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Back in the guild, there are many members present in the guild all practicing and cultivating. I joined the group of people practicing how to use a sword as if it will do any good to me. Well, it might. I have the sword of lies though I do know how to use a sword. If practicing with humans will help me, why not. I initiated the movements of other learners and I am starting to understand how to use a sword. Just then, I heard her voice"Sword, I think spear or other long weapons will be better" Maxine said holding a spear on her left hand"Why will you say that""When you hold a long weapon, targets tend to keep their distance at the length of your weapon. It will be better if those monsters won't come closer to you. Plus, you've got the strength to use a long weapon"I stopped practicing I thought for a while"Well then, let's learn how to use a spear"I return the sword to where it should be and follow Maxine to where those learning swords are. On our way, we saw those cultivating. Some are just sitting on their legs like the Buddhist monks and there are others in weird positions like karate"This cultivation seems pretty easy to me" o commented"Too bad your shill is based on. Strength and intuition not spirit or construction""I don't understand""You haven't seen your status window have you""No""I have done that. My overall strength is 185. You can check yours now""Ok. Status window" I called out at my start appeared in my vision. My overall rating happens to be 275. Thanks to the system our status window is private so I guess I have to lie about my ratings to her"186, one point lead ain't that great, right?"" Of course I am not jealous since we are together"We joined those learning the use of spears and learned for around an hour. After that, the guild made us fight each other to practice all we've learned. Maxine and I kept fighting for another one hour and suddenly, I fainted and was taken to the medical center of the guildIn the dungeon"I don't really like this hybrid of a thing cause where other dungeon core protectors enjoy their masters full day, I've only got 12hrs to be with you"When I woke up on my dungeon, Warg's words were what I first heard" I'm supposed to be in the medical center "" Of course your body is there"" What do you mean, I'm here"" This is the devil in you, the human that you are is in the medical center "" This devil system keeps appearing mysterious to me"" Apocalypse System, that is what it is"" The humans will attack the dungeon soon"" The dungeon won't open until you initiate yourself as a dungeon master "" How do you do that? "" Bleed your hand and make it drop on the dungeon core "I took the sword of lies and cut my palm. I let a drop of my blood on the dungeon core and it evaporated instantly. After few breaths, some messages popped up in my vision[The blood of a devil detected, you are now initiated][The blood of human detected, you are awarded 20000 pts for sacrificing human to the system for the first time]I looked at Warg and the fact that I don't understand what is going on is written on my face."Guess the system is really mysterious"I was about to reply Warg when another message popped up[Achievement made; you are the first devil to sacrifice human blood to the system. You are awarded 50000 pts]"Now I understand, you are the only devil that knows that sacrificing human blood to the system can earn points. Come on, sacrifice more of your blood and get more points."I knew the importance of points so I decided to do it again. After putting my blood on dungeon core, messages popped up[The blood of the devil detected has been used][The blood of human detected has been used]"The system is wise" I said smiling"Why the smile?""Cause I just figured out a way to earn points without killing humans""How's that possible?""How much will I earn if one of my monsters kills one human?"" 500pts for the weakest"" But a drop of their blood can earn me at least double of it without them dying" I said and laughed happily" Genius, devil's got strength, human's got sense"Warg joined me in my round of laughter but then we heard the sound of the dungeon opening"The dungeon opened and your monsters will fight off humans I guess you monsters won't agree to what you just said, they hate humans"" What will I do"" Order them not to kill"" How to do that?"" Spread out your spirit and tell them what you want, mind you the random high-level monsters might not listen"" I don't understand "" Oh, that's what humans call cultivation"I sat on my knees and focused my mind on communicating with the monsters. It was Mou that replied first so I commanded her"Tell other monsters not to kill the humans but you can hurt them or make them unconscious. Try your best not to let any of them escape. After the battle, host them on the fifth floor and wait for my command"" Your wish is my command, dungeon master "When Mou replied I break out of cultivation, it was more of communicating through mindDungeon monster hunting guildDifferent kinds of thoughts were going on in Maxine's mind. Thinking she put too much pressure on Levin which made him worn out, or they've fought for too long, she walked out of the medical center and joined the others at the gate of the dungeon. The guild master called the attention of everyone and asked if they would like to be grouped into attack units or if they would prefer going in at once. Majority of the people chose to go in together so they all went into the dungeon. Instead of some kind of darkness and cave, what they saw was a small village with dim moonlight.The village is full of long grasses and small huts. There were around 50 superhumans in the village. The super humans were surprised with what they see and couldn't understand"Do not be afraid or relax, I've been in a dungeon like this before . They are most times filled with dwarves alone, just learn that dwarves are friendly unlike other monsters" the guild master advisedThe guild keep scouting the village until one of them called out " we found something" others rushed to where the voice came from It was a deep hole filled with water but it wasn't closed."This place looks more of a safe zone to me" one of the guild administrator said"Are there safe zones in dungeons" another asked"I have come across a safe zone in a dungeon before but not on the first floor. It's impossible for a devil to make its first floor a safe zone" the dungeon master answered" What if he's just being nice? " One of the newbies asked" There is no being nice when it comes to the devil, it's either you
