Behind Zyrus's frustrated eyes, there was a tinge of excitement as well. He knew that the situation would be grim. A dungeon break signified that a passageway leading to another dimension would appear on Earth.

“As I thought, you’re a weirdo.”

“I’m just excited for a fight.”

“I suppose that’s a good thing at times like these,”

“How did it happen?” Zyrus leaned back and drank a mouthful of water. There was no point in being hasty at the moment.

“It was a trap. I don’t know who was responsible for it, but the aliens were trapped in that dungeon.”

“So? I didn’t even go to the boss roo- no wait. Damn. It wasn’t a functional dungeon in the first place.”

“It was at the beginning. However, the ‘core’ didn’t just sit around all this time. Instead of assimilating with the earth, it spent all its time in creating a gate to the other side.”

Zyrus sat there in silence as he thought about his encounter. The dungeons were fragments of spacetime, inherently different in nature compared to the stable worlds. He didn’t know when they appeared on earth, but it shouldn’t be too long.

In normal scenario a dungeon would corrode its surroundings and assimilate with them. For example, the dungeon of a frosty world would freeze the surrounding land, and eventually it would completely overlap with the existing environment.

This was called a Dungeon Break. The affected area would then belong to neither world; instead, it would become a point that connected the two worlds.

In other words, a Gate.

Natural dungeons were formed by irregularities and congestion in the flow of mana. They weakened the world's boundary, which in theory could allow the alien species to invade.

However, the possibility of a foreign being in natural dungeons was minuscule. It was like opening a door that could lead you anywhere in the world, so what’s the chance that someone would jump through the door the moment you opened it? The door could open in the air or in the ocean, on top of a tree, or even in the middle of a creature.

Now imagine this scenario across a galaxy, a star cluster, and so on. What would the probability of matching spatial coordinates be? After all, both sides had to be free from their world’s boundaries in order to connect.

“Haa... let me get this straight. Instead of a sudden alien invasion, it was an invasion that had begun even before the dawn of humanity.”

“Mhm. They planned it from the start. It wasn’t that the earth didn’t have mana; it was stolen and concentrated to create a natural dungeon.”

Zyrus cursed once again as his fears were proven true. Compared to a forceful invasion, one done by using a natural dungeon was easier and more widespread. In layman’s terms it was like hijacking the coordinates of a dungeon to make a gate.

No matter how strong they are, other civilizations couldn’t just barge into a new world and attack them. Every world had its own will that protected its residents. It suppressed the invaders to a point where barely a tenth of their power remained.

Of course, this only applied to strong individuals. If the invaders had the same level of strength as the natives, then they wouldn't be suppressed by much.

Zyrus had come across all this information in his time at the arcanist's ruin. Things like other world invasions and aliens seemed far-fetched to him back then. The fact that he’d come to face that same reality was ironic.

“Let’s not worry too much about it. I’ll just have to kill more monsters and summon more warriors from their corpses.”

“There are two more dungeons,”

“I didn’t hear anything.”

“That’s good. Just focus on what’s in front of you.”

“Yeah. Thanks, by the way. I’ll be able to create a domain the moment I’m back on Earth.” Zyrus changed the topic because in all honesty, he didn’t want to be burdened with more information.

“As expected of you. Remember this Zy, ‘He’ chose you not because of your strength. Even the weakest player could become strong if they had the experience of a thousand years. You have to find out why it was you; only then can you achieve your goals.”

“…I’ll think about it,” Zyrus replied while looking at the stars above. He didn’t deny his arrogance and pride that came with his strength. But it didn’t mean that he was stubborn or ignorant. The events today had shown him a harsh reality, a reality in which he was nothing more than a boat that swayed with the ocean’s waves.

Did that curb his pride? Not at all.

There was only one path in front of him after realizing his lack of power. If he, a normal human, could become a monarch who ruled billions of lives, then what couldn’t he do after regression? His starting point was hundreds of times better than before.

