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◈ The Dungeon Gallery's Terrifying Newbie ◈
Chapter 63: Blessed One (2)
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"Hello, Blessed One arboralis. I heard you were looking for me."
"Nice to meet you. You are...?"
"I'm Gronak, the sole survivor of the seventh Dreamland raid and... a friend of Tors and Chase."
arboralis headed to Fire Forge.
To learn more about Dreamland.
Gronak was in Fire Forge.
Unlike Chase, he had survived the previous raid.
She had already heard about him from her Helper, Tors.
Still, she thought it would be best to meet him and speak with him in person.
"I really don't remember what happened in the dungeon. The other Dwarves who survived don't remember either."
"I heard you can check the information through the journal. Of course, I know it can be manipulated, but I heard you can still get a rough idea of things."
At the very least, Dreamland could not completely manipulate information about certain Minions and traps.
The Elevator was a prime example.
1. You must use the Elevator to reach the next area. (True)
2. The Elevator holds multiple people, so you should explore in as large a group as possible for a smoother investigation. (False)
3. Never enter a hallway without lights. (True)
4. Sometimes Insect Humans board it, and you must defeat them in battle. (False)
Gronak nodded.
The information Dreamland could manipulate was limited, so it could not make every piece of recorded information false.
Chase had said that you could distinguish truth from falsehood by whether you lost your belongings.
"Is there no information other than that about the Elevator?"
"That's correct."
"Hadn't there already been seven raids?"
"Well..."
They didn't know what had happened in the dungeon during the sixth raid, but Chase had come back after leaving all his belongings behind, including the journal. They had gained nothing at all.
『Never come here.』
During the seventh raid, all they had returned with was Chase's will, which suggested he had given up his own life.
"Honestly, I want to know why and how my friend died. But that smart bastard wrote in his will that I should never enter, so... sigh..."
Gronak looked conflicted.
arboralis rose from her seat and offered him some comfort.
"Thank you for the information. Someday, someone, myself included, will avenge your friend. So live out the rest of your life in peace."
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arboralis thought it over.
The reason she was so obsessed with Dreamland was because she had witnessed the possibility that Dreamland's Dungeon Master could go outside.
This was worth discussing.
It was more rational to turn a variable into a controllable constant than to leave it as a variable.
Before uploading information about Dreamland to the Blessed One Gallery, there was one last thing she needed to do.
She needed to visit Dreamland herself.
"Hmm..."
Blessed Ones came back to life even when they died.
That was accepted as fact.
We clearly had infinite lives.
Death could never frighten us.
But.
There were penalties.
Level loss, loss of Points.
If you had no Points, a random trait would be removed.
When you died, some of what you had built up until then disappeared.
Had they said it was filled with instant-death traps?
It would be best to be careful.
A Blessed One with nothing to lose would not care that much, but arboralis, who was planning a Dungeon Raid, had things to lose.
Especially now, when she had spent all her Points.
She brought a journal and an Escape Scroll.
Dreamland could manipulate information and erase memories, but it could not interfere with the System. Its Dungeon Master would surely turn off the community connection.
'If there are any corpses left, I can use Vision.'
Vision belonged only to arboralis.
It was quite a unique trait.
Honestly, she had not thought it useful enough to develop, so it remained at one star.
But if she decided she absolutely had to raid this dungeon, it might be worth considering developing it.
'If I can expand its range to objects, it should be useful in this dungeon.'
'I don't like the thought of handing the Dungeon Master free Points and experience.'
Still, she needed to assess the situation, so she would consider it a necessary investment.
Dreamland was dangerous.
Its Dungeon Master could go outside.
That fact alone was far too unusual.
There was no telling what kind of threat it could become.
If it could be eliminated easily, it was best to eliminate it now.
If that was not possible, she would need to discuss it with the other Blessed Ones.
No matter how much they competed with one another, this was something they needed to decide together.
For now, she would make this Wave about exploration.
arboralis entered the dungeon.
* * *
【The Wave is beginning.】
【An intruder is entering.】
【A total of one intruder has been confirmed.】
【One Blessed One.】
"What?"
Wow.
Fuck.
I'm so fucking screwed.
I sat up on Malrang and took my place in front of the monitor.
That woke me right up.
What the hell was this?
A Blessed One, out of nowhere?
newbie: breaking news breaking news this is a real fucking emergency
└ newbie: not bait please everyone look at this post!!
