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nOne giant hall stood in front of John and the other groups which had entered along with him. There was a single path which led to the hall, it was a bridge, and as john looked under, he braced himself for the worst, not for him, but for those who did not know how to fly.

nThere was a pitch-black darkness underneath the bridge, not only that, but the hall was like an Arena, the edge of the Arena and the walls had a gap between them. In the unfortunate chance, that a person would be hit off bounds, then it would be game over.

nJohn who knew this, turned back and looked at the groups behind him then looked down before letting out a sigh and muttering

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"This isn't going to end well...

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nThere were 4 parties, John's party, Azure's party, The intimidating scruffy black hair lady's party, she almost seemed barbaric and had some rather polished abs on display.

nThe last party, was a party john hadn't noticed before, four members which wore cloaks with a hoodie to cover their faces, Judging from what john could see from magic perception, their levels were fairly high, however they didn't stand out in this group.

nJohn could feel it from the moment they first talked, but Azure was strong, very strong, His magical power wasn't that high, but he gave off a certain vibe.

nThe scruffy lady's party was comprised of 5 members, 3 males and 2 girls, and they gave off a similar strong vibe.

nDespite having scuffy hair, she looked clean, maybe she had a bad-hair day?

nHowever, the last party gave off a dangerous vibe, so much that john became wary.

nEveryone's attention was gathered at the middle of the room where the boss stood. It's level was no joke, much higher than the death knight or the giant spider.

nAll of this for the first floor? I can't even imagine the other four.

nThe monster had two horns poking out of it's forehead, A vicious, menacing look could be seen on it's face, under it's untidy and uncared for thick white hair. as it gritted it's teeth. It's frame was big and muscular and it had a burning red skin and held on to a battle axe which it had on it's hand.

nIt's tall and muscular figure was covered by some sort of Iron armour, and It seemed to reach over 8 feet height.

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"An oni?

"

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"Isn't that the race we're at peace with in the other continent?

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"No, it's a possessed oni. That thing is no longer considered part of it's race. It's a monster.

" Said the scuffy hair lady.

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"Then... let's Kill it!

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"Yeah!

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"Wait.

" John intervened as he stretched out his hand

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"What?!

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"Why are you stopping us kid?

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"We'll be able to beat it if we all charge at it!

"

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"Move out of the way!

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nThe males from her party were the only ones complaining.

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"Listen, by all means, we can all charge at that thing and kill it, but then what? You should know that there won't be any way to split the reward as we can't split a magic stone, otherwise it'll lose it's value. Therefore, I believe we should go in a certain order

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"I agree with John, After all, what's the harm in waiting your for your turn? Not to mention you wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him

" Added Azure

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"Then, who will go first?

" The lady asked

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"We have to consider that we'll only be able to beat this boss once as all four groups are in the room, the boss won't be able to respawn after that, and we can't just leave and come back because the correct door would've changed.

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nEveryone listened as john continued to explain

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"In other words, one party will have to go and do the second-floor boss, and after the second-floor boss is done, another party can go. But only one party will have the right to claim and fight against this floor's boss

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"I see... Now regarding my question, who will go first?

" The lady asked once more

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"Isn't it obvious? It'll be my party

" John replied

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"Huh? Why should it be your party?

" One of the guys in her party asked

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"Yeah, I don't like this kid's attitude, he's been getting full of himself, all because he got lucky.

" Said Another

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"Enough. His party was the first party to enter so the right is his to decide, otherwise we'd be going against the guild rules.

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nThe girls in her party were keeping quiet while the guys were complaining even though it was obvious that it was due to me that they were given a chance. At least the leader has a brain.

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"We'll do the order based on the order at which we arrived. I was first, Azure's party was second, the scruffy- I mean, The lady was third and the Cloaked was last. Are there any objections?

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"None from me

" Said Azure

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"None, either

" Said The lady

nAs john glanced towards the cloak party, he noticed that the person who appeared to be the leader shook his head.

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"Good.

" Said John as he turned towards the boss

nSerena, Ariel who were unexpectedly quiet, turned to the bridge with an annoyed look and began walking over it and Master Sylvia who john had completely forgotten Had already started walking ahead.

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"What're you waiting for?

" Serena asked

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"Let's go john

" Ariel said

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"Yeah, I'm coming.

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nJohn turned back towards the group one more time just to confirm something

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"I'm not a fan of getting backstabbed, it's happened to me a few times, not a very fast learner, but when I do learn something, it's quite hard for me to forget, so if there's anyone that has any complaints, come take them out on me now, because there's no guarantee you'll be able to do it later.

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nNo one said anything but no one looked surprised

nAs john was about to head back since the person didn't want to expose himself, one of the guys had finally managed to gather enough courage. It was a tall man who walked out of his party.

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