Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 573 -

Chapter 573: The Situation Inside the Dungeon

Tan Han escaped the Player's control during that interval and became "lost" within this dungeon composed of pixel blocks.

She walked here, choosing various locations to traverse different spaces.

She discovered that the whole thing was like a scrambled maze.

Up to now, she was alone, apart from the monsters that occasionally materialized from pixel blocks; she hadn't seen any other moving things.

Her only companion was the Shadow of Knowledge.

The role of the Shadow of Knowledge was immensely significant at this moment.

Originally, Tan Han just wanted a companion by her side to relieve boredom, because walking alone in such an unknown place would only accumulate fear.

She needed company, even if it was just another subconscious version of herself.

However, after summoning the Shadow of Knowledge, she discovered many unexpected delights.

That was, in coordination with the information from the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell, it could directly use that as an anchor to share the description of the current information in the source Great Tree of Knowledge!

Along the way, she obtained a lot of useful information from the Shadow of Knowledge, as if someone had deliberately organized it for her.

For example, the number of these Players was more than one; they seemed to have been planning for the entire hotel since a long time ago.

The place where she currently was a dungeon created by those Players, also an independent space.

She even learned that the purpose of this layout was to harvest the "Destiny" possessed by them, the Children of Destiny themselves!

Upon learning this, Tan Han understood why she had been so unlucky—it turned out all of this was due to the Players' deliberate plan targeting her.

In fact, she could tell from the previous attack that those Players had impure motives toward her.

But she didn't expect that the Players wanted not only the so-called [Transcendent Knowledge] but also to harvest her Destiny!

“Who!”

Suddenly at this moment, Tan Han seemed to sense something.

Tan Han was quite confident in her perception ability; the feeling she got from the other party was not like those Players, which is why she was the first to call out.

“Is… is that Tan Han?”

Not long after, a voice came from the other side, and upon hearing this voice, Tan Han finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If the other party had hostility, she would immediately escape through the rift beside her.

“Mm-hmm.”

Tan Han stepped out from behind a pixel obstruction.

From the voice, she could tell the other party seemed to be Ninglan Qiuyun, and coincidentally… she was also a Child of Destiny.

Just from this coincidental meeting, Tan Han had a rough guess in her heart: Ninglan Qiuyun had probably received similar special treatment from a Player, just like her.

At this moment, both seemed to share a sense of resonance due to shared misfortune; meeting in such an environment was also a kind of fate.

After greeting each other briefly, they quickly reached an alliance.

Facing the unknown at this time, any bit of help could not be discarded, let alone an ally?

Moreover, Tan Han didn't think she had any conflict with the other party; the other party wouldn't backstab her at this juncture.

So, after traveling together, the two quickly established good trust and then began to share their intelligence.

After all, in this unknown place, knowing one more piece of information was a great catalyst for improving the current situation.

They walked while casually recounting their experiences to each other.

After communicating with each other, they roughly understood the current situation.

Similarly, they both sighed about it, this sigh not only for themselves but also for the plight of the other.

The treatment Ninglan Qiuyun suffered was even more ruthless than Tan Han's; if it hadn't been for that accident, she would have despaired here.

The conversation between the two girls quickly shifted from this intelligence to some lighter topics, which was an unconscious behavior for both of them when facing the current serious environment.

It was just to ease the tension in their hearts.

But soon, this topic shifted to how to leave here.

They continuously advanced in danger, just to find a way to leave here, but their continuous attempts seemed to prove that conventional means, including what they were currently doing, were not of much help in leaving this place.

“Are we just going to wander aimlessly through these cracks forever?”

“No… the dungeon space is not infinite, nor can it be infinite.”

Tan Han shook her head; her state of mind was much better than Ninglan Qiuyun's at this moment.

With the help of the Shadow of Knowledge, she projected the Tree of Knowledge, which displayed a series of data information and images.

She deliberately showed it without concealing it from Ninglan Qiuyun, because Ninglan Qiuyun also possessed a Great Seed of Knowledge, though it was clear she was not as proficient in utilizing such things as Tan Han.

