|New system updated... Implementing new system... Temperature sensing feature implemented... As you enter the labyrinth your body will now experience heat and coldness... Implementation successful... New system feature added|
The female's voice resounded in the chilling walls of the labyrinth dungeon... That's right I have now arrived in [Cruel Heart's Labyrinth] and a new system was implemented as the player comes in the dungeon.
It seems I was the first one to come inside... Mapping this place will require lots of time... I don't wanna get lost in the labyrinth after all... Now it will be much harder to map it since monsters will be coming out. I wish I had some party members...
My earlier wet mantle was now all dried up... Entering with my hood on will just be a nuisance... Taking it off made me felt relieved... I didn't know why but I subconsciously try to hide my face in public... The old man also said something about me being an Ylka earlier... But I didn't really care about all that...
With my sword hanged on my waist I walked forward in the darkness that filled the dungeon... There are natural light that emitted from rocks that was stuck in the dungeon walls though they were not that bright they still gave off enough light for me to see the pathway and the walls... I've mapped the 20% of the first floor.... Yes, first floor. I didn't know how many floors this dungeon has but I wish it's not as many as 10 floors 2-3 floors is quite alright... Keeping in mind the things the Old man said earlier there was a monster house but he didn't mention which floor it was so this is gonna be hard....
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Krak.... Kak.... Naaak.... Krr.... Rrr...
Sounds like that of a broken clock could be heard just ahead of me... What I saw was an insect-like being that stood upright. It's salivating so much that the floor where it stood already had a decent amount to make me puke... I felt disgust as I looked at the creatures face... It's eyes are like that of a buff and it's carapace was like that of a cicada... With razor sharp pincers in his mouth. It felt like my nightmare came true right in front of my eyes...
It didn't seem weak and I don't really want to fight that thing... Bundles of rocks were conveniently formed to sneak past this monster. But since players don't think logically in this situation they most likely will charge to their deaths. But thankfully having a weak race and stats gave me more time to analyze the situation and deal with it in the most safest and logical way possible... However, sneaking past that thing is hard thing to do. Insects can detect even the slightest of move and will move to another position. I hated that trait of insects I can't kill them effectively since they're always moving around...
And also... There was another problem... It also had underlings... It was scattered all over the places... I've tried killing one that didn't see me and watched the insect's movements carefully... It didn't seem to care that one of it's underlings died and just stood there motionless... As long as I'm not seen by those little critters then I won't have have a hard time in sneaking away unscathed.
Moving without making a sound is a really hard thing to do... I took off the slippers that I had and walked barefooted... I occasionally got damaged by pointy rocks but it's nothing much so I ignored most of it... I used the rocks to make out a cover doing things like an assassin in assassin's creed I felt a feeling of joy about to burst open in my heart. But suppressed it since it would compromise the whole plan... I hooked my hood on my head once again to blend in with the background... I walked ever so slowly every single time...
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As I was already halfway through the room the insect growled!
"""Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!"""
By reflex I crouched and covered both my ears the mantle covered most of my body blending it with the surroundings... As the noise quieted down the rock that I was hiding in then started to flow with saliva... As I saw the insect up close as if sniffing to find something I inadvertently screamed "Hii!" As the insect heard this it's eyes glowed red and it chomped the rock into bits... I moved in the direction of the next room... A thought... No... A prayer suddenly flashed on my mind that "it won't follow me to the next room since it's bound to this room right?" A wishful thinking...
I ran and ran... and arrived at the next room but I still ran after I arrived because... It was still there crawling like a cockroach as I saw that I feared for my life!
"HIIIIIIIIII!!!!!! Help me!!!!"
It then created a mouthful of disgusting saliva and hurled it at my direction... It's sticky substance made it hard to move... "Is this the end?" I thought as I accepted my fate... No one was here before me... I don't know if any other players knew about this place after I entered...
I held unsheathed my sword as a sign of a last struggle... It's like "If I'm gonna die anyway I'm taking you with me!" Or something like that...
My hands were shaking... My sword unsteadily wriggled on my hand as I pointed it the frightening monster in front of me.... I can't even kill a goddamn insect! I'm so weak! But it was a large insect and a boss type too I think...
Shiiiiiiiii....
Sound of metal cutting on a large object could be heard... Did I do it? Of course not... The giant insect collapsed in both differing directions as it was cut in the middle... It's slimy bodily liquid flowed out of it's body after it's collapse. A boy with a katana in his hand offered his hands and said "are you okay?" With a scared yet relieved expression I took hold of his hand and answered "yeah, thanks for the save..." and started to wipe off the sticky liquid all over my mantle...
It felt warm the liquid that is and it only made it much worse than I expected it to be... Having to feel the warm texture felt more disgusting than it already was... I actually had a face of disgust displayed as I wiped away the saliva from my mantle.
The boy who saved me was with a group of other kids... As I appeared to be a girl with a voice of a girl they assumed that I was a girl... and asked me to come with their party embarrassingly... I didn't want to lie and said that I was a guy... after telling them that they're face soured and said "Lolicon! Pervert!" and some other kinds of stuff and then moved away... It's not my fault the system gave me this body!
I was again alone... covered in a slimy saliva still... I walked down the road with a sword in one hand and a clenched fist in another...