Chapter 425: Convention confusion

Chapter 425: Convention confusion

The tunnel took her straight down for a few hundred meters, further confirming that the graveyards range limitation was bypassed by her new trick, and she then found herself above another cavernous room.

Four more guards on this side of the tunnel. It would really be impossible to brute-force this place for someone at my level. Still, I wonder what the intended solution is for someone without the ability to go through walls.

Maybe the dungeons name is a hint like the floor names were in the ranking tower. But Fenrir is just the name of the moon and I have never heard of the word Ragnarok.

Can I get a definition?

Sofia found the dungeon notification in her recent logs and focused on it the same way one could focus on their skills to access their details. That did nothing.

Would have been too good to be true.

Unless

Sofia tried something that usually did not work, she tried to [Identify] the words within the system window.

Initially, there was no response from the spell, as usual, and then, out of nowhere, as Sofia was already ready to move on, she received a new notification.

[Hint 2 of 5 found!]The source of this content no/v(el)bi((n))

[Hint 2 : Ragnarok is the prophesied end and rebirth of a world]

Oh. Now this is new. There might be more to this dungeon than just finding an exit after all.

It also looks like I already missed the first hint

End and rebirth I fail to see how that is supposed to help. Lets get back to exploring.

Sofia found it hard to discern anything much about the contents of the caverns from the spirit realm, the only clear thing was that there were still Veik everywhere, but they were a lot calmer in there, which Sofia thought was likely because they were too deep to have noticed the bolt explosion. She roamed around this new caverns ceiling, searching for another tunnel with a group of guards.

On one hand, she wanted to be done with the dungeon as fast as possible, especially since the warning she got through the new titles description was worrying her a lot more than she initially thought. The Venerable physique of the primeval void was already messing with her body in all sorts of ways, and her soul was also already deformed as all hells. She did not need nor want to also become some sort of half ghost or whatever else the irreversible changes might be.

On the other hand, her current mana regeneration was under 3000 points per minute, and her stamina was even slower to come back as getting dragged through the spiritual realm wasnt exactly the most comfortable experience. If she could just find the exit and avoid getting in any fight throughout the dungeon it would be fine, but considering the guards had managed to feel her through the walls, she doubted it would be that easy when she supposedly had to go near the king.

The good thing, though, is that this dungeon doesnt adapt to my and Pareths strength like the previous one, so it should be relatively easier, in theory.

Then again, the reward is a large heart catalyser, when the one we got from dueling Tarren was a small one which allows to go from rank C to B. If we consider that there might be a regular type in the middle, the large probably allows the heart to upgrade from A to S rank.

[Veik Royal Guard - Lv.??? - Imprint power : ??? - Effect : Veik Fortress Skill shard (1/3)]

What are the chances that it is over level 300?

Pretty high.

To say that it was a walking fortress was no exaggeration, its gigantic armored body would make even current Pareth look like a dwarf in front of a castle, and the skill shard imprint further reinforced that notion.

And the small ones They are literally wearing crystal crowns

[Veik First Prince - Lv.217 - Imprint power : 0]

[Veik Third Princess - Lv.185 - Imprint power : 0]

Worst of all, they were not mindless monsters.

The Prince who looked like some kind of giant human-sized long mix between a crab and a shrimp, was currently polishing its own shell with a large brush, while the Princess which looked about the same but much smaller, about the size of a large dog, was busy writing something on stone tablets.

Writing.

I cant read it but its hard not to recognize that these are structured sentences in an unknown language

The paper people were one thing but even these?!

And they dont even have a class! They dont even have the system!

I always thought all intelligent people were automatically given system privilege. Even Tarren, a Sunless, clearly had it. So why

This changed little about Sofias main goal within the dungeon, she had no need to kill them, but she did feel like this instantly narrowed her possibilities a whole lot.

She had thought up plans to have the hive collapse or such other colorful things to potentially farm imprints, but these instantly all went out the window.

No wonder you dont have to kill the boss. It would just be cruel, wouldnt it?

Now that I think about it; I dont even know for a fact that they are hostile They reacted when I blasted a hole through their hive, but thats it, chances are they could be a peaceful species overall. Surviving by themselves on a lonely moon

How do I go from here?

If I could isolate the Princess and find a way to communicate