S Class?

Outside all the other teams from the dungeons had returned. The Rose Foxes got the clear for the C Class Dungeon. They had gotten a lot of items as they walked out they couldn't find Noah.

Asking around they found he had entered the A Class dungeon.

Alice felt weird as she waited with others. She felt like it was decided that she wouldn't dungeon running with Noah anymore.

She motivated herself to try harder and catch up. The girls waited until it was dark. A lot of the people around had already left tired of waiting. Only a few others, and members of Moonlight remained.

[World Announcement!

A Class dungeon: Darkness Abomination has been cleared!

All team members gain a Special Gold Chest and 1000 gold!]

[World Announcement!

Race Hall of Fame has been unlocked!]

The girls who had been talking were shocked by the sudden golden screen that appeared.

Alice opened the Hall of Fame.

[Hall of Fame of Protected Zone #6083781]

[Valerie King

Savant Vargas

Anya Adam

Sultan Ali

Lofan Ray

Seiko Fox

Eric Woodward

Graham Stone

Xavier Coal

Silver Druid]

She saw the last name and guessed it was Noah, she had also seen the post about him being called that. Looking at his name showed her how far they were from each other at the moment. It reminded her of all times she read Noah's name in the news while they were separated.

'This isn't the same, he's with me now.' She thought.

...

Inside the dungeon, Noah looked at the screen listing all the items the system had given to him.

[Contribution level: 18% (First Place)

Special Gold Chest

1000x gold

Diamond of Darkness

4x Abyssal Crystal Shards

Curse of Self Harm

Black Heart Sheild (D Class)

Sinner's tears (D Class)

The list went on, it had all types of items in it going from A Class to F Class. From high ranking materials and skills, consumables and so on.

Valerie came forward, "Well done! So does anyone want to trade?"

Everyone raised their hands. With so many items they wanted to switch them around.

"Silver you go first." Valerie saw that she was in second place in contribution so it was obvious to her who was first.

Noah pulled out the Sheild.

[Black Heart Shield] (D Class)

Strength +250, Physique +250,

Passive Skill: [Smoke Screen] release smoke and hide your movements from the enemy

Active Skill: [Killing Burst] Tackle an enemy launching them back and injuring them

Active Skill: [Heart Block] the shield forms a strong protective layer of mana that blocks all attacks, is especially effective against evil attacks.

"I'll trade materials and curse skills for it." Noah said.

It was a good shield, it gave an incredible boost to the attributes that were most important to a Shield wielder.

"I'll use two Abyssal Crystal Shards, I don't have a skill, I'll make the rest of the value with gold," Savant said.

Eric who was looking at his items suddenly stood, "Savant? You're not dead?!" He had clearly seen Savant die.

"I was revived by Silver, Thank you for that," Savant said to Noah, he had almost forgotten to thank him because of the items.

Noah nodded in acknowledgement. He had spent one of the three uses he had on savant just to clear the dungeon. It might be wasteful since in a few months it would truly bring people from the dead, but he felt like he would have better items then.

Anya came forward and asked Savant, "I have Curse of Weakening, can you trade something for it?"

The two finally decided on a deal and Savant gave Noah the three items and Noah gave him the shield. As the others traded Noah put took out everything and put it into his storage sacks. Sadly, the system didn't let you walk out of the dungeon with the items still held by it.

Noah traded for a few more materials and tried getting as much as he could.

The trading finally stopped.

They all then looked around for ways to leave.

"When did that door appear?" Anya asked.

They all looked at a black ominous door in the distance.

"Is that the exit?" Eric asked. He then walked forward with the others following him.

The closer they got the less Noah felt like it was the exit. The door was extremely detailed and layered with multiple magic circles.

Eric touched the door and swallowed, he felt tense for some reason, "What's up with the silence guys, it's just a door." He said as he pushed on it. It took a lot of force as the two metal doors split open.

Black gas rushed out and everyone was blown back with force! They all hit the opposite wall of the dungeon.

Through the opening, deep inside Noah saw red eyes. They were similar to the dungeon lord's but much more terrifying. He was petrified not because of a skill but the pure presence of the monster was causing him to shiver in place unable to move.