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Stella was unhappy to see her status like that but she currently was stuck with it being that way, she did however have an idea for how to fix it, but she would need a device that could have the same level of precision that the ring had.

To make the ring of shielding, you would need to carve thousands if not tens of thousands of runes both on the surface of the ring and in the gem itself. She had an idea about how to make such a device arcane stone when etched and carved properly could handle the stress of the structure and primal shards could serve to allow for movement but she needed an object that could serve as a core to be used to etch the runes into an object.

While Stella was lost in her thoughts she was brought to the storage room to put supplies into her bag.

"Where is this expedition heading again? I wasn't listening."Stella asked

"The 59th floor."Ais responded

"Ok then, here's the storage bag, I wish you luck on the expedition. I have to go to the guild to finish some unattended business."Stella said

"Wait, you're not coming with us?"Tione asked

"You couldn't have thought that bringing a level 1 to the 59th floor was a good idea?"Stella responded

Stella left after giving her bag to them, she emptied the contents inside in her room before she handed it over. After leaving the Manor she went to the guild to ask about that information that she handed in a while ago.

"Hey Eina, any updates about the information I handed in?"Stella asked when she saw Eina

"Yes, I was supposed to hand you the 50000 valis reward close to a month ago but you barely ever came by." Eina stated

"50000 what's up with that price?"Stella asked

"Turns out the stuff leaking from the walls is used in potion making and crafting so having a source that never runs out is always great."Eina responded while she handed over 50000 valis

"Thanks! Any news about the dungeon I should know about?"Stella asked

"There was a report about a monster on the 18th floor it's been killing adventurers that get too close to it, but you shouldn't have to worry you are still level one afterall."Eina said

"New monster huh? Well thank you for the valis, have a good day Eina!"Stella said as she left

Stella headed over to Vish's workshop before heading back to her lab to see if he had made any progress on a compact record player.

"Vish have you made any progress on the compact record player?"Stella asked

"I have but I don't have a record to test with so it's much harder than you would think."Vish stated with some annoyance in his voice

"Yea after I left I figured that you would need the disc so I brought it back for you to use."Stella handed the disc over and left shortly after to head to the lab

Stella didn't do any research but instead washed up, ate some food, and took a nap. Upon waking up she made a few golems so that they could carry supplies into the dungeon, now that she didn't have her storage bag she needed to find another way to move stuff into the dungeon, luckily she already had the solution; golems.

After she made a few iron golems to carry supplies for her she loaded up her supplies and bought a mithril pickaxe and headed towards the dungeon to check out that portal she had left down there.

Her progress was slower now that she had the iron golems with her, their movement speed was lackluster but they made up for it by carrying all her supplies. Upon reaching the portal on the 15th floor she got to work having the iron golems carry and break apart chunks of obsidian.

Assembling the portal was a simple task after the obsidian was in smaller pieces, using the golems to carry the smaller parts to the portal, and then placing the obsidian into place making sure the runes were in the proper place was the hardest part.

After a few hours of work the portal stood at about 5 meters in height after completion the portal frame was complete but opening it was a different story, Stella had no idea how to light the portal there were no stories about how to open it.

It took a few hours of reading the runes to figure out how to light the portal, a simple spark could light the portal. She found it a little weird that all the portal took was a bit of fire but that only made her job easier.

Stella took the flint she left in one of the chests and used one of the iron golem's bodies to create a spark, lighting the portal up.

The portal burst to life with purple life, looking through the portal was like looking through foggy tinted glass, she couldn't quite make out what was on the other side.

Just as Stella prepared to send one of her golems through the portal, a large black figure stepped through.

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A black monster and the nether, that could only mean 2 things! Suggestions and power stones are always welcomed!