Chapter 3: Chapter 2: Beardy
Slimes. This place should change its names from Moors Catacombs to Slime breeding ground. I already spent 2 days in here and travel up 4 times yet all I see was slimes, Stone Slime, Sand slime, Iron slime, Silver slime, Jelly slime, Bone slime, slimes as far as eye can see. Also, I already established valid fact's about slimes, they can hear sound (only loud one), they can't see but they can detect Mana ( I use [Stop] once, I can see they body wriggle, but since the magic itself stop time, they end up dead anyway), they can fuse their body together to form a giant Slime ( I kick one of the Jelly slime toward it's friend and they just merge together. After that, I just keep 'Merging' them, and killed them all together ), also apparently slimes is an asexual organism ( I come across a Silver slime wriggling it's body in a corner, then about 10 small Silver slime separate itself from the parents, which looks really cute, and I kill the parent and stomp on the child. It's exp, don't judge).
As for Level, right now I'm already at level 98, I gained a few more skills, 2 combat skills [ Close Quarter Combat ] and [ Blade Arts ]. 4 Passive Non Combat skills [ Advanced Medical Treatment ], [ Carpentry ], [ Gourmet Chef ], [ Singing] . 1 Active Non Combat skill [ Researcher ]. By the way, what suprise me the most was every educational book from earth was considered a 'Skill Tome', Last night I as I was getting ready to sleep, I decided to ready a 'Carpentery for Dummy' since it's something I wanted to do back on earth, after finish reading the 20 pages book a notification came up that I have obtained a [ Carpentry ] skill, off course since it became that way, I ended up reading a cooking book and musical book. Also, due to constant observation, experiments and jotting down notes on Slimes, I gained [ Researcher ] skills. [ CQC ] was gained from me using all kind of moves to 'Merge' the slimes, while [ Blade Arts] from me playing with my Tactical Knifes when I'm reading a books, [ Double The Fun ] really make it easy for me to learn and Master any skills.
"Catacombs my ass... shouldn't there at least other Monster aside from slime...oh, another stairway......huh?..".
I found another stairway leading up to a 7th floor, but this time I felt something different from the previous floor, the air was moist, and there's loud sound of waterfall nearby and the sound was echoing. This time I changed from P226 to my SCAR-H, since there's probably a large open space upstairs I need to be ready to engage in much more larger range.
".....Wow, that's beautiful...and, looks like there's no more same boring Hallway.....".
What's greet me on the 7th floor was a Large Waterfall that seemingly to fall endlessly in the middle of the floor, it fall somewhere from the top and vanish somewhere down Bellow, water vapor spread all around, forming a mist here and there. It's stunning to look at, I can't even see where the waterfall starts and ends, also looks like there's hundreds of floors in this Catacombs, the floor plan also changed, this time it looks more like a catacombs, each floor was design like a massive ring, empty in the middle to let the waterfall flow, also each floor has several rooms on the outer side.
"Massive structure..this probably take hundred years to make.....by its design, this probably around late Middle age...I suppose they build it with help of Magic...".
Looking and touching the stone railing near the waterfall, the stone surface was smooth, also there's artistic design to it. Just with that, I can draw the conclusion that whomever build this at least have a technology level similar to Earth Late Middle age, also they probably have to utilize magics, to dig a ground this deep, they definitely can't do it by using shovel's.
"....I probably gonna spend months in this place...better start moving now..".
Now that there's a changed in scenery, it's definitely made me feel a little motivated. Since there's no room on this floor, I just headed to the staircase right away. In this open circular floor, I can find the staircase immediately. Actually I'm a little bit excited to check the rooms in all the floor, hopefully I can at least get a clue on who made this mega structure.
"Still nothing, huh...not even bones...what in the hell happened in this place?...".
The hope of discovering this catacomb previous inhibitants was just like it's current state, barren, none, nothing, nada, not even a single skeletal remains can be found. How come a gianormos structure doesn't even have a single remnants. I already climb 5 floor and check all the room, all them have the same outcome, empty. But, based on the look of each room, it's similar to a prison cell, iron bars, dirty floors and walls, some even have scribbles on the wall, It's definitely a prison cell for a humans or humanoid creatures.
"... I'm started to miss the slimes now....".
I just bought 10 000 rounds last night, hoping there's going to be something interesting today. This time, instead of moving slowly with Night Vision goggle on, I just strolling casually with a flashlight, checking each room. Check rooms, goes up, check rooms, goes up, rest and repeat this routine continues for hours, when the my watch show 0000 am, I set up my camp and sleep.
"........... just how big is this place??...".
