Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 667 - 589 Secret Gathering

At this moment in Kane's room, as magic power was input into the jade token, a square portal like a door frame appeared in the void before him.

The portal just opened, but before Kane could enter, a spherical object came out from inside instead.

This was a pale blue energy sphere with a cat-like facial expression, without any limbs, and a pair of cat ears appeared on its round head.

It opened its cat-like vertical pupils, floating in the air, looking at Kane with a puzzled expression.

"Who are you?"

The pale blue cat face was the first to speak.

Kane opened his mouth, just about to speak, when he saw a hand stretch out from the portal, grabbing the cat face and dragging it inside.

Then the owner of the hand stepped out from the portal.

It was an elder with peculiar clothing; although he appeared somewhat old, both his aura and hairstyle seemed youthful and vibrant.

His one hand was still clutching the cat face, which was still shouting loudly.

"Let go of me, you damned old man. I told you to let go of me."

The elder's other hand produced a piece of transparent tape and slapped it directly onto the cat face's mouth, sealing it shut.

He then turned to Kane with a friendly expression and said, "I apologize for the spectacle. You must be the newcomer Lord Bagri mentioned. If you don't mind, please come with me."

With those words, he entered the portal, and Kane followed closely behind.

Once Kane entered the portal, it disappeared.

After passing through the portal, Kane saw what lay beyond.

It was a huge, empty hall, with exceptionally simple décor, yet exuding a vibrant and grand feel.

The hall was supported by stone columns, with a transparent dome top, but outside light was not visible.

Spheres floated above, emitting light, and around the hall hung white tapestries devoid of rune patterns.

The center of the hall featured a giant round table, surrounded by chairs of various shapes and sizes.

The chairs varied in size and seemed to be prepared for different races.

The elder still held the cat face and said to Kane, "Please follow me."

He spoke as he led Kane toward the round table.

At this moment, there were already quite a few people at the chairs around the round table.

They all cast curious glances at the new Kane, apparently well-aware of a new member's arrival.

The elder who brought Kane over said, "The spots emitting white light are unoccupied; feel free to take one you like."

Kane looked around and saw Bagri waving at him, though there were already people on either side of Bagri.

After thinking for a bit, he sat in the middle of a seat with empty sides; one side had no white flashing light, while the other did.

Once Kane sat down, the elder took a few steps back and stood by the column without any intention to sit, indicating he wasn't a member of this gathering but acted like an assistant.

Soon, the elder released his hand, and the cat face anxiously flew beside one of the seats, occupied by a woman dressed scantily, revealing healthy wheat-colored skin.

She looked at the cat face and smiled before ripping off the tape sealing his mouth.

As soon as the tape was removed, the cat face opened its mouth to say something.

Its owner immediately sealed its mouth and gestured a silent sign.

Kane sat upright at his position, occasionally observing the surrounding members.

Honestly, Kane felt somewhat uncomfortable sitting here.

He sensed that every person around him was far stronger than himself.

Although he didn't use Eagle Eye to probe their strength, he could feel each of them had reached a colorful level.

These people were too close, and Divine Martial Gaze could clearly perceive the danger emanating from them.

The least dangerous of them had reached Gordon's level, indicating that each of them was of colorful strength, unlike Kane, who remained golden.

In a gathering of colorful elite, having a golden novice like Kane naturally made him feel uneasy.

"I know you, you're called Kane, right?" At this time, a childlike male voice sounded.

The voice came from a member with a seat next to Kane.

This person not only had a childlike voice but also looked similar to one.

His height and stature resembled an eight or nine-year-old child, wearing simple attire in gray and white.

The sleeves were somewhat long, with his hands tucked within, and he stared at Kane with bright big eyes.

Kane could see his eyes flaring with strange glows.

"You know me?" Kane asked curiously.

Even though he was somewhat famous, he didn't think a figure like this would know his name.

"Hmm." The childlike person nodded, "I heard you are the opener of the World Ring—it's so great. I really want to see it."

The childlike person sighed as he spoke, leaning back on his chair and looking up in resignation.

He began to mutter to himself, but his voice was too low for Kane to understand.

Hearing this person's words, Kane couldn't help but contemplate.

So being the opener of World Ring is indeed a distinguished identity?

Just then, a portal opened not far away.

Upon seeing the figure emerging from the portal, Kane immediately averted his gaze.

Soon, there was a crisp sound of high heels on the floor, and the newcomer sat right beside Kane.

