The Author's POV

Chapter 32

"Report everything that happened since we lost connection to you guys"

Neatly standing in a line, white-clad individuals stood with their backs straight and with their hands behind their back.

In front of them, Thomas stood there looking at them solemnly.

Stepping up, a white-clad individual with a golden ring on his arm spoke.

"Reporting to Vice-Director, during the sandstorm some sort of radio frequency disruptor was installed preventing us from communicating with the outside world."

"We also couldn't communicate with each other, and because of the low visibility I ordered them to stay within one meter radius of the closest person next to them"

Nodding his head, Thomas took out a pack of cigarettes and lit one of them. Placing the cigarette in his mouth, he exhaled a cloud of smoke as he listened to the report.

Puff!

"As demonic energy was detected before entering the gate, using the energy detector we managed to locate the source of the demonic energy"

Pausing slightly, the captain looked around at his team members and said "the eye of the storm..."

"...Hm? The eye? Are you sure?"

"Affirmative"

Frowning, Thomas pinched the middle of his brows and contemplated.

'If the source of the demonic energy was within the sandstorm, then it can be confirmed that this was an artificially created sandstorm...but why create a sandstorm?'

Suddenly, as he was contemplating, a thought struck him, causing him to quickly focus his attention back on the alpha team captain.

"Did you enter the eye storm?"

Shaking his head, the captain spoke "Negative, by the time we arrived at the edge of the storm everything had already started dying down"

"..huh?"

Surprised by this information, Thomas's frown deepened.

"When everything died down, we managed to catch a glimpse of a black castle not far from where we stood"

Interrupting once again, Thomas thought of something as he asked

"...A black castle? Describe me its features"

"Here sir"

Taking out a tablet, the captain handed it over to Thomas who scrolled through the photos. Soon his face revealed a trace of astonishment

"This is the work of a Baron or higher ranked demon!"

"Pardon?"

Confused, the captain tilted his head.

How could a Baron-ranked demon or higher be able to enter an F rank dungeon?

"Here take a look at this"

Pointing at the castle in the picture, Thomas pinched his fingers and zoomed in. Soon the features of the castle became clearer revealing what seemed to be a small beacon.

"This!"

face darkened, and gravely said

compress all the mana inside of a dungeon. In doing so, they could create a small bomb with a power equivalent to five atomic bombs.

monsters couldn't adapt to Earth's thin atmosphere. Else the

That was because only Baron-ranked demons or above

but their mental fortitude increased by many folds. A mana compressor concentrated all the mana that was directed to it into a ball of thick dense energy. But in order for it to do so, it needed someone to

their body in the dungeon and through the connection they had with their clone they would direct the mana towards the mana compressor which would slowly condense all the mana that was directed to it. Only Baron-ranked

can't believe they were scheming such a thing from underneath our

bit, Thomas looked

like the mana compressor has stopped working. Did you

his head, the

have

yes how could I forget

was too focused on making sure everyone was alright that it

tablet in his hands, his finger directly

he had previously met him a mask covered his face, Thomas was

"It's him?"

...

ceiling for a moment, then slowly I turned my head to the side. As my head cleared, a strong pungent smell of alcohol invaded

pain hit my head as I looked at my body which was covered in bandages. Aside from the bandages, long metal wires that connected to the electrocardiogram were

my upper body, it was instantly engulfed

only lay there pathetically, hoping for the pain to disappear. Staring at

Where am I? What happened? Shutting my eyes, I tried to remember what had transpired prior

-Clank!

door of the room opened, and a doctor wearing a blue short-sleeved scrub top with a white coat and similar blue colored pants entered

a chair with his

"Mr Thomas?"

"...hm?"

-Rustle!

the gate, put away the newspaper in his hands and entered the

I first met him, but differently from last time he was currently wearing a brown suit

"How are you feeling?"

"…Alright, I guess?"

"That's a relief"

down next to my bed, Thomas loosened his necktie and

"Do you mind?"

my head around and

in Ashton city, and the city lights brightly lit

what

a cloud of smoke, Thomas leisurely leaned back and also looked at the

"You did good kid"

"Hm?"

to stop a possible dungeon desync, which would've resulted

night "...so after

help but let

"A skill?"

wide, I immediately shook my hands

don-e enough to receive

as I couldn't help but be surprised by

you what the most sought-after thing was, most wouldn't even think

martial manuals, weapon manuals, cores were all things that held tremendous value,

anything that required some

a technique before they could proudly say

you needed to do was learn it and all the information would instantly be transferred in your brain. There was no need to train the skill, as once you learned it you were capable of instantly

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