Chapter 427: Exploring Under the Labyrinth I

The broken combination of skills that Adrian discovered made everyone blank out for a moment. This was basically an invincible combination. Adrian was rather thankful that the skill cooldown for Dodu is 15 minutes or else the slime' skill would be balanced.

The other raid party members did not complain because it took a lot of their hands. The abominations that they could not handle were all being diverted towards Charon. The Evergreen guild wanted to know what type of monster the undead before them is because it was very helpful.

Slowly but surely, they are killing the abominations one after the other. The downside is that they became tired because of an hour of continuous fighting as the earth elemental abominations were sturdier than they thought.

The stamina of the tanks dropped to 30% while the others in the rai party dropped to 50%. The tanks had to endure the attacks of the earth elemental abominations the longest. Charon would have been the perfect tank if it had a skill that can get the enemy aggro but he does not.

Once the last earth elemental abomination is killed, the floor suddenly opened up. A crater opened up on the spot where Cristobal used to stand before escaping to who knows where.

[You have leveled up.]

[All your soulbounds leveled up.]

[You have cleared the Emergency Quest 'Kill the Minions']

[You have received a temporary Status Buff of 10% until the end of the dungeon. Additional 20 minutes in the countdown timer]

[The next quest will be given when you proceed to the next area.]

[Time Left to clear dungeon: 7 hours and 11 minutes.]

"Here. Chew on these herbs." Adrian stated as he passed a yellow-colored grass. It looked like it was some sort of grass, but it was a legit rare tier herb.

Item: Vitanus Cenus

Tier: Rare

Type: Consumable or Ingredient

Effect: Chewing on this herb will let you restore stamina by 1% per second. The herb can only be chewed on for ten seconds.

Description: A great herb that can restore stamina. It is said to be really popular with the ladies who want to produce an heir and even more popular for the men. It is a vital herb in refining the Stamina Potion. It is really bitter but shows great effect.

"Echh! It tastes bitter." Alder complained while the others also showed disgusted faces. 

The others chewed through the bitter flavor and prayed that the ten seconds will be over. Others do not have tastebuds due to their race like Creepysoo. Levin Cloud could just straight up assimilate the herb and get its effects in a second.

"Sorry about the bitterness but Stamina Potions are rather hard to come by. It seems that we will have to deal with all types of elemental abominations. We need to save them before we fight Cristobal as he might turn the sphinx against us." Adrian apologized.

"After we restore all our stamina to 70%, we should go down. I will let my soulbound descend first." Mariposa stated as she told her praying mantis soulbound to descend in order to check the next area.

"We have seven hours and ten minutes left to clear the dungeon. I am starting to think that this Cristobal NPC is much more troublesome than we think." Anastacia voiced her opinion, and everyone also thought the same.

Mariposa looked like she was staring at space with a blank expression, but she was sharing vision with her praying mantis soulbound. A few seconds later, she reported the details that she managed to see in the next area.

"The next area has some sort of liquid flooding it. It is about knee deep and it decreases 1% of someone's health every ten seconds." Mariposa reported.

"That is fine. I can have Saena heal us when we go down. She can heal us with just flapping her wings." Adrian stated.

"I will go down first this time as your soulbound might not become a target due to its special characteristics." Kabrakan stated as he jumped into the hole.

"I guess he is slowly getting his fear of heights out of his system." Levin Cloud commented and the ones who knew thought that Adrian was ballsy to push someone with that fear.

"He should become accustomed to heights or else I will not let him ride Kanlaon. We cannot have him screaming like a baby if we needed to fly." Adrian stated as he followed Kabrakan.

The others soon followed, and the reports were true that there was some sort of liquid in the new area. The liquid is yellow green in color and smelled terrible. The ones in the party that have sensitive noses could barely breathe especially Kabrakan as beastkin have enhanced senses.

"Is this stomach acid? Are we actually in the intestines of the dead dark god?" Cersei asked as she could see that the area is sort of a tunnel.

"If this is the stomach then we better pick the right end. The other end leads to you know what while the other end is the esophagus." Alder jokingly stated but the others agreed with his statement.

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EMERGENCY QUEST NOTIFICATION

Find the Exit (Chain Quest)

Your group has been led to the stomach of the dead dark god. You must weave through its intestines and find the way to the esophagus so you could find Cristobal. He is lurking at the heart of the dark god as he is doing experiments on the relics. Reach Cristobal before you run out of time!

Condition: Survive until you find the entrance to the esophagus

Reward: Temporary Status Buff of 10% until the end of the dungeon, Additional 10 minutes in the countdown timer

Failure: Minus 1 hour on the countdown timer

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"Does anyone know where the entrance to the esophagus is? I do not want to go the other way." Peridot exclaimed.

"Big Brother, the liquid level is rising." Creepysoo stated which made everyone observe the level of the strange liquid. The term survives started to make sense because if they drown I this liquid then they might dissolve to death.