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

:

Directly spawns contractors in desert-like terrain that is scarce in

of contractor loot + Entrance fee of

F-rank : [Miasma

on top of the high

+ Entrance fee of 500

F-rank : [Forest

contractors inside a forest that tempts

+ Entrance fee

:

near a volcanic area, where temperatures can reach as

+ Entrance fee

Hmm...what should I choose

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

out of the question as I didn't bring any waterproof equipment with

simply too dangerous, and I

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

was also

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

alternatively at the three options before me, after contemplating for a

the lowest contractor clause of 11% and the food and water shortage should pose no problem to me who

will go

need to sign before we can finalize our

a three-page long contract,

In short.

I will bring inside so that no misunderstandings can arise when

items and things I will bring out so that no false reports were made when paying the

be paid upfront, accompanied by a 1000 U

could stay inside of a dungeon

person did not come out by the designated time, a specialized

could, in case of emergencies, call for a support team that will come as soon as possible to aid them if they were in

result of calling a support team resulted in the

I nodded satisfactorily and signed

that I was

were rules that tried to be as fair

"Thank you very much"

receptionist took the paper and we finalized the

"Please follow me"

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

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received once I completed the payment, I neatly

was my dungeon ticket,

individuals, who just like me,

and drinks

of seconds, I went towards a secluded

I wasn't

in

in the academy, everything that I wanted to achieve I

even the VR test was

to accomplish was completed

But that meant nothing.

achievements get to your

as I was just about to enter

shouldn't be something

way didn't mean that everything

never been to before, I should never let

matter how well things were going for me, a slight mistake could cost me

best

I was self-reflecting, I tried

mortality rate, one must not go in there thinking that everything would be alright

not called confidence, it

themselves and make sure to give it their all so that one doesn't get

please step

and went towards the person who called

black butler outfit, like most of the male employees working

Di! Di!

-Shaaaa!

pressed 6 keycodes on the lock of the door and then proceeded

-Klang!

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