———Lynda———

  <1: 14 pm>

  “The footage looks a lot more choppy than Karra’s stream ain’t it? So much for being a bigger streamer.” I sarcastically remarked.

  “I’m sure anyone would have a worse setup.” Glery dully said as the stream is nothing but blurry footage and screaming. I mean, even Karra’s stream before she gets all that looks a bit better, camera is less shaky.

  Anyway, is this guy gonna be okay? Being a daredevil and sneaking inside the dungeon without a license is one thing, but that also means this guy probably doesn’t have what it takes to survive for long.

  “Hmm… I’m surprised the stream even sted for this long. I know dungeon diving isn’t a banned topic anymore, but still…” This is going to be awkward to deal with for those moderators, especially if there are copycats. “Also, are you sure you can stomach this? I’m pretty sure we'll see blood soon.”

  “I’ll…” She was about to say something but quickly went quiet, the snakes in her hair have also gone stiff. Those things are like animal tails with how they dictate emotions. It’s weird, but still kinda cute. “I can just look away. You can tell me what happened.”

  “That’ll work, I guess.” I said, not really sure if there’s much to tell if something is happening.

  “” Dude is screaming out, not in pain, but pure panic. As long as he didn’t get hit or tripped or something stupid, he should be able to flee, at least.

  I don’t think two floors is too much of an ask, so this guy will be fine. The chat is definitely not being kind to him.

  “Let’s look for something else.” Glery said before searching up for more streams to look through. “Hmm… This one?”

  She clicked on another stream, and the streamer seems to be using a rapier to stab through the squisher enemies. This one also has a good deal of viewers.

  “” The streamer said, even though she sounds a bit winded. “”

  “Looks like we joined in a bit te.” I remarked. Now this seems to be a dungeon in a different town or city, so nothing much to learn from. Now I think I’ve read that every fifth floor has a strong monster, so let’s see if that holds up.

  She’s walking down the stairs and down to the new floor. Has a more regal appearance than the fifth floor of the dungeon near us, that’s for sure.

  She stood still as she looked at the giant humanoid statue standing on the other side of the room. It’s probably three times taller, and probably a lot more dangerous than everything she has fought so far. Does this floor have flunkies, I wonder.

  The two then start the fight, with the streamer on the backfoot as her attacks leave nothing but small scratches, or cracks, rather. This thing is made of stone so it’s very durable, a magic attack might be better in this instance.

  “This isn’t looking too good for her.” I remarked, wondering if she can even cast a spell in the middle of attacking and dodging. Of course, the blurry camera doesn’t give me much to work with, all that can be said for certain is that this person is not backing down like the other guy.

  I can see her bleeding a bit already, the giant stone sword in the statue’s hand grazing her arm. If it got even a little bit closer then her right arm would’ve been completely wrecked. Those potions can only heal so much.

  It would probably be for the best for her to end her run here before something bad happens. Is Glery gonna type anything? I doubt that would help in such a heated moment.

  Ah. She has tumbled down. That’s bad, and Glery is already looking away. Her chance of survival is very low with that misstep, and I really don’t want to… Huh?

  “” A familiar voice rang out alongside the sounds of rocks crumbling. “”

  The chat is moving at an insane speed as the mysterious woman keeps talking to herself.

  “” Another familiar voice can be heard as well. “”

  “” The first voice said, noticing the camera that is facing the ceiling. “”

  “” The second voice replied. It has to be those two… but why are they here?

  “” The first voice remarked. “”

  Meanwhile Glery has a bewildered look on her that is pretty damn rare, and the snakes are moving in closer and staring directly at the screen. How much do those even help with it comes to sight?

  “” The first voice said as the camera was removed and handed to the next person. The way she holds it means that we can’t really see anything. Did she put it in her pocket?

  “What the heck is going on with these two?” I couldn't help but ask. I know those voices, so it’s pretty clear to me who they are. Them being in a dungeon, even together, isn’t the most shocking thing.

  Why are they in a different dungeon is the question. I’m pretty sure the closest one outside of the one next to the school is in a different town entirely, and we don’t even know which dungeon they are in right now.

  This is going to be a headline of some kind, I can’t see that not being the case. Internet traffic nowadays has been going up and up as well, so it’ll spread a lot more.

  While I would question how Karra managed to end up in another dungeon so suddenly, considering Wiina and all the unknown things surrounding her, I can’t say it is impossible. That woman could easily yank me across the state, I bet.

  Now why would they even go there, not even streaming or anything, is confusing. Maybe it’s a practice run? Or something else? It’s hard to guess.

