481 Unexpected Trap (3)

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Chaos Gate? What the hell is this? ’

Unknown anxiety from the moment we entered the dungeon.

And Ian was intuitive.

The reality of that anxiety is now revealed.

“What is Chaos Gate? ”

“I'm not the only one who came up with the message, am I? ”

“Yes, I think it's the whole expedition. What the hell is going on? ”

“Let's slow down for now. We need to be careful. We need to move slowly. ”

The party of the expedition that pierced the dungeon in an aggressive form began to move slowly, composed of circular vibrations.

I did not know what Chaos Gate was, but I was cautious enough just because an unknown device was triggered.

Ian asks for ‘Tapan’, the ranker at the head of the party.

He was one of the first to discover this dungeon, so he wanted to know if he could get any information.

“Hey, Tapan. ”

“Oh, yes, Ian. ”

“Do you know anything about Chaos Gate? ”

“I don't know. I've never heard of it... ”

The first discovery party in the dungeon did not even try the ‘Falcazio Secret Passageway’ dungeon.

Knowing that the secret passageway itself led to Falcazio's resistance, it was too burdensome to try.

Because of that, Ian also did not have great expectations and questions, but it was a bit unfortunate.

‘I knew nothing. Still, I hope I get a clue...... ’

Ian's words continued again.

“So, did you notice anything unusual when you first cleared the dungeon? ”

“What are you talking about if it's a singularity? ”

“Feel free to remember anything different from when you cleared the expedition this time. ”

In Kailan, a special ‘reward’ is generally given for the first discovery and clearing of any dungeon.

Most of the time they were rewarded with experience points or items, but other times they were rewarded with special connection quests or hidden stories from Kailan's world view.

What Ian asked me now was, in case there was such a thing.

“Well……. Now I think about it, there was one. ”

“Oh, what is it? ”

The expedition's leaders were gathered around Ian and Tapan, and everyone's gaze focused on his mouth.

Tapan's story continues.

“There was an episode of Hidden after I caught the Bone Dragon. There was no special reward, and the content itself was nothing, so I skipped it for a little while. ”

Ian's eyes lit up slightly when he heard Te Pan's words.

“Do you remember anything about what it was all about? ”

“Yes, well……. This underground enclosure was the place that used to keep the Losers of the Horse System prisoners. ”

“Can I be a little more specific? ”

“Umm, so……. ”

Tapan's story was not as special as he said.

Here's a rough overview of his story:

-Palkazio Castle's underground enclosure was first designed to trap the Horsemen thousands of years ago during the invasion of the Horse System.

However, the northern part of the central continent was sealed by the gods, and Palcazio Castle became a desolate ruin that no one could live in, and the horses trapped in the brig.

Being cut off from the outside by the power of the gods, it was a natural order.

Hundreds of years later, an underground encephalogram was rediscovered by humans who came up to explore the northern region.

But there was no one in the encephalogram.

Somehow, the Horsemen who were imprisoned disappeared without leaving a trace.

Instead, there are signs of a massive explosion in the depths of the encephalogram.

That was all he said.

Ian tilts his head with a curious look.

“Is that where it ends? ”

“Yes, that was the last time a secret passage was opened. The following seemed to have to go in here. ”

“I see.”

Ian's head begins to spin rapidly.

What I just heard was, in fact, what Ian mostly knew.

‘I knew this was the place where the Horsemen used to be...' What's so special about the sealed horsemen disappearing? Or signs of an explosion? ’

Ian's eyebrows narrow as his thoughts become more complicated.

‘According to Tapan, there is the next story at the end of this dungeon……. ’

There was no room for analogy, but the range was too wide.

Ian could not predict it easily.

‘The Horseman Stragglers disappeared somewhere, leaving only traces of explosion. What's the next story? ’

And Ian wasn't the only one who was troubled.

The rankers were well aware that Kailan's content often has a clue in every one of these little stories.

And while the expedition's leaders roll their heads, the group advances gradually.

The progress of the "Falcazio Secret Passageway" dungeon in one corner of the field of view was already over 50 percent.

After a while, a loud voice echoes through the interior of the quiet dungeon.

- How dare you challenge my authority....

- Humans, you will pay for this from now on!

Rough and heavy, plus a voice that gives you goosebumps.

Ian hears a thunderous voice echoing in the dungeon, and he thinks it's familiar.

‘What is it? I've definitely heard of it...? ’

Ian quickly began to remember, soon realizing who the protagonist of his voice was.

“Oh, Sharian……! ”

The king of the undead who faced me in the past.

This voice was the voice of Rich King Charleon.

Then Shakran, who heard Ian's muttering, briefly asked Ian.

