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Chapter 447 - No pain No gain

"Everyone, go to their positions. This does not look like a usual dungeon, so let's be extra cautious." Liam said as he stepped forward out of the small cave at the entrance into the long dark tunnel of the dungeon.

He was just about to reach into his inventory and take out a flare for lighting up the place when suddenly he noticed something strange.

There was absolutely no noise behind him! No clanking of weapons, no murmuring noises, and no enthusiastic shouts.

"Hmmm?" Liam quickly turned around only to find out that the rest of the guild was somehow missing. Only he was there, all alone.

Kyuuuu!

A soft head rubbed against his leg, reminding him that she was also there.

"What the hell just happened? Did we get separated from the rest of the group?" Liam unsheathed the purple semi-epic sword and looked at Luna who was still present there with him.

"This dungeon is getting more and more interesting."

"Let's go."

"And now that it's just the two of us here, why don't you all come out?" Liam chuckled.

The dungeon might have mysteriously isolated him from the rest of the team but he still had an entire readymade party with him.

The next second, the group of soul undeads appeared beside him, all of them looking gnarly and ready to fight.

Liam then lit up the flare and walked through the long winding tunnel along with Luna and the undeads.

Before long, the group paused as a couple of nagas rushed towards them from the sides.

They were Level 50 nagas, surprisingly the same level as Liam and they seemed to have magically appeared out of nowhere.

"Hmmm…" Liam observed their movements and quickly used his sword to block and parry the tridents of the two nagas.

Their speed and agility also weirdly matched his own but this was before he used mana to enhance his moves.

The sword and the tridents clanged for a few times before Liam directly retreated a few steps back to unleash [Nether Firestorm].

-1000

-1500

Big damage numbers popped up on the nagas and their 100,000 health points quickly started dwindling

Luna standing behind Liam also started throwing out fireballs, along with the lesser dryads and the imps.

And since Liam held all the aggro as he was still the maximum damage dealer, the other small fry undeads as well started pounding on the couple of nagas from the sides.

With all the soul undeads doing consistent chip damage, the health of the nagas floored in no time and the two dropped dead.

Kyuuuu! Luna immediately sprang forward to pick up the drops but weirdly nothing dropped? Or rather the bodies of the two nagas disappeared as if they never existed.

The corpses as well typically disappeared inside the game but the way these guys had disappeared was very different. More importantly, there were no drops.

"Wait, there are no experience points also?" Liam was now sure that something weird was going on. Every kill definitely gave some experience points.

"What the heck is this dungeon?" He gripped his sword and continued walking forward. There was only one way to find out and that was by heading further inside.

Liam took a few steps and then paused, suddenly turning around to look at one of his soul undeads. To be more specific, the odd one out.

"Don't think that I did not notice what you have been up to." He narrowed his eyes and looked at the casually chilling ghost coldly.

Gorak instantly shivered. "Yes, boss." He responded immediately without thinking too much.

"So you can talk huh?" Liam's eyebrows twitched. "It looks like I have to pay you some special attention really soon."

Among all the undeads he had forged, the human one really looked like it was more special and had far more secrets to it.

He definitely needed to poke and prod the guy to understand more. "You better fight properly and not laze around."

After giving the guy another threatening look, he made a mental note to do this later and went back to pay attention to the dungeon.

Copying him, Luna also gave a similar look to this disobedient servant.

"Ahhh…" Seeing the two, Gorak shivered again and gnashed his teeth.

The thing was that he had a small secret, a very small one which was that… he was different from the other soul undeads.

He was not just a mindless drone who obeys orders. He could think and feel to a certain extent. He also retained all of his memories from when he was alive.

Sure, it was painful to know that he was now a ghost and someone else's slave but this also gave him hope that maybe one day he will be able to break free?

So at all costs, Gorak had wanted to hide from the damn bastard's eyes but it looked like that was going to be difficult.

The guy found him out even when he tried his best to be invisible!

Just as the ghost was thinking about various things, two more nagas popped up in front of them, and without realizing Gorak had already started attacking the monsters.

Even though he had some consciousness, he still felt compelled, needed to obey the direct orders of his master. "Fuck my life." He whined and attacked the two nagas.

He was a mage when he was alive so now also he attacked with magic spells. He had retained all of the skills he had previously.

He mindlessly switched them out one after the other and continued barraging the spells on the nagas.

His order was to fight properly and not laze around so this time he really had to put in his best efforts.

Just wait bastard… one of these days I will have my revenge." He cried while he fought to the best of his capabilities to serve Liam.

