It was a late evening.
Despite the late hour, many players were still in the game. A significant number of them had only begun their adventures and would play until dawn.
The world's development had never halted.
In the depths of The Condemned Dungeon, a group of twelve players is fighting against the epic boss. They are newbie players who, for individual reasons, couldn't have started playing the game earlier.
It was their first real hazardous experience against the demanding monster.
It was fun, stressful, exciting, etcetera.
The players had come prepared. Their team was a standard party lineup of a healer, mage, tank, swordsman, and assassin. The unique part of their endeavor was that they had doubled their numbers.
Armed with the knowledge and experience from forums and videos, the dungeon expedition and the final battle against the epic boss had been going flawlessly.
There were a few costs and sacrifices, but otherwise, it wouldn't have been exciting.
That was when the boss unnaturally froze.
He stood still, defenseless.
It was a chance that the party of newbie players couldn't waste!
Melee classes discarded their defenses in exchange for more movement and damage.
Mages and healers also focused on the offensive in their unique ways. Their spells weighed more and were as light as feathers as they buffed their teammates, respectively.
From various angles, the party of twelve hacked at the epic boss!
It was a test of their teamwork and individual potential!
And yet, none of it mattered when their weapons met with the boss.
"Eh?"
"H-How?!"
"But why?!"
Their weapons shattered upon contact with the boss' hide. Mages' magic didn't even leave a trace behind.
Their attempt at taking the golden chance had backfired on them, or so it seemed.
The epic boss hadn't moved yet.
Nonetheless, he was so frightening that mentioning, let alone thinking about his appearance in the presence of those players, would have hurt them more. They were that terrified of him. this-chapter-is-MVLeMpYr
Of course, their chances of killing the boss had fallen to zero.
Shortly after that encounter, the news of the thunders and the legendary boss appearing in The Condemned Dungeon had swept across the whole community.
The traffic in the dungeon increased tenfold.
It was a chance no one could miss, including high-level players.
The legends were that special!
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Jake was in college.
It was currently a break.
Everyone, including him, was enjoying the food.
He had his phone next to the plate.
'I wonder what she wanted from me,' Jake thought as he scrolled through short videos on his phone(he avoided any content related to The Legend Enigma Online). Mary wanted to talk with him just as he was about to leave the house. He didn't want to miss the bus and was still annoyed at her after their last argument. He decided to spite her and just turned his back on her.
His curiosity was now eating him from the inside.
'I bet she wanted to spoil the game for me in some way... I must have dodged a bullet,' Jake told himself, comforting his curiosity.
He smiled and changed the topic.
He glanced at his phone and noticed the new contact. It was Prince. The man had called him while Jake was in battle with the assassin. Because Jake had logged out quite late, he decided to save Prince's number and call him the next day.
He hadn't done that yet because it was still quite early.
That was when Jake's phone trembled.
'What a timing!' Jake said, his eyes piercing the phone on which Prince was written.
His new friend was calling him!
Jake picked up...
Prince's excited voice filled his ear, "It's my dark horse indeed! Great! I have good news for you! The legendary boss has appeared in The Condemned Dungeon!"
Jake nearly choked on his food.