--- Temporarily leaving the dungeon and his promise

*Woosh!* *Pak!* -48,960,000

[You killed Corrupted Spirit(B+) Lvl.45!]

[Obtained 5,000 Exp, 177 Spirit Stones, Ectoplasm, Skillbooksx3, Spirit Neclace(B).]

"Haaah... That should be the last monster here. I forgot that this is a dungeon, so the monsters don't respawn. Too bad, these ghosts drop a lot of spirit stones..."

""...""

After about three hours of continuous hunting of corrupted monsters in the glades, he finally annihilated them. With the buff that he received from the ghost twins, he does not need to use any skills; just his normal attacks deal devastating damage to these corrupted monsters.

The twins were already mute as it is, but his 1 shot, 1 kill made them even more speechless and just looking at him in daze. They had no idea that the person they asked for help from has an insane talent.

Even though they had been dead for a very long time, they had experience fighting monsters, and it took them many hits to kill a monster of the same level and rank, even with a buff. Yet, this big brother 1 shots these monsters at nearly twice his level. Are you a god or something? is what's on their minds.

Chris killed almost 3,000 monsters and opened tens of treasure chests and hidden caches ranked C-A in this glade alone, gaining about 6,000+ skillbooks, 50,000+ spirit stones, and thousands of other useful items like gold coins, FA-ranked crafting materials, and FA-ranked equipment, a true treasure trove that delighted him. He even forgot about the meager experience he gained from the monsters.

He combined or upgraded the skillbooks ranked F–D to at least C–rank and recycled or upgraded the equipment ranked F–C he deemed useful, leaving only B–rank and above equipment, as seeing low-rank items in his inventory irritated his eyes. If any players knew that, they'd definitely curse him forever.

Even though he can't use his experience to upgrade, he can still see the hidden recipe to upgrade them normally. The crafting materials were spared from recycling, as they would be useful to his friends and future guild members.

After organizing his loot and admiring it in his inventory, he started to walk towards the house surrounded by a fence at the very center of the glades where the mad king resides. It was the only place he hadn't explored yet.

Reaching the center of the glade, he saw the house, which was about 100 square meters wide and about 5–6 meters tall. Outside it, there is an old well to the front and an unused garden spanning about 200 square meters on the left side. Everything, including the house and garden, was fenced in. The fence was about 5 meters tall.

"Is that the mad king?"

Just outside the house, there was a long, grey-haired old man about 2 feet tall, garbed in an expensive-looking red robe with a very thin body, that can be seen sitting cross-legged in front of a floating orb that shines green. Around the orb were some kind of souls circling it.

[Aurelius Moonbow, The Mad King(A+) Lvl.50

HP: 350,000,000 MAtk: 2,000,000

Skills: Faded Bolt, Soul Scatter, Corruption Bolt, Firestorm, Thunderstorm, Ice Storm, Windstorm, Earthquake, Magic Missile, Blink, Summon Bloodknight, Summon Corrupted Legion, Detection, Madness

Drops: Platinum Coins, Spirit Stones, Empty Books, Spirit Coins, Skillbooks, Court Mage Set (Hidden: Aurelius, Soul Herald, Land Deed: Endes)]

*Gulp!*

"S-so much loots...! It even drops empty books that I need."

He almost salivated seeing the drop list of the boss in front of him and didn't even care how tough his enemy is at all. With his overpowered buff, he was confident about killing him easily.

But he suddenly realized something and looked at the twins, who had already transformed into humans behind him. They're both wearing a look of terror on their cute doll-like faces, making him frown.

'The're scared. Were they abused children or something?'

"Ummm... is he your relative? A grandpa maybe?

""..."" The twins just shook their heads in denial.

"Huh!? Your father? Uncle maybe? Are you both adopted? Or is he the one who's adopted to your family?"

""...""

The girls kept shaking their heads until hearing the last one, at which point they finally nodded.

"I see..."

He suddenly felt his blood boiling after knowing their answer. He finally has some idea about the end of these twin girls. Probably, they had similar situations to him when he was young. But these two didn't survive and died tragically, hoping for someone to avenge their deaths.

