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[Dungeon] Chapter 45 – Wait Finished
🕑 Added 2025-04-09 11:06:17 +0000 UTCBoth Konohagakure and Rias' party returned to the hub after clearing the first part of Floor 2.
Meanwhile, Sunagakure party only managed to find the entrance to the second floor. Some of their members, except for Kankurou and Temari, got injured in the process. They actually spent too much time wandering aimlessly on Floor 1 before finding the hidden entrance.
"There are two doors." Temari said.
Just like the other dungeon, Cain also renovated Elemental Tower slightly after he got points from Rias' rampage.
One of them being an exit door that he placed right next to the door that led to the second floor. To make it stand out, he actually changed the color too. Black for continue, white for stopping.
Why black for continue? Usually it's green or something bright.
Obviously, because black was ominous. Cain was playing around here.
But because of that, he also made a sign so the challengers knew which door was which.
"Should we continue?" Kankurou asked Temari.
After a brief pause, the blonde girl answered.
"I don't think so. Look at that sign." She pointed at the warning written under the continue door.
[Warning! The difficulty waiting for you ahead is so easy that you can just breeze through! Don't worry about heat, there will be no fire in the next area. I assure you. This dungeon is for a beginner, it's not scary at all!]
"No matter how you see it, that's definitely lying. A worse area than the one we passed through lies ahead, and there's a reason why he says there will be no fire. Also, why does it say heat instead of cold, that's obviously foreshadowing. So I think we should return and exchange information with people from Konoha."
"Hmm..." Kankurou contemplated before agreeing. He sighed in relief internally when he heard that they would call it day.
Not only did they lose one man, the other three also got injured seriously from fire slimes, goblins, and orcs. They were unprepared, entering this place without any information at all.
The fact they were able to reach the entrance safely could be attributed to both Kankuro and Temari, along with sheer luck.
"The way back is long and dangerous. Get ready." Temari reminded as she looked at her team.
"Alright."
Sunagakure party opened the exit door, expecting a long journey back through the burning forest and passing the ground with flowing lava, as well as facing monsters along the way.
Thus, when they felt a burst of light suddenly, everyone panicked. But, before they could take a proper defensive stance, their bodies disappeared from the Elemental Tower and reappeared in the Hub.
"...what?"
Their bodies appeared in different places, not far away from each other. Confused, Kankuro raised his head and found Temari and the others looking equally confused.
Almost at the same time, ninja from Konoha appeared near the center of the hub.
They were looking at their surroundings, trying to identify their location.
When their eyes met, Kakashi nodded at them before noticing that their number had decreased by one.
"Could it be..."
"One fell." Kankurou answered.
Temari gritted her teeth and punched a nearby wall.
"Bastard! We were completely unprepared for that thing! It's a disaster!"
"What thing?" Tenten asked.
After Suna's team exchanged information about what kind of dungeon was ahead, as well as sharing details about their encounter with a new monster they'd never seen before, they asked Konoha's team about their dungeon.
They exchanged information. About the skeleton and zombies roaming the second floor of the Tower of Resentment and about the monster wave.
"We need a lot more people to go through that. But for now-"
Before Kakashi could finish speaking, they noticed another group arriving with a mote of light. It was Rias and her peerage, coming together.
They looked at the group of ninja and also noticed one missing from the group who wore clothes similar to arabians.
The red-haired heiress looked around and found something. She nodded at the ninja group and pointed in a certain direction.
"There is the revival room. It seems the name of your dead comrade is written there." She said, "Now then, please excuse us."
With that, she turned and left. Her friends followed her from behind. They disappeared into the exit gate, no hesitation could be seen.
"Were they informed about it beforehand?" Temari wondered.
While looking at Rias' group retreating figure, she remembered the red-haired girl was quite confident and composed earlier.
"They have unique information or something that we don't know. Maybe creating a good relationship with their group will benefit us." Kakashi added.
"Right? They are also so strong!" Naruto said, excitedly remembering their strength. He pumped his fists in the air as he boasted about their power. "They look like they are about our ages, so maybe we can become friends. Right, bushy eyebrows?"
"Yes! Youth indeed reigns supreme!"
Lee shouted, punching his fists into the air. His exclamation caused Neji to sigh with a tired expression.
"But there is also their strange power." Neji said, "We still need to investigate it. It isn't safe to be careless."
"Let's discuss this with Hokage-sama first." Kakashi added. "With that, we will leave first."
"Us too. We will visit this place again tomorrow to see whether our comrade is truly revived or not." Temari said.
***
Cain hummed and nodded in satisfaction. The notifications about coins he received rang as soon as the group left the Hub. Which meant, the Hub was still counted as a dungeon.
All emotions— happiness, sadness, grief, and longing would still be counted.
After confirming this, Cain knew his next plan would be able to be implemented successfully.
"Nice. Coins will rain down from their emotion if I do this well. Also..."
From the three groups entering earlier, he managed to gain a lot of Coins. He skipped the exact amount, but now he had 11,620 Coins in his status, something he achieved through sitting there.
"Well, let's respawn the monster in Elemental Tower first."
Hidden in a dungeon monster setting, Cain found out that he could immediately respawn all monsters in a dungeon by paying Coins. The cost was based on the monster type and how much they were, as well as their level.
Respawning monsters in Elemental Tower's first floor would cost him 500 Coins. When looked at the price alone, it looked pretty expensive. However, when one counted the income gained from that floor alone, which averaged 1,000 to 1,500 Coins, the price was reasonable.
He didn't need to wait 3 days to open the dungeon anymore.
Smirking, he moved his hand to click Yes.
Immediately, the monsters inside Elemental Tower's first floor respawned as he got notified. All fire slimes, goblins, and orcs appeared in random locations on the first floor.
This function was super convenient. He could hear Coins ringing in his ears.
"Now then..."
The new function he unlocked after finishing the second King's Trial would be implemented soon. Dungeon Chat Room and Assistant System.
Because there would be no challengers soon, or so he hoped, he planned to learn about them quickly. He didn't want to miss any hidden menu like before.
Without a doubt, these two new functions would be a game changer. He could put Dungeon Rules and Information regarding the tutorial dungeon in that place, encouraging people to visit the Fun Fun Dungeon! more.
And then, the wait was over.
[Ding!]
[The Dungeon Chat Room and Assistant System have been successfully installed!]
