To the Depth of Abyss
Chapter 3: Dungeon

Floor 1 / Silver Steel Mountain

The second hour has begun. Arsen carried the filled barrel and tied the remaining two barrels to his waist.

Wayer and Bryan are looking for a pebble to pick up. Bob and Hans watched the surroundings. Ron as usual relaxes because his job is only to heal the wounded.

Arsen can say satisfied with the payment offered. But the workload he carries was not under the agreement.

They said they would help Arsen if he having a hard time. But since they came out of the Station gate, the Party gave only sweet-shitty words that didn't help at all.

Like now, "Hey, Ars, come on! You can do it! If you can get here before Bryan and Wayer move, you can sit on this comfortable rock!"

Ron continued to spit out shitty-nonsense without giving help. Arsen only silently responded to Ron's bullshit. Because surely Bryan and Wayer had moved before Arsen could even approach them.

When their four comrades were far enough down, Bob and Hans being tasked with seeing their wagon, and the path they were on.

They all continued to head north because other Hunter rarely visited the area.

While looking around, Hans saw something unusual in the left direction of their path.

"Bob, did you see that?"

"See what?"

"All that strange-shaped rock?"

"What?"

Hans points to several large rocks that neatly arranged. Unable to contain his curiosity, Hans ran toward the large rocks.

"Hans!" Bob tries to pursue Hans.

Bryan realized the strange behavior of his men. "Where are you going?!"

"Hans said he found a dungeon!"

"Dungeon?"

Bryan immediately realized what Bob meant. Wayer and Ron heard the same thing too. Three of them started running after Hans and Bob. Leaving Arsen who did not know what made his colleagues running.

Bob finally caught up with Hans. As he thought, they found an entrance to a cave. The entrance is made of natural rocks, which are very difficult to realize when viewed from the side. Strangely, no Bullsteel passed on that path.

Tit ~

Bob got a little startled when his Hunter Bracelet beeped. He opened the Hunter Bracelet menu and found that he earned a [Trophy].

[Trophy Earned: Dungeon Finder]

[Find 1 Dungeon location]

Bob glared, unable to think the door from the cave is what they thought.

Stunned, Hans muttered something, "A treasure dungeon."

Treasure, since being given the nickname Abyssal Hunter, all they do is hunt animals or picking up rocks without trying to replace a part of the Abyssal secret, it is treasure dungeon.

"Finally, two years of our efforts to replace the possibility of the location of a dungeon..."

Inside Abyssal Terra, there is a hidden location which is a dungeon with treasures inside. Noted, on the 2nd Floor there are five locations. But there is not a single note about a Dungeon on the 1st Floor.

It is unknown how many locations there are dungeons on each floor. But one thing is certain, at the end of the cave entrance, there must be treasures in it.

"Bob, Hans!"

Finally, Bryan, Wayer, and Ron arrived at the entrance. It amazed the three of them to see the view from the door to the secret location.

Tit ~

Then, Bryan, Wayer, and Ron also got [Trophy Earned: Dungeon Finder].

Bryan looking at his four comrades.

"Bryan." Wayer hinted for Bryan to take the lead.

Bryan nodded, then took the position of leading the way, "Hunter, prepare your weapons."

Bob prepares his round shield and mace. Hans prepared his two-handed, long-handled hammer. And Bryan prepared his two-handed long sword.

Three Vanguards are ready to face the enemy who is waiting inside.

Wayer stood in the middle of the party, holding a small bag filled with smoke bombs and flashbang to help Vanguard. Ron prepares with his magic wand to heal anyone injured.

"Wayer, lights."

Wayer took a few flashlights from his small bag, then gave it to Bryan, Hans and Wayer held one for himself.

Bryan hinted Bob to advance first because he is the tank.

With Bob in front, Bryan becomes the lighthouse, Wayer and Ron guarded by Hans, the Party enters the cave dungeon.

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Away from the hidden cave door, Arsen had just dropped his luggage. He could tell where his comrades were going, but he wasn't sure if he should catch up with them.

By the way, Arsen's legs are not strong enough to use to walk anymore. "I'd better get some rest before those bastards return."

Tit ~

Ars' Hunter Bracelet beeped. Arsen opens the Hunter Profile menu and replaces out that he got a Trophy.

[Trophy Earned: Silver Rock Bringer]

[Lifting a 50kg Silver Steel Mountain stone]

[Skill Obtained: Silver Rock Bringer I]

[Passive: Adds a 2% lightening effect when the user lifting Silver Steel Mountain stone]

"Son of a breach, only two percent?!"

