In the Guild Master's office.
After Rei left, Gavin searched the room.
He then found a golden crystal.
Lord Communication Crystal
[Quality: Gold-level
Purpose: A tool for Adventurers Guild Masters to contact the Lord.
Communication Level: Can only communicate with Lords below Golden Tier.]
(Communication method: Enter the message, activate with a soul crystal, it will be relayed to the Lord Central City office, and then the message will be delivered to a specific Lord.)
"It's still here."
Finding the item, Gavin stood and thought for a moment.
He considered how to leave a message.
As a Guild Master with many Gold-tier adventurers, he had a certain status.
He had to consider how to make the Lord of the 23rd Dungeon accept his help and then achieve cooperation.
"Hmm, I'll write it like this."
After some thought, Gavin had an idea.
He placed the soul crystal and the communication crystal on the table, then used his soul power to input a message onto it.
"Gavin, Guild Master of the Pristine Aegis, wishes to meet the Lord of the 23rd Dungeon. Recently, my daughter has been visiting your Dungeon and was captivated by its magnificently imaginative design. Afterward, I also went to see it. I greatly admire your Dungeon and hope to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with you. If you are willing, you can contact me. Furthermore, I have already arranged for two thousand Adventurers from my Guild to head to your Dungeon in three days. I hope this small assistance will satisfy you."
—Note: A communication crystal inscription (Each communication crystal has a different inscription; by linking inscriptions, mutual communication is possible.)
(Note: Oh, by the way, Lord, my daughter wishes to contract your Dungeon. If possible, please look after her.)
After inputting the message, Gavin embedded the soul crystal into the communication crystal.
The next moment, a faint green light glowed from the crystal, then the green light on the communication crystal gradually faded, and the soul power in the soul crystal was depleted.
He stretched out his hand.
"Go."
Gavin said, and with his command, a streak of light flew out from the communication crystal, disappearing into the sky.
Watching the message transmit, Gavin turned and sat in the chair in the Guild Master's office.
"I wonder if that Lord will agree..."
Gavin rubbed his temples.
He could foresee that it was only a matter of time before the 23rd Dungeon became popular.
If he didn't seize the initiative, he might not even get a share.
He could only hope his message would attract that Lord.
"Alas—"
He recalled the things he had seen in that Dungeon; if every single one of them could appear in reality, it would absolutely be a revolutionary change!
It might even change the current stagnant Dungeon environment!
This was his view.
But he believed such a possibility definitely existed!
Simply because he had already witnessed it.
"I wonder how things are going with my daughter?"
As he thought, Gavin remembered his daughter.
If his daughter could contract that Dungeon, then nothing could be better.
It could even be said that his assistance to the 23rd Dungeon was also preparation for his daughter to successfully contract the Dungeon.
A good Dungeon is a great help to Adventurers.
But now, he could only wait and see how things developed.
Gavin shook his head, no longer thinking, and turned to deal with the troubles that would arise from suddenly canceling the cooperation with Lord Henry... As the Pristine Aegis's arrangements shifted.
Eira and Nisha finally re-entered the teleportation room.
Unbeknownst to them, the once crowded entrance to the 23rd Dungeon had begun to form an orderly queue.
Otherwise, without Gavin's help, the two girls wouldn't have been able to enter.
"Eira, do you know how to contract a Dungeon?"
Passing through the gate and entering the spacious teleportation room, Nisha curiously asked Eira.
She knew very little about contracting a Dungeon and had to ask Eira, who was born into a large Guild.
"Contracting a Dungeon is a major event in an Adventurer's life, even more important than marriage!"
Eira said with great seriousness.
"Ah, that exaggerated!"
Nisha seemed to be hearing this for the first time, showing a surprised expression.
"That's right."
"After successfully contracting a Dungeon, you can own a Dungeon exclusively for yourself and receive help from the Dungeon Lord!"
"Furthermore, you can freely play in your contracted Dungeon!"
Eira nodded, then explained earnestly.
When she mentioned being able to freely play in the Dungeon, her expression became very excited.
If she successfully contracted the 23rd Dungeon before her, wouldn't she be able to play in Stardew Valley anytime, anywhere?
Just thinking about it made her uncontrollably excited.
"It can actually be like this!"
Nisha exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this.
"Of course, if some accident occurs to the Dungeon after contracting, the contracted Adventurer will also suffer some damage, or even, in severe cases, lose everything."
Hearing this, Nisha couldn't help but ask.
"Lose what?"
"Everything, including life!"
Facing this question, Eira's answer was very solemn.
"Life?!"
Nisha gasped; she hadn't expected that contracting would come at such a great cost.
No wonder Eira said it was as important as marriage; this was no joke.
Contracting a Dungeon is tied to the Adventurer's life, a relationship of living and dying together, flourishing and perishing together!
"So, Eira, we need to be well prepared."
Nisha said somewhat nervously. Although she believed in Eira's help and believed that contracting the Dungeon before them would yield many things, contracting was a matter concerning life and the future, so she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"Mm, I'll help you succeed in contracting too! Definitely!"
Eira promised earnestly.
Immediately, the two walked to a place, the message crystal for sending messages to the Lord.
That's right, Adventurers who want to contract a Dungeon must send a message to the Lord through this item.
A very common method.
But there was no other way; Lords and Adventurers belonged to two different worlds.
Communication could only happen this way. If the Dungeon was successfully contracted, the Lord could then invite the successfully contracted Adventurer into the territory world he controlled.
The two then sent their messages here.
However, because it was a message for contracting, the sending method had to be a bit special.
Special in what way?
It was more expensive than a normal message, requiring a payment of 500 soul crystals!
And that was just the sending fee; each word of the message cost 10 soul crystals!
It was not a small sum, at least for a Black Iron Adventurer, 500 soul crystals would normally take a month to earn.
However, Eira wasn't short of money, and she paid for Nisha's as well.
[Ding-dong! Please name your message!]
"Hello, Lord, your Dungeon is so much fun, I want to contract your Dungeon. I come from the Pristine Aegis, and I can bring many Guild members to you to increase the number of people in your Dungeon, although you may not need them much, I still hope you can agree to let me contract your great Dungeon... —Messenger: Eira"
A message with many words, requiring a considerable amount of soul crystals to pay.
On the other side.
"Lord, your Dungeon is very good, I like it very much, I want to become your Dungeon contracted Adventurer!"
—Messenger: Nisha
Unlike Eira, Nisha's message was much simpler, perhaps because she didn't have too many soul crystals.
Eira had paid the sending fee, and she wanted to bear the cost here herself.
"Is writing this much enough!?"
Nisha said uncertainly.
After inputting the content and investing 500 soul crystals to activate it, the message was sent.
[Message sent successfully!]
Now they could wait for the Lord to check the message and accept it.