Chapter 86: Dungeon Descent
"With us? Why? We were never in a dungeon before," Kaiden replied with surprise.
"Same... You looked competent, I thought joining you would be ideal."
Kaiden eyed the boy for a bit before shaking his head. "No, sorry. We are good as we are."
He wanted his team to consist of only his girls, at least for now. Furthermore, Kaiden definitely didn’t need baggage he would surely have to carry based on the kid’s jeans and t-shirt and surely junk-tier spear. Hence, while it might be a bit cruel, he rejected him. The boy’s smile disappeared, replaced by a desperate one, but Kaiden didn’t wait to see whether the kid would try begging him as he resumed walking toward the dungeon.
Dungeons could emerge anywhere, even inside people’s homes. When a person finds one, they are legally obligated to notify the association, who will rush to the scene and secure it.
All dungeons that formed in the territory of the USA were the government’s property, but they sold the rights to some dungeons to American guilds, who then had full ownership of them. Kaiden’s birth family, the Ashborns, owned dozens.
When one defeated the final boss, the dungeon would close a few days later, so some dungeon bosses were deliberately left alive to let the weaker guild members farm experience on the other monsters.
Naturally, this dungeon was F-ranked.
"Identifications," a guard grunted. This dungeon was owned and maintained by the association. It was one of the few dungeons they kept freely open to all who wanted to train themselves. Awakened humans were the greatest resource a country could own, so they made this investment to help poor and non-guild-associated people get a start on their leveling journeys.
Their awakened identification cards arrived during Kaiden’s two-day-long hospital stay, so they could hand them over. After doing so, the squad soon found themselves facing the swirling doorway leading to a separate dimension.