It was just the ceiling of strength that had become higher. There were more barriers to break and new limits to overcome.

Everything else remained the same.

His eyes shone with determination with each passing second. He had unintentionally limited his goals to defeating the immortals. The fact that there were more things to learn and new heights to reach made his blood boil with excitement.

This incident had broadened his horizons in a literal sense. His sight was no longer limited to just earth and the sanctuary.

‘If there are people who can invade other worlds, people strong enough to create this sanctuary, then why can’t I do the same?’

This thought presided over all the worries and frustration he had.

“Weirdo.”

“It’s called being ambitious,”

“Yeah.. yeah... Anyway, I have one more thing to say,”

“What?”

“You said it before yourself. Your new trait breaks the balance of this ring. And it’s my job to ensure that this doesn’t happen.”

“Are you going to lock it like the class?” Zyrus tilted his head in annoyance.

“There’s no one who stands a chance against you with earth movement. So you can’t use it. At least not when anyone is watching,” Aurora replied with a wink.

“I knew you were my best friend!”

“Hmph! As long as you know. Also, I’ll help only once.”

“Haha, that’s enough. I only need it in the last fight. But aren’t you being too active? You sure they won’t notice you?”

“Some things happened, so they won’t care about a backwater place like this for a while.”

Zyrus was sure that Aurora was looking at his chest, or rather, the cube while she spoke those words.

“I have enough on my plate already, so I won’t ask what happened. Regardless, it’s good to hear.”

“Yeah, you should rest for a night. There’ll be a surprise waiting for you when you wake up.”

As always, she was gone before he could muster a goodbye.

Zyrus stretched his sore muscles and lay on the ground. It was the first time he was missing a bed since the tutorial began.

‘Haa…one more thing before I fall asleep,’

With Jacob around there was no need for him to worry about the rats, but knowing Aurora, he guessed that he’d find himself teleported when he opened his eyes tomorrow. It was thus necessary to check out his status screen which had changed a lot in the last few days.

|⦓|Status|⦔|

[Name: Zyrus Wymar]

[Race: Sylvarix]

[Class: Balaur Summoner (Locked)]

[Level: 12]

Exp: 87,250/135,000

[Title: None]

[Achievement: First Blood in tutorial, Goblin Slayer, First step of the Spearman, Killer of Keliodus, Boss Buster(I), Forged in combat, Shattered in Victory, Gaze of the Predator, Humanity’s Pathfinder, Child of mana, The first Traitor, Spearweaver, Slayer of Tauranox…]

[Talent: Blood fusion (S rank)]

[Trait: Earth Movement]

 

[Strength: 24]

[Agility: 30 (+5)]

[Vitality: 60]

[Intelligence: 21]

[Mana: 22 (+2)]

[SP: 17]

[EP: 2]

HP: 2500

Crit rate: 10%

Crit damage: 100%

Poison resistance: 150%

[Basics of Sojutsu], [Eye of Annihilation], [Vector Throw], [Poison Breath], [Arcane Lance]

 

[Bloodspine spear (Unique)]

[Lorica Squamata (Unique) (Evolvable)]

[Zubry Solleret (Rare)]

[Bone necklace Totem (Common)]

 

Currency: 2489C

Items:

[Records of Navrino]

[Durability Scroll x 1]

[Ore of Kothar (Fragment)]

[Fang of Nidraxis (Unique)]

[Scroll fragment (Rare), Durability: 2/3]

[Orc’s fangs x 38]

[Ogre’s heart x 2]

[Vonasos armor (Common) x 59]

 

The sight of his improved skills and equipment filled Zyrus’s heart with satisfaction. It didn’t matter what challenges lay ahead of him. As long as he kept getting stronger, he knew that things would work out.

It wasn’t just his baseless optimism. There existed a balance among all things. His enemies may be able to tilt the scales in their favor, but still, he would have a fighting chance. All he had to do was use his powers and knowledge to turn that minuscule probability into reality.

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