The Devil’s Cage - Chapter 352

Chapter 352

[Entering Single Player dungeon…]

[Difficulty: 5th dungeon]

[Background: The imperial envoy that carried the king's secret order went missing on the way to Swusters Castle . The owner of Swusters Castle has sent you a help request…]

[Main Mission: Locate the missing imperial envoy within 7 days, 0/7]

[Temporary language pack, Disappears upon exiting the dungeon . ]

[Clothing, backpack, weapons, and other items remain unchanged, Temporarily altered appearance, Returns to normal upon exiting the dungeon]

[Detected firearms and grenade, did not match the dungeon period, power decrease 90% . When you enter the dungeon, you will be compensated with corresponding skills . (Compensated skills cannot not be leveled up and will disappear upon exiting the dungeon]

[Hint: This is your fifth official dungeon . You can fail the Main Mission, but you will have to pay 500 Points as a penalty and your highest attributes will drop by 2 level . If your points are insufficient, the system will deduct from your equipment . If your equipment is insufficient, you will fail . ]

. . .

As the words popped up line by line, Kieran frowned harder and harder .

He glanced over "equipments did not match the dungeon period and acquired compensated skills" and stopped at "highest attributes will drop by 2 level" .

"Following the increase of dungeon entries, not only the difficulties, but the penalties increase as well?"

Kieran muttered and his brows were scrunched together .

Kieran was clear that with his attributes going higher and higher, the highest attributes decreasing by 1 and 2 would seems like a petty 1 point, but the cost to level the attributes had a heaven and earth difference because it was not only related to Points consumption but Golden Skill Points as well .

"I can't afford to fail as I progress?"

Kieran sighed since he understood the stakes and interest in the term . He turned his attention to the compensations after, and just like Lawless had said, the compensations were fair .

[Firearm Weapon, Light Firearm (Transcendence)]

[Firearm Weapon, Explosive (Musou)]

Those were the skills that didn't match the dungeon period and were available for a switch with skills that matched the time period for the same level, Transcendence and Musou .

Inside the provided skill lists, there were the common [Sharp Weapon, Sword], [Sharp Weapon, Knife] to [Sharp Weapon, Special Arms] and [Sharp Weapon, Unusual Arms], [Master Shield] .

The skills were limited to basic skills and didn't exceed the limited range .

If Kieran longed for a mystical skill?

He would have to throw the thought away; the system was always fair .

"I choose [Master Shield (Transcendence)] and [Cooking (Musou)]!"

Kieran made a quick decision after looking through all the skills and their descriptions .

For weapon skills, after having Transcendence level of [Sharp Weapon, Heavy Arms], Kieran had no further intentions of overlapping the same type of skills . The skills with [Sharp Weapon] prefix were discarded .

After narrowing his choice, the provided skills were still a little over half . Within the remaining skills, other than [Master Shield], there were some swimming and climbing skills .

Compared to swimming and climbing, Kieran would naturally lean towards [Cooking] more .

[Name: Master Shield (Transcendence)]

[Related Attributes: Strength, Constitution]

[Skill Type: Defense]

[Effect: You know how to use every shield there is, increase 80% defense]

[Special Effect: Shielder (When you are defending with a shield, Strength, Constitution +4)]

[Extra Guard (Not only can your shield defend against swords, but also against arrows even fire, poison and ice attacks . When you are guarding the corresponding attack, +1 in authentication)]

[Consume: Stamina]

[Prerequisite: Strength E+ . Agility E+, Constitution E+]

[Remark: A good shield will make you stand firm and never fall]

. . .

[Name: Cooking (Musou)]

[Related Attributes: None]

[Skill Type: Ancillary]

[Effect: You are familiar with most of the dishes ever invented, and could cook them with a skilled hand]

[Special Effect: Taste (Your cooking will be more aromatic and tempt people's appetite)]

[Consume: Stamina]

[Prerequisite: None]

[Remark: Your cooking allows you to make a stance in any restaurant!]

. . .

The similar knowledge transfer and synchronization occurred .

The process was no different from learning a real skill, except for the fact that the skill would disappear when Kieran left the dungeon .

After Kieran made his choice, the words before him started to fade off .

Blinding light and loss of gravity happened again .

When everything returned to normal, Kieran was standing outside the wooden fence of a town .

The two guards at the entrance were staring at him with vigilance .

The outpost tower not far away from the entrance had a guard with a bow pulled out and arrow in his hand . Although the outpost guard was not really prepared to fire the arrow and not even aiming at Kieran, it seemed like Kieran was not welcome there .

"Hey guys, I mean you no harm! I was invited by the owner of Swusters Castle to be here…"

Kieran, who was out of the newbie range, handled the situation before him in an organic way . Though, unexpectedly, after his words, the guards didn't let their guard down but instead heightened their vigilance .

The outpost guard loaded his arrow on the bow string .

"Scram! You are the companion of the witch! We don't welcome you here!"

The two guards drew their sword out and tried to expel Kieran .

A witch? Wasn't the owner the lord of land?

The information that the guards revealed shocked Kieran slightly .

Though, before Keiran could probe out more information, the two guards were forcing Kieran to leave with their swords . The guards' solemn attitude made Kieran believe that if he continued to linger around, the two guards would really stab him with their swords .

Although, even if the guards increased their numbers 10 times more, it was not much of a difference to Kieran . But he decided it was a wiser choice to back down because he noticed that he was tricked and blinded by the word trap .

Inside the background description of the dungeon, there were mentions of "king's order" and "imperial envoy" . Plus the previous dungeon experiences always place him directly facing the mission giver or the mission range . It unconsciously made him think that the place that he first laid eyes on was Swusters Castle .

Quite the opposite, the place that Kieran landed was not Swuster Castle at all, and the owner of Swusters Castle was not the lord of the land, but a witch .

"After officially leaving the newbie period, the system's aid in the dungeon world was further decreased?" Kieran thought to himself .

He had expected this awhile ago .

According to the system, the increased dungeon entries will result in higher difficulties . The system would not be a nanny forever, arranging a logical identity for the player and allowing the player to progress in the easiest way .

After a certain dungeon entry number, the safety procedures would be removed . It was just that Kieran didn't think it would be this early on .

"I have to be careful of what I say now!" Kieran warned himself .

The current dungeon was only the fifth dungeon, and before him was just a normal town, with loose defense and hatred towards the witch . If it was a sixth of seventh dungeon, should he have been this reckless anymore, it wouldn't end with him backing off and leaving .

Kieran understood the term, execution by burning .

After backing away from the town's guards' sight, Kieran pondered over the background description of the dungeon .

"A king would send an envoy to carry a secret order to a witch?"

It was quite unbelievable from how Kieran viewed it but before he could think further, he was interrupted by the sound of rapid gallops from afar .

A team of five fully armed men galloped out of the town .

"Search for the witch's companion fast!"

The leader of the riders shouted and clearly delivered the message into Kieran's ears .