Chapter 85 Krendel’s Underground Valley
It was ridiculous…in order to get to just move the status bar to 1% of his occupation, it looked like he had to absorb the Essence of 4 million Tierless Bronze monsters.
This was simply unreasonable, and not something one could achieve with normal means.
In fact, to reach 100%, 400 million Tierless Bronze Essence crystals were necessary, which was even less feasible.
It was pure insanity, to put it simply!
However, especially because it was so ridiculous, Dilan couldn’t help but think that there had to be an easier way to procure more Essence faster.
‘Maybe there is a unique way to attain a higher progression rate?’ He wondered.
The Common occupations of his Ancient Paths of Advancement were already filled, and Dilan could choose them.
But he didn’t even think of taking a second glance at them.
After all, Dilan knew that he could choose to become a Necromancer in the worst-case scenario.
It would progress much faster than Kirak’s Vassal’s progression bar, either way.
Nonetheless, Kirak’s Vassal progressed, which meant that it was everything that counted!-.
Bianne was already taking a look at the bodies of the horned rats, Krendels, and all of their mutations and evolutions.
Due to her [Art of Cooking] passive ability, it was possible for Bianne to figure out if the mutated beasts’ meat was poisonous or not.
This was the first step in figuring out whether something was edible or not.
The only issue was the potency of Mana, which was something Bianne was able to research later.
“Let’s move as many corpses to the mortuary!” Bianne suggested before Oliver intercepted her by clearing his throat.
“Well it looks like you forgot that nothing in the hospital is working properly right now… you know, power outage?”
Dilan was unsure whether it was Oliver’s bad mood or that he simply didn’t like Bianne.
However, the way in which he spoke with her was rather rough.
But instead of minding this too much, Dilan was fully aware that a lack of power supply was their worst enemy right now.
After all, not even their fridges worked properly right now, which meant that their stored food and meat spoiled much faster than usual!
“Looks like it’s time to fix the electricity here!” Dilan mumbled, just to hear Kathrine next to him all of a sudden.
“I will take care of that. You should take care of this mess”
While speaking, she pointed toward the permanent Gate. Dilan understood what Kathrine wanted to point out, and he could only nod his head.
“If the third wave gets even worse, we will have quite a few problems.
The second one was already manifold worse than the first, where only small numbers of monsters emerged…
We have to find out more information about the time of the waves and if it was possible to prevent them from occurring…”
In the end, he was the one to speak out their thoughts even though both knew that it was not necessary.
However, even then, Dilan didn’t really feel comfortable about leaving the Rian mountainside hospital alone.
Kathrine and the others might still be there, but he had one particular issue which he had not shared with anyone before.
“What if a group of hostile Survivors was to enter the hospital once you solved the issue with the electricity? I mean it is quite obvious that there are Survivors inside a building that shines brightly in the darkness of Rian…”
When he was outside with Kathrine, Dilan had picked up quite a few hints about the existence of one huge, or several small groups of survivors.
But instead of saying something, he had remained silent because the clues he spoke about were, in fact, human corpses that had either been shot or pierced by something sharp.
The latter could have been the doings of Kobolds as well, but if that were to be the case, the head of the human corpses would have been pierced open as well.
After all, monsters wouldn’t leave the Essence crystals behind!
His question was not really pointing out the specific clues he had found, but Kathrine was able to see through Dilan’s poker face easily.
It was only obvious that she had sensed it as she had been with Dilan at that time.
As such, she had also seen a few clues to the existence of dangerous human groups.
The only difference between Kathrine and Dilan was that she didn’t want to think that it was true at that time.
However, after what had happened to her sister and many other women on the fourth floor, her mindset had undergone many changes.
Thus, now her mind was eerily calm when she looked at Dilan.
“We, or I, will kill them!”
Afterward, she kept her ice-cold gaze trained on him, just to see the wandering corpse of the Krendel Warrior that followed Yvonne.
A faint smile emerged on her lips as her eyes cleared up.
“Believe me, if necessary I can kill all of them on my own, just go!”
Dilan could tell that every single word she said was true. Even if it was just for Yvonne’s sake, Kathrine would never allow anyone with ill intentions to enter or even come close to their small shelter!
With that in mind, Dilan could only nod his head before proceeding to do what his gut feeling told him.
He pulled the Captain’s Sword out of the body of the War Krendel he had killed with it before approaching the permanent Gate.
Each step he took reverberated through the entire huge hall, slowly drawing everyone’s attention toward him.
From their point of view, it looked as if Dilan’s body was heavy, and that he was being pulled down by something, something that held him back from doing whatever he wanted.
Yet, the closer he inched towards the permanent Gate, the lighter his weight became because the burdens that weighed on his shoulders seemed to be taken away from him.
When he reached the Gate, Dilan hesitated for a mere second before he took the final step through the bluish liquid mass.
It was as if lukewarm water shrouded his legs and entire body after taking the second step.
He disappeared from the sight of the others all of a sudden which made several Survivors feel as if Dilan had fleed from the hard work, and his responsibilities.
However, just a moment later they shook their heads and called themselves stupid.
The Gate was the place where the wave of monsters came from.
As such, Dilan was certainly not fleeing from his responsibilities.
Rather he was taking them head-on while keeping everyone’s safety in mind.
That was, at least, what everyone began to think about Dilan’s action.
His true reasoning included whatever the Survivors thought, but there was far more to add, even if it was his selfish reasons.
But all of this turned trivial for Dilan as he emerged within a dark and humid place.
Even with torches and other sources of light, he could barely see anything.
And what he saw was certainly not something he had expected, not the moment he emerged in the Krendel’s Underground Valley!
“Well, what exactly did I expect if the requirements to enter the Gate were to be at level 10 and to have all stats at 4?!”
He mumbled to himself, smiling lightly as his grasp around the Captain’s Sword tightened, while a distinct glint of excitement emerged in his eyes.