Apinsig

Chapter 193 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

It seems that I have found a problem. It was a little noticeable on the 36th floor in its playroom, which I have nicknamed Magma. Its extreme temperature and especially its sun are taking up a lot of my mana regeneration.

On the 37th floor, that problem was made more apparent. It’s playroom I am calling Frost Storm. It's a horrible playroom with barely any sunlight and horrible storms that make the freezing temperatures even worse to be...

Chapter 192 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

The 35th floor was now officially done, and I was proud of the playroom I managed to make. It was interesting to see how the environment differed because every creature was lizard-type. I would need to think if I would want to do this with other types of creatures, but I have already done it before with bugs. I don’t feel like it’s necessary for mammals, as I’ve already used quite a lot of them.

My breakthrough also went quite well....

Chapter 191 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Ace

This meeting was starting to drag, and it was still just morning. At least this wasn't a bad meeting because we were trying to figure out how to spend our extra income. The building of so many extra towns and villages and their upkeep was really good for spending our coin, but nowadays most of them were finished and slowly starting to cost less in upkeep as they started to become more profitable.

Perhaps we should expand the shipbuilding once agai...

Chapter 190 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

It was nice to see my creatures making sure no one would mess with them. I did have to send one of my core floor guardians just to make sure that their platinum rank didn't interrupt anything. This will bring trouble, that's for sure, but they were up for it, and while I would like to keep them safe, they are their own beings who can make their own choices.

It's also lucky that the shape-changing rings don't lose their magic when the pers...

Chapter 189 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Edmund

Damn, I hate those constructs. "Keep holding it still!" I heard someone yell. Does he really think that I’m not trying? I looked towards my cousin, who was also in his bear form. We had finally reached the front lines, and the fighting had gotten a lot harder. We were currently facing a construct that must have been at least 10 meters high and looked like a noble knight.

It was struggling fiercely, but I held on to one of its legs as strongly...

Chapter 188 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

----

no chapter tomorrow

----

Pov Dungeon Core

It took a while, but things started to settle on the surface, though they never completely returned to how they used to be. More and more powerful people were arriving, establishing their own presence in Ace's nation.

While for the larger masses there are a lot of dungeons you could call free, for the elite there were only seven. So, when the news started to spread of an eighth one, well, I...

Chapter 187 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Ace

Finally, I was able to just sit on my throne without having to go somewhere tonight. It was a hard day today. A lot of people needed to be executed, more than I expected after all the investigation we did.

When everyone figured out I was gone, I guess they thought I would never return. Because of that, they started to act a lot more openly, which was actually a positive thing in the end. Yet, too many lives were destroyed for me to consider doing ...

Chapter 186 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Ace has gotten closer, so it's now easier to see him. He truly was diamond rank, but he didn't look happy. It didn't take me long to understand where his unhappiness came from; it was from the person escorting him.

It was another diamond rank, one I hadn’t seen before. He was on the weaker side, but now I had an even weaker diamond rank to compare others to. The strength in Ace's core was pathetic compared to any other diamond rank I had seen.

When they...

Chapter 185 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Time was acting weirdly. It felt like years just went by without me noticing them, which was strange. After investigating this phenomenon, I learned that older adventurers had a similar problem of time simply moving so fast. It seems that the older you get, the more used to time passing you get, and the less you notice it. So does this mean that I’m finally getting old? That was a strange thought.

It was time for another breakthrough. The last floor turned out quite nice....

Chapter 184 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Since I started my labyrinth project, it has slowed my progress on the 31st floor, but I still managed to complete it in just under two years. I’ve already set up the experimentation rooms, but most things didn’t seem to like living in extreme heat or cold. For those reasons, I have surrounded this entire floor with experimentation rooms, and I think I will be doing that on every floor after this one.

Some rooms are smaller, some bigger, but they never take more than 10...

Chapter 183 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

While I would like to more actively witness everything that's happening in my dungeon, the need for progress makes it so a large portion of me has to focus on advancing. It was a sad fact for me that I’m most likely to miss some interesting things and will only learn about them after they have happened. It was something I have accepted as of late.

Ace was still gone, and I had a feeling that if I stopped advancing, there would be trouble down the line that I wouldn’t be...

Chapter 182 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

I finally had a plan for what I wanted to do with the 30th-floor playroom, but it will take a bit of time to finish all the building before I can get started. There was a lot to do, and for the first time, my design team was actually helping me with my playroom, not just with the dungeon rooms.

It’s going to be amazing, and just thinking about the way this should work out was so exciting. This also opened up so many avenues later down t...

Chapter 181 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

It has been a truly wonderful time. While expanding the 30th floor, I had plenty of time to observe what happened in the 29th-floor playroom. For lack of a better word, it was wonderful. Only a small percentage of the previous floor kings died. It was less than I expected, but I should have expected it from creatures who had climbed their way to the top.

Their presence also changed everything on the floor, and while before things had star...

Chapter 180 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

Rafe was still not ready to make contact with society, but I guess it was his bad luck or perhaps good luck to run into those particular individuals. I was happy to see him flying around and being so happy, but he was quite close to getting himself into trouble. Now, I don’t think that they would have been able to kill him, but exposing him was a possibility.

Whenever I get volunteers to the Academy, they go through an assessment where ...

Chapter 179 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Rafe

There was a young child, not more than ten, who currently had a crossbow in his hand and was quite decently sneaking closer to a deer. Just behind him, I assumed, was his father.

I spotted him about half an hour ago when I was observing the wildlife of a hub station. This was my first outing into the civilized section of the dungeon. On and off for the past few months, I have been able to go out and fight in the dungeon.

