Chapter 94: Cerberus
Normally, a dungeon core isn’t hard. More precisely, even an F-rank only needs to seriously punch it hard to break it.
After the dungeon core breaks, it will immediately teleport everyone inside to the entrance gate location on Earth.
Of course, it doesn’t just teleport people; everything they bring along is teleported together as well. Hell isn’t idle enough to go collect all those random things of humanity.
"Kael, I can’t break it."
Brann stared at Kael in confusion. Not just Kael; everyone except Mark also stared at him in confusion.
"Are you kidding? Even an F-rank hunter can break a dungeon core with one punch."
Kael assumed that Brann was joking. After all, there had never been a case in the world where a dungeon core was difficult to break.
"Stop joking around, Brann. Hurry up and go back so we can have a good drinking session."
"That’s right, it was so dangerous just now. If I don’t drink a few liters of beer, my fragile soul won’t be healed."
"Be serious, Brann. I don’t want to stay in this terrible dungeon environment forever."
...
The team’s jokes made Brann’s expression grow worse and worse. It was true that he hadn’t punched very hard just now, but it was definitely enough force. This wasn’t even his first time destroying a dungeon core.
"I’m not joking."
Brann grumbled but didn’t argue and swung his arm to punch again. He was a little suspicious that because he had punched the skeleton knight too hard just now, there might be something wrong with the feeling in his hand.
Brann’s serious punch slammed straight into the dungeon core. This time he even turned his arm into metal to make sure there would be no mistakes.
A loud sound rang out, causing everyone’s laughter to immediately stop. The dungeon core was pressed down into the ground by the powerful punch, but it wasn’t damaged at all. There wasn’t even a tiny crack on it.
Those who didn’t understand anything were also unable to feel fear. Mark innocently looked at the team’s serious expressions without understanding the reason.
"Wait a second, why does everyone look so upset? Even if we can’t destroy the dungeon core, we can still go back the way we came and return."
Mark wasn’t wrong, but this wasn’t what they were worried about. Whenever there was a new discovery that went against common sense in a dungeon, it would always be related to S-rank or above.
Their team only had three B-ranks. If this didn’t require a fight, then it would be fine, but if it did then...
"Everyone, stay calm. Quickly retreat at full speed. This isn’t something small characters like us can deal with."
Following Kael’s order, everyone quickly moved out of the cave. But when they reached the entrance, they all stopped.
In front of the cave entrance stood a very polite-looking man in a black suit, with a build even larger than Brann’s, his back turned toward them. His hands were clasped behind his back, and his posture gave off an arrogant, unapproachable air.
But the more carefully they looked, the more they realized something was wrong. This person had...three heads? No, more accurately, three dog heads, and they didn’t even look like ordinary dogs but more like some kind of vicious monster.
"Who are you?"
Kael, as the team leader, stepped forward. Even though they hadn’t fought at all yet, his forehead was already drenched in sweat.
There was something very wrong with this monster in a suit. He couldn’t feel any evil power from it at all, but it wasn’t a low-rank monster either.
This could only mean that it had reached an extremely high rank. At least S, and it might even have reached SS-rank.
Whether it was S-rank or SS-rank, it was still an existence that could easily wipe out everyone present.
"Lowly mortals, you should feel honored to be the first mortals to witness the brand-new and elegant appearance of the great Cerberus."
Cerberus didn’t even bother turning his head, and that arrogant attitude of looking down on everything made Mark feel very familiar. Mark thought of the system instead of Ziz because Ziz was always offline.
Along the way with Kael’s team, Mark had encountered many dangers, but where was Ziz? Of course, he was happily showing off at the Hunter Association.
Because Nexus was currently very far away due to the difference in space, whenever Mark encountered danger, even if Ziz immediately gained immense power, it would also disappear very quickly.
The system and Nexus obviously didn’t need Ziz to save Mark right now, so they didn’t teleport him to this dungeon either. Thus, Ziz could only hang around the Hunter Association.
At the Hunter Association, Ziz didn’t need to fight, and no one attacked him either. Every time Mark encountered danger, Ziz would gain power again.
With the ability to use his power, Ziz began releasing his aura. He was smart enough not to destroy anything, so neither the system nor Nexus cared. Although he didn’t cause any destruction, his aura was even more terrifying than his SS-rank power, scaring thousands of people out of their wits.
Ziz’s mouth wasn’t any worse than the system’s either. By repeatedly releasing his aura and praising himself, Ziz had gained a group of ’loyal believers’.
Of course, it was all just Ziz’s delusion. After all, this was the headquarters of the Hunter Association, so it would be strange if anyone was actually loyal to a monster like Ziz. They had simply discovered that Ziz loved hearing flattery, so they kept saying things to make him happy.
Besides, Ziz didn’t actually cause any harm, so no one wanted to take the initiative to attack him either. It was just that Ziz talked too much and everything he said was extremely annoying.
The elite hunters there were very annoyed, but none of them had the ability to beat Ziz, so they could only sulk and listen to Ziz ramble.
The system was extremely jealous when it found out about this. But after thinking it over, the wise system was no longer jealous. If it had to become a pet for a mortal in exchange for a few ’loyal believers’, the system wasn’t interested.