The Nameless Crown
Chapter 11 - Monochrome Castle

“When the Golem was destroyed, I saw a magic circle underneath. Looks like it was the entrance to the Dungeon up there.”

At the same time, Elesis had strengthened his decision. In the end he had to choose one of his Party members.

Ryan and Elen were in the middle of a mysterious circle that appeared after the Golem was defeated. Suddenly a blackish light appeared from under the magic circle they were charging at.

“It looks like my guess is right”

“Eh .. ehhhh.”

But Elen seemed to be panicking because the black light that suddenly appeared was. The light finally swallowed the two of them.

***

“We arrive.. hope it's not too long, I want to take a nap.”

Ryan yawned again, but Elen was confused. They still have to guess where they are.

A very large castle stands right on the edge of the cliff there. The giant bridge also looks like in medieval times. The atmosphere generated from the castle was very dark.

With dark weather without bright sunlight. Elen was trembling a little. Ryan noticed it and teased him with some spooky jokes.

“Hihihihi~ behind you what tuh~”

His convincing tone as well as the dark conditions, let alone a gloomy castle in front of him. Made Elen a little frightened and let out a small cry that was held back.

“Khiiiii!!”

“Hahahaha..just kidding, don't take it seriously. Later to dream you know.. hahahaha.”.

As Ryan laughed, Elen looked at Ryan's face in annoyance. Both of her cheeks puffed up like a balloon, with the addition of a little red makeup.

“It is better we immediately go to the castle to get the prize.”

Ryan runs, Elen follows him behind but is still upset with Ryan who scares him.

“Colah. Do not bring it to the heart, will be completely carried away dream”

“Hmph.”

The wide and long bridge that Ryan and Elen are now passing through is the bridge connecting the front gate of the castle and also the cliff where they first arrived.

The bottom was stacked by very elegant carved stones, but now it had been slightly crushed and peeled off. Its edge was a stone wall with various faded luminous lanterns along its sides.

Moreover, a high crossbar on each bridge connecting it to a steel rope hanging from the ceiling makes it look like a passage rather than a bridge.

But with such conditions, the castle and bridge are continuous like that which makes it look more alive.

If you have to compare with the castle itself which is so magnificent but seems dark. The bridge is nothing.

The view from the outside is very different when first seen by Ryan and Elen.

The castle has three towers that rise to the top, high. Two in the front and one on the right, a classic white clock with a black pointer.

The tower was made of stone that had various colors. From red, black, white and also yellow. As for the roof, it is triangular in shape.

Then two towers adjacent to the castle itself have two open windows with a faded yellow bell hanging. Every time Ryan and Elen stepped the bell tolled a few times, indicating something had come.

The wide-open front without the door covering it made Ryan come to a sudden halt. Elen stopped and almost hit Ryan's back.

“Uhhhh .. why suddenly stop?”

“Ssssttt.. silent.”

Her voice was smooth like a wind-blowing concubine. Elen stiffened when he heard it. Ryan's expression was completely different than usual.

Even though they just met and just spent time together not so long. But, when he heard it so seriously, he inevitably had to shut up and listen to it.

Ryan took his dagger off the belt.

“It looks like we have guests again”

“Ehhh?”

Elen was confused, his two little eyes did not see anything in front of him at all.

“But, what will we fight?”

“Huhh. Although the Player is famous but your nature is still childish. Look!”

Ryan pointed to two towers that had bells with their index fingers.

“If you don't see it, then your vision is still not observant!"

“Hmmm..

When Elen narrowed his eyes and looked back at one of the towers. He was quite jolted when he saw two creatures peering from the edges with a bloodthirsty aura.

“They are Gargoyles. A mythological creature that inhabits a castle to protect it. At first they were a statue shaped like a large winged bird with sharp nails. I'll go first for a while. wait for me here, Elen”.

“Eh? Wait... I will also come, besides our levels are much different”

“Maybe far away, but our experience also differs greatly and again My Job is more suitable for a job like this.”

