Hey guys, my new schedule involved writing this at one in the morning, so there are probably a lot of errors.

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Dong Ji was worried.

At least, he was more worried than the elder Sun.

The special capsules had technology to keep the user from experiencing starvation during long periods of gaming.

That was the elder Sun’s reason for not being worried.

Dong Ji knew that.

However, he was still worried.

Seung and his friends had logged in two days ago, and hadn’t logged out even once.

He didn’t know why they were staying in Royal Road.

More than anything else, it was the not knowing that worried him.

He felt certain that whatever the reason was, if he knew it, he wouldn’t be worrying.

Despite this belief, he worried.

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Fatigue:

You have not slept in one week.

Penalties for Fatigue increased.

The whole party received the messages at the same time.

The whole party ignored them.

They hadn’t been stopping for breaks, which is why they hadn’t slept in so long.

They ate their food as they fought, but they had no time for sleeping.

They had gained a new stat, which controlled how long they could go without sleeping.

It also allowed them to sleep for less time, and be awoken more easily.

They were beginning to feel like the second two abilities were never going to come into play.

Although the party as a whole was originally against their forced combat, they had gotten used to it.

They no longer expected sleep, rests, or breaks.

Although it didn’t happen, had Dali called a stop to rest, they would have resisted him.

They had made it more than halfway through the dungeon, and there were no mobs behind them.

They were eager to finish the dungeon.

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A short while later, they were surprised when the ground sloped up.

They were even more surprised when hours of fighting and marching passed and it was still going up.

When they reached the end of the dungeon, they had been logged in for three days.

If they had been thinking straight, they might have realized how many classes they had missed.

However, the adventure combined with the sleep deprivation had dulled their judgement and memory.

The boss of the dungeon was a skeleton knight.

The fight was long and arduous, but in the end they prevailed.

Rell finished it off with one blow from his weapon.

At the time, his weapon was Paella, who was covered in fire.

Even Dali was surprised at their plan.

They took that as an indication that it had been good.

“If we can surprise him, we can surprise anybody!”

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After the fight, they decided to take a break.

They cooked a real meal, which was all the more delicious for their atrocious diet over the course of the dungeon.

Then they went to sleep.

When they woke up, they continued on their journey.

They did not know what time it was, or how long had passed.

However, in the real world, another day had gone by.

They continued going through the tunnel, as it got steeper and steeper.

Eventually, they could no longer walk, and were forced to climb up the walls instead.

Although Dali could do this with no problem, the rest of the party took longer.

By the time the whole party could climb the walls, Dali was fast enough on them to save someone who was falling.

In order to go faster, he would even jump to different parts of the wall with better places to hold on to.

They were glad that they rested before hand, because they couldn’t sleep on the wall, and it took them a long time to scale it.

However, after another large stretch of time, they reached the top.

They were surprised when Dali requested another break.

Partially because he wanted another so soon, but partially because he had been the de facto leader of the party for out of combat situations for a while.

The tunnel was short and empty after they reached the top.

They were blinded for quite a while after they reached the mouth.

They had been underground for so long they were not used to sunlight.

When their eyes finally adjusted, they gasped at the sight before them.

They saw a kingdom.

An entire castle, bathed in a light green light.

And in the castle, the only moving things were the undead.

Dali laughed and the rest of the party stared at him in confusion.

“What are you laughing at?”

“Are you that happy to see that we have more enemies to fight?”

“Did you remember a funny joke?”

“Are you planning to take over the world?”

“I thought of something interesting.”

“What?”

“We are supposed to find a city for the monsters right?”

Rell saw where this was going.

“Yes we were, weren’t we?”

His manner of speech was so self-assured it was plain he knew what he was talking about.

“What’s going on?”

“Look!”

He pointed out of the cave,

“We found a city!”

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