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

Chapter 526

I crush a teleport crystal to bring Ember and myself back to the Crimson City.

It's good to see the double that was working general surveillance is now farming the labyrinth for more fire containment stones and high B-Grade items now that the Soul Energy barrier is up.

The second double watches over the dungeons inside the barrier and keeps an eye on the population trading in the outer city housing some non-citizens outside the barrier too.

I delegate the third body double, the one in charge of the guildhall, to use half of the platinum earned from the 25% down payment on new postings for quotas that need to be farmed this month.

After these are posted and the word is spread throughout the hunters that farm in the dungeons, I delegate this double to see Bri with the other half of orders and the list of goods that need to be made this month.

I plan on seeing her in my main body before the B-Class exams. She is my ride to the bedrock region, after all, but my time right now needs to be focused on a single task.

"Ember, we have less than 48 hours to get this done. Let's go train."

Ember nods as we fly over to the canyon of dungeons, but once we go inside, he asks to go and train far out in the desert with no one else around. So, I dungeon walk us over to a high D-Grade dungeon in the desert over 100km away from any settlements or the trade route.

We jump out and get a few kilometers away from the glowing blue portal in the open sand and I get into a fighting stance.

I speak up as I feel Ember's perceived mana control drop down to levels that are hardly noticeable.

"So, how do we start? How do I tap into this divine energy... what's the trick?"

Ember smirks and gets into a fighting stance as well.

"Oh, there's no trick, we just have to practice. Come at me, try to only use enough mana in your attacks to match the control that you feel coming off of mine."

I raise an eyebrow.

"What do you mean there's no tricks?"

He motions for me to step closer.

"You can't just master divine energy overnight. Most likely, not even in a full year. I doubt you'd even be able to smell a scent of it even if we trained in the Titan's domain for 10 years straight at your current perception of the world around you."

Ember steps forward and continues, egging me on to spar with him more.

"The divine limiter you have equipped is temporary, and the only way you're going to be able to manipulate it without the knowledge I have is through pure instinct."

I ponder his words and step forward while nodding.

"Fine. I'll follow what you say exactly if you think it's possible."

Ember grins.

"I know it is. I was the one that created this item after all, I know how it works. I can already sense the barrier bonding with you over the last few hours. You should be a natural once you get a feel for things."

I run forward and try to use the minimum amount of magic physically possible, matching the mana control he's producing that barely reaches the heights of a level 100 hunter.

The first punch Ember blocks sends ripples of mana through the desert, and I see his head shaking.

"Still need to tone that down by about ten times to match me."

I try again, using even less mana, and a smaller ripple comes out.

"Better, but let's go even lower."