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

Chapter 498

We materialize inside the lobby of the Galeheart Tower, and I immediately ask the two lobby men to tell me where Lith is even though I already know the answer.

"He should be in his office."

The elevator dings, and opens, but no one is inside it.

I turn and walk inside. All of my teammates follow, then the fast-moving elevator moves us up dozens of floors in a matter of seconds before letting out a ding and opening up to show the visual of Lith's high-rise office.

The moment I lay eyes on him, the man's appraisal-blocking artifacts are meaningless to me now. I see his [Lv. 824] rating clear as day now, his extreme wind element too, even all of the high-grade mental strength boosting artifacts cannot be hidden from the Soul Energy coursing through my eyes.

Even the mana shielding in this building that I assumed to be impenetrable before, can easily be looked through like glass windows. My conceptions about this being a completely secure building were completely wrong, the Dark One was most likely spying on us this entire time.

I sense many other buildings nearby, but 3 other large towers stand out the most to me in the center of the city previously protected by the Dark One's Royal Guards. The shielding on them is nearly identical in thickness to the Galeheart Tower. However, they're almost twice as tall.

While smaller office buildings surround these towers and have workers similar to the setup Lith has here just on a smaller scale, there is a clear distinction between those buildings and the 3 that are completely abandoned without a single guard or living soul inside them.

One of them seems to be filled to the brim with many unique magic items, possibly replacement gear for soldiers in its army.

Another has dozens of sectioned-off containment rooms, and it's hard to visualize exactly what's inside because of the many denser layers of shielding inside masking these very odd energy readings.

Then lastly, there's a building that feels entirely empty, other than a small opening at the lobby base that seems to go underground.

As my perception skills go wild, trying to pick up all of the readings in my environment, Lith stands up from his desk and interrupts my scans by speaking loudly with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Five of my isolation pods? You took them a few days ago, didn't you? I saw it all on the surveillance footage once I was done with my session, yet haven't heard back from you since. Those were rare gifts from the old Sector 2 leader, you know, they aren't easy to come by. You could have just used them here. I'd like a good explanation on why you've—"

"The Dark One is dead, I killed it. We destroyed its entire army. Every Dark Guard, Ghoul, Wraith, and follower under its spell."

As these words leave my lips, I grin and walk over to Lith while placing out a hand.

"I've finished my portion of our agreement a little ahead of schedule, we had to take some of your resources when we were in a pinch for time."

He stares at my outreached hand, and the look of annoyance on his face turns to one of shock.

"You... really did...?"

I smile and nod, staring him in the eyes with a serious look. There is only silence in the room for a moment before he places a hand over his desk and stands up to shake mine.

"Well... In that case... I did say I would give you whatever resources were necessary to become strong enough. I just never imagined you'd act so soon."

We release our handshake, and I smile.

"What's done is done. However, I have a few more conditions I'd like to add moving forward, because with the Dark One's army taken care of, the people standing before you right now make up the top fighters of the strongest army in the entire Dark Continent."