Right now I'm already passed complaining phase, I decided to just go around without any anticipation. The floor that I'm at right now was 350th, I can't even see the floor where started, 2 days has passed, Right now [ Carpentry ] skill already evolved to [ Master Carpentry ] and [ Blade Arts] has evolved to [ Blade Master], that's just proved how bored I am for the past 2 days.
Today is Day 3 of me wandering around, it's already 1300 pm, still nothing. like usual the ever so loud waterfall on my right and empty cells( room) on my left and in front or back nothing, it's got to the level where all the sound started to sound annoying to hear.
"HHOOOOOOOAAAAA!!!...".
"what?!.....[ Kachak! ]..... it's coming from upstairs.....".
Loud shouts echoes all around the empty catacomb, it's snap me instantly, I turned off the flashlight and slowly head up the staircase.
"...Huh?...midgets?...why are they fighting against each other?....".
What I saw when I step on the 351st floor was a view of a 10 midgets man fighting against 1 midget man with a magnificent red beard. The basically gangs up against the beardy, I can see the beardy was in messed up conditions, he's only wearing a loincloth and arm with a femur bone, bloodied bite marks, slash wound covers his whole skinny body. While the other midgets obviously have something wrong with their behaviors, bloodshot eyes, frantic movements, it looks as if they lose their sanity. the weapon on their hands were thrown away and they start leaping towards beardy with saliva's flowing from their mouths.
"Arrrgghhhh!!!...Fuck you guys!!...even if I died!!.. I'm not going to let you eat me!!!...fuck!!..". ( Beardy)
"Ooouughhhh!!!..".
The beardy really put up a fight, he just lost his bone club but he pick up a stone and starts to bash the other midgets with it. The scene was to grotesque to look at, blood spurting from their body parts, some even got their skins peeled over but they still frantically trying to bit beardy. One of the 'Zombie Midget', bite on beardy right ankle causing him to fall on his butt, another ' Zombie Midget' immediately pounce on him.
"Looks like I need to step in...".
[ BANG!!]. [ BANG!!!! ]
Still in the kneeling position, the distance from me and Beardy was about 100 meters, I aim for the one that try to bite the beardy neck, as soon as I pulled the trigger, the zombie midget head exploded, brains and skull when flying and plastered on the ground next to beardy some of it falls inside his open mouth making him puked. Next shot aims at the one who still biting beardy ankle, this time only the lower jaw left sticks to beardy ankle. This made beardy, panic he instantly make a fetus position on the floor.
" MIDGET!..CRAWL TOWARDS MY VOICE!!..".
"Huh?!..who?..where?..".
"LEFT SIDE!..CRAWL NOW!!..[ BANNGG!! ]...HURRY!!..".
Baffled by my sudden order, beardy snap out of his fetus position and start to stand up and run towards me, but since there's still zombie midget right behind him. I told him to crawl since he got in my line of fire, immediately he dive face 1st the momentum causing him to slide about 1-3 meters forward. I continued firing on the zombie midgets, one by one fall to the ground, head blasted. The whole action takes only 20 second to unfold and end, even after all the zombie midgets were shot down by me, beardy still crawling towards me with his eye closed.
"AHHH!!..Voice sir!!.. I'm here!!..".
"...".
"Here?...ouch!..".
".....".
"Voice sir?.. I'm here?.".
"..........no you're not, that's wall you just bump into... I'm right here to your left, open your eyes to fuck sake.....".
The midget magnificently headbutted the wall several times before slowly raise his head, and ask, even that he still look the other way and still had his eye close.
"Sir?!..".
"Yeah.. sorry about this..".
"Huh?!...[BUUKK!!].....ackk!!..".
I can't have him panic or reacted to me. Before he even managed to get a glimpse of me, I knocked him unconscious by hitting the back of his neck with my rifle buttstock.
" [ Appraisal ]..".
[
Name: Karl Benson
Age: 102 (200 years life Spand)
Gender: Male
Race: Mountain Dwarves
Class: Blacksmith
Level : 50
Conditions : Malnourished/ Injured
Title : N/A
Status attributes :-
Vitality: 19/300. | Mana pool : 400
Strenght: 59 | Dexterity: 86
Wisdom: 57 | Agility: 48
Magic:-
Fire Magic ( Lvl. 4)
Earth Magic ( Lvl. 4)
Skills:-
Unique:-
All Disease Immunity (Lvl. Max)
Passive:-
Common Education (Lvl. N/A)
Strong Body ( Lvl. 4)
Active Non-Combat:-
Weaponsmith ( Lvl. 4)
Armour Smith (Lvl. 5)
Magic Smithing (Lvl. 6)
Dwraven Musket Smith (Lvl. 6)
Harvest (Lvl. 3)
Combat Skills :-
Active Combat:-
Battle Axe Arts ( Lvl. 3)
Hammer Master ( Lvl. 3)
Musket Gunner ( Lvl. 4)
Passive Combat:-
Enhanced willpower (Lvl. 2)
Affiliations:-
Remnants of Moors (-100 [Outcasts])
]
Looks like beardy was actually a Dwarves, which actually make sense, only dwarves can have a magnificent beard with body size of a toddler. By the way, the others zombie midget was actually the same race as him, Mountain Dwarves, but there's a slight difference in their classification, it's 'Feral Mountain Dwarves' which is quite mind disturbing.
