Max jumped into the small pond, and space started to twist around him.

At the same time, he could feel a connection being made to something. It should be the dungeon.

When someone enters an empty dungeon, he will be directly considered the leader of the dungeon clearing party and will receive certain benefits.

most times it just let him choose whether to enter solo or with his teammates.

Although the Legacy dungeons are the friendliest among them all towards humans, it’s still a dungeon, which is technically an invader.

So such a situation like being forced to play with the team will never happen.

because dungeons as invaders aren’t charity, they will not care about your well-being and force you to team play.

And in case that individual is so powerful he can clear the dungeon alone, then from the dungeon Master’s point of view.

letting him clear it alone, and gain the benefit alone, is choosing the Lesser evil, instead of letting more than 10 people benefits and grow stronger to fight his race.

So if a dungeon master sees you walking alone inside, he will be more than happy to close the door behind you, of course, with your permission because of the laws of the Void Battlefield.

This apply to every single dungeon out there.

...

Max obviously chose the solo mode. As for Lucy, Max didn’t worry about it, since pets are considered part of the pet master’s power and won’t be blocked out normally.

....

Max opened his eyes to a completely different scenery, at the same time, feeling that the connection with the dungeon has disappeared.

Looking around, he was standing at the peak of the mountain.

This place was cleared, and turned into a clear land with a martial arts arena set in the very middle of it.

Looking down the mountain, all you can see is a rolling sea of clouds.

On the other side of the Arena, Max noticed 18 shadowy figures.

He tried to focus his gaze on them, but he couldn’t see them clearly.

It’s like he was looking through a black veil.

Max ignored the bunch for now and looked up.

A small house made of green bamboo was suspended midair.

“huh?”

Suddenly, one of the 18 figures became more visible as he walked forward to the arena.

After a few steps, max could clearly see the man.

This dude was almost 2 meters tall, had long black hair, a sharp gaze, and acted all aloof in his blue martial arts robe.

“I don’t like you, so I will be your first opponent. Stand in the arena.. “

Max just ignored the attitude of this guy, anyway. The words of a Deadman didn’t matter.

“ I know the rules. They said I have 1 hour to rest and prepare.”

The man in the blue robe seemed baffled." but you just came in. Why do you need to rest?"

“ I know the rules. I have one hour and I plan to take it so deal with it. “

Max actually wasn’t sure if the one hour still counts since he just came in, but he knew that there were certain conditions that even the dungeon master can’t go against.

Because when making the dungeon for every beneficial rule you make for the side of the dungeon, the void Battlefield or sometimes the central world itself will make another rule in favor of the one clearing the dungeon.

Max was just betting this was one of them.

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And apparently his guess was correct, because the man in blue didn’t respond, but just closed his eyes while standing.

Max, on the other hand, sat cross-legged while holding Cold Blood.

Lucy was already inside, but he didn’t disturb her by asking about her progress. It’s better to let her do her job.

Plus, he can clearly feel her taking control of the mountain, although he cannot judge the progress.

While Max and the man in blue waited, above them inside the floating Bamboo House, a man with long white hair and a white robe was looking at Max with a bitter look on his face.

Earlier, when Max walked in, his intuition kicked in immediately. He had the feeling that this newcomer might just clear his dungeon in one go successfully.

“Sigh, I thought that the will of the Central world might help us, since we’re joining it, but it seems I was too optimistic. “

A loud laughter burst out behind him.

“hhhghhhhh. “.

A shabby middle age man in a golden cowboy outfit was laughing his lungs out.

“you see, you fool, we offered cooperation with you, but you refused. Now that someone who can clear the dungeon came in, even if we want to help you, we can’t. How do you feel now, huh?”

The white-haired man was quiet, just gazing outside.

“you think you still have a chance don’t you?, hhhhhhh, I know about your plan, we all do fool.

Your dungeon is unique. If no one was able to clear it after a number of challenges, the dungeon will break open.

And instead of a normal break, you will become a member of the central world.

However, if someone cleared it, you will sign a contract to serve him for some time. Right? “

“so what?” asked the white-haired man, agitated.

“ you see, although I can’t tell how strong he is, since this is just my projection, but one thing I Can See Clearly is that this guy isn’t a good person.

He will not accept such righteous fools like you... “

...

The cowboy kept speaking, but his voice was getting lower and lower while his figure became shadowy until he completely disappeared.

Contacting an opened dungeon was already hard enough, but when someone was clearing the dungeon, it becomes almost impossible.

the connection will only be restored if Max leave.

......

Soon one hour passed…

Max almost fell asleep during this period, but thankfully, he stayed awake.

The man in blue opened his eyes exactly after 1 hour passed, not one second later.

“now let’s fight.”

