A Gamer's Bloody Revenge

Chapter 72

Joseph breaks into the underground vault that he suspects belongs to Jacob and sees the girls inside.

"Wait? You girls are... Karma's teammate?"

The girls all tied up look at Joseph.

Joseph sees them and sighs.
"..."
Before proceeding to untie the girls and free them.
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Threatening players of Jacob's guild does not work. Dying in this stage doesn't mean they will be eliminated from the stage, they would die and feel the pain rather than leaving the guild.

Then what am I supposed to do...

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Wait!

I remember now.

There is one way of absolutely winning this round!

I read an article after stage 5 ended in my previous life. It's about all the secrets on every single map and how to get to them.
I mean, since stage 5 is over, nobody took it seriously and read it for fun.

I am the same but I didn't realise that it could be useful!

Let's see here... I remember something about a labyrinth in an abandoned mine on this island.

I look at the map.

There are 6 areas which are ruins of abandoned builds.

All of them look roughly the same...

But a mine... It will probably be near a mountain.

I see 2 areas near the mountain and decided to check the one nearest to me.

Once I step into the town ruin, the air feels thicker and there's something wrong...it feels like when you are alone in the Woods at night and feels something chilling. That's the feeling...

These... Ruins... What happened? Is it because of the volcano? This reminds me of Pompeii.

Whatever...

I walk across the rocks filled with moss and other living things that have grown on them until I arrive on what seemed like a cobblestone pavement.

I look around and found a broken board under a pile of rocks... It looks like a notice board.

I look at it and try to decipher the paper... Some of them are burned while the letters on some paper are blurred so badly that I can't read them anymore.

"Notice about... Mine...

11...2000

The... North is under renovation...

Please stay away from...

Sorry for..."
Is the only thing I can read.
But "North" is a good enough clue.

I head North and find the entrance to the mine but it's covered with debris of rocks. I slice through the debris easily and create one narrow space. Luckily, I am slim enough to fit through and go deeper into the mine.

It's dark...

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Skill activate: Night vision
Time left: 1 hour, 59 minutes.
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I venture through the cave infested with cobwebs.
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Firstly, to the right... Then down the hole on the left...

I jump down the hole and land on the water.

After landing on water... Walk 5 steps ahead and turn left...

After that, feel the wall on the left for a mechanism.

I lift my left hand and touch the cold rock.

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