These Familiars Are Strange

Along with us, there were two other groups that grabbed their pieces of paper in the end.@@novelbin@@

But it was certainly surprising to see who they were.

It was the Dark Knights Team and the Luminous Knights Team.

Neither of them seemed to move while the pieces of paper were floating in the air like this. It seemed that neither of them wanted to pick anything and just wanted to take whatever was left.

So when the three of our teams got our pieces of paper, they both looked at our team that had waited until the end like them.

The way that they looked at us was as if we had caught their attention.

The way that they looked at us was as if we had somehow piqued their interest and now they were paying attention to us.

It was as if they thought that we had waited until the end to pick these pieces of paper because we knew something special. They thought that we were the same as them, which was why we waited until the end.

But the reality was that we weren't like that at all.

I just wanted to wait until the end so we wouldn't attract any attention.

I just wanted to be lowkey…

But it was already too late since they had this misconception.

The only thing that I could do was hope that we didn't run into each other that early in the dungeon.

Once everyone received their piece of paper, the person in charge said, "The competition will begin now. You will be free to move however you want in the dungeon, but just remember that we will be judging you on the things that you bring out, as well as who will be able to clear the dungeon."

Though he was explaining the rules of the competition, there were those that entered the portal before he finished explaining the rules.

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At the end, he added, "The time limit will be three days starting from when I started this explanation. If you feel that you've already gotten enough, then you are free to leave at any moment. If you don't leave when the time limit is up, the return stones that we've embedded into the maps will bring you out when the time limit is up. But that also means that if you lose the maps for some reason, don't blame us for being trapped in the dungeon."

It seemed that those that entered the dungeon before he finished his explanation did earn an advantage in terms of having a bit more time, but it really wasn't that much longer since it was only ten minutes.

At the same time, it seemed that there was something gained from listening to this explanation.

"For those that have remained to this point, let me give you a special present. It's a special hint that will help you in the dungeon."

The way that the person in charge said this was almost as if they were stalling for time.

But in the end, they said, "When you're in the dungeon, you shouldn't just think about what's in the castle. You should also try to think about what's outside the castle."

As soon as he said this, he pointed to the portal and said, "Now go on, do your best and don't leave any regrets."

Right when his voice fell, there was a light that came from the portal.

Then it was as if there was something that was pulling us as we suddenly started flying towards the portal. It was as if there was some kind of barrier around us that came from the pieces of paper that we got.

With these barriers, we were thrown right into the portal and we entered the dungeon.

While entering the dungeon, the pieces of paper still covered us in this barrier that kept us together. However, the other teams that had different barriers around them disappeared from our line of sight.

It seemed that these pieces of paper had some kind of mechanism that sent people to certain locations.

When the world seemed to stabilize, the first thing that we did was look around ourselves to make sure that we were alright.

Since we didn't enter the dungeon the normal way, that meant that we didn't get put in a safe zone that was always there by the dungeon entrance. There was the chance that we could be dropped right in the middle of the monsters in this dungeon.

But that didn't seem to be the case.

It seemed that this room that we had been dropped in was a safe area.

Or at least there weren't currently any monsters that were here.

After looking around the room for a bit, I went over to the window that was on the side of the room.

Looking out the window from here, I could see that there was nothing but sky that was out there. But when I went over to take a look, I could see that it wasn't that simple out there.

This dungeon was known as the Castle in the Sky and it really was that.

Looking out the window, I could see that there was some kind of foundation that this castle that we were in was flying on and beyond that, it didn't seem like there was anything other than sky. As far as the eye could see, it seemed like there was only sky in front of us.

The clue was to look beyond that castle, but it really didn't seem like there was anything out there.

So the only thing that I could think of was the foundation of the castle.

Was there something in the foundation that this castle was built on?

After thinking for a bit, I turned to look at the door and said, "Let's explore for a bit."

Iris and Wang Rong nodded in agreement before following me to the door.

It didn't matter what theories I had right now.

The only thing that mattered was exploring this place and finding out more about this castle in the sky.