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Chapter 285 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov The Commander of the 5th Sector

I had special stairs so I could look out of my command bunker. It was a bit unfortunate to be a dwarf, but other than our height problem, we were quite built for defensive battles. I watched as the surprise army rushed ever closer. I wanted to yell at our information department, but I could not do that at this current moment, as I had a job to do.

One of the reasons I was a commander was because I was able to use multip...

Chapter 17 The Way Of Fire

Greg and I had just finished clearing another trent map. It had been a while since I’d cleared a map—at least two weeks—and they needed another clear as the demand for these maps was rising.

The wood these monsters dropped was quite excellent for low-level adventurers. You could make anything that requires a bit of wood. Handles for different types of weapons, staffs, and staves, basically everything useful. They also got a trade deal with another large city in this w...

Chapter 284 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

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No chapters tomorrow, need to do stuff.

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Pov Dungeon Core

We were now officially done with the first defensive layer of the outer defenses. This also meant that I could now power it, and I was glad to do so. It took quite a lot of mana, and the way all of this worked meant that I barely had to do anything to use that mana.

If I made crystals or other high-cost materials, I needed to actually make them. Here, I just needed to pas...

Chapter 16 The Way Of Fire

The next morning came quite fast, but this time I did my morning training before I went to the library. While I wasn’t yet 100%, I think a few more days and then constantly being vigilant about not pushing too hard will fix me completely.

This library was quite a big one, but now I actually didn’t know where I needed to go. The green section was always something that called to me, but there wasn't any way to get access.

At least now I know that when I...

Chapter 283 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

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Is there any pov or other things you would like to see? We are steadily moving towards the end so any questions or things you feel like you want answered comment below :)

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Pov Dungeon Core

As I was finishing up the 60th floor, I realized that I had done this faster than the previous floor, even though it was bigger. I really didn’t have more of me working on this floor than the previous one, which meant that the overall power I can command for c...

Chapter 15 The Way Of Fire

"Hi Vila," I said in a slightly louder voice than was strictly allowed in the library. She jumped a bit, which brought a smile to my face.

"Mike, don't talk so loud," she said in a quiet yet somehow firm tone. "I’m surprised to see you here so early."

"Yeah, I’m skipping training today. So I was wondering if you could help me find some books?"

She looked at me, surprised. "You need help finding books? Please, you know the location o...

Chapter 282 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

It has been nearly two and a half years since I broke the siege. Slowly, I have noticed more and more scouts. They are very careful, but my people are better. Also, what's the point of making strong defenses and the capability of attacking back if you can’t even detect your enemies? I’ve also decided to allow some of our spies to return to the world once again.

While I don’t want them to be captured or killed, it’s their choice to...

Chapter 14 The Way Of Fire

My steps were quite heavy as I locked the door and walked towards my bed. It was already dark outside, but the moon was out, so there was at least a little bit of light. There was no need to light any candles for the few minutes I would be able to stay awake.

My body was totally exhausted, yet for some reason, I was feeling better than I had for days. With the energy I had left, I decided to think about what I needed to improve or fix. First of all, it was obvious that I ne...

Chapter 281 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

During the next breakthrough, I decided to increase my Ever-expanding Quantity skill, getting it to rank A. I had a lot of creatures and monsters, and while I was not starting to suffer from excess mana upkeep, it also wasn’t too far away.

I needed to be able to increase the number of creatures and monsters I could upkeep, and this was one of the best ways to do it. With an increase in rank, I could channel more mana into it every momen...

Chapter 13 The Way Of Fire

This city was quite large, so it took me a decent amount of time to reach my destination. When I was outside Felwan’s place, I was surprised at how busy it seemed to be. Although, perhaps the few times I had come here before, I just happened to arrive during less busy times.

There were quite a lot of people, and I quickly recognized them as crafters trying to buy what looked like a lot of merchandise. Felwan’s place wasn’t where they made end products from loot; inste...

Chapter 12 The Way Of Fire

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No dungeon core today, I had a family thing come up and simply don't have the time to finish it. Had this ready so will upload this. Also this story is now 33k words long so not that short any more. I think this one will be the next one to be added to the regular upload schedule but I am not certain how many would enjoy this story.

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After my sleep, I continued to hunt. What was certain was that in the future I would need a skill to help me find my enemies. While usu...

Chapter 280 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

I was relentless in my work. It had been a while since I expanded floors without adding any materials to them. Well, technically I did add some, but the few rooms were so little in comparison to the volume of the floor that they shouldn’t even count.

It took me another breakthrough to get my Enhancement skill to S rank and to finish enchanting the outer layer. It was a lot of work, but now it was time to test it.

We h...

Chapter 279 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Vivian

I laid a piece of meat onto the pan and immediately knew I had messed up. There was way too much smoke. I quickly lifted the pan from the heat source and used a skill of mine to cool it down a bit. Unfortunately, it was no help. The meat was already stuck, so I cooled the pan down completely and made sure all the smoke went outside. Next, I sat down on one of the chairs and just sighed in defeat.

Why should this be so hard? I literally couldn�...

Chapter 278 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

It had been a really busy few weeks after our victory. I dove deep into the world of enchantment. Many expected it would take me a while to get competent enough to start working on our defenses, but I totally floored them when they realized that in a little over a week I had mastered all that I could.

Now, the only thing holding me back was my skill rank. Without increasing it I couldn’t make more powerful defenses with this skill simpl...

Chapter 277 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

We had won. Not the war, but at least a crucial battle. I would hope that they would never return, but that was a fool's hope. A lot of my creatures were currently working on the designs to make us a proper fortress.

I should have known that just being defensive wasn’t good enough, but it seems like not just me, but all of us, overestimated our abilities and underestimated the breadth of attacks that could be launched upon us.

