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Realm of Shadows: The Enchanted Dungeon

In a peaceful corner of the kingdom's border, lives Sebastian, a dedicated botanist whose passion for plants is only matched by his lack of adventure skills. However, he has always found solace in crafting poisons to protect himself while collecting samples in the dangerous surroundings of the enchanted forest. His tranquil life takes an unexpected turn when a group of daring adventurers arrives with a strange request: they need a doctor to accompany them on a perilous expedition, as they lack a priest capable of healing their wounds. Despite his doubts and limitations, Sebastian accepts the proposition and ventures into the forest alongside the group of adventurers. After two days of arduous trekking, they discover a recently formed dungeon. Blinded by greed, they decide to explore it, and Sebastian is compelled to follow suit. Upon reaching the depths of the dungeon, they find a mysterious red orb radiating a hypnotic glow. Beside it, a malnourished and terrified little girl watches them, trembling in fear. Convinced that the girl is the dungeon's master, they mercilessly resolve to end her life. However, Sebastian staunchly opposes such cruelty. Disregarding his objections, the adventurers press on with their plan, unleashing a critical battle. In a desperate act, Sebastian employs his deadliest poison to confront his companions. After a bitter struggle, he emerges victorious and chooses to protect the girl as if she were his own daughter. Little does Sebastian know that his noble action will unleash a series of events that will lead to the emergence in the future of the "Empress of the Eternal Night." As the secrets of the girl and her connection to the dungeon unravel, Sebastian delves into a world of magic, power, and darkness, defying his own peaceful nature as he fights to protect those he loves and confronts the terrible challenges that lie ahead. Can Sebastian face his own intertwined destiny with the girl and the hidden power that resides deep within the dungeon? Discover the secrets of the "Empress of the Eternal Night" in this thrilling and captivating story of adventure, love, and sacrifice. Embark on this thrilling tale of romance and action, where Sebastian's world is forever changed. Though I am new to writing, I assure you that it will be an engaging journey. I have always admired strong female characters in stories, so there won't be any kind of betrayal or romantic relationships between women. This story will be a long one, so don't expect the protagonist to conquer worlds and move mountains in the first 100 chapters. I prefer a slower pace, but rest assured, there will be intense battles. This is a safe haven where the heroines are strong enough to fend for themselves, eliminating the need for kidnappings.

ShuraZero · Fantasy
Not enough ratings
34 Chs

Talking to the system

It was another two more days since they had fought the fierce Crustalith, during this time, they were hunting monsters, unlike previous days, now they found different types of beasts, from giant beetles to Kobolds.

During the entire course of time, Sebastian and Aurora wasted no time and located weak goblin tribes where there were no monsters that were older than level 10, after all, the battle with Crustalith showed them, that there were still many strange beasts to discover and new battles to face.

Together they had gotten a lot of Dungeon Coins, and because of that, the time had come to return to the dungeon, but before that, Sebastian decided to ask the system.

"System, show me how many dungeon coins we have obtained"

[You have killed 600 monsters level 3 = 3600 dungeon Coins.

You have killed 424 monsters level 4 = 3392 Dungeon coins.

You have killed 351 monsters level 5 = 3510 dungeon coins.

You have killed 128 monsters level 6 = 1536 Dungeon Coins.

You have killed 24 monsters level 7 = 336 Dungeon Coins.

You have killed 1 monsters level 10 = 20 Dungeon Coins.

They have a total of 12394 Dungeon Coins.]

Sebastian felt too happy and satisfied with the new numbers, after all, he hated feeling pressured by the lack of dungeon coins, despite having a considerable amount of Dungeon Coins, Sebastian felt cheated, after all, he spent a lot of days in the Forest looking for dungeon coins, they killed a lot of beasts, they were in dangerous situations, and still he feels that the amount of Dungeon Coins he won are a little insignificant.

'Maybe it's because we're too weak, the beasts we've killed don't even exceed level 10' Sebastian thought to himself.

"Well, that doesn't matter, Sigh..."Sebastian was somewhat exhausted after so much exploration, he wanted to go back to the dungeon and take a good rest"Aurora, now that we have enough dungeon coins, we should invest them in the protection of the dungeon, what do you think?"

"It's okay for me to go back to the dungeon, I don't like being in the Forest very much, besides, I'm worried about the dungeon orb, someone might come in and destroy it" Aurora, decided to express her concern towards Sebastian.

"You're right, we've been away for a long time, I'll feel uncomfortable if we don't come back" Sebastian agreed with Aurora however before coming back he wanted to ask something from the system.

"System, I want to buy a few monsters for the dungeon, show me the list of available monsters" Sebastian requested

Contrary to Sebastian's expectations, the monotonous voice of the system responded [Before continuing with the monster purchase transaction, I would like to make a suggestion].

"feel free to tell us anything you want system" Aurora replied instead of Sebastian.

[Because Master Aurora is a Demon king, she also possesses one of his Innate abilities, despite having no memory. However, said ability depends largely on the system.]

"Are you serious, I can use one of my abilities as a demon king!?"Aurora exclaimed excitedly

Sebastian was also excited, if Aurora could make use of her skills, then everything would be easier.

[Yes, the only question here is that it could be said that Aurora's ability is a passive ability, the name of the ability is "Epic of Destruction": The ability consists of the union of the demon king's blood with one of the monsters summoned by the system, because the demon king's blood is unstable and impossible to consume by other species, the system makes a search for special monsters, which will mix with the drop of blood resulting in the formation of a new species, said species will fulfill the function of general of the demon king's armed forces , also called "Thrones"....]