[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-black-online":3,"chapter-black-online-black-online-chapter-71":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Black Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1462564,1913,"Chapter 71: Water Monster, Dark Hole, and Smoke","black-online-chapter-71",71,"\u003Cp>With the sword in hand, Machary spun like a tornado and slashed through the small army of skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skeletons crumbled to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Skeletons this time around. The 6th floor is strange in a way that the boss and its minions change constantly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machary said, picked up the dropped items of the skeletons, and then ventured deeper into the dark hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking for a while, he arrived at a crossroads, marked each pathway with a number, and then took the \"1\"-marked path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later, he arrived at a dead end, and thus, he turned around, walked ten minutes back to the crossroad, and took the second path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, once again, he encountered a dead end, walked back yet again, and took the final \"3\" marked path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time around, he arrived at some kind of well-lit chamber with a river running through the stone ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground was uneven—very hill-like, except it was all stone—and if there were trees, it would be very forest-like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whips of water burst out from the river, and they moved like tentacles of a massive octopus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is this now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machary shifted his sword into a reverse grip, and at that moment, the whips of water lashed at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped, twirled, and slashed through the whips of water with a reverse slash that sent droplets flying in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whips of water turned back to their liquid form and fell back into the river. It turned calm, but there was something churning under.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I don’t want to wait and see what kind of monstrosity comes out next!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machary jumped over the river, took off into a run, and escaped the chamber before it was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chat window.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He whispered, pulled out the chat window, and messaged everyone about what he had just encountered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him, there was also a message from Fang Raon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fang Raon: I just encountered some kind of dancing skeletons]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Machary: I also encountered some skeletons, but now I met some strange water monster. Avoid water, if you can]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then made the chat window disappear and continued forward through the dark dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...They’re encountering monsters, but I haven’t found anything yet.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abigail thought to herself and made the chat window disappear, and she then arrived at the end of the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stopped at the end of the hallway, and her expression turned strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of her, there was a drop that went deep into the darkness. It was a massive hole in front of her, and she couldn’t see the end to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the hole, there was another hallway, but there was no way to go over the hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’There is no other path for me to go to, so is this just a dead end?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abigail looked conflicted, and she then pulled out the chat window and sent a message to the party chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Abigail: I’ve encountered a problem. There is a massive gap in front of me, and there is a hallway on the other side, but to go there I would need to somehow fly over twenty meters]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fang Raon: Machary, can your Super Jump cross that gap?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Machary: You crazy? I can jump ten meters, maybe more if I run for speed, but twenty meters is impossible]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fang Raon. Abigail, join Machary in the second path. There are multiple paths to the boss room, so even if yours is one, there is still a chance]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at the message, replied with \"Ok,\" and then closed the chat window before heading back to where she came from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Slowness\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poppy cursed the running skeletons with the slow debuff that made them move even slower than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ARGH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragnar screamed and smashed through the skeletons with his shield and sent them crashing into the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Good job.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said to the shy girl, who wasn’t accustomed to receiving praise, and she blushed and smiled gratefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, Ragnar smelled something weird and looked forward, and he saw some strange smoke coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Smoke? Is something burning there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He curiously said with a smile, and he slowly approached it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"S-Should we ask Raon what we should do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poppy asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Give me a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragnar said, and with some hesitation, he reached his hand towards the smoke and barely touched it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, his right hand was engulfed in flames, and his skin started to melt right off his bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"RAGNAR!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poppy screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragnar frowned, pulled out his axe, and cut off his right hand. He then threw the flaming hand away from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flaming hand burned off till there was nothing left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I had waited any longer, that flame would’ve engulfed the rest of my body and would’ve killed me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragnar thought and walked away from the smoke, and Poppy was immediately healing the bloody stump of his separated hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heal... Heal... Heal...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to use Heal three times, and only at the third time did the hand grow back, and it was as good as new.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Thanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragnar said, and then he took out a Mana Recovery Potion from his inventory and handed it over to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Ah, thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poppy accepted it with both hands, gulped it down like a chipmunk eating a nut, and immediately felt much better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragnar pulled out the chat window and typed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ragnar: The fourth path is a no-go. We encountered some smoke that kills you instantly if you get close]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fang Raon: Come over to the first path then. I am getting quite far, so you need to run if you want to catch me]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragnar waved off the chat window, and Poppy nodded, and the two of them started making their way back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon typed on the chat window, but meanwhile, he was holding a skull of a skeleton in his left hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around him, there were about ten dead skeletons littered on the ground, all around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Smoke that kills. Very intriguing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said, and then he crushed the skull in his hand and hopped off the pile of dead skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With narrowed gaze, he reached the end of the hallway and arrived in front of a heavy-looking door that had intricate carvings of snakes and dragons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...This screams of a boss room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1061,"2026-06-06T02:35:08.158Z",1,"novelbin.me","dd163db9ea17f434df7eaa4262f4e071de4a54ff4d4a56a49540dc53cb475229","black-online-chapter-72","black-online-chapter-70",270,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fblack-online-cover.jpg"]