  *Click* *Click* *Tap*

  Oh. Glery is posting something on Chirping about the incident. Sometimes I forget how quick her typing is.

  I have no idea how she has the stomach to keep posting on there, but crumble in front of strangers. It’s weird, from the perspective of someone who only scrolls and does not comment.

  Now as for the elephant in the room. Just what am I supposed to make of that? We were just watching people doing dungeon runs for shits and giggles, and now this bombshell suddenly happened. Now what?

  The footage is not there, and the microphone is muffled. We couldn’t get any more details about what is going on. Looks like we won’t get to know more about this until Karra makes a stream about it ter. One hell of a good publicity for her, since this girl has a lot of viewers.

  “Feels like this is reminding me of something, but…” Glery mumbles to herself. No idea what she could mean.

  And soon after, she opened up another stream to watch, probably putting that mystery on the backseat as of now. Probably for the best, it’s gonna take a while before that story develops further. Now this stream she’s tuning in the guy is actually quite competent, but he’s cutting his loss soon after, so there’s not much to look through and watch.

  Another stream, and this guy just keeps talking on and on. Is he on a cleared floor? Why not go deep- Ah, Glery already switched to another stream.

  ———Kenni———

  <2: 47 pm>

  Freaking hell. It’s like putting a site on light mode. I can definitely see how snow-blindness is a thing. Maybe I should’ve come here a bit ter, maybe even during the night.

  Now I still don’t know why there are monsters on the mountains or deep in the ocean, it serves as an extra danger for what are already dangerous locations. There should be a reason for it, so I want to investigate. In particur, this mountain has some draconic-looking monsters roaming about, so let’s see what that’s all about.

  It’s frequently visited in the past, which is why people even spotted these scaly beasts roaming around the pce.

  It’s kinda weird. I expected dragons to like warmer pces like cold-blooded animals, not a snowy mountain like this. Maybe my impression is just ft out wrong from people calling them lizards? Much to think about.

  Anyway, I just spotted something crawling about in the snow. Multiple things, even. Maybe I should go take a good look at it.

  *Fp*

  The weather is nice enough for me to fly through, even in such a cold pce.

  *Csh* *Swing* *Evade*

  Wait… Oh! There was someone else here this entire time? I thought the energy readings were all monsters.

  *Lunge* *Stab*

  A halberd’s head lunged itself into the eye of the giant icy lizard. Its head is massive with a horn, two-toned body for whatever reason, and its energy reading is massive.

  *Roar*

  That doesn’t seem to slow it down at all and it keeps trying to attack with its cw. This thing must be pretty damn durable. Maybe I should come in and help?

  *Dim* *Throw* *Pierce*

  I threw a spear of darkness right into its back while it was still distracted from fighting, and taking a direct hit it quickly stopped moving.

  About as good of a time as any to go down there and say hello.

  “Salutation, mysterious maiden.” I said using a smug posh tone as I finally got a good look at the person fighting something so dangerous.

  Her long hair is minty green, her eyes are purple verging on pink, and she wore a… Not exactly an appropriate attire for climbing up mountains. A purple suit with yellow buttons is a strange thing to wear. My clothes are kinda skimpy, so it’s not much better, but that’s neither here nor there.

  “So. Who are you?” She looks rather unfazed as she questions me, still holding onto her halberd.

  “Oh. Just a girl passing by. Heard there are dragon-like creatures roaming about causing ruckus. Guess this is one of them?” I said, looking at the monster’s corpse.

  “No. These things have always been here.” She said, taking me by surprise.

  “Really? Then what the hell are-

  *Roar*

  “Nevermind! I think I know!” Suddenly a rge power signature is rapidly approaching us at high speed with a mighty roar. I don’t think I have ever felt a presence that big from a monster before!

  “Tsk. We better run, or fly in your case.” She said, still remaining outwardly calm. “Those things have been disrupting this pce more and more often, and they’re tough. I suggest you leave now that your curiosity has been sated.”

  “Will do! Maybe I’ll come back ter when-

  *Swing* *Evade* *Fp*

  “Gah!” I yelled out as a cw attempted to grab me! Yeah! Definitely need to run from this giant light blue wyvern, need to get the hell out!

  *Crackle* *Crash*

  Suddenly its movement was halted by being hit by a giant ice bolder formed on top of it, making it fall to the ground suddenly.

  “Leave.” The mysterious woman said firmly. Is she seriously trying to fight this thing so I can…

  Oh whatever! I don't have time to worry about that!

  *Fp*