DUNGEON

What is this now? Grey thought as he looked at something in front of him. There, a hole that shimmered with blue light and pulsed with energy stood.

He went closer to it and touched it lightly with his hands.

[Player Grey has discovered the first dungeon in the world]

[Player Grey has been awarded 5 global points]

A dungeon, he thought.

I didn't expect to see one this early, he thought.

[Dungeon name: Embermaw Cavern(common)]

[Difficulty: Easy]

[Would you like to enter: Yes/No]

Why is no even an option? Of course, I want to enter, he thought as he pressed yes.

[3 seconds until transmission]

Grey quickly summoned all his thralls back to his domain as he got ready to enter.

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Then the world folded, and Grey was no longer there.

Then he saw himself in a place filled with magma veins and burning tunnels that breathed fire like a sleeping titan. The air is thick with ash, and the stone itself glows faintly red with residual heat. 

[As the pioneer of this dungeon, exp gain is increased by 25% for 12 hours].

Before he could fully register what had happened, he heard a screech from behind him.

[Lava crawler, Level: 10, skill: Molten trail: Leaves behind burning ground]

Level 10, this is outrageous, he thought.

How can ordinary mobs be level 10? How strong would the boss be, then, he thought.

With a snap of his finger, the death domain was opened, and thralls filled the entire field.

Attack, he commanded.

The thralls lunged ferociously at the crawler.

The crawler, seeing them coming towards it, ran in the opposite direction.

Then, in its path, fire began to burn, and any thralls that stepped on it were engulfed in flames.

But instead of stopping, the thralls moved forward, oblivious to the pain from the burning.

The crawler that had already stopped running due to exhaustion was soon overwhelmed by the thralls.

Some of the thralls gained the molten trail skill, but not all.

He also gained a drop, heated carapace. It was used for making flame-resistant armour.

Grey placed the drop into the inventory, and raised the thrall and moved forward, killing any crawler that approached him.

He even saw another monster type, blazing imp. They shot fireballs to attack, but it required a 1-minute cooldown, making it easy to massacre them.

We finally killed our way to the boss, he thought. However, it becomes increasingly difficult to level up the higher you are.

Grey had killed over 300 monsters since the time he killed the direwolf matriarch, but he was still at level 15.

Grey looked at the boss's room, held back from opening the door, and waited to recover his mana.

This should be enough, he thought as he stood up from the thrall beneath him.

He marched towards the door and pointed towards it. Immediately, over a dozen thralls rushed towards it, pushing it with their strength.

The door creaked open, revealing a dragon-like creature in its centre.

[Ash Drake, Level: 20, Skills: Fire burst: Deals massive AOE flame burst, Molten scales: Increases defence.

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As the drake locked eyes with Grey, it let out a roar that shook the cave. With a flap of its wings, it rose into the sky, ready for the confrontation.

[Time until crimson tower descent: 12:10:59]