Chapter 1035: I’m not sure, but we can check it out

[Ding! The Gates of the Systems Dungeon will open in five minutes.]

[The hosts will be teleported to the special Arena of the Event.]

[The task of the Hosts, as Gatekeepers, is to hold out for 24 hours and prevent any Challengers from entering the Gate.]

[The Gate will only open if all the Gatekeepers are destroyed.]

[The System strongly recommends that Hosts carefully review the rules of the Event.]

Five minutes before the end of the scheduled time, a System Notification appeared in front of Idan and Arabel.

“The rules? Let’s take a look,” they thought.

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[THE RULES OF THE TEMPORARY DUNGEON OPENING EVENT!]

[GOAL: DEFENDING THE ARENA TERRITORY AND DESTROYING THE CHALLENGERS]

[THE RIGHT OF THE ARENA GATEKEEPERS:]

— Gatekeepers have complete freedom of movement and action throughout the Arena area.

— They are not limited in their choice of tactics, their use of environment, or their methods of eliminating groups.

[RULES OF BATTLE AND REST:]

— If the Gatekeepers destroy the group before the end of 10 minutes, the remaining interval time is declared “Rest Time”.

— Durability Reward: The energy spent on destroying the challengers is partially restored by the dungeon after each successfully completed 10-minute interval (depending on the contribution of the Gatekeeper).

— While Resting, Gatekeepers can restore strength, mana, and prepare for the next encounter. No creature can enter the Arena until the timer ends.

— Each new group entering the Arena receives a 20-second invulnerability period. Please note that if the group attacks first before this time expires, the invulnerability effect will be lost.

[ADAPTIVE BALANCE AND BONUS SYSTEM:]

— The dungeon constantly analyzes the combat effectiveness of the Gatekeepers.

— If the Gatekeepers demonstrate clear superiority in combat by quickly clearing groups of opponents, after one hour the total energy limit for new applicants is automatically increased from 15 to 20 units or more.

— Each increase in the applicants’ energy level leads to an increase in the quantity and quality of additional rewards for the Gatekeepers at the end of the Event.

— The higher the density of enemies and the higher their overall power, the higher the chance of unique bloodline materials, rare potions, or artifacts matching the new difficulty level.

[DEFEAT AND BREAKTHROUGH CONDITIONS]

— The gates open only when the Gatekeepers are no longer able to continue fighting, whether as a result of death or voluntary surrender.

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After studying the rules, Idan drew Arabel’s attention to an important point.:

“Did you pay attention? Neither here nor in the rules at the entrance to the dungeon is there any explanation of what is considered the “destroying” of a group — their death or simply incapacitation.”

“In our case, everything is clear: the loss is counted in the event of our death or voluntary surrender.”

“But what about the applicants? Do we have to kill them, or is it enough to just take them out of the game?”

These questions made Arabel think. She really missed this moment and, like Idan, did not know the answer to it. It seemed that the dungeon was deliberately suppressing this information so that both the applicants and the gatekeepers would only find out during the event.

“Considering that this place is very similar to a Simularium, I have a feeling that death here will not mean real death, and the applicants will simply be thrown out of the dungeon,” Idan suggested.

“Thanks to Coco’s broadcast, we know that the beasts will be the first to enter,” Arabel reminded. “Why don’t we test it on them?”

“You know, you’re right,” Idan nodded, smiling at his wife, which, of course, could not but please Arabel.

Then, looking at the broadcast of the beasts preparing to enter the dungeon, he added:

“If death inside doesn’t mean real death, we can completely go wild and not hold back even if Irene and the others go inside.”

Five minutes later, Idan and Arabel, as Gatekeepers, found themselves inside an ancient Gothic castle.

Both of them released their Soul Forces and carefully surveyed the surroundings. Idan immediately noticed the three Platinum-ranked Beasts who looked confused.

“Well, I’ll go first,” he said, smiling at Arabel. After receiving her nod of approval, he boldly dived down, disappearing into the thick fog enveloping the cemetery.

Arabel, left alone, continued to explore the castle’s interior, which perfectly matched the image of her Vampire husband. Like a true mistress, she sat on the throne, opened the {System Network}, and immersed herself in the broadcast, she was surprised to find that events were unfolding right in the Arena.

“How did Coco end up inside the dungeon?” was the first question that popped into Arabel’s mind. With a slight hitch, she reached out to Idan through a mental link, which became stronger after they reached the third level of the unique function, “Heart Bond.”

Now they could communicate, despite the considerable distance between them.

“What, is Coco inside the dungeon?”

Idan moved like a predator, his red eyes clearly saw through the thick fog, and his gaze was fixed on three bright bloodstains in the distance.

“How did that scoundrel get in?” — He was perplexed.𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

“Yes, she’s watching three beasts at the moment,” Arabel confirmed. Neither of them expected that the scoundrel would be able to get inside and even broadcast what was happening.

This, of course, made their task more difficult, because thanks to Coco, the outside world quickly learns about them and their abilities and builds tactics to deal with them.

“What are we going to do?” Arabel asked.

“We have to follow the plan, but there is no time for experiments. We need to destroy the beasts quickly and try to catch this scoundrel to talk to her.”

“Are you sure we’re allowed to interact with her?” asked Arabel anxiously.

Ever since they accepted the request to become Gatekeepers, the System still forbade them from contacting others.

“I’m not sure, but we can check it out.”

Leaving only the intention to check if the challengers were really going to die, Idan activated the “Ghost Stats” to increase his favorite stat, “Dexterity”. Due to Arabel’s stats, his speed has increased significantly.

In addition, he used the lightning element to increase the power of his main blood element. Like a bloody lightning bolt, he swept through the three platinum beasts. There were thin bloody threads behind him, tied to his pale fingers.

Everything happened so quickly that neither the beasts nor the viewers watching the broadcast had time to realize what exactly had happened.

And then this happened.

The surprised and frightened beasts barely had time to move before thin bloody marks appeared on their bodies. In the next instant, their bodies disintegrated into several bloody pieces, as if cut by invisible blades.

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