Chapter 268 - The Unground Boss Room. (1/2)

”A dungeon boss room...?” Said John confusedly

”In a way.” Said Master Sylvia who stood on the wall besides the dark entrance they had arrived from.

The words were direct and self-explanatory. Yet the confusion only grew, but before anyone could ask anything.

Just as Master Sylvia had spoken, everyone's attention had been taking by the presence which stood in the middle of the large spacious room, just ahead of them on the other side of all the pillar platforms.

The presence stood in the middle of what appeared to be the arena, a dark mass in the shape of a cube. A strange humanoid shape.

A shadow? It most certainly looked like it. But no, it gave the impression of something much darker. And if it was a shadow, what exactly would it be the shadow of?

A Dark humanoid shape with pitch-black crystals floating over it's back. The crystals resembled wings and was the only redeeming quality about that thing's appearance.

It's facial qualities couldn't be seen as it appeared to have none. The head, hands, legs, all the shape of a human, yet it wore no clothes.

The only feature they could make out of it's facial appearance that seemed recognisable was it's mouth. But even that, remained shut.

The worse thing about it, was the amount of pressure it brought by just standing there.

[What...? What the hell...?] John thought to himself

John looked over at his hands and noticed that they were trembling. It wasn't as if he was necessarily afraid, but his body itself was reacting that way.

John wasn't the only one, The others were also shaking, despite trying to keep a level-headed and composed expression. It still came out as nervous for them.

”Oi... What is that thing...?” John asked as he gulped down the little air he had on his throat.

Aside from Master Sylvia, John was the first to speak up. But received only a single reply.

”A monster.” Said Master Sylvia

[A monster...?]

Lydia stared straight at the being with her eyes widened before her legs gave out. She slowly slid down to her knees, after putting the two kids down. At first, John thought of it as a natural reaction, but when he saw the expression on her face, he thought twice.

Rather than being an expression of fear, it was the expression of deep burning rage.

John then looked back over at the figure which was in the middle of the dark cube. He didn't understand just how it was possible for such dark condensed magic to exist, nor how it could cover most of the room in such a way.

It was as if the air itself had been polluted. It was nauseating.

”Ms Sylvia... What we really doing here...? What's a dungeon boss floor, doing here...?” Ariel asked as she turned to Master Sylvia

Ariel had done it. She had asked that question that everyone wanted to know. Master Sylvia had been avoiding it, but in this situation, there was no way to do so.

”John's Final Trial.” Said Master Sylvia