Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 552 - 495 Dungeon Intelligence

At this moment in the Guild Hall.

Kane heard a voice coming from behind and turned his head to see Longbei appearing in the center of the Guild Hall, strolling over at a leisurely pace.

By the time Longbei reached the bar and sat down, his brother had already prepared a beer for him.

Longbei picked it up and gulped it down, emptying the glass in one breath.

"Ah! That was refreshing!"

He heavily dropped himself onto the bar stool, venting his complaints.

"That damned place is really no place for a human."

After saying this, he took out a package of sandwich bread from his Space Equipment and started to eat ferociously.

Burton looked at his brother’s state and asked, "What’s wrong with you? Did you come back as a starving ghost reincarnate? It’s not like anyone is fighting you for food."

"You guys don’t know," Longbei said to the people in front of him, "The place I fell into was a cave filled with all kinds of stone heads, they don’t eat anything, not even drink water."

Ah, same for me, though the people over there weren’t made of stone, they were resurrected corpses, Kane thought.

"But luckily they had a decent temperament, otherwise I would’ve been fighting them."

Kane said calmly from the side, "The Dungeon here is different from the ones we’ve encountered before, creatures won’t attack us for no reason, they’re all free."

Hearing Kane’s words, Longbei nodded as he too noticed the difference in rules.

Even though the Angels had briefed them before entering, these things require personal experience for a clearer understanding.

Burton looked at Kane and the others hesitatingly.

"Brother, what do you want to say? You look so uncomfortable holding it in."

"Sigh, I want to say, why do you always encounter these strange Dungeons? I’ve explored for hundreds of years and might not encounter one."

Burton’s voice revealed helplessness.

Ever since joining the Guild, he often chatted with Kane and the others, naturally talking about the Dungeons they had cleared before.

Burton then discovered that the Dungeons Kane and the others entered always had some weird occurrences and inexplicable rules.

Kane smiled awkwardly, unsure of how to respond.

How to put it? It’s not like they have good luck, but it doesn’t seem like good luck.

Can’t just say they’re deliberately seeking out strange Dungeons to clear.

Then everyone started chatting about other things.

Although Kane and Longbei entered the Guild Hall first, they didn’t exchange information with each other, waiting for Kreya and the others to join. Otherwise, they’d have to repeat the reports, which would be too troublesome.

Kane is typical of someone who hates trouble.

While continuing to chat and drink, not long after, they saw Kreya and the others entering the Guild Hall successively.

From appearances, they seemed unhurt, but it’s natural; if their situation wasn’t safe, they wouldn’t have been able to enter the Guild Hall.

Everyone went to a small meeting room next door.

After Kane sat down, he said, "Let’s exchange the intel we have now."

Longbei spoke first.

"I awakened from a coffin, and ended up in a cave, immediately being taken away by a group of rock people who looked like humanoid sculptures, but they didn’t attack me."

"The place I am now is in a mountain range, supposedly adjacent to the White Monarch’s territory. I’m not too familiar with them, so that’s all the intel I have."

After Longbei finished, Kreya said, "Next, I’ll speak. I have a rough Dungeon map here."

Saying that, Kreya spread the Dungeon map out on the table.

The entire map wasn’t exactly square; it was very ragged.

Only the central continent was clear, the surrounding sea areas and other islands and land were damaged, not visible at all.

Kreya pointed at the central continent and said, "This continent is the entire map of the current Dungeon, as for the surrounding oceans and islands, they’ve vanished long ago."

"I also crawled out from a tomb, but afterward, I mixed into a small group of refugees passing by; now I’m in a rebel camp."

"Supposedly they are fighting against the Black Monarch."

"The map is quite old, reportedly from before the fracture of the world, so it only shows terrain and generalities."

Kane looked at the map, indeed it was like that; marked with various town landmarks and regions, not saying whose territory it was like now.

Only from the map can you see the large area of the Dungeon they are currently in, it’s a continent.

Kreya’s intel is also fairly scant, but this map provided them significant help.

Finally, it was Lilulu.

"Lilulu also woke up from a coffin, although it was a wooden one, it was opened with the help of the Qilin; now I’m at their gathering spot."

"This tribe foresaw danger during the world fracture, so they escaped to this concealed place, knowing some things from before the fracture."

Afterward, Lilulu slowly began narrating, "Before the fracture, this land was ruled by one called the King of Platinum, and this land was known as the Platinum Country."

Lilulu even waved her magic wand, drawing simple images in the sky, vividly depicting the story she was telling.