[Quest Update: Destroy the mad king and end his mad experiments. Afterwards, destroy the orb of corruption that plague the glades for centuries.]

'Heh! No need to remind me...'

[Conversion]! "Convert 247,398 HP to Mana..." -247,398HP!, 2/247,400

[Partial Berserk Activated!]

[+100% DMG/Armor/DMG reduc., No heal for 5Minutes!]

"Alright..."

Notching his arrow, he prepared to shoot his strongest ranged attack.

[Powershot]! 5,4,3,2,1 *Swoosh!* *Bang!* -1,256 ,640,000

"ARGH!!! PREPOSTEROUS!!!"

[Madness]! [Death Immune]! 1/350,000,000

"Tsk! Still alive, huh? I guess legendary bosses and above have some kind of death-avoiding skill..."

[Madness: Passive(Ultimate) Skill. On certain death, freezes the HP of the user to 1 for 10 seconds, avoiding it. +1000% DMG and removes cooldown, casting time and manacost of all the spells or skills. Lasts for 1 Day.]

After the arrow hit the target, it dealt an insane amount of damage, instantly killing it. Or that's what should have happened, but the old man's ultimate skill triggered automatically, making him stronger and invincible. Chris was quite dumbfounded, but quickly calmed down after seeing the skill's description.

"Hmph! You might have gotten stronger, but your invincibility won't last long."

[Blink]! [Camouflage]!

After scoffing at the old man, he did his usual tactic of blinking away and turning invisible. There were a lot of trees outside the house perimeter, so he could just play hide and seek.

[Firestorm]! *Boom!* *Fwishhhh!*

"Oh crap!"

[Blink]!...[Blink]!...[Blink]!...

The old man cast a spell on the place where he just blinked out from. He ran as fast as he could while blinking every time it cooled down to avoid the raging flames that were consuming the trees, as the spell had a large radius. He stopped after realizing that he wasn't being followed.

"Huh? What's he doing?"

Standing on top of a decayed tree to check out where the old man was, he realized that the old man never left his place at all; instead, the old man sat cross-legged once more in front of the green glowing orb. This time, it looked like the old man was siphoning something from the orb.

[Quest Update: Find a way to destroy the orb.]

"Hm? What's going on?"

He had a bad feeling in his heart, so he observed the orb.

[Orb of Corruption(SS): Corrupts the soul of the user, giving them the ability to corrupt others and a small chance of madness for prolonged exposure. can be used once a month to form a connection with the orb, which gives the user invincibility and drains 3% mana per second from the user. (Hidden: Use a divine droplet to neutralize the orb. (The king of trolls might have it.)]

"A divine item! Tsk! Too bad, I have to destroy it... That old man seems to be not losing any mana at all...Haaah..."

""...""

The twins beside him unconsciously rolled their eyes once again because of the greed of this big brother in front of them. He saw it and just scratched his head a bit.

"Hehehe...Anyway, it seems that Alice helped me a bit. King of trolls, huh? Is it the dark king of the labyrinth? But does that mean I have to leave this dungeon? This is a limited one, so I'm worried about failing this quest..."

""...""

The twins had a sad face after hearing about him leaving the instance. Chris also looked at them with a worried look. He really wanted to help these cute little kids so they could pass on peacefully. Even though this is just a game, he can feel the sadness of the kids in his soul.

'Let's see...Exit Dungeon!'

He tried to exit the dungeon by commanding it in his mind. He was surprised at what he saw, and it gave him hope.

[Are you sure you want to leave the limited dungeon? (Note: The dungeon entrance for the limited dungeon will remain open for an hour before it disappears for good, and all the quests related to the limited dungeon will automatically fail.)]

"This..."

""...""

He hugged the little girls with happiness and determination in his eyes. It confused the twins, but they just hugged him back. He suddenly made a promise to them.

"I'll leave the dungeon for a while. I promise I'll be right back!"

""...""

The twins just looked directly at him and then showed their pinkies to him. He showed his, and they made a pinkie promise. With sadness in their eyes, they let go and smiled at him.

"Don't go near that house and stay here, okay? I'll be back in a jiffy!"

""...""

After seeing them nod, he said with determination, "Proceed!"