Age of Gods - A VRMMO Story

Thomas walked across the room and collected the mana crystal glittering on the floor. He studied it with a frown, unlike others this one really was pitch black. Could such an impure mana crystal actually be used for anything good? Well, it's not like he planned to keep it. With the exception of extras, all the mana crystals he collected were going to be turned in for quests to gain experience. The boss crystal should fetch a good amount of it. He dropped the crystal into his inventory while turning to look at Snowlily, "Good job. Let's get out of here. Tomorrow we'll continue south."

Snowlily woofed in response as they made their way down the stairs to the fifth floor. Thomas could have left from the boss room but he wanted to register his access to the next floor before leaving. He may never set foot in this dungeon again, but on the off chance that he needed to for some reason in the future, being able to skip all the way down to the fifth floor could come in handy. Once they arrived in the room they took the teleportation formation and left the dungeon.

Outside the sun was still high in the sky, there were no clocks in this world but he guessed it was around six in the afternoon or thereabouts. Plenty of time to turn in the quests. He looked around the area and admired the church buildings surrounding the dungeon. He really wasn't much for religion but that didn't mean he couldn't appreciate the beauty of the buildings. People came and went through the doors of the churches wearing outfits from all walks of life. He admired the view for a bit longer, it was the last time he would see this place for a while, if he ever came back at all.

The trip to the guild was uneventful, though there was a quick pit stop to pick up four skewers of sable boar from the street vendor. They may never get to have any again without making a special trip to this city. Maybe sometime in the future he would learn how to perform long-range teleportation himself and could visit anytime he wanted. Space and Time magic were always high-level mana intensive magics and he was one hundred percent certain that he had nowhere near enough mana or power to perform either.

At the guild, Thomas placed a pile of skeleton, zombie, and wraith mana crystals on the counter and topped it off with the lich boss crystal and his guild card. The receptionist quickly counted through the mana crystals. Unlike his time back in Ulvstad, he wasn't dropping off hundreds of crystals at once. Well, in this case, it was close to two hundred of them but still less than previously. Once she finished counting the crystals for each type of monster she fetched the rewards and set them down on the counter. When he collected the reward and his card he officially completed the quests.