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[Dungeon] Chapter 36 – First Contact
🕑 Added 2025-03-31 04:47:56 +0000 UTC"An earthquake?"
Tsunade looked outside her window. A few of the items in her office had been knocked down. She glanced out the window and noticed a cloud of dust in the distance, right at the center of the village, and she frowned.
Something strange was going on, and she needed to figure out what it was.
Fortunately, an Anbu whose job was to inform him appeared at that moment. He said, "Lady Tsunade, there's something weird in the village center! A strange structure appeared, and it's emitting blue light."
"Strange structure?" The fifth Hokage was confused. She hadn't heard of any new structures in the village.
"Yes! It has a blue swirling pattern on it. On the top of the arch, there is a sign. [Dungeon Tower of Resentment. No limit!] is written in that sign."
"A dungeon." She narrowed her eyes.
The dust in the distance settled, and the large structure that appeared was revealed.
It looked similar to a gate, like a giant door frame made of stone and metal, with a large blue swirl in its center.
There were a lot of civilians who were scared by the appearance of the gate, and some of the shinobi had come out to see the situation.
Some evacuated normal people while some stood in front of it. They were looking at it curiously, trying to understand what it was and why it appeared.
Upon understanding the situation, Tsunade immediately ordered.
"Gather all Jounin and Chuunin! And call the clan head meeting to gather all of them. We need to figure out what it is!"
The Hokage was a busy woman.
***
At the same time, Sunagakure and Kuoh academy also had the dungeon gate appear.
The Kage in Sunagakure, Gaara, had just received the news about the mysterious dungeon and checked it himself. He flew with his sand technique and arrived at the entrance, narrowing his eyes as he read the sign on the top of the gate.
It was written the same as what the Anbu member had reported in Konoha.
Following his arrival, Temari and Kankurou arrived to support him. The three of them, along with other shinobis in the area, stared at the structure, trying to find any clue as to what it was and why it had appeared.
"This is the dungeon?" Gaara murmured. "Is it similar to what our allies, Konoha, had told us about and the one we found in the desert?"
Temari nodded, "That's probably it."
Unlike what Cain guessed, Sunagakure's shinobi had actually found the Elemental Tower already.
However, due to the information from Konoha as well as 3 days cooldown from the Devils clearing the dungeon, they had no chance investigating it yet.
They already made a team that was headed by Gaara himself to enter tomorrow. But now, there was a new problem.
A new dungeon gate.
"Kankurou, Temari. Bring four people and scout the dungeon, but be careful. If there's anything dangerous, immediately report to me. I will inform Konoha about this and request some backup."
The two of them nodded.
***
In Kuoh Town, the same earthquake occurred, but the damage wasn't as severe as the one in Konoha. It didn't cause a lot of panic.
The Devils immediately headed to the area by teleportation and hid the place from everyone by using a barrier. If Cain saw this, he would definitely be furious and wanted to curse them.
But, the Supernatural resident in this world would surely notice the barrier and could still enter, so that didn't really affect his plan.
"Another dungeon?" Rias arrived at the scene with her peerage and looked at the impressive looking dungeon entrance. "I think the word 'Tower of Resentment' is written there. Sona, can you confirm that?"
The Sitri princess also looked at the sign and nodded, "Yeah, it is indeed written so. But this place is different from the other one we visited. And this place doesn't have the limit like the previous one."
"Indeed. The entrance is also bigger and more imposing. It looks like a real dungeon."
Akeno and the others looked around, curious.
"Maybe the other one was the tutorial or something. This one looks more dangerous and exciting!"
Issei exclaimed. He was also curious and wanted to enter the dungeon.
"We should enter it, President. We know that revival is possible, so we can just challenge the dungeon."
"Alright, I think we should. What about you, Sona?" Rias asked, looking at the black-haired girl.
"Hmm... We can, but we need to prepare. As for the previous dungeon, we know that it is possible to revive after death, so I am confident. However, I can't be so sure with this new one." Sona said, "I think this time I need to report this to my sister and your brother."
"Yeah, I will report to Onii-sama too. He was angry at me for entering the previous one, so he must know this." The red haired princess sighed. "Besides, I will be able to break my engagement with this, so I need to do it."
Experiencing loss in the past made her understand that there was something she couldn't do alone.
Being confident and stupid was close, but it was not the same. She understood she couldn't fight against her brother, and her family was strong.
However, Rias wasn't going to let that stop her from doing what she wanted to do, which was entering the dungeon.
She didn't want to admit it, but she was a bit proud for asking for the reward to be a complete revival.
This could be counted as her biggest achievement, seeing dungeons had many items they could get from them.
And those items were truly useful.
For example the HP potions. Its use was not limited to battle but also for accidents. Devils could benefit a lot from them seeing recovery using magic wasn’t really their forte.
"We have 2 monocles now from clearing the Fun Fun Dungeon! again. I will bring one with me and enter this dungeon with my peerage. As for the other one, feel free to use it, Sona." Rias said.
"I will take the offer." Sona nodded. She was planning to use it herself to check the new dungeon.
And now, there were three places where people were investigating the dungeon, each with its own agenda.
Two Ninja teams from Konoha and Suna, each composed of 6 people, entered the dungeon.
At the same time, Rias and her peerage also entered from the entrance in Kuoh Town.
The three parties appeared in what seemed like a large lobby, filled with chairs and tables. Water running sound could be heard from the fountain with a drinking faucet.
They could also see the wall covered by the bulletin board for party recruitment.
For those familiar with games, this was like the waiting lobby. Or like the waiting hub before entering an instanced dungeon, usually found in games like World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy 14, and so on.
It was different from the first and second dungeons Cain had made before, where they appeared directly in a cave, grassland, or a forest.
There was also a sign with a big title written on top of the door leading to the dungeon connected to both Fun Fun Dungeon! and Elemental Tower.
However, the most eye-catching place was the center, where a blue portal leading to the Tower of Resentment could be seen. A blue aura came from the door, making it look ominous.
The people who entered looked around,noticed each other, and stared.
Each representative from their dimensions had a similar thought.
"Who the heck are these people?"
And the answer would be, "A bunch of people from another world."
The dungeon entrance had connected them.
