest in his storage ring and thanked Linda before leaving. She was quite stunned herself, she had never seen so many Gold coins in one spot before, would he need to do any missions with that many Gold coins!? Once he left the Guild, Vitiate found a secluded spot with no people present. He changed his clothes and put on a disguise, it was the V for Vendetta mask that had long hair attached to it. He wore an all-black cloak with a black fedora on his head. This is where he was going to establish that he was Mr.X! Vitiate made his way through the Town, of course, he was given many stares, but he ignored them like they weren''t even there. Soon, he came to a building; this was the best way to get employees for free in his book! It was a slave selling shop! 64 Purchasing Slaves! Judging from the outside of the building, it had two floors to it, maybe even three. There was a sign outside of the shop that stated that there was a sale going on. Vitiate thought slavery wasn''t anything good, but they could still be used if it was permitted. It wasn''t like he could change the system, it would only get the humans in deeper trouble later with other races. Vitiate entered the shop without taking in too much of the details, he spotted this shop yesterday on his way to the Guild for the very first time. The shop was well organized with clean wooden floors that looked like they got washed every day. At this time, there was a middle-aged man behind the counter, he looked up once he heard the doorbell ring. "Oh? I take it you''ve come to purchase some slaves, if so, you''ve come to the right place! We have some sales going on today, so you''re in luck!" The middle man grinned, he was missing several teeth with a few gold teeth to replace other teeth. "Of course, I want to see what you have, so show me the goods! I don''t have much time, so quickly show me to them!" Vitiate put on a new personality with this identity, he couldn''t act the same as his actual self, obviously. "Haha! How much are you willing to spend?" The Middle age man didn''t seem to mind Vitiate''s tone. "Show me everything you got, it depends on what you have." He didn''t give him a direct answer and avoided answering the question. "Ha! Fair enough, right this way!" The man waved his hand and led Vitiate deeper inside the shop. Soon, they came to some stairs that led downward, Vitiate paused and looked around in suspense. "Customer, this way, it isn''t anything out of place, this is where the lesser slaves are located." Vitiate nodded and followed behind him, as they descended downstairs, a horrible pungent smell bombard their noses. "Goodness!" Vitiate''s face scrunched under the mask from the smell, he hadn''t smelled anything like this in a while. He had always made sure his Goblins and monsters stayed clean or there would be consequences for them. "Hehe, yeah, I still have to clean up a few things down here, sorry about that." The man scratched his head with embarrassment, not many people would settle for lower slaves. "...." Vitiate didn''t say anything, as the man continued to guide him downstairs. Eventually, they came to a door, once it was opened by the man, a nose burning smell leaked out! The room was filled with many large cages with lifeforms in them, Vitiate really hated dirty and smelly environments. "Sorry again for the smell, I hope this doesn''t stave you away from buying any slaves!" The man bowed slightly while looking at him, Vitiate had stopped to look around, so he was a bit worried. Vitiate didn''t answer the man and began to analyze the beings locked inside the cages. The man didn''t try to say anymore or stop Vitiate, this only showed the man that he hadn''t lost interest. Vitiate finally understood why these slaves here could be thought of as lowly or useless, it was because they were either wounded, disabled, or dying! "I guess you understand by now, yes, they aren''t in the greatest condition, so their value isn''t high." The man said suddenly, he could see Vitiate running over all the cages with his head motions. "Where''s the humanity in you? I believe it makes more sense to take care of the slaves to ensure they sold at a higher price, don''t you think? Instead, they''re in cages suffering and waiting for death, this isn''t the way business is conducted!" The salesman was a bit surprised hearing Vitiate''s words but he quickly spoke afterward. "Sir, I didn''t do this to them, they came to me like this. These are usually the slaves that were resisting until the end and ended up getting hurt in the process. They come and sell them to me and I buy them, I''m the one losing money trying to keep these guys alive." The man explained briefly for Vitiate to understand, it was out of his control and he didn''t have the money to really help some of them. Vitiate understood, most of these slaves were missing limbs and were even crippled further. This wasn''t hard for him to figure out with his Appraisal Skill. Vitiate only nodded and looked over all the slaves, he felt like he could heal them with potions or even his power. Two Slaves stuck out to Vitiate when he first entered the room, it was because of their features and they gave him a look when he walked in. They were both males, one had brown skin with black hair and long pointy ears. Sadly, he was missing an eye and one of his hands. Vitiate could see that this man was a Dark Elf, his face was scratched up pretty badly from who knows what. The other man had grayish-black skin, he also had pointy ears with silver eyes and white hair. This man was missing his whole arm, it even showed from his status that he didn''t even have a tongue! The man''s race was a Drow, Vitiate could feel hatred coming from this man but it wasn''t pointed towards him or the man in the room with him. Drows were closely related to Dark Elves, but Drows liked to hide and live in dark places. They weren''t fans of the daylight, it wasn''t like they couldn''t go out into it, they just didn''t like it. This could be due to their eyes, they may have some sort of problem dealing with the sunlight if it reflected in their eye sockets. "The Dark Elf and the Drow, how much are you selling these two for?" Vitiate asked as he kept his eyes on the Drow. "Despite them being useless, they''re still worth quite the penny! Can you handle it?" The salesman grinned and asked "Just tell me." Vitiate said bluntly. "They''re both going for 200 Gold coins each, can you pay that much?" The man asked with concern. Vitiate had recently exchanged a bar of Gold out for coins, but the bar of gold was high karat gold and big in size, so Vitiate got a lot from it. "Okay, I''ll buy every slave in this room to save you some trouble, that should come with some sort of discount, right?" Vitiate finally turned to the man whose face turned to that of shock, then it turned into pure joy! "Are you serious, you want to buy every slave in this room? Am I hearing things right now!?" The man was so happy to hear this. This was mainly because the guild and some adventurers were trying to boycott his shop, this was why a sale was going on. The chances of it happening were pretty high, so he wanted to make as much money as he could before then. "I don''t lie! Does it come with some sort of discount deal since this is the case?" Even the slaves in the room were shocked, the able slave looked at Vitiate deeply, what was he going to do with all of them? "Yes, Yes, of course, you get the best deal I can dish out, this is the best sale I''m probably going to have ever!" The man went to get his assistance to help him, they were 2 strong men that were working here part-time from the village. They were going to get the slave out of the cages and bring them up. At this time, Vitiate was at the counter checking them out. There were even gnomes amongst the slaves which was really rare, they were a race that was so hard to find and locate. Vitiate paid 1,650 Gold coins for all the slaves in that room! The slaves couldn''t resist or go against their masters since the slave collar would put them in check if they did. Some of the slaves couldn''t walk and had disabled legs, so they had to be carried by the two-part timers. The Drow and the Dark Elf came up on their own with a few other slaves that could walk. The batch of slaves mainly consisted of males with two female dwarves that looked like little girls, but they were already grown women! The Dwarf males looked like grown men even if they were kids, while the females looked like little girls even if they were grown women! They had crippling issues like all of the other slaves in some way, one was deaf while the other was blind! ''Got a lot to work to do but it all can be cured.'' Vitiate was confident he could heal these messed up people, so he wasn''t worried. Some of the slaves were worried, why would someone by crippled slaves? Was he some sort of maniac who wanted to conduct some experiments on them? Some of the slaves silently started to panic, this didn''t help with the way Vitiate was dressed. "It looks like your lives have all changed for the better, you won''t have to sit around and rot away slowly, but he might be able to help you guys!" The middle-aged wasn''t really concerned if they got help or not, they were finally out his hair while he earned some good cash for them! The salesman adjusted their collars by switching their new master over to Vitiate from himself. The Dark Elf glared at the salesman, but he didn''t say anything. Vitiate noticed that all the slaves were silent and never said one word to each other or him. "What''s wrong with them, are they all mutes or something?" Vitiate asked. "Ah, I forgot, the last command I gave them all was to shut up and not talk, this is why they can''t speak. But you''re their new master now, so you can command them to talk of their free will." "Oh? You all can talk now, if that''s what you want to do." He immediately commanded. "You!! Where is my sister, return her to me now!" The Dark Elf hollered at the salesman who still had a smile on his face. "Haha! Wild as always, I told you she is up for bidding, so there''s nothing you and I can do!" The salesman shrugged, it wasn''t his problem, but he was going to make some good money off of her. "You better watch your back in the future, because if I live it''ll be the end of you!" Killing intent could be suddenly felt from the Dark Elf, causing the other slaves to back away. "Bidding?" "Oh yeah, elf women are quite the hit and many are bidding for his sister. However, there is only one bidder left that can afford the price now." The Dark Elf man continued to peer at the salesman like was going to attack him at any moment! "And what would the highest bidding price be?" Vitiate asked curiously. "For her, it''s 2,000 Gold Coins for now but that might change, who knows?" It was a high price, it wasn''t so high that adventurers couldn''t afford it, but for low ranking adventurers, they would need to save for a while to accumulate the money to buy her. "Who''s trying to buy her?" Hearing the salesman up until this point, the dark elf man was surprised, was this man in black going to buy his sister!? "That information is confidential, I can''t give out the bidders info, sorry!" The middle-aged man looked helpless, it was an iron rule he couldn''t break. If stares could kill, this salesman would have died too many times to count from the elf''s cold glare alone! "Okay, I''ll big 3,000 Gold Coins for her, how does that sound?" "W-what?" The man was stunned, was this guy made of money? "Of course, you can bid, anyone can bid no matter who they are!" The salesman nodded like a chicken pecking grain, he couldn''t contain his joy from all of this. Vitiate paid 3,000 Gold coins and signed his name as Mr. X on the confirmation notice. The man signed some paper and gave it to him as proof. "I''ll be back tomorrow to buy more slaves, so don''t sleep on me!" After saying those words, he order the slaves to follow him, some slaves had to be carried by other able slaves. "Alright, let''s go get something to eat, I know a good place around here!" 65 Probability Of Discovery! The group of slaves were confused, they were going somewhere to eat? Vitiate told them that he had a lot to explain to them later, but why not grab something to eat first. As they walked the streets, gaining the attention of everyone wasn''t hard at all. These weren''t humans, so people turned to look and they were stunned to see so many of them. However, the people noticed that the majority of the slaves were handy capped so their fear died down. The Dark Elf and two Demi-human Bear Brothers wanted to ask why he would buy them, but they held back for now. Soon, they came to a restaurant that was pretty decent in size with people going in and out of it. "Okay, guys, this is the place!" Some of the slaves were deaf, so they had to be spoken to in sign language while the blind ones had to be guided. Once they entered the restaurant, the woman behind the counter was shocked silent. Seeing the woman''s face frozen while remaining silent, Vitiate had no choice but to speak first. "I would like a table for..." Darius paused and looked at the group of slaves and did a quick count. "21, please. If you can give us a separate room away from other people, then I''m willing to pay a bit more." "T-this.." The woman was stuck in a dilemma, she wasn''t sure she was obligated to serve foreign races. So, she told Vitiate to wait so she could bring over the manager or get confirmation from him or her. "What the hell is this!? You brought mere slaves into our place of eating, you really do have some balls!" Suddenly, a man who was eating couldn''t stand it anymore and spoke up seeing the number of slaves. "Who the heck are you? Shut up and enjoy your food, this is none of your business!" Vitiate knew someone would be against this, but he didn''t think they would say it directly to him. "You see, it is my business when I want to eat, so you better take your slave posey out of here, or else!" The man grinned and put his hand on his Axe stationed on his waist. "Or what? What can you do? If you try anything, then your arm''s gonna get broken from this all of this!" "Haha! I''m an E+ Ranked Adventure, what can some random guy do to me, you''re only asking for a beating!" Vitiate could see his status, but he couldn''t see his stats. His titles alone got him knowing what type of person he was. "..." "Hoho! You''re silent now, you should have listened when you had the chance!" The man didn''t draw his weapon, but he still rushed Vitiate baring his fist. His fist was wrapped with some strange energy, it was obviously the use of Aura/Ki! Vitiate stuck his hand out and intercepted the man''s fist! "What!?" The man was stunned, he put a decent amount of force into this punch, but it was effortlessly blocked. "Let go of me!" Vitiate started to squeeze the man''s hand slowly! "Agh!!" The man fell to his knees and grabbed Vitiate''s hand with his other hand, trying to pry his grip away. Vitiate''s strength stat was the highest, so it wouldn''t be hard for him to crush most individual''s hands or arms. Just when he was about to break his hand, he was called out to by someone. "Stop! Customer, please, no fighting in the restaurant!" Vitiate didn''t look at the man, but he knew he was the manager that was retrieved by the woman from earlier. He complied and let the man''s hand go, but as soon as he did, the man reached for his Axe with a maddening expression. However, he was kicked in the face and sent sliding across the floor like a mop! Vitiate wasn''t the one who did this, it was the woman who went to get the manager from earlier! "The manager said no fighting, so there shouldn''t be any fighting here!" She always wanted to hit this guy, he always said and made pervert gestures towards her, so this felt good to her. "My teeth! You damn bitch!" Just when the man wanted rage again, the manager called out to 2 bulky men. "Throw this man out, he''s causing a ruckus in my restaurant!" The two men nodded, they were also E+ Ranked Adventurers, but they