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

Chapter 579

The room comes into focus around me, and I can't help but stare at my status screen in my mind's eye as all of these notifications go off like blaring alarms in my head.

My body doubles have been farming this entire time I've been inside the construct, and for whatever reason, all access to my system has been cut off until now when I've returned.

A massive surge of power flows into me as my base stats nearly double in an instant from all of the extra stat points awarded, and my mana control goes through the roof as I'm awarded trillions of MCP.

My level skyrockets to 3087, and 10 new mythic-grade skills are added to my status.

It's an overwhelming amount of power to receive all at once.

Even so, my gaze is still steady, and I automatically adjust my mana control output through my limiter to not cause any extra suspicion.

I take a deep breath and take a mental picture of my surroundings as I walk out from the cyan rift with the Lich King in disguise by my side.

The first thing I notice is every single one of the hunters that I left behind to be swallowed by the void is in this room now, breathing heavily all in a circle near the walls.

It seems they were transported back here, so my efforts in creating a copy of Emrie as a cover-up were not in vain.

The second thing I notice is Trax still unconscious on the floor while the high-level B-Class healer woman tries to bring him back.

It's clear that his health has been restored just from being brought out of the construct, but his MP is falling, and his skill is still missing. He's unconsciously shaking from the withdrawals of the red fragments even though surprisingly I don't sense a single red thread inside his body now.

Being ejected from the realm rather than leaving the normal way must give different results.

I come to this conclusion not only because my core and limiter are still in perfect shape, but because I see my three teammates at the opposite side of the room, as they left hours before me.

The three of them are already treated and healed, but there are faint red threads still lingering in their bodies.

My gaze lifts up to the ceiling next as I see the live rankings showing only 8 people with points on the board.

There is Nat, Marcie, and Dane all taking up the top three spots with 284, 261, and 240 stones respectively from their hauls.

Below them, there are the two water wielders from the Vice Region that I remember making gear for; they have 71 and 66 points.

Next on the list is the Phantom Region's single contestant, and he has 50 points.

Below this, there are 2 unknown applicants from the Veridian Region that were not even in the top 12 before this 5th stage started. Both of them have 1 single point on the board.

My best guess is they used up all of their energy and resources to defeat 2 red cores and left the construct far before the time was up.

I know exactly what happened with my teammates, but I don't see the Vice Region hunters nor the Phantom Region's lone applicant remaining either.

They must have also left the construct very early for their own reasons.

While it may have been perceived as a disadvantage at the time, leaving others to continue farming, it actually worked out in their favor.

Every other name on the list is greyed out.

They were all eliminated early on from dying inside the domain, including all of the Apex Region's applicants. Everyone else that was still farming and trying to get points up until the last minute was eliminated by the descending void, and just like Trax's red threads, all matter that was farmed inside the construct disappeared.