13 (not complete) EVILS, SAGE, DESPAIR, MOCK TRIAL
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=LOCATION: Unknown=
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{FLASHBACK TO MINUTES BEFORE}
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An unknow vast halls with numerous columns lit by magic stone lamps. A gathering complex room for certain individuals covered by robes and capes while few aren't.
This dark complex room is filled with scent of rusty blades mix with splattered bloods—creating a creepy atmosphere upon the room.
"PLEASE SPARE ME LADY VALLETTA!" An evilus member pleaded while kneeling to their pink-haired leader that's raising her bloodied multi-bladed greatsword into the sky.
*SLASH*
The blade slashes the believer before he could scream. His bloods sprayed all over the room mixing with already spillied blood of his fellow dead believer.
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Silence filled the complex
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Other goons silent in fear. How could a bunch of level 1 goons retaliate nor raise their voice against her?
She's Valleta Grede. She have the might of a level 5 and the strategic intellect rivaling Orarios' first-class adventurers, especially the Loki familia's Braver.
Valleta Grede is a dangerous women.
What makes her dangerous is her sadistic desire of murdering all, adventurers or not. Valletta along with the certain duo from Alecto Familia have the record for the most murder count on Orario.
She, many Evil deities, multiple different factions, other executive members and an army of believers banded together and branded themselves as 'Evilus', the criminal worshipping cult that appeared after the strongest Familias were exiled 6 years ago.
They are responsible for keeping the labyrinth city into the living hell and make both civilians & adventurers continuously live in suffering and fear.
The Evilus made Orario currently live in dark period.
*SWING*
Valletta swung her cursed blade in the air to clean the blood stains on it.
*SPLASH*
Bloods splashed into the floor, even nearly to a shoe of one of the many individuals present along with Valleta.
Those individuals that witness what Valleta did. They didn't care while few cruelly laughed at their death. They are the Evilus' higher ups also called as executive members.
Their apathetic eyes shown devoid for sympathy
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devoid of empathy for any lives.
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As they're clearly entertained by the death of their goons.
Valleta look all the mangled corpses as she smiled—taking delight to her victims' screams, cries & torments before dying to her blade.
Valletta enjoyed her 'artwork'.
Instantly, She looked at the remaing goons.
"Oi! Tell me why 50 corpses are still missing, Half-wits?!" Valleta demand an answer with hint of fury completely and quickly changing emotion.
She broke the silence in the room. The other silhouettes in the dark looked the goon as they're confused too after hearing the report.
"How come 50 of my men capable of destroying villages and armies outside of Orario croaked overnight?! Confess the real truth. Now!" A brown skinned figure adoring purple eye-shadow demanded with authoritative tone. Him being a deity, knew the exact moment when his men died but not where, whom, what nor how they died.
Having lost an monumental amount of firepower, He requested this very meeting with the Executive members.
*BABOOM!*
As soon as he end his speaking, he's blarring his oppresive divine aura within the room. His aura created this oppressive atmosphere felt by mortals.
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Frightening
Is what all evilus mortals on the room felt while shivering at the wrath of a god.
Only his fellow god resisted the daunting aura.
"We don't know Lady Valletta and Rudra-sama. We still can't open the gate of 20th floor." Evilus goon 1 reported with fear in her eyes.
"When we arrived to the gates of 20th floor—They are melted by what we pressumed was lava from the sulfuric smell. We are still trying to open the gate and locate them but our efforts still prove futile." evilus goon 2 described.
"We've been telling the truth Rudra-sama! Please have mercy on us." Evilus goon 3 pleaded with dread.
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*SWISshhhh~*
The pressure disappeared.
After hearing the reports, Rudra disappointedly scuffed while subsiding his divine aura and wrath.
The divine authority is what deities use to make mortals be afraid of them and not lie within their presence.
Every mortals present are now relieve and return to their original composure.
Getting over from the divine,
"He-he-he! A door made of Orichalcum completely melted." Valleta rediculed while giggling after getting over from Rudra's aura.
