Darkness suddenly appeared before Kieran's eyes.
There wasn't any sign.
It was as if the darkness itself existed in this place.
The darkness froze for a second.
Then, it slowly faded away.
As if he slowly opened his eyes, Kieran saw a world of black and white. He looked at the black wilderness and the white river beneath his feet. Under the dark, turbid sky, the land was firm and the river was flowing.
Then, Kieran looked down at himself.
Black and white.
Other than that, there were no other colors.
Kieran slightly frowned.
He was in Warren's imperial city, Riverdale.
It was an undeniable fact.
But now?
Where was this place?
Kieran bent down and touched the black ground.
It was cold and heavy.
"Not just the color, but the nature of the soil has changed as well?"
Kieran thought in his heart.
He was sure he had never seen such cold and heavy soil before. Even the frozen soil in a world of ice and snow wasn't as cold as the soil beneath his feet. Even a handful of iron pellets wouldn't be as heavy as the soil beneath his feet.
Throwing the soil away, Kieran wanted to get more information.
However, just as he took a step forward, a heavy force suddenly pressed down on him from the outside. It was as if a mountain had fallen from the sky and pressed down on his body.
However, what surprised Kieran more was a sense of weakness that he never felt before spreading throughout his body.
Kieran frowned hard. He carefully moved his body as little as possible.
He tried his best to feel the discomfort in his body.
Almost at the next moment, the system clearly told him what had happened.
[Entered unknown area, all attributes -I, Dawn, Plague, Devil, Cardinal Sins, and Saint Thorns Force greatly decreased …]
…
"All attributes -I?!
A major rank of attributes? "
Kieran squinted his eyes.
For Kieran, whose Spirit had just reached rank IV, there was still rank III after rank -I, but the other attributes were not the same.
Putting aside his strongest attribute, Spirit, Kieran's strongest attribute was Physique, which was at the level of a newly advanced player. As for Perception, Strength, and Dexterity, they were even lower, not even reaching the advanced level. Now that he had received a [− I], Kieran felt like a newbie who had just entered the underground game.
Of course, this was an illusion caused by the extreme decrease in attributes.
At the very least, he could still carry the [Crimson Ghost Stomach] on his back.
"Unknown region?"
"An area hidden somewhere in Riverdale?"
"Also …"
"Does everything in front of me have anything to do with that malicious gaze just now?"
One question after another appeared in Kieran's heart.
At the same time, the time limit set by the system to return to the big city was coming to an end.
Hu.
Kieran took a deep breath.
There was not much time left for him to learn more information, but it gave him more time to prepare.
Kieran sized up his surroundings.
He wanted to memorize everything in his mind, so that he could be more prepared the next time he entered the dungeon.
When Kieran shifted his gaze to the white river, his squinted eyes suddenly shone with a sharp glint.
A black dot appeared on the white river.
The black dot rapidly grew bigger under Kieran's gaze.
Or more precisely, it was closing in on Kieran with extreme speed.
It grew from the size of a rice grain to the size of a small boat.
It was a common wooden boat that was often used as a pleasure boat.
However, the one controlling the boat wasn't a kind and friendly boatman.
He, or rather, it, was wearing a black robe and was holding a dimly shining oil lamp in its hand.
The lamp shone brightly around the small boat.
It also shone on the face that was as dry as a skeleton under the hood.
"Look at me, sincere man."
"Avoid me, despicable man."
"Offend me, reckless man."
"Flatter me, cunning man."
"They all want to escape pain through me."
"They all want to escape their fate through me."
"But death!"
"Follow me like a shadow!"
"It's the biggest release!"
"What you want, the dead won't want."
"What the dead have, you won't have either."
"Get on the boat? Or leave? "
The scrawny boatman spoke slowly.
His voice was similar to his face.
It wasn't just dry, it was hoarse and unpleasant.
However, what concerned Kieran wasn't the scrawny but the situation before his eyes.
It seemed like …
The boatman was saying that he was dead?!
For Kieran, survival was almost an instinct, so was his hatred for death.
He frowned at the boatman and didn't say anything.
The scrawny boatman didn't say anything either, he just extended his bony palm and placed it in front of Kieran.
Then, Kieran felt the familiar weightlessness again.
…
[Special Dungeon: The Queen's Shield III]
[Dungeon Type: Free Mission]
[Dungeon Difficulty: Low Average]
[Main Mission: Ensure that Mary becomes the queen within 30 days]
[Mission Completion: 100% (Rating F)]
[Sub Mission: Remnant Snake school]
[Mission Completion: 100% (Rating F → D)]
[Special Event: Hidden Viper (Perfect Rating)]
[Rating: D → A]
[Special Event: Hidden 20 Years Ago (Perfect Rating)]
[Rating: A → SSS]
[Battle Performance: Very Active (Rating SSS → Z)]
[Exploration Performance: Very Excellent (Rating Z → ZZ)]
[Special Rating 1: Eliminated Crown Raven Soul Remnant (Rating ZZ → ZZZ, Rep + 1)]
[Special Rating 2: Eliminated Prime Viper (Rating ZZZ → V, Rep + 1)]
[Special Rating 3: Entered Unknown Domain (Rating V → VVV, Rep + 3)]
[Player final rating: VVV!]
[Calculating player's special dungeon rewards …]
[Final player special dungeon rewards are as follows …]
[Points: 300000; Skill Points: 60; Golden Skill Points: 7; Golden Attribute Points: 7]
[Acquired Special Dungeon: The Queen's Shield IV]
[Acquired Special Reward 1: Practice Shortsword]
[Acquired Special Reward 2: Southern Noble Encyclopedia]
[Obtained Special Reward 3: James III's Diary]
[Acquired Special Reward 4: Count Zilin Family Encyclopedia]
...
Standing in Wallway Street 13th, Kieran was looking at the dungeon completion before his eyes. His tightly locked brows didn't relax at all, he was still thinking about the scene that just happened.
However, in the end, his thoughts were still fruitless.
There was too little information.
It was so little that he didn't even know what had happened.
However, there was one thing that Kieran knew.
He had to face the unknown domain in his best condition.
Otherwise …
His fake death might turn into a real one.
After adjusting his condition, Kieran looked at the biggest reward of this trip.
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