He did not realize it but this time Liam was paying more attention to him even though he decided to experiment with the guy later.

He had noticed each and every single expression on the ghost's face and also the moves he made.

More importantly, what Gorak did not know was that… if Liam paid more attention to a specific undead, he was even able to hear its thoughts and feelings.

"Interesting." Liam grinned. It looked like his first human soul undead was indeed very special. He had some amount of free will and free thinking. It seems he could even curse him freely.

But did this mean his potential was higher than the other soul undeads? Or did he become like this only because he was a vengeful ghost to begin with before getting forged?

There were too many doubts and too many questions. He really wanted to learn and understand his class better to tap into the full potential of his class.

But first… Clang!

Liam blocked the naga's next attack as he took a step forward, and used [Spirit Slash] to finish off its last bits of health.

With all the soul undeads now working to their bones, two more nagas fell, and once again there were no drops and no experience points.

A dungeon that gave neither of these things was definitely a waste of time but Liam continued quickly plowing through the nagas to get to the bottom of this mysterious place.

A few seconds later another wave of nagas arrived, and there were five of them this time.

Liam's expression changed as he observed that all five of them were again Level 50 and moved with a similar speed and agility as his own.

And since there were five, the difficulty this time had exponentially increased!

He was still more than capable of handling this much but the issue that he was concerned about was how the others were doing. Was everyone in the same boat facing a similar situation?

"No point in thinking about that right now. I first need to get out of here."

[Nether Scythe] Liam raised his hand to command the swirling nether in the air and started cleaving the nagas left and right.

With the soul undeads and Luna giving support to him from the back, this battle as well did not last long. However, before the last naga could go down, Liam suddenly stopped.

"STOP." He commanded the others as well to stop and stepped forward defenselessly to take a hit.

There was something about this place that was bugging him from the beginning. So he wanted to confirm something.

Just a couple of hits from the snake man wouldn't do much damage to him. He stepped forward and when the naga raised the trident to strike him down, he simply stood and took the damage.

Or rather no damage at all!

"I was right!" Liam gazed at the naga in front of him in puzzlement. The damn thing could do no damage to him if he did not attack it in the first place.

It was an illusion! Everything inside this place was an illusion!

Chapter 448 - What is real and what is not?

"No need to fight anything. Let's keep moving." Liam frowned as he looked around the dark cave tunnels. The entire place looked like a maze, without any way out visible.

As soon as he realized that the nagas appearing were mere illusions, a part of him also expected the cave and the tunnels around him to also be illusions but that did not seem to be the case.

These indeed looked real. He touched the moist murky walls as he continued dashing forward, heading deeper into the cave tunnels.

A few seconds later, another group of nagas popped up but Liam completely ignored them.

He ran right through their physical bodies which turned into light dust the moment he touched them. The illusion did not work because he was now aware of it?

He now understood this place somewhat. "Such an elaborate illusion… what is inside these tunnels?"

The more he thought about his current situation the more uneasy he felt. This place was definitely not like any other regular dungeon space.

This was entirely something else. The six naga elites up front and all of these illusions… perhaps someone was trying to keep intruders out of this cave network?

In that case, there was either a grave danger inside or a huge opportunity, or perhaps both combined together.

Usually, danger and opportunity went hand in hand. So Liam was now even more impatient to get to the bottom of this.

He blew through the few illusionary naga mobs that appeared in front of him one after the other but after some time even they stopped coming out.

Liam's expression once again changed. The fact that no more illusions appeared was not exactly good news.

Because… this could only mean that…

The person or the inscription or the demon or whatever was controlling these illusions realized that he was here and he saw through their magic!

So their next attack would probably be stronger than this!

Who was he going to face next? He had a feeling that it was not going to be simple.

Liam started mentally preparing himself for what was about to come when suddenly the tunnel walls started becoming bigger and bigger.

The small tunnel opened up to a huge underground cavern and at the center of this cavern, there was a naga lazily coiled around.

Liam immediately stopped because for an instant three huge question marks appeared above this naga's head.

However, he realized that once again this could be an illusion, so he shook his head, closed his eyes, and looked at the naga again.

Bingo! The naga that appeared in front of him this time was only Level 60!

But… a level 60 elite could control so many illusions? Was the previous question marks an illusion or this level 60 was an illusion?

He did not dare take another step forward as he silently stood and observed the creature at a distance.

But it looked like that was not entirely up to him.

