"Vorthuz''kai reshn''valk thun''daaris..."

    "?υr''xa?thu?l ??????? ?εth''?olσρhi?s ??? ?..."

    "????X?????00F?H???λ?... ∞?R∑Σ ??????..."

    ...

    "Sigh~"

    Myne slowly opened his eyes, and the first thing he did was look at his feet. He saw that the damn black fog—the cause of all his troubles—was slowly vanishing. He let out a deep sigh, he didn''t seem too shocked or surprised to find himself in yet another mess, one completely beyond his league, now he had just gotten used to it.

    "Fenrir and Cetus are going to kill me for this..." He let out another heavy sigh as he observed his surroundings.

    He was in a dark, dirty room made of stone, with a single high-quality bed, and a table with a lamp on it that released a dim orange light—barely enough to see anything, instead it created a very creepy atmosphere.

    A weird metal object with three blade-like carved parts hung from the ceiling, about which he had no idea. There was also a black box with a mirror on it, mounted in the middle of the left wall. It looked very strange, as Myne could hardly see his reflection in that mirror.

    Thanks to his Night Vision skill, Myne had no difficulty seeing in the almost dark room, which allowed him to catch such little details. However, what made him feel strange was that, despite the room''s size, there were no windows.

    There was also a door on the right, probably leading to the bathroom, but Myne wasn''t in the mood to explore it right now.

    "This looks like a hotel room... By the way, what were those strange whispers I heard before teleporting to this creepy place?" Myne pondered while rubbing his chin.

    For some reason, he had a feeling there was a deep clue hidden in those words, but strangely enough, when he tried to recall them, he couldn''t remember most of them.

    "Except for the last one, which was spoken in normal, understandable language, the rest seemed completely nonsensical..."

    "If I''m not wrong, it was something like "WELCOME TO THE ABYSS?"

    The moment those four words left Myne''s lips, an extreme chill ran down his spine as if he was being stared at by millions of people''s bloodthirsty gazes who couldn''t wait to devour him.

    "F*ck! What was that? Did I just jinx myself?!"

    A cold sweat broke out on Myne''s forehead. After all, he was in a completely sealed room, and everything in it was right before his eyes—so it made no sense for him to suddenly feel a chill out of thin air.

    "What kind of mess did I get myself into this time...?" Myne cursed himself for not stopping Waffle and the others from entering that damn cave. But sadly, there was no medicine for regret in any world.

    "Huh? What is that?"

    Just as Myne was wondering whether he should leave the room and look for Waffle and the others, he suddenly noticed a strange phenomenon out of the corner of his eye.

    A baby fist-sized golden glow—particularly suspicious in such a dimly lit room—hovered in the air. It was a cartoonish-looking animated question mark, floating right above a notice hanging on the middle of the room''s door.

    "Have I finally gone insane...?"

    Myne rubbed his eyes in disbelief, wondering if he was just too nervous and starting to have hallucinations. But even after that, the mysterious golden question mark didn''t disappear.

    Slowly, he walked toward it, staring at it cautiously, fearing that it might vanish suddenly.

    However, to his utter surprise, three seconds later, the question mark expanded and transformed into a transparent rectangular box, displaying a strange sentence that read:

    { Rules and Regulations of the Apartment: Life Saver and Trap }

    There were also two underlines beneath the word Trap, clearly emphasizing that it was more of a trap than a lifesaver.

    "Now, what the hell is all of this...?" Myne muttered in confusion while staring at the small dialogue interface before him. It was very similar to his Appraisal interface—just more luxurious and exclusive-looking.

    R?e?a?l?i?z?e?

    Ultra Regeneration ( Passive )

    Charm ( Passive )

    Sorcery Extremity ( Large ) ( Passive )

    Probability ( Medium ) ( Passive )

    Mystic Abyssal Breathing ( Large ) ( Passive )

    Night Vision ( Small ) ( Passive )

    Eater ( Large ) ( Passive )

    Merchant ( Large ) ( Passive )

    Power ( Small ) ( Passive )

    *?U?n?i?q?u?e? M?a?g?i?c?:? S?p?a?c?e?-?T?i?m?e?

