Infinite Potential System

William progressed through the 14th floor slowly, but with few roadblocks. Even though he didn't have torches to follow, the Navigation Radar kept him from getting hopelessly lost. He only wished he could Ascend the Navigation Talent so it could see the entire floor.

Unfortunately, that would require him to Ascend the Mind Talent, which in turn needed a vial of Superior Calming Liquid. It was a cycle of requirements: once one need was met, everything else would fall into place.

He continued exploring the 14th floor, picking up a few hundred more Quake Dungeon Gems, as well as four random Pills unique from one another with unknown effects. Three of the Pills were Tier 7, and the fourth was a Tier 8 Pill, which made him somewhat excited.

Until William raised his Alchemy Talent to Tier 7 or Tier 8, though, he probably wouldn't discover what these were for unless he asked an expert. He stored them in his Space Ring and continued moving.

Five hours later.

A brick wall that wasn't previously there blocked William's path. According to the Navigation Talent, this was the path that led directly to the stairwell, meaning he'd have to find another way around. Unfortunately, when he mentally retraced the maze, William found that there was no other way to the stairs.

The only path had been blocked.

Let's try this then. William opened a portal on his side of the wall that led to a set of coordinates only fifty meters ahead of him, directly on the other side of the wall.

Weirdly enough, though, William's portal appeared on the same side as he was on. When he checked the coordinates, they had actually been modified by something other than himself.

What kind of ability is that? Did the Dungeon do it automatically?

-In short, yes.

What about in long? Your journey continues with empire

-In long? You're re-

-Anyways, request will cost 500 million Potential Points. Yes/No?n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Uh, never mind. What were you going to say earlier?

-You know what I was going to say.

William sighed. What am I supposed to do now? There's no other way up!

-There are limits to the Dungeon's ability. You can try to surpass it.

Are you saying... that I should use the Primary Laws? Won't that draw attention?

-Not if you're careful. Planar Deities have yet to notice you, so they shouldn't be able to spy. The third-year students are not even close. The chances of them even sensing the Spatial Laws are incredibly low. Even if they did, how would they suspect you of having the Laws?

You're right. William nodded as he channeled Mana of the Space Element once more. While he formed the portal, William focused his attention on the proper set of coordinates.

He said, "Space, lock your position to my coordinates."

The Mana complied with William's orders and formed into a long, ethereal strand that phased through the Dungeon brick like it was nothing. On the other end, a portal slightly smaller than usual formed.

Its form was insanely stable compared to portals William had created in the past. Judging by the perfect semicircular edges with no ripples, he guessed that a simple Spatial Slash couldn't destroy this portal.

He stepped through the portal with no issues, greeted by the sight of the stairwell just a few kilometers ahead. In front of it was a treasure chest, twice the size of a normal one and showcasing an elaborate red trim.

William drew closer and reached out to open the treasure chest.

Chomp! The chest opened up on its own, but what appeared was not a valuable item, nor was it junk.

Instead, a row of pointy teeth appeared and chomped down on William's outstretched arm. A few cracks showed in his Forcefield as it blocked the attack, but a dark grey substance burst forth from the treasure chest's teeth like some sort of venom.

-Your Forcefield has been afflicted by the Seal Element.

William looked at his arm, where a dark spot was rapidly spreading along the surface of his Forcefield. While William himself possessed the Seal Element, it seemed that his Forcefield wasn't the same.

It couldn't handle the overwhelming effects of the treasure chest, and its recovery speed was greatly slowed. William ripped his arm back and allowed the Forcefield to heal, while focusing on the treasure chest to scan it in his Bestiary.

[Bestiary] Treasure Mimic: +1 PP

Treasure Mimic? That's just evil.

William was both angry and frustrated when he saw the name of the Magical Beast. He knew Treasure Mimics very well, but William didn't expect to actually see one here.

Mimics were a well-known part of many games that he played. They were formed to look like chests, and rarely moved unless their environment had little ambient Mana, but this wasn't just a Mimic.

It was a Treasure Mimic.

There was a difference.

Treasure Mimics were once normal Mimics. When they traveled from one area to another to find a more suitable environment, Mimics would often devour treasures they came across and store them inside their bodies.

After a few years in this manner, Mimics would transform into the much more powerful Treasure Mimic, which usually gained the abilities of the treasures they stored within them. If they ate a used sword, they would gain swordsmanship-like abilities based on how the weapon had been used in the past.

The worst part was when the Mimic ate some sort of edible treasure. Whether it was an Element Root or Alchemical Pill, a rare herb or otherwise, the item would be consumed by the Mimic never to be recovered.

Treasure Mimics also gained Cultivation naturally from consuming treasures. They absorbed the natural Mana and automatically converted it into Spirit Qi, fueling their Cultivation.

This was why Treasure Mimics were instantly placed on William's list of most annoying Magical Beasts. Either he killed this Treasure Mimic and it dropped some or all of the items it ate, or there was nothing and he could only be disappointed.

William inspected the Treasure Mimic with his Cultivation Talent, finding that it was in the early stages of the Initial Deity Realm. Not only that, but with his Mana Vision William could see that its Seal Affinity was comparable to when William's Seal Element was SS-Rank.

It wasn't surprising that the Treasure Mimic's Cultivation had progressed past the limits of the 14th floor, but what caught William off guard was its Magic ability. How did the Treasure Mimic improve its Affinity to such a level? How long had it lived?

William didn't ask the System. He didn't want to be more depressed than he already was, seeing that a Mimic had survived in a Dungeon full of loot long enough to both break through to the next Realm and comprehend its natural Element.

He held back from countering the Seal Mana affecting his Forcefield and decided to fight the Treasure Mimic head-on. With a flick of his wrist and a mental command, the Abyssal Weapon Shifter transformed into a two-handed greatsword that he handled with just his right hand.

"Grah!" William compressed the space between his feet and arrived in front of the Treasure Mimic with a single step, slashing across its body with the greatsword. His face was fierce as he pressed the blade further into the Treasure Mimic's body, hoping to cleave it apart in a single move.

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