“Sharian? How do you know his voice? ”

“Well, we've met before. ”

“What is that…? ”

It was Shakran who became even more questionable in Ian's answer, but his question could no longer continue.

It was because the situation inside the dungeon began to rapidly return.

Kung-kung-kung!

From the back of the expedition, you hear a great sound.

“What? The exit's blocked! ”

“Crazy! Was it a trap? ”

“Damn it!”

And the secret passageway through the group is blocked by a huge pile of stones.

“ ……! ”

Even Chakran, who was distracted and not easily embarrassed, was momentarily shaken.

Ian was the only one on the expedition who had anticipated the situation to some degree.

‘Even if it's a trap, it's enough to overcome it. ’

He stands on all nerves to cope with the situation ahead.

Then, a series of new system messages appeared before Ian's eyes.

- Chaos gate is open.

-Charging of Chaos Gate begins now.

Whoo-hoo!

From the center of the dungeon, along with a large resonance sound, a faint grizzly begins to bloom.

And it gradually shaped something.

Moreover, the emerging messages did not end there.

-Specific conditions have been met.

- 'Explosive Quest’ has been created.

- The ‘Destroy Chaos Gate’ Quest is triggered.

Ian and the rest of the expedition came up with an unexpected quest window.

- Destroy Chaos Gate (Hidden).

You've managed to conquer the underground enclosure and discover the secret passageway within.

A hidden underground passageway built hundreds of years ago, leading to the resistance of Palaccio Castle.

However, there was a big problem along the way through the underground corridor.

Chaos Gate, which had been sleeping in the secret passageway, began to work for some reason.

Chaos Gate is a Dimensional Portal that was created by the Horse Stragglers who were trapped in the crypt in the past to return to the Horse System.

We don't know why this dimensional portal is working again, but if we leave the gate open, the horses and magic will pass through it.

Destroy Chaos Gate in a hurry to prevent the worst.

If you succeed in destroying the chaos gate before it is fully charged, the magical objects will not pass through.

Quest Difficulty: SSSS

Quest conditions: Create quests when 'Chaos Gate’ is active while attacking the ‘Falcazio Passageway’ dungeon.

Chaos Gate operation in 19 minutes and 59 seconds

* Destroy Chaos Gate to complete the quest.

* Reward: unknown.

* Rewards vary by user.

And those who confirmed it had to look even more embarrassed.

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“Hehehe, you must be embarrassed. Even Ian would be embarrassed about this. ”

Watching the broad TV screen, Nazi Chan burst out an elongated cheerful smile.

Kylan recently watched the broadcast, and Najchan had never been so happy.

The pain and grief that I've experienced while monitoring Ian (?).

Whenever Ian saw a strange walk, he fell asleep and felt like his heart had been torn apart.

“Well, shouldn't Ian just fail once? ”

To Najchan, Ian was a creature of compassion.

As a fan, he was an unlimited amount of respect and affection, but as a promoter, he was a terrible content destroyer.

Therefore, in Najchan's mind, he was cheering for Ian and wanting to fail at the same time.

‘Hehe, if I hadn't hit the broadcast publicly, none of this would have happened……. ’

Najchan was aware of all rankers' movements in the horse system as well as in the human world.

Because of this, I understood the situation more perfectly than anyone else.

‘Foolish Emily and Kawin finally set us up. ’

As it is written in the ‘Quest conditions’ that appear at the bottom of the Quest Window, Chaos Gates must be operated to trigger this‘ trap ’.

Ian's group in the dungeon probably thought Chaos Gate was working during their breakthrough.

But the reality was different.

The operation of the Chaos Gate was connected to quests in the Magic System, not in the human world.

Simply put, rankers who were conducting quests in the Mahjong system were able to see the situation of the expedition in real time through YTBC's broadcast and activated Chaos Gate to trap them.

So if the march of the expedition hadn't been on the air, what would the siege have been like?

‘Perhaps the expedition never entered this secret passageway. ’

Originally, rankers in the Horse Clan were supposed to operate the Chaos Gate a few days earlier, and by the time the expedition reached Palacazio Castle, the secret passageway had already been closed.

However, because the march of the expedition was exposed through television, users of the magic system were able to sell these traps.

“Now, let's see how long the expedition lasts...? ”

Perhaps Ian, or Ian and the expedition of the top rankers, will be able to stop a large number of undead forces from advancing until the Chaos Gate is activated.

But in the end, the gate is forced to operate, and the rankers of the Magic System who enter through the gate are as powerful as the elite of Lotus and Titan.

“Even if they overcome.... The end is destruction. ”

Najchan, who pictured what was going to happen in his head, started watching the broadcast again with a single smile.

The broadcast was getting more and more interesting.