"Phuahaha, look at that pathetic team." "Wow, she sure is a beauty" "Is there a noble?" "I wonder which tourist is so brazen enough to take animals into the dungeon while depending on such a weak team." "The horses look high quality to me but they aren't Spirit Beasts." "Should we follow them?"
Mark and his party attracted the attention of a few adventurers as they went into the portal.
This party had a total of eleven members. 6 of them belonged to the adventurer team named Spades, two are Alina and Mark, and the remaining three are novice adventures, of which one person is from a minor noble clan who joined them for the experience.
As for the other two, the leader pitied them and let them join as the team was earning enough money for this journey.
While the adventurer team was walking on their foot, Mark was comfortably sitting in his double horse carriage and the novice adventurer was riding on his horse as he refused to walk when he saw the other passengers were comfortably traveling in the horse carriage.
According to the deal, Mark agreed to pay 8 gold coins per hour while the team will give security to not only him and his Android assistant but also the two horses.
It's because of such a good deal that the group leader decided to give two novice adventurers, free guidance.
As the party started to move into the dungeon, Mark received the notifications. He started reading the details on the holographic screen.
Emergency Quest: Clear the Dungeon
Description: Kill or tame the overlord of the Dungeon and liberate the trapped Spirit Beasts.
Difficulty: Rank-6
Rewards: Grenade (All types)
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Side Quest IV: Tame ten monsters
Rewards: Taming Skill
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"System's ammunition seemed like they are more powerful than the ones I used in the past life. So, I guess the grenades will not disappoint me. I'm here to take out the boss, anyway. So, the quest doesn't matter much but the issue is with the side quest.
How was I able to tame these monsters in the first place?" Mark fell into thoughts for a while before he opened the window on the right and peeked outside.
The sky was blue but there was no sun or clouds. There are hills and forests located far away. They were currently traveling on barren land.
Even though it is called a dungeon, the place inside is more like a separate realm with various locations.
"So, can you tell me about this dungeon?" He initiated the conversation with the adventurer named Liu Zhong, the one who invited them.
The 23-year-old answered, "This dungeon is an intermediate-level dungeon with the overlord named Taslan. According to what we know so far, it is a 6-circle fierce beast, some say it looks like a spider, some say it looks like a scorpion, while some say it is a human-faced centipede.
No one knows what it looks like. There were just rumors and everyone who reached the innermost core area and try to kill it ended up as its food."
"Then, why don't the Exalt realm experts make a move and kill it?" Mark asked him curiously. He knows that it is a dungeon and even knows its name from the system but he doesn't have any detailed information on the monsters.
Liu Zhong shook his head, "it's not possible because of the obvious issues. One, the dungeons have restrictions placed on them. Whether it is an Exalt realm expert or a Legendary realm expert, their strength will be reduced to 6-circle. So, unless it is important, people like them wouldn't want to risk it.
Two, as long as the overlord of the dungeon stays alive, the monsters will resurrect endlessly. No one can do anything about it but once it dies, along with the lower realm monsters, the dungeon itself will be closed while everyone else within it will be forced out.
Unless the dungeon is completely explored and all of the treasures were taken, adventurer teams wouldn't want to try killing it too."
"I see…" Mark nodded and grabbed his chin, going into thoughts while processing the information, "I wonder about the theory behind the endless resurrections."
Suddenly, something clicked in his head and he asked the system, "System, you mentioned that the Spirit Beasts are liberated when the boss is killed. Can you elaborate?"
The system was always quick to answer.
*Ding! A dungeon is a realm created by a Dungeon creator, which is an advanced profession that comes in the path of a Summoner.
*Ding! After reaching 7-circle, a Spirit Warrior can choose an advanced profession related to his/her original profession.
*Ding! In the Summoner pathway, the Spirit Warrior can continue to be a Summoner or choose an advanced pathway of Beast Tamer or Dungeon Creator.
*Ding! Beast Tamer is a profession where an individual would be able to tame any beast, although the chances of success vary, depending upon the difference in strength.
*Ding! The Dungeon Creators collect the beasts from various planes of existence and trap them in a dungeon. Any invader dies in the dungeon, the dungeon creator will receive their ether energy. So, to lure more adventurers, the creator had to sacrifice some of the treasures and keep them in the dungeons.
*Ding! Once the monster dies, its body will return to something called a temporary resting space and the soul will be able to reenter its body once again, resurrecting 24 hours later in the same spot.
*Ding! The Overlord of the dungeon will have a magical contract with the lower realm monsters and when it dies, the connection between the Spirit Beasts and the dungeon will be severed, letting them return to their original plane of existence where they were abducted.
*Ding! A few times, due to the low mastery of the dungeon creator, a dungeon break would occur, releasing all of them into the real world. If the dungeon creator has high mastery, he/she can purposely cause a dungeon break, effectively turning it into their weapon, causing chaos in the world.
"Oh, boy… this dungeon seems to be a lot deeper than I expected it to be." Mark realized that it wasn't simple at all. He then continued to ask, "System, if I'm not a Tamer, then, why was I given a side quest? How could I tame a beast, when I'm only a summoner?"
*Ding! The host should figure it out himself.
Mark felt like he can't understand the personality of the system. At one time, it was like a saint but at other times, it acts sassy.
It was then he suddenly remembered Bai Xun who had a drake as his mount. He felt like he had asked a useless question.
He once again peeked outside the window, "Liu Zhong, do you know anything about taming the beasts? I saw people have Spirit Beasts as mounts."
"Ah, yes." Liu Zhong nodded. Now, he was sure that this guy was a complete newbie. But, since Mark is the client, he explained patiently. "There was a Spirit Beast Contract usually available in the market but are expensive, well atleast for us. The cheapest one would cost as high as 10 gold coins. But, if you have lots of money, I would recommend just buying a Mount directly because…"
"Everyone, the monsters were resurrected. Careful." All of a sudden, the team leader shouted as he takes out the sword from the sheath.
A group of 2-circle Spirit Beasts numbering more than ten appeared in their path. All of them looked like boars but with four tusks.