└ newbie: guys a fucking Blessed One just entered?
└ golemking: holy fuck LMAOOOOOO
└ golemking: you're fucked LMAOOOOOOOO
└ dip: wow that woke me right up
└ dip: never thought I'd see that bitch in newbie's dungeon
└ kingslayer: It's arboralis...
└ skullbones: Fuck, my PTSD is coming back...
└ skullbones: That bitch is already vicious as hell... She'd been quiet for a while, then crawled into newbie's dungeon;;
Is this for real?
I helped secha when secha was in trouble last time, apologized to the Goblins I kidnapped because I felt bad, and even gave them gold necklaces and other stuff as gifts. Hadn't I been living pretty kindly?
The world was cold.
This was so fucking unfair.
└ newbie: Should I turn off the Gallery now...?
└ newbie: I'm so fucking flustered my brain just shut down, what do I do
└ newbie: What the fuck is this, with no warning...
I seriously had nothing but curses to say.
To put it in modern terms, it was like a hurricane suddenly appearing where I lived and trying to destroy my house and car.
Of course, the Veterans had consistently warned me about how dangerous Blessed Ones were.
There really were people like that in this world.
As long as I was a Dungeon Master, I would run into them eventually, but I never expected it to be now.
└ newbie: Fuck, it just hit me so suddenly
└ newbie: This is seriously ridiculous LOL....
└ newbie: Guys, should I just kill myself now
└ no_minions_4_me: Ah, newbie, calm the fuck down first
└ no_minions_4_me: Take a deep breath.
└ no_minions_4_me: Don't turn off the community connection yet.
└ no_minions_4_me: It'll take four hours just to reach the Elevator anyway.
Right.
What the fuck else could I do?
I'd come this far, so I had to deal with it.
My favorite saying was, "Even in a tiger's den, keep your wits about you and you'll survive."
I took a deep breath, just as Nabu said.
If this were any other new dungeon, I'd be screwed.
But my dungeon was full of unknown Anomalies.
Dreamland went up to Area 3.
No matter how smart that bastard was, clearing it on the first run was impossible. That much was certain.
Thinking about what came next was more important than wallowing in self-pity.
└ newbie: Okay, okay...
└ no_minions_4_me: Good.
└ psychward_mvp: Honestly, newbie, your freaking out is kind of pissing me off??
└ psychward_mvp: Dreamland was voted the Dungeon Gallery's number-one dungeon intruders would hate most, and this bastard is seriously making me want to flick him on the forehead.
└ psychward_mvp: Do your Anomalies look like a joke to you???
└ whaleyeah: For real LMAOOOOOOOOOO
└ magichero: S-s-s-since there aren't any Helpers around, it looks like they just came in to explore... Don't worry too much...
└ magichero: I mean, the Dwarf Wave was huge this time, so it wouldn't be strange if people found out about it...
└ antqueen: But there is something I'm worried about.
└ antqueen: Honestly, just hearing about newbie's dungeon makes it sound annoying as hell.
└ antqueen: They must know something is weird too... Hmm...
└ antqueen: They're the kind of people who won't enter Sarang's dungeon or mine because they find them annoying.
└ antqueen: At least our dungeons give experience and Points though.
└ antqueen: But everyone except the Dungeon Master in newbie's dungeon is Immortal, so they probably can't get any experience at all.
└ antqueen: If they come in prepared next time
└ antqueen: You should probably consider the worst-case scenario too...
└ antqueen: Like you helped carwash's dungeon...
└ antqueen: Or they found out you can leave the dungeon.
If Restia had not talked.
There was no way my actions until now could have been exposed.
Honestly, this was just my intuition.
Maybe I only felt that way because I was a bit of a softie.
Still, Restia was not someone who would ever spill that information.
Considering she had gone all the way to the Forest of Life because she thought Dreamland was dangerous.
It was best to rule out that possibility.
All the Elves were dead.
Other than that, I had wandered around the Forest of Life pretty often.
But come on, when I went after Yuven, there had only been animals and plants around.
Unless that starving bear had somehow testified to that woman, I was certain there was no way I could have been found out.
I thought I had hidden this pretty thoroughly.
└ humanluvr: (Link)
└ humanluvr: newbie, I made a post summing up that arboralis woman's traits and her Helper's characteristics and stuff. Can you screenshot it and save it for now?
