35 Heir (1/2)

I nodded, ”So basically basically dungeons are the center of the economy. How does the guild make money then?”

”A third of the money that is automatically taken from us goes to the guild, while the other two thirds goes to the city.”

The economy of the world of Kaos really did center around the dungeons. Which made being an adventurer one of the most profitable occupations. Even low level adventurers would be able to make a decent living in this world.

One odd thing I had noticed about the dungeons is you were unable to look at your status or most of the system functions. The only thing a person could actually access were their inventory. This made the process more difficult, as you could not adjust your stats or purchase new items, spells, or abilities in the middle of a dungeon. This was probably because The difficulty of a dungeon was decided upon entry, and any changes after that would not be a true trial of the pair.

We did not rest much longer before deciding to venture further into the church. The entire area had an odd feeling in the air, it felt both like a holy area, and one that had been desecrated. The holy energy in the air gave me a headache, while Alex seemed to be disgusted by the Unholy energies.

The unholy energies were truly not pleasant, it felt like something had violated what you hold most dear. For me it was not as bad, as holy energy was already my natural nemesis, but it was still not something that was enjoyable.

There was a passage behind the Alter the skeletal priest had been standing at in my vision. The passage was hidden behind the broken statue of a female goddess. Her head was missing, and a feeling of anger could be felt radiating from the statue.

Alex paused at the statue and knelt. She began to murmur, her voice too low for me to hear. She stayed like that for a few minutes before standing.

”This was once the church of the Goddess war Hylia. The church was overtaken by the Necromancer King over a thousand years ago. Hylia managed to seel the church, trapping the undead inside. She had used the priest of the place as an avatar, destroying the original body of the necromancer, but its soul managed to escape. ”

”Part of the necromancer's grimoire was also seeled in the church, but the power of the magic inside slowly corrupted the priest who was trapped inside, but it seems the seel was recently undone and was absorbed by... well you.”

I nodded ”While I was screaming I did have a vision of a skeletal priest, and he gave me a book that my orb absorbed. Unfortunately I don't know anything about it as I can't access it right now.”