Just as Liam arrived at the mouth of the tunnel opening, he barely had a chance to take a look at the naga in front of him when suddenly something hurled towards him.

The next second he found himself standing at the center of the cavern or rather, he found himself bound and coiled at the center of the cavern.

The huge naga reared its head up and gazed at him with a pair of menacing eyes.

He hissed at Liam as if he was saying something to him, but Liam couldn't decipher the language and understand his words.

Besides, he had other pressing issues at the moment. The naga had fully coiled around him and even breathing was impossible.

The condition right now was truly dangerous. He couldn't afford to let this continue any longer.

So without paying any head to what the naga was blabbering, he willed the nether swirling around to form giant spikes that pierced the coils from all directions.

HISSSSS!

Though the thick skin of the naga was seemingly not injured, the coils loosened up a bit and Liam used this chance to quickly jump out and move several paces back.

HISSSSSS!

"Why do you attack when we are having a conversation? That's not good manners, boy."

"Hmmm?" Liam's eyes widened in shock. This snake was actually talking to him?

"Of course, I am not a brainless monster. I can talk in several tongues." The naga started slithering close to Liam once again.

"What can I do for you, my Lord?" Liam played along while his eyes simultaneously looked for ways out of this cavern.

There was no way this damned naga was Level 60, it was still playing tricks on him and the tunnel he had come in was also blocked now.

He was completely trapped with this illusion bastard?

Liam shook his head and tried to really see through which is real and which is fake. He tried to observe even the smallest of the details of everything around him.

However, he couldn't find any hints. The reality or the illusion, whatever was around him was woven together perfectly!

How was he supposed to fight with such an opponent?

Liam hurriedly pulled over as much as nether toward him as he possibly could. Right now, against this unknown opponent, this was probably the strongest weapon he had in his arsenal.

He needed to use the natural affinity toward nether to his advantage and escape from here.

He started curling up nether around his arms and his body, creating a makeshift protective barrier.

However, in the middle of doing this, Liam suddenly had another thought. This naga couldn't possibly be manipulating the nether around him too?

Fuck! That was a frightening thought. If nothing around him was real, how the hell was he supposed to fight against this thing?

But could he really manipulate the nether as well?

This was the first time that he was dealing with an enemy like this who could alter reality and it was not going well.

He hated the feeling of being toyed around with and that was exactly what the naga was going with him. He was toying around with him.

The naga still probably did not even use a fraction of his strength and he was already losing!

Liam gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and tried to sense the presence of nether around him. He might not be able to fight back but this much he could do.

It only took him an instant to feel all the millions of wisps of nether all around him and he could tell that if he needed they would be at his beck and command within seconds.

However, he did not want that at the moment.

Liam wanted the nether wisps to stay where they were. Instead, he tried to sense the surroundings around him using these nether wisps.

Chapter 449 - A test?

Liam had no idea if this was even going to work but he knew that he had to try and come up with something and he had to do this while the naga was still not serious and simply toying with him.

He closed his eyes as with his eyes open he couldn't fully focus and this in itself was contributing to the illusion. He needed to see the world around him as if he was truly blind.

In fact… Liam clenched his fists and let go. He needed to see the world around him after shutting down all of his other senses.

Perhaps this was his only way out of this illusionary mess?

He had not done anything like this before so Liam was not 100% confident that he could accomplish this feat, but he was short on time and this was the only solution that he had come up with so far.

He tried to ignore the sound coming from the naga's movements, the feeling of the crisp air on his skin, and the solid ground under his feet, only focusing on the nether around him.

Almost instantly, the world around him cracked, shattering completely.

"It worked?" Liam couldn't believe it. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself coiled around, still within the grasp of the same naga. So he never broke free?

"So… you figured it out huh…" The naga hissed.

Liam ignored him and looked around. Beside him, the other ghosts were relentlessly bumping into the thick coils of the naga, trying to break him free.

Luna as well was opening and closing her small mouth repeatedly, assaulting the snake's coils with big intense red flames one after the other.

Seeing that that was not enough, she was also going crazy scratching away at the damn thing with her paws as if there was no tomorrow.

"You have a very loyal pet…" The naga hissed.

Liam ignored him again and frantically tried to free himself from the grasp of the creature.

"Struggling is useless boy but seeing that you are not completely an idiot… how about I give you a special offer?"

"If you can hold on for 5 minutes against my clone, I will let you leave this place. Are you willing to try?"

"Or you can just become my snack and wake up again?" The naga grinned, pulling Liam closer to his mouth.

