Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons

Chapter 464 - 429: Before the World Shatters_2

After a while, Rosalie finally lifted her head: "I don’t have any previous memories, it’s too vague, it seems like I’m constantly repeating the process of dying, as if I was created out of thin air."

Seeing Rosalie’s somewhat dejected look, Kane walked over wanting to pat her shoulder, but his hand passed right through her body, bringing out a wisp of white mist.

Silently retracting his hand, he placed it behind his back and said: "Don’t dwell too much on the past, now you are free, the future will become your past."

Seeing Kane’s actions and hearing his words, Rosalie smiled, nodded, and said, "It was supposed to be the result of helping the master, but instead, it was the master helping me."

"You are free, you don’t have to call me master, how about just calling me Kane."

Truth be told, Kane always felt strange being called master.

In response to Kane’s words, Rosalie shook her head, and seriously said: "Though I’m free, I am still a maid. The memories may be fake, but the fact that I am a maid is real, and the master is still the master."

Alright then, since Rosalie put it that way, Kane couldn’t say much more.

Now that Rosalie had figured it out, Kane began to introduce her to this world as he knew it.

As Kane spoke, Rosalie’s eyes grew brighter, as if acquiring more of this knowledge made her even more free.

When Kane finished speaking, Rosalie became disheartened again: "When the master clears the game, would he leave us, and won’t we be stuck in the dungeon forever?"

Regarding this question, Kane didn’t know how to answer, he couldn’t very well say that the world was about to be consumed by the mist and that they would be truly free when the World Ring opened.

He could only vaguely say: "It’s alright, it won’t be long before we meet again, your other sisters are also entrusted to you for guidance."

"Okay."

Seeing Rosalie’s previous demeanor, Kane was also eager to know how the Dark Servants viewed their freedom afterward.

With action in mind, Kane directly headed towards the dark room.

Speaking of which, since the Dark Servants entered the room, they hadn’t come out, except when Kane had the ghost maid notify Kallen to come out.

However, at that time, Kallen completely ignored Kreya and the others, not obeying their orders at all.

In the end, they had to give up.

When Kane reached the front of the house, just as he was about to knock, the door opened on its own.

Kallen appeared before Kane as a mass of black mist.

She didn’t speak, just stared at Kane through her mask, and Kane could feel the gaze from beneath her mask.

Kane scratched his head, wondering how to talk to them: "Uh... Kallen, do you feel freer now than before, in terms of mind and spirit?"

Might as well get straight to the point.

"Yes, master."

"..." Kane was momentarily at a loss for words.

After pondering, he asked again: "Do you know the essence of this world?"

"I do, master."

"Oh, you know... knowing is good." Kane nodded with a smile.

Wait a moment.

Kane looked at Kallen in surprise and asked: "You know the essence of this world?"

"Yes, master."

After confirming that he hadn’t misheard, Kane continued to ask: "When did you know?"

"The moment the master acknowledged being the master."

During recruitment, perhaps.

With this in mind, Kane continued: "Can you share with me what you know?"

Kallen nodded: "This world has already been destroyed, and the current world is merely a fragment. Before it became a fragment, it was once the experimental ground of the Marlo Arcane Secret Society.

We were created and thrown into this world arena, left to kill each other, testing whether the newly created creatures were viable and perfect."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Kane immediately called for a halt.

His mind was a bit overwhelmed; the information from Kallen’s words was too powerful, and the magnitude of the information was enormous.

Although Kane knew that Kallen was already free and became a Spirit of Freedom, this was a bit too much freedom.

Why did she know her world so clearly, whereas Rosalie was still so confused, aware of nothing?

However, since Kallen knew so much, he could directly ask her instead of troubling himself.

"Why do you know so much?" Kane directly asked Kallen.

With an empty, emotionless voice, Kallen quietly replied: "Because the Dark Servants were created by the Secret Society specifically to collect various experimental conditions within this world, our emotions are weak, and we only obey the highest orders.

Therefore, compared to other creatures, we know more and in greater detail."

"Then why do you obey me?" Kane was somewhat confused; logically speaking, if they only obeyed the highest orders, shouldn’t they continue to fulfill monitoring responsibilities for various creatures when they obtained freedom?

Upon hearing Kane’s question, Kallen tilted her head slightly: "Hmm?"

She seemed somewhat puzzled by Kane’s question.

"The master is the master; we obey the master."

So Kane now became the highest order for the Dark Servants, similar to their former creators.

After roughly understanding his status, Kane asked: "What kind of organization is the Marlo Arcane Secret Society?"

"The Mano Arcane Secret Society is a powerful force controlling multiple dimensions, excelling in various biological modifications and creations."

After listening to all of Kallen’s words, Kane rubbed his chin and began to ponder; according to Kallen, this world was once controlled by a powerful force.

These forces supposedly captured various intelligent beings across different worlds, modified them, and then threw them into this world to test whether these modified creatures were qualified.

They might be used for the battlefield, or perhaps other purposes, which were unknown.

However, the presence of the ghost maid indicated that it wasn’t just for battlefield use.

This also explained why this world was so strange.

After all, it was essentially an experimental site, not to mention that the dungeon where Kane and the others were now was just a fragment of the former world.

The reason it seemed so much like a game was possibly because this fragment was captured by the mist, forming rules based on certain things and behaviors that once existed in this region.

Now understanding the cause and effect of this world, it seemed that besides satisfying a bit of curiosity, it didn’t serve much purpose.

The goal still remained to clear and occupy the entire territory unchanged.