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

desert-like terrain that

contractor loot + Entrance fee of

: [Miasma

Directly spawns contractor on top of the high mountain range covered with highly toxic

8% of contractor loot + Entrance fee

: [Forest

contractors inside a forest that tempts preys by creating illusions of their

+ Entrance fee

: [Earth's

near a volcanic area, where temperatures can reach as high as

contractor loot + Entrance

Hmm...what should I choose

dungeons, I monetarily paused to think about which one to choose out of all

as I

mountains] was simply too dangerous, and I didn't have

all profits gained from

that was also out of the

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

three options before me, after contemplating for a while

the food and water shortage should pose no

go with [Red

need

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

In short.

a dungeon they will check the equipment that I will bring inside so that no misunderstandings can arise

and things I

entrance fee was to be paid upfront,

could stay inside of a

the designated time, a specialized squad will directly enter the dungeon

contractor could, in case of emergencies, call for a support team that will come as soon as possible to

a support team resulted

I nodded satisfactorily and

nothing that

tried to be

"Thank you very much"

took the paper and we

"Please follow me"

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

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received once I completed the payment, I neatly folded

my dungeon ticket, better not

just like me, were waiting

and drinks

towards a secluded area

said I wasn't

in this world has been

here and there in the academy, everything that I wanted to

of limit], even the VR test was successful as I managed to complete the extra

to accomplish was

But that meant nothing.

the achievements

told myself, as I was just about

be something that I should take to

way didn't

the dungeon, which I had never been to before, I should

going for me, a

the best recipe for

was self-reflecting, I

a high mortality rate, one must not go in there thinking that everything would be alright and no

not called confidence, it was

danger, one must humble themselves and make sure to give it their all so that one doesn't

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up and went towards

male employees

Di! Di!

-Shaaaa!

door, the employee pressed 6 keycodes on the lock of

-Klang!

a brief pause, the door opened by itself allowing me to see