I safely returned to the castle and then promptly slept, gluttonous aura might have been a able to give me 'mind' but i realised after the 3 day of continuous healing that is couldn't replace sleep, at least not for the time being.
After a fulfilling night's sleep i woke up and made preparations, for what you may ask, well the answer is very simple, i don't have a clue.
I am not kidding, the only thing that i know is that it would be a good idea to search for something near the top of the mountain that i was previously healing Yumi on.
But the system always provided hints on what i would most need now, so i think it might be some kind of dungeon.
Everything might have been going well but my level is truly too low, my stats might have been op enough to allow me to learn more and better skills but i am quickly reaching the limit.
Take 'weak rejuvenation' for example, it needs a whooping 40 mana to cast a single time, if i didn't have Gluttony i wouldn't even be able to cast it 3 time before having my mana naturaly recover which at this point would need around 12 hours.
This is also the reason that most people have low level skills, the only way to quickly level up skills is cast them many times, to cast them many times one needs mana and to get mana there only exist 2 viable options for people that don't have such a op skill like mine. First wait for mana to recover naturaly, this will take a lot of time as you can imagine and will only limits you to upgrading a single spell. The second option is to use a HUGE amount of coins to buy mana potions, when i mean HUGE i mean that even the cheapest mana potions on the market cost 50 silver coins.
But even if i can regenerate mana at an almost infinite speed, i would still be unable to cast spells that exceeds my total mana capacity.
The spell 'heal' used 5 mana for the weak version, 10 mana for the normal version and 20 mana for the enhanced version.
If 'rejuvenation' follows the same formula then by after it evolves into the normal version i will only be able to cast it once and if it reaches the enhanced version i will not be able to cast it at all.
This where the dungeon comes into play.
Within the dungeon not only reside many monsters, but killing a creature inside a dungeon would give out many times more experience than killing the exact same creature outside a dungeon.
There are many different dungeons, there are instant dungeons that will disappear after it gets cleared, there are normal dungeons that will stay for a year before disappearing, eternal dungeons that intead of disappearing after a year the simply change and many more that i couldn't get any more information on yet.
If any dungeon get left uncleared for an extended period of time then moster will overflow and start attacking nearby creatures, this is usually called a monster overflow but i have seen that it can also be called a stampede.
With everything in mind i started my preparations.
When we had previously visited the town i had asked Rose to buy me 3 different pairs of weapons, 2 short swords, a spear and a battle hammer.
My original purpose was to use all these different weapons to try and activate my title like i did with my 'Art' skill, but i will take them all with me just in case of a dungeon.
I had also half-finished a set of light armor made of the leather from a level 25 bear, i would originaly finish it and the enchant it to sell it for my blacksmithing gear, but having armor in my first dungeon would make things much easier for me.
As for potions i have none nor do i need any, Gluttony and 'heal' are more than enough for now.
I don't think i have ever mentioned this but after the 3 evolution of a skill you gain the ability to cast all the previous versions of the skill.
Meaning that after i got 'weak rejuvenation' i also got the ability to cast the weak, normal and enhanced version of 'heal' on command.
I will also not mention this to Rose as she will most probably try to stop me, i respect Rose and would have probably listened had it been any other subject but this might play a very important role in Yumi's recovery so i can only ignore her for now.
.....
It took me a day to get everything ready without Rose noticing anything unusual.
The trip was uneventful, not that i was expecting anything else.
I reached the top of the mountain and started the search.
From the smallest cave to the biggest tree, i searched everything that might be able to hide a dungeon entrance.
It was only after the sun started to go down that i started to second guess my prediction for the dungeon.
I let out a sigh and start going to the cave i had previously been with Yumi, i was planning to rest for tonight and search for the thing that the system message had been hinting at.
I was realy exited as well, a dungeon would have been the best thing for me right now.
These were the thoughts that were in my mind until i reached the cave.
And to my utter shock i saw that there was a huge hole inside with natural stairs going downwards.
I wanted to bang my head against the wall for no visiting this place sooner but it couldn't be helped at this point.
The hole was around 4 meter wide taking up most of the cave, even the furniture i had left were gone, they must have fallen down.
The stairs are 1 meter wide, the were absolutely perfect, there is no chance in hell that they were made naturally, even someone that could use earth magic would be hard pressed to make such perfect stairs.
My instincts are telling me that the thing i was looking for is here so i do the only natural thing and go down the stairs.
I kept waking down the stairs for a good 20 minutes, i was honestly pretty nervous at first but after a while it started getting annoying.
It wasn't until the 30 minute mark that i saw the botton of these stairs.
At the bottom was a huge cave, no it would be more proper to say it way a huge room because it lacked stalagmaties and stalactites, it also lacked any sort of life. I couldn't even see a single spider web in here.
There, right at the middle was the dungeon gate, with a hight of 5 meter and width of 2 meters.
But there was something weird about this however, the colour was purple.
The colour of the gate symbolised the type of dungeon that it was going to be, white was normal, red was an instant and golden was an eternal dungeon.
This was a subject that had garnered my attention so i had gone ahead and asked Rose, but she hadn't said anything about a purple gate.
Just when i was wandering whether to procced or to go back and gather more info, a light panel appeared infont of me.
[Challenge Dungeon]
[A challenge dungeon will have a level restriction on the users that will enter.]
[A challenge dungeon is many times more difficult than a normal dungeon.]
[A challenge dungeon requires the user to kill the boss to clear the dungeon.]
[A challenge dungeon does not allow the user to exit if the dungeon is not cleared.]
[A challenge dungeon may only accept one user at a time.]
[A challenge dungeon will relocate to a random place in the world in case the user does not manage to clear it.]
[A challenge dungeon will give a reward should the user clear the dungeon.]
[The reward depends on the difficulty of the dungeon.]
[Current dungeon level restriction: level 15]
[User is eligible to partake in the challenge dungeon, please touch the gate to enter the dungeon]
"....."
"Ok, this is the sketchiest thing i have ever seen, even more than the man that caused me to reincarnate."
The rules are completely fucked up.
Normal dungeons annually cause milions of casualties and this thing clearly states that it is way harder than a normal dungeon, not that i would have a problem with normal dungeons but i am simply too young.
I hadn't had enough time to train my skill, hell the only attacking skills i have is the weak light arrow when it comes to spells and unarmed combat when it comes to martial arts.
Even my stats are big only in comparison to humanoids, if i were to compare to beasts i would still be somewhat laucking, at least before i absorb more body strengthening skills.
I am not arrogant, i understand that potential and strength are two different things, and there is no way in hell i would be doing something so risky at this point, maybe if you gave me a couple more months then i might consider it.
With that in mind i start to back away, before i suddenly got hit on the head by something.
I tumble and turn before i inevitably hit the gate.
NOT, there was no way i was leaving something like this to happen.
I managed to stop just before the gate, i was bending my head upwards so as to only slighly miss the gate.
I make a victorius smile before i turn slightly my head to see what hit me.
IT WAS MY TABLE.
The thing i had personally made almost fucked me over big time.
Just then i remembered something crucial, i had also left a chair.
And to my utter dismay i can see a chair comming down with the perfect angle to hit my head into the gate.
"Oh you got to be fucking kiddin...."
I couldn't even finish my sentance before i touched the gate.