[VRMMO] Chaos Doctor

"It is filled up a bit... That means we must had did something." – said Cat as she examined the tube with red liquid inside of it.

"There are also some kind of rings here, here and there... Four in total. Maybe they are just kind of decoration, or maybe markings regarding progress?"

"Either way.... We did two things as we gotten here."

"We explored the dungeon or we hunted down the monsters."

"..."

"So you are saying either hunting or exploration is the condition here?" – asked Doremi.

"Probably." – replied Cat.

"I mean, we didn’t do anything special beside doing that, so those two options seem most likely to be the cases."

"..."

"Tch."

"This turned to be annoying." – said Doremi.

"...Any words about Diamond or Barge."

"No ma’am." – replied Cat.

"..."

"Continue the search." – said Doremi.

"There is no freaking way that they were hunted down by these things."

"They are probably still on the loose."

"Also contact the first squad to get their asses here."

"They need to defend this place in case it opens."

"The exit should be closed by now, so we can take our time as well while checking this place."

"Let’s go."

[Few moments later.]

"Yes ma’am." – said the goblin player as the call ended.

"Hey. Change of plans." – said the goblin as he started going back into his mecha.

"Apparently we are now supposed to hunt all the monsters in the dungeon and explore the dungeon."

"Eh? Why?" – asked the orc player with massive shotgun.

"Don’t ask me. Maybe there is some sort of condition?" – replied the goblin as he reactivated his mecha.

"Anyway, let’s go." – said the goblin as his group continued exploring the dungeon.

"..."

(So that is the deal.) – thought Barge as she was using [Cloak Of Bandit Queen] to stay hidden, before then coming back to the Diamond who was waiting nearby.

"You were right. Something wasn’t right." – said Barge as she handed over the cloak, which Diamond instantly equipped himself in order to boost his own stealth.

"I’ve spied on some members conversation."

"Apparently they were given new order by their boss."

"Exploration and monster hunting."

"?"

"Why the change?" – asked Diamond.

"I don’t know." - said Barge.

"But if I were to guess, I think Doremi may had encounter some kind of problem."

"I mean, the whole exploration and hunting order doesn’t make sense..."

"Unless they already found the end of the dungeon, but for some reason they can’t open it?"

"..."

"So you are saying that you need to fulfil condition to reach the end.... And based on what you just said, it may had something to do with monster hunting..." – said Diamond.

"I guess this is extermination type dungeon as well?"

"Hm...."

(I mean, this is good and all.) – thought Diamond.

(But also bad at the same time.)

(By the looks of things, Doremi already found the end, even though she can’t reach it.)

(It will take time for Doremi and her guild to hunt down every single monster.... But by now the sun’s position must had changed, causing the entrance to the temple to get shut down.)

(They have freaking time and they don’t need to rush it.)

(If we were to find the end now, we wouldn’t be able to enter either.... Then should we wait until they fulfil the condition for us?)

(Nah... They are still wary of us... I wouldn’t be surprised if the place is heavily defended.)

(Maybe Doremi herself is guarding the entrance.)

"..."

*Sigh*

"Our situation is still somewhat fucked." – said Diamond as he squadded down.

"The biggest annoyance here is Doremi no matter what.... But there is no way we can beat her."

"..."

"But then again.... We can maybe try doing a suicidal charge once the conditions are met?"

"But then again... What if it is just a freaking boss fight at the end?"

"..."

"So.... We have not only get past their defenses, but also possible somewhat get lucky and don’t have to deal with a boss?" – said Barge.

"In the nutshell... Yeah...." – said Diamond.

"..."

"Oh, for fuck’s sake." – said Barge.

[Sometime later.] 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"So, it is going up?" – asked Doremi while using [Video Chat] function.

["Yes. The meter is filling up with liquid. The amount straight up doubles after we had gotten here. But it is still nowhere near the half way point."] – replied the player watching over the ruby door.

["But again, it is reaching the point where is about to reach one of those rings things you had told us about."]

"I see." – said Doremi.

"Hey Cat! It seems that the thing is working! We are making progress!"

(Still... Isn’t this too simple?) – thought Doremi.

(I mean, I get that the monsters here are somewhat strong and everything, while we are technically locket here until somebody opens the entrance from the outside... But at the rate things are going? We will easily clear up this place.)

