Underworld Player Chapter 104 - Stairway to Breakthrough

Seconds turned into minutes as the rays of the sun slowly began to tilt. Soon, 5 p.m. arrived on silent feet. As luck would have it, the Players were not harassed by a single supernatural entity, nor did any strange incidents occur while they had their late lunch.

By now, each Player was in the best shape they could be, given the circumstances. Traveler estimated that they had one hour before sundown, when all would be plunged into darkness once more. In other words, it was do or die—if they failed to complete the quest objective in that time, then they were surely headed for another reload. The party would have their memories wiped, and would have to start over from the beginning.

Reloading itself wasn't something unpleasant, but another reload meant facing off against more supernatural entities, without the advantage of experience—a terrifying prospect. If it came to that, it was no exaggeration to say that they were in for a hellish time.

"Whaddayathink? Can you break through?"

Six people stood around the stairwell, looking up.

The stairway that should normally have continued up to the roof exhibited a strange deviation as it shot straight up into the ceiling. There was no door or any form of opening, so the only way to get to the roof was to smash their way through.

Going through the window was not an option, since that would draw the attention of the invisible creatures that crawled up and down the outside of the building.

The other Players stood on the fifth and sixth steps of the stairs, just behind Iron Blood. The ceiling was so close that they could almost touch it if they reached their hands out.

To answer Bai Zhi's question, Iron Blood let his actions speak for themselves. He retrieved a set of steel knuckles from his Inventory and put them on. They gleamed a deep ruby color.

[ Item Name: Flaming Knuckles ]

[ Type: Weapon ]

[ Class: Rare ]

[ Wight: 5kg ]

[ Durability: 30 / 45 ]

[ Effect 1: Flame - Attacks are imbued with fire and inflict burns. ]

[ Effect 2: Heavy Blows - Upon activation

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