The Dungeon Master's
Chapter 103 - Preparation to Face the Invasion
“Huh? What the fuck?!” I shouted after seeing the system notification before me.
I who was still busy working on the Dungeon Training Ground had to leave this place immediately. Of course, I met Liu Ying first in his castle to discuss.
“I understand his condition. Therefore, I will join the fight.” Reply Liu Ying.
Honestly, I really want to accept his help. But did Liu Ying meet Chris? Is that a good thing to do? The still confused me was amazed by the beautiful voice.
“Do you still have another card, Eric? You seem reluctant to fight with Golden Dragon.” Said Luna as she stepped through her artificial portal.
“Bu-not so…. Or maybe you could say so? Hahaha..”.
“However, this is a World Quest provided by the system. You can't hold us back from coming there.” Reply Luna with a smile.
‘Uh…. What am I supposed to do? I can't let them know of the Border Dungeon I set up there. Including troops…. Wait for. Shouldn't I go there with them?’ I thought in my heart.
I immediately replied to Luna.
“Of course, I have no intention of deterring you. It's just, maybe my role will dim if you guys come along. Therefore, if you guys are going there then I will stay here to continue the construction of Dungeon.”
Hearing my words, Luna and Liu Ying looked confused.
“Your role dimmed? Aren't you very strong before?” Liu Ying.
“I was only strong when I was inside a Dungeon. If you face hundreds of thousands of barbarians, of course I am not able to do anything..” My reply.
Immediately after a pretty rough discussion regarding my strength, they set out without me. Of course, I withheld a great deal of information regarding the limits of my strength. I am still a little afraid that in the future they will return to be my enemies.
“Then, see you Eric.” Luna said with a smile and waved her hand. After that, he entered the portal that was in front of him.
While me? Of course I returned to the Dungeon Training Ground. Although….
“Minis! I'll leave everything to you! If anyone's looking for me, just tell me I'm busy! You have the blueprints, right?” I shouted at Minis.
“Good, Milord. With this much Stamina Potion stock, I'm sure there won't be any problems in its construction. For the blueprint, I have copied it and shared it with some of my subordinates.” Reply Minis while taking care of various files in front of him.
Immediately, I left this Dungeon using the Teleportation Circle and headed to the Border Dungeon. There, I have been greeted by an entire army of monsters as well as Salvation Army. Including Chris.
“Ah! You came at the right time, Eric. I just wanted to call you.” Chris said as he walked towards me.
“Happy to hear it. By the way, where is the position of the barbarian army now?” My toot.
“Their distance is still about 1 day trip. There is still enough time to prepare the troops. Although…. Their number is much larger than the original estimate.” Reply Chris while looking agitated.
“Just calm about it.”
“Hah? Calm down? What do you mean by..”.
I haven't finished his words yet, I cut him off immediately.
“Where's Alice? I ordered 2 Unique level magic books that will play an important role in defense this time.” My speech.
“This, Eric.” Say a woman from behind me.
“Thanks, Alice.” Reply with a smile.
What magic book did I order? Of course a magic book that will change my way of playing forever.
[Overdrives]
Rarity: Unique
Mana Consumption: 100,000
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Effect: Reduce the desired Cooldown Skill by 10 minutes or 100%, whichever is lower.
[Amplify]
Rarity: Unique
Cooldown: 300 seconds
Effect: Perform amplification of magic power by creating amplification magic circle. The magnitude of the amplification rate or increase based on the amount of Mana consumed is 50% to 100% amplification.
The length of time Casting Time will increase along with the amount of Mana used up to the longest of 30 seconds. The magic to be amplified can be determined later. The length of the amplification magic circle can last: 10 minutes.
Indeed, when viewed at a glance, these two skills do not look so great. With the exception of the [Overdrive] skill that can eliminate Cooldown in some important skills.
While Amplify is a skill that requires a very long Casting Time and only increases magic power by 50 – 100% only. Not a huge increase.
But nevertheless….
What if I use it in turns?
For example, I will use the amplification first, then do a Cooldown reset using Overdrive. After that, I re-amplified the previous amplification skill.
So it continues until at most 10 minutes because it is the limit of amplification magic.
So in a simple calculation….
100% will be 200% in the first minute.
200% will be 400% by the second minute.
400% will be 800% by the third minute.
So on until the 10th minute, the amplification that will occur is 102,400% or 1,024 times greater.
In other words…. A simple skill like [Fire Ball] can be a very terrifying skill.
But the problem is the amount of Mana I have.
To use those 2 skills continuously for 10 times, I would at least need more than 3,000,000 Mana Points. A crazy amount to have for me right now.
Of course, this reminds me to raise my Growth Point through the [Ascension] skill.
I've wasted too much of my level on others all this time. But from now on, I will use it for myself. At least until I became strong enough to stand alone.
While the price of those two Unique-level magic books?
I spent at least 500,000 gold coins. The [Overdrive] skill sold for 321,430 gold coins at auction. While the [Amplify] skill sold at a price of 244,210 gold coins.
Really drain my pockets.
Fortunately, the Golden Dragon Guild has given me an incredible payout of 42 million dollars. If converted into gold coins, it becomes about 3 million gold coins. Of course I didn't spend it all.
The rest of the money I have will be used to grow my business in the real world. For now, I still don't know what kind of business I'm going to do. But at least, I have gathered intentions first.
Because about that…. I gave it all to Elin.
“Eric. Honestly, I've been surprised by your attitude lately.” Alice said while looking at me using those two magic books.
As soon as I used those two magic books, I took Lucien out of my Soul Container. I always take him anywhere because he is my best ‘Bodyguard’.
Not only that, Lucien was also a very valuable mentor to me. He taught me things ranging from the most important to the most trivial like a cool way to walk.
“What do you mean, Alice?” Many wonder.
“Aren't you…. Getting a little smarter?”
Chris, who had been listening to the conversation, both of us seemed to nod his head a little.
Although Neo? I don't know, I haven't seen her since.