”Only a minute left,” Bai Ze said, looking at the time on his Status Window. “Man, I hope the teleportation scroll would really transfer us to the new dungeon.”
”Don’t worry, Brother Ze. The possibility of this scroll being legit is very high. Even if it isn’t, we can just think of this dungeon raid as a practice. After all, we still have to work out our teamwork,” Luo Yan said. Then he turned to Shen Ji Yun. “Don’t you think so as well, Brother Ji Yun?”
”Ah, yes,” Shen Ji Yun replied, a bit out of sorts. He felt annoyed at himself for not coming back to his senses much quicker. [Stop thinking about that flirting business, Ji Yun. This is hardly the time.]
Luo Yan stared at the other. He had noticed since earlier that the other seemed to not have his full attention at what was happening right now. He had a feeling that it might have something to do to the reason why the other came late. Did the other encounter some kind of problem?
But he knew that this was hardly the time nor the place to ask about it. All their attention should be focused right now on the dungeon raid. Shen Ji Yun definitely thought so as well. He was sure that the other would come out of whatever stupor he was in soon enough.
He decided to just ask the other about what’s bothering him later. Once they finished raiding the dungeon, of course.
”It’s here.”
As Su Yuqi said that, a big announcement suddenly appeared in the sky.
[The new dungeon – Thousand World Fantasia – is now open to all! Clues to its whereabouts are going to be released throughout. If you want to find this dungeon’s location, go and search for these clues. Good luck!]
Seeing the announcement, Luo Yan wondered about what kind of clues the game would release. But since they already had the scroll, it probably wouldn’t matter to them. At least, he hoped so. Thousand World Fantasia, huh? A name that could make anyone curious. He just hoped that the scroll would really bring them there, wherever it was.
”Shall we go?” he asked everyone. The other four nodded. So, he took out the teleportation scroll from his Items Tab. “Here I go.”
He tore the scroll and the five of them were immediately surrounded by light. Luo Yan once again felt the feeling of being sucked into a vacuum. He even felt that the vertigo was much worse compared to normal.
When he opened his eyes, he was quite surprise to see where they were. The five of them were standing on a floating land mass. Surrounding them was a pink sky and blue cluster of blue clouds. But the most eye-catching of all was the floating railway that seemed to spiral around them.
He looked at the others and also saw the surprise in their eyes. So, it was safe to assume that Shen Ji Yun, Bai Ze, and Su Yuqi hadn’t been here before. Which only meant that this place was a new area. Therefore, the chances of this being the new dungeon was extremely high. But what exactly should they do here?
”If this is the new dungeon, the requirements to clear it should appear right about now,” Bai Ze said.
”Maybe it’s already written here somewhere,” Luo Jin said, looking around. After all, some dungeons had a stone slab where the rules of how to clear it were written.
Then, as if hearing their problem, a white door appeared suddenly from out of nowhere. It opened from the other side and something hopped outside. Yes, hopped.
It was a rabbit, standing straight on its own two feet and wearing a black suite on its upper body. Its pair of beady red eyes stared at the five of them. The look of surprise in those red eyes couldn’t be hidden.
“This is quite unexpected. I thought I was wrong but there really are guests here,” the rabbit said, more to itself rather than to them. As if realizing his blunder, he cleared his throat and just went straight to business. “Welcome to the Thousand World Terminal, dear passengers! I am the Conductor. As our very first passengers to ride the Fantasia train, we will be giving you the privilege of choosing your own destination. As it seemed that you came here in a group, you can only choose one place. Please, pick one within five minutes.”
After saying that, he took out a watch from his coat pocket. Clearly timing them. Then, a travel catalogue appeared in front of them. Since it was nearest to Luo Yan, he had no choice but to reach out and take it. The other four huddled close to him.
”Now it’s certain that we’re in the new dungeon, right?” Bai Ze asked, his expression full of excitement.
”Obviously,” Su Yuqi said in a tone as if saying to Bai Ze ‘do you really need to ask the obvious?’.
”Let’s open this catalogue first,” Luo Yan said before the two started bickering again.
As he said that, he opened the catalogue and a light appeared from the inside. The light then projected three cards from above. The one on the leftmost had the picture of the sea and had the name ‘Mermaid Cove’ below. The one at the middle was a picture of a beautiful old manor usually found in Country Y and the name below it was ‘Magnolia Court’. Lastly, the one at the rightmost side was a picture of a luxury cruise ship with the name ‘Amphitrite’.
So, they had to choose from these three? Why did Luo Yan had a feeling that no matter which one they chose, it would not be a simple walk in the park?