The Author's POV

Arriving in front of another metal door that seemed more secure and robust than the one that led to the black market, I knocked once.

-Bam!

On the right side of the door, a small compartment opened up to which I placed my black card.

-Voom!

As soon as I placed my card, green light emerged from the bottom of the compartment enveloping my card.

-Diiii

A couple of seconds after the green light disappeared, I heard the sound of a ring coming from the compartment indicating to me that the scan was complete.

Taking my card back, the metal door started rumbling before slowly opening up.

-Vam!

Entering the building, I was instantly stunned.

A luxuriously decorated hall, where at the front stood a stunning reception counter made of a mixture of wood and marble. Various receptionists tended the guest from behind the counter, and a faint citrusy smell lingered in the air.

Because Kevin had never been here in the novel, it was also my first time knowing how this place looked like.

Words couldn't even come close to describe how a place actually looked like in real life, as things such as the smell, the sounds, and the atmosphere always tended to be hard to conceptualize in words. You could get a general idea of how a place looked like, but it would never be the same as in real life. Every time I came to a new place, I became speechless on how different the place was compared to what I had written.

In this case, even though I had no idea how this place would look like, I was still momentarily overwhelmed by this place's grandeur.

It resembled a palace created for the king of an empire.

Clean white marble floor, silky red carpets, gold-coated lamps, neatly sculpted desks, this place had everything.

This was what true luxury looked like.

Arriving at the front desk of the reception, I went towards a clerk on the right side of the reception desk.

"Welcome to [Dungeon seekers] how may we help you?"

"I'm looking to enter a dungeon"

Smiling at my reply, the receptionist took a small tablet out and presented it to me.

"These are all the available dungeons that we have at the moment"

Scrolling through the tablet I could see a large list of dungeons.

Each dungeon had a red and green circle around them, indicating whether they were available or not.

Each dungeon had a limit on how many people could enter, and if the limit was not respected the dungeon would destabilize resulting in a potential desync.

A desync was essentially a phenomenon where a dungeon would lose its connection with the demon world.

Once a dungeon lost its connection to the demon world, it essentially became a void dungeon. Which was a dungeon that led to nowhere.

Since [Dungeon seekers] knew this, they made sure that the limit was never broken by always leaving one slot open.

"We currently have three operating G rank dungeons, 6 F-rank dungeons, 18 D-rank dungeons, 11 C-rank dungeons, 13 B-rank dungeons, and lastly 4 A-rank dungeons"

Seeing the endless amount of dungeons available, I was left speechless

The number of dungeons they were hiding was enough to make people wonder how the government still hasn't done anything.

Actually considering their wealth and influence, even if the central government wanted to do something I doubt they'd be able to hurt [Dunegone seekers]. That was unless they wanted to start a full-blown war, which no one desired.

Taking the tablet, I quickly went through the list for F-rank dungeons.

- F-rank : [Kurus barracks]

Description; Directly spawns contractor inside of demon army barracks.

Price; 15% of contractor loot + Entrance fee of 500 U

- F-rank : [Blood sea]

Description; Directly spawns contractor in an oceanic environment filled with bloodthirsty sea creatures.

Price; 15% of contractor loot + Entrance fee of 500 U

F-rank :

in desert-like terrain that is scarce in water

11% of contractor loot + Entrance

: [Miasma

contractor on top of the

contractor loot + Entrance fee of

F-rank : [Forest

inside a forest that tempts preys by creating

17% of contractor loot + Entrance fee of

: [Earth's

Directly spawns contractor near a volcanic area, where temperatures can reach as high as 100 degrees

13% of contractor loot + Entrance

Hmm...what should I choose

monetarily paused to think

out of the question as I didn't

was simply too dangerous, and I didn't have poison resistance potions with

had a 17% clause, where I would have to pay 17% of all profits gained from the dungeon.

also

[Earth's wrath], [Red

contemplating for

11% and the food and water shortage should pose no problem to

will go with [Red

you will need

me a three-page long contract, I patiently looked through

In short.

check the equipment that I will bring inside so that no misunderstandings can arise when I exit the

items and things I will bring out so that no false

500 U entrance fee was to be paid upfront,

maximum time a person could stay

designated time, a specialized squad

contractor could, in case of emergencies, call for a support team that will come

support team resulted in the loss of the

I nodded satisfactorily

that I was

tried to be as fair as

"Thank you very much"

paper and

"Please follow me"

U, deposit + entrance fee, I was escorted

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I completed the payment, I neatly folded it and placed

was my dungeon ticket,

were several individuals, who just like me, were waiting to

and serving food and drinks to the people present inside of

towards a secluded area

I wasn't nervous,

far, my first week in this world has been smooth

downs here and there in the academy, everything

style] the [Seed of limit], even the VR test

I wanted to accomplish was completed

But that meant nothing.

let the achievements get

told myself, as I was just about to enter

achievements shouldn't be something that I should take to

become arrogant. Just because everything was going my way didn't mean that everything else was going

to before, I should never

for me, a slight

best

I

rate, one must not go in there thinking that

called confidence, it was called

danger, one must humble themselves and make sure to give

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my number, I stood up and went towards the person who called for

butler outfit, like most of the male employees

Di! Di!

-Shaaaa!

before we entered the door, the employee pressed 6 keycodes on the lock of

-Klang!

itself allowing me to see what was behind