But one person have different response,
"That's Impossible...Orichalcum is the most indestructible metal in existence that can survive from Valgangs' flames. It cannot be destroyed by upper class adventurers. It cannot melt easily." A deathly pale skinny man expressed having prideful eyes behind his long white bangs despite being skinny.
His name is Barca Perdix, the gates' creator and the man-made labyrinth they're in, called Knossos.
"But it did." His brother whose wearing an leather goggle, Dix perdix, replied while cleaning his blood-stained cursed spear.
"I'll look into it. You! lead the way. If you what you reported was false, I'll kill you." Barca begrudgingly ordered the Evilus goon 1. He holds the might of level 2 despite having frail body.
He left with other evilus goons
Seconds later,
"We aren't needed here. Hey, you lot. Quit Dawdling and get to movin." Dix wanting to go somewhere besides this place ordered his men.
After Dix's party & Barca left,
"What do you think happened to Rudra's dead familia, my lady?...Could a first-class adventurer or Maybe an Irregular monster kill them?" A red haired man with fox-eyes hiding behind the shadow asked looking at Arachnia.
"...Faceless. That's impossible. No threats on that floor could kill them, especially with a handful Level 4 scums, their idiotic captain and his b***h." Valletta, known as Arachnia replied.
"But that's doable suspicions. We need more information on whom or what killed them when that gate is open." Valletta considering while ordering the believers
"They have a lot of resources with them. We need to salvage their valuables too from their dead bodies, especially retrive the Daedalus' Orb." Thanatos said starting a new topic.
Followed by,
"Find their dead bodies. Collect everything!" A green-eyes with snake pupils named Olivas screamed ordered the remaining goons. His torso on display. He's one of the Evilus executives from an evilus familia.
Few evilus goons ran hearing Olivas, adding manpower to the case.
"No, That's useless now. If the Orichalcum door melted. it's feasible that they died along their items. Their death and that Orichalcum junk being melted at the same day is no coincidence. A monster or a troop killed them when the gate melted too." Valletta hypothesizes.
"Unknown perpitrators comes into play. Ha-Ha! Not bad. I ought to meet them in face soon. " The former pissed Rudra then smiles while resting his head on his hand.
His curiosity has been met. He become interested on the 'Unknowns' more than his deceased forces.
Other individuals reluctantly agreed.
What followed is,
"Thanatos, I lost a great deal of powerful men because of Arachnia. I want compensation." Rudra blaming his fellow deity
"Ease up Rudra, no need for anger. This forsaken city has endless amount of gullible 'sheeps' everywhere, I will obtain 60 believers from surface and transfer them to your residence soon." Thanatos promised to Rudra, the another male deity hiding behind his hood.
Being satisfied to the compensation,
"Where is your patron deity, Faceless..No, Vito?" Rudra attempt to find something new asked the red-haired man.
"Rudra-sama. He's a god after all, probably wondering around the city. Inquiring he found something familiar." Vito politely replied.
"Tell him I want him attending gatherings. See that you do." Rudra added while having a fixation on finding that 'Unknown'.
Vito nodded, ending there conversation.
"Where are the Apate familia and Alecto familia?" Vito asked the goons addressing important topic.
"Sir Vito, both factions still on the Deep floors attempting on reaching Level 3-5 for months. Each captains attempts reaching level 6. They inquired us to not disturb them until their return. Other members are currently gathering multiple monsters from the surface upon Lady Valleta's requests as we speak. Apate Familia requested to attain more mages and hexers for their 'Trump cards'." Evilus 2 Goon reported trying her best to avoid dying by her psychopathic executives.
"What am I? Their sh*** m***? Tell both Apete Familia geezers to move their old joints. Let them catch for themselves." The pissed Valleta order which the goon 2 backed down.
Changing the topic,
"50 men suddenly died. Our strongest factions dwelved the dungeon. We are only left with a level 5, few level 4, multiple level 3 and myriad of lower-tiers. Were no match on the surface even with great schemes. Orarios will be safe and at peace until we amass enough power." The god, Thanatos stated the fact.
"We can't risk of executing plans either, even those involving escaping right after destroying. Finn will catch on that were lacking forces." Valletta added.