Elen took it upon himself to hear that his words were returned so easily. Ryan's face looked more like a night predator than a knight during the day.

His eyes are very focused. The two Gargoyles came out of their hiding places, their wings wide open, attached to both arms that had sharp nails.

When his parameter level showed 20, while Ryan's was still 8, Elen shouted to stop him, but when he turned his head, Ryan's figure had disappeared into black fog.

It simply disappears by the night, leaving no trace of its existence.

“It seems that this Skill is good too ... Sillent Step.”

A fine whisper mixed with air. When the two Gargoyles called out while shrieking, Ryan's figure had been behind them. In just one slash using his special ability, the Assassinate. The two Gargoyles instantly disappeared, disappearing into a virtual data set.

Ryan landed safely while staring at the castle in front of him. A doorless gate opened, like an invitation to enter the castle itself.

The sound of her feet coming from behind Ryan. It was Elen who ran to approach him from behind.

“Kak!”

“Huwaa! Don't surprise me”

“So what skill?”

“That's just my passive skill, there's nothing more. We'd better get in soon or we'll have another guest from under the ravine."

Ryan ran back and accompanied by Elen who was beside him. Elen was still wondering about the skill used by Ryan when defeating Gargoyle earlier.

A low-leveled Player can defeat a high-leveled Monster is a rare phenomenon. Moreover, the difference in levels is also very different.

Even for himself who has been in this game for a long time does not know the real figure of Ryan. However, it was strange why there were no rumors circulating or rumors about it at all.

Nothing at all, even more so Ryan is a rookie Player who defeats high-leveled Monsters. While he himself who has Tittle The Fallen Noble and has a serial number 05 can not dwell when he saw the action is very short and deadly.

As he looked at the back of the man who was running with him, in his heart he said, Brother Ryan, who are you?

Eventually they entered the castle without any more problems. However, now they must be able to choose the hallway they will pass. There are three connecting passageways that unite the front and inside of the castle.

With a rhythmic nod. They decided it too.

“Right!”

“Kiri!”

They exchanged looks and laughed directly.

“Then I'll take right”

“As I said, brother. I'll take left.”

Without any doubt, they finally broke away and took the path they had decided.

Ryan chose the right lane while Elen chose the left. Quickly they immediately ran and immediately traced the hallway they had chosen.

When Ryan ran down the aisle he had chosen, he accidentally nudged a vase and finally broke. He felt a little guilty but since the place was a Dungeon, he could only continue forward.

Without any sense of bothering him, he was now at a door. When he wanted to open the door, suddenly something came out of the wall to his right.

Ryan could not avoid it and he crashed, carried away until the wall to his left was destroyed. Along with the figure that led him to another place he fell into an unknown place.

Meanwhile, Elen, who chose the left aisle, faced a black Minotaur carrying a double-edged axe.

“It looks like it will be a little fun!”

Elen rushed at him quickly. The light in both of his eyes again disappeared as the slash he was about to emit. As the Minotaur snorted, the grip of the two hands on the axe tightened.

Finally, he threw a horizontal slash. But Elen twisted his body slowly and managed to dodge it quickly.

His slender body in the gothic appearance of the large Halbert bearer had smoothly slashed his right part so hard. The minotaur crashed backwards a few meters.

The parameter status that was above his head indicated how long the HP bar he had. It had two dark green HP bars, but the very top had turned yellow due to Elen's incredible attack.

The minotaur again snorted. His veins were seen coming out and appearing on the surface of his black skin. His eyes began to blush brightly while he began to take a swing to hit Elen who was preparing with his big Halbert.

On one side the Bull-headed Monster was preparing for an attack, on the other side Elen was in a defensive position.

When a cracking sound with rumbling appeared, the Minotaur in front of Elen began to gallop towards him as it blew the double-edged axe diagonally.

However, Elen leaped high and passed his large figure. Now he was behind him, nimbly he turned his body while playing the big Halbert, and slashed the Minotaur repeatedly.