were stronger than the other guy who was also an E+ Rank. "What!? I haven''t finished my food! Give me back my mon..." The man couldn''t finish when he found his face sliding across the pavement outside! "Sorry about that Mister, to answer your question, yes, we have a place for 20 if you want to be seated there. Also, it will cost a little extra, money is money and if you can pay it, you can get anything you need and want!" The Manager smiled, if you could pay the right price, all would be well in his eyes. "Perfect! That''ll do then." The man nodded to Vitiate''s word and called a worker over to guide him and his crew of slaves to the room. The slaves were stunned at the strength of their new master, they couldn''t figure this guy out. The Dark Elf and Drow''s eyes squinted, they were just as confused but didn''t ask. The room was spacious with two large tables present, enough to feed up to forty people or so! The man that guided them to the room gave them several menus since there were so many people. Once he was done handing them out, he gave a slight bow before leaving. He had seen Vitiate''s strength and it was well deserving of respect. "You can choose anything you want to eat, I know you guys haven''t eaten any good in a while so go for it." The whole room remained silent, it was like everything had frozen in time. He just bought them and now he takes them to a restaurant to eat! "Hey, don''t look at me like that, I''m being serious here, just choose what you want and I''ll buy it." Some of the slaves looked at Vitiate with strange expressions, the crippled slaves that couldn''t walk had to be placed in their seats. The slaves looked at their menus, happily, most of them could read, but there were still a few that couldn''t. They were given assistance by other slaves that could, so there was no problem there. "What is your gain, what are you trying to do by buying us?" The Dark elf finally spoke, he only had one hand. His face was the worse, it was scratched up so badly, it ruined his ''beauty'' which elves usually had. "Well, you guys are going to help me with my business. I''ll be taking you guys there to work as workers there." They were going to find out sooner or later, so he didn''t mind telling them. "Bussines? Workers?" The Dark Elf looked a Vitiate like he was crazy! "Do you not see the condition we''re all in, we can''t do any type of labor, look at those crippled people. Some can''t see, hear, and walk, or worse." The Dark Elf had a point, there were no able workers amongst these slaves, but the deaf could still work properly through sign language to receive direction. "I have resources and that can heal these problems, so pipe down and relax." Vitiate stretched, there was no reason to talk much about it here. Once his businesses were up, he would give them all a complete rundown about everything. "....." The Elf didn''t say anymore, he seemed to be thinking of something. He didn''t want to go against a guy who was trying to buy his sister for him. "H-how long are we going to be slaves? Are you going to keep us as slaves forever?" Suddenly, a Demi-human with bear ear asked. He was tall and somewhat muscular, at least he should be more like so, but that wasn''t the case. "No, you can work for your freedom, so there aren''t any problems there, just make sure you don''t get caught again!" Everyone was shocked, was he really going to free them once they worked it all off!? However, some didn''t believe this, but this was understandable. The host came back and everyone ordered their food. After a while, multiple maids came in with food to serve to all of them. Without hesitation, they ate happily, Vitiate wasn''t hungry so he passed eating up. For precaution sake, Vitiate appraised the food for them and found that it was safe to eat. Needless to say, they all pigged out and ripped into their food without a shred of decency. Food didn''t cost much, well, it depended on the quality like his last world. Sadly, there were even humans amongst this group of slaves, they didn''t let their own kind off either. Everyone was eating happily, they hadn''t eaten this good since they could remember. Time passed as two hours went by just like that. The slaves were talking to each other about their experiences and how they ended up as they did. Vitiate needed to go to the bathroom, so he got up and left while everyone was talking. On his way to the bathroom, he could overhear some of the conversations. Well, it wasn''t like the person talking was trying to hide what he was saying. "Have you heard? The Silver Scorpion faction is coming here to subjugate a powerful monster in the forest!" "They''re coming here all the way from Tarnish Desert to take down some monster, what monster is it, the manticore?" "Manticore? No way, why would they come here for something like that? Tarnish desert has its fair share of annoying and creepy monsters with the manticore being one of them!" "So what are they coming here for? Stop holding out on me and tell me straight up!" The man started to get anxious. "You know about the rumors, right? It''s about the Phoenix on Terror Mountain! I heard she was weakened from laying an egg, but the other factions still wouldn''t dare to push against her. But something incredible happened about a week or so ago. Some adventurers saw her in a fight with an Earth Dragon, they were sure she was wounded by the dragon, thus weakening her enough for the Silver Scorpion faction to raid against her!" The man ranted on excitedly, it was a chance of a lifetime. They wanted to take down a Pheonix, the reward would be astronomical if it was a success! "Excuse me! Sorry to pry into your business but could you tell me when they''re coming and how many they''ll have with them." Vitiate had to ask, his dungeon was stationed on terror mountain, so the probability of being discovered was high. The men looked Vitiate, they recognized him from earlier, yeah, they''ve been here that long! "They''ll be here in about a week or so, the number said was around 30-70 men! Yeah, I heard that they might even have a few A-Rank Adventurers with them." He didn''t mind telling Vitiate, he had recognized his strength from earlier. "Ah, thanks fellas!" Vitiate nodded and walked to the bathroom to take a leak before going back to get all the slaves. He paid at the counter and left with the group, it was basically night at this point. Vitiate had wasted so much time at his Dungeon creating the structures, so this made the day go by so fast. He also wanted to kill more time by feeding the slaves and waiting for night to fall. Most people were already entering their homes because of martial law and with the fact that they didn''t want to become victims of the murderous monster hidden within the village. As the saying goes, a vampire can''t enter your home unless you invite them in. The sky was just about darkened with many people running through the streets to make it home. Though Vitiate''s group stuck out like a sore thumb, no one could be minded with them now. He quickly made it to his newly purchases land. The slaves were confused, why were they here of all places? There wasn''t a single structure to be found here. Suddenly, a beam of light shot out of the empty void after Vitiate said a few words. He had chosen the position he wanted to place both structures. There wasn''t anyone around but him and the slaves, so no one knew about what was going on here. And just like that, the mall appeared before everyone! After entering the mall with the slaves, he showed them to their rooms. Vitiate also told them that he will start to heal the one''s he is able to tomorrow. "I''ll head back to my Inn to sleep, but I have to wake up early in the morning and come back here." After speaking to himself, he left the Mall, and with a snap of his finger, his disguise disappeared as he reverted him back to his original look. At this point, there wasn''t a soul on the street. Eventually, he made back to his Inn, but there was something going on. The Inn had knights in it questioning a few people, there was a body bag on the floor, someone had died! 66 Suspect! Like the typical, if not all the town''s knights, they sported a full set of blue armor. At this time, they were questioning the man behind the counter, this included the owner of the Inn. Once they saw Vitiate, they got confirmation from the Inn desk guy that he lived here. The man who handled all the customers from before had a gloomy expression on his face, but there was also a sign of relief in his face as well. "Hey, you, you''re late coming back after the curfew given due to martial law, this is a crime." One of the guards was suspicious, he wasn''t trying to cause trouble, but he was very worried about these killings. "I''m well aware of that, but I''m an adventurer who just came back from a mission, so I''m late getting back." Vitiate flashed his Adventurer''s Id and the guards all calmed down knowing what he was. "I hear you live here, you don''t mind us asking you a few questions? As you can see... " The Knight guard pointed towards the body bag. "We have a murder case yet again, but this time we have a suspect that was seen with the victim." Vitiate didn''t mind them asking him questions, the guards didn''t recognize him, this was probably because they were inside knights. They continued to ask questions about yesterday and Vitiate just answered. They asked him about his day and what he may have noticed during his stay here. The man behind the counter wasn''t let off either, he was questioned and so was the owner, which was some woman. Vitiate could see that the guards were pro-human, but they didn''t do anything about enslaved humans, which didn''t make any sense to him. He told them he had no clue how he could know anything until he saw the victim. The guards sighed and agreed to show Vitiate the body, the man at the front desk had already seen it and he was horrified at the sight and thought of it. One of the knights unzipped the bag and reveal the body. It was man, but his body had shriveled up, as if he had been sucked dry of all the moisture in his body! The man''s face had a smile but it was so ominous, which caused Vitiate to cringe. His eyes were wide open, which made it even creepier, any normal person would have nightmares from staring at it for so long! "One would look at this and assumed that this was the work of a Vampire, but that would be completely wrong." Suddenly, a man walked into the Inn, he wore a light brown trench coat with a cowboy hat. "Detective Morris!" The Knights were surprised that the detective would come on such short notice. They expected him to appear tomorrow in the morning for this case, but he came so late at night instead. Vitiate scanned the man by looking him up and down, he had black spots under his eyes. It was clear to Vitiate that this man lacked sleep. "What do you mean this isn''t the work of a vampire? The last attacks were from them, so what makes this one so different?" The knights all believed this was the work of a vampire, even Vitiate was sold that this was the attacker. "Feel the force around his body, it doesn''t feel anything like a vampire. Also, the man has a smile on his face, he seemed to have been enjoying himself from having a good experience." Morris walked over to get a closer look at the man''s face. "W-what? Are you saying he was mesmerized and died happy or without knowing his death was upon him!?" The man behind the counter started to sweat, he knew who the suspect was already! "Yep! This isn''t the work of a Vampire but the work of a Succubus!" The room went dead silent, even Vitiate was shocked! A succubus was causing trouble in town, along with Vampires!? Vitiate looked at the body again, he looked at the necklace around the man''s neck and recalled where he had seen it before. Searching his memories, he remembered the man from yesterday, the guy that was with that beautiful woman! The woman who was trying to tempt him at that time! "Shit!" Vitiate said unconsciously, it was no wonder he was getting strange vibes from her, she was something like that! "We''re under attack from all sides, we''ll have to call many adventurers to duty, I don''t like Adventurers, no offense, but they''ll get the job done if we set a mission up for the right price." The knight lieutenant sighed, it was beyond their power to handle forces they couldn''t even detect. "This was the man from yesterday, he was with a woman but I''m sure the clerk here already described her features. So, all you guys have to do is to be on the lookout for her, put some pics of her up around town, or at the guild." Vitiate could only tell them this much, he couldn''t and didn''t really want to do any more than that. Morris didn''t say anything and continued to inspect the body. They let Vitiate go, so he went back to his room to sleep, he had to wake up earlier, after all. After taking a bath and doing his nightly routine, he went to sleep. Time quickly passed, but during the night, he could hear the knights outside surrounding the area and talking. Finally, the morning had arrived, Vitiate a still tired but over a short period of time, it would go away. This was because of his race, his fatigue would go away after an hour or so prior to his awakening. With no time wasted, he got up to brush his teeth and get dressed before leaving his room. Vitiate thought about the woman from before, she had attractive features but this served to lure in victims like most succubus from the fantasies did. Afterward, he rushed downstairs to leave the Inn, there was no doubt that the murder case from yesterday would affect this Inn''s business. There was a different person behind the counter this time, it was an old man who remained as still as a statue. Vitiate just though this old man was the owner''s grampa or something so he didn''t care much about it. After leaving the Inn, he easily made his way back to his new district, but not before going off into a secluded area to change his wardrobe. Vitiate didn''t take to the street and secretly snuck his way to his new land. Sneaking his way into his mall, he looked outside the window and noticed a few people looking at the mall. They were intrigued and confused since this place wasn''t here yesterday. Vitiate summoned all the slaves to heal them. He had potions that could help some of the crippled ones, he had access to his Dungeon System while in this Building. It was easy to heal certain problems the slaves had, such as blindness, being deaf, and skin wounds, like horrible scratches. The problem was healing missing limbs, he could heal them with potions if they had the missing limb with them, as he did with the Hobgoblin in the past. He would have to put a few Dungeon Points on the line if he wanted to heal these type of injuries, but what could he do? Vitiate first healed the two dwarf sisters, one had blue hair and the other had red hair. One was blind while the other was deaf. Vitiate pull out a dropper and inserted it into a potion bottle and sucked it up. Afterward, he just squeezed some drops of the potion liquid into their ears and eyes. It didn''t burn them or cause them pain, but they felt a cooling sensation that they couldn''t describe. Vitiate began to help the other slaves with their injuries as well, seeing him heal them from their crippled state, doubt of what they believed he was possibly planning to do to them went out the window. Some were healed instantly while some would have to wait 24 hours for the effects to activate. They didn''t care about the wait, they could wait another day to walk and to use their arms again. They had always waited and always believed they would never walk and feel again, so one day was nothing to them. "Unreal, these potions should have cost you a lot, now how would I be able to pay all of that off?" The Dark Elf was concerned but he could live a long life, so he was sure he could outlive this human. "Haha! With you all working here, trust me, you''ll be able to pay it all off in no time." Vitiate stood up from the chair he was