[CH399+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 478

I enter the middle room with Abby and open the hatch to the underground bunker with a single click.

A wave of visible dense Qi flows out, and I feel my body naturally absorb it once it hits my skin.

We both begin walking into the bunker down the spiral stairs, and I close the door above not to let any excess Qi come flowing out.

Down below, the sound of sparring takes place, and the humming rattle of an isolation pod fills my ears as well. It is vibrating and giving off a bit more noise than it did when I left it this morning, but it's not that far outside of my expectations, so my attention shifts to the teams of people sparring on the empty side of the room.

Fisher and Lydia's cores are filled with Qi, and they are doing very simple hand-to-hand combat training, matching each other's basic Qi blows.

Aerie is fighting Monk one-on-one. His core is dense with Qi as well, flowing through his body at a more intense rate than the others. It looks as if he's been training with this energy for far longer than just a day.

His exposure to Qi in the past has certainly made it easier to channel it now.

Then, at the back of the room in the lotus position, I see Luna.

Her eyes are wide open, and the blue energy is magnified now, mixing with the Qi in the room. Her core is dense with Qi as well, but its capacity isn't even close to a tenth of the others training. She's been awakened, but possibly not a combat type, so she's working on training her eyes in some way.

As Abby and I make it to the bottom step of the room, everyone stops sparring and turns our way.

I speak up.

"So, the awakening process went smoothly for all of you, it seems. That's good, but I think we're going to need to increase our rate of training even more."

I recount the events that occurred outside, and they all report feeling their energy fluctuate earlier in the day when I used my power holder perk. Along with this, I tell the team enough containment stones have been charged up to the point where another pod is ready. However, I'd like to see what state the pod Maria is in once it's finished before I use these resources to charge up my only remaining one on hand.

In addition to this, once I see how efficient these pods are at Qi gathering, I may send a double back to the Galeheart Tower to persuade Lith to give me some of the others he has on hand.

My gaze turns to Luna once my update is complete, and I see that she is still not connected to my Rising Emperors Domain system. Knowing this, I walk over and pose a question.

"Now what will you do? As you can tell from my story of the 2nd ranked Dark Guard, the powers we're against will only get more terrifying. You may have a past bond with Arie, but I know nothing about you. If you would like to stay here in the core of our operations, or fight with us, I need a confirmation of your loyalty to me as your leader. This is not a negotiation; it is a requirement. I don't have time or mental space for doubt."

She turns to Arie, and I open a three-way telepathy link between us.

He speaks to her through it, letting me listen in on the conversation.

"This will all be over soon, once I finish my training and do my duty in defeating the Dark One's army, we can go back to Sector 4 and search the Abyss. It is eating away at the back of my mind too, trust me, Luna."

She responds through the link, turning to me with wide eyes.

"You know about what happened in Sector 4?"

I nod, but Arie interjects.

"He does, Jay has given me the power that will allow us to get deep enough into the Abyss to find our past. Without him, it would be impossible. Swear your loyalty and everything will work out. Please see him as one of our brothers and sisters from the village, I trust him with my life."