Chapter 62: The Dungeons Boss (2/2)

Shingi told Hineko and Little Phoenix to get through the tunnel to check things out while speaking with him.

They found some crystals that they learned of being Memory Crystals used to store the memories his Oozes gathered. There were also a few alchemical materials and also quite a few Mana Gems.

The Mana Gems were different from the ones Shingi knew, but Zhen told him that he was the one who created and rechargeable Mana Gems.

Typically a Mana Gem had a specific amount of mana, and once it was entirely used, it turned to dust. There were ways to recharge them but only for high-quality ones, but these seemed to be the same as low-quality ones.

But their value wasn't less than high quality since they could last pretty much forever unless you use all the mana entirely and not let it recharge.

It seemed like you could either use your mana if you had the same Element as the one it was producing, or it was gathering mana from the environment if any of that type of Element was around.

It had mostly Earth Element ones and Fire Element ones, and a few Water Element ones. There weren't any Air or Light Element ones, but Phoenix found a single hidden Dark Element One, but she was more sensitive to detect Dark Element mana than others.

Those were perfect for Hineko's dagger as they weren't too big, but Shingi had to make some adjustments to the Gems still to use them when they got back to the shop.

When they gathered everything, all that was left was to deal with Zhen.

Shingi wasn't sure what to do with him, though.

He could kill him, but it would be a waste since it seemed it was someone he could use and make a deal with.

Since no player was hunting him or would assume that he was the Boss of the Dungeon, he could use his ability to craft things like these special Mana Gems to his benefit.

Of course, there were some problems with that plan.

Firstly, even if he could leave the Dungeon, he had to stay to make Oozes here, and then or at some point, the Dungeon would have no monsters.

Secondly, he couldn't handle light, and sunlight could harm him, so getting outside would be hard for him during daylight.

Lastly, he didn't want to leave the Dungeon but couldn't say why but Shingi could tell that it was because of his programming and probably of the true owner of the Dungeon.

But Shingi had still able to make a deal with him.

He could bring him resources from outside of different materials, and he would produce more of his unique Mana Gems and possibly other future products.

Zhen seemed to have a way to get outside the Dungeon, but he was using it only at night. There was a tiny tunnel the same size as the one leading to the secret room as he seemed to have a similar ability to Little Phoenix's SHADOW FORM Spell.

Shingi told him that he would deliver some stuff by leaving them on that place outside as Zhen could have some Oozes there to let him know and get them. Zhen was able to turn items into blue smoke so he could quickly get them at his lab.

So it seemed things worked better than what he thought as he earned new way of resources to help in future projects. It was better that way as even if he killed Zhen, he wouldn't gain any exp as he still didn't have any class, and his students were close to level 20, so they had to be careful on their level-ups. Or at least some of them had to.

Level 20 was an important one as you could earn Special taught classes at that level.

These were classes that unique NPCs were able to teach to the Players but under specific circumstances. One of them was for the Player to be level 20. He would be considered too weak and higher if he was lower, not suitable as he progressed too far.

But the other requirements were quite tricky to handle, especially since one had only one chance to interact with that NPC, and if they failed, they wouldn't be able to try again.

Some classed also seemed not to have a specific list of requirements but different for each person.

Shingi was planning to have Little Phoenix and Wild Tycoon learn these kinds of classes as Hineko had his special class already, and Mizuneko was working on evolving his.

Tycoon's class was an easy one as he knew a lot for Special based Warrior classes since he was a Warrior as a player, but Phoenix's wasn't that easy but had a few ideas.

So since they couldn't do anything else after Phoenix learning a few tips for her SHADOW FORM from Zhen, who was happy to help her, they headed back to the town.

They put their Illusion cloaks in use once more to be safe, even if they didn't cause the Dungeon to disappear, and they each went back on their own.

Shingi noticed when he reached the town that he had considered some players at the Lionhead Guild gate and also among them being Fire Whip.

Shingi could tell by his Player aura that he had leveled up quite a bit and probably would be challenging to fight him now.

But he was able to pass without being detected by him, but he was still wondering why he was around and why none was near the store but only at the gates.

He got to the shop and found Volig talking with one of the townspeople who probably came here to order things out.

Volig seemed to be ready to fight this individual, and Shingi considered that he came just in time.

Volig, even before he reincarnated, wasn't ever good with customers; that's why he always had one hired to talk to them. In the past, many of his customers left the shop with broken bones if they were delaying to give their orders and wasted his time.

Shingi took over to handle the customer, who seemed to have a problem deciding the exact number of things he needed, but Shingi solved this problem quite fast and took the final order.

The customer left happy as Shingi turned towards Volig.

”I guess we need to hire someone to be the front of the shop.” [Shingi]

He then brought out one of the rechargeable Mana Gems and explained to Volig what happened to the Dungeon.