sitting in, he sat here to while healing the slaves. "Now, I will assign all you to your jobs here, do you understand?" Vitiate smirked and move his eyes back and forth over the slave group. "Yes, me and my sister are willing to work for our freedom, sir! What can we do for you?" One of the dwarf looking lolis spoke resolutely, she was full of spirit and happiness that she could hear again. "Good! Some of you won''t be able to walk until tomorrow, so just stick around and watch for the time being." Vitiate could force them by bringing them under his Dungeon force right now, but he was against it. However, if they chose to stay after all of this, then he would have to put them under the Dungeon''s roster. The Dwarf sisters were assigned to the blacksmith shop. He wanted them to make weapons, the shop would be closed so they won''t be disturbed. He had already placed ores, along with crystalline elements like metal and silver in the shop. The 4 gnomes were good at alchemy, so he obviously placed them in control of the alchemy shop of the mall. There were 6 human males, they were around 16 to 18 in age, he put them in charge of the restaurant for now. Vitiate hadn''t asked any of them for their names since he already knew them from appraising them all. The Drow could talk now, but he still never said anything. Vitiate saw that the Drow and Dark Elf got along, so he made them work at the casino. He would have to follow them to make sure they knew how to play all the games, and how it all worked. Next were the two Demi-human brothers with the bear ears, they were the bear type demi-human, so their statures were big. All of the humans were crippled, so all they could do was watch. Anyway, Vitiate assigned them to bodyguard duty, he may need them to go through training, but getting strong shouldn''t be hard if they''re weak. Next were 4 Satyr males, they had goat hooves for feet and furry legs with arched horns coming out of their heads, goat horns to be exact. Vitiate had to have them cover their lower body since they didn''t have proper clothes on. Each of the humans could choose to go with any of these groups to watch them at work. Vitiate still wanted to purchase more slaves before then, he was also hungry. However, he decided to wait, he wanted to teach the Drow and Elf about the casino since this would be his biggest moneymaker. If he could buy his Elf sister, he was going to place her in the casino area as well. Once they were at the casino, he started to teach them everything. They were amazed at the sight of the machines, they had never seen anything like them. They got to play on the machine and found that they both liked playing them a lot. They were free to play now, Vitiate hadn''t set them up yet. "Damn, this game as you call it is so addicting, I can''t stop playing this thing!" The Dark Elf had already played about 12 games, the Drow was no different. "I didn''t know the humans had advanced so far in technology, who would have thought?" The Drow sighed, this game was fun, but he was worried that the humans were 1 up or 2 up on his race, which wasn''t good to him. "This technology is exclusive to my mall, with no other humans having access to this. In fact, you guys are the first to see this other than me. No other human has seen these machines yet, so you''re a pretty fortunate bunch." "What!?" Both were stunned in unison, they were surprised but secretly relieved. "Are you going to share this tech with the other humankind?" The Drow asked to confirm. "No way!" Vitiate had a sneer on his face, he would never share any of this with any other race of the world. "Sigh!" Both sighed in relief again. "What are you guys so relieved about, this tech isn''t something that''ll cause harm to your race!" Vitiate shook his head, this tech couldn''t harm them, but he knew their worries. They more than likely believed that if humans were smart enough to make these machines, then what kind of powerful weapons could they have? "Hehe!" The two laughed strangely in unison again until Vitiate told them to go play cards and learn the game more until they were experts at it. Elves and Drows were smart and quick learners, so there was no doubt that they could process and understand these card games quickly. Vitiate had tv screens hanging up for them to look at, yet another new thing to them but they watched and learned from it. Of course, this whole Casino room would nullify everyone''s abilities to prevent cheating in the future. Some of the humans went to watch the other races work while some just sat near the water fountain and talked. "I need more slaves to work here, what I have now isn''t nearly enough. Free labor should get me rich in no time, hahaha!" Vitiate laughed just thinking about the money, but it was time for him to go hunting, he needed to infect someone! "Who is a good target?" With those words, he left the mall. 67 Meeting Her! After assigning them their jobs, Vitiate was ready to hit the streets again. He wanted to head to the shop from yesterday, then goto the guild or just finish this missing dog mission. Once he walked outside, he was quickly stopped by a few knights. "Hold it right there, this land has been vacant for almost 10 years! There were no buildings here yesterday, this is illegal, you don''t own this land!" Vitiate looked really shady to the guards, the way he dressed gave off a mysterious and dangerous vibe. "That''s where you''re wrong, this property was sold to me, so this is my land. Here is the deed to prove it, my name and Id are right here." Vitiate pulled out the deed and an Id that was made by Paul. The shop the old man owned was actually a shop that created these types of things and more. The guard''s eyebrows wrinkled, he took at the id and looked over the deed. The crowd that had gathered around was stunned, someone finally owned all of this land!? "Ah, sorry, it was just strange that buildings could appear out of nowhere so fast. There was no sign of construction over here, most would have noticed it but nothing at all that gave us any indications." The 2 guards that were with him were just as confused. The Guard handed Vitiate back his deed soon after. The deed was weird, it was black paper with white printed words instead of the other way around. "If this is your land and this is your shop, then what are you selling here?" It was just too big to be any food store or equipment store, so he questioned. "Hehe, I guess you''ll find out when I have my grand opening, but until then, you''ll have to wait." Vitiate said. For some reason, the guard could feel that Vitiate was smiling under his mask, which made him snort silently. The guard turned to the crowd and told them to break it up and go about with their business. Many people had heard Vitiate and were interested to see what his business was selling. "I''ll be back for the grand opening then, I wonder what you have to offer around here that we already don''t have." The Guards walked away after the supposed leader was done talking. Not paying any further attention to the situation, Vitiate bolted to the slave shop to purchase more slaves. This time, he wanted slaves that were in good condition in order to not waste any Dungeon Points. This time he was early, so there were no customers. The shop opened at 7 in the morning but the streets were practically empty at this time. "Hoho, you''ve returned! What can I get you today? You''ve bought all the poor slaves, so what will it be today?" There was no question that the man was happy to see Vitiate, he was buying up all the slaves, so how could he not? "The good slaves, show me the slaves that are in tip-top condition! Hurry, I have other things to do today, so make it snappy." Once again, the man wasn''t bothered by Vitiate''s tone and came from behind the counter. "Follow me! I have nothing but the best around, at least on this island." The man said with pride, as he led Vitiate to a stairway that led upward. "Around? You''re the only one who sells slaves on this island." There was disdain in Vitiate''s voice, what was he the best at? The man ignored Vitiate and continued to guide him upstairs. "Also, the sister of the Dark Elf is up here as well, so if you want to see her, you can." The man chuckled cunningly and kept walking. "....." Vitiate said nothing. The upstairs was completely different from the basement. There was a nice red carpet spread throughout the hallway with several paintings hanging on each wall side. There were many doors up here, which held different slaves. "Show me some other slaves before showing me the Dark Elf, we''ll save her for last." Vitiate didn''t want to spend to much time here, he just needed to get his business operational so he could continue his Dungeon Operations in Dread Forest. "Alright, then this room will do, this slave arrived a week ago." The man opened the door to reveal a woman sitting at a table. Vitiate immediately identified her as a ginger, she had freckles with really fair skin. However, there was a fierce look in her eyes that hid killing and battle intent. "This woman came in last week, she is a Barbarian from the Glacial Zone. These particular humans are savages, you should be careful around this one, who knows what she might pull." It was a good thing she was under the pressure of the slave collar or she wouldn''t have hesitated to rush both of them! Vitiate looked at her status before analyzing her physical features. "I''ll take her!" Vitiate said bluntly. Once he said that, he was given a chilling glare by the Barbarian woman, it was a sort of threatening gaze! "Hoho, she''s giving you the stare, are you sure you want this one?" The man smiled and asked to be sure. Many people who had seen her wanted to avoid her, but Vitiate instantly made a decision to buy her, which was unexpected to him. After confirmation, they went off to other rooms where other slaves were located. Vitiate decided to buy a decent amount of slaves, they cost much more than the basement ones obviously, but it was okay. The slaves that he picked were taken out of their rooms and brought downstairs. Some resisted and even attacked the men, but they suffered under the slave collar''s might soon after. It began to choke them out badly until the man had it stop. They had to set it up to where the minute a slave started having bad inclinations, he or she would suffer for it. Eventually, they came to an area with a white door, this was the room the Elf that was being auctioned off was present. The man who had bid high for her last time hadn''t come back to check on her to see if anyone had a higher bidder than him. The door was pushed open, as an alluring fragrance rushed out of the room. The room actually had carpet unlike the other rooms on this floor, she seemed to be getting special treatment compared to the other slaves. Vitiate confirmed this with her whole room set, she had a nice sized bed, dresser set, and beauty supplies! The Dark Elf woman sat in front of a mirror brushing her hair, similar to a fairy tale with a princess. She stopped and turned to the door with a cold expression, she didn''t say anything and turned back to brush her hair, ignoring both of them. Vitiate was a little surprised with the make-up she was wearing, she had eyeliner on with large eyelashes. She had long Black hair that went down her back, her eye pupils were surprisingly all white. "Ah, arrogant as always I see, don''t be angry with me, I wasn''t the one who caught you." The salesman shrugged with a smile, he didn''t care either way. "......" There was no reply from her as she continued to brush her hair. "Oh, this is one of the guys that''s trying to buy you, you''ve already met the other guy that was trying to buy you but here is another one." Hearing those words, she turned back around and peered at Vitiate. He was dressed weird from any average human, it was questionable if he wasn''t burning up in his outfit! After looking a Vitiate for a moment, she deemed him as nothing but a weirdo with bad intentions and gave a cold harrumph, turning back to the mirror. "Well, that isn''t the way you treat someone who has bought your brother and even healed him." She suddenly stopped, as her eyes dilated. She stood up and looked back over at Vitiate and the salesman. "Wow, you struck a nerve." The salesman said faintly. "My brother? Where is he? That asshole salesman said he sold him alright at the highest bidder a month ago!" She was surprised, she thought she would never see her brother again, it turns out that he was just locked up in the basement the whole time. "Nope! I bought him yesterday, he asked about you, so I decided to buy you for him." Vitiate looked over at the salesman who was shamelessly picking his ear, he knew he was caught in a lie but didn''t really care. She really wished to kill this man, but she couldn''t now, it was so aggravating to her. "Wow, that angry look on your face just makes you look even sexier, you''ll only make ''him'' more excited when you do it." "You sick humans, your days are dwindling by the moment! All you will pay for your crimes against all the other races, it''s coming, but I may not be around to see, which is sad." All of this slavery had left the human race with a bad reputation with most races in the world. "Yeah, Yeah, sure it is!" The man yawned and continued. "So, stranger, what do you think of her? She''s a piece of work like that barbarian woman but not as overbearing, but that mouth of hers is a different story." "She''ll do, I''ll be sure to successfully buy her. I just wanted to see her and that was it, I''m sure Levi will be happy to know she''s alright." Just when Vitiate was about to turn to leave, the elf called out to him. "Wait! Can I talk to you for a moment?" Her gaze went over to the salesman as she spoke coldly this time. "Privately, with no weasels around!" The salesman couldn''t help but laugh, he found her attitude so amusing, it wasn''t something he hadn''t seen before. "Ah, you guys can talk, haha, I''ll be waiting down the hall. Phew, this chick is so funny, just looking at her and you would think she''s a young woman, but she is older than me!" The man laughed and walked out of the room, shutting it behind him. "What was it that you wanted to talk about?" Vitiate wanted to leave to take the new slaves back to his business. "How is my brother doing? The last time we were together, he had lost his hand and was badly wounded. You said you healed him, is this true?" Vitiate nodded and began to relay everything that happened and even about his business. He told her that her brother was fully healed and working for him to buy his freedom, along with other slaves. She was stunned, working to buy their freedom? What kind of person would give a slave this option? "You have to buy me, the guy that''s trying to purchase me isn''t anything good." Her face turned chilly just thinking about. This man was extremely perverted and would do all sorts of things to his slaves, he would even have his bodyguard enjoy them after he was bored with them! Vitiate wasn''t remotely surprised by this. Of course, there were people like this who bought slaves for this purpose, so this wasn''t new to him when it came down to it. "Of course, I''ll be sure to buy you but don''t act arrogant around me, I don''t like people with bad attitudes." Vitiate warned, it was no need for all that crazy talk and behavior. "Ah, yes of course!" After talking for a bit more, Vitiate left the room to meet the salesman standing next to the stairs with a wide and weird grin on his face. "What are you smiling about?" Vitiate instinctively asked, he looked creepy smiling there like that! "Ah, nothing, it''s just so heroic, you''re trying to reunite family members, it''s so moving." The wiped his eyes with a cloth and continued. "Not, hahaha! Let''s go, I''ll check you out now!" The man turned around and proceeded to walk downstairs, leaving Vitiate dumbfounded. Moments later, Vitiate stood near the counter with 12 new slaves. The shop didn''t have many slaves overall since this was just an island, and catching