(Well, it is quiet massive, so it may take us a freaking hour to clean up all 3 floors... But still, it doesn’t really look like there is anything weird going on.)

The Builder guild continued their exploration of the labyrinth, writing more and more detailed map, while also hunting more monsters.

And as they did, the red liquid inside of the tube started filling up more and more... Before then reaching the point where is reached the ring.

"!"

And as it did, the sound of bells could be heard throughout the whole dungeon, alarming every single player inside.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"?"

"Em... Nothing is going on?" – asked confused player near the ruby door.

"...Guild master. The door reached the first ring... But there were no changes on our end." – said the man as he used [Video Chat] to communicate with Doremi.

"Nope.... There is nothing?" – said Doremi as she was using her golden mech to rip apart the dungeon golem.

(The enemy didn’t seems to get any boost in power or anything like that... So, I guess the dungeon is something like endurance challenge then?) – thought Doremi.

(I guess you just have to hunt everything in here and be prepared to last long enough to do it?)

"..."

"Huh...."

"...I mean, if I think about this, this dungeon gimmick isn’t really easy and stuff.... So, I don’t freaking know why I thought all golems would suddenly get some sort of bullshit power up or some sort of bullshit power house bastard would show up...."

"..."

"Meh... Just continue hunting."

The Builders guild continue their hunt throughout all the floors, hunting down more and more golems and causing the red liquid to fill up... And as it did, the second ring was reached, causing the sound of bells to ring out once again.... And after even more time has passed, the third ring was reached, causing the bells to sound once again.

"So, it is about to reach the final ring?" – asked Doremi while using [Video Chat].

["Yeb. The liquid is almost right on the top. The doors are about to open."]

"..."

"..."

"Okay. Stop." – said Doremi as she opened up her guild chat window.

["EVERYBODY STOP HUNTING FOR NOW."] – Doremi.

"?"

"Why did you suddenly made an announcement on the chat?" – asked Cat.

"Well, where the fuck is that bastard Diamond and Barge?" – said Doremi.

"We had been hunting in the entire fucking labyrinth for quiet sometime now.... So why in the bloody fuck we haven’t even spotted them once?"

"They are probably still hiding somewhere..."

"The door is about to open up on its own and everything, so it is better for us to build up defenses more around the entrance and make sure these fuckers won’t enter no matter once the doors open."

"Cat. Common. We are going to the entrance." – said Doremi as she and her group began traversing the labyrinth.

"..."

(Still, where the hell are they?) – thought Doremi.

(We pretty much have a full map of the first and second floor... And the third-floor map is almost completed as well.)

(Are they hiding in still unexplored zones?)

"..."

(Or maybe they are just hiding in the shadows of the already explored zones?)

(Either way, how is Diamond hiding through?)

(He ain’t a rouge... Maybe he has some sort of item?)

(...Either way, once we build up the defense around the entrance, these two won’t be able to get in no matter what, if their goal is to.)

*RRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGG*

"!?"

A sound of bell started being heard throughout the dungeon.

"HEY! WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?" – shouted Doremi as she checked the chat.

"I’VE FUCKING TOLD YOU TO STOP HUNTING!"

"..."

"It is not us." – said Cat as Doremi was instantly put in the high alert, causing the goblin girl to go full throttle on her mech, causing it to start at full speed, not even waiting for the remaining group members to catch up.

[You have made video chat request.]

[Call accepted.]

"HEY! THE FUCK IS GOING ON?! IS THE DOOR OPEN!?" – shouted Doremi.

["Yes! It just opened on its own!"] – said the panicking player.

["It just... Wait..."]

"What is it?!"

["Diamond and Barge are here! Shit! THEY ARE HERE!"] – shouted the player as the call was suddenly ended.

"HEY! HEY!" – shouted Doremi.

"FUCK!" – said Doremi as she realized that the player who she was speaking with is now {Offline}.

(What the hell is going on?!)

(The unexplored area was nowhere near the fucking gate!)

(Even with teleportations, there is no freaking way Diamond could had cleaned up all the monsters there and instantly get to the gate! He straight up wouldn’t have time for that!)

(And he said that Barge was also there?! THEN THIS MAKES EVEN LESS SENSE!)

(HOW THE HELL THEY DESTORYED ALL THE MONSTERS AND GET TO THE GATE AT THE SAME TIME?!)