A man with graying hair entered the tavern. Eyes followed him as he moved, those that belong to the merry drunkards who are filling their bellies with alcohol. Moonlight can be seen from outside the windows, gentle in comparison to the liveliness of these drunk men.The man who just entered moved through the crowd, not making a single eye contact. Everyone knows that it’s a bad idea to look at men whose heads aren’t in the right place. This precaution is used by the man until he finally reached his destination; a group of five at the second floor of the tavern.None of them have cloaks hiding their faces. That’s why it’s easy to make out who they are. None other than Merlin’s former allies. Members of Avalon and, to be more precise, the ones at the top of the rankings of the Guild.“Any news Sam?” Arthur asked in an impatient tone.“None sir.” The butler answered. “There doesn’t seem to be any link between the dungeon clearers and Gerald’s team.” There isn’t any system announcement o
Merlin began his journey as the owner of a dungeon. He still hasn’t forgotten about his revenge but there’s one thing he realized. He doesn’t want to kill them all right away. The feeling of pleasure he got from taking down Gerald made him realize this. That he should be intimate with the death of every member of Avalon. Meaning, he needs to give each of them a unique death. This is the only way he’ll finally be at peace.That being said he focused his energy and resources into starting up his dungeon. He isn’t an idiot to just run into Genesis City thinking that he’d be able to get what he wants. The reason why every player begins in this place is because it boasts of a high level of security. Owing to the fact that powerful mages worked together to fortify its defenses, there is a barrier that protects this place which is comparable to the strength of Merlin’s [Aegis]. This makes it impregnable to monsters and, since Merlin is now half monster himself, he doubts if he can even pass
“Dang, those rich kids are really loaded.” Meor said, counting the silver coins that they’ve been paid with. Twenty in total. Half of the agreed amount which will only be paid in full once they finish their task.[Character Name: Meor] [Level: 22] [Occupation: Mercenary] [Class: Archer] “To think that they’d hire us to search a dungeon that’s already been cleared. They’re probably stupid.” Gild added, a muscular mercenary with scars across the parts of his skin that are showing. [Character Name: Gild] [Level: 25] [Occupation: Mercenary] [Class: Vanguard] “Don’t be fooled by the money. They won’t pay us that much for nothing.” Tirch said in a dry tone.[Character Name: Tirch] [Level: 28] [Occupation: Mercenary] [Class: Gladiator] “Ah come on, don’t be such a killjoy boss. When was the last time we’ve been given such an easy score?” Meor said. The three of them are mercenaries who came to life with the reconstruction of the world. They are real human beings, as real as ever
“Man I’m glad I upgraded this skill on time.” Merlin said, looking at his mana coated dagger. The weapon has the fallen mercenary’s blood on I as well. But as soon as he swung the weapon and removed the mana, the stain of blood flew away as well. Leaving his weapon clean and as sharp as it always have been. Saving him the time of having to do maintenance on the weapon.“Good job guys.” This praise is directed towards the makeshift fighters which Merlin made use of. The kobolds who are wielding the regular kobold crossbows.“I knew you had it in you.” He added, drawing back his weapons into his inventory.The monsters responded by making gleeful cheers, something which Merlin never thought he’d ever come across in his life. He’ll get a lot of this in the future as well. He can feel it. But before that, he needs to clean up the mess left by the fight.To be fair, the only reason this ever worked is because Merlin has prepared everything beforehand. And by everything, I mean literally e
[Azazel Dungeon]The ascension of Merlin’s dungeon came quickly. With it comes a couple of decisions that need to be made. All of which are, of course, connected to the strengthening of his dungeon.[Azazel Dungeon][Level 2][Core Health: 150/150][Number of Units: 20/40][Crystal Points Available: 20][Point Requirement for Next Level: 200]These are the basic information that’s currently in front of Merlin. Unlike what he initially thought, the next level will be easy to reach. With just a hundred points added. Though he knows that there is also a possibility for the leveling requirement to spike soon. Meaning, as the levels go up, the difficulty of reaching a new level will heighten as well.That isn’t of any concern to Merlin yet. All that he needs to think about are the new features that these levels added. One of which is something that he never expected to encounter.[Notice: A hero can be summoned][Requirement: Build an Altar of Heroes][Unit Slot Consumption: 20]This is a
[Inside Azazel Dungeon]Within the same three days that the Avalonians used in order to meet up, Merlin has made quite the progress as well. With the construction of his barracks being completed, he’s able to summon more units that will fight for him. These being the following.[Unit Name: Crawler][Unit Allotment: 2][15 CP Per Summon]This is a monster that resembles a human but with a larger head and a body with its skin seemingly sticking to the bones with how thin it is.True to its name, instead of walking it crawls on the ground. Looking closer at its hands and feet, it’s noticeable that these are razor sharp; able to be likened to a real predator. These monsters aren’t capable of holding any sort of conversation though. But this lack is made up for by their animal like instincts when given a prey. [Unit Name: Spitfire][Unit Allotment: 2][15 CP Per Summon]Unlike the repulsive look of the Crawler, a Spitfire has a better appearance. This is a monster that resembles an insect
[Den of Wolves]“So this is how it looks like.”A jungle. That’s where Merlin currently is. There are large trees all around him. Overgrown vines stick out of some of these. The faint sound of chirping birds can be heard in the background and the rustling of the leaves accompanies this. There is warm sunlight hitting parts of Merlin’s skin, penetrating from the gaps of the shade provided by the trees.“This doesn’t feel like my dungeon at all.” Merlin muttered as he looked around.He already knows that something like this might happen. The thing is, dungeon instances aren’t necessarily connected to the dungeon they are in. To be precise, these places are like separate subspaces that exist on their own. Hence the appearance of a dungeon instance, such as the one that Merlin entered, can have varying appearances.This might take longer than I thought are the words running through his head. The fact that this is called a den of wolves despite being a forest means that, there might be a w
[Azazel Dungeon – Five hours after Merlin left]“Faster guys!” Teach said. “We need to finish this before the boss comes back.”Teach is talking in Kobold language of course. He is a Kobold Worker like the rest. But at the same time he is different because, among them, he’s the only one that received a name. This is important for monsters because there is a big difference between named and name monsters The biggest one is that, a named monster has higher stats compared to an unnamed one.Merlin can’t just provide one whenever he wishes though. In fact he didn’t even know how to bless a monster with a name at first. But his title as [Dungeon Master] helped with this. Allowing him to grant a name to one monster. This being only unlocked recently with the dungeon reaching [Level 2].Other than the stats that Teach received, he also gained a [Kobold Leader] title. Meaning, he is now directly above his subordinates. And the best thing about this is that none of the other kobolds hate him f