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

Chapter 466

I smile and take a casing with 300 pills off the table myself, then reply, following her over to the pod and viewing all of the dilation settings and timer numbers while she walks inside.

There's a very intense wave of dense and pure mana that pours out when the door is opened, and it looks like there's an endless white void inside the pod. It's on a whole different level than the 6-7x Dilation pods I witnessed back at the Galeheart tower.

The pod is set to open back up automatically in 48 hours but can be opened from the inside at any time. As a Mythic Grade Craftsman, I also have an override function to open the door from the outside if need be, but I'm hoping I won't have to use that option. It would distract her isolated cultivation, and waste valuable Qi trapped inside.

Maria looks at me as the door slowly closes.

"I'll come back stronger soon, protect everyone while I'm gone, Jay."

"I will."

*Click*

The pod closes and a 48-hour countdown timer starts on the top of the pod.

Monk begins explaining the basics of Qi to Arie, Fisher, and Lydia. So, I walk over to Abby.

"Alright, I'm going to go confront the townspeople now. You can come and help if you'd like. With all my body doubles busy, I'm going to need a hand."

She shrugs while taking her silver casing of Qi pills off the table and following me as I walk up the spiral stairs.

"Sure."

Before we hit the surface, I use my concealment abilities to turn back into the flaming man that saved every group of refugees here. On top of it, I mask my presence with a dense Qi barrier to make sure I don't overpower anyone's psyche by accident from walking by.

I give Abby the option to use my conceal skill, but she decides to walk out of the empty guildhall in her unaltered form. To my surprise, there are quite a few people wandering the streets.

Many are still inside the bedrooms that were made for them yesterday, but some are curious to see what is going on for themselves.

I begin walking through the town on my way to the densest part of the housing area.

People that see me on my way there have mixed expressions of thankfulness, awe, confusion, and fear. There's a wide mixture of people getting down on their knees to thank me, while others stand in shock without saying a word, then a few just run away screaming.

My response to all of them is to meet me at the guildhall in an hour, that I have more food and water for all of them, and a very important announcement.

I walk in and out of all the housing developments crafted by my double and the slave grunts last night, making sure every single person in the town knows that there is a meeting.

Once I make my rounds, I circle back to the guildhall, and Abby asks a question.

"So... you'll be taking care of them for now it seems, the burden isn't too heavy to bear? I feel bad that they're all stranded out here too. What's the long-term goal with everyone here? Start up a new town and have them help in working for the new Sector 2 trading company once we're in business?"

I nod, responding as we approach the empty guildhall entrance.

"Yeah... something like that. There's going to be a lot of useful positions these people can take on. However, I'd like to give them the choice."

I detail my plans a little further with Abby and hear her simple critiques and feedback while a crowd begins to form all around the center square.

Abby and I decide to float up to the guild's rooftop for a better view of the people approaching, and I wait the full hour like I promised before making a headcount.