As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 689 The Sudden Orphan

The Night Dragon's breathing technique is quite unique.

Unlike many dragons that have special energy organs, the Night Dragon is essentially a dragon monster that lives on the surface of the earth. Its prototype is similar to a horse in the real world. Its original form was only three meters long, but it grew to its current size of tens of meters because it was affected by the curse of a guy deep in the labyrinth.

The person who cursed him is dead; he was the original boss of the tenth floor.

Adam Ireland held a found notebook in his hand and looked at the text on it.

"That's the main reason why I don't fight the Night Dragon."

Adam and Alexander and others behind him explained.

"The monster's main attack method is breathing, and the way that breathing is formed comes from the fear of other creatures towards it."

Alexander reacted quickly and immediately understood how to break through the sixth layer.

"Do we need to kill all the monsters on level six first?"

Adam nodded.

The monsters on the sixth floor are terrified of the Night Dragon, and this fear fuels the Night Dragon's breath power. Therefore, only by killing all the monsters on the sixth floor can the Night Dragon's breath be suppressed.

It's simply impossible.

Even adventurers who hunt the Night Dragon experience fear, for as long as there are living creatures around the Night Dragon, its breath is endless.

"But aren't you high-level players?"

Rococo, who was collecting lava stones, stopped what she was doing and looked at Adam with curiosity.

"Isn't there a way for you to withstand the Night Dragon's breath while killing it?"

“It’s not like there’s no way,” Ni Yuexing said beside her. “First, it requires a lot of resources. Second, the power of its breath is enough to destroy the entire sixth level area. Once this dragon enters a dying state, it will trigger a death throes, detonating its own body and destroying everything.”

One of the rules of the maze is that spatial magic cannot be used to travel between different levels. Without a way to escape danger, the difficulty of hunting the Night Dragon increases dramatically.

Therefore, the best way is to bypass the Night Dragon and find the hidden door to go down to the seventh floor.

The seventh layer is a lava zone.

The number of monsters is several times greater than on the sixth floor, and the danger level is also much higher.

Adam put on the hood.

"Let's go, if we stop any longer it will become a sign of slacking off."

Once an adventurer is deemed to be slacking off by the maze, the unkillable Grim Reaper within the maze will strike and kill them.

"Should we go up and take another look?" Rococo asked.

"Why?" Adam asked.

"I've always believed that there can't be a puzzle without a solution, so... there might be something we haven't noticed."

Adam turned to look at him. Although Adam was a comedian in Li Nuo's eyes, he was very intimidating to Rococo and the others, causing Rococo to swallow hard and dare not speak.

"Do not make jokes."

Adam told her seriously.

“Unless you can instill fear in that night dragon, it’s impossible to suppress its breath. When facing a beast, if you want to suppress it, you have to be many times stronger than it and make that S-level creature feel insignificant. How many people in the ‘Endless Corridor’ do you think can do that?”

……

Night Dragon was completely desperate.

Its breath can even slow down the flow of time, and its absolute cold is enough to destroy the entire sixth level area. The original inhabitants here were all wiped out by its breath. Later, even the kingdom's army that came to subdue it only made a brief appearance before immediately choosing to seal off the sixth level.

Later, the Kingdom's army collaborated with adventurers to create several hidden doors between the sixth and seventh floors, deceiving the labyrinth's own "mechanisms" and preventing the area below the sixth floor from being locked down by the Night Dragon.

This dragon, powerful enough to intimidate a nation's army and destroy a country, had its breath striking Cha Bai with nothing more than the clanging sound of metal striking metal, having absolutely no effect.

If Miraboreas's flames are a cannonball, then the Night Dragon's breath is at most a mouth.

Tea White could withstand even the Black Dragon's Great Fire, let alone a half-baked Frost Breath.

In her eyes, it was indeed half-baked, not only in terms of the power of its breath, but also in terms of the night dragon. No matter how terrifying a dragon is, it is still a beast, and no matter how unconventional the succubus god is, it is still a god.