The monster shrieked in pain as its sturdy back was attacked continuously by Elen nonstop. Elen's attention changed when the body of the opponent he attacked changed.

For a moment the Minotaur turned its body while launching a horizontal attack. Elen slid between his legs, after passing through him, he jumped and launched a heavy attack.

“[Flame Impact!]”

A blaze gathered on his small right wrist. Fused and coagulated and then he slapped it on the back of the Monster. All the lumps of fire hit the Minotaur's stomach with a blast of fire that directly threw it far back there.

His huge body was instantly shattered when it hit a stone wall.

Once again the castle was rumbling and slightly shaking from the attack launched by Elen. He went back down the aisle cheerfully thinking of Ryan in the other hallway.

“Hopefully Brother Ryan is fine.”

He opened the next door slowly. Once inside, he was quite surprised to be greeted by dozens of Skeleton troops from level 15 to 20.

Skeleton Knight, Mage, Priest even who was sitting on a chair and wearing a seedy crown that had faded in color. That monster was a Skeleton King that had level 35.

An indistinct roar of cheers accompanied by the clamor of the weapon that let out an unceasing noise rang out as the Skeleton King raised his right hand.

Then his index finger that was now pointing at Elen made the entire army of bones stop making a sound. However, now all their attention was distracted and began to look at Elen with their hollow eyes.

Unexpectedly the sound of writhing from each of their mouths was heard and they immediately surrounded Elen right then and there.

Elen gave a small peck when he realized it.

“It seems I have no other choice but to beat them all!”

***

“Ughhh .. huh hah hah.”

Ryan woke up with a heavy breath. When he looks around. He has no memory of the place and what happened.

All he remembered was when he was opening the door and suddenly his body was carried away by something.

“Ughh ... My head hurts and actually what happened?”

While putting his right palm on the head, Ryan noticed that his HP bar had been flushed red.

“It's bad, I have to use that potion.”

However, Ryan remembered that he had given it to Elesis. Therefore he sighed slowly and tried to think how to get him out of a critical situation at that time.

After he looked around at what he now thought was a ruin. His attention now led to a bright green plant illuminated by moonlight.

Ryan crawled to get the green plant. He also saw a Minotaur who had died because his body was pierced by a sharp iron. Eventually the Minotaur disappeared and was swallowed by virtual data.

“ S-it looks like I was attacked by that Minotaur.”

While muttering softly, Ryan continued to crawl. Now he arrived and after he managed to get the plant, the young man immediately retracted it.

As he saw the status of his name, he felt relieved that the plant was an Herb. Without waiting any longer, he plucked the leaves and chewed them raw.

The feeling of shoes and pain felt all over his tongue. Though putting on a sour face but he had to endure it. Now a faded green light was popping up around Ryan's body.

When he saw the condition of his HP bar again. It can be relieved, even if only half but the color returns to green.

After his stamina recovered slightly, Ryan got up while patting his ass.

“Nah ... Now I have to how?”

The place where Ryan is right now is a place he doesn't know about at all. After falling due to the hit by the Minotaur he was carried to a strange ruins.

Large stones that had been strewn across its edges. The slightly crushed stone pillars still stood upright holding the floor above it. What's more it seems like Ryan is on the bottom floor, because as he raises his head up.

He could see how deep it was. Moonlight peeked out from the cracks up there. Provide a makeshift lighting so that the place is not too dark.

When Ryan looked around again, he accidentally found a magic diagram printed on the base of the wall. On both sides was a dead candle, so the surface only looked half.

He steps forward to approach her, but when Ryan puts his palm on the diagram. His body reacted and his heartbeat skipped a beat. He could not even control his body so his palm was now gripping his own face.

Slowly his consciousness faded, his still standing body was now completely unconscious.

“Huhh... hahh? Where's this?”

When he opened his eyes again, he did not think that he was naked. He could feel a cold wind caressing his naked body.

“APA!?”

Because of his reflexes, he covered the most sensitive parts of his body.

Suddenly a heavy voice sounded around Ryan.

[You.].