"It appears that we cannot accomplish many plans without Rudra familia, my lady." Vito added.
Hearing those exchanges,
The evil Individuals presents hated it, including the silver-haired man with green eyes and snakelike pupils.
"THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS!! I want Orario to turned into smithereens. It's Destruction should not stop even for a second." Olivas eye's expressed with madness and dedication as he's itching for more destruction.
He's not the only one. As other individuals are keened on spreading chaos and the destruction of Orario.
"Gather forces outside of Orario... Enslave recuit from villages or kingdoms. I don't care what methods. Recruit more believers sooner. It will take months to replace them." Valleta ordered
2 evilus believers ran out the room following Valleta's Order
The evilus executives continued their talk,
"We can't accomplish many plans if we can't replace them sooner." Valletta added
"Where's the King from Freya Familia?" Vito asked
"Sir Vito, The Freya familia members are patrolling Orario and were not seen entering the dungeon yet." Evilus believer 6 reported
"Did Finn and his cronies killed troops of Rudra familia?" Valleta asked
"That's impossible Lady Valleta, our spies reported us that Loki Familia are still in their headquarters after their expedition last month ago." Evilus believer 4 reported
"I won't let Orario's destruction stop. Hey you there! Rally our men. Stop them collecting surface monsters. We need to keep Orario's in chaos." Olivas expressed his dark intentions while leaving meeting room with evilus goons.
Seeing Olivas leave, The rest of the people within the hall of Knossos begun leaving one after another heading towards different directions.
'Tch, Olivas, you useless bastard. You're starting it off with a mess?' Valletta annoyingly thought
As others left the room
Only Valletta and her god, Thanatos remains. They talked their own plans
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=LOCATION: Chambers of Prayers=
A dark place found beneath the Guild. The room's only distinction is large stairhalls that leads to a platform.
*Crackle* *fshh* *sparks*
On every corners of stone platform are 4 medieval standing torches at every corner.
In the middle is a tall throne made from polished stone that displays authority.
Where torches shines and seating alone in the throne is a stoic old man wearing white rob, black hood & sandals. That old man continuously prays.
"Ouranos." A shadow tall figure fully covered in a cloak called upon the praying individual, the god Ouranos, sitting on the throne platform with four wooden standing torches.
Ouranos opened his eyes and look the cloaked-individual
"Fels, What are t--?" Before Ouranos could finish his question.
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"Yes.....It has strayed far from the zone where it 'birth' and is descending the floors. Its not alone. A juggernaut has spawned and started" Ouranos said as he sensed the presence of a certain creature on 17thfloor.
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Ouranos and his companions were able to grasp so little. They're able to guess that an irregularities was currently occurring. More Accurately, Ouranos can sense irregularities happening on 17th floor
A never happened before.
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Ouranos stood up feeling something is happening especially in the dungeon.
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"Have Royman send Letters of Request for Ganesha Familia to investigate the dungeons floors. Send another letter to Freya Familia, specifically for the City's Strongest....Ottar." Ouranos immediately responded on the shaking.
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"Fels, continue the investigation accompanied by the Xenos. We need to know the happenings, especially the unknowns' location and intentions. As soon as possible." The elder god order.
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"....Understood, Ouranos. I shall return." Fels obeyed.
He existed the Chambers of Prayers leaving Ouranos to be pray again.
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{FLASHBACK ENDS}
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=TIMESKIP: PRESENT=
=LOCATION: Floor 17=
This floor belongs to few floors above it called the Middle floors. Each floors are vast, complex and made of bedrocks.
A dimmed-atmosphere floor with fissures spreading across the entire floor and above.
Most prominent,
Is the humongous hole on the ceiling that penetrated through floors above, reaching to 14th floor.
Almost of Middle Floors have giant holes wide enough to fit 5 houses.
Something is happening from 14th-17th floors,
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*CRACK* *RING*
The dungeon floors 17th to 14th rings and shakes producing a frightening feeling for Grithra which creates more cracks on the bedrock walls and floors.
The most unexpected events currently happening
*SHCRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!*
A high-pitched eerily shrieks surrounded the floors.
