Many of the places around the city had turned into a unique dungeon, trapping everyone that was present inside.
Over the past few hours, the government offices had taken control of a few of these places and reduced the civilians who were still trapped in these places.
In the past few hours, the state governments had identified the officers familiar with the game concepts of the Tower of Beginnings and given them certain roles.
Some who came to possess special skills for various tasks were categorised into special divisions and like that, a temporary task team was made to deal with as many dungeons as possible.
Since the government had also recognized the potential and impact of the items and rewards that they receive from the dungeons, a mass clearing was taking place around the cities.
There were many dungeons that the officers tried raiding themselves first, but if they measured the difficulty to be above a certain level, they locked down the entire facility, already knowing some of these dungeons would disappear soon.
'One of the dungeons that were sealed off, among these, was the dungeon that took over the state courthouse.'
KiRA stood before a certain crossroad, before him a certain building sealed by a special parameter.
In essence, this was a barrier made with a magic skill. Something normal people cannot cross even if they tried their best.
Not even special firearms would work on this barrier, however, for the players familiar with skills and items of the tower, this was no big deal.
'The problem is… how are we gonna get past those people?'
Since the court was pretty close to their base, Isah's house, he had reached the place after sprinting at the fastest speed for an hour.
Thanks to his enhanced stats and higher level, he was no longer the same as the traditional humans. As a player, he was also strong enough to cross the first few floors by himself.
But, this was not enough. With his current skills, he knew he wouldn't even be able to defeat the (Hidden) boss of the first floor.
[{ Master, how about I distract them and you sneak in from behind? It should be pretty effective if I produce some light, right? }]
[{ "Oh, that seems like a good idea." }]
The city was already a mess, but seeing how the government, military, and rich people were taking appropriate actions surprised both him and Unity.
Before him, the courthouse which used to be a traditional and old building, a place he had visited a few times, had turned into something right out of the gothic era.
The entire structure now resembled a foreign marvel of architecture. A tall gothic building with three towering peaks, covered in rune like carvings, states of gargoyles and unique bird-like beings guarding these towers from the outside.
There was colorful glass shining under the morning sunlight reflected from them. The arches that were supporting the tall pillars, the overall base of the structure, as well as the grand gate that was already cracked open, seemed just like how he remembered from the Game.
'The golden beam of light connecting this place to the higher floors doesn't look as bright as it should be though, so it seems like there's not much time left now.'
There were some officials guarding the front of the dungeon's parameter right now. And if he were to go through the other entrances, he would waste too much of his time.
At the very least, he needed to enter the premises of the closed off parameter and enter through the front gate.
To do that…
"Hey! Look!"
"Check! Check! This is 102! We are seeing a bright movement of light. Requesting immediate backup!"
"To the southern gate! To the south!"
With Unity distracting them with the light from her {Blessing of Light} skill, KiRA silently passes through the security.
Then, standing before the Barrier, he made a very thin cut on it with the help of his golden strings and entered through the small cut right as Unity flew to him.
[{ Wowy~! It was so easy~! }]
After being the bait so many times, she was better at this than all those years ago. Even KiRA praised her as he entered the gate of the dungeon without being noticed by even the security cameras placed in the parameters.
With the Mana crystal in his hands, the normal devices were going to get glitched when they focused on him or Unity.
It was a perfect plan.
[Ding!]
[You have entered the dungeon: St Pullev's Cathedral.]
[Dungeon Clearance Objective: Obtain items containing Holy properties or items belonging to the Saint.]
[Current progress: 13/69 Items found.]
[Current number of participants: 9.]
He had just entered the dungeon and if there are a few government officials among the people present in the dungeon, then he was going to be up against a few experts of the game.
'Not that it will matter though.'
He had the kind of knowledge that the other people here did not. Plus, he had something no one in the world possessed or would come to possess.
[Ding!]
[You have entered a System-governed space outside of the tutorial for the first time.]
[Activating the effects of Unique title.]
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Title: [Conqueror of the Tower of Beginning (U).]
*EXP drop rate within the dungeons will be increased by (+15%).
*Item drop rate within the dungeons will be increased by (+10%).
*Feature [Mini Map] will be made available within the dungeon.
EXP drop rate within the Labyrinths will be increased by (+15%).
Item drop rate within the Labyrinths will be increased by (+10%).
Feature [Mini Map] will be made available within the Labyrinths.
EXP drop rate within the Gates will be increased by (+15%).
Item drop rate within the Gates will be increased by (+10%).
*Feature [Mini Map] will be made available within the Gates.
*Basic Skill effects will be strengthened by (+1 Level.)
*Hidden piece information will be made available randomly.
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Titles were very rare within the tower. Just obtaining a basic title made someone a unique entity within the tower.
KiRA had rarely ever heard about Unique titles. Not even the higher beings within the towers possessed these titles, so he was well aware of just how great the powers they possessed must be.
The current perks that this title provided were not all that much on the surface, but in the eyes of all players who understood the meaning of these perks, this was nothing less than an unfair advantage.
KiRA was stunned the first time he saw it, but now that he was seeing the effects that it provided, he couldn't help but grin at the new system interface that had opened before him.
[Activating Limited feature: Mini Map.]
He now knew the movements of all the nine participants within the dungeons. And since he knew the locations of all the items as well, he knew where he needed to look.
'But the 69 items aren't what we're after.'
There was much more within this dungeon. But he was still going to go after every single thing that he could.
He also didn't have to limit himself to the items that were still available.
'Why limit ourselves when we can have all 72 of them ourselves?'
It was not going to be that difficult but, considering the time limit…
[Time left until the dungeon closes: 09:34:04.]
He knew he needed to step up his game. The inside of the dungeon was nothing less than a damned castle.
One that would actually require a few tough days to fully explore it.