Chapter 32: Dominator (1)_Let's Destroy the Original Story! (원작을 파괴하다)

Chapter 32: Dominator (1)

When we arrived at the 5th floor, lots of bats were hanging upside down to welcome us. And we're standing on a cliff.

All of our brows quivered upon seeing the scene in front of us. There's nothing here. It's a dark cave, the ceiling is black, full of bats. While the cliff below is full of snakes.

I could feel the chills down my neck and arm. This may be a cave but the moon is visible at the far left of the cave's ceiling, where it served as our light source.

*Blagg!!*

All of us turned to the door, it was Drio and Selek who checked and tried to open it. Of course, it won't open.

"Those bats and snakes…" Theo murmured as he observed the creatures.

*dingg!*

♤Notice!♤

Dead End.

You have reached the last floor…

But will you reach the last door?

Can't you hear a lot of bats squeaking?

Can't you hear a lot of snakes hissing?

Don't be fooled of what they're doing,

You just have to keep singing.

Reward : [???]

Failure : Death

'What? I don't understand. Singing?'

According to Theo, these bats and snakes are all extremely venomous.

"Master, I can't see a way out of here." Selek whispered.

"Every corner was taken over by bats, and on the ground is not the best choice, Captain. What should we do?" Theo scanned around carefully

Me too. The riddle is too complicated to understand, it's rhymed tho. It seems, we're at a dead end. I'm expecting some treasure or weapon protected by monsters because this was the last floor of the Top dungeon. Haa...

"I'm disappointed." I stated with dismay, "We seem to have to be stuck here with nothing..."

*sigh*

"D-Dead end? With all the hardships we've gone through and this is what we get? Darn it!" Theo cried in frustration.

The knights didn't say anything. We can't blame him for being angry. He came here to get some treasure but ended up in vain.

"I should've chosen the underground floors. I'm such an idiot!" He punched the wall. Getting angry won't get us the treasure.

I prepared to go back and Selek consoled Theo. Talking to him seriously. Drio followed me looking down and... the fuck. We're stranded here and the only way out is maybe waiting for the raiders team to conquer the dungeon from the underground.

But is this really all for the top floors? If I consider the system notice… There should be a way, right? Only I could see that system notice, and it won't appear without a reason. But even for me, it's hard to guess the answer just from that. I already thought about it for over 50 times now but I couldn't get the answer. …not be fooled of what they're doing… …just have to keep singing… Sing what? It's so random.

"W-wait..."

We turned to see Efren who's kneeling on the platform ground of the cliff. We curiously wait for him to say something and tell us what he's looking at. He pointed to the floor.

"There's a riddle." He said.

'Another riddle? Were the two connected?'

Efren read the riddle out loud.

"Kids of this dark home,

We will attack if we are hurt!

Only want to hear a song.

Noise, we dislike!

We'll kill you with a tantrum.

Kind and happy, don't be gloomy!

That'll make us leave our home peacefully,

Get us to fly, we won't defy,

Only then you can pass by."

"I don't understand." Told Selek who's clueless.

"Of course, you don't. Because it is a riddle." Drio teased and the two bickered.

They can't help with this, haa… Efren was staring intently at the riddle, was he trying to solve it? Nice! He's growing, let's reward him for that later.

"A point for you Efren." I said holding up my thumb, "great work."

He finally smiled. Theo on the other hand, was in deep thoughts. Just like that, his anger subsided. I looked at the riddle…

You have reached the last floor…

But will you reach the last door?

Can't you hear a lot of bats squeaking?

Can't you hear a lot of snakes hissing?

Don't be fooled of what they're doing,

You just have to keep singing.

'Kids of this dark home,

We will attack if we are hurt!

Only want to hear a song.

Noise, we dislike!

We'll kill you with a tantrum.

Kind and happy, don't be gloomy!

That'll make us leave our home peacefully,

Get us to fly, we won't defy,

Only then you can pass by.'

'A song for children?'

Get us to fly… the only flying creatures in here are the bats. Maybe bats are the children? We don't know yet, but…

If we get them to fly they more likely won't defy- they'll be obedient and fly… if we persuade them with a song they don't dislike, otherwise they will attack us. They pertain to themselves as kids of this cave, right.

Continuing, if we managed to make them fly with a song they would let us pass by… Pass by? To where? There's no gate or door no matter where I look. Will it also appear out of nowhere?

"In short, they want us to sing a song that they will like." I pointed. "But how will we know if they dislike or like our song?"

I crossed my arms. This is tricky, we can't just sing anything random, or they will attack us. And we'll die if they do.

"They pertain to themselves as kids, perhaps they like nursery songs?" Efren answered, unsure.

"That's it! Captain, he's right. The word Kids is the clue, they will like children songs about leaving but coming back later since this is their home." Theo enthusiastically explained, "I have read it from a book somewhere, but I can't recall it."

"Does anyone here know a nursery song about leaving home then coming home later?" I asked the knights, but they frowned and shrugged.

