WREN ROAM HIS eyes and took in the 'unique' scenery before him. This whole second-floor dungeon really shouts horror to him. This place was so eerily silent that even the sound of the wind blowing was too loud.
This shadowy and hair-raising environment of this dungeon was almost the same as those horror films that he had watched once in his past time back to his former world. Wren feels the chills run down his body at the thought that a ghost or an evil spirit might suddenly give him a surprise attack.
When he was watching those back to his world, he wasn't that horrified or scared, though he would get shocked every time the jump scare scene appeared. But he knew that was only the effect of the scene that stimulated his senses.
But experiencing them in real life will definitely be different. It wouldn't only be a simple jump scare but he might directly have had a heart attack. Lucky for him, this dungeon might be a horror dungeon, but with all types of skeletal monsters appearing here and there, these monsters were still a lot better than those horrifying ghosts from every horror film he had watched.
He's sure that he can manage this, at least.
After coming out of the safe zone of the teleportation area, Wren finally started walking forward. He walks slowly, not because he is scared but because he decided to open the tasks and mission that he had taken from the tower administrator.
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Task ID No.: T004S05K116SP
Name: Azshara Stone and Feanor Stone
Level: Special Task
Type: Item Collection
Class Restriction: D/C Class
Taskmaster: Danovo Techno Group
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Name: Azshara Stone
Type: C-Grade Stones
Description: Azshara Stones are a type of blue crystalized stones that can be found in one of the caves in the second-floor dungeon. They are also called the "Ocean's Light" because when this stone was submerged in water, it would glow and the deeper it was, the brighter it lit up. Since it is an ordinary type of stone in the second-floor dungeon, there are only ordinary-class skeletal monsters guarding it. The higher-class monsters one might encounter are some D-Class Lichs.
Location: Humid caves in the second-floor dungeon
Use/s: Azshara stones were used as a source of light, whether in the community houses, companies or by hunters exploring the dungeons.
Taskmaster Requirement/s: Must collect and fill out the provided magic bag for the Azshara Stones.
Reward/s: 250,000 DC (Dungeon Coins)
Time Limit: 2 days since the task acceptance
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Name: Feanor Stone
Type: C-Grade Stones
Description: Feanor Stones are fiery red crystal stones that emit red hot flames. The stones that can be found in the second-floor dungeons were the lowest grade of this stone. It was because this stone was known to be the "Spirit of Fire" that came from the poop of a phoenix. Although this might be the lowest grade, the hot flame it emits is enough to cremate an ordinary skeletal monster. That's why only high-class skeletal monsters can come close to its hot cave.
Location: Steamy dry caves in the second-floor dungeon
Use/s: Feanor stones are an important material used in all human technology in the kitchen that needs fire. It was also the source of heat that was used in houses that had a heating system.
Taskmaster's Requirement/s: Must collect and fill out the provided magic bag for the Feanor Stones.
Reward/s: 250,000 DC
Time Limit: 2 days since the task acceptance
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"Danovo Techno Group? Isn't that the biggest technology company in Del Sur? For a big company like that, they really give their best. Look at this half a million dungeon coins as a reward."
Wren remembered this group because he once saw this name on one of the appliances in his apartment. Actually, all of the appliances in his apartment were bought from this company.
"First task yet, I already earned half a million. How about looking at the next one? I remember that it was also a special task released."
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Task ID No.: T010S11K098SP
Name: C-Class Lichs' Crystal Cores
Level: Special Task
Type: Core Hunting
Class Restriction: D/C Class
Taskmaster: Danovo Techno Group
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Name: C-Class Lichs' Crystal Cores
Type: C-Class
Description: C-Class Lichs are also known as the mage warrior lichs, who can cast spells and can already control ordinary skeletal monsters. But they are still far from necromancers. This mage warrior lich had successfully formed crystal cores, which are the source of their magic powers. Any C-class monster can form crystal cores, and the higher their class, the more powerful the energy locked in the crystal core. Since lichs are undead monsters, the energy contained in their crystal cores is negative, which is more harmful to humans when directly absorbed. However, if absorbed correctly, this negative energy can be used in many ways.
