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

: [Red

terrain that

11% of contractor loot + Entrance fee of

:

on top of the high

8% of contractor loot + Entrance

F-rank : [Forest of

that tempts preys by creating

17% of contractor loot +

: [Earth's

volcanic area, where temperatures can reach as high

contractor loot + Entrance fee

Hmm...what should I choose

paused to think about which one to choose

as I

dangerous, and I didn't have poison resistance

17% of all profits gained from the dungeon. That was a tad bit too high

that was also out of

with [Earth's wrath], [Red desolation], and [Kurus

three options before me, after contemplating for a while I decided to go with

food and water shortage should pose no problem to me who has just bought

will go with [Red

a contract you will need to

three-page long contract, I patiently looked

In short.

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

the staff will do a strict check on the items and things I will bring out so that no false

500 U entrance fee was to be paid upfront,

time a person could stay inside of a dungeon was 30

designated time, a specialized squad will directly enter the dungeon and forcefully drag you

that will come as soon as possible to aid them if they

result of calling a support team resulted in the loss of the

the content, I nodded satisfactorily and signed

was nothing that I

to be as fair

"Thank you very much"

the paper and we

"Please follow me"

1500 U, deposit + entrance fee, I was escorted to a

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I had received once I completed the payment,

my dungeon ticket,

there were several individuals, who just like me, were waiting to enter the

were walking and serving food and drinks to the people

towards a secluded area that had

wasn't

week in this world has

from a few ups and downs here and there in the academy,

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

wanted to accomplish

But that meant nothing.

the achievements get to your

repeatedly told myself, as I was just about to enter the

be something that I

my way didn't mean that everything

which I had never been to before, I should never let my

me, a slight mistake could

the best recipe for

I tried adjusting

not go in there thinking that everything

called confidence, it was called

themselves and make sure to give it

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my number, I stood up and went towards the person

of the male employees working here,

Di! Di! Di!

-Shaaaa!

keycodes on the lock of the door and then proceeded to scan his

-Klang!

door opened by itself