Finding Avalon: The Quest of a Chaosbringer Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 3] by Akito Narusawa

Author:Akito Narusawa
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 5: Into the Dungeon

The dungeons appeared unexpectedly in the early 1900s as entrances to another world.

People could travel in and out, but no light or radio waves could pass through, so the portals separating this world from the dungeon’s were pure black. The space they connected to was abnormal, another dimension.

After the initial discovery, people’s fears painted the dungeon as Hell itself, a source from which demons sprung, or a paranormal spot responsible for mysterious disappearances. Upon learning that slain monsters dropped magic gems that could generate energy, Japan mobilized its armies to the dungeon, prioritizing this more than war.

The first expedition into the dungeon’s depths equipped its soldiers with bayoneted rifles. As the teams descended, the awaiting monsters proved impervious to bullets, and the military suffered heavy casualties. After reaching a certain depth, the expedition stalled entirely.

This setback didn’t deter Japan’s leaders from their desire to acquire the magic gems for energy generation and any other undiscovered resources. The government redoubled their effort and invested huge sums from its treasury into research and development to enable further conquest of the dungeon. To bolster the army’s numbers, the government embarked on a recruitment drive of ordinary citizens who would become the first adventurers. The state trained these citizens and helped them level up. They drew up new legislation, opened educational facilities, enacted administrative reform, created the Ministry of Dungeons... Later, they launched the second expedition with the full weight of the country behind it.

Conflicts and civil wars scattered refugees across the globe as countries fought for control over the dungeons to secure the energy resources within. Fortunately, Japan didn’t need to fight for a dungeon—only one had appeared within the country—and no other nation tried to invade, giving them unfettered access to its resources. The magic gems extracted from the dungeon eliminated Japan’s reliance on imported energy, and several world-leading magic-gem energy companies sprang up. Japan became a net exporter of energy, which led to a surge of economic growth.

Up to this point, Japan and the rest of the world had retained some sense of normalcy.

That all changed fifteen years ago when a French private company announced the successful temporary generation of an artificial magic field. The physical enhancements gained from leveling up only occurred inside the dungeon or within a hundred and fifty meters of a dungeon portal. However, this invention made it possible to activate the physical enhancement anywhere.

With this, the world entered a new era. I want you now to imagine a world overrun by superhumans impervious to bullets, who could slice through boulders with a single slash of a sword, and sprint hundreds of meters in seconds. AMFs certainly brought economic benefits, particularly to the agricultural and construction industries. But terrorists, politicians, and religious organizations naturally took advantage of the technology for their evil ends. Things came to a head with the assassination of a U.S. president.

His host of armed bodyguards hadn’t been enough to keep him safe. People sat awestruck in front of their

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