Chapter 38 - Irreversible changes (1/2)
The night was a hazy blur and pa.s.sed by in a blink. I woke up the next morning feeling invigorated as I saw the sight in front of me while feeling the colors and boosts of multiple activated skills that seemed to fill my body with inexhaustible power.
If I didn't have [Stealth] and [Shadow Veil] activated at all times, people would just see a ma.s.s of colors and defensive layers surrounding me at all times
I freshened up and left the living quarters to start this day early, planning to be holed up in the [Mangrove Swamp] for the remainder of the day to see exactly how many times I could clear it before a rank A skill would show itself
I flew through the clear skies and arrived at the huge monolith, which seemed to have turned to a shade of light blue after I cleared it so many times.
That day, I spent my entire time diving and I was able to clear the dungeon more than 40 times. Forty. That number did not seem realistic, and something like this had never occurred in the past. n.o.body had the unending stamina to do what I did repeatedly for an entire day
One good thing came out of it, as I was finally able to receive a rank A skill from this dungeon. My next rank A skill was [Guardian Light-A light that cures injuries, ailments, and diseases descends down]. It wasn't a defensive or movement skill that I was thinking about, but it was an amazing skill nonetheless. Its usefulness would be even more apparent whenever the time comes where I get injured again
Also, besides my original three rank C [Ring of Storage], I was able to get an additional drop of these rare rings, this one even being rank B and holding a much larger s.p.a.ce that was now holding a ton of [Item]s, [Core]s, and [Skill Book]s from the past 40 dungeon runs
I was leaving the dungeon for the last time today to sift through the useful skill books and those that I would be giving away. Most of the items that dropped were duplicates of [Scale Armor] or the other items that dropped in this dungeon before
I placed my hand on the green crystal and transferred to the outside world once more. I nodded to the guards and was about to head towards the Vice Admiral's office when I felt the ground start shaking
The tremors were emanating behind me and I turned back to see the huge dungeon monolith that was now a light fade of blue... had cracks spreading out from the middle.
Oh s.h.i.+t
The cracks expanded as the tremors got even stronger, and the huge monolith began trembling before an explosion ran out
BOOM!
A huge blast was sent out as I was flung away and any hunter soldiers that were near were heavily injured. I had watched the huge monolith of the [Mangrove Swamp] expand with cracks and then implode. When the dust cleared, there was an empty s.p.a.ce where the monolith used to be, only a small s.h.i.+mmering crystal lying at the center
I looked at this with my mouth wide open. What the h.e.l.l did I do now?! I was trying to calm my emotions as I went forward to observe the s.h.i.+mmering crystal that remained from the monolith when I was suddenly met with a searing headache
AAH!
I screamed out loud as I clutched my head and felt this pain that threatened to make my head explode. In my agony, a few faint words rose up in my mind that I could barely make out
[...Move...Faster…]
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An hour after.
Tumultuous waves were spreading throughout the empire. News had just been transmitted to all the leaders and governments of various cities of an incident where a dungeon...had completely disappeared