Time flew by, and today was already the day for the Dungeon Raid.
There would be 10 participants for this Dungeon raid.
Five from the top ten rankings and five randomly selected awakeners.
Ray was currently in the Morningwood Dungeon, waiting in the dungeon core room with a pretty anxious face.
Just for this Dungeon Raid, he had prepared everything he could.
The 10 Gattling corn had been planted in the scarecrow room. Adding the Gattling corn, sunflowers, and some newly planted spirit rice as staples to increase the scarecrow's level, the scarecrow reached Lv.25.
Ray actually planned to continue and planted more rice around the scarecrow, but somehow, the scarecrow level didn't increase at all.
There might be some special condition that Ray didn't know yet. But for now, he would just let them be.
If his plan worked, then the Lv. 25 scarecrow was enough to handle today's dungeon exploration.
Ray was still waiting for the awakeners to come, but he didn't know that his name was actually on a trending topic on the outside world.
After he had met Titslover99 in the PvP arena before, Titslover99 had created a fan account dedicated to praising and worshiping the MorningwoodMaster. And just in a few days, the membership had reached more than 10,000 people.
The folk worships the strong. MorningwoodMaster's status as the number one dungeon master was already enough to make them feel awe. Adding that to the weirdness of the name and the feel of similarity, the membership grew very fast and didn't seem to have any sign of slowing down.
Still, that was a story for another time. The Morningwood cult would only go bigger and bigger, and Ray would only realize them after some of the Morningwood cults tried to recruit him by showing their Morningwood.
Today's focus would be on Dungeon Raid, and even everyone's eyes were on today's Dungeon raid because it was aired live on the system Dungeon Raid panel.
The clock ticked, and eventually, the long-anticipated moment came.
Ten big pillars of light appeared out of nowhere and kidnapped ten chosen people to bring them into an empty white room.
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[ Chosen ten for today's Dungeon Raid.]
[ 1. King Qin's descendant (China)]
[ 2. Second Nobunaga (Japan)]
[ 3. Dokkaebi Lord (Korea)]
[ 4. Arthur (England)]
[ 5. Gaius III (Roman Empire)]
[ 6. Mugiwara (Japan)]
[ 7. SoftexBasah (Indonesia)]
[ 8. Tianye (China)]
[ 9. Lakers fans (America)]
[ 10. Kaizer II (German)]
Ten bright lights appeared in the empty white room, and when the white light eventually disappeared, Ten people were already there.
As people from different countries and with their own interests, the first thing they did was to observe each other.
Forget about the last five who was only chosen because of luck. The first five on the top ten rankings were all rivals, and just being in the same room had made the atmosphere very tense.
King Qin's descendants, Second Nobunaga and Dokkaebi Lord had almost entered into a brawl. It was no secret that the relationship between the three countries was always on a big rivalry.
The three had about to summon their own Natal weapon when notification came out of nowhere and shocked all of them.
[ DING!!! Please refrain from making trouble in the waiting room.]
[ Anyone who makes trouble would immediately be kicked out.]
Just these two sentences had made everyone calm down.
They knew that they get their current status and power because of the emergence of this voice, and it would not be easier for the notification to strip their powers just because they did something stupid.
[ DING!!! It seemed everyone had calmed down. Now I will read the rules for the Dungeon Raid.]
The notification then started reading the dungeon raid rules.
Basically, the awakeners were given three choices. To enter individually, as a group, or to forfeit the Dungeon Raid chance.
The order to enter the Dungeon Raid was based on their ranking.
And for the last, the awakeners didn't need to be worried about casualties. Just like the PvP arena, after the Dungeon Raid event was finished, the awakeners would be transported back to the earth with full treatment.
The last condition had made everyone sigh a relief. At least they wouldn't need to be worried too much about dying inside the Dungeon.
[ Well then, that's all the rules. Now for the first Challenger, King Qin's Descendant, are you ready?]
" Yes!"
Immediately after King Qin's descendant replied, his figure was enveloped by another white light and then disappeared from the waiting room.