Appearing among the continuous eery symphony of multiple voices
"IT HURTS! THOU ART IN AGONY!" Multiple heavy voice unitedly angrily screech.
Grithra fearing for to the dungeon shaking right now while hearing a high pitch symphony sound.
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Alex is hearing these Dungeon's words despite his throbbing ears stained in blood.
The screeching continues
"BY THY ORIGIN! BY THY AUTHORITY! BY THY NATURE!
THOU ART SPAWN FORTH CHILDRENS! SERVE THY ORIGIN!
GOLIATH SPAWN FORTH! SERVE PROTECTION! SERVE THY ORIGIN ONCE MORE!
SPAWN FORTH CALAMITY! APOSTLE OF MURDER!
FAST AS WIND! MAGICAL COUNTERPOISE! GNASHING JAW! SNARLING FANGS! WHIPPING TAIL! LACERATING CLAWS! SINK THOU MORTAL FLESHES!
SPAWN FORTH DECIMATOR! DECIMATE THINE PUTRID MORTALS!
HONOR THY ORIGIN!
HONOR THY PROMISED TIME!
THOU ART ASCEND THY SURFACE!
SERVE ENMITY! THOU ART BELLIGERENT THY MORTALS!
BANQUET OF CALAMITY!
THOU ANNIHILATORS!
THOU BESEECH ONSLAUGHT THINE TRESPASSERS!"
The accumulation of heavy voices ended eminating creepiness, hostility,sinister,danger &bloodlust towards Alex, Grithra and the unconscious.
*SCREech ends* *SHAKing ends* *CRAAAacks ends*
The floor stopped tremors and the symphony ends.
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The whole place became silent. A creepy and eerily experience.
Both Alex and Grithra retrieve their hands from their ears and stood up.
They then check themselves before the whole floor expecting something.
Those sentence only Alex heard. And he's not mistaken that the dangerous voices he heard last night, the screech and the voices spoke are the same.
He concluded that the source of the voices is from the dungeon itself.
Alex suspects it wasn't just speaking from reading multiple fictions and multiple experiences from military.
Both Alex & Grithra guard themselves.
*Shing*
Grithra's wand lights up and so her danger sense too. It tells her something is gonna happen, even if this is her first encounter despite dwelving the dungeon for years.
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*drop*
An object dropped something larger than humans
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*drop* *drop* *drop*
It doesn't stop with one. Objects dropped variying from differentlt sizes
*drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop*
Objects dropping from 14th floor, 15th floor and 16th floor towards 17th floor.
Some are miniscule, most are enormous
*drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop*
*drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop*
One after another kept falling towards 17th floor.
*drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop*
*drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop*
*drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop*
*drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop*
*drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop* *drop*
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*drop*
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*drop*
The object completely stopped as the sounds. Many objects still 'floats' mid-air.
A Minute passed, both Alex and Grithra still in their place on their guard for something they don't even know.
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Alex used Giro Giro no Mi and counted monsters, excluding the dead ones from dropping.
70 monsters set their red shining bloodlusted eyes on them but staying in their place
Some howls
Some screeches
Some gripped their weapons
Some kindle flames to their mouth
Some grinds their fangs,
Some spread their wings
Some are small
Few are bigger than their kinds which Alex recognized those as Enhanced species.
Most slammed their tails to the ground
All sneered their fangs
All of them roared revealing readiness for slaughter
Adding Goliath and that unknown fast monsters that Alex now compares it to the Alien creature from a famous movie but have demonic-looking face instead of what he's imagining.
A sight of doom
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A Picturesque scene of Hell
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Feeling hopeless and death lingering
*thud*
A sound of wood dropping appeared behind his back.
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Alex look behind him
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"Hey! What are you doing?" Alex asked the person behind to her who looks down the ground and dropped her wand that lost its light.
"Are you seeing this clearly?!! Even with your strength, How could we survive this many monsters infront of us?!" Grithra erratically said this with one emotion
Joy? No!
Battle-readiness? No!
Murderous Intent? No!
Revenge? No!
Sadness? No!
