"All of you may have been wondering about the Quests that were given to Groups 3 and 4 because, during the match between Groups 1 and 2, no quests were given to them. The reasons are that the two Groups made contact earlier than expected, and due to the Virtual System's detection of a different kind of 'Teleportation' skill in Elizabeth's subconscious, the Virtual System extended the ti before triggering the Quests ant for them. Also, if you are concerned about the Virtual System recording your Status Windows, please rest assured... Because the Status Window data of a student is going to be erased 'automatically' each ti the student finished using the Virtual Capsule. It is to protect the privacy of every Obelisk student."
Professor Murak's voice resounded within the Room where A-1 students were sitting, watching the spectacle that seed like another reality inside the holographic screen.
The Quests that appeared for Anya and Leon's group also alerted the spectators outside the virtual world because they could hear whatever was happening through the gigantic holographic screen showing the point of view of both groups at the sa ti, thus alerting everyone of the existence of quests.
Professor Murak who saw so students' curious looks and murmurs inford everyone, he also included the 'data gathering' of the Virtual System that might soon be a cause of concern if it was not clarified.
Elizabeth von Etherion, who heard what Professor Murak said slightly scratched her head, looking at Rumia beside her with a poignant expression.
'I shouldn't have Teleported right away... I want to have fun with a quest, too!'
As a Princess of the country 'Etheria', she knew about the existence of Quests that were given by Constellations at so point.
Her mother also received it, took her 5 years to complete it.
"Who could have known that they modified the Virtual World here?"
Elizabeth muttered, causing Rumia to slightly scoffed at her words before saying...
"You're one to talk! If you did just wait a little longer, you know!"
Rumia said with a poignant tone, rembering what happened earlier that placed her grades on this particular subject in the 'red borderline'.
'I want to play, too! Argh!'
Rumia scread inside, feeling like she wanted to smack her bestfriend's head.
Although both of them was Princess of their respective country and had killed nurous criminals at a young age under the form of training, opening their view to the ugly side of reality, they still retained their spirits and longed for simple leisure as they own Virtual Capsules in their dormitory room, as well as in their hos.
...
[Group Notification!
Quest Title: Ruins Investigation
Type: Sub-Quest
Description:
Investigate the Ruins of an unknown na.
Free the unknown prisoners inside the Ruins.
Rewards: Favor of the Prisoners.
Failure: Accumulated points will be reduced to 0.
Duration: 12 hours]
As soon as Leon and his group mbers stepped inside the unknown ruins, a group notification entered their ears at the sa ti.
Leon frowned upon reading the description as he thought inwardly...
'F*ck*ng... are they considering this as a child's play or a ga?'
Being the son of the Guildmaster of the Top 5, Phantasmal Guild, expectations were cast on him during his youth which caused him to take things seriously most of the ti, especially when it was about sothing that involves his family na, 'Obreyon'.
Although it didn't make his sense of humor disappear, he just felt that sotis things were out of place, just like right now.
Leon looked behind to check his group mbers as they stopped their steps for now because of the unexpected notification, causing them to wear different expressions.
After five seconds, other group mbers were waiting for whatever Leon was going to say as they reorganized their thoughts.
Leon scrutinizes the inside of the ruins, according to what his vision sees.
The unknown ruins were at least a height of a hundred ters and a hundred ters in length with a dim atmosphere.
There were minor cracks above, causing the virtual sunlight to pass through, illuminating so of the surrounding areas.
This provided Leon and his group mbers to at least efficiently check the dimd areas.
There were towering pillars, serving as the foundation of the ruins.
There were also circular doors from the right and left sides of the ruins.
It was a simple one-way ruin with mysterious doors, but its danger was that it might only have a single exit, where they entered from.
As Leon pondered about the design of the surroundings and its possible indications, he saw a gigantic circular door under the dim area at the end of the ruins, he managed to do so because of his strengthened vision.
'Prisoners... It ans there is a prison here, but the problem is the location whether it's from aboveground or a secret underground. And I'm certain there's no such thing as freebies as traps and monsters might be lying sowhere.'
As he thought inwardly, he looked at so circular doors, smaller in size than what he saw at the end of the wall before looking back at his group mbers, he then spoke...
"Hey, Tyrion, you have a trap detection skill, right?"
A blonde man with blackish eyes, and has a rectangular body type looked at Leon before saying...
"...Yes, Sir Leon."
pAn,Da-n0v e1,c The politeness of Tyrion to Leon was sothing not surprising for the other three group mbers because, for so string of fate, their families were all vassals of the 'Obreyon Family', under the Phantasmal Guild.
'It's better that I was grouped up with people under .'
Leon thought as he felt that it was a hassle to have group mbers he wasn't close with.
He and the other three group mbers followed behind Tyrion as he took the lead to check for possible traps ahead.
Although monsters cannot set a trap for themselves unless they were intelligent beings, so ruins have traps on their own for so inexplicable reasons.
After a few minutes of walking, Tyrion spoke...
"There are traps ahead, on the ground and so are on the walls..."
He pointed out the ground with traps that would be triggered if soone step on it, as well as traps on the wall that would be triggered if soone passed through its line of sight.
"Wait here, I'll take care of it..."
Aside from being able to detect traps, Tyrion also has the ability to disarm them, though it depends on the trap formation because so were too complicated which led to various effects such as curses and random location transportation.
