Impenetrable Dungeon - Chapter 37

The Normal Auction quickly passed like the howling wind. Apart from Marcus, no other VIP guest had bid on any of the items either due to disdain or to save their funds. The VIPs beyond the silver doors were saving their funds while those beyond the golden doors felt that it was beyond them to bid on such items. Only Marcus had a real interest in these items and even Roas was just bidding for the sake of sparking a fire. This has caused the other 70 Dungeon Masters to look at Marcus with caution or disdain. They are cautious because he has such a large amount of funds and they are disdaining him for taking interest in such items. There was also fear of the powerful and the unknown. Dungeons really only had one way to make funds and that’s by killing adventurers who entered their premises. Every hundred thousand adventurers equated to about 1 DP and every ten thousand was 0.1 DP. 113 DP would equate to 11.3 million lives and Marcus clearly had more than just 113 DP. Besides, there was no way that the other Dungeon Masters would not notice if 11.3 million people suddenly disappeared off the face of the Dungeon World.

The Dungeons had only opened for a little over three months and to kill such a large amount of people so quickly meant that the Dungeon World should start showing signs of desolation or at the very least the strongest authorities on the Dungeon World would have bared their citizens from entering Marcus’ dungeon. This wasn’t the case since the adventurers still flowed into their dungeons at the same rate. Therefore there are only two other plausible answers, he had dungeons in other worlds or he found a gold mine. If he had dungeons in other worlds then it meant that he either had a powerful backer or had powerful personal strength. Either way, it meant that he was not to be messed with. In the case of a gold mine, it would depend on where the gold mine was located. If it was an accidental discovery due to the Dungeon Will opening up pocket dimensions then it only meant that he was lucky. However, if it was in a different dimension then it meant that he, again, had a powerful backer – one strong enough and heinous enough to interfere with the life and death of a Dungeon Master – or he had offended someone powerful and found a calm island amid a raging sea. Neither of these options was good for them.

If it was the former option then they could only hope that the one Marcus offended would hurry up and get rid of him. This, however, was highly unlikely. Appointing someone a Dungeon Master was no different than giving them a second chance in life by going through the temperings of fire and blood albeit there being a low chance of succeeding. This meant that whomever Marcus offended was only a little bit stronger than him since they were unable to dispose of him and had to take a gamble and hope that he died in his stint as a Dungeon Master. A person who can appoint someone as a Dungeon Master is an extremely powerful person of at least the Divine Transcendence Realm. Although the Divine Transcendence Realm was only a single Realm higher than the Mortal Shedding Realm it was the difference between Heaven and Earth. This was because a Divine Transcendence Realm Warrior would need to take two important steps before being able to break through to the Divine Transcendence Realm. However, as previously mentioned, these two steps had been hidden by the Gods making it almost impossible to enter the Divine Transcendence Realm. Therefore in the eyes of others to be a Divine Transcendence Warrior one needed luck and destiny to be on their side – in essence, a Chosen One. Who would want to fight against a Chosen?

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If they knew that Marcus gained the majority of his wealth from the Void Realm how ould they react? Moreover, if they were told that it was his subordinates who entered the Void Realm to hunt for treasures instead of him…that would be a fantastic scene. The sounds of hysterical screaming and the cries of inferiority would never cease. It would also largely alarm the Buddhas as they currently were in a…not so welcome situation. Meanwhile, the Gods and Devils would be slightly alarmed and they most likely send a subjugation force to suppress his growth. Additionally, past Dungeon Masters who were able to survive the trial of fire and blood would furiously try to kill him to prevent their hunting grounds from being too crowded.

As the Dungeon Masters racked their heads for a suitable move against this possibly colossal threat, the auctioneer was preparing for the start of the Elite Auction. All those guests seating on the bottom floor were being chased off by clerks and guards of the Thousand Treasures Auction. This included Roas of course as he furiously tried to resist the disorderly sea. He roared like a helpless lion as countless ants ‘paraded’ him on their shoulders. He shot venomous glares at the auctioneer from time to time who took a sudden interest in the material of his wooden hammer. It truly was an exquisitely crafted hammer made of the finest and most… In any case, the helpless lion won against the ocean of ants in the end as he wished he was a shark or dragon instead. Even a humble little bird would have been more useful in such a situation!