"Rawr!" Bloodthirsty Ogre roar
Its normal day is really simple, respawn, waiting for some strong or a group of adventurers to come here, get defeated, respawn, repeat. Its floor is 20th floor so it's not easy for a new adventurer to come here, and a stronger adventurer would not come here since the profit is not that much compared to others.
And just like that...waiting like a normal da-
Swoosh!
The air was cut in a clean swipe. Bloodthirsty Ogre's eyes open wide in surprise but before it could react, its body was cut into two.
Johannes appears beside the corpse of Bloodthirsty Ogre that starts to disintegrate. His Vampiric Greatsword absorbing the blood from the Bloodthirsty Ogre, a black-red veins-like pattern appears on it before spreading into Johannes's right arm. He used 'Untraceable' to come here without anyone or any monster seeing him. Why? Because if someone saw him going into the dungeon then that would spell doom on him.
'All-seeing eyes'
After checking that the Bloodthirsty Ogre will not respawn again before Johannes get out of the Boss room, Johannes used his 'All-seeing eyes'. 'All-seeing eyes' that were upgraded from 'Appraisal' could see things that normally could not. Just after Johannes using 'All-seeing eyes', particle-like colors appearing in his field of sight, it's floating around everywhere in this room before getting sucked into the corner of this room.
"So this is where it is..." said Johannes
He came to where the particle was sucked. The information about the labyrinth is public, everyone knows that the labyrinth has different floors and monsters. But there's also something that everyone already knows but never saw it for real.
Johannes pushes that corner, but his hand passed through it like there was nothing but air. Johannes went inside without any hesitation.
"Huh, so this is dungeon core?"
Dungeon core. The heart of the labyrinth.
In front of Johannes was a blue ocean ball with a dancing azure flames in it. Its height is 6m, with a wide of 5.5 m floating in the air, with his 'All-seeing eyes' he could see the 'roots' from every corner of the room connecting with the blue ball in front of him.
[ (Legendary) God's Essence
The essence of the dead God, In this, is the power of Creation(Defect) and Destruction(Defect). Being nurtured by miasma mana, it's grown into the structure called The Labyrinth. And by the connecting of the original maker, monsters and demons from the Hungry ghost Realm will be manifested in this labyrinth.
Maximum Floor: 20th floor.
Miasma Mana: 2,034,874.1454458876541
Data: (Common) Homo sapiens of the Mortal Realm (Human), (Uncommon) The lowest being of the Hungry ghost Realm (Arundel), ... , (Rare) The bloodthirsty giant demon of the Hungry ghost Realm (Bloodthirsty Ogre). ]
'God's Essence...' Johannes's eyes opened wide, shocked, he clenched his fists.
The 'All-seeing eyes' gave Johannes more information that the above, he knew that 'this' lying here for hundreds of thousands of years, before the beginning of all humanity, before any sentient being born on this Earth.
How could a god die in this place? What's the name of this god? Which god killed him? Such information is not something of the mortal realm that could possibly know.
'I need something more powerful than 'All-seeing eyes' to see it'
Something much more than 'All-seeing'. He needs something like 'All-knowing' to uncover the secret and the true essence of gods.
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"Since there's no owner, then I'm going to take this"
Johannes said while taking a step toward the dungeon core. He put his hand on the dungeon core before a vortex appears on his hand and absorbing the whole dungeon core completely, even the roots are not spared.
This is his new Modifier that Johannes created.
[ Name: Johannes Vermillion, Sex: Male, Age:20,
Modifier: 1. Untraceable—Few creatures can perceive individual 'Johannes Vermillion'. 2. Translator—All languages are being translated. 3. All-seeing eyes—The real information of goods/creatures will reflect in your eyes. 4. Greed—Monsters that died by individual 'Johannes Vermillion' will drop currency, the number will depend on how strong that monster is. 5. Unblockable Wave—Every attack will result in splash physical/spiritual damage. 6. Level Up—Killing to increase the power level of the individual 'Johannes Vermillion'. 7. Close combat talent—Talent in fighting in close combat. 8. Phantom's Hand—Individual 'Johannes Vermillion' can steal 1 thing from one creature and that thing will always be his, can't discard or stolen. 9. Greedy Realm—Anything valuable to the individual 'Johannes Vermillion' can be absorbed by the individual 'Johannes Vermillion' to the realm between dreams and realities. ]
'Greedy Realm' is the Modifier that Johannes created. A realm between dreams and realities, where time and space do not exist. He used all his savings for this Modifier alone, but no matter how expensive it is, it's all worth it.
