blueteamnovel Chapter 23 Locking a Dungeon
Chapter 23 Locking a Dungeon
The notification hung in the air in front of me. Taunting me with its lack of context or explanation as to its meaning. Dungeon instance? This was a dungeon? Like in a video game? Or anime?
If it was this simple and straightforward, I wondered why anyone had problems with this dungeon at all.
Then again, they didn't have the key. I would have to ask questions when I got outside. Questions I didn't want to ask. I was tired. I would rather sleep than deal with the mystery that were these portals. Like why were the dragon's on the verge of a cataclysmic series of dungeon breaks?
These didn't seem that hard. It was fairly obvious to me at least what was happening. Just like in so many anime I had seen before, if a dungeon was not completed within a certain amount of time, something called a "dungeon break" would occur.
The monsters within the dungeon would break out of the portal used to access the dungeon and roam free, killing anyone and anything they came across. That was until someone strong enough showed up to stop them.
I supposed I didn't know how difficult the dungeons that the dragons held were. It is possible they were significantly harder than the one I just did. The key to solving this whole problem was a combination of my system, which could interpret the dimensional messages transmitted by the dungeon, and the actual dungeon key itself. I know I just said the key was the key. But it was!
As for this notification, I could only assume it meant deactivating it until the key holder wanted to reactivate it. Since no one had seemed to figure out how to close portals, I assumed no one had used this key in conjunction with them.
Probably. I didn't know for certain. After getting the rewards from the dungeon, I doubted I could get them again. If others completed the dungeon maybe they could derive rewards from it, but if this functioned like a game, it was one and done for me.
Since monsters had been keeping these dungeons at bay for literal centuries, I figured locking this one wouldn't do any harm. Hell, locking all of the vampire and the dragon portals probably wouldn't do any harm. Since if anyone needed to use it, you could probably open them back up. Locking them just removed the sense of duty and urgency to constantly run the dungeons.
"That is most impressive, Dylan, my disciple. Although, I had no doubt you would accomplish great things for us. Great things indeed," Elder Ravenkin said.
"I'm glad you guys are happy I closed the dungeon. I was worried you'd think I was taking something away from you," I said.
"Of course not!" Ravenkin said. "These portals have been a burden on the entire monster community for centuries. Besides, we can open it whenever we want right?"
"Yes, we can. It turns out the key you gave me works with the dungeons. It not only can lock and unlock them, but it also opens reward boxes for whoever completes the dungeon! Without this key you can't get the rewards. Which is a major bummer, I must say," I said.
"A major bummer indeed," he said. "So are you ready to continue your cultivation training?"
"Actually, I'd like a take a day off if you don't mind. I know I'm on a time crunch, but I'd like to spend a day with my girlfriend," I said, putting my arm around Victoria.
"Oh. You two are official? Congratulations," he said. "That is fine. You know where my mansion is when you're ready to resume your training." He walked away with the core disciples, leaving Victoria and I to plan out the rest of our day.
"So what do you want to do?" I said.
"My favorite thing in the world! Monster pit fighting!" She said.