any elves from Yggdrasil would be a challenge without getting killed. There were 8 females and 4 males purchased this time, it cost 11,600 Gold Coins for them all! Vitiate sighed and commanded the slaves to follow him, some gave him cold glares but he ignored them. "Please come again, stranger!" The salesman gave a few departing words as he waved his hand at Vitiate leaving the store. Vitiate shook his head and left the shop without a word, but the man wasn''t bothered at all by it. It was still early in the morning, but he still received many stares from many passerby''s with the slaves he had. Soon, he made back to his mall and called all of the other slaves over. He told them to show these new guys the ropes, and that he''ll be back later to further their training. "Woman, don''t try anything crazy, you better cooperate or else!" Vitiate could see the barbarian woman staring at him, she did so all of the time, there was a glint of madness in her eyes, which made it seem like she was ready to lash out at any moment. The woman snorted coldly and looked away. After giving them proper positions, he left the Mall to a secluded area to change out his clothes. Once again, he hit the streets of Goa, this time, he was heading to Doran''s Guild. "Hey, look, do you guys see that?" Suddenly, a man pointed to the sky. "Wow, it''s an airship, look at the insignia on it, this must be the airship of the elves of this island!" Everyone looked up in amazement. The humans didn''t have access to airship yet, but they were trying to create them, but they wouldn''t be as good as the elf''s airship models. "The Elves, huh?" Vitiate looked as the airship passed by, it was indeed the elf''s airship, it was heading straight for Yggdrasil! Many onlookers kept watching the airship until it disappeared into the distance. Making his way over to the Guild, Vitiate walked through the double doors and was met with the ''3 stooges.'' "Hoho, my buddy Monster Slayer, where have you been all this time? Wait, have you been doing missions without your buddies?" Lucas the fatty said. ''Buddies, when did we become buddies?'' Vitiate thought to himself. "Good, you''re just in time, we just go a special mission to take down a Dungeon!" Vitiate''s eyebrows lifted, what Dungeon were they talking about? "No worries, this Dungeon only has 6 Floors with a low Danger level, it should be easy!" Lucas assured. "Sounds interesting, let me hear more." Vitiate wasn''t against it, as long as he got the core for himself, he was fine with knowing more about it and joining. Thinking of infecting people, scheming thoughts started to wash over him. 68 Targets Of Infection! Of course, as always, most people looked at the door when Vitiate walked in. However, with Lucas'' big mouth, this made everyone look towards them. No one said anything and went back to what they were doing. There were more people in the morning this time around, this was a bit different from a regular morning. The group took a seat at a nearby table that Rigor had been sitting at already. Vitiate figured the Dungeon should be easy, he needed a core fast to upgrade his Dungeon. He was busy trying to train the workers at the Bussiness so they wouldn''t need him when he left for a long period of time, which he planned to do. There were just too many places on this island to explore, he had no time to really waste. This was definitely so with the so-called heroes coming to this Island, his Dungeon needed to be decked out. "Ahem, Zelman will give you a brief explanation about the Dungeon, since I don''t know too much about it when we discovered it." Lucas and his gang had discovered this Dungeon when they were out that day when they met Vitiate. Lucas was loud, but when it came to talking about the Dungeon, he talked quietly about it. If others were to hear that there was such a weak Dungeon around, they would surely flock to its location to conquer it and take the core. "The Dungeon is called Frosty Cavern, it''s a Dungeon based around Ice-Element monsters, obviously. The readings I picked up about the Dungeon showed it to be a White Grade 2 Dungeon." Vitiate frowned, it wasn''t because of the level of the Dungeon, but because of the Element and possible terrain of the Dungeon. Vitiate didn''t want to reveal elements like Darkness, Death, Light, and the Life, but his Wood and Water elements were countered by the Ice Element. "Hmm, is there something wrong Slayer?" Rigor could see that there was something bothering him. Vitiate wanted to use those elements more, but his favorite element was lightning, so this was his chance to give it a shot. "It''s nothing, I was just worried about the cold but I just remembered I had something to shield me from cold environments. By the way, why would you trust someone like me you just met by telling me this?" "Hehe, I Called it instincts, there is something about you that seems right!" Lucas said confidently. Vitiate didn''t remember doing anything to get their trust, maybe he should be worried, but that may be overthinking it. "Okay, if I''m going, we need to make a few arrangements about something. I want the core of the Dungeon, it isn''t for me to sell, it''s needed for other things of importance, what do you think? Are you guys perhaps in need of money or something?" "Money? I don''t need money, what I want is to get stronger, because if I don''t..." Lucas'' facial expression suddenly turned dark and depressing. Everyone here became adventurers to get strong, but you needed money to buy items that could strengthen you, so Vitiate didn''t understand. "I do need money, but we need to get the experiences more than anything else, so we have to take down this Dungeon." Taking down Dungeon would surely strengthen a person if they were able to do it. A Dungeon, upon being conquered would give off some energy force that would strengthen a person in every stat! And so another new thing that Vitiate hadn''t known. The Group surprisingly had no problem giving Vitiate the core, there was no deceit coming from these 3 like most people he encountered. Vitiate had grown sensitive to these types of people, he had encountered them so much, even the Guild''s Vice Master had some deceitful ways about him. "So do we head out today, or...." Zelman looked around and asked. "I can''t today, this trip into the Dungeon with the four of us could take some time. I have an appointment in 2 days here at the guild." Vitiate was obviously talking about his promotion, he wanted to train the workers, and he wanted to complete this dog mission for some reason. "Wait, in 3 days? Don''t tell me you''re apart of the promotion battles taking place in 2 days from now." Lucas wanted to watch these battles, but with the Dungeon they discovered, he was sure he wouldn''t be able to spectate them. Vitiate nodded slightly. "Shit! You just signed up to become an Adventurer, how is this possible?" Lucas was stomped, didn''t he just become an adventurer like yesterday or something!? "Nice, so we get to see you put the beat down on your promotional sparring partner, I wonder who it is?" Rigor was interested to see the fights now, he usually didn''t care for them since it would only tease his mind about his lack of strength. "I can go check really quick, there is a board upstairs that shows all the people participating and who their opponents are." Zelman got up and left without anyone having the chance to say anything. "So, slayer, what is your story? You seem like a Far Lander of some sort.'' Rigor asked. "I''m was born in Tarnish Desert but my parents were born in the southern continent. Tarnish Desert is an unforgiving place, so survival is key, this is especially so with how hot it is. But I grew used to it, this is why I was a little worried about the cold Dungeon because I''m not really used to the environment." [Ding! Acting Skill has risen to Level 4!] ''Well, damn!'' Vitiate laughed to himself, his ability to fool people had gone up again. "The Southern Continent, that place is crazy dangerous, how did your parents even survive such a place?" Rigor was shocked, who would want to go there? This was, of course, unless his parent weren''t simple. Judging from his abilities, his parent shouldn''t be simple, so they could easily believe this. "What about you guys, you''ve asked about me the minute you guys met me. However, I''ve never heard a thing about you guys." They questioned him the minute they met him, it was about time they revealed a couple of things about themselves, of course, Vitiate''s stories were all lies. "I grew up in a village, but it was ruled by an evil man. He loved my mom, but she had already married my dad. He held a grudge for a long time until he eventually conspired against my dad and had him killed. My mom and I left the village soon after, but he wouldn''t let us go so easily, he tried to blackmail my mom, as to have her for himself, but she refused him." Rigor continued to relay the story, eventually, his mom sacrificed it all for him to escape, which he obviously did. The man was quite strong, he was a strong man at the time, it was no telling how strong the guy is now. "The Bastard commands a lot of men, he''s paranoid because he has offended a lot of people in the past. He kidnapped many neighboring village daughters, so many people are out to kill him, but so am I!" Rigor concluded his story, it was no wonder he was always silent and gloomy. "....." Vitiate just listened, he didn''t know what to say, really. Vitiate then looked at Lucas, he already knew a bit about him from his titles. "C-can I not talk about it?" Sweat started to form on Lucas'' forehead, he seemed nervous and ashamed of something. "If you don''t want to talk about then you don''t have to, it doesn''t matter either way." It didn''t bother Vitiate, he wouldn''t pry into someone''s business despite him having nosy urges arise in him sometimes. But from looking at Lucas'' titles, he could somewhat understand what he was ashamed about. They continued to talk about the subject dealing with the dungeon, it was best to buy suitable things to detect unsuspecting traps within the dungeon. Eventually, Zelman came back panting from running back and forth. He had a list in his hand filled with competitors taking the promotion test. The group looked over the list and found who Vitiate had to fight for his promotion. "Oh, man, you''re up against Freya, that chick is a hardened warrior of the D-Rank!" She had gray hair, but this was not due to her age. In fact, she was a young woman, this was her natural hair color. Vitiate looked at his opponent and her list of abilities and her chosen weapon, of course, the review wouldn''t tell you everything about someone. Her picture showed that she was serious and full of battle spirit. "Fraya''s primary weapon is a sword, she''s pretty good within the D-rank bracket, but she''s been a D-Rank for some time now." Zelman had seen her around before, she often took up mission within the Glacial Zone, this seemed to be her favorite mission spot. "Good to know, I came to the Guild to grab a few missions but I should leave and prepare for this fight. Remember, be prepared, we''ll head out the next day after this event has come to past." Vitiate didn''t know, but this match was on purpose, the Vice Guild Master had set it up this way. It was time to head back, he wouldn''t go back to his Inn, he wanted to spend this time training his slaves about the job. Of course, he had other plans for this trip as well, he was also looking for potential victims. Vitiate had already found suitable targets to infect, by the time he was done with this town, he would have already infected at least 4 to 6 people. His current targets were Zelman, Lucas, and Rigor. When they went out, he would have to set it all up for them, yes, they would be the first of many! Walking out of the guild, Vitiate was eager to see how it would all play out, he couldn''t wait for it to happen. But he had to make them want it, somehow. The day was still young, he wanted to head back to the mall, but this Dog mission was still in his pocket. The mission only said the dog was missing and for further questioning about the mission, he would need to ask the owner. The address of the owner''s house was written on the paper that looked like a bounty poster, showing the dog''s face. There was a lot to do here, he had an appointment at the guild for a promotion battle. Most importantly, he had to Destroy the Spider Dungeon, thinking of this, if everything worked out, maybe he could gather his Monster army within 4 days to siege that Dungeon. Once Vitiate''s was back at the Mall, he needed to set up a warping device of some sort to jump between his Dungeon and the Mall. He kept walking the streets, looking at addresses as he passed every house within the village. The village was someways away from the Guild, but his speed was fast with fewer people out on the street so early in the morning. It was around 9, so people were starting to pop up more now. Eventually, he found the address he was looking for, it was a farm to be exact. Vitiate had to ask for help or he probably wasn''t going to find this place. The farm was quite big, it had all the animals you''d see on a farm, including horses. "Goodness, it stinks here!" The smell of manure and animal dropping permeated the air of the farm, it was hard to block the smell out since his senses were so high. Walking up to the farmhouse, he knocked on the door. After knocking a few more times, it was answered by a man with a full beard and head full of brown hair. He wore the typical farmer outfit. "What can I do for you, you young lad?" The man was a bit confused, who came to visit people so early in the morning? "I got this guild notice, I just want to question you about your missing dog. When was the last time you saw him or was with him?" Vitiate held up the mission log for the farmer to see, it was wrinkled from being folded into Vitiate''s pocket. "Hmm, it isn''t my dog or my wife''s dog, this is my Daughter''s dog, she put this notice up a week ago." The man rubbed his beard in a thoughtful manner and called out to his daughter. Suddenly, a female appeared at the door, she looked around 17 or 18. Her clothes were plain, but so were her looks, she had short brown hair that was the length of her head. Despite her unbelievable plain features, there was something that stuck out about her the most. It was her chest, it was unreal if Vitiate had to say so himself, how were they so big!? They were the biggest he had ever seen in his life, it didn''t make sense, were those natural? Vitiate questioned if there was possibly plastic surgery in this world, but that was doubtful for common farmers. "What is it, dad?" She looked confused as to why she was called over, she noticed Vitiate and blushed before bowing slightly. Vitiate could tell she was the pure and shy type, the quiet girl who rarely talked or just didn''t. "Look at the paper he has, it''s the one you put up at the Guild. The one dealing with your missing dog, he wants to ask you a few questions. I have some work to do, so I can''t sit here and talk for you, there are a few shipments that I need to place." The farmer walked off his porch and pass Vitiate to the farm area, he wasn''t bothered by the smell because has used to it. "About my dog, I''m so worried, I even asked the guard if they see or hear anything dealing with a dog, to call me." She stood up straight with her head slightly down, she was avoiding looking Vitiate in the face and eyes. "Your name, what is it?" Vitiate had seen many women, but he rather liked this type of girl. "Ah, yes! My name is Siena!" She looked up slightly at Vitiate but quickly put her down to avoid eye contact. "Wow, that''s a very pretty name, my name is jo...oh, I mean, Slay''d!" Vitiate quickly corrected. Siena''s face went red again, she was had never properly engaged in a conversation or been complimented by a guy before. After all, her features were quite plain to most men, so they wouldn''t give her second look unless they were looking "elsewhere." Different thoughts were rambling in Vitiate''s mind, could this be a possible target? Vitiate smiled in his mind, it was open season on anyone he felt was good enough. "Slay''d? Is that like an Adventurer name you go by?" There was no way that was his real name, she thought. "It is, anyway, about your dog. When was last time you were with it?" "Ah, right!" Siena began to relay what happened, she was out near waterfall lake. This was where most people gathered to fish, swim, and relax. Vitiate had seen it when he first entered Goa with the 3 stooges. Apparently, the dog heard something in the woodlands and started barking at it, the dog ran off soon after into the woodworks. She ran off after him, but she couldn''t find him anywhere. Siena even had the help of the Knights for a little bit, but they were honestly more interested in her; ahem, body....! "Okay, I''ll go search there for a bit, but don''t expect much, this dog has been missing for so long. Honestly and sadly, I doubt that he is even...." Vitiate paused, he could see the sadness forming on Siena''s face. "I''ll go search near there, I may be back tomorrow to tell you some bad news, but I''ll try." Vitiate sighed, just when he was about to walk away, he was stopped by Siena. "Wait, I''ll come with you to help with the search. As the saying goes, two is better than one." Vitiate wanted to refute her, but she had already thrown on her shoes and was ready to go. Without denying her, they both went off to the woodlands to search. 