&nb...

Chapter 276 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Ant Combat Digger

It was incredible to once again have this feeling. I had seen many battles, but it had been quite a while since I had to do such dangerous digging. I worked my mandibles, even if they weren’t doing any of the work.

No, everything was actually done by my skills, but the action of moving and working my mandibles as if they were digging through dirt helped me keep focus and even allowed me to keep my other necessary skills functioning...

Chapter 275 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

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One of the diamond ranks went high up in the sky and started to conjure huge lightning bolts that rained down in a large area away from the other fighters. Every time one of those lightning bolts hit the ground, it killed thousands of ants in a large area. Soon, those corpses started to disappear, but not before the entire place that was filled up with the endless wave of ants that never stopped moving toward the defensive lines.

These attacks, along ...

Chapter 274 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

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The emergency meeting went on after the disappearance of the traitors. While some tried to blame all of the Beasts, the words of the leader of the Beasts made it clear that they had no knowledge of this happening and did not approve of this move.

Yet, over and over again, it was brought up. Eventually, the leader of the beasts got tired, and after a particular question, it allowed him to move the meeting along.

“Of course he did i...

Chapter 273 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Vivian

My mind was in turmoil. The fire cleansed everything, but I was still seeing visions of those horrible moving corpses. It was so hard not to imagine what would happen if that small life was let loose. My mind was so occupied that I only snapped out of my daze when I saw the barrier disappear, and I involuntarily stepped back.

My grandfather was next to me, and I looked towards him to see him deep in thought. A meeting was called, and I started ...

Chapter 272 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

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There were a multitude of guards and other people in the entrance hall of ETG. Just a few minutes ago, another team with the melter went in, and already they were preparing another.

Over the course of years, they had gotten their manufacturing facilities working, allowing them to make melters at incredible speeds. There were teams continuously going in and out, bringing the melters to the furthest point of the labyrinth so they could continue to advan...

Chapter 271 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

I think this is what shock feels like. His last words still echoed in my mind. There are many trying to understand what happened, asking me questions. Many had gathered around the lake to see if they could help Vix, but none of them could bring him out of his sleep that was consuming his soul. At least now I know it was because of his talent that it was happening.

I tried to help him, so he could give me the memories he wanted as quickly ...

Chapter 270 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Vix

I was still mesmerized by the core that was Father, but I was snapped out of it when I noticed the small cracks all around its surface and even inside. He was struggling so much, yet he was still doing everything necessary—everything he could—to protect not just himself but us as well.

Slowly, I started to rise as the floor grew underneath me. I got a brief image of where I should be. It didn’t take me long to reach the correct position, and...

Chapter 269 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Vix

I felt sharp claws digging into my skin. It was so painful. I tried to pull my tail back. It wasn’t working, so I started to move it up and down and sideways as fast as I could. Then I felt the ripping—it was so painful.

My eyes opened, my heart was beating fast, and it took me a moment to remember where I actually was. It was a serene lake, or for me, a pond, as I was simply too big. I saw at the edge a familiar face, which calmed me quite a ...

Chapter 268 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Anna

Every so often, I simply couldn’t resist looking toward my husband. Fortunately, I no longer had to pay attention to how my hands worked while preparing food, as I had done this so many times before. Carl was currently playing with our grandkids—well, technically great-grandkids, but we long ago decided there was no need to make those kinds of distinctions.

He was once again a rank higher than me, but our clan has a fix for that problem. Whil...

Chapter 267 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Carl

My momentum was stopped by a tree. I could feel it crack, but it seemed like I didn’t have to worry about it falling on top of me. My shield arm hurt; that impact probably cracked my bone. The shield was also bent inwards a little bit. Yet through all of this, I never took my eyes off the monster I was fighting. I did not know what it was, but that seemed to be the case with every monster as I was now fighting with monsters that were just one step away from diamo...

Chapter 266 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

The constant activation of dungeon melters was annoying. The only reason they weren’t actually hurting me was because of my size. Now, I don’t know exactly why I was so big; I guess I’ve always been bigger than I meant to be.

From my understanding, most other dungeon cores are made of more special gems. Mine isn't anything special—in fact, it's one of the cheapest gem-like materials out there. It actually makes me feel more specia...

Chapter 265 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

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Thank you all for the wonderful year. As a reminder from my last announcement, this will be the last post of this year as the holidays are starting. I will resume posting on the second of January.

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Pov Dungeon Core

I had expected a more extreme response to the disaster that was their first attempt at forcefully getting to my core. Instead, it’s been over two years of proclamations about how evil I am. While, yes, they have brought in a lot more ...

Chapter 264 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Vivian

I watched as my grandfather continued to read the report I gave him. Each time he was done with a page, he tossed it behind him, and as that paper slowly fell to the ground, it disintegrated into dust.

“So they’re planning another breach. Took them long enough to stop being cowards. Tell me, what do you know about their plans? And have you managed to keep our people away from it?”

“I believe they would have kept pushi...

Chapter 263 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

I didn’t actually expect them to surrender. For some reason, I thought they would fight to the very end. I often forgot that creatures who can live for a long time and are fully sapient will not usually fight to the very end like more bestial creatures do. But even they, if they can, will choose to escape. Fortunately, the prison was ready.

It was a hotly disputed topic. Most advocated for killing our enemies, which made sense because d...

Chapter 262 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

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Merrick was sitting on a distant hill while eating some foraged berries. Sometimes, when he closed his eyes, he could still see the shockwaves and area attacks that should have killed him but didn't, thanks to the combatants actually trying to keep him alive. He had been watching this fight for almost two weeks now, and Merrick honestly couldn't believe that they were still so destructive.

From the dungeon side, Ismael was the most beat up. One of his...