When they were with the group in Baicheng, everyone possessed the so-called power of God. At that time, there was also Anmi who could suppress everyone. In the current environment, God is God, and the power of God is above all else. Destroying the symbol of fear is just a matter of lifting a finger.

Players had already noticed Cha Bai's presence from a distance. They were affected by the frost and unable to concentrate, but they could see a graceful shield in front of Olise.

Cha Bai knew she couldn't waste any more time.

With a breath, the earth cracked the moment the heels touched the ground, and vines surged from the ground toward the Night Dragon, binding one of its skeletal wings.

The dragon's scales spread out as if they were alive, and its eyeballs, which grew under its skin, protruded from the scales, with hundreds of eyes emitting cold light like lasers.

The entire area shook as if the earth were trembling. The blue crystal six hundred meters above was attacked, the tree roots on the fifth floor were frozen, and the white crystals shimmering on the tree roots fell like meteors, crashing into the ground. The entire sixth floor was plunged into an apocalyptic scene.

The maze has five levels.

The temperature here plummeted due to the attack unleashed by the lower-level Night Dragon, frost appeared on the grass, and the native inhabitants were thrown into panic.

The Night Dragon, having ceased its breath, gathered a new wave of fear; the plants bound to its flanks had frozen into ice blocks, extending towards the tea-white heart of the frost.

Cha Bai's fingertips gently glide over the plants frozen into ice blocks, which possess the magical energy of the Night Dragon. These plants were summoned by her; they were the power of Danamere, the embodiment of the goddess of nature. She only needed to inject her own magic into them, and the fire element would follow the trajectory of the plants to ignite the end!

A huge fire suddenly erupted!

Before the night dragon could use its next breath attack, it was instantly engulfed by a vortex of flames, and its pitiful roar was suppressed by the fire.

The eyes on the Night Dragon's body burst into juice one by one in the high temperature, and it finally succumbed to fear in the endless burning.

Cha Bai brushed aside the flames she had created and strolled into the center of the fire vortex.

She took out a chip called "Stop When You've Got It" from the magic grid, took out the "Mini Map Chip", and inserted "Stop When You've Got It" deep into the groove at the back of her head.

[Yoyo Chip: Enough said]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Effect: No matter how brutal the attack, it will always reduce the opponent to only 1 HP.]

"It hurts a little, just bear with it."

Cha Bai raised the [Zero-Type Axe Hammer], and the flames surrounding her flowed into the axe hammer like silk. She lightly leaped up and landed on top of the Night Dragon's head.

Her attack and defense are proportional. Her icy breath did not destroy her clothes. With little exposed skin, she would need to use a skill to kill Night Dragon in one hit.

There was a snap.

The red light around Cha Bai's body was the energy he was accumulating before using [Pounce].

[Pounce] The higher the defense, the higher the attack power.

The higher the defense of the [Zero-type Axe Hammer], the higher its attack power.

The two abilities can be combined.

Cha Bai twisted his body in mid-air, revealing faint lines on his back similar to his abdominal muscles—[Ghost Back], a power boost.

Electricity crackled from her skirt as [Ghost Abalone] unleashed a surge of blue electricity that imbued the hammer with its power. In an instant, lightning and fire clashed around her, igniting a blinding glow.

When she swung the hammer, she activated the [Piercing Bottle] on the hammer handle.

Smash it!
The heavy hammer, carrying the power of [Pounce], struck the top of the night dragon's head. The hammer's "elemental penetration" power pierced the flames into the night dragon's body. The high-temperature fire poured from its brain into its intestines and burst out in jet-like flames from its scrotum.

Perhaps its power was too great.

The ground could not withstand its penetrating force. First, the ground was overturned, then flying stones, broken pieces, and sparks appeared all at once. In the end, all six floors of the ground were shaken up!
……

Below the sixth floor.

