The Devil’s Cage - Chapter 264

Chapter 264

The gold color stood out starkly among the green .

Kieran dashed over right away and picked up the Legendary Weapon .

It was a blood-red two-handed sword, quite heavy compared to the other equipment that Kieran owned .

Kieran's expression turned sour . He was still heavily wounded . Thanks to [Lionheart]'s effect, he could ignore all negative debuffs temporarily, but when the effect's duration was over, he would have to suffer the penalty of the decreased stats caused by the heavily wounded debuff .

The weight he was able to bear would decrease greatly as well .

There were at least a dozen Magical Rank pieces of equipment lying down before Kieran's eyes .

"Legendary equipment is a must . As for the Magical Rank equipment, I need to get the smaller and lighter ones," Kieran made up his mind instantly .

The Legendary weapon was his first priority . When it came to the rest of the Magical Rank equipment, he needed to lean on quantity rather than quality .

If he had enough time, he wouldn't have needed to do that . He would have gone over everything carefully and chosen the best equipment .

However, Kieran had less than 15 seconds left, so he could not afford to go over the loot in detail .

Ten, nine, eight, seven . . .

The countdown appeared in his vision . At the same time, the [Lionheart] buff effect wore off . Kieran instantly fell back into a Heavily Wounded Status .

What was more terrifying was that the wound on his chest had started to crystalize . There was no blood gushing, nor could he see his own flesh . There was only the crystal-clear texture around it .

Starting from his chest, it spread rapidly throughout his whole body .

When the countdown was down to three, Kieran's chest was crystallized completely .

[Eye of the Chimeras, Synchro: Constitution has failed authentication, crystallizing body parts…]

[Eye of the Chimeras, Synchro: Constitution has failed authentication, crystallizing body parts…]

. . .

The same notification kept popping up . Every time it did, it meant that another part of Kieran had been crystallized .

Kieran felt his heart lose its rhythmic beat . The cold, hard sensation made him feel like his heart was turning into a rock .

It wasn't just his body hardening though . He could hardly breath either . A suffocating feeling spread all over his body .

Kieran had to halt his step with all the loot on him . He was extremely unwilling to let a couple more Magical Rank pieces of equipment slip away when they were just in front him .

He stood there with his weakened, crystallized body, shaking his head with a sigh .

Three, two, one!

As the countdown ended, a blinding light covered Kieran again .

Kieran saw Contly out of the corner of his eyes . Her mouth was moving . She seemed like she was trying to say something to him, but the words could not reach his ears .

Kieran could not even wave goodbye . His arm had been crystallized as well .

. . .

When Kieran went back to his game lobby, the dungeon rating screen popped up .

[Fourth Dungeon: Ancient City Foreign Matter]

[Dungeon Type: Open World]

[Dungeon Difficulty: Average]

[Main Mission: Explore at least 20% of Isogu City within 4 weeks]

[Mission Completion: 100% (Rating: F)]

[Sub Mission 1: The Troublesome Chief Officer!]

[Mission Completion: 100% (Rating F → E)]

[Sub Mission 2: Sifting Through Bodyguards]

[Mission Completion: 100% (Rating E → D)]

[Sub Mission 3: Find the Lost Monument!]

[Mission Completion: 100% (Rating D → C)]

[Battle Performance: Very Active (Rating C → B)]

[Exploration Performance: Good]

[Special Rating 1: Herbert, Pierre, Harold, Cohen and Joanna survived (Rating B → A, Rep+1)]

[Special Rating 2: Eliminated the Night Race leader, Bartos (Rating A → S, Rep +1]

[Special Rating 3: Acquired the special Legendary item Eye of the Chimeras inside the dungeon, Rating increased greatly (Rating S → Z, Rep+3)]

[Acquired Title: The most essential natives of the dungeon world survived, You have acquired the title "Guardian"]

[Guardian: When equipped and protecting others, Defense +20%; You will be extra popular with anyone who is in need of protection!]

[Final Player Rating: Z!]

[Calculating Fourth Dungeon Rewards…]

[Final Fourth Dungeon Player Rewards are as follows . . . ]

[Points: 30,000; Skill Points 20; Golden Skill Points: 2; Golden Attribute Points: 2]

[Acquired Special Dungeon: Primordial Invasion]

[Acquired Specific Dungeon Reward: Herbert's Note]

[Player is Heavily Wounded, do you want to get healed up? Yes/No?]

"Yes!"

The crystallization had spread up to Kieran's neck . He had not even had the time to look at the rating calculations and choose a healing option .

[Heavy trauma detected around player's heart area, Healing will cost 100,000 Points and 10 Golden Attribute Points…]

[Player has insufficient Points!]

[Player has insufficient Golden Attribute Points!]

[Player has special organ "Devil's Heart', Transplant available, Transplant will cost 50,000 Points and 5 Golden Attribute Points…]

[Player has insufficient Points!]

[Player has insufficient Golden Attribute Points!]

[Extra healing plan detected, Healing plan will cost 30,000 Points and 3 Golden Attribute Points…]

[Do you want to heal up? Yes/ No?]

"Yes!"

Kieran had no options left . He was almost a crystal man by now . All his leftover energy was slipping away fast .

When he answered affirmatively, a green light suddenly shone down on his body .

The crystal box holding the [Devil's Heart] opened silently .

The dark red organ the size of two grown men's fists suddenly floated up and flew towards Kieran's chest, where the wound was .

The crystal around Kieran's chest was splintered right away, leaving a space wide enough for the heart .

The [Devil's Heart] rushed violently into the empty space .

The half-crystallized heart was squeezed aside instantly .

The original heart was not willing to accept being replaced though . It wanted to resist!

After a slight shiver, the Creature of Desire started to form again above the crystallized heart .

Hundreds of thousands of intertwining arms and legs and rainbow-like, dazzling eyes were preparing a counterattack .

The resistance the [Devil's Heart] felt was treated as a challenge to its authority .

Suddenly, a bright red flame burst out with a boom, engulfing Kieran's whole body . A heavy stench, similar yet even worse than sulphur, spread across the room .

The flame started to take form . There were fiery wings on its back and two horns on its head as it stared at the Creature of Desire angrily .

The horns of the fiery figure were as sharp as blades as they spun around spirally . The wings formed by the flames were extremely dazzling . They emitted mysterious flaming ripples .

The fiery figure was using the foul substance of the world as a fuel, burning through the sky and the ground .

The Creature of Desire was coincidentally the best fuel around it .

However, as the Eye of the Chimeras supported the Creature of Desire, it did not back down .

Tens, hundreds, thousands of huge eyeballs took form in mid-air around the room . They were as dense as stars in the Milky Way, each of them shining with a rainbow-like glow .

The eyes were brewing a mysterious energy within it . When that energy was ready, it would become an attack that would shake both Heaven and Earth .

The winged, horned figure did not seem concerned about the eyes surrounding it .

It let out a raging roar, and suddenly a huge burning two-handed sword was formed by the flames around its hand .

A final showdown was due between the two of them .

Kieran's body was half-crystallized and engulfed in flames . He could not even budge . He could only watch helplessly as the two monsters prepared for a terrifying fight inside his room .