Card Apprentice Daily Log - Chapter 2106: Reverse Dungeons

Date- 18 April 2321

Time- 21:13

Location- Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City, Orphanage

“There you go again with your presumptions, who told you that we do not plan on killing you or turning you in to the highest bidders? Man, I bet the folks from the central capital would be willing to pay top dollar for you, dead or alive,” Wyatt said looking at Henricks as if he was looking at a livestock. “Kid if you want money I have none, I am flat broke. How about I turn a few gate dungeons into reverse dungeons for you? Over time you can mine more than what the bigots from the central capital can offer you,” Henricks offered as Wyatt time and again said that killing him or exchanging him was not off the table. He looked at his old colleague Field Marshal Heatsend for a little help reasoning with Wyatt but the latter was still pissed about the dungeon relocation incident and him turning her granddaughter against her family. “Old fool, be honest. If that were possible, then you and your penniless group of wannabe Freedom Fighters would have become the richest organization in the Five Regions. Yet, here you are making stupid mistakes out of desperation to salvage your organization from the brink of bankruptcy. Your lies might work on a naive kids like her but not me. If I am not wrong your origin card also has serious restrictions and limitations,” Wyatt rejected Henricks offer saying had he could not deliver on what he was promising. Wyatt had intentionally brought Corey in the middle of the conversation to provoke her and get a reaction but the latter did not react and stood erect with an indifferent expression and emotionless eyes. ‘What’s gotten into her?’ he thought finding Corey’s lack of response disturbing. She hasn’t been herself since her supposed meeting with the Field Marshal. Now instead of worrying that she would create a problem for him, he was now concerned if she was having a problem. How could he not care for her state, she was a huge part of his plans for the Dark Realm. He needed her. It seems he will have to check what was up with her later. “Yes, I agree there are a few limitations to my abilities but I have no problem turning one or two gate dungeons into reverse dungeons to get myself out of here,” Henricks did not try to deny Wyatt’s doubts about this origin card’s ability. Dungeon mining allowed Card Apprentices to collect resources that were rare or not found in the card world. There was a limit to how much one can mine from a dungeon at a time. It was found that adventures had the maximum benefit at the first raid but in later raids, the resources found in the dungeon weren’t just the same in quantity or quality. It only continues to decline with more raids. Over time they get exhausted and do not get replaced with the refreshing of the dungeon. When the master learned about Henricks’s ability to turn the gate dungeon into the reverse dungeon they were overjoyed believing this would allow them to mine the resource of the dungeon right at the source. However, contrary to their expectation when they used Henricks’s ability to turn a gate dungeon into a reverse dungeon they were disappointed as they found the reason why with continued raids and mining the dungeon resources would be exhausted and did not get replaced when dungeon gets refreshed. It was simple honestly, just like how any resources mined excessively in the card world would get exhausted and were non-renewable, the same was the case with the resources from other worlds. When the dungeon was turned into a reverse dungeon the masters learned the sad truth that the resources were not magically made in the dungeon but these dungeons would incorporate a small part of the mines from their original world alone with the inhabitant monster tribes in their vicinity. The higher the rank of the resources the stronger the monster tribe occupying them. Realizing this the Masters concluded that turning a dungeon to mine more resources was moot. The only difference was the dungeon allows you to mine a certain amount of resources at a time but in the reverse dungeon you can mine the same amount of resources that took multiple raids all at once. If they wanted to get extra resources through the reverse dungeon then they would have to explore the uncharted territories of the original world of the dungeon to find the resources, considering the unknown threats involved, dealing with the natives, and the uncertainty of finding a load of resources big enough to turn a profit made this endeavor not worth it. Not to mention all these dungeons originate from harsh worlds with environments and atmospheres not that welcoming for the card apprentices, the Yellow Plains world that Henricks had chosen as the base for the Freedom Fighters despite being a world covered with dunes was one of the favorable reverse dungeons Henricks could find for proper human habilitation. Therefore neither the Masters nor the Freedom Fighter tried to use reverse dungeon as a means of making a fortune. In this case, the Southern Princess might be considered the lucky one as her D-rank silver beach dungeon was connected to the sea in the dungeon’s original world so she did not have to worry about running out of silver milk. “Henricks do you take me for a fool? Let me be straight with you. I stand to gain more with your death. After you die, the Southern Princess will have no choice but to rely on me to get an S or higher rank silver beach dungeon to fulfill her plan to dominate the five regions with Silver Milk Powder. This means not only will the Southern Princess not be able to screw over me but will have to prostrate before me to get what she wants. Not to forget the reward from the folks from the central region for your head.

So, Henricks think real hard when you answer me this why should I not kill you?” Wyatt asked Henricks grimly staring him dead in the eyes. Listening to Wyatt, everyone present in the orphanage headmaster’s office was shell-shocked. Wyatt has been saying that killing Henricks was not off the table since the beginning but hearing him put it this way it all became too real too fast.