The Dungeon Conquerors: Journey to the Peak

After weeks of hard work it was finally time for Lucia to take over this dungeon. It was a very important moment for Lucia too as the chance to get her hands on a high level dungeon was very very rare.

Rein's anger had lessened quite a bit with the passage of time, so he was not interested in punishing the dungeon master anymore. Just seeing him dying while still being fainted in Tasha's dark realm was enough for him.

Lucia was able to gain the perfect control over the dungeon very smoothly. So much so that she was very surprised that the whole process was so easy and she faced no problems.

But there was nothing to worry about for her as Rein, Stella and Tasha made sure that everything was alright and the previous dungeon master was dead too. So, now Lucia had a total of two high level dungeons under her control.

After taking over the dungeon, she changed both the name and location of it. Her main dungeon was named Infinity Dungeon as the theme of that dungeon was its immense depth.

That dungeon was not this world's most difficult dungeon or anything but it was definitely the deepest one in the whole world with more than 1000 floors.

The same way Lucia also had a theme in her mind for this dungeon. She wanted to make it into one of the most troublesome dungeons to clear. So after taking a lot of advice for Rein who had experienced many dungeons, Lucia decided to make it a story mode dungeon.

Story mode dungeons were a very special type of dungeon where power and combat ability did not hold much value. Instead one needed to have a vast amount of skills to conquer them. Rein was exceptionally intelligent got his age and that was also because of such a dungeon.

So he proposed this idea to Lucia and she also found it interesting. In accordance with that, the new name for the dungeon was decided to be "A Fleeting Dream".

As for the new location of the dungeon, Lucia transferred it close to a city in the nation of Kevild which was a nation with a very high population count.

Unlike the previous dungeon master, Lucia liked her dungeons to be full of people, so she chose this location. As this dungeon did not need powerful individuals to clear, she was going to rely on the vast number of people to gather her dungeon points.

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After Lucia was done relocating the dungeon, the conquerors also left it. Their training was almost done and now they needed to go to new places to find more new dungeons.

So, after returning to the inn where they were currently staying, four of the lovebirds started to discuss their next destination while hugging each other and spending a calm time together.

"I think we should now stop targeting the already conquered dungeons. All of us had gotten quite a lot stronger, so those dungeons are of no help to us and the treasures which could be found there were also very limited."

"I think Stella is right, Rein. If it's not a dungeon with powerful transcendental monsters inside or some special kind of dungeon, then we should not waste our time on them."

Rein also nodded his head after thinking about it for some time. The only reason why Rein even challenged the weaker dungeon which did not help in their growth at all was because he was unwilling to give up on the special treasures that could be found even in those dungeons.

But after his strength surpassed even the red grade transcendental rank, he felt like those types of dungeons were quite useless to him.

The rank above the red grade was quite special and it gave Rein some special kind of intuition telling him that he would not miss out on anything even if he disregarded the weak dungeon.

As Rein, Stella and Tasha were discussing this topic, Kagura was not saying anything and was just happily getting a lap pillow for Rein. Rein started to pat her head and asked -

"Kagura, you heard about the dungeon we were discussing, right ? Did you find any of them to be particularly to your liking ?"

"I will accompany master anywhere and everywhere. I have no preferences."

"Hmm, then as your master I want to learn about what type of dungeon you like ?"

Hearing that question Kagura thought about some time and said in a uncertain tone while cutely tilting her head -

"I'm not sure but I think I like dungeons where master will need to use me more and more."

Hearing that Rein was very happy. How lucky he was to find such a good and sensible sword girl as his partner. So he started to caress Kagura's head more and said -

"Then let's go to the dungeon called "Deity's Resting Ground" in the country of Wu. It is a special one floor dungeon and it was discovered more than 600 years ago. But still no one has managed to conquer it.

This dungeon is divided into several areas and the enemies of different areas differ greatly in strength. Maggy told me that she had encountered a green grade opponent there when she entered that place, so I think it might even have stronger monsters inside. Why don't we check it out next."

Maggy was another one of Rein's lovers and the only dragon in this world who was able to truly win Rein's heart. Her real name was Mageriagia Feosvolt and that was too long, so Rein gave her the nickname Maggy.

She had once entered this dungeon and went on white deep but was forced to turn back after encountering a green grade transcendental monster. So Rein thought that this dungeon was a good choice for their next destination.

Kagura was fine with anything Rein decided and as for Stella and Tasha, they found no problems with this suggestion too. It was an unknown unconquered dungeon and it at least had green grade transcendental beings inside. So it was truly a very good choice as their next target.

In a dark back alley, a girl was sitting while hugging her knees and chewing on some meat that was thrown into garbage. She was wearing nothing but rags and her eyes were hollow and empty.

Her whole body was dirty and covered in mad and dirt. Her hair was overgrown and unruly. Whenever some beggars came into this back alley, even they showed signs of disgust seeing this girl and turned away. But no one approached her as she was giving off some kind of terrifying aura.

Suddenly a conversation drifted into her ears. Two people wearing luxurious clothes were talking with each other.

"Hiroshi san, did you see the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family. She looked so dignified and elegant. I can't believe she was only 15 years old."

"Right ? Do you know, miss Shinomiya was able to complete the book of World Truth when she was just 13 and she had now become strong enough to fight a bronze rank adventurer one on one. A 15 year old bronze ranker, how astonishing."

When the girl heard the name of the Shinomiya family, her lifeless eyes suddenly started to burn with anger. No, it was not just anger but something more darker and sinister. She greeted her teeth so much that blood started to flow from the corner of her mouth.

But still she did not speak anything and just sat while leaning her petite body on some bags filled with garbage. She eyes became blurry as she remembered the bygone days when she was not a trash like her current self and instead was a proud daughter of a prestigious family.

Just five years ago, the most famous family of this city were the Amanogawa family. They had large businesses operating in this city and thousands of subordinates working for them. The head of the clan was an honest person and was well liked by most of the staff.

He also helped them with the best of his ability.

But being too good, honest and believing was not always a good thing. One night, the family head found himself losing all his wealth and his life after getting betrayed by his very close aid. Even his wife, his younger daughter and other family members were killed.

That was the day when Hikari Amanogawa became an orphan. She lost her father, her mother, her little sister, her uncles and aunts and everyone else she held dear. But how did she live ?

She was able to live because she awakened an ability when she was on the verge of death. But alas it was not something that made her powerful but it just made her immortal.

She was still growing but after she reached twenty years of age, she would stop growing and stay the same for the rest of her life.

But according to her ability, she could never die. Even killing her was not possible, she was truly immortal. But was she happy about it. No she was not.

This skill just forcefully kept her alive and nothing else. She still felt pain and hunger. Now she felt like she was punished by the world itself to live in an endless hell till the rest of time.

This was the city of Kentau located very close to a dungeon called "Deity's Resting Ground". Now what was in store for Hikari in the future. Would she be able to find a ray of Hikari in her dark endless hell.