Chapter 49 – New Nursery Dungeon
Lucas bought a Dungeon Capture from the system's shop. The price was 100 000 Peto per Dungeon Capture. This Dungeon Capture was for Stage 1 dungeon. If Lucas wanted to copy a Stage 2 dungeon, he would need a Dungeon Capture for Stage 2.
Once he bought the Dungeon Capture, a small orb of light appeared on top of his palm. 'So, this is the Dungeon Capture?' thought Lucas. His back was facing Qin Yun so that he could not see him take out the Dungeon Capture.
'How do I use this?' Lucas asked.
[You just need to aim at a dungeon and release it. Once it is released, the light orb will scour through the dungeon and scan everything in the dungeon] Sery replied.
Lucas nodded. He opened his palm and a notification from the system appeared. [Use Dungeon Capture in this dungeon?] The system asked. Lucas answered yes.
After that, the light orb floated. It suddenly disappeared from Lucas's sight. Lucas was surprised. 'That's it?' Lucas asked.
[Yes, that's it. You can continue cultivating. Once the copy finishes, the system will notify you and I will get all the information about this Snowflake Dungeon. This dungeon will also be available in the nursery to be used for training pet] explained Sery.
Lucas nodded. After that, he followed Qin Yun and started cultivating. While cultivating, he asked, 'Is this blizzard normal in this dungeon?'
[Since this dungeon's theme is snowfield, isn't it normal?] Sery asked back.
'Is it normal to have a super-strong blizzard that produces this much snow?' Lucas asked another question.
[I think so. This is a dungeon after all and many weird things happen here that is considered normal in this place] Sery said. After that, Lucas continued to cultivate while Foody, Fury, and Raillow kept guard and waited for Glaide's return.
Winter 14th, Month 3, Year 3400
A day had passed. Lucas and Qin Yun were still cultivating peacefully and all of their pets were there with them including Glaide. A day ago, Glaide hunted a lot of monsters for them to eat. Thus, they would not have a shortage of food.
While Lucas was cultivating, the system gave him a notification. Lucas stopped cultivating and viewed the notification.
[Finish copying dungeon. The basic information of the dungeon is as follows.
Name: Snowflake Dungeon
Stage: 1
Landscape: Open Snowfield with many small flat land forests
Element Present: Snow, Ice, Wind
Surface Area: 550 million km2
Species of Monster: 119 species
Highest Tier of Monster: Tier 8
Highest Rank of Monster: Newborn Stage Rank 10
Lowest Tier of Monster: Tier 1
Lowest Rank of Monster: Newborn Stage Rank 1]
[Snowflake Dungeon is now available to use in the nursery]
'Nice!' Lucas was happy. He looked at the surface area and was amazed by how massive the dungeon was. He read online that the dungeon was as massive as their world and it was the truth.
'Three elements. Snow, Ice, and Wind. Does that mean in the nursery, the compatibility of pets with this element is high?' Lucas asked.
[Yes]
'So, pets with either of these elements will be best trained in this dungeon,' Lucas thought. Even so, none of his pets was suitable to train in the Snowflake Dungeon because none of them had these three elements.
'There are a lot of species of monsters in this dungeon… and, the highest tier is 8. So, humans have yet to travel all around this dungeon since the highest tier monster found was the Blue Eyes Snow Wolf, a Tier 5 monster,' thought Lucas.
[Your more experience and older tamers are nice to the younger generation. They can get all the treasures they want from this low-stage dungeon but they let the younger generation continue to discover all the things they cannot find in the dungeon. They want the younger generation to grow stronger and gain more experience] Sery explained.
[Thus, even today, no dungeon in the world is fully explored by humans. They just explore enough for themselves and let the younger generation continue the dungeon exploration] Lucas nodded and his respect towards older generation tamer increased.
A thousand years had passed since the appearance of dungeons and monsters. Day after day, more and more dungeons would appear on Petrian. Even so, none of them had been fully explored by humans and it was all for the reason to give chance to the younger generation.
No one knows if they explored everything in the dungeon, the dungeon would disappear. Humans feared that if they got greedy with everything in the dungeon, the future generation would turn weaker, and thus, Petrian would be once again in danger. Thus, they decided to just obtain enough from the dungeon and let the future generation continue the exploration.
