75 The Second Room (2/2)
The figure was sitting in a lotus position with both hands resting in front of where the lower dantian would be, with both palms looking up and one resting on top of the other. The thumbstouched each other at the top making a ( ) symbol between them.On his body there was a shinobi shozoku that was full of dust and was falling apart due to the passing of the time.The only thing visible was a pair of sunken eye holes where the organ use to be and all throughout his body there was a smoke like aura.
In the back of his waist, the handle of a straight short sword was visible as well as a pouch on his left side.When the team looked at the figured on the platform they all felt very uncomfortable, specially Rahz that couldn't help but massage his Adam apple over and over again, all he kept thinking about was the feeling of cold steel on his neck.
The group continued going down the stairs while they listened to the Royal Guard talking about the place.”There are a few things you must keep in mind, although there are not soldiers to fight in this room, every single path you take is riddle with mechanical traps that could kill you.You must pay attention to the changes as they would help you make sense of every Field modification.Right now, is an Extreme High Pace Field which means that you must move quickly while trying to reach the stairs.This Field is probably the shortest path to the third floor but it is also the deadliest, you only have a few seconds before every challenge so you can't take your time thinking about your next move.If we rate all the four changes into Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expertthis mode 004 would be the expert level.The traps inside the room are always the same but the location changes with each iteration so don't try to memorized them, instead try to find out the best way to overcome the particular trap so when you see it again in another place you can respond accordingly whether in beginner mode or on expert”.
”Last but not least is Master Chrysalis, as you heard the voice in the speaker, this is his hunting ground and he would be attacking you while you try to go through the Labyrinth.The good news is that all the Guardians lost 30 Levels when they were cursed so he had lost most of his stats.Master Chrysalis was Level 45 when the invasion happened so right now he is only Level 15 but it would be a mistake to let your guard down just because of this, his assassination techniques are top notch.Nobody knows exactly how many people he killed in his prime but rumor has it he was able to kill a prince of the Beast Race with only one attempt”.
The group turned solemn after hearing the information and were already thinking about ways to cope with the challenge ahead.After 15 minutes of descend, the team finally reach the bottom and they were able to see a plaque besides the entrance to the maze that said:
4 Mode Interchangeable Kinetic Cube
Gnome Engineering Group
Rahz didn't understand what it meant but he thought that it lacked flare, he would have name it something imposing like Megadeath Cube or Fields of Death, not 4 mode interchangeable whatever.However, the gnomes liked to name their inventions according to their functions that way if they had to send somebody else to fix it after a malfunction that gnome would know what the invention did or even the type of method use to give it power.
The doorway into the room look pretty simple and even the first hallway was extremely quiet.If it wasn't for the specter giving them some pointers the team would have already rush in so they could feel for themselves what the fuss was about.
Rahz and the others decided to take the Old Guards advised to wait for the beginners field since they didn't have to worry about any soldiers reviving anymore.Rahz passed the time doing maintenance on his 2H Axe while Elune continued to get familiar with her new artifact and with her limits while using it.Elune had a feeling that she was going to have the biggest role in the upcoming challenge since her protection wards could stop the damage cause by the traps and maybe stop some of the assassin techniques from one shotting anybody in the team.They might be half undead thanks to the curse but if they die in the fallen gate, they would finished their transformation from half into full.
6 Hours passed in the blink of an eye and the same old voice rang across the room ”Test..Test..Cough.. Changed 002 of 004, Moderate Difficulty Mode, Hmmm...Stop being a pussy and enter the field”.
The team looked like they had been spit on the face and Riddick stood up and Rawwwr at the voice that taunted him while walking towards the entrance.
”Wait!… Wait!… Don't let him riled you up, wait for the beginner stage, I am Serious!!”.