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The boss spawn message flashed across the screens of everyone inside Closed Iron Mine.
For gamers and MMORPG junkies especially, the word “boss” was like a goddamn drug. It brought the thrill of battle, the high of taking down a powerful enemy, and the promise of fat stacks of loot waiting at the end.
A boss was the ultimate prey, one that gave players every damn thing they craved. Therefore, the second that message popped up, it was no surprise that everyone in the dungeon started tearing the place apart to find it.
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The first person to stumble upon the passage Do-Jin had blasted open was Gato, a member of Rōnin Guild. His eyes narrowed as he took in the sight.
“I’ve never heard of a hole like this existing here...” As he muttered to himself, his guildmates arrived, responding to his message one after another.
They had come out as a full hunting squad, all of similar level, making their group ten strong. Gato turned to his guildmates and asked if any of them had ever heard of a passage like this before.
The first to answer was the only woman in the group, Hiromi. “I’ve never heard of a shortcut here either.”
“She’s right. I memorized the entire dungeon layout beforehand, so I can say with absolute certainty that this passage shouldn’t exist,” Kaminari said.
The one adding to the conversation was a fat bastard who kept sneaking glances at Hiromi creepily. Within Rōnin Guild, he was infamous for his paranoid obsession with gathering intel.
Gato nodded at his words. “If our guild’s ‘brain’ Kaminari says so, then it must be true. That means there’s a high chance that an unknown boss spawned...
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