Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Un-popping the Cork
After letting the second floor mons go wild to turn it into a Bug nest I focus on the Core and using more instincts I can tell It to move deeper into the domain so I just move it to behind the 2nd floor final room.
Once that's done I check the timer and see its down to 1 week.
I just shrug and Start making room to floor three while keeping an eye on the timer, I get like 3 rooms in until the timer reaches 1 Day, at that point I change my attention to the point where I would breach the surface.
It doesn't take long but I burrow to the surface, at the first rays of Sunlight pierces into my domain I Feel a really weird sensation, in comparison to with a physical body its like a having to hold in my gut for a long time and now having a very annoying Itch on the cusp of becoming a sneeze.
'Ah, Ah, Ah. ACHOOO!!'
with my actions I feel the Mana circulating within my form condense before shooting towards the entrance like snot in a nose, In a rush of air and mana the remaining material blocking the entrance is blow away.
Said Explosion of matter makes a loud sound but I didn't really notice it since I was feeling a sense of euphoria since a weight that was pressing on me without my notice just lifted.
It takes a while after the blast for me to recover my senses but when I do I examine the new entrance and find something Annoying.
The periphery of the entrance which leads to the outside world is akin to a transparent film, my instincts tell me I can't cross it and my Pokémon can't willingly, but though the film I can see the outside world and I can only say one thing.
All I can see from my view is a Swamp.
Not just a small bog or mangrove but a full blown poisonous gas spewing swamp.
Well I'm not gonna be invaded for a while, the Swamp is so hospitable that I don't think life would reach me for a while.
meh, just means more time to make my dungeon deeper.
I turn around and go back more dungeon development starting on munching on some dirt.
POV Change.
[Alice Blakeman, Adventurers guild Clerk (DIstribution Branch), Lvl 35][Nabuemil, Free Nation of Temblerca's capital.]
'Fuck Paperwork, the invention that doomed civilisation is this comprised of these little slips of plant pulp, Curse upon the person who invented and may your entire linage be cursed for all time.'
She Thinks this as she faceplants against the piles of Paper on her Cubicle Desk.
'They said it would be an easy job, no real action, just some light writing and some scrying using the Mana Network, But they neglected to say that was for the higher up's, grunts like me have to work on the backlog of sheets the higher up's are too busy to touch.'
from her position she eyes some of the Sheets of torture around her and screams mentally, she doesn't scream outside since she's surrounded by colleagues who have the same job as her and she kind of needs this job.
She takes out what seems to be watch and checks the time.
'ARGH still like 2 hours left in my shift, the worst part about this is that every form is just the same and having to check for problems is annoying.'
She looks down at the form and its title of 'Material requisition/transportation', doesn't inspire Joy within her. She sighs and lets the monotony of the work crush her very soul as she continues to drain away at the bureaucracy.
Her mind dulls for the next hour processing the sheets but near the end of her shift something interesting not meant to be on her desk appears.
'Unusual Mana fluctuations Detected around Map coordinates 90° east, 27° south.'
Reading the Title of the paper, she comes to a series of conclusions, First of all this is meant for the investigations department and is above her pay grade, Secondly this is the sign of multiple things often not good things, but before she has to inform her superiors about their mix up she needs more information, since she's both bored and curious about this misfiling.
She quickly gets up from her desk and goes towards an archive room, While she does this she glances at some of the information on the paper, one thing to note is that Its been dated to have written like 2 weeks ago, it must have been mixed up and lost in the material forms up till now.
Entering the Archive Room she goes and finds an atlas to pin point where its indicating too, it doesn't take long since the place is very organised, maybe the one good thing about bureaucracy.
She spreads the Map on a relatively open table and uses it to find the location, It doesn't take long but when she finds the location it makes her apprehensive to continue due to multiple factors.
The first one is that The location found is on a uninhabited Super Island, its Environment is the best way to describe as Crazy, it has nearly every form of Environment possible from Tundra to Deserts, that's all without taking the local Fauna and Flora to account which isn't well documented even with these archives.
Myths say the land is cursed with a form of chaos Magic which effects the weather, this has been disproven since there are no mana fluctuations, still a mystery.
Next is that while the Island is equal in size to some smaller nations with it being claimed by one of the most Obstinate Kingdoms on the Great continent who would take it as a mortal insult if you stepped on their lands unannounced.
They have tired to settle on it for centuries but each time the colony dies out from either food problems, the Hostile environment, or that there's little point to since using scrying magic its been found there is little to no farmable land on the super island.
There might be valuable ores and gems in the mountains of the island but that would require time to get to that point also that the Mountains usually have strong monsters within their heights.
with more information about the location she continues to read the report, she quickly learns why it was sent to her department in the first place due to a evaluation at the end.
'The unusual Mana readings have been analysed and suspected to be a SSS Class Dungeon Appearing on the Kingdom of Anzaioria's Super Island.
The Kingdom of Anzaioria has been notified of the situation and has given Diplomatic allowance to proceed with further steps.
Requires Confirmation from the Adventure's guild Distribution Branch within Naubemil to act as the Setting off point and supplier for the expedition.
The Distribution Branch is Required to Supply and keep in constant contact with the expedition to relay their findings, this requires a Representative to accompany the expedition to act as an appraiser of Materials, Monsters and Fauna found within the Dungeon.'
Reading this she wastes little time and grabs the form and the atlas before running to her Boss.
When she barges into his office, she sees him leaning back with his legs on the table smoking a cigar, her entrance shocks him from his stupor.
"What in the Blasted Hells are you doing Here Blakeman!" he says in rage as he composes himself.
not missing a beat she steps up to his desk which is bereft of forms and places both the Mana form and Atlas on the Table.
"In my pile was an very important File which was Misplaced, Even if you are in a Supervisory role at the Office sir, This requires your attention without Delay."
Her tone causes the Boss to grumble but as he's handed the form and reads it, he follows the same steps as Alice, looking at the map and reading the form.
When he's done, he groans loudly but she can tell its not at her.
But at the amount of Paperwork the boss will have to process due to this expedition.