The Author's POV

Chapter 25

-Blaaargh!

As soon as I regained my senses, I felt my stomach churning and before I knew it I was on the ground barfing.

Fortunately, I didn't puke on my mask as I slightly tilted it upwards to allow the barf to escape from my mouth.

"First timer huh?"

Looking at me, who was on the ground barfing, the middle-aged man shook his head amusingly.

It took me a total of five minutes before I was finally able to stop my body from barfing.

I felt like crap.

After having vomited so much, I could barely stand up.

"Sit down for a bit"

Leaning against a nearby rock, the middle-aged man held a new cigarette between his fingers and exhaled smoke in the air.

It was only after I heard his voice that I managed to get a clear look at my surroundings.

A vast plain field filled with oak trees was before my sight and if one looked ahead, towering mountains that penetrated the clouds could be seen.

The air felt extremely fresh and it reminded me of the time when I was in Clayton ridge.

Looking around, I could see a massive warp gate behind me. Five white-clothed individuals patrolled around it.

I wonder how they managed to hide such a huge thing...

"You're probably wondering how we can hide the gate from the government's sight"

Taken aback, I looked at the middle-aged man.

How did he know?

Blankly staring at the sky where the clouds were slowly darkening, showing signs of rain, the middle-aged man spoke.

"There's a barrier that covers a 5km radius of everything here."

"The barrier prevents the energy coming out from the dungeon from being leaked, and it also blocks electromagnetic waves preventing any radio communications or detection devices from finding this place."

Listening to him, I silently nodded.

This was a smart choice.

If the government were to find about this dungeon, they would swiftly take it over.

No matter how strong the black market was, they wouldn't be able to fight against both the government and the union.

Since dungeons, monsters, and demons fell under the union's jurisdiction, if an unclaimed gate was discovered, the union would do anything within its power to claim it. And since the black market was not as strong as the union, they could only resort to hiding dungeons that they found.

But I was curious.

Couldn't the union just send spies and find the location of the dungeon?

"ku ku, your expression is so easy to read kid."

"It's not so easy for spies to find the location of the dungeons."

"In the first place, the reason why we use warp gates is so that they can't find where the dungeon is. Moreover, with the barrier, which prevents any communication to the external world, it's almost impossible for them to find this place"

That does make sense, but a barrier alone was not enough to prevent the union from discovering this place.

Actually, before that, was my expression that easy to read? It was fine if only Grandmaster Keiki could read my thoughts...but now another person, whom I just met, could easily read what I wanted to say―was my face that easy to read?

Moreover, I was currently wearing a mask. Apart from my eyes, everything else was covered. Does that mean he could read my expression solely based on me eyes?

I need to make a mental note to myself to start practicing my poker face...

Looking at my surroundings, I thought for a bit before saying out loud.

"If it were me, I would just look at the surrounding geology and narrow it down to possible locations"

With the technology of this world, it wouldn't be too hard to narrow places down according to the details of the surroundings.

"Huhu, you're a smart one eh?"

Laughing at my comment, the middle-aged man stood up.

the union and the government won't really

eyes narrowed, as he spat

want to start a war with

followed the middle-aged

the way sir, how should I

walking, I couldn't help ask him for

unrefined and crude, when he spat those last words, my heart

"Me?"

the cigarette in his mouth, the

"Just call me Thomas"

"Okay, Mr. Thomas"

the honorifics, please. It makes it sound

"uh, okay"

Thomas, and chatting with him for a bit, I

"You feel it?"

"Yeah"

energy of all the monsters inside of

source of where the energy was coming from, I couldn't help but feel

me, Thomas grinned as he

"Nervous?"

if I

for a first-timer like you, you'll

was becoming

till you

"An S-ranked gate huh..."

gate was this much, I wonder how

thought sent

Timothy 8, Timothy

white masks and armor, Thomas handed them a

"..."

"..."

guards took

to the side and made

step forward, I could feel the tremendous energy bursting out from

where

I was too engrossed on the

for

Just doing my job. Take care of yourself

head I turned around and faced the

"Huuu..."

a deep breath, I took my first step into

...

clarity, I

my lips to tight up, prompting me to repeatedly lick them to keep

could be seen everywhere

I could see sand dunes made up of red

is

a

were no signs of animal or living creatures on

don't need to eat or drink, the only other living beings were the small insects

the surrounding area, I felt like it created a stronger sense of dread in

so that I could adjust to the harsh environment, I

acquired sword rested, I made a recount of the things that I

newly acquired bracelet and should

also shouldn't be any problems regarding potions as some cheap [Stamina recovery] are carefully stored in my

else....hmm, I think that's

anything missing, I stood up and decided to venture deeper into

my

...

-Keuka!

in front of a dead tree, I paused and stared

them, my very first

Yes, a globin.

me to describe

mean it was

-Khuek!

like a

newly acquired sword, a

-Click!

-Khuuuuaak!

the goblin could even have enough time to react, a red dot appeared on top of its forehead which

'How sharp'

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