Dungeon Diver: Stealing a Monster's Power

Chapter 136

"There are no major updates. You'll be able to rank up again soon if you wish."

After my reply, I'm left wide-eyed staring at the huge creature before me. I thought the Dragon's last form was impressive, but this one is on another level.

If my predictions are correct, my ticket out of this Titan's Domain is about to show itself. The rate of Ember's mana plundering is only increasing in speed. If anyone can absorb and collapse an endless void of energy, it'd be him...

I grin to myself, then look up at the majestic black dragon. A few questions have been lingering in my head this whole week, and a few more ever since my breakthrough in training last night. Now would be the time to ask them before Ember goes back to sleep.

"I have a few questions."

"Of course, please ask as many as you'd like Master."

Ember makes himself comfortable, laying in a neat ball resting against a white wall. I nod firmly, ignoring the fact that he called me master again, and begin my questioning

"First of all, how much mana will you need to achieve your next rank-up?"

"Usually, the third one is the toughest. Even with a medium-sized labyrinth, a Dragon with Mythic Grade proficiency like me would still take decades to achieve this feat. I've only hit the third evolution a couple of times in my many lives. It's a level 500 threshold, roughly 25 billion MP is needed."

My eyes open wide as I try to do the mental calculations. He'll need to plunder billions of MP a day to achieve this... that's thousands of times more than the previous week. If I want to get out of here before my food supply runs out, I have two options. I'll either need to make a lot more progress on my mana control to open up this white box myself, or Ember is going to have to rank up again. Both are a gamble, and neither has any guarantees to help me one bit... I guess my odds will be better If I try to achieve both.

I ask my next question.

"You mentioned Void Creepers. What... are those?"

Ember smirks and raises his head, then settles back into a comfortable position before responding.

"Void Creepers? They're just pesky mindless world hoppers that live between realms. I've only witnessed one of their forms, a form similar to humans actually. The elders used to call them Titans. They have access to immense mana pools stored over long periods of time. It's not necessarily their mana, they just exist in it. Any creatures that come within range of those things are swallowed up whole in an instant, never to be seen again, absorbed into their void as more fuel. Their only true enemies are Dragons. Or, in theory, a slime if it could level up high enough. With enough time, a Dragon like myself can plunder any pool of MP no matter the size."

A wide grin stretches across my face. A "Void Creeper" is just another name for a Titan. Well, to put it more accurately, I guess a Titan is a type of Void Creeper... Ember continues.

"I've heard of Dragons ranking up multiple times from one Void Creeper encounter."

"..."

Looking at the blissfully unaware Dragon spew valuable information starts pulling at my heartstrings. It's about time I let Ember in on a few of my secrets.

I let out a sigh, then look straight into the majestic Dragon's deep red eyes.

"Hey. Can I trust you?"

The black-scaled creature twists its head to the side looking at me curiously while waving its long thin arrow tipped tail around aimlessly in the air.

"Of course. We're contracted, that's the highest form of trust a Demon and Dragon can share."