SSS Awakening: Rebirth of the Strongest Vampire God novel Chapter 168

Chapter 168: Intruders

The archway was almost hidden in plain sight, and only if one paid close attention would one see it. Damon and Mark scaled down the cliff first and arrived at the entrance.

Immediately, a sharp mechanical screech echoed through the air, like rusted gears grinding against bone. Damon glanced up just as the system messages flashed in his vision:

[Ding! You have discovered a Hidden Instance: Mech Fortress - Broken Depths]

[Ding! Warning! Warning! Warning! Unstable Hidden Instance]

"Unstable?" Damon had never heard of anything like this before, even in his last life. But the more dangerous a dungeon was, the better the rewards were!

Without hesitation, he stepped into the dungeon along with Mark. The entire group was in a party already, so it did not matter who entered first and who entered last. They would all be in the same instance.

One by one, the others also read the same warning message and walked in anyway. Meira was the last to get in, and the woman seemed extremely reluctant.

"Are you sure this is where we are supposed to go?" She mumbled, looking around. They were all standing in some sort of huge metallic room, and the dungeon portal was just an archway. It was completely different from the other dungeons they had encountered.

Meira only barely finished talking when suddenly a loud screeching sound blared like a fire alarm.

"INTRUDERS!"

"INTRUDERS!"

"INTRUDERS!"

Damon instantly had a bad feeling. Without wasting a second, he activated Blink to reach the archway and to get the hell out of the dungeon, but it was already too late.

The small archway, the supposed dungeon entrance actually exploded right on their faces. The blinding explosion was strong enough to throw all five of them away like rag dolls completely taking the whole group by surprise.

At the last moment, Damon managed to erect mana shields for everyone preventing any big damage. Coincidentally, Aurora also managed to erect divine shields though it was only for herself and Damon. Meira looked at the woman as if she had betrayed her nine generations and Aurora simply looked away shyly.

Damon did not have the time right now to deal with the shady priestess with the hidden agenda. He had a feeling that this dungeon was not as straightforward as it looked like. He narrowed his eyes as he examined the metallic walls surrounding them.

The explosion had completely sealed the entrance behind them. Where once the archway stood, there was now nothing but a scorched crater of warped metal and molten debris, oozing down the walls.