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Chapter 108

‘Unstable?’

A dimensional gate is a gate, but what in the world is an unstable gate?!

The moment I was thinking that.

Fwoosh!

The air began to split, and soon a dark crack appeared.

[Unstable Dimensional Gate is activating.]

The moment I checked the ominous notification that popped up again, the unstable dimensional gate began to exert an enormous suction force.

A terrifying suction force like a vacuum cleaner, no, a black hole!

Caught off guard, I struggled to keep my feet on the ground, but it was a futile effort, like dust being sucked into a cordless vacuum cleaner.

[What the?]

[Sudden silence;;]

[No lol What is this? What is this?]

[What’s happening right now?]

[I don’t know either lol]

The chat window suddenly turned cold!

But chatting wasn’t important right now.

“What the!”

I struggled to avoid being sucked into the crack, but a single notification window that popped up in front of me made me give up.

[You cannot resist the suction force of the Unstable Dimensional Gate.]

Can’t resist!

Looking at the spectacle where the notification window officially stated that I couldn’t resist, I stopped struggling and let myself go with the flow.

Floating.

My body floated up, and soon the ominous, blackened dimensional gate came into view.

I turned my gaze.

Eugene was next to me.

“Drakan-nim, what in the world is going on?”

Eugene!

It seemed that even the guy called the top ranker couldn’t resist the suction force of the unstable dimensional gate.

His appearance was somehow funny, so I let out a hollow laugh and said,

“I think it’s because of the quest I received……”

[Whoa, a quest?]

[What quest was Drakan doing again?]

[What is it? Is this gonna be fun?]

[No lol I was about to turn it off thinking it was the end of the stream, but ah lol I can’t help but watch more now lol]

[This is exciting lol Twist after twist lol]

As soon as I threw the bait called ‘quest,’ the users in the chat window took the bait.

“A quest, you say?”

Of course, it wasn’t just the viewers who took the bait.

Eugene also took my bait and asked back at my words, ‘quest.’

Right at that moment.

The unstable dimensional gate greedily swallowed Eugene and me, along with my summoned creatures, the Blood King and Lich Dice.

β–„ β–„ β–„

Unstable Dimensional Gate!

The sensation of passing through the passage beyond that gate was more dizzying than terrifying.

Freefall!

It felt like falling endlessly from a high place.

The surrounding scenery was bizarre.

Beyond the walls of the passage, where translucent energy swirled, I could glimpse stars embedded in the dark blue space, twinkling.

It was space.

Yes. Space, the universe when you say the word.

Space out of nowhere!

It was unbelievable.

[Whoa, look at the scenery, it’s crazy lol]

[Wow, going to space lol Going to space lol]

[No, where the heck are they going lol]

[I came to this stream because I heard it was hot.]

[Welcome. Right now, Eugene and Drakan are holding hands and flying to space. Please keep this in mind while watching.]

[No, I just came here after hearing about it, but they’re really flying to space. Ah, crazy lol This is a next-level stream lol]

The number of viewers on the live stream was increasing exponentially.

Eugene!

The strange rumor that he and I had finished the dungeon raid and were suddenly sucked into a gate and flying through space spread quickly.

Thanks to that, the number of viewers continued to increase, and donations kept pouring in.

[‘UniverseIsUniverseInEnglish’ donated 1,000,000 KRW.]

[‘space_odyssey’ donated 30,000 USD.]

[‘PlanetEarth’ donated 700,000 KRW.]

[‘DrakanNimGoingToSpace’ donated 300,000 KRW.]

Donations that had never been seen before, pouring in endlessly at the unprecedented sight!

But I couldn’t just be purely happy about the donations.

‘D*mn it.’

I already knew that I was moving to another dimension, another world, not Ard World.

Judging from the fact that the gate opened in response to the quest item, the Tainted Moonstone Necklace, it was clear that what awaited at the end of this passage was the other world where the Lycansrope tribe had flown to.

But to think the quest line would be like this, sending me straight to another world without asking or explaining!

It was truly a frustrating quest.

‘I wouldn’t mind if I went to the unknown other world thoroughly prepared, but this is not the case!’

Above all, there was a lack of information.

According to my original plan, I was going to gather information about the other world in advance, and after all preparations were completely finished, I was going to head to the other world with Shin Ha-yeon and the named users of Jeil E&M, including Ignis, who listened to me well.

But to think the quest line would be like this. I couldn’t even imagine it.

For me, who preferred thorough preparation and strategic quest completion over adventure, it was like a bolt from the blue!

‘At least it’s fortunate that I’m going with my summoned creatures and Eugene……’

I looked at Eugene, the Blood King, and Dice, who were passing through the passage with me.

Eugene was my enemy, but ironically, he was also the undisputed strongest user of Ard Saga Second, the top ranker.

If I could utilize him well, maybe I could even clear the quest easily.

I shifted my gaze.

A clear light source that looked like an exit came into view in the distance.

[The Dark God is you%$%$@#%$#$324]

[@#$%@$^%@$@#$@$$$#@$you.]

