Configuring the Originals' bracelet didn't take long because it scanned his ID, and imported all the previously stored information about him in seconds.
This allowed him to access all websites only Originals were permitted to look at.
There were many things he had to pay attention to, but Nial's mind seed to be a mashed pulp of thoughts, similar to the visualization of his mashed arm- chaotic, tangled and broken.
For a mont, he was unable to make sense of the situation he was currently in that rendered himself incapable of thinking of the next step of his non-existent plan.
Unable to think of anything he was supposed to do right now, Nial simply sat in his new ho while staring at the walls.
He felt extrely useless, his mind felt empty, but at the sa it was as if he had too many things that were important to be solved right at this instant.
As such, while trying to co up with the perfect plan, several possible ideas popped up in his head, making it hard for him to pick one.
It was extrely difficult, and an extre burden for his entire being.
After all, he had always had his parents or lvin to discuss his issues if he were to get stuck sowhere. But, he would take so ti in getting used to doing and deciding everything on his own.
Because of that, Nial's brain was overflowing with plans but none of them was perfect which prevented him from doing anything.
Forcing himself to get his act together, Nial picked the one he found the most feasible and started to think on it further.
With that in mind, he began to absorb the Mana out of the origin crystals he had at hand, annexing every single trace of mana out of them.
This allowed him to increase the amount of mana stored inside his mana core trendously.
However, even after two days passed and the last origin crystal had been emptied, Nial realized that the 'huge' amount of mana was only slightly more than a tenth of his entire mana core.
That ant he had to purchase close to 900 poorest quality Common rank origin crystals in order to fill his mana core to the brim.
If he were to purchase Low ranked origin crystals instead, he would require less but that did not make much difference because the advance to the 2nd Origin rank would cost him far less than 50,000$.
This was unexpectedly low, considering that his current fortune was more than 3 million dollars.
Maybe it was even enough to allow him to enter the 3rd Origin rank but it would eat up almost his whole fortune because every subsequent rank demanded far more mana of higher quality than the previous rank.
But even that was not sothing Nial paid much attention to because he couldn't think about purchasing sothing.
Instead, he wanted to distract his mind from anything that could possibly make him recall his family, or the fact that he was completely alone.
Thus, he left his new flat for the first ti in almost three days, with a familiar destination in his mind.
It was a place where he was able to release all his emotions without hurting anyone… except monsters.
His goal was the lind dungeon!
Unsure of how much ti had passed, Nial was deep in thought as his feet automatically carried him to the lind dungeon, which he wanted to enter without wasting too much ti.
However, what he didn't think about before was the fact that he didn't have the free pass, aka lvin, by his side anymore.
Realization struck him only when he was asked to show his Originals ID card, which Nial did with so reluctance.
This was noticed by the soldier, who took a glance at the Originals ID card before he frowned a little.
Yet, instead of comnting, he returned the ID card before allowing him to enter the dungeon.
Even though Nial hadn't thought about the restrictions beforehand, he was fully aware of the fact that only governnt officials and a select group of individuals with special permission were eligible to enter the lind dungeon.
In the end, this was owing to the fact that the dungeon was in a tricky area with a dense population of humans, followed by the fact that it was a permanent dungeon, where the monsters within respawned at a quick pace.
As such, the governnt was forced to send in their troops in quick succession, while their reasons to prevent other Originals from entering the dungeon were mainly based on materialistic gains.
After all, the lind dungeon had many rare bosses, such as the Sekyr Sound Centipede that dropped very rare ability crystals.
This was not everything but more than enough for Nial to clearly understand that the governnt was sending in their own troops to fill their own pockets, even if it was only to pay the bills of the increasing number of soldiers they had to nurture on a monthly basis.
Nial didn't bla the governnt for this strategy as it required huge amounts of funds in order to control their shelters, and taxes were falling short of the ever-increasing expenses which wasn't the case before the first dungeon erged.
Multiple reasons caused the old tax system to break down, and Originals wouldn't voluntarily create an Originals ID, if they had to pay high.
Otherwise, they would simply create a barter system with which they would use the goods from dungeons, physical money or other necessities that couldn't be detected by the system.
Thus, taxes were a difficult matter and in order to create a working system in a world with dungeons, the governnt had found several ways in order to fund themselves, which worked relatively well in a world where the weak would do everything in order to make their ends et.
One such way was to hire the poor and weak to nurture them to turn them into teams of Originals, whose sole goal was to clear permanent dungeons, in order to earn origin crystals which in turn would allow more people to be nurtured.
Wealth would accumulate slowly but steadily, and after so huge investnts of countless powerhouses, everything seed to work perfectly fine.
