Chapter 30: Nether Exploration(2)
After Har completed his armor set with iron parts, he took
other items from the chests and led Mike and Zac to a room at the end of a tunnel, the two of them following him in a daze wondering where they were going.
When they arrived at the place with Har, there was only a wall of a strange material that they had never seen before, in the center there is a door
silver with a lever on the side.
"Let me explain, this material is obsidian, one of the strongest
On the first floor, there are three walls surrounding the room, as well as
three layers of obsidian on the floor and ceiling, the door they are
seeing is iron and is not supposed to open by force, in this
case can be opened by operating the lever to the left."
He said "it's supposed to" because the game is different from the first floor, with the Reality Hurts feature it is possible that monsters with high strength can break through the iron gate.
As Har finished his words, Mike and Zac looked at this room with a bit of fear, they took so many precautions that they believe that even a D-rank like Zac couldn't break out by force.
They are not entirely wrong, with the strength of a D rank it would take a long time before breaking through the 3 layers of obsidian.
Even without seeing what is inside the room, you can already imagine
it must be something scary.
click*
Before they could ask about whatever is inside, Har
He opened the door causing both of them to panic a bit.
They immediately prepared for a possible attack that was intended to
not arrive.
'what the hell...'
'...it is this?'
What they saw inside the room was even more strange than any monster for them, it was a place of about 200 square meters, in the center was what caught their attention the most, it was a square of the
same material as the room, it was not connected to anything and there was no
way to get there, formed something like a door and inside
swirled a strange violet energy.
The ground in a radius of 25 meters around that gate was filled with hot magma that bubbled and splashed from time to time, a stone wall separated the magma from a moat of water about 5 meters deep that extended to the walls. .
gurg*
They both swallowed, looking at that aura as if it were the grim reaper that
It would lead to hell itself, the atmosphere of the place was heavy and the hot air escaped from the room, they thought that there was some scary being inside but this is beyond their expectations.
"H-hey Har, what is this?"
"It looks like an entrance to the underworld, it's like it swallows my soul just by looking at it."
They looked at Har in dismay, not knowing that his feelings about the
door were correct, even Har was surprised this time, only the
clones had been coming to build so it was the first time he had seen the portal to the Nether on the first floor.
'I did well to strengthen the place so much.'
Har said to himself as he felt the aura of the portal, he originally did it to take precautions against the monsters that used to come through the portal from the underworld, he even left the portal incommunicado with the door and he would have to build to get to it.
The room building process was quite easy, instead of chopping obsidian which is kind of tedious, the clones created the obsidian layers with magma cubes and water cubes, he reserved the duration of his diamond pickaxe only for the clones to use. clones fix some imperfections.
The magma on the ground is a countermeasure for some monsters, but it is natural that some of them adapt to the hellish environment of the Nether and are immune to magma, so he also filled part of the ground with water as a precaution against monsters like Blaze that are weak to water.
"That's how it is."
Har replied after getting out of his shock, it was better to clarify the situation on the other side beforehand to avoid complaints in the future.
"That?"
"What are you talking about?"
Mike and Zac said with a little shaky voice, they had a guess in their minds and they prayed it wasn't correct.
"This is actually a portal to the Nether, the underworld on the first floor."
'Holy crap!'
At Har's seemingly ordinary words, Mike's and Zac's bodies shuddered, a chill ran through their bodies from head to toe and they had goosebumps.
"You're kidding, aren't you?"
"Haha, a door to hell, must be a joke."
Mike and Zac laughed awkwardly, but when they saw Har's serious face and the feeling that the portal gave them, they both knew that it wasn't a joke, it's just that it's hard to imagine that suddenly you have a door that connects to the portal in front of you. hell.
"Don't be surprised yet, we haven't seen what's inside yet."
Har said with a small smile on his face, he knew that these two were scared, the feeling of facing the unknown is something extremely scary.
