Chapter 111: The Benefits of Owning a Dungeon

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As Frank managed to calm down the constant weeping of Orb, he relaxed a bit, sitting on the floor.

"Wait, can you generate something like a chair?" asked Frank.

"A chair?! That's all you want?!" asked Orb.

"Well, according to your ability, you can generate treasures of various aspects and so on… right? Can you generate a chair?" asked Frank.

"…No, but maybe this might be more fitting if you're calling yourself a Dungeon Master!" said Orb, as she released a tiny spark of light from her body, generating a large throne made out of beautiful wood and covered in various decorations.

"T-This… Isn't it a bit too much?" asked Frank.

"A bit too much?! You are a Dungeon Master! You don't deserve less…" said Orb.

"Alright, okay… How much did this fancy thing cost you?" asked Frank.

"Nothing much, it is a low-level drop, it does not possess anything precious over it, so it was not particularly hard to create… And I have some power stockpiled," said Orb.

"A low-level drop… a whole throne?" asked Frank.

"Well yes! What's the problem?" asked Orb.

"Nothing mind…" said Frank, sitting on his grandiose throne, as Nezhit, Ruby, and Zhulong walked towards him, admiring his grandeur.

"Now, System, show me the Dungeon Maintenance Function," said Frank, finally finding a comfortable place to rest for a bit while checking the newest function he acquired.

Ding!

[Welcome to the Dungeon Maintenance Function]

[You can maintain every dungeon you possess through this function, see their Rank, structure type, abilities, perks, and more]

[By using App Points, you can upgrade your Dungeons to the next Rank! By doing so, the Dungeon's size will increase, and the corresponding Dungeon Core will be strengthened, alongside every basic function that the dungeon might have, including things such as energy gathering efficiency, available treasure creation list, and more]

"So it is really connected to my System now. This is why I can use App Points in it? Ah, it reminds me of the Monster Pet Nursery… Although I don't like to leave pets there due to its time going too fast, which might anger the monster pets… Anyways, let's see the dungeon status…" said Frank.

[Dungeon Maintenance Status: Dark Lair Dungeon (Rank 1)]

[Owner: Frank James.

[Assigned Dungeon Core: Rank 1 Dungeon Core: Orb.

[Dungeon Rank: 1

[Converted Divine Power: 5624

[App Points/Converted Divine Power Needed for Upgrade: 10000 App Points.

[Dungeon Structure: Labyrinth-type.

[Energy Gathering Efficiency Grade: F

[Available Treasure List Grade: F

[Dungeon Size Grade: D

[Hastened Monster Multiplication Grade: F

[Special Abilities: [Lesser Monster Multiplication Enhancement: Level 1], [Energy Transmutation: Level 2], [Automatic Dungeon Regeneration: Level 1]

[Dungeon Functions: [Dungeon Manipulation], [Dungeon Transformation], [Dungeon Treasure Creation]

"Amazing, the status is even larger than the monster pet nursery, I guess a Dungeon is more complex than that strange place? There are certain grades for things, and even special abilities… like Skills?"

Frank inspected each Skill, curious about their true effects and details.

[Lesser Monster Multiplication Enhancement: Level 1/10]

Slightly enhances the multiplication of monsters within the dungeon.

"Pretty obvious one…"

[Energy Transmutation: Level 2/10]

The ability of the Dungeon's Core to transmute any kind of absorbed energy, refining its essence and converting it into Divine Power, the higher the level, the more efficient and fast can this process be done, without wasting as much energy in the refinement process.

"Oh, this one is very interesting, I guess Orb already has this ability since long ago… Any kind of energy, huh? I wonder if I can use Magic Crystals from Earth then?"

[Automatic Dungeon Regeneration: Level 1/10]

The ability that any dungeon possesses, which gives them the power to regenerate any walls, bricks, floor, ceilings, that had been damaged, the higher the level of this skill, the faster this regeneration happens.

"Quite essential if you don't want your dungeon to crumble into pieces…"

[Dungeon Manipulation]

Grants the Dungeon Master and the Dungeon Core the ability to manipulate the Dungeon Structure, this manipulation is limited to the dungeon's total Rank.

At Rank 1, only small changes can be done to the structure of the walls and floor, and only up to a certain amount of editions.

[Dungeon Transformation]

Grants the Dungeon Master and the Dungeon Core the ability to transform structures within the dungeon, such as opening a hole within a wall or creating stairs on the floor.

At Rank 1, only small changes can be done to the structure of the walls and floor, and only up to a certain amount of editions.

"These two go hand in hand… does this means I can shape the dungeon as I please? Well, not completely, it said that it is limited how many changes can be applied at the same time…"

[Dungeon Treasure Creation]

Grants the Dungeon Master and the Dungeon Core the ability to access the Dungeon Treasure List, where any item can be selected to be created in exchange for the corresponding Divine Energy or App Points (App Points can only be used by the Dungeon Master).

