Legacy of the Betelgeuse

I look at the notification with disbelief. I'm cover my mouth and standing in the middle of the road. I'm afraid and reluctant to open my friend list to check. I look around and walk into the woods. For some reason by going to the woods makes me feel a bit better. I sit down under the tree. I gulp and open my friend list.

[Becker (Online): Currently at (???)]

I click his name and open the message tab. I want to know if this is really Becker or not, but I'm too scared to send him a message.

*Ding*

The sound startled me and I'm looking at the message with my mouth wide open.

[Haha, you finally found me. How are you doing, Trev?]

[Becker? Is this really you?]

[Uhh... it's a yes and no at the same time. If this is the real me, then I shouldn't be dead, right?]

[Then, are you an A.I.?]

[Nope, I'm not an A.I., I am, me... For now, just leave it that way. Anyway, I want to know how are you doing? Are you enjoying the game so far? I believe you are. I've watched you making a lot of big mess around Orion. But I know what you are trying to do. You're preparing for "that", right?]

I spent hours talking with Becker. It was painful, but it was fun and enjoyable. It was like I'm talking with Becker for real, even though he's not the real Becker. We talked about a lot of things, I told him everything that I've encountered in the game and what is my plan. He was laughing and listened to my story passionately. I asked him where he was, but he didn't tell me and kept changing the topics. I finally realized that he's not an A.I. because I don't think an A.I. could change topics. Then I looked at the time and didn't realize it's already nighttime.

[I'm happy to talk with you again, Trev. I'll be away for now. Talk to you later!]

[Yeah, let's talk again sometimes.]

I close the tab and look at the night sky. I'm unconsciously smiling. It's the first time I'm feeling something like this. Then I go to the Pit of Hell because there's something that I need to check. If I'm lucky, I will find it. I'm planning to invite Ivonna and the others to join me when I'm certain about it.

The hole is destroyed. I might need to dig the ground and find the hole. Thankfully I bought a shovel before leaving Fjel town to meet Hacal. Then I'm starting to dig the ground. Then a pungent smell hit my nose.

"Damn, it stinks so bad..."

I finally see the hole and the hole is big enough for a person to enter. I'm covering my mouth and nose with the scarf. I take a deep breath and enter the hole.

Thanks to [Eye of the Moon] skill, I can see everything clearly. To be honest I wish that my vision is not this clear, because I can see small spiders and centipedes crawling on the walls and it gives me chills down to my spine. If this is real life, I would rather swim to the depth of the sea than exploring this hell. No matter how many times I came here back then, this feeling won't go away.

I follow the path deeper into the underground. I kill every spiders and centipede that are running towards me. Then an entrance not far from where I'm standing is finally visible. That entrance is where Queen Arachne and her servants came from. I enter the entrance and I see a giant egg. It's as big as a minivan. That is the egg that soon will be Queen Arachne, and it will hatch in 3 to 6 months. The egg is immune to damage so it can't be destroyed. Then the future Queen Arachne will need to be fed and will lay eggs to be her servants. But I come here not for this, I come here for something that is further back from this area.

As soon as I walk behind the egg, there are two holes that will lead to a different place. I walk toward the hole on the left and I'm having goosebumps immediately. That indicates there's something dangerous inside this hole because of my high DEX. Then I walk to the hole on the right and I'm feeling the same. I immediately walk back to the surface because I don't need to check it out. I open my friend list and check Ivonna's status. She's still in her base with the others.

[Ivonna, are you free?]

[Maybe in 10 minutes. I'm still with the clan members discussing the event. Why do you ask?]

[I see. If you're interested, come to Pit of Hell.]

[You don't have to tell me the details. If you asked me if I'm interested, then I'm interested. Should I bring the others?]

[Yeah, you can bring your clan members that are free as well.]

[Okay, that's great. I will notify you when we are done over here.]

[Take your time.]

I build a tent for me to rest and cook some food. I look at the forum and I just realized that there are no guides on cooking and only recipes for making buff food. As a good player, I'm going to make a thread about cooking while waiting for Ivonna and her clan members.

