Born in apocalypse

’So the quest is about to end...’ Not knowing what else to think Dhruv closed the notification and looked back at the monster—who was running away from him as fast as it could.

"Tsk! How fast is that thing..."

Dhruv whispered, finding that the monster had already moved pretty far away. If he were to wait even a few more seconds, the monster would have gotten away completely.

Closing his wings, he summoned a spell fused with air and water and propelled himself toward the monster at full speed. Both of them play a game of tag for a minute but Dhruv eventually manages to catch the monster.

Mainting his balance with one hand he grabbed a scale with another and ripped it out.

Placing his hand on the monster’s flesh, he ignited his hand with fire. Along with his hand, Dhruv began infusing his flame into the monster as well. The water around them began to sizzle as the monster’s insides began to burn.

Shrrrirrrkk!

The monster cried in pain as Dhruv increased the intensity of his flame. Gritting his teeth, he pushed himself some more. Pushing past the limit paid off as soon enough a notification appeared.

[You have killed a unique Tier IV monster: Abyssal Electro-Serpent Boss.]

[You have earned...]

[You have earned...]

[You have leveled...]

Glancing at the notification for a second, he placed the entirety of the monster in the inventory. With some focus, he brought back the dungeon core and looked at it.

[Name: Final Core of The Abyssal Sanctum

Rank: Unknown

Tier: Unknown

Type: Artifact

Description: The Final....]

[Enchantment: ??? Source, Final Portal, ??? Consumption]

’So this will be the first time I will be using the second enchantment... I mean, any enchantment for that matter...’ Dhruv sighed, looking at the Final Portal Enchantment of the core. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

’What do I have to do again...’ Forgetting how the enchantment works, he opened its description.

[Final Portal: The Final Core is the way for you to return home and close the dungeon permanently. Holding the core in your hand, say the words ’Final portal’ while sending some of your mana simultaneously. In just a few seconds, a portal will be created beside the one you entered here. The portal will remain for an hour, after which the dungeon will be closed permanently.]

’The quest will end in about five hours... which means I have about four hours to continue hunting,’ Dhruv thought, nodding his head.

Not knowing when he would get another opportunity to hunt Tier III and Tier IV monsters like this, he ultimately decided to gather some more resources.

Sensing that he could keep the mana throughout the hunting Dhruv didn’t transform back to his human form and he began looking for monsters.

Being in the middle of the boss’s domain it was hard to find monsters... but the moment he got out of it... they began popping like flies.

[You have killed a Tier III...]

[You have killed a Tier III...]

[You have killed a Tier IV...]

He was an hour into killing the monsters when he felt something unfolding inside of himself. A plethora of information began to seep into his brain as Dhruv realized what had happened.

’So the Fire manipulation reached Tier IV as well... good. With this, fire, metal, and illusion have reached perfect manipulation. Nice. Nice.’

Understanding some of the new spells, Dhruv went back to his hunting, continuing it without any distraction. Excited by all this killing he almost forgot to keep track of time.

’I guess this is it...’ Dhruv thought, making an estimate of how much time had passed.

Bringing the core back, he held it tightly. Sending a wisp of mana toward it, he whispered, "Final Portal."

The core acknowledged his orders. Cracking, it obliterated itself into tiny fragments. The fragments moved before coming together, forming a small circle.

The circle began expanding and did not stop until it reached the size of two meters. The center flickered for a second and a portal appeared, shimmering with mana.

’Interesting...’ Dhruv thought trying to understand the process with curiosity.

Swimming forward, he entered the portal. His vision blanked for a second. Gaining consciousness, Dhruv looked around and was surprised to find that the portal through which he had entered the dungeon was nowhere to be seen.

The portal from which he exited was gone as well.

’So those three dungeons will not be counted as dungeon clears...’ Adding some connections here and there, Dhruv concluded.

Swimming up, he moved out of the sea and began flying toward the island. High above in the air, he looked down and found something had changed on the island once again.

’Is that some sort of foundation... Grec is building something...’ Dhruv thought, finding that whatever Grec’s plan was, it had begun. Since the place he was building was quite far from the living area, he didn’t have any problem with it.

He was about to move forward but stopped as something else caught his attention.

Dhruv’s mana sense flared as he found some new additions. Beside the building, little green monsters were moving, following the orders of their leader.

’Hmmm! He summoned some goblins to help him...’ Impressed that the greedy goblin had spent his core to summon these creatures, Dhruv moved forward, not disturbing the builders.

Reaching his house, the very first thing he decided to do was bathe. Freshening up, he moved to the meeting room and sent a message to all his guardians to meet with him.

’How is it that Azarex is not here... shouldn’t he be the first one to complete the dungeon...’ Dhruv thought, finding that except for Azarex, all the other guardians had come back to the island.

Finding that there was nothing wrong with him through the Mark, he calmed down and began waiting for others to show up.

Dhruv felt some movement and was surprised to find Vexar was the first to arrive.

Looking at his master hesitantly, Vexar muttered, "Master... c-can you have a duel with me..."

’pftt! So no one can keep up with him...’ Dhruv almost laughed at his problem.

Controlling himself, he replied, "Sure... why not."