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!"

and gravely said "Yes, it's

a small bomb with a power equivalent to five atomic bombs. The force released by the bomb was so strong that it would cause the pocket dimension to crumble, resulting in monsters suddenly appearing in the

to Earth's thin atmosphere. Else the

That was because only Baron-ranked demons or above could

mana that was directed to it into a ball of thick dense energy. But in order for it to do so, it needed someone

atmosphere into a specific point. That's where a Demon came in. The Demon would send a clone of their body in the dungeon and through the connection they had with their clone they would direct the mana towards the mana compressor

they were scheming such

tablet for a bit, Thomas looked at the

mana compressor has stopped working. Did you

his head, the

We have

how could I forget

the time he was too focused on making sure everyone was alright that it slipped through

in his hands, his

he had previously met him a mask covered his face, Thomas was instantly able to identify the person

"It's him?"

...

of alcohol invaded my nostrils. The room was silent and apart

body which was covered in bandages. Aside from the bandages, long metal

up. But once I tried to move my upper body, it was instantly engulfed in pain, refusing to listen to me. Slowly, my

the pain to disappear. Staring at the ceiling, illuminated with white fluorescent light,

long have I been here? Where am I? What happened? Shutting my eyes, I tried to remember what had transpired prior to waking up in

-Clank!

reminisce, the 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 the

blonde individual sat on a chair with his legs crossed and

"Mr Thomas?"

"...hm?"

-Rustle!

who had previously accompanied me to the gate, put away

when I first met him, but differently from last time he was currently

"How are you feeling?"

"…Alright, I guess?"

"That's a relief"

bed, Thomas loosened his necktie and took out a pack of

"Do you mind?"

head, I turned my head around and looked outside the

Ashton city, and the city

what

leisurely leaned back and also looked

"You did good kid"

"Hm?"

dungeon desync, which would've resulted in a serious loss

the star-filled night "...so after a brief discussion with the higher-ups a

towards me and couldn't help but let out

"A skill?"

immediately shook my hands

don-e enough to receive a

started stuttering as I couldn't help but be surprised by

bewildered reaction was understandable as in this world if someone were to ask you what the most sought-after thing

martial manuals, weapon manuals, cores were all things that held tremendous value, in the eyes of

anything that required some sort of mastery, skills could be learned

technique before they could proudly say

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

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