“This is…”

“This is the visualized imaging of the dungeon space structure that I constructed. The dungeon spaces connected by the rifts are only numerous, but not infinite. I said I would lead the way naturally because I had my own considerations. Now, it has at least proven one thing.”

“Proved what?”

A sharp glint flashed in Ninglan Qiuyun’s eyes.

Her thoughts had become very sluggish due to the sudden abnormality, but after walking this far, she didn't expect that Tan Han wasn't just wandering aimlessly.

It seemed this teammate had this idea from the very beginning.

It had to be said that having such a teammate who quietly did practical work beside her was very reassuring.

“It proved… this!”

Tan Han walked to a certain spot and kicked away a pixel block with her foot.

These changing pixel blocks undulated, sometimes stacking on top of each other.

Tan Han reached out and wiped the pixel block exposed underneath, and a spell mark materialized.

This was a Lesser Spell that Tan Han had mastered, the function of which was to leave a spell mark that could be sensed, and the marks could even be distinguished.

“We have been here before.”

“We are going in circles?”

“Yes, I was deliberately going in circles, but I never circled back. This is the first space we have revisited, this one.”

Tan Han manipulated the imaging on the Tree of Knowledge, finally marking a spatial node.

“Now we have confirmed the overall anchoring position of the dungeon, which means we are currently here.”

“Your… Great Seed of Knowledge can do this kind of thing?”

Ninglan Qiuyun was extremely shocked, as if a great door to a new world had opened at this moment.

“The Great Seed of Knowledge can do many things. I also told you before that much of the information I communicated to you earlier was obtained through the appraisal spell on the Great Seed of Knowledge. The means we can utilize for the situation we are currently facing must all be used.”

Once the coherence of this space was confirmed, they shifted from wandering like headless flies to exploring an unknown area with a fallback option.

There were so many people trapped in the dungeon, but up to now, Tan Han had only met Ninglan Qiuyun—this was naturally unreasonable.

So their best method was to find the main group, which was the place they were initially in; in any case, they should escape from here first.

Of course… Tan Han also had an even simpler method to add another teammate for herself.

That was the summoning calling card, directly summoning Little Han…

At this auction, Tan Han naturally knew Little Han was here, and she had caused such a big commotion that it was hard not to notice.

Perhaps Little Han was also trapped somewhere at this time… or perhaps she had already escaped this so-called dungeon space.

In this critical moment, rationally speaking, she should use it without hesitation; one more person meant one more layer of security.

They traveled through so many dungeon spaces, and not every space was empty; many spaces still contained those pixel-composed monsters, posing a great threat to them.

But her sentiment subconsciously made her hesitate to use it.

She didn't know why this thought arose, as if using it meant she had lost somehow.

She didn't know since when, but in her heart, Little Han seemed omnipotent; as long as she arrived, all problems would be solved, as if nothing could stump her, and she vaguely felt the same even now.

“What’s wrong?”

Ninglan Qiuyun noticed Tan Han was distracted and asked.

“Oh, nothing…”

Tan Han responded subconsciously, but then realized, “What do you think… how is Little Han doing right now?”

“Little Han? Yang Yuehan? Why are you suddenly asking about her?”

“Just thought of it, was curious and asked. Do you think she might be trapped here too?”

“I don’t know. Actually, I don’t know much about Little Han’s strength, even though I heard about her achievements since I arrived at this auction. But I know she is strong, really strong. Maybe… she is slaughtering her way through somewhere…”

“Slaughtering her way through… maybe that’s really the case.”

Tan Han sighed, then asked again, “If I told you I have something that can summon Little Han over, would you use it?”

“Summon Little Han?”

Ninglan Qiuyun looked at Tan Han, then realized, “If you were joking with me, I would naturally hope you use it immediately. If you really have it… I think it should be used at a critical moment.”

“Why? Why do you also have the idea of not using it immediately?”

“So, this isn't just a hypothetical; you really have it, right?”

“……”

“Fine. Maybe you, like me, have the idea of not wanting to rely on others, and… in your heart, you have excluded Little Han from being on the same level as you. You can cooperate with me without hesitation to face the unknown right now, but you hesitate with Little Han. You instinctively don't see Little Han as someone on the same level as you. Perhaps… it’s also because of a sliver of competitiveness in your heart, I’m guessing…”

Ninglan Qiuyun spoke a long section and realized she had said too much, so she stopped.