[Cooking Food Buffs!]

[I will share with you my knowledge about making food buffs since I didn't see anyone making a guide for it. First, I believe none of you knows about cooking food buffs. I'm not talking about the recipes and their effects. Without further ado, I will explain why your stat is going to give a different effect to the food you are making.

STR: There is a chance for the STR food buffs you made will have double their value.

DEX: There is a chance for the DEX food buffs you made will have double their value.

AGI: There is a chance for the AGI food buffs you made will have double their value.

INT: There is a chance for the INT food buffs you made will have double their value.

VIT: There is a chance for the VIT food buffs you made will have double their value.

LUK: There is a chance for the LUK food buffs you made will have double their value and instead of making one food, it will make two foods instead.

CHR: There is a chance every type of food buffs you made will have double its value and longer duration.

ART: There is a chance for the ART food buffs you made will have double their value.

The higher your main stat, the higher the chance it will succeed. That's all, I hope it will enlighten you all.]

I'm resting inside my tent and then a message from Ivonna appears in front of me.

[We are done here. We are on our way there.]

[Alright, I'll be waiting near the Pit of Hell. How many players are coming with you?]

[146 Players. There are some players with low levels, so we will be protecting them.]

[I see. It won't be a problem. As long as they're not too close to the monster, they should be fine.]

[Oh, that's a relief. Anyway, we will be there in an hour.]

[No problem. I will rest for a bit then.]

[Okay.]

I close my eyes for a bit and I fall asleep.

Someone is holding my shin. I open my eyes and it's Emma sitting beside me. I sit up and look at her.

"Oh, you're here. Is Ivonna here as well?"

Emma nods and is pointing outside the tent.

"Yeah, everyone is here. Let's go."

I stand up and leave the tent. I'm surprised because there are a lot of players in here. Ivonna and the others approach me. The other players are looking at me in awe, and the girls are looking at me without blinking their eyes. Ivonna waves.

"So, what are we going to do?"

I look around.

"We will be entering the Pit of Hell."

Emma groans.

"I have a feeling that you would say that..."

I scoff. Ivonna and the others are looking at the pit. Ivonna then looks at me.

"What's inside the pit?"

I smile.

"There are two bosses inside the Pit of Hell. I went inside the pit and checked it. They're there."

They're excited about it as soon as I said, bosses. Michael approaches me and puts his hand on my shoulder.

"Sweet! Thank you for inviting us!"

The others nod with an agreement. I nod and smile.

"Is everyone ready? Oh, tell them to wear something to cover their mouths and nose, because inside the pit stinks so bad and those who have a phobia with spiders and centipedes should be walking in the middle. This will be a trip of a nightmare for them."

Francesca with her lazy eyes is looking at me.

"Oh... F*ck..."

We are looking at Francesca and snoring. Ivonna chuckles.

"Oh, I forgot that you have scolopendrphobia."

Francesca is clicking her tongue and sighing.

"It's fine. I can handle it if it's a game... I think..."

They're laughing at Francesca. I'm surprised because Francesca is a tomboy and she seems to fear nothing. I never thought that she would be scared of centipedes.

Ivonna and the others then explain it to their clan members. I can see from some of their expression become sour as soon as they heard spiders and centipedes. But Ivonna is good with her words that makes all of them agreed to enter the pit because she's encouraging them. Then they all wearing masks and scarfs to cover their mouths and noses.

I'm looking at the thread that I made earlier, and in just an hour, my thread went trending. They were all surprised and blown their minds because they never knew about this. Some of them even sent a screenshot of the food buffs they made with its stat doubled. They all thanked me and Admin Sev even pinned the thread so the other players can read it.

Ivonna and the others approach me with their clan members. Ivonna looks at her clan members and smiles and looks at me.

"We are ready."

Francesca is covering her whole face and looks at the Pit.

"Oh, God... Please give me strength."

We are looking at the pit, but our shoulders are trembling from holding our laughter.

I exhale deeply and we all are looking at the pit. I tilt my head.

"Let's go."

Everyone nods and so we enter the Pit of Hell.