At the entrance of the once dungeon now super layered confinement. The bright light trigger set off a series of reactions all around the entrance.

Because the advanced mercenary party never received pictures of the entrance. They did not know the entrance has changed.

Yes, the entrance should have been a plain stone gate with everything around it carved off.

Lucas and Kate were greedy enough you take it all.

But if those two were here now... They would be horrified.

The mural is back... And the signal released inside the dungeon set off a signal to the mural.

As if the mural came to life. The leaves and branches on the mural started to shift and change into...foxes.

Lots and lots of foxes.

Millions of fox paintings were now being displayed on the mural as they move about.

When suddenly, one of the foxes leaped out. The scene look like something straight out of a horror movie. A sticky white layer slowly extended outwards from the fox's charge. Stretching to the point of ripping apart as the fox jumped out of the mural.

As if a signal, all the other foxes started to do the same with a white sticky layer constantly oozing outwards and ripping.

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Eventually, the entire area was flooded with foxes. But they did not stay there for long. The foxes started jumping towards a Pebble on the side of the road. Instead of crushing the pebble... the foxes seemed to dissolve into it. After an unknown amount of time the pebble transformed into a shiny black sphere.

"..."

'He wasn't lying, he really gave me freedom. But why...'

Yes, the black hand behind the scene had communicated through the mind to the dungeon core when it was still alive and trapped inside the dungeon.

It gave it an offer it could not refuse. Serve under him for a thousand years and the mysterious being will give it freedom from its cage.

The dungeon core was suspicious and refused without any proof. That was when it made a token. After seeing the token The dungeon core remained silent in astonishment.

The dungeon core realizes the importance a token is to a dungeon. Especially the token that is connected to its own dungeon...

Tokens that lead to a dungeon are only made by the dungeon core itself. No other being is capable of making a token to represent a dungeon. This was common knowledge to all monsters and elementals alike.

Until that day. The black hand behind the scenes had made a token out of thin air in front of the dungeon core to prove that what it considers the impossible... Is merely a concept of someone without power and lacking the knowledge necessary to understand.

After witnessing this scene, The dungeon core agreed to its request inside the dungeon cores mind.

And the first thing it wanted to dungeon core to do. Is to pretend it's asleep and take a lot of the monsters away from the first and second floor. Leaving only the week behind. When the first floor is eliminated for the first time, you can send more back.

The dungeon core did just that. Getting angry was only because of frustration after knowing the monsters will be its second core.

Yes, The more monsters alive the more power can be retained after leaving.

"..."

'oh well, I will know in the future. First off it's time to leave. where did it want me to go again...ah yes. into the nearest town up north by the mana forests.'

And off the Black dungeon core went using one of the foxes as a ride.