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

Chapter 496

I look off into the distance toward Sector 2, then speak up to Monk again.

"Let's get back safely and rest. After that, we can talk."

Everyone around us divides their loot and begins to chatter amongst themselves. I decide to wrap up my talk before I lose everyone's focus, so I float back up in the air and put on my Flame Emperor's disguise.

"Now let's go back to town and bring the good news."

I float upward with Ember next to me, and my ranked-up teammates follow close by.

We leave the enormous sea of hardened glass behind.

The mountain range is completely leveled and melted away.

The ravine is filled in, and the entire landscape is forever changed.

The sun continues to shine overhead as we return home.

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A few minutes into the flight back, I decide to eliminate the body double that is with me now and replace it with a new double at my current level 2199. I create a second as well, to replace the one that was killed in battle.

I have them both fly much faster off ahead of the returning troops to go to the canyon of dungeons. One of them is given some gold to head to Vice City and Solara to get more food and water for the town while the other one heads off to start upgrading my skills.

As it vanishes off into the desert, I start sifting through my item storage to look at my own gear again, and I begin hearing dozens of notifications in my inner ear. Skills are being upgraded to Mythic Grade and elements are all rising to Extreme Grade one by one.

A grin comes across my face as I take the time in the air while traveling back to begin sifting through my storage and planning out what kind of new gear I'll craft with my new high-grade materials from defeating the Lich King.

The first thing I try to do is remove my greater demon's core from my inventory slot.

With all of the new high-ranking gear now, its 50% buff to all of my stats is becoming near obsolete. It is still a great boost, but I'm sure in the near future I'll have items that can fit that space better.

I attempt merging it with my Arch Demon's core using my crafting skill, but it doesn't show up in the interface. Neither do any of the 5 Arch Demon Cores that float in my storage. They can be equipped, but cannot be taken off my item list nor modified by any other outside items using crafts.

It makes sense that a Demon would never unequip or alter its core, but feels unreasonable for a human to be locked into the same mechanism if I'm not dependent on it to live. I continue to tinker around with it for a while, but come to the conclusion I'll need to do some tests with Soul Energy and some new Mythic grade skills another time. I'll find a way to remove it eventually. I really only need one core to properly use Demonic Energy.

Once I come to that conclusion, I come up with two other crafts that I'd like to try out. The first is a simple one, so I activate it while soaring through the air, taking the remains of the shredded Dark One's cloak, and imbue them into my [Cloak of Total Darkness].

Adding all of the remaining ripped fragments of The Lich King's Cloak [+604% Agility][+399% Speed][Hidden Ability][Dark Attribute] to my blood-bonded cloak does not create a new visual appearance, but it significantly upgrades the cloak's stats and adds a dark attribute to its abilities.

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Cloak of Total Darkness [+680% Mental Strength][+595% Agility][+498% Speed][+200% Perception][Blood Bonded][Hidden Passive Ability][Concealment Attribute][Dark Attribute]