The Regressed NoBody

My gaze followed back to to the top and then down as I gave a quick inspection of the dungeon options. ‘They really have some good dungeons available. Now I wonder how they're able to hide these from the jurisdiction of the Union?'

I inwardly thought as I scrolled through the logs of dungeons.

All the option were pretty good in honesty, but like I said before, the criteria of my own strengths varied on ny performance inside a dungeon. And judging from my weakened body and strength, it would suicidal to enter a dungeon on the higer ranked end. Looking through almost all the available dungeons. I narrowed my choices to only three which were suitable.

The three dungeons which I selected were within my clearing capabilities and with a certain level of danger to give myself a challenge.

‘I need to put my life on the line if I wish to grow as much as I can. That's the only option I have. In these coming ten years, I needed to become stronger than my past self...no! I needed to surpass my limits and grow stronger than I used to be.'

Inwardly thinking I looked at the last three choices which I'd narrowed down to.

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【Name】: 『Sandy Dunes』

【Rank】: 『E』

【Fee】: 『1500 B』

【Description】:

The dessert dungeon is filled with treacherous dunes and frequent sandstorms, creating a harsh environment. The dry, hot atmosphere adds to its notorious reputation, making it a challenging experience for adventurers who venture into its depths.

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【Name】: 『Chimera’s Den』

【Rank】: 『E』

【Fee】: 『1500 B』

【Description】:

This dungeon is filled with Chimera’s so many kinds. Some areas within the dungeons are highly contaminated due to some of the chimeras which exude poison.

Within the dungeon's notorious terrain, a multitude of chimeras roam, each one presenting a unique and formidable challenge with their different diverse strengths. The variety of chimera species creates a diverse and perilous environment. Certain areas of the dungeon are particularly hazardous, tainted by the poisonous excretions of some chimeras.

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【Name】: 『Devil’s Whisper』

【Rank】: 『E』

【Fee】: 『1000 B』

【Description】:

This dungeon is a pit of undead. But It also harbours other monsters as well.

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‘Isn’t the ‘Devil’s Whisper dungeon’s description a little to vague?’I thought as I made my mind up on which dungeon to enter.

The three dungeons which I selected were on the high, medium and low difficulty of danger, and seeing the difficulty and the other facts in to the equation, I had decided.

The Sandy Dunes as a high-difficulty dungeon.

Chimera’s Den as a medium-difficulty dungeon.

And lastly, the Devil’s Whisper as a low-difficulty dungeon.

I only put Devil’s Whisper on the low-difficulty because there was not much information on it. So I was not thinking of entering it. If even the black market didn't have enough information over this dungeon onky meant two things.

First was that it could be a newly discovered dungeon which was still veing tested and only been put into use just recently. Or second that it was a defected dungeon which didn't have much to give in return, except for allowing new comers to enter to gain experience.

Well depending on the criteria of the environment which was affected by the sudden spike in mana, was either changed or made conplex due to the mutation casued by mana's presence, making a land the habitat of the mana beast.

And since the discovery of mana, there were three kinds of dungeon which were available to our world.

The dungeon gates which disappeared when cleared. The stable dungeons, which maintained their form even after being cleared, retaining their mana in a fixed form. Amd third, the inhabitant dungeons,which were made by the sudden influx of mana which transformed an entire piece of land into a notorious landscape.

After I'd made my decision, I slolwy got up from the sofa as I handed the tablet back to the attendant with the monocle.

“Have you selected which dungeon you would like to enter, Sir?" He asked with a solemn expression, his eyes dull and emotionless as he nudged the monocle on his eye.

“Yes." I returned. I'd already decdied on the chimera’s den, which was already within my capabilities to clear. I answered as soon as he asked.

“I will be going to the—!”

But just the words left my mouth, my brows furrowed in surprise as I slightly looked to the side, as I saw a system windon appeare in front of me.

The attendant was unaffected by my behaviour as he kept a straight face and kept working over the tablet as he tapped over it a few times

I was left dumbfounded. It wasn't because of the sudden window pop up. I was already used to the system

What left me dumbfounded was what was written on the window. It was something unexpected and peculiar.

My eyes filled with incredulity follwed the contents mentioned over the widnow, as I frowned. It was a quest. The system jaf presented me with a quest for the first time.

But what the quest was haf left me a little confused. I was really caught of guard by this.

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【Quest】: 『Clear The Dungeon』

【Name】: 『Devil’s Whisper』

【Rank】: 『???』

【Penalty】: 『Death』

【Reward】: 『5-lv increase』『Additional stat points』『All stats increase by 20』

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“Huh?”

