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 : [Red

in desert-like terrain that

11% of contractor loot + Entrance fee of 500

: [Miasma

Directly spawns contractor on top of the high mountain range

of contractor loot + Entrance fee of 500

:

spawns contractors inside a forest that tempts

loot + Entrance fee

F-rank :

spawns contractor near a volcanic area, where

of contractor loot + Entrance fee

Hmm...what should I choose

to think about which one

question as

and I didn't have poison resistance

17% clause, where I would have to pay 17% of all profits gained from the dungeon. That was a tad bit too high for

was also out of

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

options before me, after contemplating for a while

food and water shortage should

will go

need

long contract, I patiently looked

In short.

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

exiting a dungeon the staff will do a strict check on the items and things I will bring out so that no false reports were made

U entrance fee was to be paid upfront, accompanied by a 1000

time a person could stay inside of a dungeon was 30

time, a specialized squad will directly enter

call for a support team that will come as

a support team resulted in the

content, I nodded satisfactorily and signed

was nothing that I was

rules that tried to be as

"Thank you very much"

receptionist took the paper and we finalized

"Please follow me"

a total of 1500 U, deposit + entrance fee, I was

--

had received once I completed the payment, I neatly folded it and

ticket, better

individuals, who just like me, were waiting to enter

were walking and serving food and drinks to the people present

of seconds, I went towards a secluded

I said I wasn't nervous,

first week in this world has

few ups and downs here and there in the academy, everything

the VR test was successful as

that I wanted to

But that meant nothing.

achievements get to

told myself, as I was just about to enter the

something that

Just because everything was going my way

the dungeon, which I had never been to before, I should never let my guard

how well things were going for me, a slight

the best recipe

I was self-reflecting, I

was a high mortality rate, one must not go in there thinking that everything would

not called confidence,

the face of potential danger, one must humble themselves and make sure to give it their all so that one doesn't get caught

5077684 please

number, I stood up and went towards the person who

the male employees working here, the man

Di! Di!

-Shaaaa!

on the lock of the door

-Klang!

pause, the door opened by itself allowing me to see what was behind