Location: Any big caves with a large skeletal army in the second-floor dungeon
Use/s: The negative energy in the crystal core, if collected properly, can help relieve overdraft energies. But this will not restore the overdraft energies. Negative energy from the C-class Lich's crystal core can be used in medicines as well, especially when fighting poisons.
Taskmaster's Requirement/s: Collect at least five C-class lich's crystal cores
Reward/s: 500,000 DC
Time Limit: 1 week since the task acceptance
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"Woah! How generous! Another half million and now I have a million dungeon coins just from completing these two tasks!"
Seeing how lucky he was to get the task from the generous taskmaster, Wren couldn't wait to see the mission, hoping that it was also the same taskmaster who requested it.
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Mission ID No.: 1M02S406S22N-023
Name: C-Class Cave Acquisition
Level: Special Mission
Type: Cave Property Acquisition
Class Restriction: D/B Class
Taskmaster: Danovo Techno Group
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Name: C-Class Cave Acquisition
Type: C-Class
Description: C-Class cave acquisition is a legal type of taking ownership of an area in a dungeon as private property. This means that once a cave, for example, in the second-floor dungeon is successfully acquired by a person or a group, the dungeon tower will release a magic-imbued contract that will be given to the acquisitor. This contract then will be accompanied by a special card that the dungeon tower administrators will release for the acquisitor and will serve as a pass or key to enter the said cave. Without this key card, no one can enter the cave and a special barrier will automatically eject anyone who enters without it.
Location: The second-floor dungeon
Acquisition Requirement: As for how one can acquire a cave, the person must successfully exterminate all the living monsters inside the cave. And once that is completed, the person who clears it will trigger the activation of the contract, whether they were the acquisitor or a tasker.
Taskmaster's Requirement/s: Clear the C-class cave so you can also complete the special task.
Reward/s: 500,000 DC and a VIP Key-Card Pass
Time Limit: 1 week since the task acceptance
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"So this also seems like a connected mission to that C-Class special task. Did the Danovo Techno Group want to venture into medicine now?"
When that question came, Wren distinguished it from his head a second after that question appeared. Since the reason was not included in the task and mission description, there's no reason for him to dwell on that.
What he needs now is to start completing his missions because he only has less than two hours to complete all of that.
From walking in a leisure phase, Wren started running while opening the dungeon map that was included by the company in the mission. So considerate.
A large screen appeared before him that shows the scope around the teleportation area. According to the map, this map was created based on the teleportation area as the center. But obviously, this map didn't manage to record the complete area of the whole dungeon and only recorded sixty percent of it.
What made this map more convenient was how it was easy to locate your task because it provides locators for everything—monsters, materials, and even places where certain caves can be found—all were complete.
That's probably why there are many different colors and shapes that were moving and blinking at him. Each shape corresponds to what type they are and within each shape have different colors that also correspond to what class it was.
Following the provided legends for each locator, the shape corresponds to the cave's big letter 'D', where the curve faces the top while the straight line faces below. As for what color corresponds to a C-class cave, it shows the green color—the same with the color corresponding to those color gift boxes he receives from the system.
Looking back at the map, there are at least six C-Class caves that are still available. This was the highest class that can be found in this dungeon and most of them are uncleared.
"Then, let's complete the mission first. So let's look for the biggest C-Class caves there is!"
Wren did not need to contemplate it longer. He picked to complete this mission first because it would surely take more time than the first task. And since he also needs to complete his daily quests, his health and mana points might be depleted before he could finish the mission.
The completion of the first daily quest was still ongoing, while the second daily quest will be completed as he cleared the cave of monsters. Completing the daily quests will make him receive the [Automatic HP and MP Restoration] and it will make it easier to finish the rest.
As for the first task he picks from the dungeon tower, it can easily be completed without the need of any powerful skill. That's why he chose to complete it last.
With all of that decided, Wren zoomed the map by clicking on his chosen cave. That gives him a specific way to reach it faster and Wren only needs to follow the map like how Googol Maps navigated back into his world.