I caught sight of the notification message from the Dark God, distorted in front of my eyes.

Having played Ard Saga for a long time, this was the first time I had seen the status window or notification window spit out errors.

‘It must be because we’re getting closer to the other world.’

Looking at the sight, I instinctively realized.

Another world!

The fact that the unknown world was approaching.

Although the Transcendent Beings of the Pantheon and the Demon Court were definitely amazing, they were ultimately beings based in the world of ‘Ard World’!

Since their influence couldn’t extend to other worlds, I wondered if the notification message was being distorted as a way of portraying that.

‘Anyway, it’s a needlessly detailed game. To this extent……?’

I grumbled at the Ard Saga developers while keeping my eyes on the front.

Right at that moment.

The light that was twinkling in the distance suddenly approached, and then, with a nauseating sensation throughout my body, the exit swallowed me whole.

β–„ β–„ β–„

[Broken World discovered.]

[First Discovery Bonus!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[All stats increased by 450.]

[Fame increased by 1,342,330.]

[Broken World is a corrupted and polluted world ruled by the Conquest Lord Hive Mind, one of the four lords, faithful servants of the Overlord, the ruler of Gehenna.]

[Broken World was originally a world full of life, but it was conquered by the Hive Mind, who invaded under the command of the Overlord, the ruler of Gehenna, the master of the Four Lords, and the lord of lords.]

[The world, devoid of life, is painted in a dull gray, countless creatures have died, and the world has been eroded and polluted by the Hive Mind.]

[The army led by the Conquest Lord is the vanguard of Gehenna, invading countless worlds, and Ard World is one such world.]

[Ard Saga Second Phase 1 ‘Return of the Stranger’ has ended.]

[Ard Saga Second Phase 2 ‘Broken World’ begins.]

At the end of the passage, the place where Eugene, my summoned creatures, and I arrived was another world called Broken World.

As befitting the description of being desolate, the ground was cracked, the surroundings were barren, and the sky was heavily overcast.

Rumble!

Thunder rumbled hollowly from the dark clouds that covered the sky so thickly that it was impossible to see.

But what was important now wasn’t such an environment.

[Wow, space lol We passed through lol]

[What is this? Did we come to another world?]

[It seems like it, it says another world lol]

[Wait, phase? What is this? It just said Phase 2 started?]

[Broken World?]

[Whoa, is this for real? There were phases?]

[What’s going on right now?]

The chat window, which had only been jokingly laughing until now, changed seriously. What I had just opened was something huge.

It wasn’t just the level of opening up a new race and a new class.

The main story!

I had just skipped a whole chapter of the main story of Ard Saga Second.

‘Phase’

This was a system I had never seen before, even in the previous game.

And even now, two years after the release of Second, I had discovered a hidden piece that everyone had been unaware of.

And through my long experience as a veteran gamer, I deduced the meaning of ‘phase.’

It didn’t just mean that the main story of Ard Saga Second had taken a step forward.

‘Does this mean that Ard Saga Second has an ending?’

Ending!

I already knew through news and such that the previous game had one.

And the fact that Eugene saw the ending of the previous game and received a astronomical sum of 100 billion won as a prize, I remembered it very well because my stomach hurt a lot when I heard about it.

And now, with the appearance of ‘phase,’ the possibility of an ‘ending’ existing in Second has skyrocketed.

‘Ending……’

Whether or not there was an ending, like in the previous game, was a topic of debate among Ard Saga Second players.

Some argued that there wouldn’t be an ending, while others claimed that there would be.

But with the emergence of ‘phase,’ the ending debate would be settled.

After all, it was practically an official acknowledgment that there was a ‘main story’ that ran through the entire game, even more blatantly than in the previous game!

That wasn’t the only important information.

The mastermind behind the Great Cataclysm!

Their identity was finally revealed in the information description of Broken World.

‘Gehenna.’

Gehenna.

It was now certain that this unknown force, using the word that metaphorically meant h*ll as its name, was the mastermind behind the Great Cataclysm.

And the other world we were in, Broken World, was the world ruled by the ‘Conquest Lord’ among those Gehenna guys.

‘I guess the Unclean One, those tentacle monsters, are the Conquest Lord’s underlings.’

I quickly started organizing the information I had gathered so far in my head.

“Drakan-nim.”

Right at that moment.

Eugene called out to me.

“What is it?”

“Enemies are approaching from that direction.”

Eugene said so and pointed his finger east, and I turned my gaze towards the end of Eugene’s finger.

And there, were monsters swarming in such a massive quantity that they appeared pitch black.


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Status: Ongoing Type: Author: Released: 2020 Native Language: Korean
Drakan, a former top-ranked player and Guild Master of the Iron Blood Alliance, returns to the virtual reality game Ard Saga Second after six years, driven by a burning desire for revenge against Hero Eugene, the player who defeated him and brought down his guild. He finds himself in a drastically changed world: the game has been reset, a new Legacy System allows players to inherit the achievements of their previous characters, and the rise of Ard Live, a real-time streaming platform, has revolutionized the game’s economy and social dynamics.

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