[CH598+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

The ceiling continues to crumble, and my red aura extends further into the endless forest around us. Past the decimated area of woodlands that were disintegrated by the divine energy waves, and deep into the thick trees in all directions.

It drains the air, ground, trees, rocks, and every living thing that comes in contact with this crimson mist.

The abandoned forest stretches thousands of kilometers in diameter, extending even further to the west.

Its landmass is even larger than the 8 Great Regions, though the pure mana here is slightly less abundant.

In my previous use of my plunderer skill, there was an extremely high concentration of mana in the hundreds of dungeons, high-grade shielding, city technology, vaults full of mana crystals, and tens of thousands of hunters with full MP bars to pull from.

That was just 100 kilometers, and I was able to gain roughly 40 quadrillion MP in mere minutes.

However, that Region won't be recovering anytime soon.

While it doesn't affect the average citizen, and neither does it any hunter below the B-Class rating, there are no dungeons left in the Vice Region that hold monsters above level 500, and the labyrinth has been decimated as well.

The only other Region with mana that dense is the Apex Region. It has a labyrinth with enough mana to instantly heal Raven right now, along with thousands of dungeons and hundreds of thousands of citizens to drain from, but I have other plans for that energy.

I'm going to fully rely on the mana from this abandoned Region I'm in and not touch any more of my new Nation's valuable energy reserves.

My eyes shut as I put my full conscious effort into expanding my tendrils of pure red plunderer energy out as far into the depths of this region as I can.

I summon a new body double to fly over my area of red mist, and it details and logs all of the small villages within the Region to reimburse them after the red mist fades.

In over 2000 kilometers on all sides, reaching over 4000 kilometers in total diameter, I only sense 19,544 total natives to this land and 172 dungeons.

Most of the small villages near the lakes seem to be situated near small E-Class dungeons, so I don't fully drain their only source of mana crystals and loot. I don't know the culture of the civilizations out here, but if I want to assimilate them into my growing kingdom in the near future, it's best I make a good first impression.

The only dungeons I drain completely and fully collapse, plundering 100% of their mana, are the ones far from human reach in deep canyons, abandoned forests, and underground caves.

My aura permeates as far as it can reach, nearing the border of the 8 Great Regions and far off into the west, deeper into the forest until my senses hit the border of a new region.

Icy mountains meet the forest region, coming down from the north and creating a natural land barrier near the edges of my senses. I stop trying to expand my aura when I meet this landmark, as I don't know who occupies this territory, and I need to inspect it myself in a stealthier manner.

The red glow sinks into the ground and floats high into the sky, and slowly but surely, nearly 90% of the Region's ambient mana is channeled through me into Raven's hibernation skill inside my control panel.

Over 1 hour passes.

I watch the mode name change, and the time remaining tick down as trillions of MP are siphoned into the skill.

The 550 days remaining quickly fall below triple digits, and after a few dozen D grade and a handful of C grade dungeons, the time remaining falls below 5 days, surpassing the time needed for the express mode option.