Chapter 567: The Rainbow Dungeon! (Please subscribe!)
Recently, due to being preoccupied with his own affairs, Izay hadn’t paid much attention to the situation between the dungeon and the adventurers.
He hadn’t visited the Guild Headquarters for quite some time either.
Now standing outside the front desk, watching a group of guild clerks sigh in despair within the office area, he couldn’t help but feel curious.
“Excuse me, has anything unusual happened in the dungeon recently?”
Izay stopped a wolfman clerk who happened to be walking out of the office area with documents and politely asked about the situation.
Rose, who was busy to the point of being frazzled, undoubtedly wasn’t in a good mood when she was suddenly called. She frowned as she turned around.
However, this mindset didn’t last long. The moment she recognized Izay, she quickly composed herself.
“The ‘Silver Star’ of Loki Familia, it’s rare to see you show up at our Guild Headquarters… forgive me, we workers are almost too busy to know which way is north.”
Rose, a veteran clerk at the Guild Headquarters, could switch her unfriendly expression in an instant. She even had the energy to lighten the atmosphere with self-deprecating humor.
Learning to assess the timing is a basic skill for corporate slaves.
The person who turned around earlier with a face full of resentment and irritation seemed like a different person altogether, leaving Laentoluca stunned.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb your work; I’m just curious about the current situation. I haven’t been keeping up with the news among adventurers lately.”
Izay apologized for stopping her abruptly and brought the topic back on track.
Upon hearing his explanation, Rose couldn’t help but look at him with surprise.
Is this guy teasing me?
If there’s something unusual in the dungeon, the guild will definitely know first.
But those big factions within Orario won’t be far behind.
And Izay, as the ace of Loki Familia, wouldn’t possibly not know about this, right?
Rose stared at him suspiciously for a while but ultimately couldn’t detect even a hint of dishonesty from the man in front of her.
He really doesn’t know what’s going on…
Rose’s mouth twitched as she held the documents in her hands.
She didn’t have any intention of hiding the truth from Izay, after all, she’d heard that he had a great relationship with the upper echelons of the guild. Even if she didn’t tell him, he would still have other channels to obtain information.
The wolfman clerk temporarily put down her documents and led Izay and Laentoluca to a corner of the office area.
The office area was soundproofed from the reception area by two layers of glass, set up so that the noise at the front desk wouldn’t interfere with the clerks’ work. Now it could also prevent others from eavesdropping on their conversation.
After completing these precautionary measures, Rose picked up the previously organized documents and began explaining to Izay.
“It’s an abnormal situation in the middle layer. Since yesterday evening, a strange white mist has been appearing unpredictably in the middle region of the dungeon. We can’t confirm the pattern, and many adventurers have fallen victim to it.”
Victim, but no one got injured because of it.
According to the adventurers themselves, the white mist initially seemed harmless, and no one would raise their guard upon noticing it.
Since the middle layer is the Great Tree Maze, adventurers aren’t surprised when fog appears in the forest.
But the problem lies here.
Because they weren’t cautious, adventurers who saw the strange mist later all got lost inside it.
In that mist, no monsters appear; it only disorients people and makes them feel mentally exhausted.
This is where truly bizarre things start happening.
Late last night, around the time the strange mist in the dungeon began to rampage, the same phenomenon appeared on the plains north of Orario!
Many adventurers who were lost inside the dungeon last night returned to the city from outside Orario this morning!
It’s as if they were teleported through the mist, baffling everyone.
If there were actual “victims,” it wouldn’t just be baffling; it would be terrifying!
This matter has already spread among the upper-level adventurers capable of entering the middle layer.
Considering the impact on other aspects, only Level 1 adventurers and ordinary citizens remain unaware.
Incidentally, many merchants also noticed the white mist on the plains.
But merchants traveling for business won’t foolishly run into thick fog. Naturally, they avoid it if they can.
With such a vast plain, if fog appears in one area, wouldn’t they just go around it?
Due to this cautious mindset, merchants haven’t yet noticed anything unusual.
Just because they haven’t noticed doesn’t mean that guild clerks like Rose can relax.
Who knows what those white mists are? No one can guarantee they won’t spread everywhere or even reach the upper layers.
If that happens, Orario will surely be in turmoil.
A strange mist that can teleport people outside the city—wouldn’t anyone be afraid?
Right now, it only transports people outside the city, but what if it goes further in the future?
Even to more dangerous places.
At that time, who would dare to explore the dungeon?
How to resolve this special situation has become a major challenge for the guild to solve.
The higher-ups sent requests for assistance to Freya and Loki, the two strongest factions, early this morning.
But so far, there hasn’t been any response from the two goddesses, likely because they’re observing the situation.
Freya goes without saying; that goddess isn’t interested in anything except rabbits.
Loki is cautious; she absolutely wouldn’t recklessly endanger her children.
After listening to Rose’s account, Izay took some time to process the information before responding.
Laentoluca quietly stood beside him, her crystalline blue eyes gazing at the white ceiling.
Daydreaming…
Because she didn’t understand what the two were talking about, she felt completely lost and overwhelmed.
So she decided to stop thinking about it…
Izay rested his chin on his hand, his mind swirling with thoughts.
To be honest, he felt a sense of déjà vu regarding the current situation.
He also seemed to have figured out why he encountered that mature gray witch in Orario before.
(Maybe the dungeon beneath my feet is a powered-up version?)
The rainbow part is Izay’s personal addition to express his urge to rant.
After all, the ultimate R organization next door also has the word “rainbow.”
He’s now wondering if the dungeon beneath his feet might have incorporated game-like settings.
Back when the dungeon game linked with other worldviews, it clearly stated that dungeons have the ability to make people travel between worlds!
Even connecting two different worlds.
Originally, the scale of the dungeon was vaguely described as potentially equivalent to “god,” “eternity,” or even a higher level existence.
Adding this capability further solidifies this claim.
