Chapter 92: New House’s Trait Unlocked: Digger

Lucien thought the same thing as Lurenzo but his focus was on the E-rank dungeon core in the box he just acquired.

He flicked his fingers and the box floated to his hand, showing the shimmering crystal floating inside.

When Lurenzo saw the orange crystal and the strong energy it emitted, he almost squeezed Lucien’s legs too tightly.

"T-that, cough. My lord, what is that thing?"

This daddy smells another treasure!

[The worm dungeon core.]

Lucien didn’t specify the rank, but Lurenzo immediately caught on, his eyes brightening.

An E-rank dungeon core??

It’s still intact which means the dungeon wasn’t destroyed!

It could be turned into a private farm dungeon or sold to other guilds for an astronomical price...

Then, Lurenzo saw the box in Lucien’s hand suddenly disappear.

An ominous feeling struck his heart.

"My lord, the dungeon core— "

[What? It’s just candy for my dungeon.] Lucien spoke calmly as he secretly looked at the system panel.

Ding! [The main dungeon is absorbing the E-rank dungeon core •••]

The void inside the house cracked, forming a mouth and the core that disappeared just now appeared inside that cracked jaw.

Crack. Crack.

Lurenzo’s eyes widened as he watched the super sturdy energy core being chewed like a candy, his face turned pale.

"T-the dungeon core!!"

Ahhh! What do you mean "candy"?!

Such a precious core— ahhhh!!

The house chewed the crystal to pieces and the whole house shook slightly for a few seconds before the void closed, everything calmed down, as if the void never opened.

Ding! [Level up perquisites: 3/4]

[The main dungeon has absorbed an E-rank worm dungeon core!]

[Please choose a trait!]

Lucien, who thought that the dungeon core would just be a fuel or something, couldn’t help but secretly suck in the cold air.

What? His house could still get a trait?

That’s better than nothing!

The system immediately flashed two panels in front of Lucien.

[Worm shell defense]

Description: The house will be covered in a hard shell, acting as a second layer of barrier aside from the Devourer Barrier.

[The Digger]

Description: The house can hide underground and move underground freely within 300 meters range in both anchor coordinates.

Lucien’s eyes instantly lit up.

The second one looked promising!

Since it could be used in the Death Zone too, his house could finally escape— no, retreat strategically whenever he wanted.

Although the range was limited to only 300 meters, that’s already good!

Lucien didn’t hesitate to choose the second option and the next second— a bright light that only Lucien could see enveloped his entire house.

Shinggggg.

Ding! [The main dungeon has acquired a new trait "The Digger"!]

In Lucien’s 360° vision, the house grew a thin layer of shell, similar to the digger’s shell and the ground under the house softened, turning into a mud.

Lucien slowly imagined his house diving down by several meters and the house slowly sank.

Hummmm.

The same humming noise as the digger sounded and Lucien’s inner soul subconsciously flinched.

Ah! That traumatizing sound again!

But...this time, seeing his house gradually diving into the ground as if the ground wasn’t asphalt but just water...

The humming noise became a beautiful melody in Lucien’s ears.

Perfect—

Throb.

Lucien’s head throbbed faintly and he immediately returned his house to its original position, his face turning pale slightly.

Damn it. Moving the house still strains his mental strength, right??

Unlike the [Absolute Control] skill that had a clear countdown, the mental strength used to control the house itself and not the thing inside the house was much more vague.

Lucien could only reluctantly put away his experiment and looked at Lurenzo, who was staring at him with wide eyes.

[What?]

"Ah? Ah, yeah, did the house just...move? Hahaha, or is it an earthquake?"

Lurenzo wiped his sweat and mumbled. He swore that the floor sank just now...

[It’s just your feelings.]

Lucien brushed off the questions and the slimes in his hand disappeared back to the dungeon.

At the same time, he peeked into his slime dungeon and saw the pile of worm corpses— all intact.

Hmmm...he had to cut them if he wanted to sell them, right?

So Lucien once again painstakingly used his mental strength to de-shell the worms and keep their shells intact, cut the meat neatly and kept some for his own babies.

Lucien was silent, unmoving for almost an hour and Lurenzo already fell asleep on the floor when he finally snapped his eyes open, sweat dripping down his forehead.

[Human.]

"Gah! Yes, my lord!"

Lurenzo woke up with a start as he wiped his drool.

At the same time, Lucien stood up and walked out of the living room, his leisurely pace leisurely.

[Prepare to leave.]

"Ah? To the Grindhall? Uh, where are the goods— and how will we get past the security??"

[I have a way.]

Lucien stood outside of his house and looked around casually, but inside was crying.

Ahhh, it seems that he can’t hide his loots anymore!

Sorry, neighbors and the Civil City citizens.

Don’t be scared!

Then, with one thought—

Piles of worm meats and shells suddenly fell from the void, blasting Lucien’s front yard.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound was so loud that the neighbors immediately woke up and rushed out of their houses, some brought knives and others came out almost naked.

"What’s that? Earthquake??"

"Dungeon break??"

"Monster attacks— "

Then, the neighbors’ voices got stuck in their throats.

The sun slowly shone over the horizon and a humanoid figure stood with its back against the light.

Next to him, a pile of things stood like a tower, so tall that even the white fog couldn’t cover it.

The unique smell of monster meats and byproducts wafted around in the air, disturbing the sleepy neighbors, their brains lagging.

"Uh..."

Where did those monster meats and byproducts come from?

They swore that there were never such things before!

Everyone squinted, trying to see the pile clearly but instead, they saw the face of the guy standing outside of the foggy house.

A pair of amethyst eyes flashed in the dim dusk light.

Everyone’s groggy mind instantly snapped awake and an auntie subconsciously raised her voice,

"Ah! Aren’t you that— that slime awakener??"