Dungeon Boss Task Trap
The sound of hurried footsteps echoed through the exhibition hall, but the scraping of something hard against the floor didn't speed up. It kept moving toward the hall at the same steady pace, and the contrast between fast and slow made the scene even more terrifying and eerie.
Big Bear rushed into the hall. Looking up, he saw only two rows of dim yellow lights, each illuminating barely three feet in front of a pillar. The vast museum was otherwise swallowed by darkness. The doors were shut tight, and inside the space, he could faintly hear something like a fierce wind blowing through a narrow gap, only for it to turn into the sound of liquid flowing a moment later!
A hand gripped the wall at the corner of the room. Big Bear glanced back, then plunged into the darkness and ran toward the Portrait Painting that had been damaged during the day!
A tall, slender shadow emerged from the corridor and disappeared into the darkness, following the route Big Bear had taken. Once it had vanished, two more shadows emerged from the corridors on either side and entered the hall in succession.
Big Bear chose the side in the middle of the exhibition hall and hid in the darkness. When he figured he was close to the Portrait Painting, he slowed down and darted around the side of a pillar. He reached for the painting at once!
Just as his hand touched the Picture Frame, a game notification suddenly appeared:
[Congratulations, Player Hidden One, on finding a counterfeit painting and completing this Dungeon's first task.]
The smile that had begun to spread across Big Bear's face froze. The Monster in the darkness let out a roar and began smashing things around the hall in a