Mou and I went to the top floor and I went to Warg"I made Mou the monster captain""I've seen it. Mou, I will forward all your duties to your status. The system will notify you when you received it""Ok, core protector. But there us one problem, there are some monsters scattered around the dungeon, they seem to be independent and won't listen to orders"" Oh yeah, the random monsters. Can you approximate their average number" I faced Mou and asked " No dungeon master, but I have come across six of them"" Warg, is there a way we can get all of them to gather in one place "" What are you going to do"" Tell them that this is my dungeon and of they will live here, they must obey me"" I don't think that is necessary because the system says the random monsters will disappear after the protection period""They are no more random monsters when they become monsters. Find a way of doing that and order Mou to do the task".I said I went away from Warg to the dungeon core. I sat beside it a
"Welcome Levin, my name is Ethan and I have laser eyes. I am the leader of the squad, as I have two years of experience in dungeon hunting. May I know if you are experienced or not"" I am inexperienced but I've fought monsters before"" It doesn't matter. Your skill will be tested on the 27th of this month. By then everyone should be in Golg. Do we have any Golg resident here? "" Yes, max and I are in Golg currently"" Great, you guys should arrange a place for us to meet. I'll update you if there is anything else. Mind you Levin, the squad is just a five unit squad so you need to try your best in winning the fifth position."" Don't worry, I will"The conversation ended as everyone's name went from black to gray; that is to indicate that they are offline"I don't know if what I'm doing is right or wrong but I do know one thing: 27th is three days from now and I need to prepare the dungeon for a real fight. I don't really need to kill them after all I waited till nightfall before I
"Desert, sand landscape desert, how can something like this be in a dungeon " rose asked" The last time it was some grassy area and dwarves in it" Maxine reminded" Ok stop everyone stop" Ethan halted ai do for everyone. "We are dealing with a cunning dungeon master here. The last people who entered this dungeon walked out alive, we don't know why. The dungeon master must have a reason for changing the dungeon escape every time but one thing I know is he is using the most easy way to capture us" "That means the dungeon master is trying to kill humans without losing any monster, that's genius " Maxine guessed" You are right Maxine " Ethan paused and then continued "forgetting the part of letting humans go, the first time it was a grassy area with dwarves in it, Now a sand desert . We need to think of monsters that can survive in a sandy area. Steve, what have you got"."Uhm, I don't think he's using monsters this time, maybe he wants to sink in the sand. What do you think Levin, you
Out of the dungeon"It was good having you in our team, never thought acute senses could be this useful"" Rose, people don't know that acute senses is more of predicting the future than it is useless "After we got out of the dungeon, we drove back to the cafeteria we all met to share the profits."Steve, bring out the black gold coins for account"Steve had already wrapped all the black gold coins in a cloth, he took it out of his suit I put it on the table"We killed twenty scorpions and five birds. Both monsters are level 1 monsters so here, we have twenty five black gold coins" Steve paused to see if everyone was listening and then continued " according to the squad rules, we share our profits equally. So here are five black gold coins for everyone " After giving everyone five black gold coins there still remain one on the table and everyone looked at Steve with a suspicious eyes" Did I count wrong? I thought there were twenty five coins here"" There are supposed to be 25. I k
It's just like challenging a devil to kill 300 super heroes. Whereas it is very difficult to achieve, it's not an impossible feat Grr.. The sound of battle dogs came from all directions and I was surrounded. I took my battle stance and gripped the hilt of my sword.They all rushed towards me at once but they didn't realize that all of them cannot bite me at the same time. Every time I swing my sword, at least two of them fell There is always this small space that I always have between a fallen dog and an incoming one. All o have to do os occupy the space and use it to my advantage I kept slashing and slashing for a long time and it felt like it's never going to end but I didn't stop.I can't get hurt right in the second quarterAfter around ten minutes of slashes, I finally killed three hundred batti dogs. Blood was dripping from my sword and my body wax coloured red[You killed all the monsters; mission completed][You can now go to the third quarter]I jogged from the second qua
Then an idea popped up in my mind.The spiritual core The spiritual core has the ability to control its spiritual energy. All I have to do is find ways to get back to the third floor and search for the Core.I released my spirit and covered my body with it and I ran towards the coming spirit energy. I dive into it and despite the cotcr of being pulled backwards, I manage to swim out of it as I get to the third quarter. It was all in ruins; broken bricks everywhere and I have to search for the core I begin my search for the north side of the quarter I searched the whole side very well but I couldn't find any pink shining coinIt's stupid, searching for a pink coin in a collapsed building.I have no choice though so I kept searching I went to the east side of the quarter and started another search . I searched the whole side but still found nothing. I heard the sound of the spirit energy coming towards the third quarter againThis is real trouble. The spirit energy is going to and fr
I fell on the ground, rolled on it and stood up. The cut on my back healed up in a few breaths. I looked around to see if anyone was with me but I still saw nothing. I drew out my sword, using the Holy Veil's senses and sight to predict where the next attack will come fromI realized that dinse my greatest fear is Nothing, I'm fighting Nothing The sense of danger that I felt is more concentrated on my left side so I guess that is where Nothing is. With all my speed I ran there and with all my strength I swung my sword but I stopped halfway. Nothing twisted the sword, forcefully collected it and threw it away. Nothing squeezed my neck, I almost died. Nothing threw me away and I gasped for air as I landed.To kill nothing, I need to find my advantage against it or its own weakness.Nothing slashed me again as it healed up immediately. This continues for a long time and I have to endure the pain. All the cuts nothing caused on me were healed instantly, as if they were never there, exce