MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

“…Well then.”

Taking a quick glance at Thomas and the others beside him, Valyr had a pensive expression on his face as he briefly thought back to what he did after evolving both his class and subclass.

Having fully digested all of the gains he obtained from the back-to-back evolution, the young man eventually began to wonder what he should do next, considering that the Myriad Prodigies Tournament was still around two months away.

Reminding himself that there was no rush in ascending to the next class rank, Valyr eventually recalled the messages he got from the guild just as he had finished the ascension to Rank 3.

Curious as to what the special dungeon actually was, it went without saying that he asked for more information from the guild members on it, as well as from Thomas and the others.

Though the information he gathered from their additional messages was still quite vague, the contents were enough for Valyr to make up his mind, deciding to hold a meeting with all of the guild members not long after logging back into Greater Beyond.

“Correct me if I’m wrong, okay?” Focusing his attention on the various guild members in front of him, the gears in Valyr’s mind turned as he began to summarize what they told him.

“According to the information I’ve received, a few guild members inadvertently discovered a peculiar cave within the forest adjacent to Astella City.”

“Then, curious as to why it felt peculiar to them, the small group decided to head deeper into the cave, eventually coming across a dilapidated gate of some sort.”

“Coming closer to this gate, these people were able to obtain a notification from the system that it was a dungeon,” continued the young man, the gears in his mind still turning. “However, for some reason, the dungeon didn’t have a name?”

“That’s exactly what happened, leader,” replied one of the guild members at the front, presumably from the small group that first discovered the dungeon. “Although it didn’t have a name, the party limit for it was far larger than any other dungeon we’ve encountered.”

“And so, we’ve decided to inform the guild and the guild leader about it.”

“It was mentioned that the party limit for the dungeon was an entire guild?” asked Valyr for clarification.

“More specifically, the party size limit for the dungeon is 200 people, leader,” replied the member in return. “Though, with how many members our guild has, it was just better to say the entire guild could enter the dungeon without issues.”

“Hmm…” Continuing to ponder over the information given to him, Valyr closed his eyes for a bit as he searched through his memories for a dungeon with similar properties.

At first, the young man thought that the dungeon was just a disguised world raid. After all, only world raids warranted such a massive party size limit like that.

However, as he delved deeper and deeper into his memories, the young man eventually stumbled upon a certain memory he had about a certain dungeon.

To be more specific, some rumors regarding a dungeon that spanned the entire continent.

‘…But would that dungeon be open so early in Greater Beyond’s lifespan, though?’ Though Valyr had an inexplicable feeling that the dungeon he had in mind might be the dungeon his guild had discovered, the young man also had a feeling that it wasn’t.

For one, the entrances to that dungeon in his past life were mostly found within the forests near the kingdoms and empires.

Aside from that, the players that dared venture into this dungeon were all at the peak of Rank 5, with some of them even having control over powerful Forces.

Comparing the circumstances between then and now, Valyr eventually dissuaded himself from thinking that the two were the one and the same.

However, that did not mean he would stop holding hope towards the minuscule possibility.

‘It would be real nice if it actually was that dungeon,’ thought the young man to himself. ‘After all, the reason why people were so adamant in finding it was because there were a lot of items there that allowed a guild to progress faster.’

‘Would be nice if the guild got more of a head start in laying claim over Greater Beyond.’

Whoosh!

Opening his eyes once more, Valyr took in a deep breath as he briefly swept his gaze over everyone.

Then, with a calm smile, he told them, “I don’t see the harm in exploring the dungeon with everyone.”

“Who knows? Perhaps we might strike it rich once we’re done.”

Hearing those words leave his mouth, almost everyone’s eyes lit up in excitement, especially for those who were unable to accompany him back in the world raid.

As for Valyr, the smile on his face widened the moment he saw the reactions his members gave him, thinking of the dungeon as a nice change of pace in comparison to what he’d been doing the past few weeks.

Though many of the members were more than eager to go explore the dungeon the moment Valyr voiced his opinion on the matter, the young man still advised everyone to prepare for the dungeon in advance.

“Make all of your preparations.”

“We’re going to explore this dungeon the following day.”

…

With Valyr at the very forefront of the group, the entire Azure Coalition began to make their way to the special dungeon the following day, moving along the vast plains of the continent at an above average pace.

Of course, being the one leading the entire group, the young man could sense the nervousness and anxiety the members felt towards the dungeon.

After all, although there was no way any other guild could discover the special dungeon during the time they were preparing to explore it, there was still the possibility that another guild had discovered it long before they did.

Thankfully, by the time they arrived at the cave housing the dungeon’s entrance, there were no signs of any other guild having explored the dungeon whatsoever.

If anything, the surroundings remained the same as when the lucky members first discovered it.

“Here goes nothing…” Taking a brief glance at the dilapidated gate before him, Valyr took in a deep breath just as a prompt appeared in front of his field of vision.

Seeing that the contents of the screen more or less matched up the information he received the day before, the young man soon confirmed their intent of exploring the dungeon, causing the entire group to disappear from the cave a few seconds later.