Life Before Becoming an Omniverse Entity-Chapter 82 : No way

Elaris stood behind him, peering over his shoulder at the key. Her usual composed self showed no reaction at first, but there was something in her gaze—something unreadable.

Renan, still staring at the key, couldn't help but feel his frustration grow. "Is this some kind of joke?" he muttered, his voice tinged with irritation.

"Well, who knows if it is the key to even bigger treasures," Elaris said from behind upon hearing Renan's irritated voice.

"Huh?" Renan muttered as he turned around to look at Elaris, who stood behind him while he held the key in his hand.

"Really?" Renan asked again, narrowing his eyes slightly as he studied her expression.

"Well, who knows," Elaris responded with a small smirk on her face, clearly enjoying the way Renan reacted.

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Renan, hearing Elaris's response, just shook his head and spoke, "Well, it really doesn't matter. I'm just feeling sour that after all that fighting, in which I even got my leg cut off and had to go through that pain, it just makes me a little irritated that I did all this for a key, which I don't even know the use of," Renan explained, still feeling somewhat frustrated.

"I see," Elaris said, understanding Renan's reason for anger. 'I've been watching him the whole time since the fight started, so it's not that hard to guess—he really doesn't like to feel pain,' Elaris thought quietly while observing Renan's disappointed face.

"Anyway, it looks like there's not much else here. Let's go," Renan said, as the disappointment in his expression slowly started to fade.

Elaris nodded her head and stretched out her hand in front of Renan, offering it to him.

Renan, seeing this, was momentarily confused as he looked at the outstretched hand. He then glanced up at Elaris's face and asked, "Hmm? What am I supposed to do with it? Hold it?" Renan questioned.

Elaris simply nodded her head, silently telling him to take her hand.

"Why?" Renan asked. "Well, it's not like I mind holding a beautiful woman's hand such as yours. I'm just curious—why do you want me to hold it?" he questioned with a curious look on his face.

Elaris tilted her head slightly. "Oh, well, thanks for the compliment, but it's because I need to take you out of here. Since you have defeated the shadow dwarf and taken the key, this place is soon going to collapse," Elaris explained.

"But I can exit by myself," Renan said.

"Oh? Really? And how exactly are you going to do that? Mind telling me?" Elaris said, her expression practically daring him to prove it.

Renan, feeling taunted by Elaris, scoffed. "Of course, by using my space element," he said and immediately started channeling his space element to open a portal. The moment he had entered the dungeon, the first thing he had checked was whether he could teleport out. After all, going in without any backup plan would have been foolish. Unfortunately, the surprise attack from the shadow dwarf had caught him off guard, leaving him without the opportunity to escape. But now, he had time—he could teleport out.

Although it would take a massive amount of mana to transport himself out, as he wasn't sure exactly where he was, he assumed he was underground. All he needed to do was use a large amount of mana to teleport as high as possible, since teleportation cost more mana depending on the distance.

At least, that's what Renan thought.

But then he opened his eyes again, and they widened to the limit.

"How?" Renan asked, his voice filled with disbelief as he turned to look at Elaris, whose smirk had not faded in the slightest.

"As I thought, you didn't check your new body the whole time," Elaris said, as if she could see through him with a single glance.

Renan, hearing Elaris's words, looked down at his hands and thought inwardly, 'My mana is only about equal to a 4th circle mage—my previous self right now—without any circles or stars in me. But instead, I have something else... stars with a circle surrounding them. But they look like they are locked, almost like gates. A total of ten in my body, each in a different place. The last one is at my heart, with ten circles around it, and ten stars in it. And just like that, they increase from one to two, with the last one at my heart having ten circles and ten stars inside it.'

"But then, how was I able to defeat the shadow dwarf with only this level of strength?" Renan asked aloud, still confused.

"Hmm, that's likely because the moment you formed your new body, it still had quite a lot of mana left. At that moment, your body worked on its own, using that energy to defeat the shadow dwarf. And as for that form—I think you need to meditate for a while. As a progenitor, all those questions you have about your race will slowly surface in your mind, like you always knew them but only just discovered them now," Elaris suggested.

Renan nodded his head. "Okay," he said.

*CRACK*

*CRACK*

Slowly, cracks started appearing on the walls of the hall, and they only continued to grow larger and larger.

Both of them heard the sound of the walls breaking apart, and they immediately looked around.

"Well, I guess we can check your race after we are out of this dungeon," Elaris said, still holding her hand out for Renan to take.

Renan nodded and slowly reached out, placing his hand in hers. The moment he did, they both disappeared from the collapsing dungeon.

Meanwhile, in another place, many people—or rather, dwarfs—had gathered around, staring at the dungeon gate closely. Among them, one dwarf stood out the most. He was the only one wearing regular dwarf clothes, while everyone else wore armor.

Soon, a dwarf walked up to him and spoke while slightly bowing. "Greetings, Captain."

The one being greeted gave a slight nod in acknowledgment.

The reporting dwarf then continued, "Captain, we have thoroughly checked everything. The two dwarfs who were on duty to guard the door were not drunk but were perfectly fine and fully aware of their surroundings. So, I believe what they are telling us is true," the dwarf finished his report.

The captain hummed deeply in thought. "Hmmm…" After a brief silence, he finally spoke again. "Indeed. If they were in perfect condition, then it can only mean two things. One, the dragon was just passing by, or…" His eyes narrowed slightly. "They used that dragon to distract the guards and enter unnoticed."

"And the second one sounds more likely since, after the dragon's war with the humans, they haven't been seen much," the reporting dwarf agreed, nodding his head.

After another moment of silence, the dwarf captain spoke again. "What about His Majesty? Has he given permission?" he asked.

"Yes, His Majesty has granted permission. We can proceed and destroy the dungeon," the reporting dwarf replied.

The moment the captain heard this, a small smile started to form on his face. "Go ask the commander for his assistance in destroying it. We can't do it ourselves—only those at the 9th stage can destroy a dungeon," the captain said.

The dwarf nodded and turned to leave to request the commander's assistance. But just as he turned around—

*CRACK*

*CRACK*

*BOOM*

The dungeon gate, which had stood tall for over two thousand years, suddenly began to crumble and collapse.

All the dwarfs stood frozen in shock, including the captain and the reporting dwarf.

Murmurs started spreading through the group.

"No way."

"Is this a dream?"

"This is impossible!"

While the dwarfs continued to murmur in disbelief, the captain finally spoke.

"Go report to His Majesty that the dungeon has been cleared,"