Dungeon Raider System

"You can't call dibs on this! We made the discovery together!" Uriel's eyes now gleamed in bright blue.

"What was that? I can't hear you." Said Sam as he covered his ears with his fingers.

"You!" Uriel started chasing after Sam around the rock formation, while the latter kept pretending he didn't hear him. With every lap they took, the glimmer of the rocks grew stronger in a pulsatile manner and the resonating sound of the rocks became sharper, but the two youthful hunters took notice of this a second too late.

A sudden flash of ligh lit up the place entirely and by the time Uriel came back to himself, Sam was nowhere to be found and the only light nearby came from his tallow torch.

"Sam, quit playing, I give up. I'll let you have the full credit for this, I'll even help you write an article about this. come back," Uriel said trying to hold off his laughter. "It's not funny, this isn't the time to be playing around." His voice was lost in the cave and Uriel finally realized he was completely alone.

The first thing he did was to channel flux in the same stone Sam did, but it wasn't accepting it. It felt the same as trying to fill a broken glass with water.

"It seems there's a cooldown period. Does that mean that this dungeon is meant to be cleared by a single person? Or is it because I'm not an adult? But then, why would Sam be considered an adult? It doesn't add up, unless... the earring!

He was acknowledge by the Air spirit people as one of their own and since a marriage ceremony was held, it means he is considered an adult." If his theory was correct, it meant that the only way to get inside the dungeon was to get married, but that came with many problems on its own. "Ah!

This is so troublesome, I won't be able to enter if I'm not considered an adult, the easy solution would be marrying someone, but then I won't be able to enter Chichén Itzá. Why are dungeons so problematic?"

Uriel sighed as he sat on the biggest rock, thinking on possible solutions. However, as time passed and the tallow torch began flickering he realized how truly diresome his situation was. He didn't have any means to buy food, water or anything really.

Besides, even if he was juggling with the possibility of getting married in order to be granted access, he would need to go back on his own and finding the way was absolutely impossible on his own. In fact, he was counting on Sam's eidetic memory in case he needed to return.

With no way to return, his only hope was to find a way to enter the dungeon and he knew it. The problem was that his time was limited and his tools non existent. Still, armed with his wits and a disgusting tallow torch made with suspicious materials, Uriel leaned close to the carvings trying to find any possible secret meaning behind them.

"I get it, the belly button of the world is located right in the middle of the world," He muttered after reading it for the fifth time, but then it hit him. "No! It doesn't say it's located in the middle of the world, it is the middle of the world. This is the 'axis mundi'!

It's just like in the Alamo, could they be connected?" A mad glint was revealed on Uriel's eyes, his mind racing under the last remnants of a dying torch.

The cave became dark and silent as a grave, a fitting place for a person who seemed to be immune to death, but Uriel wasn't planning on giving up so easily.

"Of course there's a connection, there must be!" He said as he placed his hand on the rock, ony this time instead of attempting to channel flux energy, he focused on his mystical sense.

Thanks to the lack of any external distraction, Uriel was able to enter in a state similar to meditation which allowed him to focus his whole self on the task at hand and suddenly, a connection to the mystical realm was established.

[System notice] Enter the dungeon of 'The bellybutton of the world' [Y/N]

"Yes." Stay tuned with My Virtual Library Empire

Instead of the bright flash that took place when Sam disappeared, Uriel felt as though the world turned upside down and he was now sitting on a rock on the roof instead of the ground. In reality, nothing seemingly changed.

Everything was still pitch black and there were no sounds to go by, but Uriel was positive he was inside the dungeon now because he was able to feel the strange membrane that marked he crossed whenever he entered a dungeon. However, he had no means to confirm whether or not his theory was true.

Then, the strangest thing happened. He felt as though the rock he was sitting was lifted up and then dropped on the ground with him still sitting on top of it. It was weird, but Uriel didn't think much of it until it happened again.

"What's this?" He said as he passed his hand over the surface of the 'rock', only to realize it was a tortoise shell, still attached to a very alive tortoise.

[System notice] Authetication failed, defense mechanisms activated.

Suddenly, all the air was vaccuumed out of the place and Uriel couldn't breathe anymore. It was a simple, yet incredibly effective way of getting rid of any unwanted visitors as no living creature could survive without air.

Panicked, Uriel attempted to activate his trait, but just like it happened with the air all of his flux energy was also being vaccuumed.

'No way' He attempted to say, though sounds couldn't travel in the void and he futly moved his mouth. Then, something completely unexpected happened, the system stepped in and saved the day.

[System notice] Raider title active

[Dungeon Raider] Bypasses dungeon security measures.

[System notice] Unauthorized entry successful.