I looked at the system window with complete confusion over my face as my eyes darted up and down the window.

Putting my hand over my chin, I contemplated for the turn of events, amd tried to think of some theory which might lead me to a definitive answer.

‘Why the ‘Devil’s Whisper’ dungeon, tho?. And why has the question not given it a determined rank? Does that mean there is more to this dungeon than what the information gathered by the black market has?'

Looking at the quest my eyes stopped over the penalty which dreadfully made my brows yo twist into a frown.

‘The penalty is death! Does that mean if I fail to clear the dungeon I would die. But why now? Does this dungeon have something to do with my choice, or is the system simply trying to tell me something through this quest? Could there be something inside this dungeon?"

“Excuse me?" I heard the male attendant’s crisp voice as he looked at me with a questioning expression.

“Ah sorry, I was thinking about something just now. Yes, I will be entering the Devil’s Whisper dungeon." I said with my eyss stupefied as I composed myself shortly after.

“Then please can you provide me your card.” The tall man asked as he put the tablet aside.

I didn’t say much back, but took the black card I'd received from the receptionist earlier out of my inventory and handed it to the attendant.

“Then please wait here for a few minutes.” Saying as such, he soun over his heel and crossed the partition between the hall, as he took off.

Sitting down on the sofa I looked at the window repeatedly, anxiousness growing inside like shadows stretching at dawn.

“But why Devil’s Whisper?” I said with my tone filled with a questioning glint.

This dungeon didn't even have a complete description, or it wasn't even particularly strong in reagrds to the other two.

But the system gave me the quest to clear this dungeon. Why?

There has to be some kind of meaning to this sudden occurrence. Like my previous hypothesis, it could that the system is leading me to somehwere to do something.

After a few minutes had passed, the attendant came back and gave me my card back.

“Please follow me.” He gestured for me follow suit, as he quickly crossed through the hall as we walked through the partition and shortly reached a door which had swirling lines of red, making it look ridiculous.

Opening the door we both entered inside in toe as he guided me forward, as he waled into a corridor.

Then walking through the corridor, I just quietly followed the attendant from behind.

There was still a lot of things burdening my mind and now I had to worry about the system giving me this quest out of nowhere. But despite the sudden window's appearance I didn't see a time-limit mentioned with the contents. So it could be safe to say that I could take my time and grow stronger in there.

Reaching the end of the corridor, I saw a man who stood with his body leaned on the left side wall, he was smoking a cigarette with a nonchalant, uncaring expression over his face.

“You called.” The man said, as he corrected his posture and straightened.

“Yes. This gentleman would like to enter the Devil’s Whisper dungeon. So guide him to the dungeon's primary loction." The attendant instructed he saw the smoke from the cigarette rising in the air with a stern face, but just as he had finished his job, he left without pointing out his dissatisfaction over the man's actions.

“Sigh... Seriously working me to the bones...I'm not even that old, but I already fell like planning for retirement...Sigh"

He spoke with tired signs as I saw the light in his eyes dim slight. For some reason I felt pity for him.

“Well either way, I won’t get paid if I don’t do my job right!" He said, taling to himself monstly, as he turned and looked at me. “Then shall we?” He asked as he started to walk forward.

“Yeah sure.”

Swiftly responding, I followed from behind, following each step in tow.

The man whom was now my guide, looked to be in his late thirties. His brown beard which covered his face and his hair was a little groggy amd unkempt, making him look slightly like a hobo, no more like it.

He had visible dark circles underneath his eyes, his skin colour which looked dull from not going out in the sunlight for a long time, as he wore a light skin colour long coat which traced to this thighs with a pair of brown pants.

We reached to another door and he opened the door in front of us and we both stepped through it.

The sight before me left me awestricken. We left the corridor and entered a large room.

If I had to make an estimate, it was just as big as an entire football stadium, with a little bit more room for accommodation.

In this hall were the several portals daises which are connected to the location to where the dungeon gates were which the black markets had under their name.

This way the black market's hides the dungeon from the association of Korea and UW, which would either pose a pain in their arse if not.

“Oh yeah my name is Glenn, nice to meet ya. You can just call me Glenn. No need to use horonfics with me, just be comfortable."

The man introduced himself. Then he extended his hand forward.

