Chapter 342 - Mind (1/2)

Chapter 342: Mind-boggled to the Point of Desperation

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

In the tunnel

Skinorse walked in front of the magic door, inspecting the words carved on the door. “Hmm, this door… Power, Wealth, Love… These are all life’s great lies. However, they aren’t really the greatest.”

Using his dagger, Skinorse drew some lines on the door. As the sharp edge of the dagger brushed the surface of the door, it created a sharp scratching sound. However, it did not even leave a mark on the door. Skinorse turned to Link, saying, “Lord, this door is really sturdy. How are we supposed to break through? Don’t tell me we really have to answer the question?”

As an adventurer, Skinorse felt that it could not be so simple.

The black cat in Nana’s bosom looked at the door. “Meow, this door is really interesting.”

Saying so, he ducked back into Nana’s chest, not bothering to speak further or explain the method to get past the door. Looking at it made Skinorse’s gums itch.

Link looked at the door and sighed to himself. In his previous life, he was played to death by this very door.

At that time, he was still inexperienced and had come with some friends to explore this dungeon. Upon reaching this door, the group of them had sat down discussing the topic of what life’s greatest lie was. Their discussion lasted three days and three nights. Finally, because of some accident, they realized they were tricked.

Link walked forward and, using his wand, wrote down a line in the blank space on the door. “You are the greatest lie!”

Life’s greatest lie?

How could there be anyone answer to this question?

The most hateful thing about this door was that it used the players’ self-doubt to lead them on. The more the player thought about the answer, the more they would wrack their brains to come up with more and more answers. However, all of that was just wasting the player’s time.

The answer was simple. The key to opening this door had nothing to do with the complicated looking question. The only purpose for the question was to con you.

The moment Link wrote this on the door, an illusory voice sounded out from the door. “Wrong answer.”

This response from the door was also a con.

In most situations, when someone tells you that your answer is wrong, you would naturally reconsider what the correct answer could be. However, that would just mislead you deeper and deeper into the con.

Ultimately, this trap made use of the player’s self-doubt to keep them from proceeding. During the game, many teams were toyed with in this manner by the Night King.

“Lord, the answer is wrong,” Skinorse said.

Look, this fellow fell into the trap.

Link replied, “If I were the creator of this magic door, I would not bother putting a real answer. If I’m not wrong, these are the only four words that this door knows.”

As he said this, Link selected “power.”

As expected, the door immediately replied, “Wrong answer.”

“Then how do we enter?” Melinda asked.

“Don’t rush,” Link replied.

Link walked around the magic door until he reached a part of the door not under the light. There was a normal looking stone sticking out from the stone wall.

Link took a clean cloth and lay it on the stone. This was to ensure that he did not leave his scent behind. Then, he pressed down hard onto the stone. Suddenly, the stone was pushed into the wall! Immediately, the magic door started ringing, and after three seconds, it vanished.

“What…!” Skinorse suddenly felt that the world was truly treacherous. A simple trap like this could have led him around in circles forever. How would people dare to adventure like this?

“Alright, don’t worry, let’s go in!” Link instructed urgently. The magic door made a lot of noise before it vanished and would surely have alerted the pursuing demons. They definitely could not afford to dally any longer.

After they entered the passage, Link pressed down hard on another similarly normal looking rock. Ringgg. After ringing again, the passage they were in lit up, and two seconds later, the magic door was back in place.

This magic door was a very high-level door with the strength of Level-8. Link hoped that it could delay the demon commander. It would be the best if the commander fell into the trap and wasted time solving the riddle. Even if he didn’t but used brute force to break through the door, Link could use it to gauge the demon commander’s true strength.

Once the magic door was reformed, Link warned the rest, “Later on, we’ve got to be more careful. There could be Assassins appearing at every trap we encounter. Also, watch your step, don’t step into any holes. Any of them could be dangerous.

The trickster door was only the beginning. After passing the door, there were all sorts of other traps that made adventurers nervous or irritated. Without knowing it, they could find themselves in trouble.

Skinorse swallowed his saliva. Earlier, he had been tricked by the magic door and was feeling less confident about himself. However, he was the only Assassin with the highest agility in the group. Therefore, he still went ahead to scout for traps.

The path behind the magic door was very wide, about ten feet wide and five feet high. Magic lamps hung on both sides of the passageway. Under the dim light of these lamps, the passageway could be seen clearly enough. Link stopped his light magic.

“Watch out, these lamps aren’t meant to guide us, it’s for Assassins to conceal themselves. As we walk in this lit place, we would naturally feel more at ease and let down our guard. Also, because of the flickering light, it would distract us from focusing on the shadows and help to conceal any Assassins hiding inside. In this situation, we have no way of knowing when the Assassins may rush out.”

“What should we do then?” Melinda asked. She was currently standing under the glow of the lamps. As she looked around, she could see dark areas but couldn’t see anything in them.

“Well, it’s easy. I’ve got a way,” Skinorse replied. He took out an eyepatch and used it to cover his eyes. With one eye covered, he looked like a pirate.

Link immediately understood what he was doing. “Great idea!”

With one eye covered, they could walk around in the light with no worries. When they entered the darkness, they could take off the eye patch to see normally as the eye covered by the eye patch would already be acclimatized to the darkness.