He sat up on his bed, stunned and startled, wondering what the sound was and what was going on. Sion wiped his eyes since he was still slightly sleepy, he felt the aftershock of whatever had caused the sound.
He got out of bed and stood up, feeling the building was still shaking a bit, due to the tremor and he went to the window of his room and looked out, to see what was going on.
The view that caught his eyes, made them widen in surprise, for it was something he was not expecting at all and he did not know what to make of it as yet.
Before his eyes, as the sun began rising, a green and red glow weaved across the sky in a wave-like form, reflecting other colours. Smoke was in the air from a distance, making him wonder what had happened all of a sudden to cause something like that.
[Warning: An anomaly has occurred.]
[A dungeon has appeared within the area.]
[Caution: Avoid the misty fog.]
"A dungeon? Misty fog?" He asked as she looked in the direction of the smoke just outside of the city and saw a thick white fog surrounding the smoke.
[Yes, a dungeon, it is not something that appears too often apparently, it is a place of adventure, with many different sections, catacombs, labyrinths, wealth, evil, relics, monsters and bosses, it is a place that can give many people, many different types of opportunities.]
"A place of opportunities, huh? So, it is not that different from what I saw in games?" He murmured as he thought about the system's explanation.
His eyes narrowed as he looked down and saw other people from the guild, rushing out and looking at the sky, murmurs filling the streets, mixed with a sense of dread from the locals and anticipation from those who seek adventure as well as other forms of things.
He noticed Mei, who looked up at the guest house, in the room he was staying in and when Mei saw him, the woman gestured for him to come down and his brows furrowed as he wondered, what she could possibly want.
Sion sighed and got dressed then left his room and went outside to where the others were in front of the guild and he approached Mei, ignoring the fact that a few of the other members were glaring at him, but he could not care less, for in his eyes they were being petty.
"Mei," He called out and the woman looked at him then smiled as he approached her.
"How was your night? Are you comfortable in your room?" She asked Sion.
"Yeah, I was, thank you," He responded.
"Good, I am glad because now we have business to talk about, after all, something new and exciting has just appeared," She said as Sion stared at her and Mei smirked.
"You are talking about the dungeon?" Sion asked.
"Yes, indeed I am, this is something that has not happened in a while, which means it will draw almost everyone's attention for appearing out of nowhere, all of a sudden, it is a big one, one containing many valuable things, one where some people can even gain experience," She responded and Sion glanced at her.
"Seems like I have gotten your full attention, our guild will be forming a party, one to enter the dungeon, and many other guilds will be doing the same as well, after all this is an opportunity that you should not miss, no matter what," She said.
"I understand so you called me here and you are telling me all of this because?" He asked and Mei smirked.
"Because I want you to join the party I will be sending into that dungeon. on behalf of our guild," She responded and Sion's eyes widened a little bit at her offer, it was a generous one and from what his system had said to him earlier, it was a rare and very good opportunity.
Sion looked around at the many different members gathered at the guild despite it being so early in the morning, and he lowered her gaze a bit, wondering whether he should go for it or not.
Sion knew that it could benefit him in many ways, there were pros and cons, all of which were balanced out, some in his favor and some that were not in his favor due to how little experience he had but was gaining and that too at a good rate.
Mei glanced at him as he was thinking and the woman smiled a little, seeing how concentrated he was but hoped that he would make the right choice.
[You can gain experience during this trip, maybe even awaken new abilities, there are many things that you could do, but there are more pros than cons in this one, the biggest con being death, it is your choice to make.]
She exhaled deeply and then turned to Mei, who was looking at her expectantly with a small smile and a glimmer in her eyes.
"I will take you up on that offer," He said, and Mei sighed in relief and then patted him on his shoulder.
Some of the other members glared at him and he saw but did not care; he was only focused on his current to-do list to make a better life for himself in this world as well as get stronger, for sooner or later, a lot more difficult choice would have to be made.
"Wise choice. I have already chosen a few other members that will be joining, some new like you. In all, it will be a party of six. Come on, I will introduce you to them. Do not worry about the ones that are glaring. They need to prove themselves before even thinking about such an opportunity," Mei said to him as she walked away, and Sion nodded as he followed her into the guild.
"Here they are," Mei said as she moved to the side and Sion looked at the five other members that were in front of him and they all turned to look at the new recruit the guild master had chosen to add to their members.