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Chapter 258: Boss Room
Chapter 258: Boss Room
Chapter 258: Boss Room
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While his real body was still healing, Adam's virtual body appeared in the dimly lit attic of the 50th floor.
After a short moment, his eyes fluttered open, and he groaned as if he could still feel the pain on his waist.
"W-what the hell..." Adam rubbed his waist, and sighed. "I was close to dying, huh..."
He didn't know how to react to that since he had already died once, but knowing that he was so close to dying again made him feel a sense of relief that it didn't actually happen.
"I'll find out where those bastards came from..." Adam coldly stated. "And you, Kang Saruza, if you helped them..."
With a crack of knuckles, he rose back to his feet, and stretched his limbs.
Since he couldn't go back to the real world, because he was on heavy medication, he planned to do some grinding.
After leaving the attic, he started heading back to the place where he stopped last night.
It was quite late already, but he definitely didn't feel like sleeping anymore. It was fine since his real body was sleeping in his stead.
However, since his mind wasn't really sleeping, he would definitely still feel sleepiness, but it was fine.
After returning to the game room of the strange creature, he walked through it, and found himself in the place with countless rotting corpses.
Once he ventured even deeper, he came across an enormous temple-looking area with rock pillars holding up the ceiling, leading him to believe he had stumbled upon an ancient burial ground.
It was so large and spacious that one would think that it belonged to the giants.
At that moment, lights lit up across the pillars and the ceiling.
As soon as that happened, a loud rumbling sound could be heard coming from deep within the tomb.
Through the ground, and from the coffins, thousands of creatures came back to life. Their eyes glowed blue, and they let out a deafening screech that echoed through the tomb.
Adam picked up his greatsword and rubbed his neck.
"Good grinding ground."
With a lunge, he started a long fight.
...
Back in the underground base, Alice let out a few yawns, but she didn't want to leave Adam's side.
It was nearing morning, and at that moment, she remembered something.
"Right, all those corpses!" She cried out. "My mother will freak out!"
[I've already taken care of them. I've also cleaned the blood, fixed the broken walls, and made sure everything is in order. Don't worry, she won't suspect a thing]
"Ah, thank god..." Alice touched her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
[I might be a machine, but I am also curious. You two fought last night. Why?]
"Uh..." Alice lowered her head and pursed her lips. "He told me something I didn't like."
[Yes, I heard. He is in love with another woman]
"Yes..." Alice nodded in sadness. "I thought he loved me."
[What're you talking about? He loves you very dearly]
"How would you know that?" Alice looked at the holographic face on the screen.
[Every night, before he goes to bed, he gives me an order to make sure that you're safe for the entire duration of the night. I might not be aware of human feelings, but I've had a few other masters before, and I haven't seen them care about anyone else as much as he does]
"..." Alice lowered her head and said. "But he still has someone else."
[That doesn't mean he loves you anyway less. It only means that his heart had place for someone else. Maybe he loved that person before you, but ended up falling in love with you as well]
"I don't know..." Alice kicked her legs up and down. "I just wanted him to be just mine, y'know..."
[Are you curious about her?]
"Yes," Alice said.
[I checked the dark web database. Apparently, she is a rather popular person. However, she is
not what you think she is]
"What do you mean by that?"
[You expect her to be a player, don't you?]
"Yes, she is not?" Alice raised an eyebrow.
[She is an Original. Non-Player Character, a creation of the game's code]
"What?!" Alice looked surprised.
[Does that make you feel worse or better?]
"I don't know..." Alice said. "I was worried that one day Lady Yu will come knocking on the door, and take Adam away from me..."
[You should talk with Adam. If you are so hard against him being with Lady Yu, I am sure he would choose you over her]
"I-I don't want to make him choose..." Alice said. "It sounds like a shitty thing to do..."
[Mm. I think the best thing to do is talk openly and honestly with him about your feelings]
"Honest..." Alice looked at the person inside the virtual reality pod and nodded. "Alright, I'll be honest with him..."
...
"Haah..." Adam limped down the gigantic temple area, a sea of corpses surrounding him from all sides.
He was filled with small and some bigger wounds.
His health bar was blinking red as he was nearly dead, and his mana reverses were completely
depleted.
It was an extremely difficult fight that lasted the entire night.
However, he was happy because now he had reached level 21!
It was level of Archwarrior!
It already made him a powerhouse among mercenaries, as this could already make him a core member of Crimson Hounds.
However, his real strength was still a mystery; it might be way above Archwarrior.
It wasn't a long way to go anymore for level 25.
As he headed down the gigantic place, he soon came across an enormous pair of double doors
at the end of the temple.
Its color looked like rusty gold.
As soon as Adam saw the gigantic double doors, he halted his steps and took a deep breath.
'The boss room...'
He didn't think he was ready to go to that room, not yet.
Adam quickly gulped some of the flasks to recover some of his health.
After that, he took a seat by one of the fallen pillars and just waited as his health slowly
recovered.
A couple of hours later, he reached his maximum health once again, which was 1,500.
His mana reserves had recovered as well, meaning he was now back to his strongest state. However, he was still slightly tired from the entire night of fighting, but he was feeling extremely curious.
His gaze was lingering in the direction of the double doors.
"Fuck it!" Adam stood back up and stretched his arms. "Might as well check just how far I am
from the boss's strength!"
He made his decision.
He was going to try the boss fight, but he planned to retreat as soon as it became clear that he was still too weak to try.
As he walked towards the double doors, he pushed them open with brutish strength, and slowly stepped through the entrance.
The boss room's dimly lit interior was intimidating, filled with ominous shadows and eerie
sounds echoing off the walls.
Then, a blue flame flickered across the circular platform. The platform was seemingly
hovering in the air, and it was possible to fall off the platform to the dark depths below.
As soon as the blue flames appeared, a figure appeared in the center of the platform. He was just sitting there, a cane in hand, and draped cloak trailing behind him.