After the appearance of dungeons all over the world, Earth’s geography changed rapidly, plunging the world into chaos. Vast lands began rising from the sea, forming entirely new continents.
The composition of the planet shifted from 29% land and 71% water to nearly equal proportions.
The major ones included Nueva, which rose from the Pacific Ocean, roughly the size of the United States of America. Next was Afafa, emerging from the Indian Ocean near Africa. And then there was the Zang continent, which rose from the South China Sea, the very continent where Rahiel country is located.
Rahiel is roughly the size of Germany and is divided into 72 districts, which are further grouped into five regions. North, East, West, South, and Central.
And right now, the South region is in chaos. The emergence of a mysterious seller has disrupted the flow of the market, shaking its very foundation.
BAM!!
"Have you found out who this seller is yet?!" Arun shouted as he smashed the table in two. He was the CEO of VolcaCorp, a fairly large company that controlled half of the dungeons in District 19 of South region. Most of the dungeons under his company were flame-based, making them the main supplier of flame-type classes.
But recently, a mysterious seller had been flooding the market with a new flame-based class, Blazing Archmage and it had already reduced their sales by nearly 25% this week alone.
"N-no... not yet. But we will do our best to find them," one of his assistants said nervously.
"You’d better. If not, you’re fired. Literally." Flames began to emit from Arun’s body, an effect of his Epic-rank class, Volcano Vanquisher.
While some saw the seller as a nuisance, others viewed it as an opportunity and began searching for him, hoping to recruit him.
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
"Aishh! These notifications just keep coming. So noisy." Lars frowned in irritation. Over the past few days, his Dungeon Market app had been flooded with direct messages from various companies trying to hire him.
"If you sign with us, we will give you many incredible benefits."
"Our company will offer you half of our share."
"We will rename one of our dungeons after you."
Many companies were doing their best to convince Lars.
"Changing a dungeon name to mine does sound interesting...but still, no! I’m not going to bind myself to any company contract. If I sign, they will definitely demand exclusivity." Lars shook his head.
He wasn’t naive about these business matters. He preferred to move solo. Free from restrictions and obligations.
Right now, he was looking at the Class List menu. Several classes were already listed there.
"From this list, the classes created from Generate Class are Lunar Blader, Blazing Archmage, and Impulse Lancer. While the Fusion Classes are Phantom Magus and War Templar." He rubbed his chin.
[Combine Uncommon rank Phantom Magus (Fusion Tier 1) and Uncommon rank War Templar (Fusion Tier 1)]
[Unable to proceed due to insufficient CP. 50 CP is required.]
"As expected. There’s no way the system would let me create powerful classes that easily. Right now, I only have a maximum of 20 CP after all the struggle this week. It seems my plan to create the ultimate class has to be put on hold for now."
He then looked at all the basic Class Books scattered on his floor. He was thinking about what class to create next. Suddenly, his eyes locked onto a Common-rank Cleric class.
"All my classes so far are focused on offense. I still don’t have a support class. I should make one. Let’s use this Cleric class and combine it. Now the question is... which one should I choose to pair with it?"
His eyes scanned across all the Class Books before settling on the Archer class.
"Archer and Cleric? Is that a good combination? Hmmm..." He fell into deep thought for a moment.
"No need to overthink it. If it’s good, then great. If not... I will just throw it away."
10 CP were deducted from his current total.
Ding!
[You have created a new class: Uncommon Rank Divine Ranger
[Congratulations for fusing a new Uncommon class. You have obtained 1500 Creator Coins.]
[Added Divine Ranger to Class List]
[You have 3 remaining slots for Fusion Classes. Increase your Creation Level to unlock more Fusion Class slots.]
[Divine Ranger]
Rank: Uncommon
Class Efficiency: 0%
Type: Support/Marksman
Main Stats: INT/AGI
A ranged fighter who blends precision archery with divine support, aiding allies while striking enemies from afar.
[Stats]
INT: +20% (+25% from Balancing effect)
AGI: +10% (+25% from Balancing effect)
[Class Effects:]
1.Increase effectiveness of healing effects
2.Increase resistance to dark elemental skills.
Skills:
1. Blessed Aim (passive)
-increase accuracy and critical hit
2.Sacred Shot
-fire holy arrow that deals damage. Deal more damage to dark elemental enemy.
3.Radiant Volley
-fire multiple arrows into an area
4. Healing Arrow
-shoot an arrow that heal target ally
5. Blessing Field
-Create a small area that heals allies over time
6. Divine Rain
Summon a rain of holy arrows over a large area. Damages enemies and heals allies at same time.
"..."
Lars was at a loss for words. The class he created was actually good. Like really good. It solved one of the biggest weaknesses of support classes, slow movement speed. With the agility of an archer, he could move freely across the battlefield while healing allies.
He glanced at his watch and began packing his things. As usual, his destination was the Dungeon Hub.
Melodie sat inside her family limousine, quietly watching the scenery pass by through the window. But her mind was elsewhere.
’The man I bought the Lunar Blader class from... is he the same one selling all these new classes? But why do I feel like I’ve seen him before?’
She was deep in thought when suddenly, she saw him. The very man she had been thinking about was walking into the Dungeon Hub.
"Stop! I will get out here."
She quickly stepped out of the car and followed him. He seem to not know he was followed.
"There’s only one way to find out..." she muttered.