"So that's what Sylphy did to make that strong spell, wow…" Said Zack.
"Sylphy you're a monster!" Said Aquarina. "Can you teach me how to do a strong spell like that?"
"Erm… Well, it is complicated…" I sighed.
"Hm, for now we should really just go back, to be honest, if we stay longer in the dungeon, your parents are going to bark at me." My father sighed, quickly deciding to pull back as he took out some Ariadne threads.
"Come on dad, let us do the last room at least! With your fire I was fully healed and I feel more energetic than ever." I said with a nod.
"Hmm… You know that if I do that a few more times you'll get a negative effect instead? The spell forcefully takes away exhaustion, but when you finally pass out you might be sleeping for hours and hours without stopping, your mother is going to get very angry, and I really don't want that." My father sighed. As strong as he was, he really respected and feared my mother.
"But I want at least a tiny bit more of monster slaying…" I cried, trying to convince my father by giving him puppy eyes.
"No is no!" He said angrily, gently petting my head and suddenly holding me in his arms like a baby.
"Geeh… So boring, we barely did much…" I sighed.
"Aw, come on now, we did a lot! You learned a lot of things, right? We'll come back tomorrow, so don't sweat it." My father reassured us. "Don't become a spoiled girl now, Sylphy. I didn't raised you to be so spoiled."
"Eeh… You kind of did though." I sighed.
Without even being able to see the next dungeon room, we ended teleporting away in a flash of bright light as the Ariadne Threads dissipated into particles of light. I had never seen such a powerful magical item before.
When we appeared in front of the dungeon, it was already getting dark outside. A lot more of time has passed than we had imagined. And the fresh air of the outside world really felt quite nice and refreshing to be honest. I guess it wasn't so bad.
"Phew, we are back." My father sighed.
"Yeah, we did it." Said Zack.
"That magic item is amazing… How do they even made those?" Aquarina wondered.
"It's an old alchemy recipe left behind by the Archwizard I told you about before. He was really convinced to make dungeons a place where people could grow stronger instead of nests of monsters and fear, so he made many handy items to facilitate dungeon delving." My father said.
"Interesting… I wish I could had met that man." I sighed.
"Well, he's quite the grumpy guy." Sighed my father.
"Eh? You know him?!" I asked. "An archwizard that lived so long ago?!"
"Ah… I shouldn't had said that out loud…" My father said, averting his gaze from me. "T-There's nothing like that! I was just imagining if he… would be alive right now."
I didn't pursued the subject any longer because I knew my father would simply not say anything, he was very stubborn.
As we decided to walk away from the dungeon, I stopped a bit, as I saw that the adventurers were still getting inside constantly, the "channels" which they could enter each still had a few more slots, so they were quickly getting in.
It is indeed quite a bizarre system…
"What's wrong, Sylphy?" My father asked, looking at me.
"Err, nothing… I just think the dungeon is weird. Not exactly like I imagined it…" I sighed.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, we heard an incredibly loud cracking sound, as if glass itself was shattering.
And then, the scream of a person.
I looked towards the origin of the sound, seeing the entrance of the dungeon completely different. There was a strange glass-like crack in the middle of the thin air, opening up to a dark space that emanated a strangely toxic miasmic essence.
The cracking sounds continued, as the crack in space continued to spread out. An enormous black claw covered in scales emerged from it, suddenly grabbing a passing newbie adventurer, and crushing his ribs mercilessly, pulling him inside.
People immediately began to panic.
"Sylphy, stay behind me!"
My father quickly ran in front of me, protecting me and my friends from a sudden shockwave of darkness that emanated from within the crack in space.
"Shit…! A Dungeon Break right now?!" He muttered in surprise, gritting his teeth.
The space continued to crack open, as the shockwaves of darkness began to throw people away. Most of the adventurers fell to the ground, completely unconscious. Father was somehow using his magic to generate a barrier to protect all of us, but he didn't had the magical potential to help everybody else.
"W-What's going on?!" Aquarina cried in fear.
"T-This is… Look!!!" Zack pointed out at an enormous thing emerging from the crack in space, as two enormous claws began to widen the crack in space, making it wider for its enormous body to fit inside.
"What's going on, father?!" I cried.
"This is a Dungeon Break…! I can't believe it would happen just today and right now… It almost felt orchestrated…" My father muttered. "Dungeon Breaks is when a Dungeon accumulates so much Mana that it has to let it out into the outside world. This distorts space and time and open gates towards the dungeon's dimension, where powerful monsters begin to emerge!"
"What? That's a thing?!" I cried. "I-I thought Dungeon Breaks were merely monsters coming out of the dungeon's entrance, not this!"
"Shit, this one's strong! Sylphy, Aquarina, Zack, use your magic to coat your bodies, just like Ninhursag had taught you! Remember?" He asked.
"The Beast Spirit Aura Coating?" I asked.
"Yes, that one! It can help you resist the Miasma being emanated… most people already fell unconscious due to its toxicity. If we let this crack continue to pour this deadly substance, the entire city might end up being destroyed!" My father roared, suddenly summoning an enormous blazing sword.
WHAT?! That's a whole other level of danger!
And then, a beast appeared.