Of course they have no time to listen to any children's songs but only training. Children's songs, children's songs…

I closed my eyes and tried to recall my memories from the modern world. When I was in high school, I got to take care of Alice when she was a toddler. She likes watching nursery rhymes from MeTube. Nursery rhyme… Jack and jill? London bridge? But that's not about leaving a home song…

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Incy wincy spider? Rain, rain, go away? Merry-go-round?

Bats bats fly outside? Then the merry-go -round modified version, was it valid? Kinda… Cute~ let's try…

Bats, bats, fly outside,

Come again after the night,

Adult humans want to pass,

Bats, bats, fly outside~

You have to play outside the house, outside the house, outside the house,

You have to play outside the house to exercise your body~

Omigod! I did it! What was this called again? …Brain blast, according to Jim Neutron.

I stood up with a big smile on my lips and turned to Efren, Drio, Selek, and Drio.

"I have an idea about a song. Can you lend me your ears for a bit?" I asked and we formed a circle.

I taught them the lyrics, we will be in sync on the rain rain go away song then, individual parts on the merry-go-round. After a few minutes of preparation, we went to face the audience. Now that I think about it… this platform was to be a stage and our audience was these bats and snakes. I exhaled loudly.

"Guys, on my cue, 3, 2, 1… start." I announced.

Our audience are bats and snakes… singing children songs in front of them is nothing but singing it here with my comrades… I feel like dying in laughter and embarrassment.

Altogether:

"Bats, bats, fly outside,

Come again after the night,

Adult humans want to pass,

Bats, bats, fly outside~"

Randall: shaky

"You have to play outside the house, outside the house, outside the house,

You have to play outside the house to exercise your body~"

Selek: high pitch

"The wind outside is fresh to breathe, fresh to breathe, fresh to breathe,

The wind outside is fresh to breathe in the middle of the night~"

Though… the sound was really… how should I put it… a mess and funny. There's high pitch, deep voice, monotonous, tone deaf, and shaky. Haa… I'm not one to complain either, mine's pretty shaky.

For the next line, it put some steps on to the song and hand motions. Just like the kids when singing their favorite children's song- later on. I want to look back but I will probably laugh… so no…

Altogether:

"Bats, bats, play outside,

Come again before dawn,

Adult humans want to pass,

Bats, bats, play outside~

Drio: tone deaf

"You could fly up and high, up and high, up and high,

You could fly up and high while racing in the sky~"

Theo: monotonous

"The moon outside is beautiful, is beautiful, is beautiful,

The moon outside is beautiful, it's shining like a star~"

Efren: deep voice

"The world outside is wide to see, is wide to see, is wide to see,

The world outside is wide to see, so go play happily~"

I wanna burst out laughing, what the hell! I can hear some off key, low key and normal sounding voices. I want to laugh but it'll ruin the song.

*dingg!*

♤Notice!♤

The song sucks. Specifically the singers' voices, the system accepts it out of pity.

The snake kids already left the area due to the ugly dance and stompings.

The bat kids are preparing to leave the area to cleanse their sensitive ears.

After seeing the notice, a vein immediately bulges from my forehead. The bats squeaked and squawked loudly and all together flew out of the hole. The snakes are only an additional audience but they get to judge our dance as ugly? Haa… my blood pressure…

I wiped my sweat on the forehead, and looked back at them. Ha- pfff!

"Hahahahaha! What kind of faces is that? Wasn't it fun? Didn't you feel like kids again when doing it? Hahahaha! Your faces are priceless!" I laugh to my heart's content.

Their faces was indescribably funny, Drio was blushing all face covered, Selek was touching his throat and was like testing his voice but it still off key, Efren was stiff and sweaty, and Theo was sulking at the far end of the platform- he's the one who used his monotonous voice to sing. Hahahaha! All of us are equally funny!

After I finished laughing, I wiped away my tears and calmed down myself. They all fixed their faces and stood up straight. I looked at the place where the bats were resting before, and there, we saw another hole and a safe path towards it.

*dingg!*

♤Notice!♤

You have reached the last floor…

But will you reach the last door?

Can't you hear a lot of bats squeaking?

Can't you hear a lot of snakes hissing?

Don't be fooled of what they're doing,

For you to pass, you just keep singing.

[CLEARED]

Reward :

Energy Replenishment Max. (applied to everyone) + 50x Highest Grade Healing Potion: Type SSS + Permanent increase of 'All Stats' by 10 (applied to everyone) + 50 Gem Points + 50 Fame Points + 100 gold coins

Special Reward :

You gain two Skills, Avalon's Store [New], Bottle of Anima [Item], System [Update]

"Weew… awesome, I feel like my body got refreshed after we sang." Drio commented.

Selek snorted, "Heh! That's the power of dancing, brat. It warmed us up. You don't know it because you never exercise."

I immediately open the system store, this is the first time I'll see it and I don't have any idea what kind of items or products it sells. I'm nervous and excited at the same time.

'Avalon's Store'

*dingg!*

♤Avalon's Store♤

9878 G

9864 S

996 C

49 GP

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