Chapter 456: Making Gains
For the next while, Derek, Alanah, and her Deathsworn continuously ran the dungeon—instantly restarting it as soon as they came out due to having the correct number of participants. If Derek had to pick one thing about the dungeon that he wasn’t a fan of, it would be the fact that each wave had a time limit. Sure, it was a minor thing, but he knew that if the waves ended as soon as all the enemies fell, they would have been able to farm many more cores than they were.
Of course, the problem was really not a problem at all, as it forced Derek to focus more on his skill levels. However, with the assistance of the Deathsworn, even if they were able to run through the dungeon with no time limits, he suspected that it would be just fine.
Speaking of the Deathsworn, while Derek was working on his own skills, Alanah was experimenting with her Deathsworn. Early on, she had decided to test out as many ways as she could think of to deactivate the golem cores before they exploded, and after some time, she had quite a bit of success. A couple of times, she substituted the Deathsworn that were waiting outside for the ones that went in with her.
Through this, she found different combinations of attacks and elements that could stop the explosion of the cores. With those experiments came meticulous note taking, which was something that Derek hadn’t really seen her do. When he asked her about it, she said that it would be easier to write the strategies down now, and just have one of her Deathsworn deliver those notes to the Cydarian Royal Family once they were through with the dungeon—that way, Alanah wouldn’t have to waste any of her precious time on the matter.
This was all well and good for Derek. Because of the timer, Alanah was able to do all of this without wasting said time. She was really packing everything into the short time she had left before ascending.
Eventually, Derek lost track of how many times they completed the dungeon. However, it had to have been a lot because for the first time in a long time, one of his Achievements leveled up. He hadn’t even been sure that they would be able to after the interference of the Origin System, so when his Repetitive Dungeoneer Achievement turned into Major Repetitive Dungeoneer, he couldn’t help but smile.
The upgrade to the Achievement had given him an extra 5% bonus to obtaining reward when completing a dungeon he’d already completed before—taking the total up to an impressive 15%. Currently, he was receiving the reward for completing the dungeon again, one out of every six or seven times. Of course, he wasn’t getting the skill increase potion every time—instead, his loot was a mix of different potions. Still, every time he received a useful potion, he was happy.
Alanah, on the other hand, already had Greater Repetitive Dungeoneer. With her age and experience, it only made sense that it was one of her highest tiered Achievements.
Unfortunately, that Achievement increasing in rarity brought with it more questions. Dave had told him that he had received the ‘The Bigger They Are’ Achievement because it was a ‘universal’ Achievement. Now he wondered if the Repetitive Dungeoneer Achievement was considered a universal Achievement or if he was able to increase its level solely because it was one that he had already unlocked. Then again, it could easily be both.