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

Chapter 584

While he's being healed, the mysterious man speaks again.

"I've contacted all of your Regional Directors, as we will be having a congratulatory ceremony for all of you. Your future contracts will be negotiated with any region that desires your work. It shouldn't take more than a few hours to have all of the Directors with us to begin the event."

My heartbeat speeds up at this statement.

The ceremony itself isn't what makes me nervous, it's the fact that it's going to take a few hours for all of the Directors to arrive.

The Lich King mentioned that his limiter, holding in all of his mana control, will only last an hour. If this is the case, there may be a major issue in hiding the identity of Emrie Carter.

If he's exposed, then my identity of Ray Anderson will be far more suspicious by association.

It isn't out of the range of possibilities to just leave right now back to the Crimson City and forget investigating any further. However, the Director's words of strengthening their forces and creating more A-Class hunters is something I still want to learn more about.

My mind races for more ideas to get us out of this new situation, but the Director speaks up again to disturb my train of thought.

"While we wait, I'd like to speak to each of you individually. I will give you all time to rest, but I have a few questions for each of you and would like to hear your personal thoughts on the results of the exam this year."

The three healers leave the Director's side after this statement, and a very light flow of yellow Divine Energy comes back in through the room.

It isn't nearly as strong, but a door opens beside Rodrigo, and it's clear that down the hall that it leads, the intensity of this heavy pressure in the air will get stronger.

Without warning, the video above the room cuts off, and Rodrigo speaks up, looking down at his silver tablet.

"Alright, looks like we're going up the list in order starting with you."

He points at Mack, the battle healer in 12th place on the leaderboard.

He nods and walks through the open door without hesitating.

We're all left to stand in silence as the door closes, and the 11 of us are left in the empty mana shielded room with Rodrigo.

No one wants to speak up, and many of the applicants are still shaken by the immense pressure they were exposed to moments ago.

I even see Marcie, Nat, and Dane a bit shaken up by the events that just took place.

About 3 minutes later, the battle healer walks back into the room, and Callum is called by Rodrigo to go through the door for his meeting next.

My eyes widen when I see a golden collar around the healer's neck, and a new buff beneath his status called [The Sun God's Curse Mark] burning with golden yellow soul energy on his status.

My heart rate speeds up with a mixture of excitement, curiosity, and a hint of fear as well.

When Callum comes back into the room a few minutes later, these emotions only grow because he too has the curse.

Both of the Veridian applicants that passed with a single red fragment come back with bright smiles on their faces, and golden collars to match them.

No one else in this room can channel Qi, so I don't even know if they're capable of seeing that their fellow B-class applicants have this curse attached to them.

To be honest, I don't even know if they themselves are aware they've been inflicted by it yet.

I can't sense where these meetings are being held without sending out waves of my aura that would reveal my true power.