    U?n?i?q?u?e? M?a?g?i?c??L?i?g?h?t?n?i?n?g?

    U?n?i?q?u?e? M?a?g?i?c??S?u?b?l?i?m?e? O?b?s?c?u?r?i?t?y?

    M?a?g?i?c??W?i?n?d? (? B?a?s?i?c? F?o?r?m?:? W?i?n?d? B?l?a?d?e? (? L?a?r?g?e? )?, W?i?n?d? G?u?n? (? S?m?a?l?l? )?, W?i?n?d? S?h?i?e?l?d? (? M?e?d?i?u?m? )?, Accelerate ( Large ) ( Passive )

    M?a?g?i?c? ? F?i?r?e? (? B?a?s?i?c? F?o?r?m?:? F?i?r?e?b?a?l?l? (? M?e?d?i?u?m? )?

    M?a?g?i?c? ? L?i?g?h?t? (? B?a?s?i?c? F?o?r?m?:? F?i?s?t? o?f? L?i?g?h?t? (? L?a?r?g?e? )?

    M?a?g?i?c? ? E?a?r?t?h? (? B?a?s?i?c? F?o?r?m?:? R?o?c?k? S?l?a?s?h? (? S?m?a?l?l? )?, E?a?r?t?h?q?u?a?k?e? (? M?e?d?i?u?m? )?

    M?a?g?i?c??W?a?t?e?r? (? B?a?s?i?c? F?o?r?m?:? C?o?l?o?s?s?a?l? (? L?a?r?g?e? )?

    M?a?g?i?c??B?l?o?o?d? (? A?d?v?a?n?c?e? F?o?r?m?:? L?i?f?e? S?i?p?h?o?n? (? L?a?r?g?e? )? {? N?e?w? }?, S?a?n?g?u?i?n?e?m? P?a?c?t?u?m? (? L?a?r?g?e? )?

    A?o?E? M?a?g?i?c??W?i?n?d? M?a?x?i?m?u?m? (? M?e?d?i?u?m? )?

    A?o?E? M?a?g?i?c??F?i?r?e? M?a?x?i?m?u?m? (? L?a?r?g?e? )?

    A?o?E? M?a?g?i?c??E?a?r?t?h? M?a?x?i?m?u?m? (? M?e?d?i?u?m? )?

    Seed: Wind, Water, Earth ]

    "What kind of nonsense is this? All my active skills have become inactive? Doesn''t this mean that except for some useful passive skills like Ultra Regeneration, Night Vision, I couldn''t use any of my other skills and turn into cannon fodder whom anyone can f*ck as they like?"

    How am I supposed to escape from this weird place like this? And I also have to save Waffle and the others. If something happens to them, then even if I somehow manage to get out of here, two angry mothers out there would eat me alive... Literally.

    Myne fell to his knees, holding his head. All his success until now had come from his skills. Without them, he was nothing but a random hunter who couldn''t even beat any of his girls. Now, suddenly realizing that his skills had become useless, he felt as if the normal difficulty had turned into nightmare mode. Out of fear and nervousness, he didn''t even realise that not only his all active skills but even his blessing and protections had turned inactive.

    However, just as he was having a panic attack, from the corner of his eyes, Myne saw two more golden question marks floating in the air, looking very suspicious and trying their best to grab his attention.

    One was under the bed on top of what looked like a suitcase, and one was inside the bathroom. As for how he was able to see it despite the bathroom door being closed, as if he could see through objects, Myne said he also had no idea at all.

    Because the bathroom question mark wasn''t there before, which Myne was sure of, he paid extra attention to it, and three seconds later, the question mark again transformed into a rectangular golden transparent box with a sentence written in it.

    { In five minutes, one of the tenants of this apartment will crawl out from the toilet to give their newcomer a surprise. }