69 The Unexpected! Vitiate told her to lead the way since she knew the exact spot of the dog''s disappearance. As per usual, the knights were patrolling around the area. The leader of a squad would always be on a horse, Vitiate could tell that they were full of pride because of this. There were a few people by the water fishing and camping out, but they would gather their stuff and leave once it was close to dark. "Here, this is the place!" Pointing to the area, it was the place Vitiate had passed on his way here. It was a small forest within Goa Village. Both walked into the forest and began to search together, he was only going to search for a little while and call it in once they found nothing or the dog''s body. Most people didn''t come to this little forest at all, it wasn''t anything to really do here so no came. It was a nice sight to behold but that was it, the trees here were pretty thick and blocked out the sun in most places. "This place isn''t what I was expecting, the sun doesn''t shine too bright here, this isn''t a good sign at all." Vitiate began to speculate, this place was too dark with barely any sun piercing through, it couldn''t be what he was thinking, right? "Yeah, it''s a bit scary, that''s why I asked the knights at that time to help me with my search." Siena smiled and kept searching, she called the dog''s name but, of course, there was no response. The duo kept searching for about an hour, but still nothing. "Sigh, if only I had a better grip on him that day, this wouldn''t have ever happened." She really loved her dog, but she had him for 9 years; he was like a family member to her! She put her head down and started wiped her tears silently. "I''m sure he''s around here, maybe he is stuck somewhere we can''t reach." Vitiate tried to cheer her up, he did this with Aria back in the day when her cat got lost. Sadly, her cat was actually dead, it ended up getting hit by a car! "Really, you think he might be alive?" Siena looked up hopefully and asked. "Yeah, let''s search a bit more, he should around, I hope." This was all Vitiate could say, so they kept searching. Still nothing after searching for 30 or so minutes, so Siena took a seat on a log while Vitiate stood close by. Honestly, he was ready to go, this dog was clearly dead! Vitiate leaned against a rocky wall, but suddenly, he fell through it! "What the...!" Vitiate quickly caught himself from falling. "W-what happened?" Siena stood up and looked over, then she ran over. Vitiate was stunned, he put his hand on the wall and it went right through! "Unreal, this rocky wall, it''s an illusion, there is a cave system behind here!" It didn''t take a genius to figure out that someone deliberately hid this. Both of them inspected the wall and walked through. Vitiate was going to have her stay at first, but if the person who made this came back, she would get caught. The cave was dark, so Siena had trouble seeing. Happily, Vitiate could see in the dark, so he took her hand and guided her. Siena shook from surprise but didn''t reject Vitaite''s help. He could see everything perfectly here, it looked like the standard cave. Suddenly, at that moment, a dreadful smell bombarded their noses, it was so bad that Vitiate almost vomited! Siena wasn''t so lucky, she quickly turned and started throwing up. Vitiate couldn''t even speak, it was by far the worst smell he had smelled in his life! He was stuck in a dilemma, should he keep going or report this and not explore any further. But how could he let someone take what treasure he might find, so he continued onward. The smell was getting stronger, Siena was finding it hard to go any further, so he picked her up in a princess carry and continued. Siena couldn''t be bothered to think about the princess carry, the smell was just too overbearing and was all she could think about. As the saying goes, there is always a light at the end of a cave, and sure enough, it was. The smell was especially strong here, but Vitaite heard voices at this time. He put Siena down and crept forward with her sneaking behind him, as he peeked from behind the corner. What he saw was something you''d see in a movie, it would be more of an, apocalyptical typesetting if you may. An uncountable amount of Dead Bodies were sitting in different piles together, they looked dried out. It was similar to the work of the Succubus but it was clearly different from what he saw. The people didn''t even have eyes, they were so dried out that you could see nothing but bones with barely any skin! Siena peeked out as well and almost pissed herself from fright, she was completely shaken from what she was seeing that tears naturally came to her eyes. Vitiate pulled her back, but the she had already seen it all, it was too late for all of that. There were was a group of men and women hanging around the bodies, some were even piling new bodies up! At least they looked like men, their faces were extremely pale, to Vitaite, they looked like a group Voldemorts, including the women of this unknown race. Seeing this, he decided to appraise them, it was clear to him what they were, but checking their status''s became almost instinct. |Name: Edman Dunes ???? |Title: Murderer, Kidnapper, Devour, Sadist, |Race: Vampire |Race Type: Nosferatu |Name: Kurt Falls???? |Title: Murderer, Serial Killer, Sadist, |Race: Vampire |Race Type: Nosferatu |Name: Larry Cage ???? |Title: Murderer, Child Predator, Torturer, Extreme Sadist, Menace |Race: Vampire |Race Type: Nosferatu |Name: Kara Stello ???? |Title: Murderer, Human Hunter, Sadist, The Ruthless |Race: Vampire |Race Type: Nosferatu |Name: Karen Stello ???? |Title: Murderer, Human Hunter, Extreme Sadist, Psychopath |Race: Vampire |Race Type: Nosferatu Once they were done piling bodies, they began to speak amongst each other. "Damn bastard, who does he think he is? We are the Nosferatu, he thinks because he''s working with us that he can just command us anytime!?" The woman by the name of Kara was outraged that she had to follow someone''s orders. "Let him act arrogant now, he''s just a Necromancer, so without his undead, he can''t do shit!" Larry couldn''t agree more, but he was more patient about it than Kara. "His name was Necrit I believe, he wants these bodies to reanimate later, so they have to be shipped to the Dead Zone Of Dread Forest in order for the effects to be enhanced." Edman suddenly intervene and said. "This lazy fucker! He even wants us to take them to the Dead Zone for him!? Not a chance!" Karen''s face turned uglier, from what Vitiate could see, she and Larry were the craziest here. Vitiate had a choice right now, he could attack these Vampires and possibly off them. The other option was to leave and report this to the Guild quickly, this could earn him a better standing and even access to more information. He heard that the Guild even had pictures and information about the new heroes, but only A-rank and higher adventurers had access to it. Of course, he was interested to know how the heroes looked to identify them when he saw them later. Vitiate had no time to think when suddenly, a cold light flickered towards his neck. Feeling the incoming danger, he immediately dodge, as he pushed Siena away. On short notice, he sent a kick toward the sneak attacker''s face! "Oof!" The attacker let out a painful groan after being kicked away. With a thud to the ground, the attacker stopped moving. However, this didn''t last long, he got back up and looked at Vitiate and Siena with a vicious expression. His eyes shown bright yellow in the dark, he wasn''t human! "We have intruders, come, I need help!" The man called out for help, he felt that he was outmatched knowing that his sneak attack had failed. Vitiate could see the man perfectly. What surprised him was, the man was wearing knight armor! Vitiate wanted to activate nightshade to escape from here, but it looked like he was going to have to fight instead or possibly play a trick on them. Siena was truly scared now, she could easily guess that the man wasn''t a human, but like those other 5. It didn''t take long for the other 5 to shoot over, they were accompanied by 3 other shady men as well. It was a 1v9 situation! "Well, well, a couple of rats manage to sneak in unexpectedly, you know what this means, right?" Larry smiled sadistically, he looked at Siena and was overjoyed, another woman to torture! "I told you the barrier was flawed, even a stupid dog could find it! I knew Dog''s Blood wasn''t anything good!" Edman spat on the ground after speaking, but his words shocked Siena, she knew right then that her dog was no more. "After we kill these dumb humans, set up a barrier over the illusion so no one can enter or find this place! I suggested this so many times, but you idiots never listen!" Karen scolded the group, they looked down on humans too much. They weren''t as dumb as they thought and shouldn''t be underestimated. The group of vampires shrugged, but the armored knight was staring at Vitiate coldly from the dark. The only source of light was where they were stacking the bodies currently. "Kill him!" The knight from before lunged at Vitiate again, this time he had the help of two other vampires; Kurt and Kara. "Cover your eyes, Siena!" Siena was still shocked about her dog''s death, but she listened to Vitiate and covered her eyes. "It''s too dark in here, we need more light!" As Vitiate was saying this, he charged up a light-based attack, then he swiftly flung it towards the two approaching vampires. This was the recently learned skill called Light Bomb! It was bright and threatening to them, it was, after all a Light Element attack. "Arg!" Several Vampires weren''t expecting this. The light element had a secondary effect that could cause people to lose their vision due to how bright it was. In some cases, it may even permanently blind people depending on the attack power of the skill and how weak the foe was. Vitiate didn''t mind fighting these Vampires, but Siena couldn''t defend herself in this situation. He quickly grabbed her hand and made a run for it. "What the hell!? Catch them, they''re trying to escape, we can let them get away!" Edman screamed hysterically, everything would be ruined if they got away! Most of the vampires were still suffering from getting their vision back, mainly the knight from before. "You wanna run, don''t think it''ll be so easy, you trash human! Blood Shot!" Larry wasn''t having it, he managed to recover quickly like Edman. He aimed his finger and shot off a Dark blood red beam, it was a pretty thin laser but it was still deadly. Vitiate quickly turned to block the attack, which he did, using the light element as his backer. Sadly, this attack was strange, it exploded as several blood beams scattered about. Unfortunately, Siena wasn''t lucky, the scattered beams penetrated her bodies like a hail of arrows in 4 different places! She couldn''t even make a sound as she hit the ground panting and bleeding from her torso. Seeing this, Vitiate had no choice but to retaliate now, he could retaliate now. At this time, all the vampires had recovered from being blinded by the light. "You damned humans are good at playing tricks, but there is no hope for you now! Just accept your death, we won''t hurt you, much!" The group was truly angered now, being blinded by a sneak attack, they hated the light element so much! "Human? Haha, I''m beyond that!" Suddenly, a change started to occur in Vitiate, his eyes turned red as both the Elements of Dark and Light clashed with one another within him! The group of Vampire''s faces changed dramatically, what was this!? 70 Violent Executions! Once Vitiate''s eyes turned red, they changed again, he was turning into his first form this time around. In his base form or his regular humanoid form, he could easily take these Vampires down. The thing was, he was inside of this little cave with barely any room to work with. This was their domain, this was their home field, their playground. He could use powerful element attacks, but that could destroy the cave and everything in it. He had to fight them head-on using his weapon and skills, taking them out one at a time! The Vampires were shocked at the unbelievable change he was undergoing. Their first thought was that he was a demon, but they had a good standing with them, and demons couldn''t use the light elements. Out of all that could be, out of all the individuals they could have met. They had met this strange being that could use two elements that couldn''t be used together. He had somehow found Equilibrium in using a Negative and Positive at the same time! As the saying goes, you can''t serve one king or master while trying to serve another, these elements worked in this way. It was simply unthinkable to do this, not even heroes could do, there no being like this in the world. With this in mind, they could only speculate that he was a foreign race, maybe something new but this was quickly flushed out as impossible. In fact, Vitiate''s race could be considered as an interdimensional Extraterrestrial Race. For one, he wasn''t from this world, and his race didn''t exist here, he could be deemed as something from beyond. Both the Dragon and Phoenix, even though they didn''t say it, considered him to be an Extraterrestrial, but Vitaite explained a bit more to the Dragon, so she deemed him to be both. Of course, enslaving these vampires was an idea, but he would rather kill these guys instead. The group of Vampires gritted their teeth, but they still couldn''t let him getaway. It became obvious to them that this guy was also hiding amongst humans. "Stay sharp, surround him, he can''t take us all on at once." The vampires were extremely wary after seeing Vitiate''s transformation. Vitiate didn''t wear his signature mask this time around and chose to fight without it. After he was fully transformed, he immediately shot a healing Pulse over Siena. He drew his weapon and changed it into a shield, then he materialized a weapon made out of light. This was a perfect choice against creatures like these. "This guy, he''s too dangerous to be left alive, if we don''t kill him now, just imagine the damage he could do in the future!" With that, they all also started to form weapons as well using the Blood Element. Dark Red sabers, swords, and spears appeared in their hands. Their weapons gave off a terrible stench of old rotten blood that it was nose churning. "Kill!" Edman pointed at Vitiate and said menacingly. Without hesitation, Kurt, Kara, and the False Knight attacked. They spread out to attack him from all