Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons

Chapter 823 714: Accepting the Task

After listening to Facundo's words and his description of his plight.

Kane and his companions couldn't do anything but sympathize with his misfortune.

However, regarding Facundo's request for help, Kane felt it was not unacceptable.

After all, Facundo never forced Kane and his team from the beginning to the end.

He even invested in Kane early on when they were still at the copper level.

That golden weapon Kane is still using to this day.

The fact that this weapon is so practical and its attributes are so solid is undeniable.

Not to mention that Facundo also said earlier that Kane and his team could refuse him, and he wouldn't take back the deposit.

On emotional and rational grounds, he has gone to great lengths, to this extent, and Kane and his team couldn't really refuse to help.

Not to mention this is not a gratuitous favor; he will provide Kane and his team with satisfactory compensation.

A strong entity with tricolor power in the original world, who has ascended to deity; how many good items does he have in hand goes without saying.

He's definitely able to offer compensation that Kane and his team would be satisfied with.

However, Kane must still ask some more detailed questions.

This is also a responsibility for himself and his teammates.

He looked at Facundo before him and asked, "With your strength, you should be able to get your body from that place yourself, so why do you need our help?"

This was the point Kane really couldn't understand.

Unless there is someone there with the same level of strength, then there's no use even if Kane and his team go.

Upon hearing Kane's question.

Facundo explained, "I knew you would ask. The reason I can't go myself is due to the rules imposed by the Mist."

"As a former deity, it's impossible for me not to set up defense powers where my body is located, right? Furthermore, I'm also a necromancer."

Kane nodded, "It's normal to set up defense powers."

Then Facundo continued, "The problem lies in the defense powers I set up. After all, that place holds my divine body; I would surely deploy my greatest power there."

"As a necromancer, I would definitely deploy my most powerful undead there, and that was also where I was preparing to perfectly refine into my Divine Country after ascending."

"So, the place where my body is located used to be my base."

"But after the world fragmented, I lost contact with my body, and naturally also with the undead there."

"Sigh." Saying this, the strong entity with tricolor power couldn't help but sigh.

"After losing contact, those undead naturally became free, and they even got caught by the Mist World before I did. When I was still in the dungeon, they had crossed over into the World Ring."

"Those undead under my command became an independent force."

"And my power level is tricolor; according to the rules, I'm not allowed to act. I don't have the power to defy the most basic rules set by the Mist."

"Doing so would make the Mist lose its credibility in front of other strong entities with tricolor power, and I don't have the qualification to demand special privileges."

"So that's the origin of the problem."

After listening to Facundo's explanation, Kane and his team only felt that this deity's situation was even more pitiful.

As if the act of ascending to deity took all his luck, when he ascended, he hadn't encountered any good things.

Just after ascending and trying to transform his body into a divine body.

But the world shattered.

When it shattered, he coincidentally was outside, thereby losing connection with his body and his main base.

His body was gone.

Finally, when survival was achieved and there was hope.

His body was occupied by the undead who were once under his command; even his former home was gone.

Those undead became free, becoming the obstacle preventing him from retrieving his body.

He couldn't take back his body due to the Mist's rules.

Truly unfortunate.

At this moment, Kreya suddenly said, "The World Ring won't last too long. After several decades, when the World Ring dissipates, can't you act yourself?"

After all, Facundo is a deity, a Necromancer God.

Lacking many things, but certainly not lacking time.

Logically speaking, there's no need to be so anxious.

Facundo, hearing Kreya's words, explained.

"What you say is true, but there are two points that compel me to act."

"The first is that the magic device supporting my body has limited energy.

With the passage of time, my body will grow increasingly weak, eventually becoming an ordinary body and decaying, leaving only a pile of bones.

After all, my former body was used during my mortal years, and didn't change because of my soul's ascent to deity."

Then he passionately stated: "The reason I've spent such a huge cost is precisely because I want to become a Necromancer God without experiencing the skeleton framework, wishing to possess a human body and experience human sensations.

Having spent such a huge cost and endured so much hardship, I don't want all efforts to be in vain."

Indeed, it's an issue of sunk costs and reluctance.

"The second point is because those undead became free. Although protective magic surrounds the magic device, who knows if they have ways to dismantle it and then damage my corpse."

"By then, there won't be any question of completion; even existence would be uncertain."

"It's precisely for this reason that I'm in such urgency."

Kane and the others nodded; thinking from this perspective, it made sense.

They hadn't put themselves in Facundo's shoes, considering the issue from his perspective.

