chap 27: Authority

[Dungeon Entrance Door has been damaged. 500 points are required for restoration.]

[Current Dungeon Points: 2180]

"Restore the door."

The broken splinters scattered all over the place, slowly starting to float before the huge part of the door stood up on its own, positioning itself, mending itself, and with a thud, the restoration was completed.

[Dungeon Entrance Door Restored]

[Current Dungeon Points: 1680]

Silvan positioned the cannon and the ring, attaching it to the cannon as a single part with some Qi strings.

With that, he wouldn't have to worry about it being moved and losing its power.

"With 1680 points… I can evolve a genetic code… wait..." He stopped before remembering something, opening his Dungeon Lord title.

[Dungeon Lord: Silvan Owsris]

Rank: 2 (10x10)

Active Perks: Forest Shard's

(2500 Dungeon Points are required for ranking up.)

Features:

Dungeon Map <>

Buy/Sell <>

Summon <>

Subjects <1>

Soul Slots: 2 <>

"I still have those Ghost Valley disciples' souls… should I just sell them? And upgrade the sap cannon?"

Silvan thought deeply. The sap-blooming cannon's worth and usage were far more superb than he expected, considering how he could use it with his dungeon portal. It was a real trump card.

"Wait? Merging with the ring is possible?" Silvan muttered.

"It should be, in theory."

Silvan decided to try it out, but before that, he closed his eyes and switched to his double body.

"You're safe! I thought you died!" YunYun shouted, flying over to him.

"Yeah, it worked somehow. You broke through?" Silvan spoke and looked at him. The baby scales on his body widened a bit and got their metallic glint.

"Yes, I broke through to the 2nd stage and almost broke through to the 3rd stage too," YunYun spoke, landing on his head.

Even his weight increased, Silvan thought before his eyes fell onto the Qi pool. It wasn't glowing anymore...

YunYun also turned towards the pool. "Yeah, I absorbed the rest of it. Why waste it righ—"

Ahkkk!

Before YunYun could react, Silvan grabbed him tightly. "Hey, let go! What are you planning?"

"Was that skill good?"

YunYun gulped down, seeing his red eyes glow. He hesitated for a moment before speaking out loud. "I deserve that! You're the one who killed me!"

Silvan nodded. "True. But don't do it again, will you? You should know, right? I can switch your body anytime I want."

Hearing that, YunYun's heart sank. "You won't, right?"

"I will. This is the last warning. And don't just suck up all the resources from now on, will you?"

YunYun nodded his head repeatedly. Then Silvan finally let him go. YunYun ran away from him right away.

Silvan sighed, gazing at the pool. His plans had been foiled. Although cultivating using the pool was useless to him, it still had its use.

He had been planning to create some sturdy Qi strings absorbing the Qi from the pool and reinforcing the Qi strings continually.

Silvan opened his dungeon portal. "Go in. We will be back here. Heading towards the next one if possible."

YunYun nodded, picking up the broken pieces of the sword. "This sword isn't normal," he spoke before diving into the portal.

Silvan gave it a last glance before closing his eyes and switching to his main body. After finishing his work, he could just switch to this body and open the dungeon portal again for YunYun to come here too, continuing their journey.

This place was also quite safe. Even if his body got destroyed, he could just make another and start again.

With that in mind, he switched to his main body. YunYun dropped the sword pieces into the Verdant Heart Pool.

Silvan's complexion changed, seeing that it was slowly absorbing Qi. It was very little he wouldn't even have noticed it if his Vein Eyes weren't active.

"These are treasure swords… you can craft me a hand claw with it later," YunYun spoke.

"What is a treasure sword?"

"I told you before, this place is very old. And the things this world has can't be easily replicated. Among them are weapons. Even if they are scrap, they are sturdy and have higher Qi conductivity—a perfect thing for making weapons."

"I see," Silvan nodded.

"Okay, but later. For now, I have an important thing to do."

"Tell me about the Ghost Valley."

YunYun frowned. "Why do you want to know about them?"

"I still have their souls."

YunYun stopped speaking and just looked at him. Yeah, this bastard also turned me into one…

"Do they deserve to die?" Silvan asked.

"While we suck out someone's blood, they are worse. They turn people into living corpses," YunYun spoke. He clearly knew what would happen to them now.

"I see. So you both are the same," Silvan muttered.

YunYun shuddered. "No! We aren't like that! We don't kill people! We only collect blood from villages once a month. At least we're better than those who slaughter the old and young without mercy!"

Silvan looked at him, nodding. If that was the truth, they were really worse. Silvan decided.

"Sell one of the souls."

[Soul of Fang Yuan is being sold for 1000 Dungeon Points.]

[Hint: Host can wipe out the memories before selling]

Silvan pondered for a moment. "Wipe out memories."

[Soul of Fang Yuan has been sold for 1000 Dungeon Points and has been added to the store]

Silvan nodded. "So others can buy this. As expected, wiping out memories was the right choice."

As what if they look for revenge despite being a Dungeon Lord?

Meanwhile, YunYun watched it all and gulped down a mouthful of saliva in fear. If he wasn't useful, he would have met the same fate.

[Dungeon Points: 2180 ↑]

"Wipe out the memories of the other one."

[Ching Lang's soul's memories have been removed. Mandatory memories have been added to the soul]

"Hmm?"

The dungeon core glowed before a ball of white light appeared before him.

"Master, give me a name," the voice echoed.

Silvan looked at it before kind of understanding what it meant. The system had just given it some memories to at least function.

But Silvan wasn't planning to choose another dungeon subject. First of all, dungeon bodies were costly very costly and also limited. He wasn't planning to get weak ones. It was the best ones or a big no.

"Enter there," Silvan spoke, pointing toward the ring, not sure if it would work.

The soul became silent before moving, entering the ring.

[Artificial puppet has been detected. Soul merging initiated]

[Soul merging has been completed]

[Dungeon subject needs a name]

"You will be Karnis."

The ring trembled for a second. The Qi strings on it glowed for a moment before stopping, and then a voice echoed.

"Karnis is at your service."

[Ding! Puppeteer Trait Unique Authority is influencing the system.]

[You have unlocked Authority. Current Authority: 0.01.]

['Karnis' puppet has been added to dungeon subjects and can be merged with Genetic Codes]

Silvan's eyes widened upon seeing that. "To think I would unlock this so fast…"

The system recognizing it as a subject and merging it with a genetic code was already something to be amazed by. But to have him unlock Authority that was another unexpected thing!

Because this simple thing was the very thing—and the only weapon to fight against Z@lther!