There was also the chance that the dungeon would disappear after some time but a thousand years had passed for many dungeons and none of them had disappeared.
Not only that, someone once appeared a few hundred years ago that said the dungeon would never disappear unless the core of the dungeon was destroyed. However, no one knew if what the man said was true and the man had vanished too. No one knew who it was and thus, nothing could be confirmed.
'The Snow Buffalo was a Tier 4 monster and the monsters that Glaide killed were all of Tier 3 and Tier 4. Does that mean we are further in the dungeon?' Lucas wondered.
'Sery, do you know our locations now? How far are we from the entrance?' Lucas asked. The free nursery dungeon he received from Sery had areas where a certain rank of monsters resided. He wondered if the real dungeon was the same too.
[We are not that further away from the gate. Around ten days walking without encountering any monsters. Even so, we are in the area that no tamer has explored. Also, I know you are wondering if the real dungeon works the same as the nursery dungeon and the answer is yes] Sery confirmed Lucas's curiosity.
[But, it is slightly different. The area in the free nursery dungeon is in the simplest form. Imagine a rectangle where there is point A which is the beginning of the dungeon and point B which is the end of the dungeon. The closer you get to point B, the stronger the monsters you can find] Sery explained.
[Real dungeons work differently. An area is a circle. This circle will have certain difficulties but they are random. Circle A will have a Rank 1 difficulty but Circle B who is next to Circle A can have a Rank 5 difficulty. Not only that, a certain area of the circle will overlap and you can find the mixed rank of monsters in this area] explained.
'Hmm…' Lucas was thinking. 'The Snow Buffalo is Rank 5. The monsters that Glaide hunts were all Rank 5. So, we are in the area for Rank 5 monsters. We are not in the overlapping circle because all of them are Rank 5. I guess we will be fine here.'
'How about Tier?' Lucas asked.
[That is random. If you are lucky, you will find a higher Tier monster in a low-rank area. If you are unlucky, you will find a low Tier monster in the high-rank area] Sery answered. Lucas understood and then, something crossed his mind.
'Sery, what happens to the treasure in this dungeon? Will the Dungeon Capture copy them? Also, will the treasure appear in the nursery dungeon?' Lucas was curious.
[Yes, everything is copied. The nursery dungeon is 100% similar to the real dungeon. The environment, monsters, and everything else is perfectly the same as the real dungeon. The treasure included. If the treasure is found in the nursery dungeon, it works the same as the treasure in the real dungeon] Lucas gasped.
[Don't be surprised yet. There are more] Lucas gulped.
[As I said, it copied everything and that includes something that has disappeared from this dungeon. For example, a treasure appeared fifty years ago and a tamer had claimed it. This treasure can also be found in the nursery dungeon. In other words, the copied dungeon is the original dungeon. The dungeon from the first time it appeared] Lucas was shocked.
[There are more. The dungeon will reset similar to the free dungeon we have. So, once the treasure is obtained, it will appear again. Even so, there is a limit. If the treasure is obtained but no one is using it, the same treasure will not appear after the reset. There will be no two of the same treasure] Sery explained.
[Also, you already know this but the dungeon can upgrade itself when the pet training in the dungeon is too strong for the monsters similar to the free nursery dungeon]
[More to that, the real dungeon has the power to produce treasure and the copied dungeon is the same too. Once the copied dungeon creates a new treasure, these treasures will always be available in the copied dungeon. This is an upgrade in terms of treasure] Lucas's mind went numb.
'You are a super cheat system. Are the other systems like you too?' Lucas wondered.
[We specialized in what we do. They have an exaggerated power too related to what they can do] Sery replied.
'With the copied dungeon, is there a need for me to enter the real dungeon? Everything is available and easily obtainable in the nursery dungeon without much risk to my life,' Lucas thought with a frown on his face.
[Well, maybe this is related to the first Main Mission. With all these treasures easily obtainable, we can produce more powerful tamer to counter the unknown enemies] said Sery.
Lucas sighed. [Also, here is more good news for you. You want to help Qin Yun and Raillow, right? This is your chance. This is not a normal blizzard. This blizzard happens because of a treasure. You can help Qin Yun and Raillow to obtain this treasure] Lucas's eye lit up.
'What kind of treasure?' Lucas asked.
[Find out yourself. If I tell you, it will not be fun] said Sery.