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

Chapter 584

The golden eyes glow brighter, and it feels like pressure is pushing down on us through the screen.

Yellow threads of divine energy even leak into the room straight through the mana shielding, and I see other applicants start to sweat and shake.

The gravity in the room increases slightly, and the Director continues to speak.

"It appears our stage 5 simulation room has been prematurely terminated... This was not within our expectations... There have been many oddities popping up lately...."

The pressure increases, making the room rise in temperature, the air thickens, and the gravity multiplies again. All applicants fall to their knees, holding their hearts, struggling to breathe.

I barely would have noticed it if it wasn't for their reactions.

After plunging deep into the aura of the green serpent for days on end, allowing its divine energy to tear my body down and saturate every cell in my being repeatedly to farm its energy; the light tendrils of yellow energy that fill the room feel like nothing more than someone turning the temperature up by a few degrees.

I send a telepathic wave into Emrie's head, and we both fall to the ground to play the part.

A ripple of minor amusement comes through the yellow energy.

It's doubtful it is noticeable to anyone else, but ever since I met the purple entity at the top of the construct, my ability to feel others' emotions through their energy output, that would otherwise be hidden, has seemed to have awakened.

The same monotone, almost static voice echoes through the video again.

"What you have all witnessed within these exams is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to power in this world. Every one of you has been chosen to become a part of the new B-Class Elites."

There's a pause, and I feel a ripple of anger come through the divine energy that leaks through the walls of this room.

"In addition to this, I will be choosing four of you to train exclusively with me, and become the new future A-Class hunters in the 8 Great Regions. Due to the increased nature of high-grade dungeon breaks out in the Dark Continent these past months, I've decided to double the number of fighters at our highest rank of Military Power. Other nations to our north and south will likely be doing the same, so we must match them in strength."

I think about his words carefully, and realize he's lying straight to all of our faces.

There were some dungeon breaks last month during one of the surges, but my doubles and army members handled all the severe ones personally with ease.

The real reason he wants to train more A-Class hunters is to strengthen his own military power in order to handle me, the Flame Emperor, as a growing threat in the Dark Continent.

While I think this over, three figures walk onto the outer edges of the video screen, and at the same time, the growing pressure of yellow divine energy in the room subsides.

A few of the applicants cough and gasp for breath. I stay down on the ground for a few seconds before standing and looking back up at the feed, then tell Emrie to do the same.

I watch the three figures on the screen surrounding the Apex Regions Director activate white light from their hands. I'm nearly certain these are healing skills, most likely the same [Soft Heal] skill as Nat and the battle healer in the room.

Ember's words about the Director most likely needing treatment for a sickness come back to me, and I come to the conclusion that he's probably right...

Using this Divine Energy seems to take a lot out of him.