After listening to Facundo's series of statements, Kane said, "Give me a moment, we need to discuss this."

"Of course, no problem, it should be like this." Facundo nodded and agreed.

Kane turned around and began discussing with Kreya and the others.

"What do you think, should we accept this quest?"

"We can take it; after all, haven't we been idle recently, just understanding rules within the Platinum Country."

"We haven't taken action for several months; as Explorers, if we don't act, how can we thoroughly integrate the rules we've learned."

"Lilulu also wants to go out for a walk."

Hearing everyone's words, Kane nodded: "Alright, then we'll take it."

Then he turned to Facundo again and said: "No problem, we'll accept this task."

"But you need to provide detailed information about that place. After all, it used to be your territory. You must have detailed records, right?"

Facundo was very pleased that Kane and his team were willing to accept it, nodding repeatedly: "Of course, of course, no problem. Here is the information."

Saying this, he directly handed over a thick stack of documents he had prepared to Kane and his team.

These were not just sheets of plain paper, but a collection of ancient books.

Kane picked up one and flipped through it.

Inside were pages of contract paper, each recording detailed information about a powerful undead and some soul fragments.

This means these books were actually composed of undead contract scrolls.

At this time, Facundo said: "What is recorded here are the important and powerful undead. The unrecorded ones are just some mindless skeleton soldiers and such."

"However, these things are useless now, just kept as a memento."

Kane nodded, and then they began to peruse the books.

They wanted to get a rough idea of their adversaries.

However, the more Kane flipped through, the more difficult his expression became until it turned completely dark.

Are these really undead?

Just in the book composed of contract scrolls in his hand, there were more than thirty undead with golden power.

They ranged from low-level to high-level, leaving none out.

The remaining undead were of various monstrous shapes.

Some were only of silver level, but could cause golden-level damage in unexpected situations.

And there were four entire books like this.

Kane glanced at Kreya and the others.

It seemed there were many more golden-level ones inside.

Adding them all up, there might be over a hundred golden-level enemies, not to mention the silver levels.

The records here were of significant undead, even those like commander-level key characters.

Kane believed an undead law god wouldn't contract ordinary skeleton soldiers.

This meant they would also face a tide of undead, with countless copper and silver levels.

Thinking this, Kane looked at Facundo black-faced, feeling his current expression might be darker than Facundo's black mist.

He asked through gritted teeth: "Do you think we can eliminate that many undead?"

"Or do you have a hidden passage to directly reach where your body is stored and move your body away?"

Facundo shook his head: "After all, these undead are for defense. To get the body, you have to enter the core area. You can only take it once they are all wiped out."

"Wipe them all out!?" Kane could hardly believe his ears.

"Yes, wipe them all out." Facundo nodded, confirming Kane's words.

After hearing him, Kane ignored him.

Instead, he began to go through all the books.

Then he asked Yoyo by his feet: "Take note of how many golden-level enemies there are, how many are on par with us, or even stronger."

Yoyo nodded and then replied.

"There are a total of 193 golden-level undead, with about 20 that, according to the records, might match or even exceed the master's strength."

"There are 326 silver undead that can exert golden power. However, the damage they cause might not harm the master, based on the records."

Hearing this, Kane looked up at Facundo again.

"Do you think we can complete this task?"

Facundo, with his scarlet eye holes, looked at Kane and the others.

Without saying much, he stood up.

Then he beckoned to Kane and his team, saying: "Come with me."

He opened a pitch-black teleportation gate on the side and walked in.

Kane's divine gaze did not sense any danger, so he nodded to Kreya and the others, and they all entered the teleportation gate together.

When they passed through the teleportation gate and their vision was restored,

they found themselves in a lavishly decorated treasure vault.

The entire vault had a vast area, and the walls were all golden.

All kinds of gemstones and gold coins were piled everywhere, even forming small hills.

The place where they landed was so covered with coins that their feet were deeply embedded.

Longbei was even more overwhelmed, with only his head above, continuously patting the surrounding piles of coins and gems to pull himself out.

The amount of coins and gems here was exaggerated to an incomprehensible degree.

Besides these obvious treasures of coins and gems,

there were also various weapons, treasures, and armor piled on top.

In Kane's eyes, all the weapons here, along with various necklaces and jewels, were flashing all kinds of lights.

There were countless golden lights, even rainbow-colored glows were visible.

In the distance, a few showcases held valuable items.

Facundo said blandly.

"These."

"All of them."

"Are rewards I'm willing to give."

Am I, Kane, such a person?