At the entrance of the dungeon, a commotion had started. Some reporters had already shown up, and the group sent by the association was preparing to enter. Everything had turned into chaos within a few minutes.

The injured players had already been removed, and the guards were fired immediately.

"Could you explain exactly what's happening?" One of the reporters asked the leader of the five-person group sent by the association. The leader was a muscular man standing nearly two meters tall.

He wore a large iron armor with some golden details and held a shield almost the size of his body in his right hand.

"We don't have all the information yet. An anomaly occurred in this dungeon, and an unknown monster of higher Rank appeared."

"Higher Rank? Are we talking about an Orc or something of that sort?"

"We still don't know, but since we were called, it's probably stronger than an Orc." The man smirked sarcastically, and the reporters around him nodded in agreement.

Realizing that his question had been silly, the reporter cleared his throat.

"Right. We also received information that there's a person inside. It's a newbie player who entered without knowing what was going on. What do you think happened to him?"

"I don't know. But if he hasn't met the monster, he's probably still alive, and we'll do everything to bring him back safely." The group leader spoke firmly, and the other group members agreed.

After this brief interview, the group was already preparing to enter.

As they approached the portal, a cold breeze hit their bodies. The woman holding staff at the back of the group started shivering. "So cold!" She exclaimed as her red hair fluttered in the wind.

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The man beside her, holding a bow, smiled. He had brown hair and blue eyes. His attire resembled that of a musketeer, a simple outfit with significant magical and physical protection.

"What's wrong? Scared?" He teased the woman.

She looked at him with her emerald green eyes and clicked her tongue. "Just shut up, Robert, or I'll stick this staff up your ass."

"Saying weird things as always, Lana." Robert's face turned red with Lana's words.

"Hey, you two, stop fooling around. We're entering." A man holding a spear said. His hair was black and styled upwards. His eyes were sharp, like a delinquent's.

"You shut up too, Junior." Lana retorted with a sour expression on her face. It was clear she didn't particularly like her companions.

"Marcus, say something." Junior turned to their leader, but the dark-skinned man in the large armor ignored them and took a step forward.

The last group member, a man with silver hair wearing a purple ninja mask, remained silent. He had a dagger on each side of his waist, ready to use them at any moment.

And so, the " Phoenix " group entered the dungeon known as [Dying Goblins] to deal with an anomaly.

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Lukas felt his entire body tremble as that creature emerged between the ice pillars. It appeared suddenly as if it had teleported to that place.

"What are you?" Lukas stared at the creature, which avoided the pillars, and slowly walked toward him.

Three meters tall, with eyes as blue and sparkling as diamonds, white fur delicate as cotton. It was a massive white tiger emitting a threatening and icy aura. Lukas had never felt such a great threat in his life.

Behind him was the exit. He had to get out of there.

Just by looking at that creature, he knew fighting would be futile. But still, he wanted to try. He would feel like a failure if he ran away, but simultaneously, he would be an idiot if he stayed to fight.

RWAAAR~~

The tiger roared when it was three meters away from Lukas. The cold air that came out of its mouth stung Lukas' skin. The tiger's diamond eyes locked onto Lukas' black eyes as if the monster was staring directly into his soul.

Lukas gripped the handle of his sword and decided to attack.

He ran toward the tiger, which stood still, showing no reaction.

Lukas approached instantly and performed a series of complicated moves, trying to deceive the tiger's vision to get as close to it as possible. And he succeeded. The red blade of his sword managed to hit the tiger's side, but nothing happened.

His blade stopped at its skin.

Not a drop of blood came out. He hadn't injured the tiger.

RWWARR~~

With just one roar from the tiger, Lukas' body was thrown away, rolling over the grass. Excruciating pain struck his entire body as if his organs had been injured. But he hadn't been directly hit; how did that happen?

"Was it magic? An ability?" He struggled to get up, gritting his teeth.

The tiger slowly turned its face and looked at Lukas as if it felt sorry for him.

"You damned monster." Lukas was getting irritated, but he knew it would be foolish. If he got angry here, he would act without thinking and end up dead.

"Directly attacking it is impossible. But I don't have any magic or abilities to use. Plus, I haven't killed any other goblins or leveled up. If I managed to level up, I could gain a helpful ability.

Lukas opened the system store and noticed some abilities for sale. But he didn't have enough likes.

His video had stopped getting likes, and it was frustrating.

"You damn creature. I promise I'll come back and rip your head off!" Frustrated and irritated, Lukas ran toward the room's exit, and the tiger just watched. It didn't seem interesting.

Lukas had to seize this opportunity to get out of there.