At the very moment the man that barred them from heading into the dungeons in the first place finally gave them the green light to move forward, a few of the people in the group made a mad dash towards the dungeons they've chosen, their bodies disappearing before they could make contact with the respective entrances.
As for Valyr and the others, they took a more relaxed approach to getting to the entrances, considering that each and every of them would separate after they entered their dungeons. To those that only had the strength at the peak of Rank 1, they surprisingly heeded the words of the man from earlier and decided to not take too much of a risk, entering the Common Caves to the very left.
For those that had strength surpassing the peak of Rank 1, the choices they made differed, with some choosing to head to the Common Caves, while others chose to head to the Uncommon Depths. Unexpectedly, a couple of people who had a level of strength lower than Valyr decided to enter the Rare Abyss, which elicited the man who had informed them of the dungeon earlier to let out a low sigh as he shook his head.
Watching other people go through the entrances one by one, Valyr eventually made his move, heading in the direction of the leftmost entrance as he thought about how he'd probably end up spending more time in the Uncommon Depths. By the time he had arrived at the entrance to the Common Caves, a notification sound resounded in his mind as a couple of prompts appeared in front of his field of vision.
Ding!
[Would you like to enter the dungeon 'The Common Caves'?]
[Note: This dungeon is only accessible to those at Level 25 or higher. Any being lower than Level 25 is barred from entering this dungeon.]
Accepting the prompt that had appeared in front of him, Valyr's body swiftly disappeared from where he stood, only for it to appear in a dim place not long after.
Whoosh!
'I guess I'm finally in the dungeon.' Feeling a hint of nausea from the teleport, Valyr allowed the dizziness to subside first before taking a look at his surroundings, which caused multiple memories of the dungeon he was currently in from the past to surface in his mind.
From the name of the dungeon itself, the walls, ceiling, and floor of the dungeon looked more or less like what one would find if one were to explore a natural cave. However, unlike a natural cave, the shape of corridor before him was rectangular, with a few torches that gave off a weak light being sparsely placed on the walls.
'Well, let's start.' Knowing that he was in a room that allowed him to rest, Valyr did a few basic movements with body, some with the purpose of stretching his ligaments, while some were done with the purpose of having his body get used to sudden movements. After all, it had only been an hour or so since he woke up.
Then, after he was done doing his stretches, he grabbed the spear affixed to his back and tightly gripped it with both hands, double checking if he was truly ready to fight. Of course, it was only at that moment did he think about how he had not prepared either health potions or mana potions for the dungeon he was about to delve into, even though his spatial bracelet had more than enough space to carry a few of them.
However, after recalling the amount of damage he was able to deal through his normal attacks and his skills, he thought to himself that he would be fine if he were to only rely on passive regeneration for the meantime. If anything, he only had to make sure that he would have the dungeon monsters attack him instead of the other way around.
With that, he made his way to the entrance that led to the next room, being a door-shaped hole that had a dark gray layer of energy acting as its door. Looking at it for a bit, Valyr pushed his hand through the door-shaped barrier of energy, only to find out that it was allowing him to pass through.
Seeing as there wasn't really anything else he could do other than to pass through the barrier, the young man let out a faint sigh before proceeding to walk through the barrier of energy as if it wasn't there in the first place. By the time he had gotten through, the barrier of energy changed color, taking on a pitch black color as Valyr now felt a sense of resistance from the barrier.
"There's no problem getting in, but you can never get out. Not surprised." Pushing a bit on the barrier after he had gotten through, it was only then did he feel the barrier push back on his extended hand. Seeing as the dungeon had now removed the option for him to return to the first room, Valyr turned around and proceeded through the corridor he had found himself in, walking at a leisurely pace as he remained vigilant.
Rattle…
After walking through the surprisingly long corridor for a couple of minutes, Valyr eventually felt a nefarious presence enter his senses, slightly hastening his pace for a bit to get a better look at who or what was causing the nefarious energy. Fortunately, it did not take long for him to see the origin of the energy, looking at what was undoubtedly a human skeleton.
Hearing its bones rattle as it gradually turned around, as if surveying its surroundings, Valyr activated [Analysis] to get an idea of how strong it was. While doing so, he examined its appearance, taking note of the fact that its bones were pitch black in color, while a faint light flickered behind the sockets where the eyes would normally be.
Ding!
[Skeleton (Elite)] (Level 25)
HP: 732/732
MP: 372/372
Stats: 61 VIT, 64 STR, 64 AGI, 64 DEX, 31 INT, 31 WIS, 31 PER, 31 LUK
Remarks: Surprisingly high physical stats for what is essentially a bag of bones.
'No need to use a skill, then.' Closing up the screen before him, Valyr went ahead and made his presence known to the skeleton, causing its bones to rattle more as it madly dashed to where he was. However, before the skeleton could even land a single hit…
Whoosh!
Ding!
[You have slain a Level 25 Skeleton (Elite). You have gained 1 XP.]
