Prologue 0.2 Aria Dungeon

The Aria dungeon is less than a kilometre away from the village, its entrance is on southern side of the Big First (It’s the a single lone mountain more than 10km south of the actual mountain range) or as some call it the Big One.

Around the mountain there was once a florid Land, now there is a desert.

“This is strange, normally even when a dungeon is cleared it only stops working for a week at most, I have never heard of a dungeon inactive for more than a week.” The inside of the dungeon is exactly like a normal cave.  If I didn’t know that this was once a dungeon I couldn’t have guessed it, at most I would say that this cave gives a strange feeling, as if something is missing.

The ‘dungeon’ only has two floor, normally a two floors dungeon wouldn’t be a D rank, but a G rank or F rank at most. What made this dungeon a D rank was an abnormality. The dungeon boss was in fact way too strong for such a short dungeon. Well this dungeon was keen to abnormalities from the start.

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The last room of the second floor is no different from the others, a vacant cave without traces of monsters or even of animals, nothing I can do, I’ d better find another quiet place.

“Don’t go, come back, come here you are suitable”

While I was on my way to the village I heard a voice in my head. Maybe it’s my imagination but it’s better to check.

I have checked every wall, corner, the floors of every room, but only here in the last there is something strange that I didn’t notice before. From a small crack in the wall air passes, there is a hidden room.

The wall was pretty sturdy it took me more than an hour before I managed to break it. The hidden room is a clean 2x2 that is completely different from the cave outside. Here it seems that everything has been carved by a master craftsman , but this room too is completely empty. The only thing inside is a small altar and on top of if a small hand sized white crystal.

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I don’t know why but I took that crystal, I had a sensation that it was the right thig to do. When I find someone who knows what it is, maybe I’ll found out what aria dungeon’s problem is.

Right now I am resting in the only active inn of the village, the landlady was so happy to have a client that she started crying, I must remember to give her a big tip tomorrow.

While looking at the crystal in my hands I fall asleep.

Conditions met: Assimilation is starting