The strange change

Daniel closed the book. All the memories in here were very chaotic, and all of them seemed to be talking about some war. The role he was playing played a very important role.

"It seems like a power struggle, right? This highness mentioned is most likely a prince, in which the duke of his faction fights against the other factions."

"But this duke seems to have quite a grudge against the opposing faction, hating them to the point of calling them pests..."

"Then it's probably the noble faction of another highness."

Daniel muttered while slowly pulling out a chair, sitting in the position where the previous duke used to sit to handle the work.

'Then maybe it's time for me to act? It's been so long, the other lovable players should have arrived by now, right?'

'System, when will the other players enter the dungeon?'

[Master, they entered the dungeon about 20 minutes ago. They are currently in the main hall on the first floor discussing. You can act out the experience with the other tourists in your group!]

'What guests? This system is making me act, it's not like I'm traveling like it said...'

[Sir, NPCs who pretend to be servants, butlers, and patrolling soldiers have been distributed throughout this tourist site dungeon. Since you are now a Duke, you can give them orders at any time.]

[The hidden bosses in the dungeon will not attack you and will be neutralized by you.]

'That sounds good. If that's the case, then I'm the big boss of this dungeon now.'

At this time, in the first-floor lobby. A group of people was standing together discussing something. A girl with charcoal-colored hair spoke up to comfort the others. She seemed to be the most experienced and long-time player among the six.

She naturally took on the role of group leader and explained about the so-called system and the dungeon.

They were not like Daniel, who had time to prepare for the dungeon and knew the information about the dungeon in advance. Most new players would be randomly teleported into a newbie dungeon before learning about the system.

Only players who participated in the dungeon for the second time or more had time to wait for the dungeon and had personal space.

The girl nicknamed Ali was a long-time player, having passed more than ten dungeons of all kinds. However, the current situation made her feel somewhat scared. This dungeon was too strange.

For a veteran player like her, she should have participated in level 40 or higher dungeons, not with new players like them.

Ali couldn't help but frown. They had just appeared in a car, but now they were in the lobby of a mansion. The surrounding scene had suddenly changed.

This dungeon didn't have such an introduction. This change was extremely strange, even in the eyes of a veteran player like her.

A girl with short curly brown hair timidly asked. She was one of the new players this time, but Abigail didn't have as much courage and adaptability as the other players.

"So...so what are we going to do now?"

A boy who looked quiet and unapproachable spoke up, his blue eyes looking at Abigail with an unclear but cold meaning.

"Does anyone want to go explore the terrain here with me?"

Abigail was ignored and could only purse her lips and stay silent, not daring to say anything more. After all, this person's cold and sharp aura and calmness were even more terrifying than Ali's, who was quite hot-tempered.

"I'll go with you."

Ali replied and looked at the others, some were timid, some were silent. She felt that going with a person with this kind of attitude and adaptability was better than going with a bunch of useless people.

"If you don't want to die here for no reason, then you'd better find a place to rest tonight. Our mission is to survive. If we can't find a place to stay, then we'll just wait and die tonight."

After saying the last words, Ali also walked up the stairs right behind Blun's back, who had walked a distance earlier. So Blun and Ali decided to split up and go to the second floor to find more information about this place.

The rest of the people looked at each other, not knowing where to start. After all, the two most experienced players had already started searching for information together, so the four of them knew what to do.

Dex suggested that the group split up to take action.

"How about we split into two groups to check around, like that girl named Ali said, if we can't find information or where to stay here, it might be dangerous tonight."

"I agree, staying in one place in this strange situation isn't a good idea anyway."

"Then let's split up and take action? There are just four people here, so splitting up will be faster and more effective."

"But if we accidentally... split up and encounter danger on the way, what should we do? After all, it's not good to have any weapons to defend ourselves in a hellish place like this that can kill people..."

"Sigh... It can't be helped, there's nothing to defend ourselves here anyway. How about we split up, one man and one woman, go together? After all, if you two can't handle it, the other person can help."

"That's right, after all, women are still a bit weaker than men physically. If anything happens, we can protect you two."

"Let's decide on that. Then you and I will be in a group. She and he will be in a group, how about that?"

"Fine, I have no objections."

"Then we should set off, if we wait until evening, it'll be late. When the sun sets, we'll gather here."

"Okay, see you again."

"Let's go."

Clinton signaled to leave along with the girl with a red bow in her hair. Suan quickly followed, both of them leaving towards the left row of houses, in the same direction as Blun and Ali had gone.

Dex and Abigail also left in the opposite direction of the stairs, heading towards the right row of houses.

Back to the side of the two veteran players, Blun and Ali. They had now gone almost to the left row of houses. The architecture was ancient and surprisingly large, they only had time to glance through the rooms to be able to search quickly.

The only thing they hadn't reached was the fifth floor.

"This place is strange, even though we met NPC servants and soldiers along the way, they didn't seem to notice us. It's as if we were allowed to move around without limits."

Most game copies from the past until now had their own rules. There are a total of five types of dungeons corresponding to five types of gameplay in each dungeon.

Exploration is to find the secret or find the hidden boss of the dungeon, adventure is to experience something certain, such as completing a mission. Intelligence refers to games that require high intelligence, similarly, physical dungeons require mainly strength.

There are two special types of dungeons, survival and combination. Combination refers to a very multiplayer dungeon, which can be a meeting created between players, or it can be an arena to gain experience.

Survival, as the name suggests, is to find every way to survive within a certain period in the dungeon.

Most survival dungeons are extremely dangerous, with three branches of the plot. Type one is the rules, follow them, or find loopholes in the rules to overcome.

Type two is disguise, playing a role so that the creatures in the dungeon do not attack. The last type, which is also the type they are participating in, is hunting.

This type usually has a difficult-to-analyze plot, has many strange creatures, and is the most numerous of all survival types. Therefore, it is very strange that the NPCs here do not attack or treat them as strangers.

"This is different from the previous dungeons. Is this game gradually changing?"

"Perhaps the game world is gradually undergoing erratic changes. After all, according to the statistics on the forum, the number of new people being chosen has been increasing recently."

"Um, maybe the game is changing..."

'I just don't know if the change is good or bad...'

Ali couldn't help but ponder. Without noticing, they had already arrived at the room in the middle of the fifth floor without realizing it.

Blun was about to open the door to the room when a voice stopped his actions. Ali was startled and quickly summoned a sharp water blade to defend himself and retreated behind.

'What the hell? I didn't hear any sound even though I was on guard.'

Blun couldn't help but turn his head around in alarm.

The man standing behind them was older. Dressed like a butler.

His back was slightly bent, but not collapsed, the hunching of a man who had bowed his head to responsibility all his life, not because of age.

His silver hair hung loosely over his ears, neatly combed, reminiscent of limestone statues weathered by centuries.

His eyes were as sharp as an old barber's razor, though the bottom of his eyes was always covered with a thin layer of mist from years no one asked about.

His hands were dry and thin, but each movement was as precise as a blacksmith's watch. His dark uniform, thick fabric, hand-sewn, belted at the waist, each fold was as serious as a commandment.

"Dear guests, our duke is handling official business. Please follow me to the guest room. I will inform the duke later."