"Finally, it looks like the last one is finished regenerating."

Sitting on a stone that I made into a seat, I was watching as the last bit of what was left of my army finally finish regenerating.

"As I thought, they've all changed."

The minions of mine that managed to survive now wore black plate armor. Even the few giant bears, dragons, snakes, and the one giant dog that managed to survive, were covered in black plate armor that surrounded them in a dark aura.

"They changed again, I wonder how strong they are now?"

My regular humanoid minions didn't look much different from me now. The only difference there was between them and I was the fact that my armor made me look like a humanoid dragon.

"Now that we're finished, we can finally proceed to the next floor."

I ordered my minions to get into formation and then proceed to exit the boss room.

"Emerald, Erika, it's time to go."

We walked toward the exit but before we got there I heard Mother speak to me.

Absorption completedIntelligence increased by 700Wisdom increased by 500You have gained a level

You have gained a level

You have gained a level

You have gained a level

You have gained a level...Congratulations

I felt my power increase like nothing ever before. Purple light erupted from me, with purple lightning arching out and hitting the ground around me. Emerald grabbed Erika and jumped back when she saw this.

"This is... amazing!"

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"Damn it! We lost too many to this boss, why the hell did they go and leave!"

"Grey, relax. We still managed to defeat the boss, calm down."

"I know Brenda, but to lose so many people, I'm a disgrace to Defenders everywhere."

"No you're not Grey, you're the best Defender we have. Now come, we have to get moving otherwise Elisabeth will get angry."

"Alright..."

This last boss was much harder with three of our members missing. We lost nearly fifty of the NPCs, and if that wasn't bad enough, Elisabeth has been much more angry than usual. This dungeon also seemed much harder than all the other dungeons before it, the monsters levels were too high. Usually on floors seventy to eighty the monsters would range from level 150 - 200 but here they were averaging 200 - 300 and the boss was even level 345. Fortunately, with the monsters being such a high level, the loot from them also increased. This increase in loot encouraged the NPCs to stay with us and keep going forward, even at the cost of their lives.

When expeditions begin, groups of adventurers are formed according to their rank. Within these groups, parties are formed and loot obtained by parties is split between both the party and the rest of their ranked group, 50% goes to the party that obtained the loot, and the other 50% is split between the rest of their group. Loot obtained from bosses is split between everyone. In order to prevent conflict, the lowest ranked group (D rank) fights on the first twenty floors. Then the total loot they've gained is gathered and they head back to the top of the dungeon. This process continues next with the C rank group on floors thirty to forty, B rank on floors fifty to sixty, A rank on floors seventy to eighty, and finally S rank on the last twenty floors.

Normally expeditions never make it past the eightieth floor due to there being so few S rank adventures. This is the first time we've ever actually participated in an expedition. We'd usually just enter the dungeon ourselves and have it conquered within the month, but because we have to protect and wait for all of these NPCs to fight through everything, it's taken nearly six just to get to the eightieth floor.

Due to this slow pace, even Elisabeth is starting to get fed up with it. With the monsters being much stronger, our team being down three people, and that odd tremor that occurred a week ago, nothing is going as planned. I could see Elisabeth starting to get angry again, and I was just about to go help her calm down when Sam grabbed my shoulder.

"There's another one."

Sam whispered in my ear, and I was confused for a moment when Sam spoke again.

"Another shake, this one is much weaker than the last."

"What? A dungeon has never shaken before, let alone twice. Are you sure?"

"Of course, you know my skills at detection are the best."

If Sam was telling the truth, then that means that something strong enough to shake a dungeon is waiting for us below.

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"Absorb it Mother!"

Item Absorbed:Mana Core (Massive)[/tr]Intelligence increased by 70Wisdom increased by 50You have gained a levelCongratulations

I could feel the power spreading throughout my entire body, spells I now cast shook the whole room, they were easily ten times more powerful than before.

"AHHAHAHAHAH!"

I cast a simple Frost Bolt and now it had even more strength than the Overloaded version before it. When it impacted the wall of the boss room, it exploded sending ice fragments that were each the size of a regular Frost Bolt flying out which caused even more damage.

"This level of power is unbelievable!"

I pulled out another Mana Core from my Inventory.

"Absorb this Mother!"

Unable to Absorb

You have reached the item Absorb limit.

You will be able to Absorb another item in: 23H, 59M, 59S

"Damn! I only absorbed five of them and I already hit a limit?! Well, there's always tomorrow. Mother, what do my stats look like now?"

Name:NoneTotal Level:173[/tr]Title:Dungeon Death KnightJob:Floor 89 Monster - Warwic Dungeon[/tr]Main Class:Death KnightRace:Undead II-HP:430/430MP:2930/2930Strength:117(240)Dexterity:81(117)Constitution:105(215)Intelligence:1564(1877)Wisdom:1221(1465)Charisma:15Main SkillsLongsword Mastery:ExpertOverload:MasteredDark Magic Mastery:ExpertShadow Magic Mastery:ExpertDeath Magic Mastery:ExpertMain SpellsFrost Armor:3rd levelShadow Strike:4th levelShadow Sword:5th levelShadow Armor:2nd levelMass Create Undead:4th level-Experience:280,847

"Oh, wow..."

I felt a tap on my shoulder, and when I looked I saw Emerald standing there.

"Are you done playing around friend? I want to go hunting!"

"Oh right, yeah let's go."

"Yay!"

And so, we headed for the exit again and this time we didn't stop. It was time to conquer the last ten floors and finally have my revenge.