Troublesome Encounter

I never expected that this action of mine would result in something bad. I asked myself how could this happen and what could possibly be the cause of this, then I suddenly remembered the notification I got from the system before I entered the room. I was too excited to go that I didn't check my own status board ahead of time. I really regret not listening to the system now but the time for regret is over because the guardian is already coming towards us. From the sounds of the footsteps, it seems that it is moving at a pace of a normal human walk. I guess we can move quietly and evade that thing due to its slow movements. Although while I am using my other senses to feel around my surroundings, I can hear 5 more people inside this room. Their breathing seems normal when we take into consideration being robbed of your primary sense. I shouldn't let panic takeover my mind and body and take Mira out of this room already.

"Mira! Can you walk? We have to get going now so please come with me!" (Hayden)

"Okay. Lead the way now." (Mira)

We stood up and felt our way around to check for an exit. The further we venture inside, the more twisted the room feels. It is like the room is alive and is forcefully keeping us inside. The walls keep moving, The ceilings sound like they are turning and twisting, and the floor that we walked by earlier seems to fall into nothingness only leaving us a choice to move forward. This labyrinth like room feels endless until we bumped into something rocky and rough. Before we could even react and inspect what we bumped into, we suddenly get pushed back into what we suspect is nothingness. After a few moments of recovering from the sudden impact with the ground, my sight came back and I immediately check for my partner if she is okay. Due to the innate darkness of the room, I had difficulty finding her. Until suddenly my foot gets grabbed by a person, I looked around to see a woman with long golden hair, rosy cheeks, milk white skin, with a thin yet built frame that is wearing a what I suspect as a private school outfit. Thankfully her gun is beside her and she suddenly speaks up.

"What happened? I thought that the path behind us has fallen into a void? what are we doing here?" (Mira)

"I don't know either but we need to go now since I can already hear the footsteps of the Guardian coming towards us again." (Hayden)

"How can it follow us all the way down here? Also how are we unharmed by the impact when it looks like we have fallen at least 16 meters down from our last position. Are you some kind of god?" (Mira)

"I'm not a god. Trust me because if I am one I would've already used my powers to proceed to higher floors or even restore the system back to normal. Also I think that we weren't hurt because of this." (Hayden)

I point down to the pile of fresh corpses being only covered with a sheet of white cloth and cotton. Wait? Cotton? Why do I feel something horrible from the cotton?

"Mira, can you shoot the cotton pile beside you?" (Hayden)

"Sure! But why are you telling me to shoot them? They're just cotton? Well it wouldn't hurt me anyway. " (Mira)

A loud and echoing bang came out of the rifle and decimated the cotton pile. At first there was no reaction until the pile separated and batas their fangs at us.

*DUE TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE HIDDEN BOSS, A REWARD WILL BE GIVEN TO PLAYER HAYDEN AND PLAYER MIRA*

*UNIQUE SKILL 'DECIPHERING EYES'HAS BEEN GIVEN TO BOTH PLAYERS*

After that loud announcement we quickly and instinctively used our newly attained skills to inspect the enemies in front of us.

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NAME: CORPSE MITES

RACE: UNDEAD

THREAT LEVEL: 5

CORRUPTION LEVEL: 5

SKILLS: CAMOUFLAGE (UNIQUE), HUNDRED BITES (UNIQUE), CALL OF THE UNDEAD (LEGENDARY), UNIFICATION (LEGENDARY).

TRAITS: WEAK TO FIRE, WEAK TO LIGHT, DARKVISION, REGENERATION UNDER DARKNESS.

STATS:

HEALTH- 500

MANA-1000

STR-60

DEX-40

CON-80

INT-10

WIS-10

CHA-10

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With the usage of our skills, we found out not only its weakness but sadly its strengths and it massive mana pool. As we thought that we were abandoned by the gods, we realized that it only has physical melee attacks to if we stay away far enough from it, then we can survive this and get away. We looked at each other and signaled one another to dash far away to opposite side of this space. Before we separated, I looked one final time at Mira and activated the skill "Deciphering Eyes" to see her status board.

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PLAYER NAME: MIRA FLORENCE

STATUS: HEALTHY,

CLASS: SHADOW RANGER LV.6 (UNIQUE)

TITLES: ONE WITH THE SHADOWS, OWNER OF A LEGENDARY WEAPON, SHADOW PRINCESS, ABANDONED ONE, FIRST HOLDER OF A PROPHECY.

INNATE SKILLS: SHADOW STEP, SHADOW BODY,ΦΦΦΦΦΦ,ΦΦΦΦΦΦΦ.

GAINED SKILLS: SEALED EYES (?),RANGER'S INTUITION (LEGENDARY) , ENHANCED SENSES(RARE), HOMING BULLET (UNIQUE), CALLED SHOT (UNIQUE), ACROBATICS (RARE), BULLET CREATION (LEGENDARY).

TRAITS: FAIR MAIDEN, DISCIPLE OF THE SHADOW GOD, SOCIALITE, INFILTRATOR, INFORMANT OF THE SHADOW TEMPLE.

STATS:

HEALTH:160

MANA:450

STRENGTH-40

DEXTERITY-80

CONSTITUTION-50

INTELLIGENCE-90

WISDOM-35

CHARISMA-90

EQUIPMENT NOT ABLE TO BE SEEN DUE TO LOW LEVEL OF SKILL AND HIGH LEVEL GAP.

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I was shocked and also mad at myself for looking into her because now I feel like I have seen I shouldn't have. How much of what she said is a lie? Why did she pretend to be weak? Why wait for other people to help her when she is this strong? Countless questions plagued my mind until I had to push my thoughts aside and focus on the battle ahead. We lured half of the amount of Corpse Mites that were inside the pile of corpses away from each other until we were far enough away that we wouldn't be burdened by the other. I brandished my chisel and mallet and prepared myself for battle. Damn this stupid luck of mine.