“My name is Jiwoo.” I said whilst sequentially shaking his hand, his arm was firm and filled with callouses, perfectly indicating his experience and how much he'd trained. Because despite his comfortable and nonchalant behaviour, there was this air of solemnity surrounding him which perfectly hinted on him being someone experienced.

Then we both once again started moving.

My attention went back to the hall. There were section rooms of portals standing side by side on both right and the left side, as the glimmer they left brightened the surroundings.

There were hundreds of sections in here.

There were portals standing majestically within those sections, and each one led to a different location leading to a different dungeon gate.

Every section on the right and left side had a number written on them.

The portals rippled beautifully. The mysterious hue that they manifested was just beautiful and magnificent.

Then stopping in front of the section on the left side Glenn spoke.

“This is the portal we will be taking. Hope you don’t get motion sick from shifting location through a portal.

The portal room which we stopped in front of was labelled with the number <223>.

Walking through, we entered the room and I saw two young children who looked no older than eight or nine, who stood close to the portal..

One had white hair and the other black. Both of them wore suits and looked elegant, as they tried to imitate looking serious.

“Yo Gasper 1, Gasper 2.” Glenn said with a friendly taise of his hand.

Both of them looked at him with irked eyes, as they frowned and clicked their tongue.

Then we both closed the distance and reached the portal.

“Oi don’t be like that now. Hve you forgotten how well I treat you both." Glenn said, takinga glace at the pair. "If you're gonna be like that, I won't bring you the premium candy next time I visit."

Just as Glenn said, I saw the pair's eyes quiver like the children they were.

I broke a grin as I looked at the teasing of Glenn

“Then Jiwoo, you ready.” He said, looking at me right after.

“Yeah.”

Answering him, we both stepped inside the portal.

Just like before, when I entered the portal on the academy’s facility, my vision blurred and I felt my senses disappear.

I hovered through nothingness before a light enveloped me and I crossed through the portal.

Exiting the portal I felt my senses return as I furled my fist and took a moment to adjust to the surroundings illuminance of the sun.

“Oh we made it.” I heard Glenn’s voice reverberate through the surroundings.

I looked around me and saw that we were in a grassland. The blades of grass swayed ever so slightly by the wind as a tranquil atmosphere shrouded the land, as the warmth of the sun prickled my skin and made me comfortable.

There was a boulder close by but I didn’t give it much mind.

Soon my vision focused over the dungeon which stood a few meters away.

It stood there majestically and looked beautiful.

The mana it exuded could be sensed from where I was standing, as the shiny glow of the gate caused the space to distort and ripple.

Every dungeon is given a rank based on the mana—magic power as dubbed before—they have.

Just like this dungeon which is given an rank, bexause it mana output was on the weaker end.

Well not that I was fazed by its magic power.

I was someone who solemnly stood even in front of an S-rank gate. Which are said to be the strongest dungeons right after the notorious Disaster rank dungeon.

And someone who fought the demon king tow to tow on an almost equal footing, this much was child's play.

“Mr. Glenn I would like to ask you something.” I said whilst turning my head towards his direction.

“Drop the Mr, just call me Glenn. I told you before, no need to use honorific with me."

“Ok then, Glenn I would like to ask you something about this dungeon.”

“And what do you want to ask exactly?”

“This Dungeon didn’t have a complete description and the fee range on this dungeon was lower than most E rank dungeons. Why is that? I find it hard to believe that the black market wouldn't have information over a dungeon gate under their jurisdiction?'

Looking at me with impressed eyes, he spoke.

“What you said is correct. Not much is know about this dungeon, and even the teams and other people who went inside this dungeon couldn’t find much about it.” He said with genuinely, without trying to hide anything from me.

“The only thing that is known about this dungeon is that it's a pit of undead, and this dungeon was just recently discovered, but due to its low difficulty and threath level, the black market folks allowed the hunters to enter this dungeon gate. So far its safe, as we have deducted."

He turned his head towards the dungeon.

“But the Magic Power that this dungeon contains is of E rank. That’s the conclusion we came to.”

“I see.” I added with a nod.

“Either way, I’ll find out once I enter the dungeon myself.” I said to him, as I stepped forward as I came in front of the dungeon gate.

The gate rippled mysteriously as the air around it swayed, lightly making my clothes to wave around.

“Then be careful.”

“Yeah thanks.”

Bidding Glenn farewell, I walked into the dungeon as the energy of the agte wrapped around me and ushered me forward.

The gate rippled when I stepped inside. Soon my perception of the world changed around me. The shift was like day to night.

Then I found myself inside the dungeon.

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