Chapter 21: There Should be an Exit in this Mysterious Hospital
“For now, I think you should tell me everything that you’re afraid of.”
After dismantling the wheelchair completely, I helplessly looked at Dale.
“Don’t you dare tell me you will faint immediately when you see a floating spirit next!”
“Are you joking!? Like that will happen!”
Dale loudly protested.
I’m only afraid of things I can’t see! And all this is because… because of my damn sister! She kept scaring me since young, and I’m already near my breaking point!”
“Is your magic only there for decorations?”
“But…”
Dale hugged his head and struggled for a bit, before continuing.
“Alright, as long as I can see the target, there won’t be any problems. I won’t be bothered by anything else.”
“…”
After staring at him for a while, I helplessly shook my head.
“Okay, let’s push this problem aside for now. What we need to know now is… what the hell is this place?”
“This place…”
Dale inspected the surroundings.
“I don’t know.”
“… Please, don’t say that in such a calm manner.”
“Then what should I say?”
“You should have said ‘I’m sorry, I’m retarded.'”
“Why is it only me!? I wasn’t the only one who ran earlier!”
I rolled my eyes at him.
“Are you stupid!? The target’s level was higher than mine! How could I possibly fight it!?”
“… Oh right, I didn’t mention it to you? The stats of the monsters in this world are different compared to humans.”
“Oh?”
“Just like the monster earlier, as long your level is not lower than half of its own, you can still slowly kill it.”
Really? I can really take down that monster earlier?
“You couldn’t even kill it with your first shot, how can I take it down myself!”
“You’re telling me in the RPGs you played, you can always kill monsters with a single attack?”
He does make a point…
“Also, the AI of these monsters are definitely near zero. Do you know about crowd control? Do you know how to kite? Do you know how wall glitching works? As long as you have these knowledge, you should know what to do.”
“There’s also aggro management. However, it would be best for you to hold onto the aggro in the future.”
“Don’t even think about it.”
I knew he would say that. However, since I can use all these methods to attack, then the problem isn’t big. The key problem is what kind of enemy will surface. Without sufficient information of the enemy, we won’t be able to think of any plans to fight it.
“In any case, what we currently need to do is to quickly find the next staircase down to the next floor. Speaking of which, did you obtain anything good the previous time you came here? I feel that the items we have been receiving aren’t that good at all.”
When I opened my inventory, the number of items I currently have is so pathetic.
Wolf Fangs, Shattering Teeth, and Gloomy Soul. No matter how I see it, they are materials needed to make tools or equipment. Also, the item information did not state their monetary value, so I can’t judge their usefulness.
“These items are actually useful. Firstly, these teeth are used to make high quality materials, which can in turn used to make equipment with Pierce Defense effects. As for the Gloomy Soul, it should be used for alchemy, I’m not too sure about this though.”
“Are Magic and Alchemy different?”
“That’s right. In this world, magic and alchemy are separated into two classes. Though I don’t know why, but there are no direct connection between Magicians and Alchemists.
“I guess it’s something that was determined long ago.”
“Probably so.”
After re-lighting our torch, we continued to investigate the area.
However, as we did not know how to proceed forward, we could only analyse the dungeon, before making our decision.
Roaming around the large hospital with only a dim light does not give me a good feeling. If it’s a scenario similar to Sil*nt Hill, then I could still accept it. However, this level of realism and pressure is something that a regular game cannot provide. This darkness and feeling of uneasiness, really gives people the creeps.
Also, the structure of this hospital is really weird. There wasn’t even a single room. Who came up with this idea?
Unless, this place does not really have any relation to a hospital at all? Is it because of our otherworldly knowledge that makes us think that this is a hospital, but it’s actually not?
“Fir, look at this.”
After hearing Dale’s call, I ran over to him. When I saw the thing he was pointing at, I realized I was over-thinking this too much.
It was a sign written in Mandarin that said “Emergency Exit”, and it was pointing to the right.
“How do we read this?”
“How? It’s obviously states where the emergency exit is!”
“Emergency exit? But I don’t understand it at all…”
“It’s because I understand Chinese. However, I don’t know what language this world is using… It’s as if I understood the words the moment I came into this world.
“Chinese… Alright, it seems we come from different countries in our previous world. But, since you understand these words, all is good. So? We’re going towards that way?”
“That’s right.”
Most likely, we did not see these signs because it was too dark, however, since we finally saw it, the problem’s solved.
…
Just which universe did this hospital come from? Geez, and it somehow became a dungeon…
Just when I was immersed in my thoughts, a metal screeching sound was heard. When I raised my head, 2 wheelchairs were crawling towards us. Yep, I couldn’t find a better word than ‘crawling’ to describe their movements.
“Dale?”
As I thought, Dale already collapsed on the floor. Fine, it’s my turn.
Hence I entered my first solo battle with a higher level monster!