This explained the previously vacant seat without flashing lights beside Kane was for this person.

"Oh my, is this new little brother a new member?"

It was a woman's voice, filled with maturity and temptation.

This was also why Kane looked away the moment he saw her for the first time.

Because if Kane wasn't mistaken, she was a succubus, with fair skin dressed in revealing black and purple clothes.

A long, slender tail extended from her hip, ending in a heart-shaped tip.

On her head were a pair of slender demon horns, pink eyes with a seductive meaning staring at Kane.

"Little brother, what's your name?"

With both hands resting on the table, she tilted her head and asked Kane.

The sound and scent of her were filled with temptation, continuously impacting Kane.

Kane frowned at this succubus; he could feel she was doing it on purpose, but this kind of seductive aura didn't have much of an effect on him.

After all, Kane's resistance wasn't just for show.

"Hello, my name is Kane."

Seeing that Kane was not tempted by her, the succubus reined herself in, withdrawing all the seductive aura she had released.

Then she seriously said to Kane, "I'm Lilith."

At this moment, a sturdy man of a race with light blue skin spoke to everyone: "Alright, it seems it's just us for this gathering."

Kane looked around. There were still several empty spots not glowing, where no one had come.

In total, there were only 8 people present, and with the empty spots for those absent, there were supposed to be 13.

Then he pointed at Kane and said, "This is Kane, Kane Lafray, a member joining us today."

After the introduction, everyone nodded towards Kane.

"Besides this matter, there's another issue on the agenda for this gathering."

"The opening of the World Ring this time requires someone to stand guard outside, and this time the Brilliant Monarch will lead. Does anyone want to join?"

"The Brilliant Monarch? Then I want to go." The succubus Lilith next to Kane was the first to raise her hand and say.

Upon hearing her, the man nodded and continued to ask, "Anyone else want to go?"

"Count me in."

This time, the speaker was a race standing about four meters tall, resembling a dragon man.

His skin was covered in red scale armor, with golden slit pupils, and a pair of folded dragon wings on his back.

No one replied after a while.

"Alright, just you two then. The Brilliant Monarch will have someone contact you later."

"We've covered the two main points for this gathering. Now you can chat casually with each other, or you can leave if you have other matters."

As soon as he finished speaking, two people disappeared from their seats, one of them being the sturdy dragon man who had just spoken.

After watching them leave, and ensuring no one else was departing,

he smiled towards Kane and said, "Let me introduce myself, I'm Orochi, considered the initiator of this gathering. If you have any questions about personal dungeons, feel free to ask them. As seniors, they would be willing to answer you."

"After all, they went through the same thing. Mutual exchange and explanation are also the purpose of why I started this gathering. If you have other experiences in the future, I hope you won't hesitate to share them."

Kane nodded and expressed his thanks.

It seems this person holds quite a high status in the gathering. From his words, it seems even his people are considered juniors.

It's just unclear what level of power has been reached.

"Little brother, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask big sister, okay? Big sister will carefully answer for you," said the succubus Lilith first, then winked seductively at Kane.

Upon hearing Lilith's words, a curse came from the other side.

"Bitch, starting again."

The speaker was a woman with wheat-colored skin, holding a cat-faced figure.

The blue cat face in her arms made a teasing grimace.

Unfazed by the curse, Lilith laughed and said, "Bedalin, thanks for the compliment, but remember to take good care of your skin. Wouldn't look good with wrinkles."

"Can't be bothered to talk to you, let's go outside and fight. Just looking at you annoys me, can't help but want to punch you." The brown-skinned woman pointed at Lilith and said, then disappeared from her seat.

"As if I'd be afraid of you." Lilith said, disappearing from her seat as well.

Kane sat there, slightly embarrassed.

Bagri, seeing Kane's expression, laughed and said, "Haha, don't worry, women are like that."

"Who are you talking about, Cook?" the little boy who first spoke to Kane said.

Listening to him, Bagri replied helplessly, "You're not a woman; why are you angry?"

"Oh right, I'm not a woman, I'm a girl."

"You're not a girl either, you're a boy."

"Really? I forgot."

Hearing his words, Bagri leaned back in his seat and rubbed his temple with his hand helplessly.

On the other side, Orochi also sighed in exasperation.

Sitting in his seat, Kane watched the scene, listening to their conversation, producing an unavoidable suspicion.

Is there really nothing wrong with these gathering people?

Kane felt like he had entered a den of thieves, feeling like there wasn't a single normal person here.

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