sides, however, Vitiate quickly made his move. He also rushed towards them, once he was upon them, he blew pass them, ignoring them. They were stunned for a moment, they didn''t expect him to ignore them and move so quickly at that. "What!?" Edman panicked and summoned a weapon of his own made out of Blood. That''s right, Vitiate''s first target was Edman, the one who appeared to be the leader of these Vamps. Vitiate''s Battle Axe slammed towards Edman! Edman could barely see it, but he got a glimpse of it and blocked the attack. "Ugh!" The crushing force of Vitiate made it feel like his bones were cracking and were on the verge of breaking. Vitiate liked offense a lot, so he invested in strength the most, and with his first transformation, it was even higher. "So this is the blood art you Vampires are known for, it isn''t so bad. Sadly, it inferior to the dark and light element, it also smells bad. But it''s understandable, as it suits things with a terrible attitude, oh, and lowly creatures like you guys!" Vitiate taunted and applied more force to his Axe, the Vampire''s sword was on the verge of collapse! "You!" Edman''s forehead was full of sweat, he was hurting bad right now. He was also annoyed with Vitiate''s words. "What the hell are you guys doing!? Help me!" Author Note: That Meme, help me in Kevin Hart''s voice! xD Suddenly, Larry shot another beam at Vitiate from the side while Karen also shot a laser at him from his other flank. The smell of Blood Element skills were horrible, they were also potentially poisonous. Vitiate held up his shield and blocked the laser from one of his flanks, reflecting it back towards larry. As for the other flank, he blocked it with his wing and dispersed it. Larry hurriedly and dodge the attack, but it exploded like last time, sending several lasers bursting out wildly. Larry dodged most of them, but he was hit by one of the beams in the leg! "Damnit!" Karen and Larry preferred long-ranged attacks more than anything else, so getting up close in person wasn''t their thing. The 3 rogue vampires that appeared out of nowhere just watched, they were looking for an opening. "Looks like you die, Edman! No one can save you!" Vitiate gave a hysterical smile and applied a crushing force, cracking his weapon! "Ahh!" Edman''s face was filled with panic and sweat! However, how could the other vampires let Vitiate get his way? Kara and company dove at Vitiate''s back with their weapons, meaning to stab him! Noticing this, Vitiate moved his wings to blocked them off. With clanking metal sound, their weapons were blocked, however, for the fun of it, Vitiate sent another kick at the false knight''s face. "Ugh!" The Vampire knight was sent hurling away through the cave, he flew off somewhere and hit a wall before falling to the ground. "What the heck, what are these wings made of!? How can they be so hard!?" They found it ridiculous, if they were used for flying, shouldn''t they be vulnerable to hard hits or a crushing force. They kept swing toward Vitiate, but his wings countered their every strike, they couldn''t breakthrough. Seeing that Vitiate was occupied, the 3 rogue vampires believed they had found an opening, so they attacked. They moved silently as they approached Vitiate from a blind spot, they got him! "I was wondering when you guys would attack, so I held out a bit and waited." At that moment, strange ominous black chains came out of Vitiate''s back. Kara and Kurt were shocked, they were, after all, swinging at Vitiate''s back, fighting against his wings. The chains catapulted out his back and max speed, the rogue vampires couldn''t believe it, they dumbfound and shocked. They had to think quickly, they relied on speed and sneak attacks, in fact, they were the ones who kidnapped the humans the most. They managed to dodge the chains, but these chains seemed to be under his control as they just followed them wherever they went. "What are these hateful chains, why can I feel emotion from them, I don''t understand!" The Rouges kept dodging and running away from the chains with the best they could manage. "No matter, these chains will never catch us, you''re too slow buddy, you better think of a better trick, you fool!" One of the rogue Vampires taunted Vitiate out of anger. Vitiate played the fool and acted like he was open for an attack to draw them out. Vitiate stomped his foot, everyone thought he was angry and laughed mockingly. "You will die here, we''ll use you as a test subject and dissect you! Prepare for the worse after this, hahaha!" However, they weren''t laughing for long, as the ground shook slightly and opened up. Vines shot out the ground and grabbed the vampire''s legs in an instant. "What!? Nooo!" How many tricks did this guy have, who the heck was this guy!? This was all they could think about, he had too many things and tricks at his disposal. Several more vines covered the ground and walls of the cave; ready to trap and grab anyone. The vines were good in closed in situations like this, and he used it to his advantage like he did when he first got this skill. The vines coiled around the Vampire, it was nothing he could do as the Chains took it from there. Meanwhile, Vitiate was in full focus, he was focused on a lot of things right now, so he had quickly end this Vampire. "You can die now!" Edman''s eyes dilated from terror, he never would have thought that this would be his last day, but who would ever wake up to a day believing this was their last? Without any further resistance, Edman and his Blood sword were cleaved through! Right down the middle in two pieces, he couldn''t be any more dead! "Shit!" Larry was busy healing his leg, which had a clean hole in it. Vitiate did a Spin and kicked up some wind, knocking Kara and Kurt away. As Kurt was knocked away, he was grabbed by a chain and drawn back in. "Arg! Let me go, you better let me go or I''ll have you dead!" Vitiate couldn''t believe this guy had the nerve to talk trash at this time. "..." Without a word, Vitiate began to pump horrible energy into his body, via the chains! "W-wh..ahhhH!" An ear-piercing scream of pain escaped Kurt''s mouth, his skin started to bubble and expand. Suddenly, he exploded into fleshly meat pieces! Vitiate held up his shield and increased its size, blocking the nasty flesh flying everywhere. "Gasp!" Larry''s body shook from shock, as blood rain landed all over him. Unknowingly, he was plotting an escape, he had to get away from here and report this to his higher-ups. "H-he, this son of a bitch! He killed Kurt and Edman, this is bad!" Kara and Karen''s faces displayed fear! Edman was the strongest amongst them and he died so badly without any true means of resisting. He had killed both of them so violently that it gave them the creeps. Vitiate suddenly started to flash, as a bright light shot out from his body. The light blinded everyone in the cave, this was one of the first skills he had learned, flash! As usual, they could only cover their eyes from this attack, it even started to burn their skin despite it not being an offensive skill. This attack was meant to blind enemies, so it was much more effective than a Light Bomb. It seemed like a flashbang had gone off, even their hearing was impaired, but this wouldn''t last long. So, Vitiate made his move! Two minutes had passed since the Vampires were blinded, but once they gained their vision, Vitiate wasn''t where he once was. They all looked around to find his location, and sure enough, there he was. However, what they were met with was a gruesome sight, the two rogue Vampires that hadn''t been caught yet were dead. Their heads had been removed from their bodies and tossed aside by him, their expression looked normal, their eyes were shut from the blinding light before. It was obvious that they didn''t see this attack coming. "You think you''ve won, our lord will avenge us, you won''t be able to escape! The events today will soon be known and that will mark the end for you, haha, it''s over for you!" With those words, the rogue vampire that was coiled up by vines and chains, body started to twist, then he exploded. He had committed suicide, he would rather kill himself than have Vitiate do it! Unreal, in less than 5 minutes 5 Vampires were dead. There were now only 4 of them left, Vitiate next target was chosen! He quickly advanced to Kara, who was standing alone with a sickly expression. He quickly appeared in front of her and she instinctively took a step back. "An ugly female version of Voldemort, how disgusting, you should die for that alone." "W-wait, I''ll do anything, I can be your serv...." She couldn''t finish when Vitiate''s wing came crashing down on her, severing both her arms. "AHHHhh!" Kara howled like a beast from pain, as she fell to the ground squirming with black blood gushing out of her wounds. "Are you kidding me? An ugly thing like you want to be my servant, do me a favor and die you abomination!" Vitiate used his wings again and removed her head from her body, it shot off towards Larry who was completely shaken at this point. Just who was the monster here!? These Vampires were on the bottom of the barrel, each of their stats barely passed 500! "Sister!!" Karen could do nothing to save her sister, so she turned tail to run away. There was no way she could stay here, if she did, she could only die at this point. She wasn''t the only one who made a run for it, Larry did the same. His leg was just about healed, so his speed wasn''t so bad. Sadly, it wasn''t fast enough, he was immediately tripped up by vines that coiled around him. Vitiate knew this wasn''t going to hold him long since he could form weapons, so he went to target Karen next. She was moving at breakneck speed towards the exit of the cave, she was trying to escape and blend in with humans! She may have been fast, but Vitiate was faster! At a moment notice, he appeared behind her and slammed her by the neck to the ground. "Oof!" Her face hit a rock, causing her nose to bleed. Vitiate''s chains wrapped around her, he really enjoyed these chains the most and knew he was going to be using them a lot in the future. "Don''t kill me, have mercy, please!" Karen panicked and spoke in a pleading voice. Vitiate laughed "Wow, you know, I bet all those humans said the same thing, but they still ended up dying horribly, mercy, not happening!" The chains started to go to work and do what they always did until her body exploded. All Karen could do was scream, she knew she was done for. This had alarmed the false knight, who had been fainted until this point. But once he woke up, he found that he was tied down by vines coming out of the ground. Larry had just gotten free, as Vitiate rushed over towards him. Vitiate smacked him with his shield, knocking him to a nearby wall. "A sadist vampire that loves killing for fun, you can''t be allowed to live just for that." There were even infants amongst the bodies in the piles, which sent chills down his spine, it made him really upset. Vitiate was once human and still retained the mind and ways of a human, he still had some Humanity in him. He really didn''t want to see what he once was to suffer, this was only for the innocent ones, obviously. "What''s it to you, you''re not even human, Why should you care!?" Larry hollered, as saliva flew everywhere from his mouth, he was clearly angry at how things had turned out. "It means everything!" Vitiate''s weapon turned into a spear of light, then he pierced larry''s torso, directly into his heart! "Ugh~~!" Larry coughed up a mouth full of blood and looked at Vitaite with hatred until his eyes lost their light, he had died. "It would have been okay if you were killing corrupted nobles, but you chose normal everyday people and even infants, and toddlers, you can''t stay!" Vitiate tossed his already cold body to the side and looked toward the false knight, who had just freed himself. The false knight looked around and saw that his companions were gone or mutilated on the ground. His face looked desperate, he looked over and saw Siena, who was surprisingly still breathing! Vitiate frowned and rushed towards the false knight, he wanted to take her as a hostage! He had no choice and released several Water Beams at the knight''s back. "Ahh! Fuck!" The knight''s armor was clearly really cheap, with it being dented and even penetrate by such a low-level attack. Vitiate didn''t give the man time to say anything and just killed him off with his spear. Siena got a looked at Vitiate, but she was still panting really fast and hard. Vitiate was amazed by her determination to live, but who wanted to die? "A-are y-you ''pant'' an... angel?" Siena slowly asked in a tired voice. "Sigh, no, I''m not!" Vitiate checked her status and her body out, it wasn''t looking so good. "I have good and bad news for you, which one do you want to hear first?" Vitiate said softly, as he walked closer. "T-the bad news, then the good news to cheer me up." "I think you know the bad news, but I''ll tell you again, and that is, you''re dying!" "I-I don''t want to die." She already had blood trickling out of her mouth and nose. Her lungs had been punctured and her heart had been grazed, it was surprising that she was still alive. But she had lasted this long because of the healing pulse from earlier. Siena had been hit in other places as well, sadly, his healing pulse was mainly good for curses. "Well, the good news is, you can be saved, but you won''t be human anymore. However, you will still retain your humanity, thoughts, and control without having negative urges." "N-no longer....human?" Siena could barely talk now, but she didn''t want to die and Vitaite''s offer seemed generous, so she agreed. There was really no time for her to think, the clock was against her, so she chose to live. "Hahaha! You don''t know how good your choice is, this will probably be the best decision in your life!" Suddenly, Vitiate teeth grew fangs! 