The strongest party of Players led by Edward, the champion of the Twin City Cup, ONE Mufasa, and Leah the Warsong Princess with a hidden class.
Apart from Eleena's absence and Jessica's lack of Sefarim, they were basically the strongest and most luxurious party the Players could muster.
Aside from Eleena's absence and Jessica's lack of Sefarim, they were basically the strongest and most luxurious party the Players could muster.
These powerhouses fought the Level-30 glowing giant bug, Muddy Black Dragon Python, Big Abyss with everything they had. The result was obvious.
Yes, they were all eaten by the monster.
"There's no way to fight it!"
Joe was leaning on the railing in the resurrection square of the tortoise colossus's head with a dejected look. "Neither normal attacks nor colored skills can do enough damage. Once its head — if that counts as a head — gets close, we would be caught by the tentacles in its mouth, dragged into its mouth, and eaten! Even sacrificing Mister Marni has failed. We've run out of ideas … "
Even Leah the Warrior Princess, who had been looking forward to the adventure, had a pale look on her face.
It was fine if they died, since which Player hadn't died before? However, being wrapped by a bunch of tentacles and having their entire body slowly dissolve was a terrible death that would leave a psychological scar.
"There has to be a strategy, or the God of Games wouldn't hold such an event!"
Edward's faith in the God of Games was immeasurably firm, although his tone didn't sound convincing at all.
"I think there has to be a strategy too, but we just didn't notice it …"
Gou Dan chimed in, either because of his reporter's intuition or because he noticed the clues in the strategy.
"Are you alright, Mister Mufasa?" Jessica had wanted to say something to comfort Edward, but seeing that he was fine, the considerate girl turned to Mufasa, who had been silent since the start of his thoughts. "What's wrong with you?" Mufasa asked.
At the moment, Mufasa had taken off his beloved pink flatfish mask and replaced it with a barbarian helmet that looked more normal. It seems that his death just now had affected him considerably.
"Could it be that we've made a mistake in the strategy conditions?"
Mufasa didn't keep playing dead after being called, and instead voiced his opinion.
"Strategy conditions?"
Edward was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses. "Ah, did you say 'sink'?"
After all, it was virtually impossible to kill all the monsters in Dark Sky, which was why they had to choose another path if they wanted to conquer the place.
At first, Edward thought that the condition of the raid was to sink to a certain depth without attracting the attention of the monsters.
But after hearing Mufasa's words, he subtly sensed that something was not right.
Mufasa, on the other hand, struck while the iron was hot. "And if you think about it carefully, there are many 'flaws' that could be found."
The flaw Mufasa found was simple.
The flow of time inside the Elven SIN was basically the same as the outside world, which was why time was the same whether inside or outside.
That was where the problem lay. Edward had gathered his companions and formed a new party to conquer Dark Sky, and it had taken him almost a day!
In other words, it was as if Mufasa had been floating in Dark Sky (his senses were reversed from Edward's group) for most of the day.
On the other hand, Edward and the others had quickly found Mufasa after passing through the Deep Wall Stratum for the second time in less than an hour. There was a stark difference in the time spent on both sides, and it was clearly not right that they had used an hour to catch up to Mufasa in a day.
Still, Mufasa was being pursued by Big Abyss the Black Dragon Python at the time and was in a critical situation, which was why no one noticed it.
"That's not all. Although it doesn't seem right to say that from the perspective of us who were defeated …" Mufasa continued when he saw that everyone had accepted his idea. "But the glowing monster, Big Abyss the Black Dragon Python, is actually only Level 30 …"
All of these signs indicated that the strategy might not be a one-way dive.
"Come to think of it, I don't know if I was imagining it, but I vaguely saw something resembling a key shining in that monster's stomach when it was eaten …"
That was when Princess Leah spoke up as well.
While her overall level could not compare to the others, she was in fact the tankiest member of the party. Her defense and HP were both higher than the average Player's, which was why she survived longer and naturally lasted the longest in the monster's stomach (or rather, the time she was tortured).
"I see. I get it now!"
Edward's eyes lit up at their words as he finally understood the crux of the matter.
"Mister Mufasa's initial hypothesis was wrong. While the food chain of the monsters in the Dark Sky indicated that they would accumulate luminous substance in their bodies, the radiance was extremely limited and would weaken as time passed! Moreover, Big Abyss the Black Dragon Python is only Level 30, which is why the theory of 'the brightest equals the most dangerous' doesn't hold water. From the very start, those luminous objects that can be seen from afar were the secret to clearing this stratum! "
Edward explained to the others, using the opportunity to clear his thoughts. "Just like the Deep Wall Stratum's [Abyssal Curse I], it's a hint to us! It's telling us that the glowing monsters' bodies contain a key item to clear the stratum! "
"Even so, we wouldn't be able to beat that thing …"
Joe's face was still crestfallen.
"No, if my hunch is right, we don't have to beat that thing!" "If the quest item is one of the organs of the Molten Black Dragon Python Great Abyss," Edward continued. "That's why we have to kill the enemy. But as Princess Leah saw, if the quest item is just inside the enemy's body, there's no need for us to fight to the death. There's a simpler way."
"You're saying …" Leah quickly understood what Edward was getting at. "We should enter the monster's body of our own accord and obtain the quest item to open the next stratum before our body melts?"
"That's right. Eliminating all the impossible options, this is the best solution we can come up with with the current situation!" Edward said solemnly, before showing a look of admiration. "As expected of the God of Games. After noticing that we've lost our balance recently, he immediately set up such a checkpoint so that we would recognize our place …"
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