Max stood up and walked slowly, “alright, alright.”

Lucy still needs more time, so he can only fight to buy her that time. If he wins this match, he will get one more hour, which should be more than enough.

But first Max wanted to buy time chatting if possible, but looking at the Fierce gaze directed at him, he gave up on this idea.

‘well it’s just the first challenge of an E-rank Legacy dungeon, so I should be able to handle it. ‘

As Max stood in the arena, and the man in blue prepared his fighting stance, and the fight was about to break out.

suddenly a white figure descended in the middle of the Arena with a gentle smile on his face.

The man in the blue robe bowed 90° immediately and cupped his fists.

“greetings to the Master. “

The white-haired man just waved his hand and switched his attention to Max while smiling. “This young friend, I have something I want to discuss with you. “

Honestly, he wanted to kill Max, but he couldn’t.

Let’s ignore the fact that Max’s strength level is unknown, and the fact that their own strengths are sealed by multiple ranks to the E-rank.

Forget about all of that, because this was a legacy dungeon that he modified extensively.

it has much more restrictions on him than normal dungeons.

He has to follow the rules.

For him, he can only fight Max after Max defeated all his disciples, otherwise he can’t make a move at all.

On the other side, Max wanted to smile when he heard the word’ discussion.

Inside his mind, a simple equation was playing.

Discussion equals buying time, equals killing them all without much effort, equals a happy Max.

Max suppressed the smile that wanted to Bloom on his face and spoke seriously.

“ohh, I am listening, what is it? “

The white-haired man looked back at his disciples. “show yourself. “

Soon, 18 disciples stood in front of Max, 10 men and eight women, including the man in blue.

All of them were wearing ancient martial arts costumes in different styles.

In Union, all of them bowed and cupped their fists. “greetings to the master.”

The white-haired man nodded and turned to Max.

“this young friend, the reason I opened this dungeon, is that I wanted the best for my beloved disciples. I wanted a future for them.

However, it seems I was in bad luck since I have the feeling you can clear this dungeon easily, sigh….

.

But still I want to see if we can reach a middle ground. “

Max was honestly surprised. A boss from an E-rank dungeon having such high intuition wasn’t normal, but thinking that it was a legacy dungeon, it seemed explainable.

“well I came for the rewards, but if you’re offering something better, then I am listening.”

The master gave max a golden scroll.

Max didn’t take it, but gave him a questioning look.

“this is a contract, me and my disciples will serve you for 10 years if you take us out of this dungeon with some conditions. “

The 18 disciples wanted to argue, but their respect to the master prevented them from speaking against his words, so they just watched silently.

Max took the scroll a little doubtful. Such a windfall?

But after reading the first condition, Max already chose to refuse.

But he didn’t refuse immediately. He took the opportunity to buy time for Lucy and just kept reading slowly.

.....

First, you can’t force them to act against their will or conscience.

2nd you can’t force them into deadly situations deliberately.

3rd you have to provide the bare minimum for survival.....

Max already had enough reading this ball of shit of a contract, and just kept looking at the paper to waste time.

He would be brain dead if he actually signed this contract.

Look at his pets. He asked mok to kill himself, and it wasn’t even an order.

But mok committed suicide without hesitation.

Then why would he pick this bunch of annoying martial artists, moreover, from his passive Max, could sense that most of them are righteous people.

....

..... Max just pretended to be reading seriously.

10 minutes, 15 minutes, 25 minutes.

The group just kept waiting on the side, some of them whispering to each other.

But When half an hour passed and Max was still reading, the master felt that something was wrong.

But before he could speak, Max suddenly looked at him with a shimmer in his eyes.

“I have one last question. I assume that you sealed your strength in some method, what was your original power level and how much time you need to go back to your peak if we assume I take you out. “

The master was silent for a moment. He had a bad feeling about this, but he could only answer.

“based on your ranking, I should be at the peak of the B-Rank while my disciples stand at different ranks, but mostly at the C-rank.

It would take less than one year to recover, maybe even faster with some resources. “

Max asked that one question to determine their worth, and it appears it wasn’t that much.

A creepy smile crept up on Max’s face.

“Let me tell you how this is going to play out, master.

What’s your name, anyway? Actually forget about it, and listened carefully because I won’t repeat myself. “

The master squinted his eyes at the sudden shift in attitude, while the disciples were enraged by the rudeness of their master.

Max didn’t care about the changes in their expressions as his smile deepened.

“you have two choices.

First, turn this scroll into a slave contract and serve me for 10 years with absolute loyalty.

Or die a painful death.

It’s your call. You have 3 minutes to consider, no more, no less. “.

Max just looked at them, waiting for their decision with curiosity.

To him, it didn’t really matter in both cases since he will be the winner, anyway.