Hellbents
Chapter 170: Gate Strange

Although Ellijah clasped Ava's hand as if the man's life depended on her, the two of them remained separated.

Ava was thrown between a narrow path bounded by two high walls, so high that she could not see the towering end covered with clouds. In addition to the throbbing head-it looks like Ava's forehead was bumped off earlier, the wrist that had a circular bruise, as well as the dirty and sticky long dress that made the girl very uncomfortable, Ava was still intact.

The question is, where is he? He remembers being sucked into the gate.

Deciding to walk forward, Ava was faced with two directional choices, straight or turn right. The road on the right was wider than its original position, which is why Ava turned her heels. Before long, the choice of a different road appeared again.

Ah, Ava's in a labyrinth.

But ... how does he know the way out?

Time to take advantage of what is available.

He stroked the emerald necklace around his neck. "[Summon: Adam]." Although the ghost has a chatty nature that is on the verge of extrovert, Adam said that he does not like parties or crowded places, which are not, that's why he prefers to enter into an empty dimension to get away from the crowd.

"Heh, where are we?" Completely expecting to see marble floors and gold-plated decorations as in previous days, the ghost was amazed by the horrifying atmosphere of this misty and mossy place. Adam didn't even know that he could still shudder. This place reminded him of the cursed underground lab that locked him up, only that he did not see the ceiling.

"Maze, I guess. Can you break through the wall and find a way out so I don't bother getting lost first?"

Adam focused on Ava. He immediately laughed, because the condition of the girl was so sad that he was amused to see it. "I don't know your hobbies are rolling on the ground, too bad your expensive dress is getting dirty."

"Ugh, just shut up." Ava knew that Adam would not stop mocking her because of this, so at least she had to ease the mental burden. "[Inventory]." However, no blue hologram appeared before his face.

Huh huh?

"[Inventori]," Ava repeated, it's possible that [System] didn't recognize the command. But it's still the same, nil, just empty air.

Why can't he open an inventory?

Just then, a blue hologram containing a sentence he disliked floated before him.

Ting!

Welcome aboard!

All players can exit through the provided portal.

Special condition:

the inventory is locked

- Level reset

Locked down? So, in addition to items that had been attached to her body such as Adam's soul necklace and her status output wristband, Ava no longer had capital.

That is, he has no weapons to defend himself.

Argha!

He wanted to scream, but there might be enemies who could hear him.

So he shifted focus before his frustration dragged on.

Reset level.

"[Status]." Ava can still open the status window.

Name: *** ******

Race: Human

Level: 1

Speed: 39

Power: 45

Agility: 40

Intelligence: 38

Coin: 263783849

Skill: Observation (VI)

Hoh ..., the status points are still the same.

Is it because his level from the start was indeed 1? So [System] assumes there's nothing to reset?

Whatever the reason, it was beneficial for him. In this way, at least Ava is stronger than anyone even with her bare hands. Because, level 1 in a fantasy world is the same as a newborn, the most talented person when still orok status points will not exceed 3. So even without a cool breeze and himself in a foreign labyrinth full of dust, Ava can breathe freely.

Unfortunately, the bad luck is not far from him.

"Gerrr!"

A monster's grunts rang out from his left side. If only he took another step forward, Ava was fully exposed. The girl reflexively docked to the wall, she carefully peeked.

Gnoll-headed pitbull dogs back and forth guarding a box. The monster's level ... 32.

Of course Ava can't be that happy.

So the reset level is just what is referred to as this "player? While the level of monsters that roamed the labyrinth was unaffected?

At least, the first enemy he faced was only level 30.

Ava took a stone as big as a palm from the floor, then threw it firmly on the head of the gnoll. The pitbull immediately fell with a temple that poured blood. Not dead, just unconscious.

With her tiptoed feet-Ava threw away her high heels from earlier-she inspected a closer box that made her curious.

It contained only a shabby knife and a hunk of hard bread, but in this state, both things Ava considered a treasure.

At least he now has food and weapons. Not a bad start.

With his new knife, he slit the unconscious dog monster. Making sure that his opponent does not have the opportunity to disturb him later on.

And finally, Ava can tear off her dress skirt so she can step more freely. Trying to tear without a sharp tool is harder than expected, it only makes his clothes open in parts he does not want.

"You still don't want to help me find a way out?" Ava continued the delayed conversation earlier.

"You want me to wander alone in this horrible place?!"

"Know yourself, you're an invisible ghost!"

"After all, I can't wander far from the owner of my soul necklace!"

"At least see which path is not dead-end!"

Argh, why is this ghost so hard to handle.

***

Ellijah's panicked.

He wandered without direction with a look of terror on his face, for wherever he looked, Eve's nose was nowhere to be seen.

Though he had tightly grasped his fiancee, they also entered hand in hand!

Gate shit, how dare to separate him with his future wife!

After a long run here and there, the one he met was not the person he wanted.

"Duke Frost, in your hands my safety will be guaranteed from the danger of monsters that exist in every corner!" King Dion. The lazy and cowardly king who loves to hide behind the brilliant reputation of his children.

King Dion was a typical moneyed nobleman in terms of his fighting skills. There is hardly any. Nowadays, a lot of rich people prefer to buy half-living monsters to raise their level. That way their level was indeed high, the status of points also increased, but their fighting experience was nil. Especially now that there is a special condition gate that changes the level to 1. Without any reliable status points, they were simply a burden that would definitely be troublesome.

Ellijah is desperate to strangle Dion, but he does not want to make Eve orphaned when they have not received blessing, their marriage process will be many times more difficult to take care of, not to mention the mourning period that banned the party events throughout Edodale for 3 whole months.

So this time, he chose to be patient.