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Chapter 86: Monster Party Begins

It started the moment the crowd gathered around Millie and froze in place.

That was when the mascot suits began to appear.

Second time was near the carousel...

Jhin had chased the strange flows more than once, only to lose them again and again. But he clearly remembered that moment near the carousel—how the mascot suits appeared right as the crowd focused on Millie.

Once could be a coincidence.

Twice? Never.

That was when he knew. This was the key.

I still don’t know why they show up every time Millie appears, but...

He glanced across the park and saw the mascot suits cropping up one after another, their numbers multiplying like mushrooms after rain.

There was a weight to their movements now—intent.

Are they trying to prevent the crowd from gathering?

He couldn’t say for sure. But he didn’t like it.

He pressed a finger to his ear and whispered into Millie’s earpiece.

«They’re coming. Be ready.»

Millie’s performance was reaching its climax.

The music surged. The crowd roared.

And the mascot suits were close enough now to be clearly seen.

They were pulling out weapons.

...Weapons?

A bunny head pulled out a club, blood still caked on it.

A bear suit swung a heavy iron mace into its hand.

It was surreal.

What was even stranger—no one in the audience reacted.

Not even a flinch.

Even as the mascots walked right past them, brandishing lethal weapons, the crowd stayed cheerful and unaware.

And then one of them spoke.

«Guests must ride the attractions. Do not disrupt operations...»

That’s when the dog-head mascot ran toward the stage—

A glint of a hatchet in its hand.

«Millie!»

Jhin didn’t wait.

From behind the stage, he burst forward, intercepting the mascot before it could even strike.

A spinning kick sent the mascot’s head flying.

Thwack!

The suit crashed down into the crowd, its limbs flailing.

And only then did people start to scream.

«Aaaahhh!»

The dog-suited figure landed in the center of the audience.

Finally, the illusion cracked.

People started to notice the mascots.

Figures holding deadly weapons, eyes gleaming, now turning their heads toward the stage.

Millie’s music was still blaring.

The lights were still flashing.

And through it all—

[Welcome to Bey World. Welcome to Bey Worl—...]

The broadcast stuttered. It repeated. Glitched.

And then the people’s faces began to flicker—like static on an old TV screen.

Their outlines glitched. Their forms twitched.

Jhin reached for his weapon.

Millie, breath heavy, gripped her "Magic Revolver."

Luke and Lykan stepped forward, tensing.

«Stay sharp.»

They didn’t need Soft skills’s sensing to feel it.

Power whipped through the air like a storm.

Its source: one of the mascots.

The bunny.

...Wel... welcome to Bey World. The... nighttime opening is now—...]

And with those distorted words, the world changed.

No warning.

No sound.

Daylight vanished—swallowed whole.

The blue sky gave way to blackness.

The sunlit park twisted into something broken.

The rides cracked. Structures collapsed. The world became ruinous.

And the people—

Gone.

Vanished like smoke.

And then—

Screeeeech!

A monster’s shriek tore through the air.

Jhin turned his head and narrowed his eyes.

«...Orcs?»

It wasn’t just orcs.

Behind them came ogres.

Then kobolds.

A scattered, jumbled wave of monsters was screaming toward them.

«...Mr. Jhin.»

Millie’s voice was quiet.

He followed her gaze to the bunny mascot’s hands.

There, it held a glowing orb.

Jhin knew instantly.

That’s the cause.

Screeeeee!

The horde drew closer.

Jhin slashed down a group of ghouls rising behind the stage.

«How dare you raise a weapon at the king! You shame all goblins!»

Lykan shouted, swinging his club at an impish goblin.

Luke thrust his sword awkwardly beside him.

Millie’s revolver fired, sharp and clean.

But Jhin kept his eyes on the bunny.

What are you?

He had seen enough to understand.

If this wasn’t dungeon magic—then the answer was something else.

An ability. Or a weapon’s exclusive skill.

«Watch the others for me,» he said toMillie.

Then he jumped.

High into the air.

A monster snarled and leapt. Jhin met it midair—cut down an ogre’s wrist and used its collapsing body to spring even higher.

Second leap.

He was on the bunny in seconds.

His sword—Master of chaos—swung with deadly force.

Fwoooosh!

But the moment he closed in—

A blinding flash of light burst in front of him.

So bright it could have burned his retinas.

If he hadn’t shut his eyes that instant, it might’ve done permanent damage.

Whoosh!

His sword missed. It cut nothing but air.

By the time his eyes cleared, the bunny was gone.

So was the orb.

[Skill: ’Soft skills(A)’ activated.]

He scanned quickly—and found it.

The bunny was fleeing.

It had leapt over the crowd, bounding away from the monsters, and now it looked back at them.

Screech! Roar!

Monsters lunged.

Jhin slashed through an orc’s open mouth and cleaved another with a sharp, precise spin.

They weren’t too strong—

Low-level mobs.

They fell easily.

«Y-Your Majesty!»

From the stage came Lykan’s desperate voice.

He had rushed in earlier with fire in his eyes—but now, he was overwhelmed.

Luke was trying to help, but it wasn’t enough.

Jhin paused.

His eyes flicked between the bunny and the stage.

Milliewas holding her own—fighting fiercely. But she had no time to watch the others.

«...Tch.»

With a short breath, Jhin turned back.

He left the bunny.

And ran toward the stage.

Slashing every monster in his way.

Behind him, the broadcast crackled again.

[Bey World’s nighttime opening! Theme: Monster Party! We hope you have a thrilling, magical evening—]

[—Kzzzzzt.]

Ruined buildings—fractured shells of what once was.

From behind the shadows of those decaying walls, a small team moved carefully, hugging the edges as they approached their destination.

They were Company’s field team—silent, precise—tracking Kyle from Stoneveil city Station all the way here, following in secret.

Team leader Conard narrowed his eyes.

«So this place... didn’t become a dungeon after all.»

Bey World. Once famous as a family theme park, now a husk scattered with broken remnants and collapsed corners. And yet, there was none of the telltale pressure that marked dungeon territory.

It was odd.