Chapter 81: Floor 10

Chapter 81: Floor 10



In a flash of light, a group of players appeared in the middle of a deserted and overgrown, ruined city. It looked abandoned for years, and there were also eerie spiderwebs covering the crumbling buildings.

Knoxx looked around with an eagle's gaze, and then his gaze landed on a campfire that had burned out a while back.

'They used this place as a camping spot; should we as well?' Knoxx wondered to himself with a frown.

He had the role of raid leader-it was a demanding role, and this raid was very important to him.

So far, he hasn't led any raids yet. He recently became an ordergiver and had the opportunity to become a raid leader. It was his opportunity to show what he was capable of doing.

In Crimson Hound's, there were in total ten raid teams-they were ranked from first to tenth based on their skill level-the guild's core team was the first team, and Knoxx was now leaving the lowest-ranked team, the tenth team.

He hoped that this would show his capabilities as a leader, and perhaps in the future, he could lead one of the top five ranked teams. It would be a huge honor.

"Alright, everyone!" Knoxx shouted.

Everyone stopped checking out the town and turned to their leader.

"We'll camp here."

Knoxx said and after giving everyone the order, they began building up the campsite for them -it was still quite early, but they would have to spend several weeks on the floor.

Their main goal was to defeat the boss of the floor, but that wasn't all-they were also looking for Magick Energy shards. They were worth quite a bit, as the New World desperately needed them.

Therefore, they would survey the floor for the shards before going to defeat the boss.

After a few hours, the campsite was somewhat built-around seven tents were already up, forming a circle in the middle of the town-and in the middle of the circle, the previous campfire was removed and replaced by a larger, more elaborate bonfire pit.

Knoxx sat down on a log and saw that everyone was listening. He then opened a map and flapped it in front of everyone.

"This is a map of the tenth floor," he said before continuing, "And it shows the areas where we can look for the shards. However, we must be careful in one specific area."

As he showed the map, there was a red zone in the middle of a thick forest. It was a danger mark.

"That's where the boss lays and its underlings."

Knoxx scratched the back of his head before continuing.

"We are facing a dangerous breed of Chaosbeings-Spider Demons-they are, just like their name suggests, spider-like creatures with demonic attributes.

"They are quite a bit like humans, to be honest, as they can stand on two legs, but the underlings have four arms instead of two, and their heads are that of a spider's. They are very disturbing fellows.

"And then the boss is Spider Mother. She is the most terrifying of them all, with her massive size and ability to control all the underlings with just a glance.

"Unlike underlings, she is a bona fide spider with eight steel legs that can pierce through you like a spear. We'll need to think of countermeasures for them."

"It is the home of Spider Demons. In the middle of the forest, there is a dome-like structure that houses their mother. It's big enough to be seen from here if you go on top of one of the

houses."

"Excuse me, I have a question." Adam raised a finger.

"What is it?" Knoxx asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Is there a danger of another mercenary party coming to contest us?" Adam asked.

After he asked that, other members of the raid party turned quiet. It was obviously possible. Whenever one of the floors became available, guilds sent a request to the Mercenary Guild to get permission to enter the floor. It was usually given only to one guild, whichever was

fastest.

This time, there were around five guilds that sent their requests, but Crimson Hounds was the fastest. However, there had been instances when other guilds ignored that and still went for

it.

If they were discovered doing so, there would be punishment-however, it was possible to do

it unnoticed.

All they would have to do is kill the other guild that got the official permission so that no one

would know.

"That's unlikely." Knoxx said with a shake of his head and turned to his tent.

"Are you sure?" Adam asked with a frown. "Does Crimson Hounds have enemies?"

"..." A silence fell over the campsite.

"They wouldn't dare..." Knoxx said coldly.

"However, just in case, should we change the location of our campsite?" Adam asked with a frown. "We are at the spawn spot. If another guild happens to come here when we are

sleeping, we are easy prey."

"Uhm..." Knoxx looked troubled and then saw other members look very worried.

In the end, he sighed and waved his hand. "Fine! There's another relatively safe place north of

here. We'll move our camp there instead."

"Whew..." Adam sighed to himself. 'I am relieved that even he is worried about that possibility and doesn't want to take any risks. I expected him to be more hardheaded, but I

guess he also has a brain.

'From what I know, Crimson Hounds have few enemies, and it doesn't hurt to be careful. Dungeon is a dangerous place, and Chaosbeings aren't the only threat.'