71 The First Of Many! Normally, creatures like Vampires would target the neck to infect an individual, but they only did that because of the veins in a person''s neck. Vitiate didn''t target her neck, but her arm instead, it was a good enough place. His fangs easily ripped into her flesh, Siena''s body shook for a moment before settling down. The infection was almost instant as her body surge with power. Aura engulfed her body, as the cells within her body were changing. They were breaking down and building stronger ones. Siena lost her consciousness from the bite, this would usually be done in an instant. However, this was going to take time, because this was no regular bite, her strength was experiencing a major leap! "Dang, I can''t believe I actually bit someone, I''ll sadly have to do this a bit more often." It was going to be worse when he had to bite guys, he wasn''t feeling so happy about it, but he set it up like this, so he dealt with it. Vitiate could see that her transformation would be done in an hour or so, so he just looked around the cave. He had long since visualized what he would make her out to be once he was able to infect her, so the process was fast. Honestly, he wanted to check the room filled with dead bodies, but he couldn''t stand looking at them, so he just waited around instead. Vitiate had reverted back to his base form at this point, he just sat on a nearby rock and waited. "I came looking for a missing dog and found missing people with Vampires, just great. Not to mention that it''s earlier in the morning, no one wants to deal with this so early." The only reason Vitaite could fight those Vampires so well was because of his training, and him understand his abilities a bit more. Vitiate recalled his battle, he thought he may need to get more defensive skills. If it wasn''t for his wings, he would have had to dodge Kara and Kurt''s attacks. This would have made the battle last a bit longer, but thank goodness for his chains and vines. Once his business was able to run itself, he was just going to head back to his Dungeon and prepare to attack the Sharkmen near the lake. Afterward, he would need to destroy the long-delayed Spider Dungeon, but that may come much sooner than he thought. Once all of this was done, he could just train in his Dungeon for a little while before exploring other places on this Island. His training really helped him, though. It all paid off in the end, after all, everyone had to understand their limits and what they could do. Time passed, as Vitiate sat on the rock without any movement, he was currently just talking to Lily right now through his mind link with her. She had a lot to talk about, in fact, she never stopped talking. Vitiate knew she was young, but she sure had a mouth on her. Suddenly, Siena started to move and mumble, her transformation wouldn''t cause her pain, so there was trouble there. Vitiate could feel the change in her, she was no longer that regular human from before. He smiled with satisfaction, she was the first of many to come! Once she opened her eyes, she quickly felt her body in the areas she had taken damage from earlier. Siena found that her wounds were healed, but most importantly, she felt something strange about herself. Now, everyone in this world had a status sheet that they could view to see what they could do. However, there was a limit to this, no one could see their titles and certain things about their status unless they had the skill appraise. This even meant farmers and other commoners. Once she sat up, she looked around, then she remembered that she managed to live because of Slay''d. "Oh, you''re finally up, you sure sleep for a long time, not to mention you snore pretty loudly, jeez, you sound like a bear, haha!" Vitiate''s voice got her attention, she knew it was him right away. "Ah, s-slayer, thank you for saving, d-did I really snore?" Siena''s face turned red from embarrassment, but Vitiate was just teasing her. "Yeah, it sounded like thunder, haha!" Vitiate chuckled and stood up. Siena also stood up, she still found it hard to look Vitiate in the eye. He noticed a few changes about her, the Aura she was giving off, and her eye coloration. "A-ah sorry, I didn''t know I snored." Siena found the courage to look up, giving Vitiate a better look at her. One of her eye pupils were purple while the other was green, this was her semi-awakened formed. Siena''s original eye color was brown. "That doesn''t matter now, how do you feel? Do you feel different than before?" Vitiate asked seriously with all jokes aside. "Yes, I feel strange, I th..." Siena lifted her hand midway to touch her head, but suddenly, a green glow flashed around it. At that moment, rocks that were on the ground shot off towards a wall! "What!?" Siena''s eyes went wide from shock, then she looked at her hand that was still glowing with a green light. "Hahaha! That''s good, search your memories, you should know what you are without me having to explain it." Vitiate couldn''t be any more satisfied with what she just did, but she was going to need to control that power. Siena was a complete noob, but so was Vitiate at some point, but at least he played fighting games, right? Siena couldn''t believe it, but she did what he said and searched her memory. Then she saw it, she knew she wasn''t human anymore, but she recalled agreeing to this to live. "I-I''m an Apostle, a True Blood of the 3rd Grade!" That''s right, she was a 3rd Grade True Blood, which made her really strong. Vitiate didn''t need to explain it, the information was literally handed to her. Siena quickly checked her status sheet and found many new things aside from her life skills, like cooking, clean, and farming. Name: Siena Race: Apostle Race Type: True Blood| 3rd Grade| ButterFly-Type| Age: 18 Class: Farmer |????Vitality: 550 |????Mana: 600 |???Strength: 130 |????Spd: 450 |????Intelligence: 150 |????Dexterity: 480 |????Charm: 65 |Elements:???Poison Element: E|????Mind Element: E|????Dark Element: F|??Light Element: F| |Combat Masteries: N/A Techniques: Toxic Mist: Lv:2| Corrosion Bomb: Lv:2| PsyRepluse: Lv:2| Mind Illusion: Lv:4| Dark Cage: Lv:2| Light Shackles: Lv:2| Infectionous Claw: Lv:1| Defensive Skills: Poison Resistance: Lv: 3| Mind Resistance: Lv: 2| Passive Abilities: Cooking| Cleaning| Farming| Enhanced Senses| Racial Detection| Enhanced Growth| Innate Talent: Conversion Siena''s overall stats were boosted dramatically compared to before, as before, even a random Goblin could bop her to death. Vitiate could see her whole status, but there was a reason for that, he could see anyone of his race full status. "That''s some impressive power your packing, right?" Vitiate walked closer and patted her on the back, he continued. "Welcome, you''re the first Apostle besides myself, so, we''re the only ones so far." "T-The only ones, so we have no allies?" Siena understood from the information she had learned. She also knew her race didn''t exist here, she was amazed, but she was never a fighter to begin with. But having no allies could spell trouble for them if they were attacked by other monsters or even humans. "Nope, no allies, that''s why you''ll be training to get stronger, you understand your potential as you are now. There will be others that''ll be joining us really soon, so there will be no problems with that." "I-I understand boss, I-I''ll train to become the strongest I can be!" Siena knew Vitiate was the Progenitor of her new Race. True Bloods could sense this much, unless it was newly born child True Blood. As they grew older, they would believe themselves to be the ultimate within their race, so they would be shocked to know of a Progenitor if it suddenly appeared before them. "Train and work hard, you''ve been given great power, you understand that you must train to protect your ''new'' people and your parents. Demon, Vampires, and other creatures will do what they can to kill you and your parent. Before you were weak and couldn''t do anything, but now, you''ve been renewed, they can''t handle you so easily." "Yes, I will train, boss, sir, but where do I train to do that?" Siena gave a salute like she was in the army. "Well, first, stop saluting and calling me boss, just call me Mr. X Or X." Vitiate continued "The new store in town is where you''ll start your training, I don''t think I need to tell you that keeping your identity as an Apostle secret is what you have to do, right?" "I won''t tell anyone, it will hurt my safety and yours if I do." Siena tried to keep eye contact with Vitaite but her eyes would wander off shyly every time. "Good, but as you are now, your Aura is leaking like an old Water Pipe! You''d be discovered the minute you walked near someone with good detection or senses." She couldn''t hide from an advanced Knight or Adventurer''s radar, she would be found out immediately. "W-what do I do then? How can I hide from them?" Siena asked gravely, she had already accepted what she was now. "No worries, I''ll head back to my shop to pick up an item that''ll hide your Aura from them. You have to stay here, I know it''s gruesome and it stinks here, but your nose must be numb to it already." Vitiate nose had somewhat stopped working from the smell of this place, so he didn''t complain as much. "Okay!" Siena didn''t like it, but what else was there for her to say or do, she would be dead right now if she hadn''t chosen to be what she is. Besides, the benefits she had gained were amazing, she also wouldn''t fall prey to other monsters so easily. Vitiate left the cave and raced back to his Mall to purchase something from the Dungeon system. It was an item he had to use Glory Points for, he could have bought this to hide before, but that would mean wasting Glory Points. Vitiate already had skills that could hide what he was, so he didn''t need to waste any at that time. Once Vitiate change out of his clothes and went back to his business, he saw that everyone was working to fill up the shops within the mall with items to sell later. Not wasting any time, he bought the item he needed from the Glory System and quickly left. Vitiate was somewhat annoyed with having to change his clothes all the time, but it was mandatory, for now. He didn''t encounter any problems and made it back to the cave where Siena was waiting on a rock. "Ah, your back, that was fast!" It took Vitiate about 10 minutes to get back, which could be considered fast with how far the village was from here. "Hehe, I got the moves. Here take this, this should help you blend in as a human until you learn a camouflage skill." He handed her a bangle, it had the YinYang Symbol on it, which stood for balance. If you really thought about, this could be the Insignia or symbol of his race in the future, but customized in some way. The bangle was made out of Beads, with black and white beads made into a pattern. "Wow, this is the prettiest bracelet I''ve ever had, thank you!" Siena was joyous and immediately put the bangle on her wrist. The beads weren''t normal, they were extremely hard and durable, so they weren''t going break. "Glad that you like it, now, let''s get out of this place, it stinks here." Siena couldn''t agree more as she happily exited the cave with Vitiate. He told her to head home, for now, he was going to report this to the Guild. 72 Fight For Your Freedom! The day was still young with the sun hanging high in the sky. At this time, Vitiate was heading towards the Guild, he was currently rushing there. He had to report this fast, what if the leader or someone else came back and tried to clean up the scene before then? Vitiate walked through the guild doors as always, and as usual, everyone turned their heads to see who it was. After noticing that is was the foreigner from before, they turned back and continued what they were initially doing. Fortunately, no one was talking to Linda right now, but this time she wasn''t playing with her nails. Linda noticed Vitiate the minutes he walked through the door, which even surprised him. Walking up to the counter, Vitaite spoke. "I have something urgent to report to the Guild, take me to the Vice Guild Master!" Vitiate said somewhat urgently. Linda was stunned, she didn''t get to ask her question first, like what can I do for you before he started talking! Seeing Vitiate''s sharp glare, she knew it was serious, so she guiding him to the back without question. "Wait here, I''ll get the Vice Master over here for you, Slay''d!" Linda quickly left the waiting room afterward. Not even a minute had passed and she Returned with Dukar and the Old Middle-aged woman from before. "What happened, Slay''d? I heard it was urgent from Linda." He only came out because he heard that Slay''d wanted to see him about an Urgent report. "Oh, yeah, you might want to hear this." Vitiate began to relay what happened in the cave and what he discovered. Of course, he left out a few things that he obviously shouldn''t say, but the information he spoke about hit home. Linda and the Middle-aged woman were shocked and frozen in place. Dukar sighed and shook his head, but this was to be expected. A lot of people had gone missing over the months, so many speculated that the bodies were hidden somewhere. "Vera, you need to immediately contact the commander of the Knights, they need to investigate this place now! No time to waste, we can''t have the crime scene destroyed by any of the other vampires that might visit the place, so make sure he brings a powerful squad!" Vera''s heart had already sunk, she couldn''t believe what Vitiate had said, she knew it was real but it was too terrifying to her! "Vera, did you hear me!?" Dukar could see that Vera was in a Daze, she seemed out of it. "Ah, yes, right away!" Vera quickly ran off with a sweaty forehead and hands. "Linda, you''re dismissed, you can go back to the front desk and finish your job." Linda bowed slightly and glimpsing at Vitiate before exiting the room, she was shaking for some reason. Once she was gone, Dukar spoke again. "You know, once they investigate this scene, they''re going to come to you and question you about all of this, you know this, right?" "Sigh, they can talk to me after my promotion battle, but until then, I won''t be around." He planned to stay at his mall until the battle date. "That seems suitable, but getting them off my back will be annoying, this is especially so with Morris." Dukar shook his head, there was annoyance in his voice just talking about that detective. "You spoke of the Necromancer Necrit, well, he is an infamous Necromancer from the Dead Zone. The Guy''s base is located there somewhere, but we have never been able to find it, it''s becoming a serious problem." Necrit hid himself well, many high ranking adventures set off to find him, but to no avail. The Temple Of Light and other organizations wanted to find him as well, they wanted him alive if possible. If someone managed to bring him back alive, the reward would be doubled! "The bodies that were piled up were the bodies he wanted to reanimate into Zombies, that wouldn''t be good for you or the people of this village." Vitiate shrugged and continued. "Well, good luck on finding a solution, I''m just a regular adventurer, so I can''t do much." Vitiate turned around and left the room hastily. "Liar!" Dukar mumbled silently under his breath. Vitiate continued to the entrance of the Guild, giving Linda a nod before leaving. Once news of this spread throughout Goa Village, things may heat up. This Necrit character and the vampires are out of control, it was no telling what''ll happen next. As usual, Vitiate went off to a secluded area to change his wardrobe, then he went back to his Mall openly. Many people had seen this guy around town before, but they still couldn''t help but turned their heads. "It''s that guy who opened up those two-building, he has all that new land to himself!" "The Fel''nir Family won''t be happy about this, once they get word, they''re going to be pissed. After all, they''ve been trying to buy that land for who knows how long." "Let''s just wait and see, all in due time." Many people began to gossip enthusiastically about Vitiate, this noble family will surely be outraged about this and may cause trouble. Hearing the people around him, Vitiate knew he was going to need cameras just in case someone tried anything funny. If they did cause him trouble, he was sure he could sneak into the mansion at night and lay a hurting on the family. Once he was in his mall, he could see the new slaves setting up chairs and tables inside the restaurant. They all looked to Vitiate who had just walked through the door of the mall. The Entrance to the mall was close to the restaurant, so this was the first thing you would see once you walked in. He called one of the slaves over and told them to put a sign-up at the entrance of his land, saying no trespassing. Some weren''t working in the restaurant, some had other jobs they attended to. Proceed through his mall, he could see someone sitting in the water fountain in the middle of the mall! "Come on, are you kidding me?" Vitiate ran over and saw that it was man, but a fish at the same time, he apart of the Merfolk clan. He had legs before, but the minutes they were given water to swim in, their lower bodies turned into a half-fish body. "You can''t swim in this fountain, if you need someplace to take a dive, then I can have one made for you." Vitiate was understanding, he was a Merman, so he really wanted to swim if he could, but this fountain wasn''t for that. "Ah, sorry, I really couldn''t hold it in much longer. I didn''t know I couldn''t swim in this fountain, once I saw it, I was so happy!" The Merman quickly moved his way out of the fountain, then he sat on the fountain edge until his flippers turned in legs. "I understand, so I''ll have one made for you later, but you can''t use this fountain." "Hehe, sorry, sorry, I won''t do it again!" The Merman apologized again while scratching the back of his head. "Dry off before leaving there." Afterward, Vitiate went to check on every shop. He could see that everyone was working to get their job''s done for the grand opening, even the new slaves. They were assigned jobs by the Dark Elf who was still enjoying the free lottery