[CH399+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 462

I let out a sigh and sit back on my comfortable seat in Lith's office, but continue to keep my eyes glued on the surveillance screen, not missing a beat while the starting announcements for tonight's fight events echo through the room.

Lydia and Fisher nervously watch, and Lith sits at his desk with his hands clasped, thinking deeply to himself and staring at the projections not showing any external emotions similar to my own stare.

The surveillance system is split into two halves on the ceiling now.

Half shows the upper area where the fights are taking place, and the other shows the underground training room where all of the contestants wait their turn to fight.

There's a packed house tonight, and many new faces of strong newbie fighters along with familiar legacy fighters are down below.

However, the air is very tense tonight because the Dark Guard stands by the exit stairs that lead to the surface.

A pile of everyone's external loot is heavily guarded by three of its underling royal guards, but I can tell just by their stances these 3 are nowhere near the Dark Guard's level. Still, however, they hold a bit of prestige in this city so no one dares defy them or challenge their wishes.

The first few rounds of the Arena go on as normal.

The stone maiden starts off with a flashy first round, many newbies give it their best shot to become legacy fighters, and both the Shield and Ace give great showings.

After a few more newbie rounds, Monk takes his appearance in the ring and punches his way through all 7 stages without a single missed blow. He's brought back to the training room and Abby takes the stage next.

Spears are thrown, Qi is channeled, and 7 rounds of monsters are defeated even quicker than Monk's.

The audience roars with joy, placing bets, getting drunk, and enjoying the show late into the night.

I wait to see Dark Guards storm the ring and force them to move onto the 8th stage, but it never happens...

I can tell everyone is getting rather nervous downstairs. Abby heals everyone up after their matches and strategically begins moving closer to the three Royal guards near the side of the room guarding the miscellaneous gear.

Another newbie takes the stage after her battle, then the Ice Empress is called to fight.

Maria takes the stage and freezes every opponent she faces into sculptures of ice, then slices the 7th stage ghoul in two to end the performance of the night in a dazzling attack. The announcer continues hyping up the crowd and showing replays of the fight as Maria is transported back into the underground training room.

She sees that both Abby and Monk have migrated closer to the piles of gear. As she walks over in the silent room, this is when the tension in the air finally snaps.

The Dark Guard that stands in front of the exit speaks again, reaching into an invisible storage portal in his chest and pulling out a large orange glowing crystal.

"First of all, I thank you all for the wonderful show tonight."

He takes a step closer and the orange crystal glows brighter.

In the background, the cheers of the crowd and the announcer's voice showing highlights of the battles almost drown out the buzzing sound that gets louder from the gem.

The Dark Guard lets go of the crystal and takes a step back.

It floats in the air for a moment, then drifts slowly toward the floor.