It's been 5 days since I beat the wolf boss for the first time. It's Monday morning now, I'm level 77. After beating the boss 16 more times I've gone up a total of 13 levels. The efficiency of leveling up is getting slower, it takes about 2 boss kills to level up and will only get worse from here. I'm able to defeat the boss while using only 1 MP potion, sometimes none at all. I can face it up to 5 times a day if I spend the whole 12 hour day trekking up and back through the desert. It takes me about 3 hits with a fire sword to subjugate the wolf man now. I've profited almost 30 silver in the last 4 days.
[Status Open]
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Name: Jay Soju
Level: 77
Hp: 390/390
Mp: 390/390
Strength: 190 [+50]
Speed: 220
Agility: 231
Defense: 172
Mental Strength: 191 [+38]
Skills:
Absorption
Swordsmanship
Combat Magic [Fire Summoning]
Items Equipped:
Stainless Steel Long Sword [+50 Strength]
Golden Wolf Ring [+20% Mental Strength]
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I got dressed and readied my sword in its sheath. As I went to reach in my drawer for a few coins to fuel todays hunt I saw a card I'd placed in there last week. It was the "Pace Guild" card. I remembered the scout offered to show me around their advanced E Class dungeon… it may be worth a shot today.
I put all my gear together including a few leftover MP and HP potions and stepped out the door. I grabbed breakfast at the corner store and made my way in the direction of the Pace Guild. I'm curious how powerful their private dungeon really is.
About 15 minutes later I found the guild. It was a large brick building, maybe 5 stories tall. They're a small guild, but in a town like this… what else can you expect.
I walked right through the front door and was greeted by a tall blond woman.
"Hello sir, welcome to the Pace Guild. Please show me your Hunter's license. How may I help you today?"
"Oh sure, here. I- uh- I met a scout of yours by a dungeon last week. Jack? Could I talk to him?"
She took my card and examined it.
"3 months as an E Class Hunter? What's Jack doing scouting a rookie like you? Sure. I'll call him."
I was thrown off by the rude remark. Her tone completely changed the moment she saw my license. I guess I can't blame her, my growth is rather fast. A regular 3 month old non-affiliated E Class would most likely be around level 20-25.
I decided not to provoke her further, I patiently waited as she went off into a back room.
Minutes later she came out with the familiar man by her side.
"Hey! Jay the swordsmannnn! What a surprise. What can I do for you today?"
"Hi Jack! Well, I came here to see the Orc Dungeon. The one you mentioned your guild privately ran. Is that possible?"
He smirked, the woman looked annoyed.
"Could I see your status to confirm some info? It's recommended to be above level 70 for soloing the main dungeon area. Plus level 100 is recommended for the boss, this is where we train most of our upper E Class as they get ready to cross over into D Class dungeons."
"I- I would rather not show you my status if that's alright. I'm able to easily defeat the Wolf Dungeon boss solo. That should be enough confirmation for you right?"
Jack looked at me curiously, the woman wore an even more disgusted look on her face. She definitely didn't believe me. Jack spoke up before she could say anything.
"Yeahh, I guess that's fine. I have a few hours free this morning. I'd be happy to train with you a bit. Only one rule, all mana drops and loot are property of the Pace Guild. You're a a guest today, as our D Class representative I'd be happy to show you around."
I nodded.
"Works for me."
He smiled.
"Well, follow me. The dungeon is just out back, a 3 minute walk."
I followed him out the back of the building and through a small park area.
Moments later we came upon a large white fair tent. Outside were two guards. Jack smiled and said something to them and they let us enter.
Inside there were racks of armor and weapons leading up to a big blue glowing portal. Without any words I drew my sword. Jack grinned and grabbed a sword from one of the top racks, it was bigger and shined much brighter than mine. We both jumped through the portal.
When we got to the other side I took in the view for a minute. It was a very rocky landscape, but it had big red trees with dark green leaves scattered every 20 meters or so. There were small hills in front of us, and a big mountain in the distance.
It felt like we were in a huge mountain range. The air was a bit thin and it was chilly. Overall, a very cool dungeon. I smiled.
"Neat dungeon, how strong are the Orcs in here really…?"
Jack turned to me.
"They're pretty strong. About the same as the wolf boss, minus the fire. So they're a bit easier to subjugate. The boss here is a tough one though. We call it the D Class right of passage. Beat that boss alone and you're a D Class in the eyes of the Pace Guild."
"Cool, let me at a few Orcs to warm up. Maybe we can take a crack at the boss today."
I grinned with excitement. I'd get the chance to level up a lot today… plus I'd get to face a new overpowered boss. We started walking into the dungeon.
"Hey, by the way… what's your skill Jack? Are you a swordsman?"
He was visibly pleased I asked.
