Ryan and Gabrielle took some minutes to catch their breaths.
Gabrielle stood in awe, not believing that they had just defeated an A rank monster.
Ryan wore a satisfied smile as he just watched the lifeless corpse of the monster rot away. But his smile was soon replaced by worry.
Ryan's face turned pale as he looked at the creature. He realized that it wasn't the creature that was trailing them, but some other thing. Ryan could sense the energy of the entities, he wasn't sure what was going on as he didn't know how to process this.
The spectra energy the figures gave were not at all similar to the ones of monsters and demons.
Ryan tried to focus harder to see what it was, but he couldn't. He only felt like there was a mix of negative mana and demonic mana.
He got up ready to head for the fourth chamber.
Gabrielle on the other hand knew something was wrong as she had seen how pale his face was earlier. She wanted to ask, but stopped herself as they would need to get through this hell before focusing on their emotions.
As they both got up, they headed towards the door of the fourth chamber. Their were five seven chambers in each Trial. Each leading to the final boss.
Ryan brought out his system's panel as he looked through it.
[Trial:Dungeon
Duration:6hours 59minutes 54secs]
Ryan knew that time was of the essence to them as they needed to get to the final chamber before the timer runs out.
Silence filled the air as Ryan and Gabrielle made their way towards the fourth chamber.
Soon screams were heard above them. Gabrielle stopped in her pace as she looked up wondering what might be happening.
Ryan on the other hand just kept walking as he knew what was happening.
Gabrielle soon joined him as she was curious to know about the screams coming from above, although she already had a hint.
Everyone who had joined them to partake in the Dungeon Trial was either being eaten, torn apart of massacred.
But what made Ryan a bit surprised was that they managed to make it this far. He thought that they would have already been dead during the second chamber.
'Nicely done' he praised their efforts as he wore a warm smile. But all that was going to be for nothing as they would die here.
As the duo continued to proceed towards the next chamber. Ryan kept on thinking of the figures that continued to trail them. He wondered who or what they were. He soon stopped thinking of identifying these mysterious figures and started thinking of a way to beat them when the time comes.
Suddenly he was pulled out of his thoughts by a mechanical chime.
"Ding!!"
[You have gained affection points from Gabrielle
Affection:50/70
Favorability:50/80
You can now proceed to dominate her]
Ryan was shocked when he saw the system's notification. He never believed that Gabrielle would like someone like him, I mean his predecessor. But since he was living on the memories of his previous. They were one and the same.
Ryan could remember when they were young that he (predecessor) had told Gabrielle to be his girlfriend. She abruptly rejected him, leaving him to wallow in the aftermath of his stupidity.
He was shocked on how she would come to like him. Well if she liked him then it can't be helped can it? Ryan thought as he knew that there was nothing he could do to stop her from liking him.
And besides, who wouldn't want to have a succubus crushing on you. It was a golden opportunity for Ryan as he would get to possess the most perfect fuck toy.
But that was the last thing on his mind. They still needed to get out of this hell. He would get her to be his after they were through with this Trial.
Ryan continued to walk towards the next door, before long the door leading to the next chamber was in sight.
As they finally got to the door entrance, it seemed a little different from the others as this on had ancient symbols and moster heads made out of wood carved on it.
He paused for some time before pushing the door open. This time it was different as the door didn't open, it felt heavier than the previous ones.
Ryan tried to push it open, but nothing worked. He then thought of an idea. He uses his mana energy to push the door open, surprisingly the door opened making some creaky noises.
'So i have to use mana?' Ryan thought as he had opened it with mana, giving it the same weight as the previous ones.
They both walked through the door as they were now in the fourth chamber.
The place seemed to be like a gold mine as torches lit up the place.
They both started walking as they kept their guard up. Their paid attention to every slight movement as one mistake could lead to their deaths. The chamber's would only get more dangerous as you continued, but once in the fourth chamber, the real trials starts.
Ryan stayed vigilant as his eyes surveyed his surroundings.
Ryan suddenly became worried as he had sensed multiple figures closing in on them. He suddenly became worried as he waited in anticipation for the figure to reveal itself.
Gabrielle suddenly became worried as she too had sensed high amounts of negative mana coming from behind them.
As they readied theirselves for what was about to happen. They were both shocked to see other students as the walking unconsciously towards them. They seemed to be controlled as their eyes glowed a dark purple light, with black aura surrounding them.
"They've been controlled" Ryan said as he had a worried expression on his face.
The reason why their were so many demons was because people who were lost in the trials were often possessed by other demons. Changing them into mutants, abominable creatures. Each person would not have control over their own bodies and slowly their minds would be consumed by darkness. These creatures were known as Plaguelins
Ryan knew that this was worrisome as Plaguelins never moved individually. And he was right as he began to sense more negative mana, as they multiplied.
Ryan was prepared to fight them all but that would only take their time as they would have to fight for hours beforehand being able to defeat them.
The only option was to run to the next chamber.