chapter 1273  the cave of beginnings

    no?v(el)b\\jnn

    with the knowledge he accumulated from his past life, as well as his absurdly high agility for his class rank, it only took around 10 minutes or so for valyr to arrive at the periphery of the cave of beginnings.

    "...huh." once there, the young man was slightly left at a loss for words at the sight that greeted him.

    considering the fact that he''d been selling quite a lot of equipment and other helpful items during the first two days greater beyond was released, valyr thought that the number of groups that would wait around the dungeon would be far smaller than before.

    after all, from what he read from the forums while he was still an npc, it was only a matter of time before the players would move on to dungeons that were far more difficult than the cave of beginnings.

    yet, reality showed him that what happened instead was the exact opposite, with groups numbering in the dozens loitering around the entrance, all of them waiting to add a member that had at least one of his equipment into their party.

    ''...i see.'' though he did not know why the groups set such a criterion at first, the young man soon understood what was going on, bitterly smiling as the sight in front of him was the result of a butterfly effect.

    ''with the help of the equipment i sold during the first two days, many players were able to clear the cave of beginnings at almost breakneck speeds, removing the vigilance one would show when entering a dungeon for the first time.''

    ''however, because of the incident that occurred between me and my past self, i eventually had to stop selling equipment altogether, forcing the players to become well aware of the dungeon''s dangers once more.''

    ''though, rather than use it as a way to temper themselves into players that could stand as equals in front of those that used my equipment to clear the dungeons, the players instead fell into greater despair.''

    ''in the end, they started thinking that the dungeons would only be cleared if they had someone with my equipment in their party, which might have spread to the new players that entered greater beyond for the first time.''

    ''...or at least, that''s how it looks to me,'' thought valyr to himself, briefly shrugging his shoulders as he spared another glance at the groups before pondering over what he should do next.

    though, with how some of the groups began to look at him with both curiosity and anticipation in their eyes, it did not take long for the young man to come up with an answer, heading straight into the opening that would lead him to the cave of beginnings.

    and the last was to be at an incredibly high level that the insane and nightmare difficulty of the dungeon would become mere child''s play.

    there were also those who thought that the key to beating the dungeon was improving their combat power through other means, combining both skills and strategies in order to clear the insane difficulty for good.

    sadly, these people were shunned and ignored by the majority, many of them still certain that overwhelming power was the key to clearing the cave of beginnings'' last two difficulties.

    thankfully, valyr had no idea as to what these groups were thinking.

    ...

    whoosh!

    appearing within a corridor dimly lit with torches, valyr looked around his surroundings for a bit before beginning to smile.

    "it''s just as i remember it," murmured the young man to himself, chuckling as he proceeded to walk through the corridor.

    "even the layout feels to be the same as i remember it."

    considering that he was only at the peak of rank 0, only two difficulties were available for valyr to choose from: the easy difficulty and the medium difficulty.

    not having much need for the drops at these difficulties, the young man eventually opted to go with the easy difficulty, thinking of his excursion to the dungeon as another opportunity to test his current level of strength.

    at the same time, he took it as an opportunity to answer a few more questions lingering in his mind.

    "then again, although the layout might be the same, would the enemies also be the same?"

    "...would the secret super-boss of the cave of beginnings also be the same?"