Inside the Throne room of the dungeon, all the monsters focused their attention on the screen as soon as Mehlroth and the others left.

Although it looked like nobody was looking at him, Five did not dare to start moving yet. He knew that these monsters were very sensitive and so, it was better to wait for the right time. The most important thing he learned at his training was to always look for the best opportunity! While it was sometimes necessary to take risks, he still needed to have a fair probability of success.

In this case, there was no rush! The screen was the perfect distraction he needed.

When he looked at the screen, he could see the Colonel rampaging through the monsters; countless monsters of all types were lying dead on the floor. Just with the loss of these monsters, Kroff had already taken a blow; he was not sure, but Five could estimate the cost of these monsters at about 100000 DP.

"I did not expect the guards to be that strong... Well, at least the gunpowder was not wasted."

When he threw the container of gunpowder from the Harpy's floor, he never expected such a reaction to occur. His only goal was to threaten the guard, by causing an explosion at the camp, they would have naturally suspected something and would have sent guards inside the dungeon. The Colonel was something he did not expect but fortunately, he was useful in baiting out three boss monsters.

On the screen, they could see the World Scavenger fighting direct battle with the Colonel.

"Very impressive, it looks like that guy is a Knight of Light! Azik might really be in danger if Mehlroth misses the timing," commented the Lion man.

"Azik is not stupid, he still has his Mitosis Dissociation! At most, he'll be crippled for a few months, but I can see Mehlroth is already preparing himself," said Roy.

At the edge of the screen, Mehlroth could be seen making his way through the smoke. He was being careful to always hide his figure but, his features could be perfectly seen on the screen.

As for the Dryad, she was silently watching the fight. A few thorns started to move around her and intertwine to form a seat on which she sat down.

Seeing all the monsters distracted, Five took a short step towards the Dungeon Core and waited. There was still a lot of time! The climax of the battle did not even happen yet.

"That Knight is lucky we need him alive or else, he would have already been killed!" said the Lion man.

"Should we go and help? It's been a while since I got to kill some humans! Look at all these poor guards fighting for their pathetic lives in the smoke"

"Tsssk, you just want to go kill these ants! Can you even fight this Colonel in a duel?"

"Of course! Especially if I get to ambush him! His light magic won't be effective against me" answered Roy showing a proud expression.

Slowly but surely, Five reduced the distance to the Dungeon Core to 4 meters and no one noticed anything yet. While he sometimes noticed Roy's large eyes turning to look at him, he was slowly gaining confidence.

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"Just a little closer and it should be good!"

On the screen, the World Scavenger now had the shape of a human. The battle with the Colonel was nearing its peak. The World Scavenger, Azik was slowly getting suppressed by the glowing hammer of the Colonel.

"Now should be the right time!" said the Lion man and as he said that, the World Scavenger took a step back and started to transform.

Five immediately tensed! The perfect moment was about to come! It was now or never!

As he saw a bright light appear on the screen, Five immediately started moving. It was the perfect time to move; everyone was intently watching the screen. The bright light was clearly indicating the final attack of the Colonel and everyone wanted to see the outcome. Even Five wanted to stop and look but if he did so, then everything he planned would be for naught.

He dashed towards the Dungeon Core, making his footsteps as light as possible. Learning how to run and walk was naturally included in the training he received, and it was precisely that technique that he was using. He was muffling his steps as much as possible. It was naturally impossible to make absolutely no sound but since every monster was focusing on the screen, he was less likely to be detected.

3 meters

2 meters

At that moment, the Dryad's thorn suddenly shook trembled for a second. She immediately turned to look and froze upon seeing the scene. She immediately jumped off her seat of thorns, "Alert!".

The Lion man and Roy who were focusing on the screen immediately reacted and turned only to see Five running towards the Dungeon Core, there was less than 1m separating the two.

It was something the monsters never expected! However, they quickly reacted, Roy grabbed his spear and started vanishing. The Lion man crouched and prepared to jump while the Dryad raised her hands as thorns started appearing in the throne room.

"Wait and don't move!" loudly shouted Five. At the same time, his hands moved, causing a small harmless recipient to appear.

The recipient looked completely benign but the moment it appeared, a gloomy feeling fell onto all the monsters! They all had very sharp instinct and clearly knew the meaning of this feeling. Their lives were at risk!

Five finally stopped, merely 20cm away from the Dungeon Core and raised his head to look at the monsters. The thorns were threateningly crawling a few meters away while the Lion man stood not too far from the pedestal.

"You should all retreat a few steps! I get scared very easily! And Roy, you should make yourself visible!" said Five as he let out a cold smile.

In his left hand was the recipient of gunpowder while in his right hand was a lighted torch. He was standing a few centimeters away from the Dungeon Core but the items were right next to it.

A dungeon core was normally the most precious component of the dungeon. If it was destroyed, then the dungeon itself, including all the monsters, would also perish. As such, dungeon cores would often be placed in the safest room of the dungeon and would be protected by layers of arrays or similar defense mechanisms.

However, with Five's identity, he was able to directly enter the throne room. As for the defense mechanism, it was up to the dungeon master to set them up and configure them. But in this case, Kroff temporarily deactivated these defenses! And that was to allow Mehlroth, who was supposed to guard the dungeon core, to be able to easily monitor the dungeon.

Normally, since the monster's life was attached to the dungeon core, they would never even think of harming it. Instead, they would give their all to protect it at all cost.

"I am not very patient, Roy! You and the other lizards should quickly reappear!" declared Five as he brought the torch closer to the recipient.

The lion man and his subordinates were already standing 5 meters from the pedestal while the Dryad's thorns were not too far either. Only Roy did not make his appearance yet.

"Haha! You really think that we are that stupid! The dungeon core has a special protective layer! Even the combined attack of all 3 of us will not be able to break it!" Behind Five, Roy's figure slowly appeared as he confidently walked towards Five.

His spear was slightly glowing, he was mockingly looking at Five.

Five was startled for a moment but he quickly reacted. This was something he was not aware of, but he should have considered it. Since Kroff was a high leveled dungeon master, his core should naturally have a lot of secret defenses! It would not be that easy to destroy it.

"Really? Well since I already go that far I might as well continue. My life is not worth much anyway! But this protective layer should not be worth too much. At most a few million DP!" said five with a careless expression.

He looked defeated as his hands started to move but his tone was the exact opposite; it brimmed with confidence and sarcasm.

All the monsters immediately realized what he meant. They were not stupid and clearly understood the message. If he did not do anything, then Roy would mercilessly kill him. He might as well carry on with his plan. He would die anyway and so, if he could deal a severe blow to Kroff, it would give him some satisfaction.

The monsters did not know exactly what would happen if the torch met the powder in the recipient. However, their instincts were screaming to them that it was dangerous. The protective layer of the dungeon core was the last line of defense! It could even stop their most powerful attack and buy some time. However, it could only be used once! The protective layer was a powerful spell called [Aegis].

Kroff bought it at one of the previous auctions at a sky-high price and while the monsters were not aware of the exact numbers. They were easily able to estimate that it could be priced into tens of billions especially since it would provide absolute immunity to the core. Even a level 100 adventurer would need to wait for the Aegis to dissipate itself! In this scenario, they would naturally be accountable for this loss! Hundreds of billions? It represented years of accumulations!

However, the flame was waiting merely 5cm from the powder! Even if they rushed, there was no way to stop it in time.

"Stop!!!"