The list of items available completely depends on the Rank of the Dungeon, at Rank 1, the amount of items that can be generated is limited.

Whenever a certain item reaches its creation limit, a certain amount of time is needed for the user to be able to create more of such an item.

"And this one is the best one… Due to my App Shop and App Gacha being locked, I can only rely on this list to get items… Though I don't think there will be such amazing things as the ones I got from the rewards from quests, which might be a teasing of what could be in that App Shop…" said Frank.

Due to the requirements that he needed, Frank was not able to access the broken App Shop straight again, nor the App Gacha, even though he could already fantasize what kind of overpowered items could be acquired, and what kind of amazing otherworldly heroes could be summoned.

He already got a taste with Hades, as he had acquired the S-Grade item that contained his Fragment, strong enough to completely shift Frank's way of fighting and solidifying it even more.

However, the system itself seemed to know how powerful it was, so it locked such functions, as it seemed that the will of Gaia wanted to see how far Frank could go before acquiring such a cheat.

Due to this, the mission given to him to unlock the shop was to create a bond with the family he has befriended in Terra, if Frank could not complete this mission, he would die, meaning that if the family itself were to die due to him or an external reason, Frank would die as well…

Now that Frank thought about it again, the quest seemed to have even more depth than he had originally thought.

It meant that Gaia wanted him to protect such a family as if it were to die, any of their members… he would be instantly killed by the system itself.

Frank felt, for just a moment, the true weight of such a quest…

But now, he was doing something completely different, so he relaxed and calmed down his mind.

Frank checked out the Dungeon Treasure List, finding a Rank 1 Grimoire for every Attribute in Terra, containing one spell for each one… although Frank tried to search for more, there was only one spell for each attribute, which was locked, if he wanted to get more, he would have to upgrade the Dungeon to Rank 2.

He also found out a variety of equipment sets, mostly armor sets, a few accessories, and two weapons for each weapon type. The equipment and weapons seemed quite fine, of the same quality a Nezhit's equipment… which were shattered in the fight against the scorpion… Well, it was better than nothing.

There were some interesting, and incredibly rare accessories, such as Inventory Rings, which had a small pocket space to save items inside, Regeneration Bracelet, which granted regeneration to small wounds to anyone who wore it, and a series of rings and necklaces that enhanced a certain magic attribute effectiveness.

There were also Lesser, Normal, and High Health and Mana Potions, alongside some miscellaneous items such as a special thread named 'Ariadne Thread' that teleported the adventurer to the entrance of the dungeon, amongst other things.

And lastly, there were Cultivation Items, which included pills that nourished the Mana Core of anyone, which extended for every attribute, alongside elixirs that refined one's Mana Core, and even a special syrup that instantly awakened a Mana Core… however, they were not as strong, as their effects only applied up to Rank 1 Peak Stage Magus, for higher and stronger items, Frank needed to increase the Dungeon's Rank.

"The cheapest Cultivation item, an Enhancement Pill costs… 1500 Divine Power or App Points?! Isn't that a tad bit too much? I can increase my rank by eating Mana Cores anyways…" said Frank.

"Well, not everyone is as irregular as you! It is a very precious item that only some very advanced alchemist could produce… If used by someone at Initial Stage or Middle Stage, it will almost fill the necessary refinement in their Mana Cores to reach the next stage, it is very treasured, and I've only gifted it a very few times!" said Orb.

"Hm, even then, I can grant my System to anyone I trust enough, giving them the ability to also absorb Mana Cores to increase their cultivation, so even amongst my trusted allies, I won't need it… Well, maybe the very high Ranked ones will be useful…" said Frank.

"You're really quite broken, Master! No one, not even Gods are as ridiculous as you!" said Orb.

"Sigh… I know, don't remind me," said Frank, stretching his arms as he had gone back to his human form, he walked through the room and saved the enormous corpse and body parts of the Scorpion Boss, alongside its large Mana Core, which had the size of an adult dog.

As Frank assessed everything, Ruby at his side seemed to be glowing brightly, she had already reached Level 10! And she only needed his approbation to evolve into a Rank 2 Monster (Earth Monster Rank)!

Although Ruby was clearly way stronger than an Earth's monster of Rank 2, she seemed to grow differently than them, and Frank had even begun to think that her rank was unique to her, and didn't correspond to any world, this also included Zhulong, Nezhit, and Ginseng.

Ginseng was the closes to evolution at level 8, then came Zhulong and Nezhit, both at level 5.

And aside from them, Frank had acquired through the Quest rewards another future monster pet within the purple and black-colored egg he got, the egg of a Giant Black Scorpion King… And there was also the Spiritual Grass Snake waiting to join the party inside of Frank's inventory, whenever he managed to tame it.

And just as Frank was about to let Ruby evolve, he was reminded by the System of something going on with his Soul…

Ding!

[Enough Soul Density achieved]

[Do you desire to begin [Soul Core] Creation?]

[>YES NO]

"Oh, this…"

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