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- King Qin's Descendant POV -
When King Qin's descendant first came to the world, he had been given a huge prestige. Later he was hailed as the best prodigy in china, the one that would restore Qin's dynasty and many other extravagant titles.
His life entered its peak when the era of awakening came.
During the first day, King Qin's Descendant had awakened his ability. He has an S-Rank ability that enabled him to create multiple sword phantoms around him and control them as he wished.
Two weeks later, King Qin's Descendant awakened his Natal weapon, the King of Qin's sword.
With a single sword in his hand, King of Qin's descendant conquered multiple Dungeon and became the number one awakener in China.
He always thought that he was the peak of humanity until that day came.
When the ranking system was announced, he felt like his world had crumbled.
There were four people above him in the Ranking system, and he could not accept it.
For him, he was the best in this world, and no one should be above him.
Then, this Dungeon Raid chance come.
He was very happy that the four-person above him was not chosen to explore this Dungeon.
This means he could snatch all the announcements and return to the peak of humanity.
King Qin's descendant opened his eyes, and around him was a small room, no bigger than thirty square meters.
There were some torches to light the whole room, but the atmosphere that the room gave him was very empty.
'What is this?' he could sense a light draft and the low growl of something dangerous. Murky darkness filled his vision, and the noises were getting louder.
'I don't feel so good about this.'
King Qin's descendant drew his sword and moved cautiously while keeping his right hand on his sword just in case something popped up out of the shadows.
It was the first time he felt his surrounding was so mysterious.
He tried to check the three sides of the wall, but there was nothing.
' What is this Dungeon'
One of the common rules of the Dungeons is that the wall could not be destroyed no matter what. King Qin's descendant had tried to attack the wall multiple times, but it didn't even leave a scratch.
Under all these conditions, it seemed that King Qin's descendant had no other choice but to go forward.
There was a small round foothold on the room, but King Qin's descendant decided to ignore it at first because it looked very suspicious.
' It seems I really have no other choice.'
Because there seemed to be no other way, King Qin's descendant straightened his determination and eventually stepped on the small round foothold.
His hand was still on the sword, ready for anything thrown at him.
But even after a few seconds, there was no sign that it was a trap.
King Qin's Descendant sighed a relief. But his curiosity toward this Dungeon just getting bigger and bigger.
' Now I really want to conquer this Dungeon,' He thought.
Nonetheless, everything was not that simple.
The moment when King Qin's descendant stepped on the round foothold, the wall in front of him started to glow.
The grumbled sound started getting clear, and a face appeared on the wall.
[ Dear Challenger, I congratulate you on being able to find this Dungeon. You are the first Challenger of this Dungeon, and that itself is already a huge achievement.]
The Face in the wall praised him, and the King Qin's Dungeon couldn't help but have a satisfied expression on his face.
" Thank you! As the descen..."
But before King Qin's descendant was able to finish his words, the Face in the wall started to talk once again.
King Qin's descendant felt a bit annoyed that his words were interrupted. But he still listened carefully.
[ Dear Challenger, Please answer the question correctly and honestly to proceed.]
[The first question, are you level twenty or lower?]
Maybe because his ego was a bit too high, King Qin's descendant immediately felt displeasure when the Face of the wall asked this question.
Without thinking too much about the outcome, he displayed his aura and spoke:
" Do you think this is an aura of level 20 or lower awakener? No, I king Qin's descendant is a level....."
[ DING!!! Wrong answer, Sorry but you cannot go forward.]
King Qin's descendant immediately felt braindead.
What the heck does this Face in the wall mean?
He asked whether I was level 20 or lower, so why does it say the answer is wrong when I answer truthfully? Unles....
All the scenarios finally clicked on King Qin's descendant head.
This question was just a trick, and the function was to filter the awakeners before they entered the Dungeon.
He wanted to cursed out loud and bash the Face in the wall with his sword, but the white light had appeared once again.
" Cao ni ma!"
Along with that last words, King Qin's descendant's figure disappeared from the Dungeon room, and when he opened his eyes once again, he had returned to the waiting room with a big fail mark tattooed on his forehead.