In a flash, Hazel reappeared. He was now standing right in front of a giant, glowing doorway — a dimension dungeon — that was rated Level 1.
He tried to walk in, but he couldn't. Instead, he just found himself back outside, standing behind the dungeon entrance. Hazel was confused, as this was his first time ever trying to enter a dungeon. So, he went to a nearby dungeon where other adventurers were preparing to enter. He watched carefully and quickly understood: the entry card had to be placed into the dungeon's glowing portal before anyone could step inside.
Hazel went back to the dungeon he plans on entering, followed the steps, and this time, he successfully entered.
The moment he stepped inside, Hazel was absolutely amazed. It was clearly another world, a different dimension entirely! All around him was blazing lava and flickering fire, a sight he had never witnessed before.
Hazel looked around. At first, there were no monsters in sight. But the instant he moved from where he was standing and took just one step, enormous, lizard-like monsters suddenly exploded out of the fiery lava! They rushed straight for Hazel. Immediately, Hazel summoned his deadly scythe, and the battle began.
Hazel cut through the lizards as easily as slicing butter. He defeated them without any trouble and kept moving forward. He continued to meet more monsters, but he took them down with ease. Finally, he reached what felt like the boss room.
Hazel stepped into a huge room. There was a giant stone gate on one side, and as he walked further in, he saw an enormous dragon soundly sleeping, curled up on the ground.
The room inside was even more amazing than he expected. It was more than ten times the size of the dragon, even with the dragon's huge, powerful body taking up so much space.
Hazel stared at the sleeping dragon and wondered what to do. He didn't want to disturb it, so he decided to wait until it woke up naturally. While he waited, Hazel began to explore the enormous dragon's castle.
The castle itself was absolutely stunning, even more beautiful inside than it looked from the outside.
There were many ancient artifacts and gleaming treasures scattered all around, but none of these precious items really interested Hazel. However, when he spotted a room with a magnificent golden door, he couldn't help but feel incredibly curious about what might be hidden behind that door. He tried to open it, but then a message popped up from the system window.
The message read: [The guardian of this door has not been defeated. The door will not open.]
"So, I have to defeat or kill the dragon first," Hazel said aloud, understanding.
"I've faced huge monsters during the end of the world, but never a dragon," Hazel thought to himself. "Still, it shouldn't take me very long." With that, he headed back to where the dragon was.
Hazel soon returned to the dragon's room. As he entered, he saw that the dragon was now awake and seemed to be waiting for him.
The enormous dragon was indeed awake now, its eyes fixed directly on Hazel.
"Wow," the dragon rumbled, its voice deep. "You are the very first human to enter my home while I was sleeping and not take anything."
"I don't need gold, i have enough nor those artifacts," Hazel replied, "they aren't useful to me. But I definitely want to know what's hidden behind that golden door."
"Fine then," the dragon said, a low growl in its voice. "I suppose you know what you need to do if you want to enter that room?"
"Yes, I do," Hazel confirmed, his voice steady. "Defeat you."
"Are you truly that confident?" the dragon asked, a hint of challenge in its tone.
"Do you honestly believe you can defeat me?" the dragon pressed, its gaze piercing.
"I don't know," Hazel said with a slight smirk. "Let's find out, shall we?" As he spoke, he quickly summoned his scythe.
"Don't disappoint me, human," the dragon warned, and With a mighty roar, it launched a heavy punch with its powerful claws directly at Hazel.
A devastating blow, one capable of flattening a mountain, rocketed towards Hazel. Yet, with uncanny perception and lightning speed, Hazel effortlessly evaded the attack, rendering it utterly useless.
"It's incredibly fast for its size," Hazel mused to himself, his gaze locked on his formidable opponent.
"So this is a level 1 Dungeon"