[CH598+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 647

The A-Class hunter is still shaking with wide eyes, but over the last few minutes, he's come to terms with the reality in front of him.

He pushes himself up off the floor and stays as outwardly calm as possible while the dead king and queen stand on either side of me.

I speak up again while doing a quick scan of his status.

"How much time do we have...? And what can I call you?"

The [Lv. 2944] mage with two skills, Mythic Grade Dagger mastery and Extreme Grade Lightning Summoning, responds while pulling a silver tablet from his item box.

"Roughly two minutes...-and M-Marcus. You can call me Marcus."

I nod slowly.

"Good... Marcus. This is just enough time for you to tell me everything I need to know about the District of Ashmore. I'll be attending the meeting with you all. Is it another order member we'll be meeting there?"

The red-cored hunter responds in a shaky tone.

"The District of Ashmore is one of the main trading checkpoints in the outer ring of central headquarters. It's well secured... With emergency protocols much more dangerous than what we have here. Even the True Core's do business in Ashmore."

I cross my arms and listen to his lengthy descriptions of how the fortress works and what you can and cannot do. My curiosity grows, but he ends his description quickly as we don't have much more time to waste, and I'll be able to understand most of it when I arrive at first glance.

"We won't be there for long, it's just a simple drop-off of goods and pickup for new quotas, -And yes, of course, there will be another Order member present, Angelica runs the place- but how would you know of the Order... if... You're not one..."

He gulps mid-sentence as a wave of fresh terror washes over him.

"Wait... Have I said something I shouldn't have? This- isn't a test, is it...?"

He looks at the truly lifelike puppets of the king and queen, questioning if what he saw was all an act.

"Y- You're not one of the big three in disguise- Are you? -there's no one else that could have-"

I let out a small amount of pure mana control without any divine threads, and it's enough to stop him from talking further as I shake my head.

"No, this is no test. They're really dead. I am not allied with the Order..."

The hunter is pale, silent, and still questioning everything around him.

I just let out a sigh, as it doesn't look like I'll be getting any more information out of him in this state.

Then, I throw him the two teleport crystals and containment cases.

"Act as naturally as you can, we're going for a trip. You can ask all the questions you want when we're back."

The moment he catches the shimmering white crystal, I activate stealth and move to make contact with the young man's shoulder while bringing the king and queen in closer as well.

Marcus takes a deep breath in and out, silently praying to himself while closing his eyes and crushing the gem. A bright white light flashes, and the largest of the finger islands is left devoid of any divine cores moments later.

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Thousands of kilometers away, a flash of white light appears on a teleport platform in the center of an empty circular room.

Marcus, the two lifelike statues, and I materialize onto the bright white floor, and I take in a very confusing sight and barrage of readings to my senses.