Chapter 10: Collector

After 5 hours of cramming his mind with all kinds of useful information, Adam felt as though his head was about to explode.

"I should take a rest before I am transported into the dungeon," he decided.

Heading towards the kitchen, he drank many cups of water to hydrate his body and mind and sat on his sofa.

Adam crossed his legs, closed his eyes and took slow and steady deep breaths to calm and soothe his mind.

In such a calm and relaxed state, time passed for Adam incredibly fast and was shocked by the sound that resounded in his mind.

{It is nearly 10 pm and you will be transported to the dungeon in 30 seconds} announced the system.

Adam jumped up and knowing he will be in the same position for 12 hours rushed to his room.

Remembering how much his back was aching when he woke up after sleeping on the rubbish bags in the alleyway, Adam lay down in a straight and comfortable position on his bed, ready to be transported at any moment.

SWOOSH.

It was the same sensation of being sucked into another space, and as he opened his eyes, he found himself in front of the metal gate closing him off from the long corridor.

Adam this time felt prepared and was much more experienced and clear-minded, even though it was only his second time entering the dungeon.

{You are now the official hunter and only owner of the Dungeon System, and although your progress is kept, the dungeon is on a totally different level} stated the system.

[Does that mean that if I didn't prove myself on Floor 0, somebody else would have gotten the system] he asked thinking about where he would be without the system.

{That is correct, The Dungeon System cannot integrate with somebody incapable of handling the pressure, so you are lucky and you were only a temporary host before you completed the Floor 0 test} affirmed the system.

Adam was very perceptive and noted down everything about the system, noting that it seemed to have a personality, he also had a question he had saved until now.

[What were the goblins protecting on Floor 0] he enquired curiously, remembering the longing he felt towards the centre.

{Event Skill Unlocked - Collector

Due to your perceptiveness, drive and bravery when being tested on Floor 0 you unlocked a new unique skill.

The Event was unlocked due to you realising that there was something being protected and you charging in because of your bravery.

The unique skill, Collector, is based upon your trauma from cruel beasts which has made you have an unknown hatred towards them and based on your personality has formed the unique skill: the Collector}.

Hearing this Adam realised that everything that he has seen, should be noted down and no small events should be missed with the dungeon system.

[What can the collector skill do] he asked confused about the skills name.

{The Collector Skill:

A unique skill that gives you a beastpedia that has an infinite capacity to store a single beast of each type of race of beasts that you kill, which can be summoned to battle under you, and LVL UP with you and have their unique traits and abilities} explained the system.

As this was explained to him he felt something within his mind, that was almost like a library, that he felt was empty apart from one, where he found a small green figure.

[System is that a goblin within my mind] he asked.

{Yes the first race within your beastpedia is the goblin race which can be summoned with the use of 1 MP or higher depending on their LVL and the longer it is summoned for the more MP is drained and for each 10 HP it loses you lose 1 MP, which drains your energy} told him the system.

Adam was excited to try out summoning his goblin, but summoning had many drawbacks and it required large amounts of MP.

"Menu" he stated with the intention of bringing it up.

Looking now he could say an additional tab that said beastpedia.

Clicking on it he saw many blank tiles and one tile that had a small green goblin on it.

Pressing the goblin he saw a list of stats.

Goblin Summon

LVL: 2

HP: 120

Strength: 14

Speed: 8

Intelligence: 5

Special Trait: Treasure Hunting

Seeing the stats he saw that it was quite powerful but found that there was no MP stat.

{That is due to the beastpedia representing the race as a whole and goblins have strong physical bodies, but do not have an affinity with magic skills}.

With this, he was excited to find out what other races he could collect and summon to do his bidding.

{Enough of the useless talk, before you enter Floor 1 there are some things that must be told to you and explained to you.

As you have probably realised that for the LVL of the beast that is the amount of EXP rewarded. From now on each Floor has beasts that range 10 LVLs apart with Floor 1 having beasts ranging from LVL 1-10 and its size is many times larger.

Once you have reached LVL 10 there will be a boss battle for each floor and you have only one life which when it is lost you will be transported back into your body.

Levelling requires more EXP after each LVL UP, and the place you finish when returning to reality is the place you will be spawned in when you return into the dungeon}.

With all of this, Adam felt both excited and nervous, knowing that there will be higher LVL beasts and that the Floor would be much larger.

After all the information was told to him, the large metal gate before him opened slowly, revealing to him the corridor.

Adam knew that his corridor didn't follow anything that he understood and all he needed to do was charge forwards without fear and he would be able to reach the light at the end of the corridor.

Closing his eyes Adam rushed forwards and within instants, he felt space and time itself swirl around him and as he touched the golden light, he felt like he was sucked into another space.

Feeling his feet land onto some soft ground Adam opened his eyes and instantly the cold air struck his body.

Looking around all he could see was white snow encapsulating the area that seemed to be infinite in every direction.

"What bad luck that I was spawned into such a cold place" he muttered while shivering.