Talentless Hoarder

I grabbed the minotaur loot and entered a room through a golden door that appeared after I saw the dungeon clearance message.

The room was flashy and filled with at least 30 pedestals, each holding fascinating items. Many gold coins surrounded each pedestal, giving the items an attractive quality.

I approached one of the items on the pedestal. It was an axe with a blue head and a gem-embedded leather handle. Without touching it, I used [Appraisal] to view the item's information.

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[ Noble Diamond Axe

Axe Rank: Unique

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An axe, used by a famous Woodcutter.

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<Split >

Increases the amount of damage by 150% against any wood-type beings.

<Durability Steal>

Can increase its durability by stealing from other weapons.

<Attractive >

Increases the chance of getting noticed by opponents by 50% ]

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It was a unique axe with special abilities that you couldn't easily find in the game. Not just this axe, but every item in the room was unique and peerless in its own way.

I remember clearly that in my past life, after I saw the locations in the game's forum, I was excited to see all of the items in the room, so I visited it inside the game. At first, I was fascinated by the items and their powers, and I wanted to use all of them. But after using all of them and discovering their respective power in my past life, I knew only one of them was the most important.

After examining the information on the axe, I was emotionless since I already knew which item I wanted.

I began to walk past the stands displaying unique and epic-rank items. I walked and stopped at the very end of the room. Above the pile of gold, there was a torn leather book, which seemed to have come from a junkyard.

I bent down and grabbed that torn book with a smile.

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[ One item has been chosen as the "Reward" ]

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[ Teleporting the player to the outside of the dungeon ]

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After I grabbed the book, I was teleported back to where I was in the rear-river labyrinth dungeon. Behind me was the newly found wall, and in front of me was a maze path with which I was familiar.

I looked back at my hand and stared at the torn book and shouted, "[Learn]"

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[ Player does not have the requirements for learning "Mana Sense" ]

[ Due to the Class "Classless" special property, all requirements have been ignored ]

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[ Skill "Mana Sense" acquired ]

[ Mana Sense

Lv: 1

Skill Rank: Common

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<Mana Sense>

Enables the user to sense their surrounding mana. (Passive) ]

Many might think that a common-skill book shouldn't be as valuable as an epic-rank item, but this skill had a very peculiar characteristic.

Mana Sense, as its name suggests, was a magician's skill. But the problem was that a magician automatically gains [Mana Sense] as their very first skill, so why was a skill book that only a mage could learn inside a C-grade treasure dungeon?

Many players, including me, thought that this might be a bug. After all, you couldn't find any [Mana Sense] skill book in [Doomed Fantasy], except in that dungeon.

But after my later experiments regarding the class of [Classless], I found the preciousness of the skill book. Although [Mana Sense] wasn't the only way, it was the most convenient way of gaining mana-detection ability for a classless that could learn any skills.

With [Mana Sense], I could gain information regarding the mana in my surroundings and my body, which was essential for dominating control over skills.

"Finally. I got it." I was happy. I gained a skill that I wanted even in my past life. I closed my eyes, raised my hand, and took a deep breath. I was focused and waiting for the sensation to hit me, but something was wrong.

"Why can't I feel anything?" I said in sadness. Although I should be able to sense mana, I couldn't differentiate it from my other senses.

It wasn't very far-fetched. In my past life, there wasn't much feeling you could gain by playing a game behind a computer screen. The only information I got was from the character speeches, so I thought I would understand it if I were to acquire it. But I forgot about a key factor.

The [Doomed Fantasy] playable characters were top-notch figures with exceptional talents. They could understand the sensation of mana even though their special skills weren't comparable with it. And for an otherworldly being like me, who had no connection with mana, this was expected.

I was disappointed and scared. Without the ability to sense mana, I was in a bad situation and wouldn't be able to clear the game easily. I decided to put away my feelings for now and get out of the dungeon first.

Since there wasn't any trace of my companions, I decided to look for them. Thankfully, they weren't too far from my location, and I could find them easily.

"Hey! Where the hell have you been?" said Leon with anger.

"Sorry, I got lost and couldn't find the exit. I was roaming around in panic, so I could find you," I said with a sad expression to trick them.

"Phew—Please, Action, avoid any disconnection from the team from now on," said Max.

"Yes, and sorry. Oh—by the way, take this."

I opened my [Inventory] and took out five of the D-grade monster cores I got from the treasure dungeon and gave them to Lyra, who was holding the quest items for the time being.

The others were shocked. Max was staring at me with doubt, but of course, I couldn't say whether or not the doubting was ominous.

"Wow! You got so many cores. Where did you get them?" said Lyra.

"I got them along the way by fighting Kobolds. I fought so hard and used all of my healing potions and strength potions," I said with a flimsy expression.

Max's doubtfulness dropped after he heard about how I gained those cores.

"Oh, I found another mushroom," said Leon in joy.

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[ Adventurer Quest: Labyrinth Supply, Completed ]

[ Visit the Guild before the time limit to receive the rewards ]

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Since every item in the quest was achieved, Max said, "Okay, Leon, lead the way to the exit."

Leon looked skeptical about what he just heard and said, "I thought you were supposed to keep track of that."

"WHAT! I explicitly told you to keep track of our way. This is truly unprofessional for a nearly 3-year adventurer," said Max.

Leon turned angry and was about to say something, but I stopped him and said "Don't worry, guys, I know the way to the exit."

I then opened up my [Map] and led the way to the entry that we came from.

After returning to the guild, we quickly distributed the money and split, since everyone knew that I wasn't cut out for the team. I took a little less money than I thought I would gain, but it was reasonable since I was absent for three hours.

'Now what should I do?' I thought while standing outside the guild building.

I needed to find a way to sense mana since I needed it to clear the last of the [Three Key Dungeon].