Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

Spreading his awareness to their absolute limit across the floor, he was able to vaguely sense six powerful energy fluctuations similar to the one in front of him coming from six different areas of the floor.

'It looks like Fennel is not lying. There are indeed seven huge stones spread all across the floor' sensing the auras nearby, Simon concluded.

Although he knew that the huge black stones should be the obsidian slates, the fact that he knew that, made it all the more difficult for him to believe it.

Simon used Analysis on the stone and the result he got made him widen his eyes in surprise.

Why wouldn't he be? After all, the rank of the stone was displayed as  [A] rank. Why kind of rank was [A]? it was the second highest tier after [S] rank and up until now, Simon only had one of them.

His Crimson Blazing Flame Blade was [A] tier item that he had upgraded after burning many of his [B] tier items. One could imagine the rarity of obtaining such an item.

However, this belief of his was flipped upside down when suddenly seven [A] tier items appeared on this floor out of nowhere.

Obsidian slates were by no means a high tier item and was only listed as [D] tier on the [Shop] or else he wouldn't have been able to buy them in the first place. For a [D] tier item to suddenly have become an [A] tier, what kind of ridiculous concept was that?

It was not only the rank but even the name of the object had changed. It was now called Obsidian Energy Exuder and when Simon tried to read further of its function, the result displayed made him even more astonished.

According to information he got, the Obsidian energy Exuder had many uses which his Analysis failed to pry through due to it being a Normal skill at base tier.

The only useful information displayed stated that the object was a massive construct that absorbs the mana from the surrounding and from the mystical veins underneath the ground before discharging them across the surrounding area.

The waves of pure mystical energy discharged by the Obsidian Energy Exuder must be the mana it had absorbed from the mystical vein. Which means that each of these stones was individually sitting upon a mana vein to release such strong effects.

It was also because of this reason that the stones were spread all across the floor. Only one of the functions of these black stones was already surprising enough but what made Simon stun was the presence of the mystical veins on this floor.

From the incomplete memories he inherited, he at least knew that the presence of the mystical veins underneath the floor meant that the floor had reached a truly high level. It wouldn't be surprising for the density of the mana and rare items to grow on the floor.

Only the high tier dungeons [B] rank and above had mystical veins in some of their floors. For a low-rank dungeon such as the [D] tier Laplace to have mystical veins on two of its floor, the main floor being the first was completely unthinkable and defied all logic of this world.

Though Simon was surprised, he wasn't baffled by the changes that occurred on this floor. This was the place he specifically created for the Forest Spring Spirit race that were loved by the nature.

It should come as no surprise to him if the changes occur on multiple floors of his dungeon in the future. It had only been more than a week and the Forest Spring Spirits had already started to show their true powers.

One could imagine the kind of change this race would bring to his dungeon in the future. Although it was too early, but Simon had already started viewing them as one of his greatest assets that would help him and his dungeon reach greater heights.

As long as he protected their safety and wellbeing, the benefits the Forest Spring Spirit one of the ancient and rarest races in the world would provide would be momentous. He could see why Irene insisted on taking the forest spring Spirit race under his protection. She had already foreseen this kind of development coming.

Simon turned his head and looked at Irene beside him who was similarly observing the huge black stone. He could see no surprise in her eyes and her attitude seemed to tell that everything that happened was bound to happen sooner or later.

Turning his attention towards the [A] tier Obsidian Energy Exuder, Simon couldn't wait to see what kind of changes these huge seven stones would bring to this floor.

"Big brother do you want to see the other ones" Cecilia asked while tugging his clothes. She who had stayed on this floor to help her clansmen to construct their new village, had already explored the entirety of the floor and knew where the other stone were located.

Although she had no interest in them, but looking at the surprising gaze by which her big brother observed those stones she assumed that it must be important to him.

Shaking his head Simon rejected her offer and said "Its alright'¦ I can feel the energy discharged by those stones even from here. They should be more or less like the one in front of us. There is no need to trouble ourselves by going around to each of them. That being said, it was quite the surprise to see the obsidian slates to grow'¦ no alter by this extent. I can feel that these stones hold an absurd amount of mystical energy within them. Though even I cannot tell their exact uses now, having them around shouldn't have any negative effects".

Saying that, he turned towards the crowd and declared "These stones were something I had placed when creating this floor. Perhaps it might make some of you uneasy to have them around, but I believe that it might be useful for your village and this floor in the future".

Fennel immediately bowed his head and said "What is Lord Simon saying? These stones are something you have placed considering the wellbeing of this village. How can it be a detriment to us? None of us hold such thoughts. As you loyal subordinates, of course, we have complete faith in you".

It wasn't only his but the belief of all the forest Spring Spirits as they hurriedly sounded their opinions.

Simon looked at Irene who was calmly observing the stone and asked "What do you think?".

Silently nodding her head, she looked at all the directions where the similar energy fluctuations are coming from and affirmed "Yeah you are right. Although we are talking about a distant future, but its presence here would become an indisputable advantage for this floor and village".

Listening to Irene's vague reply, Simon understood that Irene was able to see the other functions of the stones and thus based her answer on that. Since Irene had confirmed that these huge obsidian stones would be beneficial for the Forest Spring Spirits, Simon no longer doubted it.

Changing the topic, he looked at Fennel and asked "What is the other matter you wanted to discuss with me?".

Fennel did not immediately answer him and instead looked at the crowd and told them to disperse and continue with their activities from the gesture of his hand.

After the crowd receded, the elder nodded his head and suggested "Lord Simon would you care to come with me. This place is not ideal for discussing such matters".

With that said, Fennel hinted something with his eyes to Cecilia and she immediately ran in a certain direction.

"Hoho, she is quite the impatient girl. Now if you will please follow me" Fennel caressed his beard and started walking in the same direction.

Simon and Irene silently followed behind Fennel and after walking for a few minutes, a beautiful bamboo house soon came into view. Stopping in front of the place, Fennel turned around and smiled as he observed their reaction before speaking.

"I hope you like it. This house was specially prepared by us for you to stay in whenever you come to visit our village. It is not much but on behalf of all of the Forest Spring Spirits, please accept our gift".

Simon was surprised when he heard the fine-looking bamboo house in front of them which overshadowed all the other houses in the surrounding both in size and splendour, was specially prepared to hold him whenever he visited their village.

While the bamboo couldn't be compared to the white palace on the main floor, the house in front of him had its own charms and aspects that made it no less attractive.

While Simon was still hesitating over what to say, the deeply polished wooden doors of the house were suddenly pushed open and from within came out Cecilia.

Dancing a little in joy, she marvelled at the surprise reactions of Simon and Irene before saying gleefully "Hehe, how is it big brother, Elder sister'¦ amazing isn't it? Let me tell you I helped a lot when building this house. Ufufu, your shocked expression tells me that my big surprise was quite the hit".

Puffing out her chest, Cecilia laughed delightfully.

Looking at the willful her, Irene smiled gently while Simon helplessly shrugged his shoulders. He felt that from the moment Cecilia came into his dungeon, his life was never boring.. Although she was constantly unto something, Simon did not necessarily dislike it.