The system on the Hunter Bracelet is very useful. It was really like living in a game.

"If you look at it, the other Trophies are ..."

On top of [Trophy: Silver Rock Bringer I], there are five more Trophy levels that can be earned.

[Trophy: God of Silver Steel Porter]

[Lifting 100kg Silver Steel Mountain boulder]

"The skill is..."

[God of Silver Steel Porter]

[Passive: Adds a 10% lightening effect when the user removes the stone from Silver Steel Mountain]

"Stingy, so stingy, this developer!"

Being called [God] just because you can lift 100kg of stones, sounds ridiculous.

If this world was really a game, Ars would immediately give a 1-star rating because of the way of stingy game developer giving buffs.

However, when it comes to developers, Ars is talking about the 'creature', which created that real world game.

Let's let Arsen rest for a while and return to the Party, entering the hidden cave.

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Bryan's Party continued to enter the dungeon. The path from the dungeon is only straight ahead. It seems that the direction is towards the stomach of Silver Steel Mountain.

"We are so fortunate to replace a dungeon on this floor, boss."

"Yes, you're right. Even if we replace a danger that we cannot face, we can sell this location information to the Diamonds or Conquerors."

Platinum and Diamond are the two highest ranks above Gold. Because it is said that dungeons have extremely high difficulty, because of that, only a powerful Party can overcome it. The decision to enter the dungeon was also just to explore the path. That's what Bryan thought.

"But isn't this strange, if it's really a dungeon, why is there only one path, and only straight ahead?"

Bryan doesn't even know the reason. From the information he heard, dungeons have many branches and pathways. Then there must be a monster guarding the dungeon inside. However, after deep into the dungeon, they did not replace any branches or monsters that guarded the dungeon.

"Hey, look, what's that light?"

Bob saw a flash of light far ahead.

That caught all of their attention, especially Wayer, who is wearing glasses.

Realizing what lay ahead, Wayer murmured, "Don't tell me that's a...", then walked faster.

"Wayer!? Don't rush."

They all followed Wayer behind. As if to let what will happen to Wayer, who walked first in front.

The closer they are to light, the brighter and wider the view of visible light.

"Aren't that's a -" "- mountain of gold!"

They all reached the end of the cave hall. Found a view of the mountain of gold coins, shiny items, some pearls also buried in the mountain of gold.

The giant room holds all the wealth they see.

Bryan, Bob, Hans, Ron, and especially Wayer, glared, gaped, could not believe what they were seeing.

"We are rich! So rich!" shouted Wayer.

Bryan smiled a little, then laughed slowly. "Haha, hahaha, hahahahah! All of this is ours!"

Bob and Hans just looked around silently, wondering why there were so many treasures hidden in that place. For Ron, his entire body trembled, the adrenaline in his body rose to the highest level making him hard to breathe.

The cave only has a small hole above that illuminates the room. But with all the gold there, the room was dazzling with yellow light.

"Haha, I'll be the richest man in the world."

"From where will I take all this?!"

Bryan imagined the possibilities that would happen to him after he sold all this gold. In the front, Wayer ran toward the gold coins and touched one coin.

Right when Wayer touched one coin, the room started shaking suddenly. The room that had been dark also lit with the life of the fire in the torches attached to the wall.

"What is that!?"

"Bryan! Wake up! We have a problem!"

"A really big problem!"

Only Bob and Hans were aware of the figure who was rising from the mountains of gold coins.

"You say 'whose' are these gold?"

Surprisingly, the figure that emerged from the mountain of gold was a creature that could never have thought it could be on the 1st Floor.

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Arsen still waiting outside. He had been waiting for that jackass party for a long time. How much longer did he have to wait in the midday heat.

Out of boredom, Arsen got up and went toward his colleagues.

Tit ~

Ars' Hunter Bracelet beeped. He found out he got [Trophy Earned: Dungeon Finder].

"This cave?"

Arsen found the dungeon door. But the dungeon door that Arsen found was bright with lively torches.

Arsen tried to enter but stopped because he found a sign on the cave wall surrounded by fire.

There is a poem in the sign that sounds:

[Where the Treasure Lies Within~

The Gold Keeper Sleep Inside the Spark~

Though Will not Harm~

Anybody Touch the Treasure Will be Perish~

The Key is to not Greed~

In the Presence of The Gold Keeper~]

Arsen can understand the purpose of the sign. Although there are some points that he cannot understand because Arsen does not know the context of the points.

"If this place is clear, that means they have entered."

Arsen entered the Dungeon out of curiosity about the end of the place. Although his decision will be a determinant of his life and death.