[ Feral Mountain Dwarves ]
( Mountain Dwarves that was infected by deadly maddening diseases ( Ferality) which can only be obtained by constantly consuming member of the same race or consuming other humanoid race (Cannibalism). Anyone who labels as Feral were no longer considered a race, but an abomination monsters. Ferality can be transferred by bites wounds, direct blood transfusion and consuming infected meat. )
".....one of the many bad shit to comes, I guess... there's probably more of that ferals upstairs..I guess it's better to go downstairs for now..".
After collecting the drop items from the Feral Mountain Dwarves, I hoist up beardy ( Karl Benson) to my shoulder and make my way downwards, it was obvious that there's more of those Feral upstairs. I need to tend to this beardy as soon as possible, if not he might died soon. I head inside one of the room in floor 350th that was far from the staircase, and set the ( Immortal Barrier Stake ) on the door for safety. ( Immortal Barrier Stake ) was actually a starter item that Orbot gave me in the Dimensional Storage pouch, its a 4 golden stake with detailed carving something godly( I guess, can't really read it), all I have to do was plant all 4 of them on the ground and a strong almost impenetrable translucent barrier will enacted forming a square or other shaped depends on how you plant the stake, it also has an invisibility function, this is what I use everytime I set up a camp. After planting the ( Immortal Barrier Stake ) on each corner of the room, I set up my camp and get ready to treat beardy wound.
"... it's a miracle he still live....".
He was lucky to meet an army surgeon like me, if not he were probably dead by now. Bite marks, burn marks, cut marks, the only one that keep him alive were probably due to this skill [ Enhanced Willpower ]. The procedures last for only about an hour, right now I was relaxing myself while jotting down about all the things that happened today.
"Leveled up again...some skill already Maxed huh .....I wonder if I ended up becoming a freaking...well it's a good thing anyway...".
I decided to focus on status that solely important to battle, I have no need for Mana pool for now, of course I leave it for now. Beside increasing Wisdom stats will also increase Mana pool capacity. I was actually shocked that I've just obtained my first active combat skill [ Deadly Multiple Aim], it's amazing skill to have, especially for a combatants that regularly use range weapon like me
[ Deadly Multiple Aim (Lvl. 1) ]
( Enable user to instantly Lock Multiple enemy upon activated. A red aim ( crossair) will appeared on each targets, each shots will hit the aim( crossair) at 100% accuracy. (Lvl. 1 = 5 target can be marked ) consume 10mp upon use. )
[
Name: James Joon
Age: 20 ( 301 years life Spand)
Gender: Male
Race: High Human
Class: Royalty ( King of High Human)
Level: 101 (960 980/999 999Exp)
Condition: Healthy
Title: N/A
Status attributes:-
Free status attributes points: 0 points
Vitality: 400 (+100 + 100 fp) Mana pool: 200
Strength: 300(+100 +50 fp) Dexterity: 200(+10 fp)
Wisdom: 110. Agility: 200(+40 fp)
Magic:-
Time Magic (Lvl. N/A)
( Spells available (2) : [ Stop], [ Rewind] )
Skills:-
Unique:-
Online Shopping Mall (Lvl N/A)
Create Infrastructure ( Lvl N/A)
Double The Fun ( Lvl N/A)
Passive:-
Universal Language Comprehension (Lvl N/A)
Half-Immortality ( Lvl N/A)
Map (Lvl N/A)
Vitality UP ( Lvl. 1)
Strenght UP (Lvl. 1)
Master Carpentry (Lvl. 2) [Evolved from Carpentry]
Gourmet Chef (Lvl. 1)
Artist ( Lvl. 1) [ Evolved from Singing]
Researcher ( Lvl. 4)
Advanced Medical Treatment ( Lvl. Max)
Active Non-Combat:-
Appraisal EX ( Lvl N/A)
Harvest++ (Lvl N/A)
Combat Skills :-
Active Combat:-
Deadly Multiple Aim ( Lvl. 1) [ New]
Passive Combat:-
Advanced Marksmanship (Lvl. Max)
Blade Master ( Lvl. 2) [ Evolved from Blade Arts]
Close Quarter Combat ( Lvl. 2)
Affiliations:-
N/A
Subjects:-
N/A
]
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P/s. Fp is an abbriviation to Free points.
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