'Because with this Modifier, I can earn more' grinned Johannes
After the dungeon core was absorbed into the Greedy Realm. Everything was still the same, the dungeon is still dark and gloomy like before, and there's no commotion that Johannes expected to hear on the 20th floor like an earthquake or the dungeon fall.
Of course, there are some changes. Although the labyrinth will stand strong, it'll stand for a short while like a hundred or thousand years since the energy supply was stolen by Johannes. Monsters will not respawn anymore, this dungeon is already dead.
The dungeon is dead when it can't respawn monster anymore. There are many reasons like the dungeon core was destroyed or the miasma mana run out, albeit not common.
'I have the dungeon core now. Then the next is...'
***
The next day.
Johannes woke up when the sunrise, he cleaned himself before having the last meal in this city. The inn owner almost cries when he heard that Johannes gonna leave this city since because of his fame, many adventurers and villagers who wonder about the Slayer would come here, have a meal or take a rest, so his inn is in the booming state but if the Slayer is gone then anything will go back to normal.
Johannes gritted his teeth a little when he knows that the inn owner used his fame for money.
When Johannes's stomach is full, he stands up and goes out of the inn.
"Sir Slayer!"
Liliana that already wait for an hour outside the inn walk toward Johannes with a smile. Having a rest and stroll around the city for ideas about her town's development has brightened Liliana's mood greatly.
"So where's your town? Are we taking a merchant carriage or traveling carriage?" asked Johannes
"Oh no, sir Slayer. Although I'm only a viscount, I have the magical carriage for traveling of course!"
'Magical carriage?' thought Johannes
He really can't imagine what the magical carriage gonna look like. Liliana guide Johannes to the place where she parks her magical carriage at.
'So this is the magical carriage?' doubted Johannes
In front of him is a silver carriage with a streamlined body, a pair of wings like an eagle. It's the plane. The magical carriage is the plane.
"This is the magical carriage granted by His Majesty to my grandfather, this is the older version so its speed and space may not be as satisfied as to the latest model," said Liliana "Ah, please store your greatsword here before riding the magical carriage"
Johannes takes his greatsword and stored it in the empty space inside the magical carriage. After that, they both jump on the magical carriage.
"Ah, please fasten seat belt because it's maybe dangerous," said Leliana before skillfully start the magical carriage like the modern pilot.
But before Liliana could take the plane off, someone knocking on the glass outside.
"Yes?"
"Madam, are you gonna leave this city?" asked the guard
"Yes, I'm going back to my town with sir Slayer"
When Liliana said that, the guards' eyes went to Johannes who sat there innocently because he never takes a flight before. The guards' mouth open wide, for they've long heard the rumor about the Slayer, but when they see the real Slayer in front of them, their legs wobbled preparing to fall in the butt at any moment.
"A-ah, then may I take your time for a little...bit?" asked the guard while looking at Johannes
"Yes, you can ask anything," said Liliana
The guard asks some questions like where did she went yesterday, what's she doing, which inn did she stayed, etc. After asking all those questions, the guard asked Liliana to open the inside of the magical carriage, and saw the bloody greatsword lying inside, all the colors faded away from their faces.
"Um. May I ask why would you ask all those questions?" asked Liliana
All the guards that ready to leave the scene immediately, stuck in their place, sighed but still answering her question.
"Yesterday, someone broke into the mayor's mansion and the Adventurer's Guild. All the valuable things are stolen and the criminal is still on the run. This criminal is really skillful, he didn't leave any traces in the scene behind like he has done it thousands of times. And if we couldn't catch the criminal before the sunset then our salary will be deducted" sighed the guard
"Oh...sorry for hearing that..." Liliana apologizes while Johannes whistle in the back.