Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons
Chapter 430 - 402: Command of the General
CHAPTER 430: CHAPTER 402: COMMAND OF THE GENERAL
"Knock, knock, knock!"
Upon hearing the knock at the door, Kane and the others, who were chatting in the living room, turned their heads.
Lilulu flashed to the doorknob and opened the door.
Outside the house stood Bernard, who was puzzled when the door opened a crack, revealing a small head peeking through.
"Is there something you need?" Lilulu asked the butler outside the door, puzzled.
Upon hearing this, Bernard immediately said, "It’s time for dinner. I’ve come to lead everyone to the dining room."
"Alright, Lilulu got it." With that, Lilulu withdrew her head and slammed the door shut with a bang.
A cold wind blew through the window by the corridor, brushing Bernard’s face, leaving him bewildered as he looked at the closed door once again.
Lilulu left an indelible impression on him during his butler career.
Inside the room, Kane asked, "Who was it, Lilulu?"
"It was the butler from the Kriya Family, calling us to dinner."
Upon hearing Lilulu’s words, Kane stood up and, together with Longbei and the others, walked out the door.
Bernard, who was waiting outside, saw Kane and the others come out and said, "Please follow me, everyone."
Following Bernard, after weaving through the house for a while, they finally arrived at a dining room adorned with various portraits, with a wide long table in the center.
Around the long table, besides a few chairs, the floor was covered with patchwork soft carpeted cushions.
At this time, Fortuna was already seated at the main position, and on her right was Kreya, who was waving to them.
"Sister Kreya." Lilulu flashed and appeared next to Kreya, hugging her neck.
Then whispered quietly in her ear, "You’re really beautiful today."
At this time, Kreya was no longer wearing armor or casual clothes but an elegant and luxurious gown, accentuated by jewelry and the gemstone slightly rotating in her hairstyle, making her look extremely beautiful.
Kane paused for a moment, then shamelessly sat down next to Kreya, figuring it was pointless to hide once they were already aware.
Then constructed a small chair floating in the air between the two, allowing Lilulu to sit and lean against the table.
"Kreya, you’re really beautiful today," Kane whispered, leaning close to Kreya’s cheek.
Kreya glanced at Kane, then clenched her fist and hit his thigh under the table.
Fortuna slightly widened her eyes, watching the two flirt in front of her.
Clearly, during the day, they were hiding to avoid being discovered, but once found out, they acted so openly.
At this time, Cotton Candy, which had been following Kane, gently floated down, settling right by Fortuna’s hand.
Kreya’s mother was immediately intrigued, reaching out to pinch it.
Under Kane’s deliberate command, Cotton Candy grew closer to Fortuna.
Well done!
"It’s really cute, mom," Kreya said with a smile.
Fortuna nodded and then rubbed Cotton Candy’s cheeks with her hands.
At this time, from the small door on the other side, maids appeared one after the other, carrying sumptuous dishes, placing them on the table.
Then Fortuna withdrew her hands, cleared her throat, and said, "Now everyone, please start dining and taste the delicious food unique to our place."
Looking at the delicious food on the table, Kane and the others could name each dish and even knew most of the cooking methods.
No wonder, since Kreya’s previous specialty was these dishes.
But knowing this in their hearts was enough.
While eating, Kane suddenly thought of Kreya’s father.
While pondering, Kreya suddenly spoke.
"Mother, where is father? Why haven’t we seen him?"
Upon hearing her daughter’s question, Fortuna wiped her mouth with a nearby napkin and answered.
"Your father should still be in the Royal Capital discussing matters. He’ll be very busy over the next few years and may not have time to visit you, but I will urge him."
Listening to her mother’s words, Kreya nodded, having a general idea of why her father would be occupied for such a long time.
During this period, all forces were busy.
After dining, Kreya didn’t follow her mother away but returned to their room with Kane and the others.
"Finally relaxed." Upon entering the room, a glow appeared on Kreya, transforming her luxurious gown into casual everyday wear.
The originally noble and elegant aura vanished in an instant, and then she came to the cushion by the sofa and lay down, leaning against it.
Kane came in and, watching this scene, asked, "Your mother seems to be very strict about your etiquette."