"As for how long the King of Platinum has ruled this land, no one knows anymore; it’s said that it seems he has been ruling since the beginning of time."

The image Lilulu painted shows the King of Platinum as a figure wearing a crown and holding a scepter.

"This is how I saw it on the murals of the Qiling."

"Legend has it that wherever the King of Platinum walked, life flourished beneath his feet, and dead wood would come back to life. He could resurrect the dead, dispel suffering. He could turn stones into gold, and create all things."

Listening to Lilulu’s story, this King of Platinum seemed almost godlike, carrying an incredibly fantastical aura.

Kane couldn’t help but wonder if the King of Platinum was the guiding star of this world?

But the King of Platinum is already dead; or could he have faked his death?

The current intelligence isn’t enough to know the specifics, more information must be gathered.

Finally, it was Meizike’s turn to report.

"I was dug out by a group of red-skinned, human-like intelligent creatures over two meters tall, they are the Shattered Stone Tribe, who call their race the Fireborn."

"They pride themselves on hand-to-hand combat, and after a fight with me, I am now an honored guest in their tribe."

"Their current tribe is at war with the neighboring Gray Monarch, but there’s not much intelligence gathered because their history is very simple, almost non-existent, and not much is known either."

Kane nodded after listening to everyone’s reports.

"Now let me summarize the information we have, and share what I know with you."

"The death of the King of Platinum might be related to the fracture of this world, afterwards his five princes seized a certain power, possibly from the King of Platinum, and now reside in their respective territories."

"I’m currently in the territory of the Red Monarch, Longbei is next to the White Monarch, Kreya is by the Black Monarch, and Meizike is with the Gray Monarch."

Kane tapped the table, pointing at Lilulu, saying: "Which means, except for Lilulu whose location is unknown, we are each near a different monarch."

"We now know of the Red Monarch, White Monarch, Black Monarch, and Gray Monarch, a total of four princes."

At this point, Kreya added: "I heard from the rebels that the Black Monarch is still at war with the other monarchs, which probably means those other monarchs mentioned."

"It’s possible, as these five princes might be trying to steal each other’s power." Kane nodded in agreement.

He continued.

"Our goal for clearing this dungeon now has two possibilities, one being the Golden Bridge in the sky, the other might be the King of Platinum, if he’s not actually dead."

"Golden Bridge?" Kreya was a bit puzzled.

Although the Golden Bridge in this world is very peculiar, the dungeons that the Explorer has gone through are full of such strange sights, apart from being spectacular, the Golden Bridge in the sky is not that remarkable.

Kane nodded, explaining to them: "You might not know, the first dungeon I experienced had a Golden Bridge in the sky, identical to this one now, it was also in that dungeon that I achieved the status of Mist Warrior."

Upon hearing Kane’s words, Kreya and the others recalled the Angel previously handing the Golden Bridge Ancient Coin to Kane, these coincidences piecing together.

The reason why they were chosen to come to this dungeon became very clear.

"And also, before this world was fractured, even before the King of Platinum existed.

The sky originally was not a Golden Bridge but the sun, and the Golden Bridge later replaced the role of the sun."

If that’s the case, then the Golden Bridge is indeed suspicious, and quite suspicious at that.

Because this implies that the Golden Bridge is not a natural spectacle born of this world, but an invasive object.

This fits the purpose of some supreme existence placing the Golden Bridge in this world, aiming to control it.

"But there still isn’t much information now, so we can’t jump to conclusions, just setting potential targets for now."

Then everyone started to discuss some finer details.

Finally, Kane said: "So now let’s not rush to meet up, and wait until we’ve confirmed our objectives and collected more information before gathering."

Everyone nodded in agreement with Kane’s idea, as the map revealed that the dungeon they were in was extremely vast in size.

The area of this dungeon could even be considered the largest one they’ve ever dealt with.

Wanting to gather in such a large area, they don’t even know how much energy will be consumed, how much time will be wasted.

When everything remains unclear and not straightforward, hastily gathering serves no purpose at all.

Then they each dispersed, returning to where they were before entering the Guild Hall.

In his room at the inn, Kane extended his senses, feeling the surroundings.

He then released Yoyo from the Space Equipment to reboot it.

"Oooh! Yoyo had a nap, now I’m awake."

Kane smiled at Yoyo’s spinning around upon rebooting, then said: "Don’t move around, it seems like you’re out of power, let me charge you up."

After charging Yoyo, Kane laid on Cotton Candy’s back, preparing to have a good night’s rest.

Cotton Candy had always been possessing Kane’s body before.

Tomorrow he would need to carefully look around this village and gather some information.