In all...

Chapter 178 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Edmund

"It will be a journey of three weeks. We will all stick together and we will be going at a fast pace. Now, this pathway we're using is in heavy use, so I do not want any mistakes," our minder said, giving each of us a look daring us to disobey him.

He looked at me last but quickly looked away as our eyes met. He would be able to order the others around without any problems, but he would have a more difficult time with me.

Not...

Chapter 177 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Rafe

"I am so sorry, my dear. Here, take this." I took the small pack of food the kindly old woman was giving me. "Thank you, Lorana, but I must be going."

She looked at me with tears running down her cheeks, but like many other times, I headed towards the forest, away from civilization. People like her helped me feel connected to my beginnings, but in all honesty, I’ve always felt more comfortable in the wild.

As soon as I was a ...

Chapter 176 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

I was incredibly excited. It took a bit of time, but finally, in the underwater capital, the gateway structure was finished. The only thing remaining was securing the room so no mana fluctuations could be sensed after opening the gateway.

Because of the time it takes and the resources required, we have only tested a gateway near me. It was quite the experience as it took so much more mana and a lot more of me to make a secure connection.

That was the reas...

Chapter 175 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

I was a bit disappointed in my adventurers. It has been over five years since they discovered the large room, and while they have made some progress after crossing it, it has been little, mostly because the big organizations chose to start learning how to deal with the changes that I have made in the dungeon.

This is partly my fault, as I never expected them to be so dedicated and so unwilling to learn as they go. Perhaps they thought tha...

Chapter 174 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Caspian

"We need more speed or it’s going to get away!" I yelled at the top of my voice. Immediately, the 20-man crew started to adjust the sails and power outputs to make the ship go as fast as possible.

The other nearly 30 people who had already gone through a fight did their last preparations for the next one. We were all on the railing, watching the sands below and seeing the bloody trail a huge sand snake was leaving.

We were...

Chapter 173 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Claw

The final piece of equipment that I put down was a large cloak that covered me entirely. Only my eyes were shown. It was a special cloak meant to keep its occupant nice and moist.

While this particular species could survive without it, it would be a bit of an unpleasant feeling when your skin is dry and tight. I left through the secret entrance as I couldn’t be associated with this trading company.

My journey wasn’t a long one as this t...

Chapter 172 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Claw

We had been in this coastal town for over half a year now. While it was necessary for gathering information, the trade company we built is still useful to get extra funding that's legitimate, and we now even have a way to turn the materials and coins we get from the father legitimate through this trading company.

It has always fascinated me ever since I learned how adventurers track their wealth so accurately. It's a fascinating obsession, but li...

Chapter 171 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

So full of yourself, so arrogant, thinking you could do anything you want. Only an idiot can be so self-centered. Just make an environment that’s perfect for higher rank creatures—such simple words that I knew no meaning of.

So much failure in this playroom. It was full of pockets of life teeming with power and crumpled heaps of failed experiments. Yet those few examples are just fake ones. The moment I stop supplying them with extra ...

Chapter 170 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Vinny

Most of the tunnels were quite dark, some even pitch black, so every time you go into a room, it takes a bit for your eyes to adjust. All of us were blinking away the spots in our eyes as we took in this new room. For a moment, I thought we were in paradise. There were multiple freshwater rivers slowly meandering from the higher elevation towards us.

It was at this point that I noticed that where we currently were was the lowest point; everythin...

Chapter 169 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

----

Vacation over time for regular schedule to continue :)

----

Pov Vinny

It was already the second day since we started to camp at this particular way station. Everyone else had already left to run errands, so I was currently the only one present in this way station. I remember being annoyed, but that was a day ago. I have changed my mind now. It's so peaceful here, and it's quite a nice atmosphere. Perhaps some calm would be nice.

Hou...

Chapter 168 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Another secret breakthrough was finished, and I once again reestablished control over my dungeon. No one noticed what had happened, and I loved that no one did. Adventurers were taking their sweet time as they had only reached the 1st hub station of the 26th floor while I was done with the 27th floor.

It will take them a while longer to reach the large room, but that was one of the reasons why I wanted to advance as soon as possible. I didn’t want to miss a second of adve...

Chapter 167 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

It was time to fake my breakthrough. Some of the adventurers were getting close to reaching the end of the 25th floor. Everyone was quite surprised about this breakthrough, as they hadn't expected it to happen so soon. It was quite fascinating to see how people acted when they thought that I wasn’t conscious.

It seems that adventurers who were frustrated waited for this moment to finally voice their complaints out loud. The cursing and ...

Chapter 166 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

More and more of my creatures were returning, having completed their missions. Looking through their memories, I slowly started to understand what the outside world had to offer. It was somewhat disappointing yet also exciting.

There seemed to be so many patterns I could get that, for the first time, I was starting to think that perhaps I would need a few thousand playrooms before I could see them all shine.

There are t...

Chapter 165 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Ace

I was sitting on my so-called throne in a large room in my mansion. Usually, things were lively around here, but not today. The sun had set long ago, and I had no lights on, so the room was illuminated only by moonlight. This dark atmosphere felt right for today. My head was resting on my hand while I slumped on the throne, as that seemed better than sitting.

Today was a bad day. Mistakes were made, but doing so was most likely still the correct c...

Announcement

Some good and some bad news this time.

Good news I figured homesteading out and have been able to see the story and write it again. The problem is I kinda don't want to add it back to weekly chapters instead write it out and then post all chapters at the same time. The problem it would take longer like that so I would like to know what you guys think about that.

----

Another big announcement. It is soon the summer solstice and in my country it's a big holid...