Fear? No
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DEMORALISED
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She lost all hope of surviving. Gone like smokes.
Tragedies experienced now and yesterday completely made her dread feels stronger.
She didn't raise her fighting spirit nor scream to death.
She just-
*thud*
Her knees fall to the ground which supported her demoralized body.
"Even yesterday was telling me, I was meant to die from the beginning. Please let me see my sister now." She demoralizing whispers increasing her further despair. Her luck rans out
Her sentence isn't false as Dungeon have always claims adventurers life everyday since the beginning of humanity.
Having the Goliath more than 70 monsters surrounding them and blocking their exists spells death to everyone who see.
The army of monsters that requires more than 30 adventurers group or a group of high-class adventurers
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No, Every kingdoms armies outside of Orario to deal them.
Alex understood her despair.
*Step* *step*
He went toward Grithra
"GRITHRA STAND UP AND PICK UP YOUR WAND! This is no time t--!"
"i...I can't..." Grithra softly murmers which he halted after hearing her. He realize something she's trying to do, something he's unfortunately familiar with
*grab*
Alex picked up Grithra's wand and presented it to her while saying these below
"What do you mean you can't?? Snap back! Grab your f*****g wand and heal these unc--"
"I DON'T WANT ANYMORE! NO!!!!" Grithra yelled interrupting him and not caring anything anymore.
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*SMACK!!!*
Grithra strongly attempted to slap away the wand away from his hand but failed as Alex still holds her wand infront of her.
Grithra isn't even reacting to her hurting hand as she look down to the ground again, being aghast from her sentence and action.
Confusion
Conflicted
Frightened
Anxious
Disparity
Dispirited
Hopelesness
Rejection to save lives
Shame
All these emotion felt by Grithra within less of a second.
After seconds, She ran hiding her face.
Alex stoically watched Grithra begun hiding inside the cart continuously conflicted from fear, regret and realizing the shameful thing she did.
'She's gave up. Her eyes from vengeful turned hopeless. She wants to join her dead team. She's conflicted, feeling guilty for abandoning her one teammate on the cave who died. She's experiencing both Survivor's guilt and guilty conscience. Based on the knowledge I gathered, the magic effectiveness depends on the mage's emotional strength and intention. It's no use to convice her to heal them if she's conflicted and cannot thinks properly. I have to give up convincing her to help.' Alex understood as he's familiar of what she going through right now—He saw it in different faces, including his own too during his firt time experiencing war.
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*Thud*
He dropped grithra's wand to the ground.
"There's an army of monsters surrounding us and blocking our escape routes. There are small, enormous, ground monsters, fast moving ones, fire-breathers and flying omes. They're more than a team of adventurers could handle." Alex spoke to frightened Grithra despite not knowing if she hearing him.
And yet he continues saying the following
---There's only us two that's alive and there's Loki familia's dead members and unconscious members that could die in any seconds if not healed. Looking at our situation, it makes sense to believe that we won't survive in this encounter." Alex ended his talk while walking away from the cart
He then begun speaking more clearer and louder for Grithra's ears.
"Listen Grithra! I understand what you're thinking right now but I'm not encouraging it. I'm still going out there. Just hide on the cart and Don't f******g interfere me at all. Instead, think how much your familia will reward me because I'll make sure I'll be rewarded double the amount from both you and loki familia.---
---And if you f******g stopped shaking in fear and want to help. Drag all unconscious team near the cart and heal them or wait till I finish this." Alex ended his talk with assurance tone while also many feets away from the cart and looking the monsters surrounding them.
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'We're in the killbox, zone surrounded by monster.'
'Seeing enemies surrounding us and being around with people who can't fight brings back bad memorie but I shouldn't think those things right now.'
'I need to make this fast without using any special abilities and just use martial arts only since Grithra is present.'
*INHALE*
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*EXHALE*
'The adrenaline rush is here again whenever something like this happens.Looking at it now, this situation right now is comparable to the Dungeon Mania Trial.'
*WHOOSH!!!*
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{Anti-Monsters Barrier Remaining Time; 11 Months : 29 Days : 19 Hours : 45 Minutes)
