The Outerverse didn't wait. It never did.
Shards of broken streets floated in the pink-and-black haze, and the air smelled like scorched metal and ozone. Rose-Metal stepped onto a shard, rose-metal plating glinting, amber eyes scanning every flicker of movement.
[New Dungeon Detected: Rift of Infinite Shadows]
[Level Recommendation: 350+]
She smirked. "350+? Cute. Let's make it 400 before lunch."
The First Wave
A portal ripped open beneath her. Shadow wolves with chrome jaws, floating eyes dripping black acid, humanoid wraiths with jagged limbs spilled out like a river of nightmares.
She moved. Not careful. Not graceful. Unstoppable. Cannon-leg snapped out, spraying lead. Wolves exploded, eyes frying, bodies jerking. Blade flashed, splitting wraiths in two.
A scream. A crunch. A splash of black ooze.
[Kill Registered. Level +12]
[Kill Registered. Level +12]
"Pathetic," she muttered, licking residue from her fingers. "I thought you'd be… fun."
Mini-Boss: Shadow Warlock
A warlock twisted out of a portal above, armor black chrome, staff crackling violet energy. Reality warped around her. Streets folded, gravity flipped.
Rose-Metal didn't care. She phazed through space like air. Appeared behind him. Cannon-leg fired. Staff exploded. Blade flashed through chest.
[Kill Registered. Level +20]
[Boss Defeated. Level +55]
Level 372. She wiped ash from her teeth. "Too slow. Next."
Dungeon Boss: Fallen Angel of Black Chrome
The shadows merged. Ten meters tall, wings jagged and red-cracked, body metal and blood fused, eyes burning. Its roar shredded the void.
She grinned. "Finally… a worthy fuckin' target."
She launched. Blades and bullets danced together. Magic pulses shattered against her rose-metal plating and bounced back. Tentacles, claws, wings—all shredded, all gone.
[Kill Registered. Level +25]
[Boss Defeated. Level +60]
[Dungeon Cleared. Level +15]
Level 467.
She spat on the shattered skull. "Level 467 and I didn't even break a sweat. Cute."
Aftermath: Crew Arrives
A shadow witch, vampire marksman, half-demon brute appeared. Eyes wide. Mouths open.
"You cleared that dungeon solo?" the vampire whispered.
She smiled. Teeth sharp, amber eyes cold. "Yeah. You got a problem?"
Machine gun snapped out. Witch's head blew apart.
[Kill Registered. Level +1]
Half-demon lunged. Spine ripped out.
[Kill Registered. Level +1]
Vampire vanished. She crushed the mist. Drank it like steam.
[Kill Registered. Level +1]
Level 53.
She lit a cigarette, smoke curling with blood dripping from her chin. Amber eyes glinting: "Disrespect me—die. Simple.