Actually, she also had a sliver of reluctance to use it internally.

As for why… perhaps it was confidence in the Witch Academy…

She witnessed too many impossibilities in the Witch Academy.

Even people who died could be resurrected again.

Even though they deeply resisted death and resurrection, this implication was constantly influencing everyone’s choices.

Just like now, after escaping a certain-death scenario, even though the road ahead was still confusing, they had gained confidence again, and the courage to overcome difficulties themselves.

Besides, not using it now doesn't mean not using it when it’s a critical moment?

This feeling of having a safety net was also linked to the ambition some people have to prove themselves among those who were pushed to the forefront.

No one wanted to always rely on others or live in someone else's shadow, didn't they?

Although she enrolled late, she had heard about the "feud" between Tan Han and Little Han.

“Guessing…”

“You clearly have a better choice to make this decision. Just a short while ago, you told me to make good use of the Great Seed of Knowledge. When you encounter a difficult decision… why not ask your subconscious Knowledge Shadow? Perhaps she will tell you the answer you most desire.”

***

In the upper-level dungeon space at this moment.

Many people were trapped here, and they had to face the impact of the largest number of monsters in the dungeon.

They not only had to constantly guard against attacks from so many dungeon monsters but also remain vigilant against traps visible everywhere.

Those fellows who didn't possess Transcendent power and ran around like mad were swallowed by a sudden block of pixels in the eyes of the crowd, forever merging into that pixel-like substance.

There was no time to save them.

They swore this was the auction they regretted participating in the most! If there was a next time, they wouldn't come even if begged!

But… clearly, there would be no next time for them.

Those without power had this sorrow; their lives could not be controlled by themselves under the sweep of the general trend.

“A huge tremor just occurred, and the space here also became fragmented…”

“What about the Players?”

“Players? What Players?”

“I’m not too clear either. I only found out recently that the group that caused this disaster is called Players… I heard it from a Senior Sister older than me; they seem to know something…”

“Why didn’t you share such important news earlier? Did they know about this disaster beforehand?”

“How would I know?”

At this moment, amidst the arguments of the crowd, not everyone was as scattered as the majority, even having the leisure to bicker.

Those with a plan were systematically clearing monsters, exploring areas, searching for breakthroughs, and actively seeking out those Players.

The number of Players was actually not large; compared to all the students here, it was insignificant.

The only threat could be called the monsters those guys created.

It might be an illusion, but in a short time, the strength of these monsters was becoming more terrifying.

But they had to find those Players; leaving here meant those Players were bound to be the breakthrough point for the current situation.

“These broken holes… should we go in to test it out?”

“Isn’t it too dangerous… We have no idea what’s on the other side of the passage; what if it’s instant death?”

“It shouldn’t… be too likely, right?”

At this moment, a student from the Witch Academy reached out and touched the deep vortex, but her hand was unharmed, nor was it torn apart by energy.

The crowd sighed in relief upon seeing this.

She had already prepared a Healing Spell; it looked like they could pass through.

“Hey! What are you doing? Trying something that dangerous with your bare hand?”

“It’s fine, I have a Limb Regeneration Spell… even if… Ahhh!”

The girl looked nonchalant and waved her hand around the spot a few more times.

She possessed this rare spell; even if she hadn't reached Immortality, she still had some confidence.

But before she could finish speaking, she screamed immediately because she felt her wrist suddenly grabbed by something!

This scared her, causing her to fall hard onto the ground, desperately trying to pull her hand up, but the force was indeed quite strong!

Seeing this strangeness, the people next to her quickly rushed forward to help.

The attention of many was drawn to this anomaly.

It wasn't until that hand was pulled out that everyone realized what was gripping the girl's wrist was another hand!

A quick glance revealed a delicate, fair, small hand; one could easily tell it belonged to a girl.

It wasn't until a figure poked its head out from the rift that everyone who saw the person was filled with shock.

“Tan… Tan Han? How is it you?”

“Finally found the main group…”

Tan Han let out a complete sigh of relief upon seeing so many people.

“Seniors and fellow students, lend a hand… I have someone else behind me…”