Liam was completely stunned not because of the shock he received from seeing the naga's ugly face up close but because of the last part of what the naga mentioned.

Wake up again…? Does that mean that this naga was aware of the players in the game? Or rather the intruders in this world?

Just who was this person?

More importantly, a person of this power level could have simply prevented anyone from disturbing him in the first place. Why go through all of these? Unless he was testing…

"I am willing to take the test," Liam spoke what he was thinking.

The naga grinned, "Aren't you a smart one? I have high hopes boy. Don't disappoint me."

Before Liam could blink, he once again found himself standing on solid ground. "No, this is still not real." He couldn't see Luna or the other soul undeads around him.

Instead, four nagas materialized in four corners boxing him into the center of the square. Weirdly, all four nagas resembled the same naga who had held him captive up until now.

Just what sort of a test is this?

Liam gripped his sword and shook his head. There was no point in thinking too much.

Before the four nagas could make a move, he started pulling all the nether around him towards him. Liam was now almost covered by a thick nether aura that wrapped him like a black blanket.

Hissss… Instantly, the nagas around him started moving, not giving him the chance to attack them freely.

The four nagas moved at lightning speed and Liam could only barely see them.

[Nether Firestorm]

[Nether Firestorm]

[Nether Firestorm]

[Nether Firestorm]

He did not hold back and attacked them with everything he had. Four vortexes of powerful flames roared in four different directions. The entire cave became burning hot.

"Marvellous!" Someone hissed from the background.

But Liam did not allow himself to get carried away, he gripped his sword tightly and started making the next preparations. Something told him that things were not going to be this easy.

And just like he had expected, the four nagas were completely unaffected. When the actual attack landed on the nagas, not even a single damage number popped up.

"They are not real! How do you expect me to fight against them?" Liam shouted in frustration.

If the bastard wanted to test him for some reason, it was fine but at least have some shame to conduct a fair test.

What the hell was he supposed to do against illusions that will never take any damage?

Seeing Liam's frustrations, the other party roared loudly in laughter, his movements still not stopping. "No boy! I am not an illusion, I am very real."

As the voice echoed throughout the cave, Liam felt as if his head was spinning. Where there were only four nagas, now somehow there were forty nagas!

He blinked and tried to see through the illusion but in the next second, the forty nagas became four hundred nagas!

"Do you see now? It's all me. BA HA HA HA HA!"

Liam's hand trembled as he silently tried to gain control of something. Anything. But the truth was that this entire situation was not in his hands anymore.

All he could do now was…

"5 minutes. I need to hold on for 5 minutes."

He narrowed his eyes and with a wave of his hand, he manipulated the nether blanket surrounding him into hundreds of nether bullets that shot forward to pierce the clones or the images or whatever they were.

HISSSS

HISSSS

HISSSS

All the nagas collectively hissed making his head spin and his vision blur. And when his vision cleared, there were now only three nagas circling around him.

Liam tried to summon nether once again but suddenly he couldn't sense any nether at all.

"He He He. Sorry, boy. You used up everything." The same voice thundered in the big cave and the three nagas rushed towards Liam with their tridents.

They wielded the tridents like spears and thrusted them towards him, completely locking him in at the center.

"He He He. Your condition is not looking good, boy. It looks like you will fail this test."

Chapter 450 - 5 minutes...

The damned naga was still taunting him but Liam did not have the time to be frustrated with him.

5 minutes!

He needed to hold on for five minutes!

If he couldn't use nether anymore, then…

Liam instantly used mana to bring up an ice block on one side and he used his purple sword to block the moves from the other two nagas or rather naga images.

Once again no damage numbers popped out but… his block was not perfect and one of the attacks grazed against his shoulder.

As if the item he was wearing did not even exist, the attack cut through the metal and reached his body, even drawing some blood.

"So… the opponents are not real… there are no damage numbers… there are no experience points… but the blood is real?" Liam smiled bitterly.

Before he could even finish that thought, the next attacks started pouring in. He did not get any time to think or manipulate mana to conjure any spell.

With the attacks raining down on him, he could only do one thing, the thing that he was most familiar with.

Liam slashed down his purple sword at the incoming trident and pushed it back. He completely let go of every single thought in his head and focussed only on the tridents coming at him.

CLANG. CLANG. CLANG.

The sharp sounds of metals clashing against each other reverberated throughout the big empty cave as the one man and the three nagas relentlessly battled.

Liam was only barely holding on because, in the beginning, he was able to match the speed and agility of the three nagas.

