By obtaining the quest "Unjustly imprisoned", the Thanatos prison becomes a meeting point of time and space that anyone can enter. In other words, it becomes an instant dungeon.

However, the more time passes, the stronger the prison guards will become.

Some players will even use this special feature to compete for the fastest clearance rate.

This is the so-called escape game, where the player waits purposefully in prison and makes the guards stronger. Then, they will try to jailbreak.

If a player waits 40 minutes, it is supposedly impossible to clear unless they are a level player.

Not only that, but players of the escape game claim that it is absolutely impossible to clear after 1 hour.

However!

"Crazy high school student Bart managed to do it. ”

Crazy high school student, Bart.

Not only is he a high school player, but he is also part of Alth's top player echelon numbers.

"They say his skills as a gamer are top-notch......"

Bart managed to break the record of "1 hour".

After accepting the assignment and waiting for more than an hour, he began to clear the Thanatos prison, which he eventually succeeded.

In any case, the dungeon that conquers the level 5 dungeon of humans is the Tarnatos Prison.

"How long will it take?" Wu asked Zhenzhe.

"I want to know. ”

"You're not going to ask us to break the 1-hour limit, are you?"

After Bart's success, some players tried to imitate him, spending an hour in prison before trying to clear him.

However, only a handful of players have ever been successful. That's the hard part of the challenge.

"The audience will decide. ”

"That's going to take an hour. ”

If given a choice, viewers would definitely choose the "1 hour" record.

"Maybe. ”

Kim Chol smiled.

He knew that the audience would choose 1 hour. That's why he chose Tanatos Prison as the fifth-level dungeon.

Clearing the dungeon yields a reward for the "man who conquers the dungeon", but considering how difficult it will be to clear the last dungeon, it seems that he will not be able to get the full reward every day.

"I wonder if any of our participants will be able to clear the Thanatos prison. I don't think so myself. ”

"Then why not lower the difficulty immediately?"

"If no one can do it, there's nothing you can do. Sometimes that's how TV works. ”

Kim Chul seems to have no intention of changing his plans.

After that, Ji-woo and Kim Chul discussed various other topics. After a while, Kim Chul stood up.

"I need to go. ”

"Okay. ”

"I'll see you next time in the studio. ”

"Yes, I'll see you then. ”

Ji-woo sent him away.

Conou and Eder begin searching Kudal's lab again.

They also have buildings 5 to 8.

The closest building to the entrance is Building 6.

"This is Building 6," Conou said when he arrived at his destination.

Building 6 is cylindrical and has a black façade, so it basically looks like a giant chocolate pie.

"Let's go. ”

"Good. ”

Conou and Eder enter Building 6

The interior, like the exterior, is also black.

Rumble.

They heard strange noises from the distance of the black channel.

"An ant with horns. ”

Conou already knew what monsters were inside Building 6.

"Horned ants?"

"Yes. ”

Con pointed to the side.

Ed turned his head in that direction, his eyes wide open.

"What do you even call that ant?"

It looks like a black worm with a giant rhinoceros horn, but it is larger than 1 meter.

"We've seen four-armed monkeys, pale yellow orcs, and even tightrope wolves, so how big is an ant as big as a human?"

"That's too..."

"Of course. It was also an artificial life form created by Kudar, the horned ant. ”

Then, the horned ant rushed at Conou and Eder.

Rumble.

Whenever a horned ant moves, its body makes strange noises.

At some point, the horned ant notices Ed and strikes him with a giant head-mounted ramming.

Clang!

The impact between his shield and his horn produced a thunderous sound.

"Ahh ”

Ed bit his lip.

The forces behind the attacks were enormous.

At that moment, Con swung his sword downward, aiming for the part between the torso and the stomach.

Hack!

It felt like he had just hit a tree.

It's hard. '

It's as if it rubbed a ton of hardener on the casing.

"But it's still ......"

Con Ou swung his sword three times in a row.

His third swing was accompanied by an explosion of black shards.

Square bearing blades!

His demonic sword's special ability is activated, which ignores the enemy's defenses and hits a heavy blow.

Horned ants are crumbling.

Washington!

It changed its goal and extended its clarion call to the anti-Japanese front.

Conou moved back slightly, allowing him to avoid the horn.

"Hey. ”

Conou held his breath and attacked again.

The horned ant shook its head and used its horns to repel Conou's magic sword.

At that moment, it was as if he had been waiting for this moment.

A thump!

As a result of the heavy hit, a small explosion occurred in the area of impact. At the same time, it was accompanied by a loud "boom" sound.

Cono wields his sword from left to right.

Pare!

After his sword pierced through the ant's horns, it left a visible wound.

The horned ant controlled itself, then raised its horns and rushed over.

Cono smiled.

He wields his sword, and as soon as his sword touches the wound, the red shards explode.

Cono swings from the bottom to the top.

Hack!

Not only did red fragments explode from the wound, but the horn was actually cut off from its head.

After cutting off the horns, the ant was the last to breathe.

[You have defeated the artificial life form, the Horned Ant.] ]

Ed approaches the fallen horned ant and picks up any junk items it left behind.

At that time, they heard the strange sound of horned ants from both sides of the passage.

"Oh yes. As soon as you start fighting with these guys, they release powerful pheromones," Con said.