"Yep, you guessed it. I have the swordsmanship skill and have a natural edge with my strength stat. This sword is a plus 100 strength as well. I rely on power and my swordsmanship skill.
My eyes lit up.
"Plus 100 huh? Nice sword."
"Yeah it's more than enough for this dungeon. Our guild provides us all kinds of training gear. For the D Class dungeons I usually get a stronger sword, but it's not needed today."
I nodded. Jack was still looking at me curiously.
"What about you? I assumed you were a swordsman, but never got the chance to ask. What's your skill?"
I grinned as I gripped my sword.
"Yeah, I'm a swordsman. I have the swordsmanship skill, plus a natural boost in speed and agility. This sword has plus 50 strength."
Jack nodded. He still looked at me with that curious gaze.
"There's more isn't there…"
I assumed he was onto me. Might as well let the cat out of the bag now, just a little.
"Yeah, I have 2 skills. If the opponent is tough enough maybe you'll get to see it. Just keep it between us, I'm not trying to air out the fact that I'm a double skill user ya know?"
I smirked. A little white lie was all I needed to keep him hooked.
Jacks eyes widened.
"I knew it. You were too confident of an E Class to just be a normal swordsman. I can't wait to see it."
We kept walking further into the dungeon.
After about 20 minutes we finally came across an opponent.
"GRRRRRRUUUUUAAAAAR!"
A large green man appeared from behind a tree in the distance. He stood about 3 and a half meters tall carrying a long silver sword. It had a bald head and pointy ears. Its 2 bottom teeth came out of its mouth looking like small tusks.
It wore brown boots, a brown vest that looked like simple armor, and light brown wraps around its wrists. This is the first time I'd seen a monster wearing any special gear.
It started charging towards me. I could tell the beast was much slower than me… but it clearly had enormous strength. Every step it made created ruptures in the stone ground. I could see each part of its quad muscles ripple as it took lunges forward.
I gripped my sword and charged forward as well. I'd have to play this smart, I have speed on my side.
I used my zig zag strategy right off the bat. It was what I know works. With blinding speed I ran circles around the green man. It swung its sword with deadly power, but I managed to gracefully doge it with ease. I sliced its right leg first.
"GRUUUUUAAAAAAA!"
I circled back and made a slice in its left as it was crying out in pain. They were deep cuts, the beast was dripping with blood. I could tell it was panicked and angry. The monster turned and charged towards me with a wide swing of its blade. I zipped out of the way as it sliced a tree in half where I was moments ago. I made my way around its backside and plunged my sword in its back through the tough leather armor.
"GUAAAAAAAARRRRR!"
As it threw its head back in pain I took my sword out and jumped the the ground behind the beast. It's back was still turned to me. I went in for my final strike as the Orc raised its sword and attempted to position its next attack.
It made its move, swinging its sword while turning towards me. The attack had power, but not much thought was put into it. I tracked its trajectory and jumped over the blade directly moving towards the Orcs head. I plunged my blade into the Orcs open neck and heard it let out its last muffled breath. It fell to the floor with a thud and I stood there admiring my work with a smile.
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Name: Jay Soju
Level: 78
Hp: 395/395
Mp: 225/395
Strength: 192 [+50]
Speed: 223
Agility: 234
Defense: 174
Mental Strength: 193 [+39]
Skills:
Absorption
Swordsmanship
Combat Magic [Fire Summoning]
Items Equipped:
Stainless Steel Long Sword [+50 Strength]
Golden Wolf Ring [+20% Mental Strength]
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"Nice work. You're definitely a speed type swordsman. My fighting style is wayyyy different."
Jack smiled and watched the monster disappear. It dropped a large mana crystal and a long silver sword. Jack motioned for me to hand him the loot, I agreed.
He took the loot and but it by his right side, before my eyes both of the items disappeared.
"W-What was that??? Where'd they go?"
Jack laughed.
"Hahah- you've never seen an item box?"
I looked at him with a confused look on my face.
"An item box..?"
"Yeah, this is a D Class item box. You can store up to about 10 swords worth of mass in it. Pretty handy magic item."
"I've never seen one!!!? How much are they??"
"About 40 silver for one this size. Definitely worth its price at this level. I'd recommend you get one for yourself if you're going to be solo raiding dungeons of this level in your near future."
I nodded.
"You're right. Wow."
Jack nodded back.
"That was an impressive fight, but I still didn't get to see your second skill. What do you think about facing the boss?"
"I'm ready when you are."
Jack smirked.
"Off to the boss room then, this way!"
We both ventured off further into the dungeon.
Jack and I walked for about an hour until we made it to the base of the mountain at the back of the dungeon. I battled against 2 more Orcs. It was a similar battle both times gaining 1 level for each victory. After the last battle I drank an MP potion.