However, with every ticking second, he was slowly and surely falling behind. It was only 5 minutes that he had to hold on but those 5 minutes felt like an eternity now.

Wherever he turned there was a naga striking him with the trident. At least they were not using other attacks. Otherwise, Liam would have long since lost the fight.

What exactly was the naga trying to test him for?

He did not have the time to think about it at the moment.

Liam had to give his 100% here to the fight. He watched the three naga's each and every move and tried to predict their attack pattern.

He couldn't keep up with their speed so this was the only way possible for him to keep up. However, when he tried to study their attack pattern, all he could see was a jumbled mess.

It looked as if they were all after images of each other.

The real one… was he even here? Liam couldn't help but doubt everything in front of him.

However, the blood trickling from his hand was undeniable. The real one had to be here!

As his purple sword flashed brilliantly, blocking and parrying the three nagas simultaneously, Liam suddenly found a small opening.

After a few seconds, their movements had already become a little predictable.

He would have seen it earlier but because everything happened so fast, he was only able to spot this weak point now.

The next second when the three nagas jutted their tridents towards him, without hesitation Liam used up 20% of the mana he was saving and enhanced his speed and strength.

He then used one of the nagas to push himself and jumped up to avoid the attacks from the other two, and without giving them the next attack, he instantly slashed down using the full power that he could muster.

[Spirit Slash]

HISSSSS!

Finally, one of the three nagas was pushed back. Using this to his advantage, Liam quickly broke the encirclement and this gave him a few seconds.

But unfortunately, it did not last long. The nagas once again cornered him in no time and Liam once again had to mindlessly swing his sword in all different directions to block the attack.

And he was only second minute in…

Three more minutes… he needed to hold on for three more minutes…

CLANG. CLANG. CLANG. CLANG

CLANG. CLANG. CLANG. CLANG

Sparks flew around from the metals clashing against each other. Liam was able to brace the attacks for a few seconds but he was once again overwhelmed quickly.

And this time, the nagas also changed the attack pattern.

"Damn it. I have no other choice. I have to use that." Liam panted breathlessly and sucked in a big mouthful of air before pulling his sword back. "I can do this!"

The three tridents should have immediately struck him but weirdly they did not. His body started spinning like a top and the sword that retreated now flashed around even more brilliantly.

[Sprit Wrath]

This skill when typically executed had the power to command hundreds of swords from the earth, each dealing a ridiculous amount of damage, 1000% to be more accurate to the enemy that had incurred the wrath.

However, doing something like that would be extremely foolish right.

Liam desperately needed a breather but using this skill would empty his tank and only make him extremely vulnerable to the subsequent attacks.

This was why Liam did not use the skill as it was. He modified it and used a lighter version of it. The skill that he used now only commanded one-tenth of the power of the usual [Spirit wrath].

The three nagas were struck with a dozen swords that popped up under their coils and skewered them like roasted snake meat.

And because he lowered the intensity, the attack was also not too draining and Liam continued to move, distancing himself from the snakes as much as he could.

He also withdrew some flasks from his inventory and dunked them in one after the other. Stamina, Mana, and Rage.

He downed everything down and stared at the three nagas in front of them who were once again hot on his trail.

They dashed towards him from three different sides and this time when Liam looked at them there was a strange light in his eyes.

This was the fourth minute. The last before the final minute. If he could hold on for another 120 seconds, then he would have passed this test!

"COME AT ME!" Liam gripped his sword and materialized two ice spheres using the mana that he had just regenerated.

The two balls of ice did not hit anything and rather remained swirling around him.

Only when the nagas blurred to appear next to him, Liam used the two spheres to directly block the trident attacks.

This momentarily reduced their attack speed and he once again used this to place distance between the trio and himself. His goal here was not winning or killing them.

He could long since tell that something like that was impossible.

Instead, this was a cat and mouse game.

He was the mouse and they were the cats and he needed to survive for another 100 seconds

Chapter 451 - Was everything an illusion?

100 seconds!

Liam suddenly felt that this was extremely doable! He can get through this! He can pass this test and get out of this weird place, that is if the damned naga keeps his word.

He had a feeling that the snake was not to be trusted.

And before he could even finish this thought, as if the other party could read his mind, a loud voice reverberated in the cave.

"Too easy! Let's make things a bit more interesting!"

HISSSSSS

The next second the number of nagas battling Liam doubled and there were now a total of six nagas.

More importantly, Liam was no longer able to use even mana, essentially cutting him off of both nether and mana.

"What the hell…" His eyes widened in realization when he couldn't feel either of the two energies but he couldn't afford to think about it right now.

