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

contractors in desert-like terrain that

contractor loot + Entrance fee

F-rank : [Miasma

of the high mountain range

8% of contractor loot + Entrance fee

F-rank :

spawns contractors inside a forest that tempts preys

loot + Entrance

F-rank : [Earth's

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

+

Hmm...what should I choose

F-ranked dungeons, I monetarily paused to think about which one to choose out of

question as I didn't bring any

I didn't have poison resistance potions

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

that was also

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

me, after contemplating

water shortage should pose no problem to me who has just bought a dimensional

go

will need to sign before we can finalize

a three-page long contract,

In short.

entering a dungeon they will check the equipment that I will bring inside so that no

and things I

was to be paid upfront, accompanied by a

a person could stay

a specialized squad will directly enter the dungeon and forcefully drag

support team that will come as soon as possible to aid them if they were in

a support team resulted in the loss

I nodded satisfactorily and signed

that I was

to be as fair

"Thank you very much"

receptionist took the paper

"Please follow me"

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

--

once I completed the payment, I neatly folded it and placed it in my

my dungeon ticket, better not lose

were several individuals, who just

food and drinks to the people present

I went towards a secluded area that had fewer people and sat

I wasn't nervous, I'd be

in this world has been

here and there in the academy, everything that I

even the VR test was successful as I managed to

that I wanted to accomplish

But that meant nothing.

let the achievements get to

as I was

be something

because everything was going my way didn't mean that

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

for me, a slight mistake could cost me my

was the best recipe for

was self-reflecting, I

going inside of a dungeon, where there was a high mortality rate, one must not go in

was not called confidence, it

one must humble themselves and make sure

please

up and went towards the person who

most of the male employees working here, the man led me

Di! Di! Di!

-Shaaaa!

entered the door, the employee pressed 6 keycodes on the lock of the door and then proceeded to scan his

-Klang!

brief pause, the door opened by itself allowing me to