Chapter 215: Yet Another Announcement
"You just won’t be able to enter the portal, Master.." Grec replied after hearing Dhruv’s question.
"Is that so..." Dhruv muttered as he looked at the mystical portal in front of him. No matter how much he tried, he couldn’t find any difference between the two portals.
’There is no harm in checking... right’ Without thinking more than this, he moved one of his hands forward and tried to touch it.
The moment his hand touched the glowing energy, or more accurately... the moment his hand was about to touch the energy, a weird barrier stopped it.
’So, I indeed can’t enter it. Why is this feel almost the same as that time...’ Dhruv thought as he compared this feeling with the feeling he had gotten after touching the portal during the second quest.
"If you can’t enter the portal... does that mean you can do everything from the outside as well..." Dhruv asked as he turned to face Grec.
This was a genuine question, as there wasn’t any mention that Grec wouldn’t be able to access it from outside the portal, nor was it mentioned that he could access it while being outside. Having none of this information has caused confusion.
"No, I can’t control the dungeon while being outside of it. And another thing is that this restriction barrier only stops others. I can enter whenever I want." Grec said as he moved toward the portal.
Taking another step, he really did disappear from this side of reality. A few seconds later, Grec appeared from the same portal and looked at everyone with a smile on his face. He was smiling as if he had successfully performed a magical trick.
"Hmmm! So you can enter it. How is it inside, is it the same or have things changed?" Dhruv asked the obvious question.
"The things have changed certainly. Now there is nothing inside of it besides a 100-meter-long circle. To properly build the first floor without any other things creatures, I will need 1000 DE.." Grec said in a way that suggests he isn’t surprised by any of this.
"Hmmm! 1000 DE just for a single floor... Say, how much will you gain after absorbing a core?" Dhruv asked.
"I don’t know about other cores, but a single tier Ⅰ core will give me 1 DE," Grec replied.
"Hmmm! It isn’t that bad... but if the number of DE doesn’t increase exponentially with higher tier, then we will be in trouble." Dhruv expressed his thoughts.
Listening to Dhruv’s worried tone, Alaric replied without any hesitation, "We will be alright..."
"Yeah, that we will be..." Dhruv relied with a smile on his face.
Halting their conversation right there, all of them began to move toward the main area. Because Dhruv had already disclosed the information about them being monsters, he didn’t even suggest Grec to transform into his human form.
The moment they entered the area with more than two people, murmurs began to appear.
"Hey, look who is that beside the lord..." A lady who was busy feeding her child talked to the other lady beside her.
"That green one... I haven’t seen it yet..." The other lady looked toward Dhruv and the group with only confusion as well.
"Hey, isn’t that a goblin... the monster we fought on the first floor..." A woman who had gone to the first floor chimed in as she quickly realized the race of the monster.
"Why is he with the lord..."
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Within minutes, the information began to travel like wildfire around the island. Each moment, more and more people were gathering to see the new monster.
Nobody was afraid of this massive, muscular green goblin who was roaming on the island without any restriction. And why would they be worried when their lord and his guardian were walking beside the monster?
Instead of addressing anything, Dhruv just began to move toward his house. While walking, he quickly connected with Alaric and informed him,
[Alaric, group everyone together; we have to make another announcement today.]
[Okay, master.] Saying these things, Alaric dived into the shadow and appeared in front of Lyra.
Looking at the hoard of people in front of his door Dhruv sighed as a thought appeared in his head.
’Sigh! How many more announcements do I have to make... It seems like every day there is an announcement...’ While sighing he entered his house.
"Vexar... while there is no free house, Grec will live with you in your house. Is that okay?" He asked while looking at the duo.
"I don’t have any problem, master..." Vexar replied.
"Me neither..." Grec agreed, and both of them began to move toward Vexar’s house.
Entering the house, he directly went into the bathroom and began to shower. After bathing for about ten minutes, he got out of the bathroom and quickly changed his clothes.
Wearing a white loose shirt and black pajamas, he connected with Alaric and asked, [Is everything ready, Alaric?]
After a moment of delay, Alaric’s reply came from the other side, [No, master, it will take another ten or so minutes for everyone to get together.]
[Okay...] saying these words, he canceled the connection and began to think about what to do for the rest of his free time.
’Why not try to fuse with the monster while we wait...’ Dhruv thought as he remembered that he hadn’t fused with the monster yet. Of course, he was trying to fuse with the monster to gain essence points.
[Alaric, could you come and quickly drop a tier 3 goblin corpse?] Creating a connection, he asked Alaric for this inconvenience.
[Coming, master...]
After ten seconds of saying these words, Alaric appeared from his shadow and dropped one goblin mage’s corpse. Without asking or saying anything, he quickly divided back into the shadow and disappeared from the room.
Looking at the corpse in front of him, Dhruv cast the first fusion. This fusion is used to fuse the entire corpse into a single box of meat.
Looking at the box of meat in front of him... hesitation began to creep over.
’Fuck it...’ Taking a deep breath he whispers in horror...
"Fusion.."