Without giving him even a chance to breathe, the six sets of tridents locked him in place, all of them coming at him with the clear intention of skewering him.

Liam could only retaliate so much. If he was not overwhelmed before, he was now completely under the water.

He madly fought with the six nagas, at this point only the opponents in front of him visible.

After a certain limit, even that disappeared from his vision, only the tridents now occupying all of his mind.

It was as if there was a rhythm and all he had to do was follow that rhythm and meet the weapon every single time.

Being completely pushed to the extreme, Liam slowly even forgot about the number of seconds he had still hold on or the fact that he was trapped in some sort of weird illusion.

The six tridents were the only things in his mind.

CLANG. CLANG. CLANG. CLANG.

The weapons contiuned ceaselessly clashing and eventually he managed to push back one attack completely.

HISSS! The naga skidded back and the image disappeared.

"I can see it now!" Liam gripped his sword tighter. He could see their movements and he could see how they were able to achiever this sort of effect.

It was just a hunch but he decided to test it. When the naga on his right side pointed its trident towards him, Liam instead attacked the one on his left side.

At all times, there was only one naga around him! The rest were all images! Illusions! This was he was sure of it! It was as if the thing that was clouding his mind was now completely lifted.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The nagas continued to relentlessly assault Liam but he no longer fought back mindlessly.

He could vaguely grasp some concept using which he could see through their movements and the difference between truth and lies.

So he only attacked two nagas amidst the six. His technique was not perfect but it was enough to push them back and break the encirclement.

Liam then moved several paces back. He did not realize it but when he did, he left several after images in his path.

If someone else had seen him right now, they would have been extremely shocked. This was the same technique the nagas had used as well!

Just as Liam was about to dive back in and finally take out the damn naga who had been torturing him for so long now, suddenly the world around him started turning dark.

"I knew you had it in you. HISSSSSS! Congratulations on passing my test, boy. I will see you again when the time comes. HISSSSSS!"

Liam felt a splitting headache ripple across his brain and when he opened his eyes or rather when he was able to see, he was once again back outside, in front of the dungeon portal.

He was on the ground, from top to bottom fully drenched in sweat.

"What the hell just happened?" He shook his head, trying to think clearly.

Kyuuuu.

A small fox walked over to him, looking worriedly.

"Oh, you are also here?" Liam sighed in relief and turned around to see the rest of the group arrive one by one as well.

However, not everyone was as stable as him. Derek swung his axe around as if he was still fighting the nagas.

Shin Soo screamed, "Damned snakes! Get away from me!"

A lot of people were in different different poses. From the looks of it, none of them had figured out the illusion part and were still fighting thinking that the nagas were real.

Only when they realized that they were somehow outside again, they calmed down.

"What the hell was that?"

"Oh my god. Everyone is here again."

"Brother, there were so many nagas! The more I killed more nagas started coming at me." Mei Mei ran forward and hugged Liam.

Everyone looked extremely pleased to get out of the hell hole. They were not getting any drops, any experience points and the number of nagas coming at them were never ending.

They were also restless being caught alone and fighting the waves of beasts alone. Now that they were finally outside, everyone was able to breathe.

"What dungeon was that?"

"Boss, could it be some special secret place? Maybe it had some treasure? It definitely did not look ordinary."

Everyone was of the same opinion and nodded in agreement.

They wanted to attempt this godforsaken dungeon again though they already knew that it was going to be just as terrible as the first time.

They needed to do it. Otherwise, they would miss this treasure.

In reality, Liam was also of the same opinion.

There was something in this place and the fact that they had all returned outside without dying meant that whatever was inside was not trying to harm them.

It might even be a place for training. He could still feel his nerves tingling from having fought continuously for so long, pushing himself to the limits all throughout.

He did not obtain anything this time, perhaps if they go in for the second time, they could get something?

Liam turned to the dungeon portal to investigate if they had to deal with the six elites at the gate again, only to find out that the entire place had completely vanished.

There was no sign of the dungeon or any landmark indicating that the dungeon was ever here. "It disappeared?"

Liam no longer knew what to think about it. The whole damn place had actually disappeared! Was anything even real or did he just dream about the entire thing?

"Alright." He quickly shook it off and clapped his hands loudly. "Let's get moving. Too many people know our location. It is not good to stay too long here."

Immediately, Luna ballooned up and Liam dashed forward to hop onto her in a rush. However, when he moved, behind him there were two after images...

[Ding. You have learned a new skill]