Hearing Kane’s words, Kreya nodded and said, "Yes, everything else is fine with mother; it’s just that she’s very strict about this aspect, which is really troubling."
Longbei was sitting on the sofa at that moment and asked, "Your family seems to have a lot of influence in this country?"
Hearing Longbei’s question, Kane and the others cast curious glances at Kreya. Over the day, they had also noticed this issue: the Kriya family was not just rich.
Upon hearing Longbei’s words, Kreya did not hide it and began to explain.
"Yes, I mentioned this to you before. The king of the United Kingdom is elected, and there are 13 electors in total, with our family occupying one of the seats.
My grandfather was the previous king, but the king can’t repeatedly appear in the same electors’ family. This grassland is our family’s fief."
After hearing Kreya’s explanation, everyone nodded.
Thinking about it, Kreya could be considered a princess too.
"Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore." After saying this, Kreya took out a document bag from her space equipment and placed it on the table.
"This data is the dungeon information I got from my mother, complete internal information and very comprehensive."
The attention of Kane and the others was immediately drawn to Kreya’s words, and they went over to the table to look at the documents.
After opening the document bag, each took a part to look over.
Kreya also picked up a portion. She didn’t check it; she just got a copy from her mother.
Just like that, everyone quietly examined the information, taking quite a while to view it all.
"This dungeon is intriguing," Kane said.
The name of this dungeon is [Command of the General].
This dungeon is akin to the warrior games Kane played before.
The whole dungeon is a region embroiled in war, with no civilians, only various soldiers and auxiliary troops.
All forces are engaging in conflicts; these forces vary in size, with no development requirements; the sole goal is to eliminate other forces and expand their territory.
Each force has a strong rear providing soldiers and supplies; they just need to occupy more territory and eliminate more enemies in this area.
As the mutual warfare persisted, the world soon was destroyed, causing the battlefield to fragment into a piece drifting towards the mist, thus forming such a mechanism.
And if explorers join this dungeon, initially, they must choose a force, each force rating simply assessed by the mist, weaker forces being less established.
If they help it eliminate other forces and reach the end, the rewards will increase.
What explorers need to do is follow their force to kill more enemies, eliminate all encountered enemies on the front battlefield.
The whole battlefield has not even a trace of tactics; it’s all frontal combat relying on valor.
Only those who kill more possess more resources and a larger territory.
This dungeon is chosen as the characteristic dungeon of this region and is simply sealed off in terms of information.
Because shortly after this dungeon emerged, it was altered; originally numerous forces remained on the battlefield, eventually, only two families remained.
One family occupied 95% of the map, the other only had 5% of the territory and resources left, meaning explorers entering the dungeon start at the highest difficulty level.
Consequently, the number of enemies in this dungeon surged; previously, wars were fought among different forces, now it’s directly everyone attacking just you.
According to the data, based on existing Silver dungeons calculations, the enemy count in this dungeon is the highest in terms of quantity.
Moreover, it’s far more than others.
The vast quantity difference brings about huge rewards; it’s known that every enemy will drop magic items.
If it’s just like this, it wouldn’t be regarded as a characteristic dungeon and have information sealed; most importantly, each enemy’s death guarantees dropping gold coins.
At least 10 coins, no upper limit.
Massive enemy count and guaranteed coin drops upon death turn this dungeon into a gold mine.
Due to the vast riches, many are willing to exceed the limit of a 5-person team upon completing this dungeon, forming 10, 15, or even 20-person teams.
Although it leads to a significant increase in the number of people sharing loot, the loot is too abundant, yet the dungeon is much too dangerous.
"Lilu must clear this dungeon." After viewing all the information, Lilu clenched her fist and swung it forcefully.
This is simply an oasis in the desert.
No one can understand how much Lilu lacks money now; her Fairy Tale World can’t be called a Fairy Tale World anymore, it should be called a gold-swallowing beast.
She invested all the earnings from dungeon runs shared with Kane into constructing the Fairy Tale World, occasionally outright stealing materials from dungeons.
According to the data, just the gold coin earnings from this dungeon alone can exceed the combined wealth from all previous dungeon clearings.
What else could this be if not a gold mine?