"Pheromones?" Ed asked.

"Yes. So as soon as the nearby horned ants sniff it, they rush over. ”

"Ahh

Horned ants emerge from both ends of the channel. It looks like there are more than 10 in total.

Kuru Kururu!

"We will act and fight at the same time," Conou said. Concentrate and don't fall behind. ”

His goal is to find the hidden dungeon.

However, if he just stays here and fights the hornhorns, then he will never achieve his goal. Therefore, he has no choice but to look for it while fighting the ants.

"Yes, sir. Ed replied vigorously.

He stepped on the ground. The Star of David was formed at his feet and scattered everywhere in black lines.

Destroyed city walls.

What better curse to curse when playing against so many opponents?

Horned Ant's defense is greatly reduced.

Conou used Balamut's roar. A roar resounded throughout the passage.

He walked forward, swinging downward.

Storm Tiger!

The golden tiger pounced on his enemies.

Yellow!

The tiger's aura hit the ant colony directly.

That moment

[The effect of Kunda's Golden Genius Ring has arrived.] ]

[A spontaneous quest for the "Tempest Tiger" has been created.] ]

[Tempest Tiger 1]

Quinta's talent is within you. If you use Tempest Tiger 500 times, then you will gain additional proficiency.

Tempest Tiger: 0500

Difficulty: Spontaneous

Reward: Tempest Tiger Mastery increased by 10%

His ring spontaneously pursued Storm Tiger.

"I should have used Tempest Tiger more often. ”

Con closed the mission window and focused on what was in front of him.

The aura of the tiger swept through the region, followed by a raging wind.

"I'm going!"

Conor rushed forward, Edel following him. Ed turned his head and saw a few horned ants congregating. Then, he turned his head and focused.

He could see Conou in front of him.

"Wait for me!"

Ed ran as fast as he could.

"Oh. ”

Kangou, who had just left Building 6, held his breath.

"Oops. Those horned ants never stopped coming," Ed said as he looked at Building 6.

The two of them explored Building 6 while fighting the Horned Ants.

Because they smell pheromones, the horned ants keep swarming them, and Con'ou and Eder are forced to fight them off over and over again.

As you can see, they killed countless horned ants and came out safely.

Of course, they didn't go missing in search of a hidden dungeon.

Unfortunately, they can't find it here either.

"Let's go to the next one," Conou said.

"Okay. ”

Conou and Eder reached Building 7.

Building 7 is made up of glass. Conou and Eder can peek into the glass to see what's inside.

There are plenty of wildflowers, foliage and trees in the building.

Conou and Eder enter Building 7

"It looks like a botanical garden," Ed said. ”

"It's not just your ordinary garden. These are all artificial plants made by Kudar. ”

"Artificial plants?"

"Yes. But there are three types of plant monsters that attack people. ”

Cono explained why the plant monsters in Building 7 attacked people.

There is a tangled brown kudzu root called Galuz. They are rooted like feet and walk around whenever and wherever they want.

Flower buds, with large leaves and a mouth. The thorn vine will pop out of its mouth and attack the player.

Parras are giant plants that look like Venus flytraps.

However, they live on meat rather than flies. Of course, from its point of view, the player is a delicious prey.

"These are the people you can expect to meet," Con finished explaining.

"What level are they?" Ed asked.

"Over 150 levels. Parles is the strongest and highest level. ”

Gallnut, Coconut, and Parrus are all monsters above level 150.

Pars is the most powerful and dangerous monster of them all.

"I see. ”

Ed nodded.

"Hmm. Monsters will ambush us from the brush, so be vigilant. ”

"Okay. ”

Conou and Eder follow the narrow road and begin to explore Building 7.

The first plant monster they encounter is a Scorpio.

"Dodge!"

Cono felt a chill on the soles of his feet and jumped off. Ed followed suit, and instinctively ran away.

The rats are coming!

Five thorny vines emerged from the ground.

The sharp thorny vines moved like whips, aiming at Conou and Ed.

"It's a companion. You have to attack the main body of it," Conou shouted.

He looked around as he did so.

"There!"

Conou pointed to the place full of brushes. Between them there is a large yellow-green leaf that looks so faint.

That's cocoa gum.

"Oh!"

Ed placed the shield in front of him and rushed towards the main body of Scorpio.

Thorn vines rush towards Ed. As if they were saying "Don't come closer!" they seemed to be trying to push him back.

Of course, even if they did, they wouldn't be able to stop Conou and Eder from advancing.

Cono wielded his sword at any incoming vines, slicing them open.

Ed covered the vines with his shield and smashed them with his mace.

Conou and Eder soon reached the main body of the cocoa gum.

"Hap. ”

Both attacked its main body at the same time.

More vines popped out of his mouth and counterattacked, but Conou dodged them and Eder blocked them with his shield, rendering them completely ineffective.

Eventually, the yellow-green leaves of the cocoa gum were torn to shreds, and the last remaining vines were sliced open.

[You have defeated the artificial life form Cocoa Gum.] ]

That moment

Conou and Eder are suddenly overshadowed. They looked up and saw a huge Venus flying above them.

"It's a Parr!" Conou shouted.

And then...

Parr closed his mouth at incredible speed, consuming all of Ed.