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On his way Chuck made sure to gather as much information about the field dungeon {Highland Plains(F+)} from the internet before entering the field.
Field dungeons are the simplest form of dungeons, they take place on a large area usually a couple cubic miles. Unlike most dungeons, field dungeons have a wider variety of unique plants, and monsters. The strength of the plants and monsters is dependent on density of the mana in the portal (which is also used to gauge the rank of the portal). Once an Awakened kills a multitude of monsters whose internal mana equals up to a certain number, a boss portal will spawn above the corpse of the last monster killed. Boss monsters are usually one subclass above the rank of the portal. When a monster dies they drop a mana crystal. Mana crystals are used to make artificial artifacts while real ones rarely drop from mob monsters and still rarely but more often from boss monsters.
{Highland Plains(F+)} is a field dungeon whose monsters are all mutations of Bunnies, and Wolves. Most of the plants that spawn in {Highland Plains(F+)} are just used in medicinal teas, although the prices of these teas are very high. The capacity of people that can be in the field dungeon {Highland Plains(F+)} at the same time is 80.
When Chuck got to the field dungeon he noticed a couple things, the first being the amount of people hovering around the portal. Most people like to pair up in groups for portals even if they are low rank, just to make sure there are less casualties. The groups are called parties. Most parties consist of an Attacker(DPS; a Blocker(TANK), a Priest(HEALER), and a Porter. While most of the members' roles are obvious, the Porter is different.
The Porter is the person who stays behind, and dismantles the bodies of the monsters, down to their valuable materials(Mana Stone, Claws…ect). Person as in even unawakened can become porters of lower rank dungeons.
Chuck had a plan nestled in his mind , related to Porters but he needed to be a good amount stronger before he could enact that plan.
The surrounding area around the portal was similar to a military camp, the roads around the portal were blocked off with military personnel always on site. They took shifts on guarding so there were a couple tents lying around.
There was also a table with crates of MRE’s and water bottles lying around it with a couple soldiers passing out the food and water to the surrounding awakened before they entered the portal.
The portal looked like a pool of water with the way the ripples in the portal were gliding across its surface.
The portal was glowing with a faint blue hue signifying that it was quite far away from a dungeon break occurring.
Dungeon breaks are what happen when the total amount of mana built up in a portal surpasses the limit. When a dungeon break occurs the monsters from inside of the dungeon start flooding out from the portal, usually ending in the boss monster escaping too.
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The color goes from; white,skyblue,blue,lightgreen,green,lightorgange,orange,pink,red,darkred.
In the order from furthest from a break to closest.
Chuck decided to grab a bottle of water from the military table and make his way into the portal.
When Chuck exited from the other side of the portal he saw a large tent almost the size of a 3 story building surrounded by many smaller tents surrounding the area for a couple hundred meters.
Chuck entered the giant tent, which said “Quest Center” on a large piece of wood hanging from the top of the tent.
Once he entered he was surrounded by people and loud noise. The noise was almost cancelling out his thoughts from the amount of people talking. Almost like a small packed restaurant, or sports game.
{Your Hunger For Murder Grows(ETA of starved state 45 minutes)}
‘Dammit I was planning on waiting for a good opportunity but by the time I get out of here it may have to be the first person I see, I don't even want to know what a starved state means.’ Chuck thought, slightly shivering.
Chuck walked over a large post it board that was about six meters long and 2 meters wide.
On the board was a multitude of different tasks, with varying rewards.
The least rewarding one being a herb picking quest for 60 credits, and the most rewarding one being 1 (E-) rank mana stone, likely from the boss.
That quest’s reward was 600 credits which is around 100 credits short of market price but you can exchange it for money while still in the dungeon which is a huge time saver. As opposed to putting it up for auction, or having to spend hours trying to get the best price. So the reward was actually very fair, almost tempting if not for Chuck getting almost nothing out of needlessly risking his life against a boss monster.
Chuck grabbed the herb picking quest so leaving the camp area looks more natural, he didn't want to grab anyone's attention. Chuck speed walked out of the building accidentally brushing up against some people which was not good for his growing hunger for violence. He decided to head into the forest and start looking for some plants, hopefully he could find something good….
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*Meanwhile-Association Building ASF(Awakened Special Forces) conference room*
“In an alley near The Awakened there was a body found of a young man identified as a Domanic Urus, a young drug lord working for a gang called “Skull Alley Dealings”. Dominic’s neck was snapped back, in a way that was usually seen in car accidents, with his head slightly caved in leaking blood. Evidence shows that his eyes were punctured completely, piercing his retina, and destroying his lens, in both eyes. No prints were recoverable”
There was also an old man who was identified as 67 year old man George Paki. George was in an even worse state than Dominic. He showed no sign of struggle. All 24 of his ribs were fractured evidence shows that that alone would have been enough to kill him, but his head was also smashed to a mess of pink and red which made investigators infer that the culprit is a ruthless Awakened who takes pride in his strength.” said a tall bald man wearing a bulletproof vest over a white button down, and black tactical cargo pants.
The man was standing in front of a projector pull down with multiple pictures of Chuck's work projected on the pull down.
“Sir” a young woman said as she raised her hand and stood up from her seat. She had thick wavy brown hair that extended down to her armpits. She had hazel eyes with long eyelashes and the face of a doll.
“Yes, Special Investigator Bella” the man in the front said with a slightly annoyed tone. The department was used to the man's misogynistic views, and traditional values.
“I would like to personally take over this case with the help of my team” Bella said, with a determined look, and a hint of an impatient tinge in her voice.
“Bella this case is far below your pay grade, you do know that right” he said slightly surprised.
“Yes i know but this relates to my class” the second Bella said that everyone became quiet.
“I understand, your team is on the case. Go get your team together and start gathering information.”
Bella left the room and walked towards her team's room with one message hanging on a system window in front of her face.
{Eliminate The Seed of Destruction:Clues - Lumis City}