Nial didn't know all of this because history was sothing he had yet to study properly, and it would probably take a while to increase his knowledge up to the point that he would be comparable to his peers.
However, that was perfectly fine, and for now being able to enter the lind dungeon was a top priority.
It would help him calm his mind and he had already reminded himself of one particular task which he couldn't neglect.
'I should definitely return to the library, and study as much as possible. Acquiring knowledge is important but that's not all! If the librarian…Mara, I think was her na, is still there, I might be able to ask her about Liondra.
She knows Master Junades, after all, so wouldn't she know one or two things about the strongest shelter of mankind?'
Nial was not really sure how influential Master Junades, Librarian Mara, or even blacksmith Arnold were, but he knew that they would be able to help him better than Serl Tyr, who was still hiding so things from him.
As such, while being inside the lind dungeon which he was allowed to enter, Nial's mind began to work once again.
Freed of the countless ideas that had tornted his mind earlier, he was finally able to co up with a good plan to solve all the issues he had at hand.
However, before thinking of anything else, or fighting in order to ease the tension in his coiled muscles, Nial enveloped his Originals ID card with mana, in order to figure out what kinds of changes had happened.
The Originals ID card was similar to a smartphone application that would be updated on a regular basis.
As such, Nial, who had been struggling to fight the loneliness surrounding him, he had been unable to see the newest updates, including the special remark that was added to his ID card.
Only now was he able to visualize it, and upon reading the words he was a bit astonished.
[Civilian Honor Badge(Bronze)]
He had not done a lot in the dungeon, except trying to find and take care of Shana, but after thinking about it for a mont, it did not matter what task of his made him receive this honor badge.
Rather, he should make use of everything he received in order to find a way towards the Liondra shelter and his family.
Thus, ignoring the honor badge, he visualized his surroundings by using so of the mana inside his mana core to empower the [Mana Perception(Poorest)] ability, allowing him to perceive a bigger range of his surroundings.
It was not even important for Nial to visualize anything around him because being able to perceive his surroundings, and the moving masses of mana was already more than enough for him to locate his opponents.
He knew that there were many Goblins inside the lind dungeon, and after having erged in the middle of the plains, there was not a single sign for him to figure out which direction the forest was.
Even if he were to find the forest, after venturing in the deeper areas of the first floor, Nial was not sure if he should enter it because the dangers were several tis higher than it was the case with the outskirts that were represented by the plains.
As such, Nial knew that he had to be a little bit careful about what he was supposed to do as he could not pay attention to several things at once.
What was more important was to fix the issue he had with long-range opponents, which ant that he had to figure out how to find and kill them without the need to see them.
Sensing them would be the easiest, but the mana consumption of the [Mana Perception(Poorest)] ability increased exponentially the further he wanted to see.
This was obvious because the range increased to an exceptional degree despite the ability itself being at the poorest possible of the lowest quality at the Common rank.
Such a ranking spoke volus about the ability itself, the amount of mana that was required, and how potent the ability was in relation to the used mana.
With that in mind, Nial knew that he would have to beco stronger in order to increase the rank and thus the strength of his Innate ability, overcoming even the disadvantages he had of being blind.
He was fully aware of the fact that he kept thinking about his disability a lot, but it was simply too much of a disadvantage not to think about.
Dying at the hands of soone who would attack him from a long distance, or the possibility that he was unable to sense the advance of specific beings was certainly not acceptable.
The latter would have a low chance, but would still be possible.
As such, Nial got carried away in his thoughts once again and montarily went blank.
Goosebumps sprang up all over his entire body in an instant, and it was just at this mont that Nial moved his leg left backward.
Twisting himself, he tilted the Viper spear before he pierced out with it.
*Clang* *Clang* *Clang*
Hearing three sounds as different objects collided with the Viper spear's blade, Nial understood that he was facing three different attackers as the direction of each of these attacks was different.
Having expected only one opponent, the Earth Mole that shot out of the ground quickly disappeared, realizing that its attack failed, leaving Nial with two unknown attackers that were to his right and left.
"So…you guys want to play? Good for you, but I don't like playing around!"
Growling out these words, Nial's already bad mood only worsened, and without hesitation he released the majority of his mana in order to utilize the [Mana Perception(poorest)] ability.
Through this, he was able to perceive many masses of mana to his right and left, numbering more than two dozen on each side.
Normally, this would be sothing to be afraid of, but Nial couldn't help but smile lightly as his frustration disappeared into thin air, sensing that he was able to let off so steam!
"Being in the wrong place at the wrong ti was never good…but now..DIE!!"
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