Seventh floor.

Countless stones fell from the sky above the lava field, and the ground suddenly began to shake.

Adam and the others steadied themselves by holding onto the stone wall.

"what happened?"

"Let's go quickly, the Night Dragon is probably angry."

Adam and the others had no time to think about anything else, because the boss on the seventh floor was very strange.

……

The Night Dragon lay in the deep pit, its HP reduced to 1, unable to rise again. The first creature to defeat it in all these years had taken it down with a single blow.

It slowly raised its eyelids and gazed at the tea-white figure standing in front of it.

What exactly is this woman, who isn't even as big as its head...? Night Dragon had no idea, but it knew that it was still alive because the other party had shown mercy.

“I am Ms. Olshey’s familiar.”

Cha Bai started by saying something completely nonsensical.

“I know you understand. If you don’t, I’ll kill you right now.”

"So listen to me."

“We must conquer the labyrinth, and we are loyal to Lady Olise, so you now have two choices: first, be killed by me; second, join us and become Lady Olise’s familiar.” The Night Dragon’s voice trembled as it clenched its teeth; it was unwilling to become anyone’s mount.

At this moment, Olsie climbed down from above. She had heard Chabai and Yelong talking, so she came over and said, "I'll give it a try."

Li Nuo's voice came through her earpiece.

Olsie followed what Li Nuo said, reading it aloud word by word.

“You were a knight’s dragon hundreds of years ago. Although I don’t know what you went through, I hope to defeat the entire labyrinth and bring everything, including you, that is cursed by the labyrinth back to the surface.”

She reached out and touched the dragon's nose, enduring the chill emanating from its skin until her palms turned purple.

"Would you be willing to be the knight's dragon once again?"

……

A few kilometers away.

Li Nuo sat leaning against the collapsed wall, holding a diary in her hand.

This item is hidden on the sixth floor; it contains the story of the dragon and the knight.

Long ago, there was a knight named Nameless, who was the eldest prince of a kingdom. Together with his dragon "Braglia," he distinguished himself on the battlefield time and again. He and the dragon became the totems of that kingdom; they were heroes and kings.

Later, a civil war broke out in the palace, and the rebels fled into the depths of the great labyrinth.

The rebel, formerly a minister of the country, possessed a rare treasure that could control living beings. To prevent the rebel from causing harm, the eldest prince disregarded his father's advice and entered the world's most dangerous labyrinth with his dragon.

In the deepest part of the labyrinth, he met the minister, but the nation's most powerful knight had been defeated in that battle.

At the last moment, the eldest prince used the "spatial rules" to teleport his dragon to the sixth level, but this also revealed a loophole in the maze, making spatial teleportation impossible between different levels of the maze from then on.

The above is what I wrote down at the last minute about the past.

I am that eldest prince.

I can't get out of the maze anymore.

When I climbed up, I discovered that the child "Braglia" was cursed; it had mutated into a creature that destroys everything. I do not wish for this child to die in this form... but as its master and friend, I still hope... If you find my diary, please tell it that becoming a knight's companion again will be the key to breaking the spell that has ensnared it.

[The First Prince of the Kingdom of Haloran, the Nameless King]

Li Nuo shifted his gaze from the tattered pages of the diary to the mummified corpse lying on the ground.

This mummified corpse is the prince, who has always been guarding his dragon. The night dragon, which has been searching for the prince, has not realized that its master has always been with it.

at the same time.

Following Li Nuo's instructions, Olise finished speaking, and then Night Dragon opened his eyes and stared directly at the elven girl.

At this moment, the contract was reached.

The Night Dragon has become the protagonist's mount.

[Sixth Floor Mission Complete]

Before settling the score, Cha Bai took out a bag of [Contract Taming Pills], containing six pills, corresponding to the six Pokémon needed to clear the League.

She fed it to Yelong. In front of Chabai, Yelong dared not disobey. After swallowing the pill, which was the size of a grain of sand to it, the taming effect was achieved.