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Name: Jay Soju
Level: 80
Hp: 405/405
Mp: 405/405
Strength: 197 [+50]
Speed: 229
Agility: 240
Defense: 178
Mental Strength: 197 [+39]
Skills:
Absorption
Swordsmanship
Combat Magic [Fire Summoning]
Items Equipped:
Stainless Steel Long Sword [+50 Strength]
Golden Wolf Ring [+20% Mental Strength]
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"Alright the boss room portal is just up this way, come on!"
There was a narrow rocky trail that lead up the side of the mountain. It led up to an overlook where we could see the entire dungeon.
After admiring the view we turned one more corner and there is was.
The grey spinning portal. I looked at it curiously... it wasn't as light as they usually are, but wasn't as dark as the portal of the mutant boss I had previously faced.
"Hey Jack.. this portal is a little dark isn't it?"
He took a closer look and smiled.
"Looks like it's our lucky day, a mutant is in there. It's not tooooo strong, the portal isn't very dark yet. The black portals are what you have to look out for. My guess is this one will have a 20% increase in power or so. So roughly level 120 if I had to guess. What do ya say? Ready?"
I unsheathed my sword and stared at the grey spinning portal.
"Let's make a deal. I show you my skill and defeat this boss... in return I get it's loot drop."
Jack raised his eyebrow and smirked.
"Oh yeah? Fine, deal. That means I won't step in to help you."
"Perfect, just what I wanted."
It's been a while since I've fought a powerful opponent. I've been craving a good fight ever since I defeated the Wolf Boss for the first time. Now, I had a lot more battle experience and tricks up my sleeve.
We both jumped through the portal.
It was a similar setting to all the boss rooms I'd previously fought in. I saw a wide open cave about 200m long, 100m wide, and 20m tall.
3 large Orcs carrying long swords came charging out from the back of the cave. Jack turned to me.
"I got these guys, you just focus on the boss. Let me see what you can do."
I nodded. Within seconds Jack charged towards the monsters and overpowered each one of them with a single blow. It was impressive. He moved the corpses with ease and backed up to give me room to face the boss when it came.
Then the Erie silence kicked in. The boss was watching.
"GRRRRUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAA!"
A huge greenish blue Orc came stomping out from the back of the cave. It was almost 6m tall. All the muscles in its arms and legs were striated and rippling with every movement it made. It had on large boots, a vest, and wrist wraps.
To my surprise, this Orc was wielding an axe. From the handle to blade it was easily 2.5m, much longer than my body. It's blade was different than a normal axe, it was elongated making its weapon almost sickle like.
It was a truly terrifying sight. All I could do was stare at the creature in awe and excitement. Finally, I get another real battle. I always get grow significantly stronger when I face a foe superior to myself.
The beast eyed me down, then made its move. The Orc charged forward and readied its axe for a frontal attack.
It was surprisingly fast, maybe equal to my speed... and it's strength definitely tops mine. My only advantages are my agility and fire magic. It's time I put them to use.
The beast came forward, I matched its speed with a charge of my own raising my blade in front of me.
As our steel was about to meet I activated my fire magic. My whole body erupted in flames covering my sword with fire as well.
I used my agility advantage to narrowly dodge the axe's trajectory as it crashed to the ground.
The sudden burst of light in a dimly lit cave alarmed the monster and it froze for a quarter second.
As I dodged the axe I planted my right foot and jumped up towards the beast. I landed a hit! A clean slash on its lower abdomen where it's armor was lacking.
"GRRRRRUUUAA!"
The beast grunted and took a step back as I zipped out of the way as well.
We stood facing each other 10m apart. Its wound was dripping blood and was flaming with magic residue. It definitely felt it, but my attack was far from a fatal blow. At this rate, I'd need 4 or 5 more of those in vital spots. This was going to be a long battle.
The monster charged back in at me. I had no openings so I ran to my left as quick as I could to avoid the attack. The beast's eyes tracked me like a hawk. It used the cave wall as a bounce pad to follow me.
Now I was out in the open, I had much more space to work with. The Orc came charging towards me with intention to kill.
I decided to mimic my last attack. I ran in and pretended to match its frontal charge. Once I got close enough I locked my eyes on its abdomen wound. I twisted my body and planted my right foot to jump up again.
"CLAAANGGGG"
"Agggghhhh"
The monster wasn't as dumb as I thought... it learns quick. As I tried to turn my body it swung its axe sideways like a baseball bat and sent me flying 20m into the cave wall.
I gripped the rocky dirt and spat blood on the ground. I used my sword for leverage to lift myself off the ground. My HP fell to 135/405, my MP was at 275/405. That was a powerful attack, and it wasn't even a critical hit. I cannot be hit again. I chugged an HP potion and checked my inventory. I had 1 MP, and 1 HP potion left. Time to really think..