games with the Drow. However, as he was checking all of these stores out, he didn''t know how, but he felt someone staring at him. Once he looked into the direction he felt the stare coming from, he saw the Barbarian woman looking at him coldly. This woman had a problem with him the minute he said he wanted to buy her. After noticed that Vitiate had discovered her staring at him, she harrumphed before walking off. "Hold it right there!" In flash, Vitiate appeared by her side. She was stunned for a second, then her expression changed back. "What!?" The Barbarian woman said with complaint. "You seemed to have a problem with me, right?" Vitiate smirked and asked. "And what if I do, what are you going to do about it, beat me?" She looked at Vitiate with disdain, she looked down on slavers, this was especially weaklings who relied on money. This is what she thought of Vitiate, some rich kid with money and no skills at all, complete trash! "Big talk for a wild woman with no manners, but I wonder if you can back all of that up?" Vitiate seemed to be challenging her, he could tell she thought little of him but he couldn''t stand the way she looked at him. Usually, he wouldn''t care, but that look reminded him of a few people back in middle school who used to bother him. "Haha, now that''s funny, a little man like you wants to challenge me to a duel?" She couldn''t help but laugh, did he not know his place on the strength ladder!? "That''s exactly what I''m saying, do you want to do battle or not? I hear barbarians are a bunch of brain dead idiots who hadn''t discovered fire yet, is this true? "What!? Who dares to call us idiot, I''ll kill him dead!" Her attitude suddenly flared further hearing Vitiate''s remark. "I challenge you to a duel then, don''t even think about wussing out! I''m gonna make you regret buying me, now, where is the arena?" She sneered, she couldn''t wait to put Vitiate in his place, how dare this rich boy act arrogant, all he did was rely on money to get what he wanted! "This way, we can fight on the training grounds I made myself." Vitiate walked off as she followed him, many slaves had heard what happened, they knew a fight was coming. "If you guys want to watch, then come and watch!" Many slaves gulped and started to leave their shops, who didn''t like to spectate a good fight? The Barbarian woman smiled, this guy didn''t only want to get beat, but he wanted to in front of all his slaves, this was perfect for her! The group was led to a door, but this door didn''t have anything behind it, it only said staff only on it. Vitiate entered the Dungeon System and began to customize the mall, creating a stairway downward. This stairway led to a training ground he was planning to make anyway, it was good for training and dueling. Once they were downstairs, everyone was amazed, they could have swore that there was nothing like this here before. Without further ado, all of the slaves took a seat in the seating area to watch. Every slave was present here except the Merman, they had come running to watch this fight. The battle stage was made out of soothe refined stone just for combat. There was a weapon''s rack off to the side filled with weapons, however, these weapons were low grades only. "Pick your weapon of choice, make sure it''s good, I don''t want to hear you crying once you get a beat down." Vitiate smiled and chose the gauntlets as his weapon of choice. "Ha! Took the words right out of my mouth!" Without a single thought, she chose a double-edged Axe. Of course, to make things fair, Vitiate chose a weapon from the rack just like her. "I want to make a bet with you, is this alright or are you insecure about winning?" She had sneer planted on her face and taunted him, as if she was saying that he was too scared about something he wasn''t sure about. "Sure, what will it be?" "If I win, you free me and everyone here, what do you say to that?" "Gasp!" "Oh!?" "Holy!" Everyone was shocked hearing this, she was fighting for her freedom and theirs! "Wow, go hard or go home, I like it! Okay, if you win, I''ll free everyone and you, but if you lose..." Vitiate smiled. "What is it, telling me!" Vitiate pulled something out of his storage ring. "If you lose, you won''t be wearing your barbarian clothes anymore, you''ll have to wear this maid outfit everyday while working here! The back of the outfit says Sore Loser on it." Vitiate would rather for no one to ask why he had something like this on him, but it was a long story. "Darn! Can she even fit in that thing!?" "Look at her butt, there no way it''ll fit!" The Dwarf sister with the blue hair pointed to the Barbarian woman''s butt, then everyone reverted their eyes there! "Hey you idiots, I''m fighting for you here!" She hollered at the other slaves, it was almost like they accepted that she had lost already! "Hmph! Fine, I''ll wear your stupid outfit, but you better not go back on your word!" Grinning deeply, she lifted her Double-edged Axe! "Haha! Fight for your freedom!" 73 Hidden Talent! The slave audience watched closely, they were, for some reason happy to see some action. "She chose an Axe as her weapon? I should expect nothing less from some brutish Barbarian woman, just look at her clothes." The Dark Elf watched with his arms folded, and the Drow couldn''t agree more to his comment by simply nodding. "If I had money, I would bet on the boss, the fat butt lady can''t win this one." "Yeah, but we don''t have any money to bet, so all we can do is watch knowingly." The Dwarf sisters tried to whisper, but their whispers were too loud. The barbarian woman''s mouth twitched uncontrollably, did they not know appreciation!? Vitiate started to somewhat understand why these sisters were probably crippled, they trashed people a lot with their mouths, this may have something to do with it. But in all honesty, he found these two sister''s ignorant flames funny. The Barbarian woman took a deep breath and calmed down, she would have them wishing they hadn''t talked about her like that after she had won! The battle had already started, so she held her weapon tightly before glaring a Vitiate. Giving a battle cry, she rushed him, once she reached him, she swung her Axe with greater strength. This type of straight forward attack was easily dodged. With this type of speed, Vitiate was almost certain that she wouldn''t even beat the current Siena! After missing, she quickly swung her Axe again and again with miss after miss. "Stop dodging, is that all you can do!?" She kept swinging, but Vitiate just kept dodged her every attack. "You can''t even hit me, just imagine when I start going on the offensive, can you dodge my attacks?" Suddenly, she swung again, but with more force this time, tearing through the air, her swings could literally be heard. Vitiate easily concluded that her strength was surely higher than any other stat she had. However, he used her strength against her. Once she swung with much more force after hearing Vitiate comment, he quickly moved in and pushed her hands with more force. Her own Kinetic energy was used against her, and she was sent flying like a wooden puppet. The Drow''s face changed and so did the Dark Elf''s, they were amazed at his skills to do something like this. "I wanna learn how to fight like that, and I will soon!" One of the Bear Demi-Human brothers was eager to fight like that one day, he knew what his future occupation was here, so getting strong was a must. The barbarian woman was shocked, how did she get blown away by such a simple attack? However, she caught herself and landed on the ground safely. She stared at Vitiate with conflict and thought things weren''t going to be so easy, but she recalled how fast he approached her earlier. "A little weasel who uses speed to his advantage!" She mumbled this under her breath, but Vitiate could still hear it perfectly. "A weasel, I''m not, but yes, I use speed to my advantage. What can a tortoise-like you do about it, though?" Her eyes went wide for a second, he had some pretty good hearing, but a human''s senses were heightened the stronger they got. "That won''t happen again!" Without a word more, she rushed Vitiate again by jumping into the air! Seeing this, he dodged again, she didn''t destroy the ground but she did leave a mark on it. She gave chase and kept attack Vitiate with a flurry of swings and thrust, suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach! She groaned and found that she had been punched in the stomach, but before she could do anything about it, she was hit with an uppercut to the chin! "Arg!" The Barbarian woman was shot up like a cannonball! Vitiate had punched her in the stomach, then he uppercutted her with the same fist! She landed on the ground with a loud thud that resounded throughout the whole training room. "Ouch! Is she alive?" "I hope she isn''t dead!" "Well, I can''t say I didn''t see that coming, she fought with no real plan, she''s clearly inexperienced." The Dark Elf shook his head and said, with the Drow only nodding, were they that close? "There is still a chance, you don''t have to embarrass yourself anymore, everyone is happy you fought for them, right guys?" Vitiate looked at the crowd and winked. "Yeah, we thought you were amazing!" "Thank you for fighting for us, but we don''t want to see you get hurt anymore." "You were amazing, I''m really happy to know that there are still good humans in the world." "All of you, shut up!" The Barbarian woman stood up, her face was beaming with rage. She wasn''t the smartest, but she could feel and hear the sarcasm in their voices. The audience grew silent by tightly shutting their mouths. Afterward, she looked towards Vitiate, then she threw her weapon to the ground. "This is holding me back, you said you used speed to your advantage, right? Well, let''s see how you like the use of speed, power, and defense!" Suddenly, some strange energy began to circulate around her body, then her skin slowly turned red with steam fuming from it. Vitiate knew what Technique this was, it was Berserk but there was something different about it. Afterward, a tent of red Aura covered her body, then her muscles began to expand on her arms and legs. It wasn''t hard to guess that her speed and power was increasing, her eyes also lost their pupils, and were replaced by red bright lights! Vitiate had never seen her status before, he hadn''t had a chance to with all that was going on. While she was powering up, he appraised her, he could see her whole status because she was his slave. After running through her status, he knew this was her Innate Talent at work right now. "Looks like I found a gem in all of this, I can''t let her free, ever!" Vitiate whispered to himself, he wasn''t letting such a talented fighter go free with ease. Her innate Talent was called the Warrior''s Madness! The Innate Talent boosted the user''s Defense and Speed by 50 percent, while the Strength of the individual was boost by 70 percent! How did someone with such a powerful Innate skill get caught, was she sold out by her people or something? Vitiate grew serious this time, this was something he wasn''t expecting at all. With that, he removed his clothes except for his mask, they would only hold him back. The audience couldn''t understand what was going on, but they knew things were getting serious now. They were shocked to officially see Vitiate''s body and could only guess how his face looked, they were expecting some young man with an arrogant demeanor. Everyone wanted to comment on Vitiate''s body, but there was no room for that now. Vitiate also noticed that the Barbarian woman''s name was Adara. Adara looked up and grinned deeply at Vitiate, and without a word, she catapulted towards Vitiate in a flash. Vitiate was shocked! He hurriedly and dodge, but the place he was once standing was pulverized, the stadium ground couldn''t hold up, as a crater was left behind. She combined Berserk and her innate talent together, making her strength stats skyrocket! These techniques could be a serious game-changer in most situations. One thing was for sure, her strength was now higher than Vitiate''s! Adara didn''t give Vitiate time to breathe and burst toward him after missing her first strike. She moved swiftly and rammed Vitiate with her body that had increased in size. Vitiate crossed his arms over his chest to take the impact, but he was still blown back by the attack. He slammed into the other part of the spectator''s section of the arena. BooM! "Strength and Speed, her strength must have leaped by folds!" The drow, who usually stayed silent couldn''t help but speak up this time. He was sure a regular barrier couldn''t guard against that type of power, it would probably be destroyed in one hit! "......." The Dark Elf silently watched, he knew she was brute, but that strength wasn''t a laughing matter. Everyone''s mouths at this point had already dropped, who could expect this!? "So, was that fast enough for you? What, you can''t say anything now!" Adara looked a the dust cloud coming from the rubble that had covered the area with a deep grin. Vitiate came out of the rubble and wiped the blood off his lips. "Wow, I didn''t expect you to have such a skill, do all barbarians have this ability?" "Hehe, no way, this is exclusive to me, only!" Adara sneered and continued "Do you give up or do you still want a beat down?" Everyone watched with wide eyes, what was he going to say? "I want a beat down!" "You! You damn Masochist freak, you''ll regret this!" With those words, she rushed Vitiate again at max speed, sending a barrage of punches towards him. This time, Vitiate was able to dodge the onslaught of attacks! At that moment, he found an opening and sent a haymaker towards her left cheek. Vitiate successfully connected, but sadly, it was like hitting a wall, it didn''t even affect her! "Puny attacks like that won''t work on me!" She was better physically, Vitiate couldn''t help but think of how overpowered her Innate talent was! However, there was weakness, he knew the weakness as anyone would dealing with berserkers. She grabbed Vitiate''s arm and tossed him away, but he caught himself and landed on the ground. He acknowledged that she had the advantage physically. Adara had the Berserker Class which naturally boosted her Strength stat once she activated these types of skills, including her Innate talent! This would knock the wind or in this case, the life out of a lot of individuals! Vitiate didn''t want to use any noticeable Element skills on her, but he had unknowingly used some element skills on her and it was showing. Every time she made contact with him, he would cast them on her, and over time, they would affect her. Adara started breathing and gasping roughly, her Warrior''s Madness and Berserk were wearing off fast because he had used it. The weakness of these skills was the fact that you were on a time table, you had to beat your enemy before your berserker like skills were out of time, or you would faint from exhaustion. "What''s the matter, you''re looking a little grim." Vitiate smiled under his mask seeing that everything was working out. He could easily match her by transforming, but he would rather not reveal that. "I should have like 5 minutes left, why is it ending so soon? What have you done to me!?" Hearing Vitiate''s speech, she deduced that he had a hand in this. "Huh? I didn''t do anything, you should know the effects of using Berserker skills. I have to say, your Innate talent, the Warrior''s Madness is really good and overpowered, but it still has a weakness." "How did you know ab..." Adara couldn''t finish, she was feeling extremely dizzy from the after-effects. Suddenly, she felt a crushing force in her stomach again, she looked down to see Vitiate''s fist planted in it! She spat up saliva and fell to the ground, she fainted on the spot. The Red Aura and steam coming from her body had dissipated afterward. "You fought well, better than most humans I''ve fought against." Vitiate whispered to himself, he was satisfied with the battle despite being hit more than he expected.