[The Night Dragon Bragglia has been tamed. After the dungeon scenario ends, the way this creature is summoned will be added as a skill in the results.]

This effect only applies to tamed animals.

In other words, only Cha Bai, who was fed Night Dragon Balls and had just subdued Night Dragon, can benefit from the effect.

Looking at the panel that popped up from a distance, Li Nuo discovered the true gameplay of the maze.

"Capturing the BOSS, conquering the maze, Pokémon!"

Now, not only do he need to train the main character, but he also needs to cultivate the BOSS in the dungeon. Li Nuo began to calculate the target he wanted to subdue.

Night Dragon is one.

Next up is Death.

However, there is another problem to be solved.

Li Nuo came here because he felt a sense of malice attacking him after entering the sixth floor.

Teresa's extraordinary insight allows her to sense the direction of malice; without this ability, even a "Prospector" would find it difficult to locate what is in front of him.

A stone.

It is no different from any other stone.

It was placed nearby, and now Li Nuo picked it up. A surge of malice crashed against his nostrils like a tidal wave, suffocating and nauseating him.

This thing only has one panel.

One of the culprits causing the sudden increase in the maze's difficulty comes from the tenth floor.

Suddenly, an eye grew out of the stone, and the round eye locked onto Li Nuo.

"Discover, target, activate."

……

Cha Bai transformed the Night Dragon into a butterfly and placed it on her hat.

"Take good care of your hat."

She gave Olsie a word of advice, then took off her hat and jumped into the wallpaper house inside.

There are other players nearby. Although Nanami, playing the pot-headed monster, is beating them up, it's best to avoid being discovered. Otherwise, people will doubt Oliche's bravado, which would cause problems in the protagonist's character development.

The moment you enter the wallpaper room, the reward for taming the Night Dragon and clearing all six floors arrives.

[Experience Point Rewards: 100000 (Olise's protagonist-type experience points are doubled) → 200000 (Focusing on others, experience points are increased by 50%) → 300000]

I haven't gained any experience points since the last script ended.

Like Li Nuo, Cha Bai is also graded 96.

Starting from the sixth floor, the average experience gained from killing monsters is 200, while elite creatures yield 300-500 experience points. Xiao Wu just killed nearly 600 demon wolves and goblins, and with the bonus from [Focusor], she gained a total of 270000 experience points. Now, with the doubled experience points from the Oliche buff triggered after clearing the maze, she has a total of 540000 experience points.

upgrade.

[Strength: 506+3]

[Reaction: 328+2]

[Spiritual Power: 605+6]

[Constitution: 735 (garbled) +6]

[Insight: 300+2]

[Medical: 316+1]

[Time remaining until next upgrade: 50000/560000]

Increasing the value is not the goal now; the primary task is to reach level 99.

For example, the hammer in Cha Bai's hand requires level 99 to trigger the full power of a +30 weapon.

For example, to break through the level limit, you must be level 99. Only after reaching level 99 can the "skill reset" mechanism be triggered.

[Item Draw]

[The boss of this floor was captured by Olise, triggering Olise's luck value, which increases the chance of getting better rewards in the lottery.]

Cha Bai opened the small treasure chest that popped out.

She opened the treasure chest and found a cheongsam.

"What is this..."

Before she could even take a second look...

Sudden changes occur.

"Cha Bai, come out quickly!"

Xiao Wu's slightly nervous voice came through her earpiece.

"what?"

"Come out quickly! Something powerful has appeared!"

……

The stone in Li Nuo's hand shattered. After the stone said "activate," a sphere resembling the intersection of celestial and celestial spheres appeared at the outermost edge of the sixth floor, from which crawled a shriveled white creature.

The Orphan of Coase.

……

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P.S.: (I broke my promise. I would have finished the game by tomorrow morning, so there's only one chapter today again.)
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