Chapter 16 – Legendary Weapons Answer Their True Masters
The entrance to the Hundred-Floor Dungeon loomed before them like a sleeping giant.
A colossal stone gate stood half-buried in the mountainside, ancient runes faintly glowing along its surface. The air itself felt heavy—dense with mana, danger, and countless failed challengers.
Leon stared up at it, adjusting his cloak.
"So let me get this straight," he said. "This dungeon has swallowed entire elite parties… and we're just casually walking in?"
Elina twirled a strand of her silver hair, her expression calm.
"It's only a hundred floors," she replied. "I've heard worse."
Arin crossed his arms, nodding seriously.
"We'll be back by dinner."
Leon blinked."…I hate that you might be right."
Floor 1–30: The 'Warm-Up'
The moment they stepped inside, monsters emerged—golems, shadow wolves, armored undead.
They didn't last long.
Elina raised her staff—except she didn't have one yet.
Still, sacred ice formed instinctively around her hands, freezing enemies mid-charge, locking them in pristine statues before gently shattering them.
Leon casually snapped his fingers.
Runes formed in the air.Spells optimized themselves before he even finished thinking.
"Hmm," Leon muttered. "This dungeon's mana flow is… inefficient."
Boom.
An entire corridor collapsed as a side effect.
Arin sighed."Leon. Please stop redesigning the dungeon."
"Sorry, force of habit."
Floor 31–70: The Dungeon Gets Serious (It Tries)
Boss rooms appeared.Ancient guardians awakened.Traps activated.
And failed.
One spike trap rose from the floor—only to freeze solid before touching Elina.
A cursed labyrinth rearranged itself—Leon solved it by accidentally understanding its creator's logic.
At one point, Arin opened a door labeled:
⚠ WARNING: ABSOLUTE DEATH ZONE ⚠
Inside was a massive demon lord-type monster.
Arin looked at it.The monster looked at Arin.
The monster slowly closed the door again.
"…Did it just—" Leon began.
"Yes," Elina said calmly. "It surrendered."
Floor 100 – The Relics Awaken
At the final chamber, the dungeon fell silent.
Two pedestals stood at the center of a vast circular hall.
On the left:An ancient Legendary Grimoire, floating, its pages turning on their own, inscribed with golden sigils older than kingdoms.
On the right:A Sacred Ice Staff, crystalline and elegant, radiating holy frost. The temperature dropped the moment Elina stepped closer.
The dungeon trembled.
Mana surged.
The relics reacted.
Leon's Grimoire – The Tome of the Great Sage
The grimoire flew from the pedestal and stopped before Leon.
Runes ignited.The pages flipped rapidly.
Then—
It bowed.
Leon froze.
"…Oh," he said softly. "You were waiting for me."
The moment his hand touched it, the dungeon's entire magic network unfolded before his mind.
Past.Present.Possible futures.
Dai Kenja—the Great Sage—had found his true catalyst.
"…This is cheating," Leon muttered.Then smiled. "I love it."
Elina's Weapon – The Staff of the Ice Saint
The sacred staff pulsed once… twice… then vanished.
A heartbeat later, it reappeared in Elina's hand.
Holy frost burst outward, coating the walls in flawless ice without harming a single thing.
The dungeon kneeled.
The staff resonated with her soul, accepting her not as a wielder—
—but as its chosen Saint.
Elina opened her eyes.
"…So this is what complete control feels like."
Aftermath
The dungeon's core shattered peacefully.
A system message echoed:
Dungeon Conquered.Completion Time: Abnormally Fast.Status: Confused.
Leon laughed.
"Well, teso… that was fun."
Arin looked at his companions—now wielding legendary weapons that responded only to them.
"…We might be a problem."
Elina smiled faintly.
"No," she corrected."We're the answer."
As they walked out, the dungeon entrance collapsed behind them—not in destruction…
…but in relief.
The world had just gained three beings it was not ready for.
And this?
This was still only the beginning.