43 Chapter 43 – Black Magma Leopard Gecko (1/2)

”What's an 'experience farm'?” Both the girls were oblivious to this foreign term.

Adam began to slowly explain the concept to them.

In short, his plan was:

1) Capture mutated monsters from the first two floors and the purple armadillo's from the third floor.

2) Find a secluded place that is naturally barricaded like a valley and introduce these monsters to the environment.

3) Fill the environment till it was over capacity and the monsters would be forced to fight for territory.

4) It was a simple and effective plan that would force the monsters to constantly level up. The only drawback was that it was a slow and very time-consuming process.

5) The only way to speed the process up is if the last dungeon core room could spawn a higher levelled monster. The higher the highest level monster, the faster the lowest level monster's would be forced to level up to survive.

Monsters in the dungeon would never experience growth in their levels because they wouldn't fight themselves and would be killed before the dungeon would dispense them into the outer world.

The girls now understood why Adam wanted to make a trip to the core room. Though his plan was a very slow and laborious task. Time was something they had plenty of. Yuki had made it clear that she would not let them go out at least till they reached the age of 10. This gave them two full years.

”Young master's plan is viable but how do we transport the monsters? We aren't going to carry them on our backs are we?” Luna said as a chill went up against her spine as she pictured touching a bleeding goblin.

”Yeah. I don't want to do that either. Also, where will we even keep them?” Elaine said.

”I've already planned for the transport. I've already gone and purchased a cage ring. They are made specially to hold living things.” Adam said.

”Cage ring? Oh you mean the thing they hold people in? Both me and Luna have been in one before!” Elaine said, proud that she knew what he was talking about.

”Sister that's not something to be happy about.” Luna was at a loss for words.

”You have? When?” Adam was surprised. He had just spent all his saving's as well as being given a discount by the guild to be able to purchase just one of those rings that were 10x10 metres in holding space.

”When we were caught by the slave traders,” Luna said gloomily.

”Ah…” Adam didn't know what to say.

'Damn! Those people really did make a lot of money to be able to afford a cage ring.' He thought.

”Yeah, I and Luna were held in separate ones, so I was really bored,” Elaine complained. Adam's mind fused.

'Just how extravagant did those ***holes have to be. Showoffs!' He cried tears of blood in his heart at his poverty.

”So when will we receive the ring?” Luna changed the topic of the conversation.

”Within the week. I want to take this time to scout out the final room and see if there is a monster that can be captured and I also have picked up a geographical map of the surrounding area of Two Fang on my trip to buy the ring. We should check it out when we go back tonight.” Adam put forth his ideas. His heart was still sobbing at the previous revelation.

”So… what do you guys think? Are you in?” He asked the girls for their opinion.

”Yes! Sounds fun.” Elaine replied.

”I will follow young master's instruction, I still think the core room will be dangerous. I will not let you take on any danger without me.” Luna consented.

”Haha, fine. Time to get going then.” Adam was really happy. It was hard to find people who would have your back even when you did something stupid and dangerous. At this moment he felt incomparably gratified at having these two girls by his side. He would have no one else accompany him.

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Fresh monster bloodstains were splattered across the cave room.

Adam, Elaine and Luna stood in this room clutching their knees. All three of them were huffing for breath.

”No matter how many times we go through these 10 third floor room's, It is almost impossible to conserve stamina when we go through all of them with no stop,” Luna complained.

”Purple Armadillo's are fierce monsters.” Elaine agreed.

”Its good practice. Rest for 30 minutes. We will enter the portal that leads to the final core room after that.” Adam and the two girls looked at the portal that would appear every time they would conquer this 10th room.

This was going to be the first time that they would dare to enter it. None of them knew what lay on the other side.

Excitement could be seen in each of their eyes even though a serious atmosphere had plagued the environment.

...

30 Minutes later.

The three stepped into the portal.

Elaine was in front with Adam and Luna following her side by side. Their weapons were drawn.

Darkness.

That feeling of weightlessness followed by the sensation of the hard ground beneath their feet was felt by all three of them.

Whoosh. Crackle. Crackle. Crackle.

A huge triangular room came into view. The floor was ordinary brownstone and so were the walls. Three 'torches' lit up as soon as they entered the room on the three corners of this room. When looked at closer they were three orbs of floating flames.

A big black boulder with irregular bumps was revealed in the centre of the room. Rancid and hot winds flowed in this enclosed space. The air smelled like sulphur.

”Strange. I heard core's look very similar to enlightenment stone's but I don't see one here.” Adam whispered to the girls.

”Young master, I'm getting a bad feeling.” Elaine in the front whispered back. Just as her voice reached the two, the black boulder that had a matte texture opened a slit on its surface.

The slit grew into a stretched oval and a black iris with a white vertical, snake-like, pupil opened up and looked straight at the three.