บท 56: Death Arena
บรรณาธิการ: Atlas Studios
[Shadow Brotherhood (ally of the Difia Brotherhood)]
[Force Leader: Dakar Rhode]
[Monster Force Level: Level 3 Castle]
[Monster Force Territory: West Wild.]
[Monster Force Main City: The Forgotten Tower.]
[Monster Force Population: 379/500]
"We have an alliance with the Difia Brotherhood; we almost wear the same pair of pants. But strictly speaking, we're still two separate organizations, hence I only invited you to join the Shadow Brotherhood. We're only a level 3 Force and have a relatively small population here, while the Difia Brotherhood is a level 4 Force, but most of them are NPCs.
"Our main city is the Forgotten Tower, which is a hidden dungeon that hasn't been found by the Adventurers yet."
Xiao Yu nodded, "Then, what do I need to do?"
"We have a lot of positions to choose from. If you're strong enough, you can be a guarding Boss of the dungeon, or even the final Boss. If not, you can only be a mission plot Boss, or just a wild Boss outside."
"Different positions have different salaries. Mission plot Boss and wild Boss can only get the basic salary, but if you enter the dungeon, you can get an extra subsidy. Of course, you have to complete a test before being allocated to your position. Come with me."
"Test? What kind of test?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.
"Fight against the Adventurers, of course."
They got off the ship and went to the yard area as they spoke. Blake Rhode did not head to the Death Mine, but bypassed a piece of limestone and opened a blank door at the corner of the cave.
As they walked in, not far away, a blue light screen appeared in front of their eyes.
"A dungeon in a dungeon?" Xiao Yu was shocked as this was his first time seeing such a design.
"No, it's not. It's just a subway system. West Wild is too big; we can easily meet Adventurers when we go to and from each dungeon, so it's safer to go by subway. This underground tunnel connects all the dungeons in West Wild."
They saw a mine cart not far away when they walked into the tunnel. The tracks under it spread all the way into the darkness ahead. A few Goblins were playing with the machine, and suddenly cheered up when they saw Blake Rhode.
The Goblin Ticket Seller asked, "What can I do for you?"
"Send us to the Death Arena, thank you."
Death Arena? Sounded like a dungeon. Xiao Yu thought that they would go outside to kill some random Adventurers.
They got on the mine truck. With a quick ride, it stopped in front of a gate ten minutes later.
Walked into the tunnel through the blue dungeon light screen.
System prompt message: You have entered the Death Arena.
Death Arena Dungeon: Admission level 14-21, difficulty level of a five-man normal team dungeon.
The mine truck circled around and travelled all the way up before they reached the place. A loud noise was heard by Xiao Yu.
Soon, they came to a place that looked like bleachers. Standing at the audience seats and looking around, this was a huge, circular arena. The sand of the arena had a diameter of tens of meters, which was surrounded by a circular stand. At this time, the stand was full of all kinds of monsters.
There were Ogres, Gnolls, Humans, Dwarfs, Tauren, Orcs, and Wild Beasts. Among these monsters, there were normal small monsters, Rare Elites with silver avatars, Elites with gold avatars, and Xiao Yu even saw many Bosses with Dragon-shaped avatars.
Without exception, all these Bosses had suffixes of the Difia Brotherhood or the Shadow Brotherhood. Apparently, they were all under Dakar Rhode. Xiao Yu guessed that many of them were just codependent on the Difia Brotherhood. But anyway, it was shocking to see so many monsters gathered together.
As a Goblin, Xiao Yu did not attract any attention among this group of monsters.
Blake Rhode found a place near the arena and sat down as he explained to Xiao Yu, "This is one of the most popular dungeons in West Wild. Although it's not a mirror dungeon, there are Adventurers coming here 24/7. Look, there's a team coming in."
As expected, the iron fence of the arena was slowly opened, and a group of shackled Adventurers came in from the back with several armed Ogre guards.
Xiao Yu asked, "Eh, why are they shackled?"
Blake Rhode explained, "Oh, this is the design of the dungeon." Then he told Xiao Yu about the design of the Death Arena.
"What's interesting about the Death Arena is its way of entering. The Death Arena is located in the center of West Wild, where the monsters are most intensively distributed. It is very hard for a normal player to get close to it, and even if he reaches the gate, he has to deal with four level 24 Elite Ogre guards and another level 25 Ogre guard captain Boss.
"Hence, it is very hard to fight his way in, but there are two ways to avoid the battle to enter the dungeon. One way is to sign up at the Goblin Guide outside the Death Arena to participate in the competition. This requires the participant to pay a 50 gold coin registration fee. If he can clear the dungeon, he will be able to get the registration fee back, as well as be awarded a bonus.
"The second way is more interesting. There is a group of monsters patrolling West Wild. Its leader is a Dwarf Slave Owner, with a group of more than 20 members which form a slave hunting team.
"If the player is defeated by this team, there will be two options provided: 1. Die rather than surrender; 2. Become a slave.
"If he chooses the second option, he will be escorted to the Death Arena to participate in the competitions."
50 gold coins was not a small amount for newbies, hence many players would choose to be arrested by the slave hunting team in order to enter the dungeon.
Blake Rhode continued, "Of course, this is not the most interesting part of the dungeon. The Boss of this dungeon is totally random. Do you see those monsters on the stands? Any one of them can fight with the Adventurers. That is to say, the Adventurers have to face different Bosses every time they enter this dungeon. Thus, we also use this dungeon to test the strength of the new Bosses."
"It sounds interesting. So, are you going to let me compete with them?"
"Yea, do you think you can handle it?"
Xiao Yu nodded. "Not a problem. When is my turn?"
"The Adventurers have to clear four Boss battles after entering this dungeon. When do you want to show up?"
"I can be the third one. Now give me the dungeon Boss permission," Xiao Yu said. He did not want to be the first, because he at least had to observe the Adventurers' strategy and strength first. But if he chose to be the last Boss, he would not be able to show his strength if some of the Adventurers were killed by the Bosses in previous rounds. Hence, the third one was perfect for him.
System prompt message: You have become the guarding Boss of the Death Arena.
Blake Rhode said, "You can set your own dungeon Boss system now. If you want to fight with them, this dungeon Boss system must be set. It is very simple, you just have to—."
But Xiao Yu suddenly interrupted him, "I know how to set up the dungeon Boss system, I don't need to bother you."
Blake Rhode was stunned. "So you were once a dungeon Boss?"
Xiao Yu smiled but did not answer. He turned on the dungeon Boss system straight away.
A voice immediately rang near his ears—
System prompt message: Welcome to the dungeon Boss system. You must be very excited as this is your first time being a dungeon Boss. But in order to better display your strength when fighting with the Adventurers, some settings are necessary. Now, please follow my guidance to set it up.
This was the system guidance. Xiao Yu skipped it immediately as he could not be more familiar with the dungeon Boss system.
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