I got up with a restored HP bar and faced the beast again. It began to charge.
As the Orc approached I readied my sword. It swung its massive axe directly at me with an angry glare.
I waited for the for last moment and jumped swiftly to the left. I watched the axe pierce the ground less than a meter from my side. From there, I jumped up with all my might to get level with the monsters head. As I flew up in the air I activated an intense burst of flames around my whole body and sword.
"RRUUUUUUUAAAAA?!??"
I was less than a meter from the Orcs line of sight. It was thrown off by the bright flames again. This was definitely not a natural sight for its dark rocky mountain environment.
The beast squinted and threw its head back in surprise. I took the chance to make a clean slash across the underside of its neck, then another on its right arm while i was falling back to the ground.
"GRUUUUUUAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!!!"
Dripping blood from 3 fiery wounds the Orc lifted its axe from the rock and looked at me menacingly. I could tell the beast really hated fire.
I took a deep breath in through my nose and out through my mouth to ready myself for the next attack. I opened my status to see my MP at a dangerously low 35/405. I sprinted backwards about 20m letting the monster chase me as I chugged an MP potion.
Once I was fully restored we faced off again. I needed a new trick. This Orc won't fall for the same thing twice.
We charged full speed at each other. Once I was 5m away facing its heavy axe above my head I erupted in flames. This time I chose not to change my trajectory. I doubled down and ran forward as fast as my legs could take me.
"Faster.... Faster.... FASTER!!!"
In a ball of flames i blew past the imposing axe by millimeters. I felt it's wind cut through the flames on my back.
I was directly under the Orc now. In a rapid spinning motion I slashed its right and left legs on the underside of its knees. I kept my speed up and made it out from under the monster as it fell into a kneeling position.
"THUDDDD"
I planted my right foot to turn and focused all my fire into my blade. The fire surrounding my body crawled towards my sword and surrounded it in a crimson red vale.
I jumped towards the fallen beast and with a final victory yell I plunged my sword into the back of its neck.
"ITSS OVERRRRRR!"
"gruuaa..."
"THUDDDDDDDDD"
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Name: Jay Soju
Level: 92
Hp: 465/465
Mp: 105/465
Strength: 225 [+50]
Speed: 263
Agility: 276
Defense: 203
Mental Strength: 225 [+45]
Skills:
Absorption
Swordsmanship
Combat Magic [Fire Summoning]
Items Equipped:
Stainless Steel Long Sword [+50 Strength]
Golden Wolf Ring [+20% Mental Strength]
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"Bring it onnnnnn. Let's go!!"
I swung my sword in the air with a fiery victory yell admiring my work. That was an exhilarating battle. I outsmarted it, plus had a magic skill that it was clearly weak against. I just beat a level 120 monster like it was nothing!!!
"Clap* Clap* Clap*"
Jack walked over to me slowly clapping.
"Damn that monster never stood a chance.. you did use a lot of potions, but still... that sword and fire magic combo is gnarly. Good battle, I'm impressed an E Class can handle a mutant like this."
The monster disappeared slowly.
"CLANGGGG"
The Orc's Axe dropped to the ground along with a mana crystal.
I ran over to it with my eyes wide. I sheathed my sword and picked up the axe. It shrunk a bit to fit my stature.
"Haha I get the axeeee, I get the axeee."
I teased and grinned as I swung it around in the air.
Jack laughed as he saw me awkwardly handling the massive axe.
"Yepp, a deals a deal. The axe is yours."
The white light appeared and we were back at the dungeon exit. We jumped out and started walking through the park back to the Guild's building.
"Hey Jay, would you like to join the Pace Guild? I'm sure we could work out a pretty good deal."
I looked at him with a blank face while slinging the giant axe over my shoulder.
"I'm not really looking to commit to a guild right now. Just testing out the waters."
Jack looked at me with a curious but concerned look.
"Maybe you could sit down in my office for a bit, I can show you what we have to offer at least. Plus they're about to serve lunch, it's good trust me."
He grinned.
"Sure, lunch sounds good. I'm starving."
We walked into the guild's front doors a few minutes later and were greeted by the tall blond woman.
"How was the hunt? I can see the new kid didn't die."
Jack laughed.
"He actually took down a mutant boss by himself."
The woman's eyes went wide as we kept walking past her.
A door opened as we were making our way to the back rooms. It looked like one of their training rooms. 4 people came out... then I saw a familiar face.
A short blond haired girl with blue eyes was chatting and laughing with 3 older looking girls. She looked up and met eyes with me.
"Jayyyyy??? What are you doing here???"
I stopped and stared for a moment.
"Maria?? I could ask the same for you... W-What a surprise!"
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