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

Chapter 587

While I do feel grateful for this ability to deceive my enemies, the time still ticks down as an ally is going to be the thread that unravels all of my hard work.

On one of my laps around the room while I'm deep in thought, my shoulder brushes Emrie's as he stands motionless, waiting for another command at the side of the room.

Instead of just brushing by, I catch the sensation of thousands of invisible purple tendrils of energy reaching out from my barrier and trying to attach themselves to the Lich King.

The instant that I take another step away, the reaching threads retract, but it sparks an idea.

I turn around and place both my hands on Emrie's shoulders, and the same sensation of purple threads that make up my barrier start to cover Emrie as well.

In a matter of seconds, his body is completely covered, and it looks no different.

The only reason I can feel it is because I'm connected to the ring. If I wasn't, it wouldn't seem like anything has changed.

I release my grip and all of the purple threads retract in an instant, flooding back around my body.

I message him through the telepathy link.

"This could work... As long as we're making contact, the barrier seems to view you as an extension of myself."

It makes sense, as the Shadow Summon before me is created out of a manifestation of my own Dark Magic mixed with the skeletal remains of the Lich King.

Over the next ten minutes, I test out the barrier more and more.

From the eyes of the surveillance system, on the screen of whoever is watching these tests take place, it just seems like we're standing in silence and Emrie is making odd hand gestures while I tap him on the shoulder over and over.

Once the natural barrier created by the Lich King fades away naturally, I've mastered the ability to keep a light barrier around him at all times.

Over the next few hours, I do even more tests.

While the barrier is made of pure energy, it does in fact have a half-conscious mind subconsciously controlling it.

Even after it's expelled power from protecting me from the Sun God's attack, I still feel faint emotions whenever the barrier wavers.

The more I manipulate it, the more it aligns with my thought process, and I'm able to move the purple threads just slightly by myself.

It may be slow, but after hundreds of trials, I'm capable of forming what looks to me like a small puddle of invisible divine energy on the floor, connecting my own feet to Emrie.

We're able to stand about a full meter apart for a few seconds at a time and the barrier stands.

I'm confident I could raise this distance further if I had more time, but a loud ding echoes through the room as a familiar face shows up on the ceiling's video display.

Rodrigo speaks and the doors open on all the resting rooms.

"I hope you all enjoyed your rest. The Regional Directors have all arrived, please enter the hall and follow the white arrows."

His video shuts off, and we both walk out the door and do as he says.

There are white arrows on the floor that lead in the opposite direction of the lounge area, leading us back the way we originally came.

All of the other applicants follow these orders, and we all walk back into the dark shadowy room with the oval table in the middle of it.

Now, all of the chairs are full.