Amid the cracking of his spine, 'Drexton' was almost split in half. His waist, which was stronger than a grown man's, was shrunk to the size of a calf under Kieran's forceful squeezing.
Kieran, who had made it this far, didn't choose to end it.
He slammed 'Drexton' on the ground, stepped on the back of 'Drexton's head, grabbed' Drexton's legs like a towel, and started to twist 'Drexton's' body.
Tssss!
After the tearing noise, 'Drexton' was truly split in half.
The world before Kieran's eyes was also split in half.
The war-torn Smorewill Street vanished, what replaced it was a sickroom!
Kieran raised a brow when he saw the familiar decoration.
It wasn't until he saw the window and it was drizzling outside that Kieran heaved a sigh of relief — after going through multiple realistic illusions, Kieran had a general idea of how strong the illusions were. Although the illusions could create most of the scenes and even the people he was familiar with, there was a certain limit.
The weather!
The sun, the moon, and the stars!
All of these were things that the 'Drexton' couldn't create. Even back in Smorewill Street, when the 'Drexton' was created, the 'Gunpowder Smoke' was still used to cover the sky.
However, in order to make sure, Kieran pushed the window open and reached out his right hand.
The concentrated, cold raindrops fell on Kieran's right hand, swiftly drenching it.
Kieran looked at the rain and when he glanced over his own palm, he was stunned.
He quickly retracted his palm and looked at the back of his right hand.
The unusually clear, strange smiley face that looked like a tattoo was faintly discernible, the red lines around it even lost their vibrant color.
It felt like a realistic illusion.
A dim, strange smiley face.
Kieran stared at the strange smiley face on the back of his right hand, many guesses popping up in his heart. Instinctively, he opened the system notification.
[Entering single player dungeon!]
[Dungeon difficulty: 8th dungeon]
[Extra energy invasion! Extra energy invasion!]
[Player has fallen into the Witch's Enigmatic Realm. Part of player's memory has been sealed. Authentication begins …]
[Player passed the authentication!]
[Player has escaped from the Witch's Mystic Realm!]
[Player's sealed memories have been unsealed!]
[Detected player has been treated unfairly, 8th dungeon difficulty adjusted …]
[Difficulty confirmed: Second dungeon]
[Background: Theorate welcomes new students in September. They are full of vigor and youthfulness, and you are one of them …]
"Main Mission: Pass the entrance exam and stay until the end of the semester."
[Temporary language pack, Disappears upon exiting the dungeon]
[Clothing, backpack, weapons, and other items remain unchanged. Temporarily altered appearance will return to normal upon exiting the dungeon.]
(Hint: This is your eighth official dungeon. However, due to the change in difficulty, you can fail the main quest. However, you will have to pay 200 Game Points as a ransom. When you do not have enough Game Points, your equipment will be deducted. When your equipment cannot make up for the penalty points, you will be judged to have failed the game!)
…
A sufficiently complete hint told Kieran everything that had happened.
The parts of his lost memories and the various illusions were all related to the Witch. However, what made Kieran fall into deep thought was why the mark on the back of his hand was activated.
It sensed danger!
The answer popped up in Kieran's heart almost instantaneously.
Pro level [Mystical Knowledge] had similar records on whether or not a mark could sense danger. Although it was vague, it did exist.
Given the Witch's [Mystical Knowledge] level, it wasn't strange for her to know how to create such a mark.
However, Kieran didn't delve into the Witch's [Mystical Knowledge] level. Kieran was reminiscing.
He recalled the events that happened before he 'lost' that part of his memory.
With Kieran's memory, it wasn't hard for him to do so.
More so, there weren't many things that he cared about before this.
There were only three in total.
First, the [Barrier Water] from the Resistance!
Secondly, his perception had received a qualitative improvement!
Third, he entered the current dungeon world!
However, which of the three was it?
Kieran couldn't be sure at the moment.
All three of these things seemed very likely.
[Barrier Water] was used to block the Witch's Gift, so it wasn't strange for it to sense danger.
If the enhanced Intuition was the reason for the Witch's Enigmatic Realm, it would mean that the Witch's Gift wasn't as impossible to expel as he thought. The reason why he couldn't expel the Witch's Gift before was because he wasn't strong enough, or he chose the wrong direction. In order to expel the Witch's Gift, not only would he need powerful strength, he would also need to find the right direction.
As for the third?
Due to the lack of information, Kieran couldn't be sure but he didn't reject the possibility.
In fact, Kieran wouldn't reject any of the three possibilities.
After all, he had regained some of his lost ground.
Ever since the strange smiley face appeared on the back of his right hand out of nowhere, Kieran felt like a fishbone stuck in his throat and when he knew about the Witch's Gift, Kieran felt like there was a dagger on his back, he had to be vigilant at all times.
What kind of person was the Witch who left behind all sorts of legends in the big city?
Wicked, powerful, murderous, fearful.
All those words were used to describe her.
As for what created the Witch, Kieran had no idea and he didn't want to probe further. All he knew was that he had to be extra careful against the things that the Witch left behind.
Especially when the Witch had disappeared and was only a so-called guardian, Kieran's vigilance had reached a new high.
Kieran never doubted the evil in human nature, just like how he believed in the existence of good.
A Witch who had reached her peak and even transcended might not care anymore, it might be something she did casually.
But not others.
Think about the rules of the guardians.
Everywhere revealed the law of the jungle.
Besides, that was only the part that he knew.
Kieran believed there would be more shocking facts in the parts that he didn't know.
The guardian?
Hehe.
Kieran laughed coldly and looked at the dimmed Witch's Gift on the back of his right hand. A few seconds later, he walked to the sickbed.
Under the bed were his equipment and items.
Although he was eager to get rid of the hidden threat, he still had to do what he had to do.
The difficulty of the second dungeon?
It would be the perfect compensation!
He couldn't wait any longer.
Huala!
A black leather armor replaced the patient's garb and a black feather windbreaker covered the black longsword at his waist. After stuffing the metallic box into his duffel bag, Kieran shouldered his backpack and walked out of the room.
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