└ humanluvr: You can still use the System even if you turn off the community connection. Mm-hm.
Reassuring.
As expected of Sarang.
└ newbie: Thanks.
└ humanluvr: Don't worry. If it's you, newbie, you can stop her.
└ humanluvr: But honestly, I can't say antqueen is completely wrong.
└ humanluvr: One of that woman's traits is called Vision...
└ humanluvr: When it comes to information, it's kind of like she can create something from nothing...
└ humanluvr: It'd be better to prepare for the worst too T_T
Ah, right.
You couldn't think of Blessed Ones or Dungeon Masters as ordinary.
That bastard Max had died, then revived right where he had been.
I looked at the post Sarang had uploaded.
Honestly, this wasn't an easy opponent.
I had never expected to see the words, "Temporarily disables one dungeon trap per Wave."
Was this what a Blessed One was?
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared.
A being born to kill Dungeon Masters.
In many ways, they felt like the final boss for people like us.
If the Blessed Ones joined forces and ganged up on my dungeon, it was terrifying just to imagine.
Sigh.
It felt like I'd just had a hopeful conversation the other day, but now I was depressed.
└ worldiscold: newbie.
└ newbie: Yes, sir...
└ worldiscold: This might sound like empty comfort...
└ worldiscold: But this is just my intuition, okay?
└ worldiscold: I think most Blessed Ones are selfish bastards.
└ worldiscold: They never do anything that costs them.
└ worldiscold: They can revive infinitely, but there are penalties.
└ worldiscold: I don't know exactly how severe they are, but there definitely are some.
└ worldiscold: If there weren't, they'd just keep bashing their heads against it until they cleared it.
└ worldiscold: Your dungeon is structured so that if you don't know what's coming, you have no choice but to die.
└ worldiscold: Once they realize how fucking awful Dreamland is, unless there is a huge gain in it for them
└ worldiscold: They won't try to prioritize raiding your dungeon.
└ newbie: For real??
└ worldiscold: Yeah, it's extremely rare for them to work together.
└ worldiscold: Makes sense, too.
└ worldiscold: Once someone marks a dungeon, the others don't enter it??
└ worldiscold: The person raiding it acts like, "This is the dungeon I claimed, so fuck off."
└ worldiscold: That's how it works.
└ worldiscold: So don't think of it as the absolute worst-case scenario.
└ worldiscold: Those bastards don't know the first thing about teamwork.
└ orange★: I completely agree with what carwash said.
└ orange★: No one has ever faced two Blessed Ones in a row.
└ orange★: Don't touch a dungeon I've already seasoned.
└ orange★: That's pretty much the mindset they use to keep each other in check.
└ orange★: Nothing will probably happen.
└ orange★: Someone makes a sacrifice to raid your dungeon??
└ orange★: Hmm, then they aren't a Blessed One.
└ orange★: And.
└ orange★: Honestly, isn't this practically a bonus event for newbie? LOL
└ orange★: The experience and Points will be sweet.
└ worldiscold: The only time they work together like we do
└ worldiscold: Is when they're keeping a weak-ass dungeon like mine alive...
└ worldiscold: So they can raise it and eat it later, those fucking bastards...
"Phew."
Right.
That was true.
Then what I had to do was simple.
I just had to prove that I was a terrifying newbie.
I had to hammer the fact that Dreamland was the worst dungeon in history deep into that bastard's mind.
└ humanluvr: newbie!
└ humanluvr: Whenever things get hard, look at my pretty face T_T
└ humanluvr: I'll leave it here, so save it!
She really was pretty.
But if I saved this and looked at it whenever I was in danger, wasn't that a death flag?
I saved it anyway.
"Ugh... My life."
└ newbie: Let's both make it out alive.
└ newbie: I'll tell you all about it when it's over.
Community connection OFF, huh.
Was this the button I needed to press?
【You cannot access the Dungeon Gallery.】
It had been so long since I'd felt this lonely.
When the Dungeon Gallery, which had always filled my vision, disappeared, I felt alone.
"Ulk."
Sorry.
I was mistaken.
I wasn't alone.
You were always here with me.
"Mwet!"
Right, right.
I wouldn't get all gloomy like some menhera.
I stroked Malrang, who was rubbing up against me.
"Let's see what this Blessed One can do, Malrang."
"Ulk."
With Malrang at my side, I watched the monitor.
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