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Mount Takao, the Dream Dungeon, the corrupted domains of the Oni and Nagas, the Divine Realm of the Mountain Chief God, and the Heavenly Domains of Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi—all were swallowed by the Labyrinth of Madness.
Yet this mountain was not the only target. Across all of Tokyo, Domains and Realms began to be absorbed.
An imnse force, like a gigantic black hole, started to disrupt the entire supernatural world of Japan.
But it did not stop there.
In the Physical World, which fought desperately to remain unaffected through the resilience of the Planet's Soul, Mother Gaia, who poured her power into shielding the surface and its living beings, even she began to feel the strain.
"Huh? What is this weird notification?"
Millions of players of the mysterious video ga "Dungeon Seekers" suddenly saw strange ssages appear on their phones. Screens glitched violently until what was inside the devices began to spill into reality. Pixeled spectral hands erged, seizing their owners and dragging them inside.
Missing persons reports flooded Japan. Videos spread worldwide, young n, middle schoolers, even girls playing on their phones, sucked into glowing screens.
"Kai! Drop your phone! Kai! Did you see the news?!"
Frank's mother raced upstairs after the horrifying reports on TV, rembering how often her daughter played gas.
When she reached Kai's room...
Only the phone remained on the floor, screen cracked, displaying glitching numbers and colors.
Kai was gone.
"K-Kam...! KAI!!!"
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Kai opened her eyes sowhere else.
"Eh?"
She felt dizzy and exhausted. One mont she had been lounging on her bed, playing her favorite mobile ga while munching chips and sipping cold tea.
The next, a giant spectral hand burst from her phone, grabbed her face, and yanked her inside the screen.
She hadn't even had ti to scream before she landed.
A twisted, chaotic landscape stretched around her, countless fragnted worlds jamd together in a labyrinthine nightmare.
She lay on a large slab of dark purple bricks. Standing slowly, she looked around in confusion.
"A-Am I dreaming? What is this?"
Kai could barely process her situation, let alone accept that what had just happened was real.
Could it truly be a dream?
"Ugh..."
But when she glanced down at the endless spiraling vortex of chaos below, filled with millions of wailing souls screaming from its depths...
Sothing deep inside her scread that this was NOT a dream.
"A-Ahh...! Aahhh!"
She scread in terror, collapsing to the floor and dragging herself away from the edge of the floating boulder.
She clutched her head and cried out, desperately trying to make sense of everything.
"W-What's going on?! Mom?! Dad?! Brother?! Soone?! IS ANYONE HERE?!"
As tears stread down her face, she saw countless lights, entities, and people falling from the chaotic sky.
Her eyes widened as she watched several figures battling a colossal mass of pure darkness. Even a titanic woman made of sunlight seized the creature with her massive hands as they plumted deeper.
Then she heard voices.
"Is soone here?"
"H-Hello?"
"Help! Help !"
Around her floated many other platforms crowded with people, so alone, others in groups.
They were all panicking, screaming, just as lost and terrified as she was.
"WELCO, EVERYONE."
A voice thundered through their minds, souls, and the world itself, forcing them to their knees.
"All of you have been chosen to beco Players in my Ga! This is the Labyrinth of Madness! Born from humanity's deepest desires for self-destruction! Now you will have the chance to play by the rules you most believe in, the strong reign supre!"
A figure materialized from the darkness, an elder god of chaos and the cosmos fused with the image of a handso demon king: long purple hair, black horns, butterfly wings.
"Since the mont I was born, I have believed that only the strong can make the rules of this world—no, this universe! Thus, you exceptional players of Dungeon Seekers are welcod to the ga!"
People panicked, screaming at the figure and hurling stones.
"Who the hell are you?!"
"Why are we here?!"
"What's happening?!"
"Is magic and demons real?! Are gods real?! Holy shit! And I was atheist!"
"Bring us back, you piece of shit!"
Yet he smiled warmly.
"Please, have patience and shut up while I speak."
With a snap of his fingers, everyone throwing stones and shouting exploded into masses of blood.
"Gyaaaaahhh!"
"Nooooo!"
"Aaahhhh!"
Those who witnessed it scread in horror. Kai covered her mouth, eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at the carnage around her.
She curled into a fetal position and began mumbling.
"This isn't real, this isn't real, this isn't real, this isn't real, this isn't real..."
As she repeated the words to herself, the being, the Demon King of Terra and Primordial God of Chaos and the Cosmos in Shintoism, A-no-Mikaboshi, continued.
"Now listen well, everyone! All of you are Chosen Ones, Players! In ten minutes, the world as you know it will cease to exist, and a brand-new world shall begin!" he laughed. "The Labyrinth of Madness will slowly absorb everything. Everyone you love or care about will die! But fear not! As Players, you have the privilege to grow stronger! How? Through Leveling Up and gaining Skills and Points!"
He waved his hands. Holographic ssages appeared before every survivor, displaying stats, levels, skills, and more.
"The Ga is simple! Slay any living being to gain EXP and Points! Use EXP to Level Up and Points to purchase Items and Skills! Isn't that exciting?! Just like the gas you love!"
Reactions varied. So refused to believe it. Others were utterly confused.
A few laughed in exhilaration; this was exactly what they had always wanted.
"I-I can't believe this..."
"What? Like the ga?"
"Eh? I have a level?"
"S-Stats?"
"...Hahah, this is... this is aweso."
"No way, for real?"
"Amazing..."
Kai stared at the hologram before her with trembling hands, eyes wide in disbelief. She had beco a Player in the Ga.
"Amazed? Surprised? I am glad you like it! Now, the Ga will begin. There are... no rules. However, I will explain how it works because this is the Tutorial."
The Demon snapped his fingers. Realm Fragnts from every absorbed Domain and Realm fused into massive dungeons swarming with monsters.
"There will be dungeons scattered across this area, filled with limited monsters and treasures. As Players in the Tutorial, you have the chance to claim them before anyone else! In thirty minutes, the world outside will change forever, so seize this opportunity right now!"
Kai gazed at the strange portals leading to bizarre, otherworldly places, the "dungeons" this wicked god of chaos had spoken of.
"That is all! I am quite busy dealing with so annoyances, so while I am gone, please enjoy your stay! Phase 2 shall begin promptly after I finish, so hurry and seize this chance before anyone else does!"
The Demon King vanished, leaving everyone in stunned silence.
Yet so acted faster than they thought.
Opportunists leaped from floating stone to floating stone, reaching the dungeons and diving inside with wicked smiles.
Others moved because there was no choice...
"GRUUOOOHHHH!"
...or because monstrous aberrant creatures of the void began chasing them.
Everyone scread and ran.
"Aah!"
Kai scrambled to her feet as a colossal black serpent pursued her. She leaped desperately from stone to stone, nearly falling each ti, until she reached the nearest dungeon portal and threw herself through.
FLASH!
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