“What the hell?” Russell could feel the power of the crystal flowing up into his arm steadily so that his body could bear it without suffering much pain.[Absorbing the Demon Shadow Frog’s core in progress…]The screen that popped out of his right hand showed the progress.“This…” Myles remembered the old man that had fixed this artificial right hand. “Just what kind of an arm did he attach? I’m sure I held the power crystals with the same hand, but it didn’t absorb those crystals. However, it sucked in a star crystal straight away.”[Absorption complete.][You can now try using the crystal’s powers if you want.]Myles looked at the screen. “Powers? Not just a power?” he could already feel the change in his body. “I see… Does this artificial hand make sure I absorb all of a star crystal’s power without making any go to waste? This is pretty useful.” He tried to stand, and he suddenly cringed in pain, as the abdominal wound was hurting.[Receiving pain signals. Sending healer bots to t
The guard sitting outside the sewage tunnel was yawning. He looked in Ria’s direction. She was sitting under a tree shade, seemingly meditating.“It’s been more than a day, Miss. He’s probably dead, so I think it’s better you leave,” the guard said, but she didn’t respond. (My shift will end soon, so why should I care?)Just then, Ria stood.(Is she leaving?) The guard wondered, and then he heard footsteps coming from inside the tunnel. He quickly stood and grabbed his spear. It could be a human or a monster, so he was ready to fight if needed.Moments later, Myles entered his view. Moreover, he had a yellowish energy glowing around him. “This…” his eyes bulged open. “It can’t be… that’s the dungeon energy enveloping you. Don’t tell me… y-you conquered the dungeon all by yourself?”“I was wondering why it stuck to me, but can you explain what’s happening to me?” Myles asked politely.“Y-You don’t know?” The guard looked bewildered. “When a person conquers a dungeon alone, a part of th
Dungeon Bureau was the public organization that managed the dungeons on behalf of the government.Though the guilds had great power in the city, they still didn’t have as much authority as the Dungeon Bureau whose members wouldn’t necessarily enjoy very many privileges as those of the members of private guilds like the Dawn guild for instance.The Dungeon Bureau managed everything regarding the dungeons from allocating dungeons to different guilds and overseeing the progress, collecting taxes, importing and exporting business and so on and so forth.About an hour after Myles had exited the D-rank dungeon, one recruiter from the bureau arrived at the Dawn guild. After stepping out of his Lamborghini, he looked at the Dawn guild with disgust. “I just happened to be nearby, so I volunteered to come here, but this place really has become quite desolate.” With slicked back hair, he looked sharp and handsome. He lit up a cigar and entered the guild.Sercy saw him and frowned. The dragon emb
Venture City was made of 52 districts, and every district generally had its own trash street where all the garbage would be collected, and the mages from different guilds would take turns to burn the trash.It was the Dawn guild’s turn this time. Actually, another guild had pushed it on the Dawn guild on purpose.Sercy, with her ability, could burn the trash into ashes with her flaming ability. However, because of her pride, she didn’t accept the cleaning job. Still, after Myles had taken the job, she changed her mind.If someone who wasn’t even part of the guild was willing to clean up the trash, what should a senior guild member like her do?Wanting to set an example, she rushed over to Trash Street first. However, to her bewilderment, the street looked very clean. There were no signs of ashes, either.“Who cleaned up the street?” she asked a local guard that was guarding the neighboring street.The guard explained a long story, but at the end, Sercy realized that even the guard did
“Y-You bitch!” Robert, the leader of that little group, barked. “Do you have any idea who we are?”“If even you don’t know who you are, then how will I know?” Ria coldly replied. “But that aside…” she started walking toward them. “For you guys to laugh at such a vulgar comment about a woman’s breasts, I guess you never drank your mother’s milk, ah?”“Shut the fuck up,” Robert lunged at her and threw a punch. “Boulder Breaking Fist!”Ria casually blocked his attack by grabbing his fist, leaving Robert in a bit of a shock. Ria swiftly slapped him in the face so fast he couldn’t even cover his cheek in time. Robert’s cheek turned red pretty fast. “Apologize, and I’ll let you walk away.”Robert ground his teeth. Everybody in the market was looking at him and was whispering this and that. His pride was hurt big-time, but realizing the gap in power, he lowered his head and said, “Sorry.”“I can’t hear you.”“Sorry,” Robert raised his voice.“I can’t quite hear you.”“I’m sorry!” Robert yell
“Y-You don’t want to join the guild?” Sercy’s eyes almost bled even though Myles never shouted or anything. “P-Please tell me you’re kidding. I let you take on three missions from our guild even though you didn’t join the guild. Is this how you are going to repay us?”“T-That’s…” Myles frowned. “You can take the reward money. All of it. I cleared a D-rank dungeon, and I even brought some weapons out with me. You can take all of it.”Sercy’s face was filled with anger. “How do I look to you? You think I’ll take money that belongs to you? How would I be able to sleep if I steal your money? I wouldn’t even get forty winks, I’m sure.”“Then what should we do?” Myles was at a loss for words.“Just join the guild as you said you would,” Sercy softly said and tried to smile. “The Dawn guild is no longer enjoying even a hundredth of its former glory… but it still used to be one of the top three guilds in the country until a few years ago. I’m not telling you this to make you join us out of pi
The dozen men had monkey badges on their chests suggesting that they were all members of the Greed guild. There were letter and number tags hanging from those badges, and these letters indicated their level and number indicated their stage.Robert was also among them. He was an Adept D-ranker. So his badge had the letter D and the number 3 added to it as D3 meant Adept D-ranker.D5 meant Novice D-ranker.D4 meant Apprentice D-ranker.D3 meant Adept D-ranker.D2 meant Expert D-ranker.D1 meant Master D-ranker.D0 meant Veteran D-ranker.D* meant Ace D-ranker.Among the twelve, the highest was an Expert D-ranker.“We only came here for that bitch,” Robert growled in frenzy. “Give her to us, and we’ll spare your guild.”“Spare our guild?” Sercy’s soft expression hardened. “You think 12 chicks that are struggling to go past the D-rank can take on the Dawn guild?”“Heh, your guild doesn’t even have any dungeon missions to do,” Robert blurted. “When was the last time your guildmaster showed
The Dungeon Bureau was a large organization with many divisions. All worked together to keep the city safe and peaceful by systematically controlling the dungeons through venerers.However, most of these workers were arrogant and looked down on the common population and even the low-ranked venerers or guilds.So, Sercy told Myles and Ria in advance to not feel offended or annoyed if they were treated poorly.As Myles followed Sercy on foot, he observed the city and saw that it was much different from other cities he had been to in this world.“Back in Cobra city, it’s pretty difficult for common citizens to come across these crystals,” Myles said, “but in this city, it seems the exact opposite. There are a lot more mages here. And they are even selling weapons outside.”“Yes, but the star crystals and any good weapon is still controlled by the bureau,” Sercy said. “They sell them for abnormal prices, so buying from the bureau is not possible unless you’re either filthy rich or you’re