On a wide ocean, upon a bone dragon covered by a thick scent of death, sat a young man looking at the world in front of him with indifferent eyes.

He seemed to be deep in thought as he was gazing at the endless sky with a serious face.

’What is life?’

Known people say that when a man has nothing to do he often thinks some things beyond his knowledge and capabilities.

’Why is life like this? why are we all trying this hard to live’

Perhaps they were true since even a dumb man was thinking something like this.

’Where will we go after death? to hell or to heaven? then why was ’Ares’ still here?’

He reminded of Ares who still hasn’t woken up from the time he has been knocked out and peacefully taking a nap in his soul storage.

’And why the fuc* am I thinking all of these now?’

He thought realizing he was thinking something stupid that actually wasn’t.

Maybe he would have reached enlightenment if he would have thought any further? well, he didn’t for now.

Shiva got up standing up on the Bone Dragon.

The flow of air then brushed past his hair which was flying like the mane of the lion standing on top of a hill.

And as they moved further towards their destination, the breezing air started to transform into the wind of a storm.

The dark clouds covered the sky as lightning passed in between them like it was playing hide and seek.

"Seems like we are near"

Shiva said looking solemnly at the clouds.

and as if reacting to his words, a huge worm came out of the ocean opening its mouth at Ugram.

It was like a centipede that has no eyes and a huge mouth at the end of its body.

too bad that the size of Ugram was not enough for it to catch in its mouth.

Instead, it became prey to the ’Butchering claws’ of the butcher Dragon.

The red blood of the bug-like animal got dissolved in the ever-flowing ocean.

<Your summon Ugram has killed lv.215 Oceanpede>

Seems its name was Oceanpede.

As if the blood of the first monster was a luring potion, dozens of oceanpedes rose from the sea twitching and turning.

"What a warm welcome"

Shiva thought seeing the mere number of worms that appeared!

The oceanpedes that appeared were absolutely disgusting with droll running out of their mouth.

"Come out and have some fun guys!"

He called out as another dragon, which wasn’t all bony Ugram but a huge white dragon with scales that were moving like it was breathing and claws that were as sharp as a sword appeared.

Besides, the dragon appeared a griffin, on whose back sat a black armored knight holding a sword.

What’s more, was a minotaur that appeared floating in the sky unstably with a black mist covering its body as occasionally a dagger would pop out slashing the oceanpedes from the black mist.

it was a new skill of Karna.

<Shadow float>

Which would make it possible for him to lift an object or something from the ground by covering himself around it.

It was quite a useful skill but this time he was using it to lift Bhima who was the only member among Shiva’s main summons without flying ability now.

Well, the result was not much to look at as Karna was still not used to the skill, holding up the huge minotaur was still a great challenge for him.

but it was enough to deal with these puny monsters as the five of them ran rampant in the ocean.

The red blood which was being washed away by the ocean seemed to be calling for more monsters as the number of monsters only increased no matter how many of them they slashed and cut.

At some point, Virupa noticed the thing and thought the problem was going to get more and more difficult if they continued like this.

So he thought about it and asked Shiva.

"Master, It’s better to move forward than fighting them like this, we still need to conserve the energy to clear the dungeon"

Shiva nodded at his suggestion as they started to move toward their destination.

It was not far as they reached there within fifteen minutes but the bad thing was that the number of monsters has increased by twice as much!

But that doesn’t matter anymore as a white crack was visible in their sight.

The dungeon of Aqua.

It was right in front of his eyes, Shiva didn’t stand ceremonial as he entered the portal right away and his summons followed behind him. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

swoosh!

They all appeared in someplace.

They all looked around a huge surprise was waiting for them.

The place they were transported into was what seemed to be deep inside the ocean.

The pressure was so much higher than the surface that Shiva felt like his whole body was being crushed now!

But the weird thing was that they were inside a huge bubble-like thing in which there was actually air that Shiva was breathing!

And outside the bubble, they could see various types of aquatic animals and monsters, a normal fish and Sharks to a mythical Kraken which only heard of in novels.

’Surely, the quest wouldn’t suddenly ask me to fight that thing right?’

He thought as he gulped seeing the huge Kraken which was covering the whole bubble with its tentacles.

It was at least twenty times bigger than Ugram so there was no point in trying to fight with that thing as even dragon breath would have little to no effect that too inside the ocean in water.

’What is this place?’

Shiva thought as a notification popped up.

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<Dungeon of Aqua>

A dungeon made by one of the 12 Soul generals and also the 10th among them, Aquarius.

She created the dungeon to encourage and help the younger generation grow.

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It was a dungeon that was discovered by other long before, and According to the information he got from the Moonlight Traven there was many who cleared this dungeon.

And the reward was quite hefty too, if it wasn’t in a place like this then it could have already become farmland for climbers, thank god for that.

also, Shiva was quite confused about how unique could this dungeon be or if he can still unlock the seals on the Soul stones but all the doubts went away as a notification came.

Ding!

<The quest Unseal the Soul stone updates!>

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<Unlock the Seals>

You have obtained One of the Origin Stone, the Soul Stone, and have successfully unlocked the first seal placed on it. but due to the remaining seals placed upon it by the remaining Soul generals, most of its abilities are still sealed. Complete all tests of all remaining 11 Soul Generals and unlock the seals present on the soul stone.

Objective - seals undone - 01/11

Reward - Soul stone will be bought to full power

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Ding!

<You have located the Dungeon of Aqua, where the second test of the Soul General is supposed to take place>

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<Test of Aquarius!>

Aquarius, one of the twelve soul generals and the 11th ranked among the twelve, is giving you this test to measure if you, who holds the Soul Stone are Worthy or not to hold the enormous potential in it. According to Aquarius only those who are worthy and capable should wield the ’Soul Stone’. don’t disappoint her.

objective - Exactly recreate the technique of the Aquarius which she had left behind inside the Dungeon...

Reward - Unlock the next seal on Soul stone.

failure - failure to unlock the seal

Time limit - 1 month.

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<The dungeon has sensed the Soul stone in your possession>

<The dungeon is revealing it’s true color>

Ding!

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<Dungeon of Aqua>

A dungeon made by one of the 12 Soul generals and also the 10th among them, Aquarius.

She created the dungeon to encourage and help the younger generation grow. but that was only a disguise. The original purpose of the dungeon was to help the holder of the Soul stone remove the seal on it and give a test to prove its worth.

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The dungeon actually had something like a sensor and activation of its true purpose only when it felt the presence of Soul stone.

It sure was an amazing thing! the one who made the dungeon! it seemed like they were quite skilled! but Shiva who saw the messages was standing dumbfoundedly.

"What the....!"

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Daily Chapter~~