Chapter 97 Death Inviting Footsteps – Floor 51 (Part 2) (Patreon)

After resting for a while, we continued moving again until we find the clock. This time, we walked slowly so the children wouldn’t feel sick from the repeating visuals. And finally, we found what we were aiming for.

「Ah, there it is. Well, the time is……as expected, it’s not moving at all」

The pendulum is moving, but the hands did not move even the one for seconds, and all the needles points at 12 just like before.

「What does this mean? 」

「Probably, this floor or rather this mansion was time stopped at 12 o’clock, the same goes with all progress in this floor. In other words, 『The Story of the Mansion』 still haven’t started. And if we want to continue, we need to start something to be able to proceed」

「「……? 」」

Cielo and La Veil tilts their head in confusion not understanding the meaning, but Mika on the other hand had her face turned blue. While Arena is,

「Hau~nted~House♪ Hau~nted~House♪」

She put her hand on my shoulders and started bouncing with excitement. I she thinking about this as some kind of attraction, well Arena isn’t really the type that would be scared of something like this. Now then, time to ring the bell that would start this with everyone.

「Alright, Arena. Rotate that hand once」

「Okay!!」

Arena opened the glass doo on the clock and spun the seconds hand with her index finger.

Click* Wooooosh*

「「「Hiiiii!? 」」」

「Ooooh～♪」

The lights from the chandeliers went out first. The hallways was blanketed with darkness to the point that even each other's faces could not be seen. Cielo an Mika screamed from the surprise. I was a bit worried because there was no screams from the children.

「Children, Roll call」

After listening to everyone, I counted, resulting in everyone being present. When I asked them why they were silent, it seems like everyone was holding their breaths. No, you shouldn’t have done that, it’s if you’re scared you know?

For the time being, in order for us to move in this darkness, I asked La Veil to float a small fireball for lights,

Only after that we concluded, we’re not in the same mansion anymore.

「Isn’t this like really scary!? 」

Just as Mika said, even though we were in the same corridor, the red carpet became rugged and dark with rips and damages all over the place, the windowpanes and boards became tattered, and the view outside was in total darkness almost like a void. There are also broken pieces of chandeliers on the floor as if they have decayed after a very long time.

Adding to that are the traces of blood splatters all over the place. It completely turned into a typical horror house no matter where you look at. If it’s like this, I won’t even be surprised if something actually appears.

*Gushu……Gushu……

And then, from depths of darkness beyond the hallways,

footsteps 1……2…

With hollowed eyes that does not reflect anything, popped out of the boards, then the eyes shine an eerie light as they focused upon the children

Broken furniture also started rattling and floating all on their own.

And then, from the corridor behind us, slowly moving, a group of undead who barely kept the shape of a human, started flooding in.

It was a terrifying sight. The children who witnessed this horrifying madness couldn’t hell but fall down on their feet and tremble in fear. That is fine though. It was definitely better than having them panicking and running away.

Nameless Lv.126

Race: Insanity Ghoul

HP 5333/5333

MP 0/0

ATK 3591

DEF 4735

MATK 0

MDEF　　―

INT 0

SPD  3800

【Inherent Skill】Corrosion, Undead Body（Curse）

Skills: Madness（B）

Nameless Lv.102

Race: Evil Geist

HP 10/10

MP 10/10

ATK 4500

DEF 10

MATK 0

MDEF　　―

INT 0

SPD  4000

Skills: Floating（A）

There’s nothing like this that I have encountered before. Not to mention they are inflicted by an abnormal skill, even though they should be in the undead system already. La Veil and Mika prepared themselves and even Arena is in『S．A．T』mode now and was ready to give instruction even is she won’t be able to fight properly. Mika’s 『Holy Sword』Skills should be able to easily deal with them. The children, even if they couldn’t move will be alright as long as they are within my barrier.

However……this was different from what we expected.

「Mika, are you sure that the confirmed level of this place is only 50, right? 」

「Y, yes…」

「I think I understand the reason why」

And them at the end of the passage, there was a certain『Armor』appeared from a magic circle.

Nameless Lv.500

Race: Ancient Armor（Awakened+）

HP 60,000,000/60,000,000

MP 0/0

AK  50,800,000

DF  60,000,000

MAK 0

MDF 89,000,000

INT 7000

SPD   100,000,000

【Unique Skills】Insanity（Curse）, Grant Undead, True Holy Armor（Curse）

Skills: Madness （EX）Sword Arts（SS+）Shield Arts（SS+）

・Insanity（Curse）

『Makes the affected target lose their will or reason』

・Grant Undead

『Turns a person you kill into a ghoul』

・True Holy Armor（Curse）

『Increase the status to 10x and disable all state anomalies. If you acquire these unique Skills, it will give correction medium for the Holy Sword characteristics.』

・Madness

『The higher the rank, the more effective the status will be. Current correction: 100x』

If it was a little while ago, I was at a level that I would probably be annihilated instantly if I were to engage on that enemy without even being able to do anything……

The one who made this dungeon must be kidding me. No matter what they think about this, even a normal hero would not be able to win against something like that. It’s like one of those super bugged characters that are just basically there to prevent you from completing a dungeon quest.

Cielo who saw it began to tremble and Mika who felt it’s killing intent was also frightened.

「Why, why is there a Hero’s armor……in a place like this」

「It’s so strong, I have never seen anything like that……」

I quietly gave instructions to La Veil and Arena. Arena who was already in 『S．A．T』 mode also made her moves.

「……La Veil」

「I understand. “That” is really dangerous indeed. I will also use 『Synchronization』」

「Un, if anyone else face that, they will certainly die. Arena too」

「It’s okay, I won’t be in your way」

「Well then, can I’ll leave the rest to you? 」

「……Can you really do it on your own, Master? 」

What is it now La Veil. Are you worried that I won’t be that on my own? It’s fine, though I would be happy if it could become useful for the children later.

「Well, it’s because that seemingly wants to challenge me. Also, it’s been a while since I’ve found something to challenge. For now, La Veil, please block the path the same way as you did on floor 20」

I could feel it, even within its helmet its line of sight was definitely directed at me. Perhaps it sees me as a challenger. There is probably no other reason why something with ridiculous status like that would come out.

「……Alright. Don’t die Master」

「Also one more thing. Arena」

「What is it? 」

「Will you hug me in my sleep after everything is done? 」

「I always do it. Do your best」

I don’t need to worry about anything anymore. I don’t know or what their intension is, but I’m going to challenge it even if I end up dead. Because that is the true nature of a fairy and fairy magic, to enjoy everything to your heart’s content.

This time, I could feel as if I was getting suck in an abyss while being stared at by those two eyes. That’s right, only look at me. And I will be only looking at you.

「Let’s dance, Phantom」