He remembers that he was even afraid when he first entered the Nether in the game, because the location of the portal to the other side is unknown, so you can even appear in the middle of a sea of magma if you're unlucky.
"What's inside? Wait, you don't mean..."
"Are you going to hell?!"-Mike and Zac yelled in unison, their backs drenched in sweat as they thought of the possible demons and terrifying environments they would find on the other side of the door.
To their dismay, Har nodded regardless of their fears, they immediately broke out in a sweat like a grilled pig.
"Hey Har, this is too crazy, being here is already scary, what's in the underworld... I think we're not fit to know it."
"That's right, I think going in there with our strength is no different than suicide."
Mike and Zac tried to advise Har and avoid entering the underworld at all costs, they even thought that they should destroy this portal to avoid possible problems.
"Did they forget that I have the book of origins? I already know everything about the underworld and with my strength there is nothing to fear."
Mike and Zac's screams stopped at those words, they didn't know about Har's current strength but with the fortune of the items on the first floor it should be at least a D rank.
In addition to that, he also has the book of origins that has all the information on the first floor, so they weren't surprised that Har knows how to create a gate to hell. They thought that in the book of origins there must be information about the situation in the first floor. Underworld, Har is likely to have that confidence because after reading about the Underworld, he discovered that there isn't really much danger.
They are partly right, Har is so confident in his current state to go without full or enchanted armor, his agility and strength is not something those monsters can take on.
"You can come with me if you want, I assure you that it will be something interesting."
At one point, 5 clones of Har came with iron armor and swords, gave a complete set to Mike and Zac, and built a bridge defying gravity.
A stone bridge with a width of 4 meters connected to the portal in an instant, the clones stood on the sides of the bridge waiting for Har like royal knights.
'These guys...'
Har looked at the clones with a strange face, they obviously didn't act like this before, they have Har's memories and they seemed to be doing it to surprise Mike and Zac.
'Looks like they accomplished their goal.'
Har saw that Mike and Zac seemed to want to hide their surprise without success, a small smile appeared on the clones and disappeared immediately, shaking their heads. Har just forgot this and walked towards the portal.
'I had thought to come only when I had enchanted bows, it's just that the situation warrants it.'
Now he's going to the underworld for reasons beyond exploring, he has to find the Nether Fortress to return Mike to normal.
He feels that the first floor's time is running out and everyone will be forcibly evacuated, he doesn't know what situation Mike will find himself in if he is seen that way in the real world.
There's a lot he still doesn't know about the save game, he doesn't know if he's immune to being kicked out of the world after 31 hours, he doesn't know where Mike and Zac are going to appear once they leave.
You also noticed that there is a difference from the time when you exit with the save function to when you exit by common means, if every hour on the first floor is 10 minutes in the real world, why is 31 hours on the first floor equal to 24 hours? In the real world, there is obviously something wrong with the flow of time.
'I only hope to appear on dry land.'
Har put those thoughts aside for now and focused on his current situation, it's common to appear in the middle of magma or high up in the sky, even being bombarded by a Ghost's fireballs as soon as you enter is common.
'It would be amazing to have the fortress nearby.'
Shuuohh....**
With a ghostly sound, Har's figure in the middle of the portal distorted and he spun as if he were inside a tumble dryer, her field of vision of him becoming turbulent and everything becoming like going into a state of psychosis.
Waaahhh*
With another ghostly scream the figure of Har that seemed to twitch disappeared from the place, the clones were not slow and rushed to follow him without hesitation.
Mike and Zac were stunned by this situation and feared for Har's condition.
"Tsk, if I don't go I feel like I'll regret it later."
Shuooh...*
Mike put on his armor and entered the portal by jumping on his right foot.
Whaaahhhh...*
With a ghostly scream, Mike's figure disappeared in the same way that Har and cloned her.
"If I don't go in, they will mock me until my last days."
Zac clenched his teeth and could only reluctantly follow.
After his departure, a clone of Har came into the room, broke the stone bridge and left, closing the room's door.
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