For now, Tyrion's ability was to disable traps that were physical in nature.
Normally, to disarm traps, most of the ti, it needs to be in close proximity to the one who would disarm them, but with his skills, it could be done at least ten ters away.
[Activating Skill: Threads of Disarming]
Upon the activation of his skill, nurous yellowish threads that were connected in his hands ca out, moving on their own as if they were chasing sothing.
Soon, sounds of trap activation resounded in everyone's ears.
A few ters ahead, the grounds with traps collapsed, revealing spikes beneath that could deal serious injury or death if a person wasn't a high ranked.
These spikes contained brown luster as if it was possessed by spirits wandering the desert.
Then, traps on the wall that were touched by the yellowish threads from Tyrion's hands fired nurous arrows...
Leon, who saw the scene felt that sothing was amiss...
Because the arrows that were fired from triggering the hidden traps didn't hit the ground.
'It hit the circular doors on the walls!'
~ Rumble-!!!
Just as Leon thought of that, their group heard rumbling sounds almost everywhere in front of them, following it were Virtual System group notifications that contained the sa ssages that says...
[You have triggered unknown traps.]
[The doors of the slumbering 'Scorpion Guards will be opened.]
[Defeat the Scorpion Guards to proceed to the next area.]
"...Ah sh*t!"
Leon cursed in thin air. It was heard by Tyrion who wore a terrified expression, not because of the monsters, but of his mistake.
Just as he was about to apologize, Leon raised his right hand, indicating that it was not a ti for such a thing.
"It's okay, just focus right now."
Leon wouldn't be mad at such trivial thing, especially in a virtual world, but it was a different matter if it was outside.
Also, they didn't expect that the traps on the walls were triggers for other traps.
It was like a trap overlapped with traps.
...
[Topaz-Tailed Scorpion Guard]
Guards of the Desert who were lost in ti.
They had witnessed sothing thousands of years ago which gave them negligible intelligence.
Health Points: 1,000
Mana Points: 1,000
Stamina Points: 1,000
Stats:
Strength: 100
Dexterity: 100
Constitution: 100
Agility: 100
Vitality: 100
Perception: 100
Willpower: 100
Tenacity: 100
Charm: 3
Luck: 6
Magic Power: 100
Skills:
Crude Weapon Mastery
Upon watching sothing thousands of years ago, it tried to mimic what it saw, resulting from achieving a crude weapon mastery.
Rank: F-
Effects:
It was able to wield weapons of its choice, but according to its experience, it was very likely to wield a weapon it witnessed firsthand.
Desert Slumber
A sleep for eternity until soone wakes it up.
Rank: ???
Effects:
A Scorpion Guard who used this skill would enter a deep slumber that would make it immortal against the passage of ti.
Its negative effect was that it won't be able to wake up on its own unless various conditions were triggered.
Leon, Tyrion, and the other three group mbers checked the information about the monsters that ca out of the circular doors from their right and left sides.
So were holding rusty spears on their pincers; so were holding rusty swords; so were holding chained sickles, and so were holding scythes... These Scorpions were holding various kind of weapons that signifies a player's profession.
It was a very bizarre sight even for Leon who read docunts from Phantasmal Guild's Strayed, and Tower Dungeon raids.
...
An inexplicable smile appeared on Professor Murak's mouth as he watched the spectacle on the holographic screen at the back of the Room designated for Virtual Activity.
He was very familiar with the sight of what Leon's group encountered.
It was a Strayed Dungeon from his country 'Bhaskara', the desert country situated at Northern Arka which was the Southernmost part of the Orion Continent.
Strayed Dungeons do not vanish upon their completion, it was the sa for Dungeon Towers of all levels aside from the 'Close Mystery Towers', rather, they closed for a period of ti.
What happened to Strayed Dungeons and Dungeon Towers after it was cleared was the restoration of its environnt and inhabitants, then it would be available again to be raided by 'players'.
But for so reason, Professor Murak who participated in the investigation of the Strayed Dungeon nad Desert of the Luminous Scorpion via System's information discovered the oddity with the 'Desert Slumber' skill because it raises the question...
'Why would the Scorpion Guards have such skill, if they would only resurrect after being raided by players?'
The information was forwarded to the renowned Researcher and Scholar, Emmanuel Lyncoster of the Obelisk Institute of the Origin.
It was later decided to intentionally spread, but not ntion this oddity to students.
Although Professor Emmanuel Lyncoster was a very intelligent individual, he acknowledges that by so random words of speculation of the students, he might realize sothing he hadn't thought of yet.
"Ahhh! I want to fight that!"
Professor Murak's thoughts were cut off by Rumia's slightly loud voice, prompting other students to look in her direction. This caused Elizabeth to laugh before smacking her in the head.
Although it was not prohibited to talk and exchange ideas as they observed what was happening in front of them, it was better not to cause inconvenience for others.
'You'll see more interesting things, soon.'
Professor Murak thought inwardly as he recalled that every piece of information in the holographic screen before the start of Virtual War wasn't everything there was.
...
At Anya Amasawa's group side.
Upon collecting so resources, they managed to make a camp made of desert woods and tree leaves near the target oasis as they prepared for the completion of their quest.
Anya browse again the quest given to them as she thought inwardly...
'It's just a sub-quest...'
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