Kaiden’s mind moved to his system window.
▸ Trial One – Prove Your Wrath: 40/100
▸ Trial Two – Feed the Glutton: 250/1000
▸ Trial Three – Conquer the Sinner: 0/1
The numbers lingered for a moment before fading away. Still work to do... but he was making good headway as far as the first two requirements of his bottleneck were considered.
However, there was a problem. A very big one at that.
They were already at the end of the dungeon. They’ve killed the monsters from before. The Broodspitter Matron, the Weaver of the Crownless Nest, the Twins of Unmaking, the Knight-Caste Gluttonspawn... Have all been slain, alongside a myriad of other monsters that assaulted them time and time again as they closed in on the end.
Which in turn meant there were likely no more monsters left to kill but the boss. Kaiden theorized she might be a sinner because of her incredibly evil backstory, but whether she was or not didn’t matter as far as this dungeon clear was considered.
If he defeated her, then the dungeon would be over already. Kaiden was unhappy that he had to face the end of this strange dungeon while still being locked to his basic abilities, but there was not much he could do.
They were locked in here. Even if he wanted to, they couldn’t just up and leave. One might argue that they could just wait until the Awakened Association sends in their own squad for the clear, but that would hardly be a life insurance. That squad might fail as well, or just end up being far too slow.
Dungeon breaks weren’t exactly uncommon, especially when it came to ones that were displaying some weird properties like this one.
As such, all he could do was move forward.
The group stepped through a vein-lined corridor, following the throb of the dungeon’s pulse until they came to a stop. The hallway ended at a doorway, which was a massive, fleshy arch with mirrored fragments embedded in the frame.
Sasha’s voice instantly snapped.
"Wait! I thought we were already inside the boss’s room? What on earth is this utter nonsense?! A room inside a room?!"
Jack made a frustrated noise. "Nothing makes sense here... Honestly, I’m kinda done with Nova Circuit. Everything’s always getting messed up. We should just change guilds-"
His words died when Vaelira’s eyes cut to him, heavy enough to pin him to the floor without touching him. Jack wisely shut up.
Kaiden let his gaze sweep over his women. "How prepared are you? And how close are you all to breaking through your bottlenecks?"
Aria crossed her arms with annoyance written all over her face, muttering, "I’m facing something very annoying right now..."
Luna sighed in the same exasperated tone. "Yeah. Same."
Bastet’s ears flattened, her tail limp and unamused. "Mrr... I’d rather not talk about it."
Nyx, in contrast, had a smug curl to her lips. "Besties... I might just have to leave you in the dust." Her tone dripped with self-satisfaction, as if she’d already won a race no one else knew had started.
Diaz chimed in casually, "Few more kills and I’m there."
Kaiden turned to Vaelira, hoping she was close, or even better, maybe already past hers.


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