[Author's Note]
This will be quite long but don't worry because the length or the number of words of this chapter hasn't decrease at all. It's still more than 1600 words.
Allow me to nag for a moment. For me to let out some steam. (Not the smelly one.)
For starters...
This book has now more than 6000 collections, 6200 to be more precise. Meaning, there are more than 6000 people out there who had put this book in their libraries. It's amazing.
But here's the case.
6000 people. (Assuming there are only 6000)
On average, let say there's 2 to 3 powerstone each person have. That means 12 000 to 18 000 power stones! And that's per day!! Weekly, that's about 126 000 powerstones max! That was a huge amount of stones wasn't it?
Now, I know that not all of you here are, how to say this... (an avid reader?) of this book so you are probably unwilling to send your powerstones to this book or perhaps you already have a book or two that you are giving your powerstones to.
There are probably also some who only put this book in their libraries but haven't read it yet as they are still stack piling the chapters etc.. I can understand that much.
But come on, I'm sure that's only a small percentage of people.
Oh, and me too, sometimes I wasn't able to publish new chapters everyday for several personal reasons. I admit that.
But for this book to only get a few hundred of powerstones in total for a week..... wasn't that a little too much? I really believe so..! And that's when I'd published everyday.
Imagine 400 - 700 compared to 126 000. T-T. It's very saddening.. Sigh..
Don't get me wrong.
It's not like I will earn any money from powerstones. I don't. Even you guys won't. Whether you use it or not, it will disappear everyday( for readers) and weekly (for authors). It's actually pretty useless. And as you noticed, I never really asked for powerstones ever since I started writing this book.
But still, more power stones means higher ranking for this book. I'm sure you all know that already. And again, there was no prize to it either, nothing at all.
Aside from rubbing my Ego of course (which is not that bad). That's the only benefit I can think of. For my ego alone. That was after all, an achievement. I'm not sure but I think it will motivate me more to continue writing this book if it got higher ranking if not the top. Probably.
So if possible, just put your powerstones here rather than wasting it or let it expire everyday. To put it simply, 'Let's rub each other back.' I will do my work and you'll do your work.
That's all.
And don't worry because this will be the last time I'll be talking about this topic no matter what happened so don't worry. This will be my last rant. Hope you will enjoy this chapter. And again, if you ever see some typos or any other error, feel free to point it out.
Thank you.
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" Shit!! Dumb! Ugly! Crap! FUUUUCCCKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRZZZZ!!! "
Bell's sword didn't stop swinging in arcs ripping fleshes and bones of the monsters in front repeatedly. As expected of a sword created by a world-class smith like Hephaestus, it's very strong and sharp. And as it was a customized weapon, this sword really suits Bell ----like it's part of his body.
Swish! Swoosh! Clang!
Slash after slash, the sword slices small category monsters in half while leaving deep and grave wounds on the larger categories like orcs. Bloods and corpses are everywhere, even Bell's clothes and some parts of his body has some fresh blood and meat granules on them. It's very gruesome.
Bell's taking advantage of the terrain, the clusters of crystals that's surrounding him. It makes a zigzag corridors preventing these monsters from ganging up on him at the same time. This way, he only has to face three monsters at a time which he can still managed.
But....
That doesn't mean Bell's having it easy either. He definitely wasn't!
These monsters are not any less crazy than him. They are a lunatics. And now that there's a ride of these monsters in front of him means that Bell was fighting against a tide of lunatics!
Disregarding the still fresh blood flowing on the floor soaking their feet and the still warm corpses of their fallen brethren, these monsters are very determined to get Bell. This intruder that was trying to invade their paradise!
They want nothing more than to rip him, tore him to pieces and to grind his bones into a very fine powder!
They are intensely pushing forward from back to front leaving Bell no other choice but to keep stepping back from time to time as he fights them. He was already trying his best here but even so, his kills still cannot catch up to the seemed to be endless number of monsters at all.
Even as the bisected monster died, a new one will arrived, crushing its brethren's corpse underfoot in pursuit of the white-haired boy who responded with more curses.
" You shameless bastards, that's was dirty! At least let me take a breather, this is so unfair!!! " he shouted in complain but his movements didn't stopped at all either.
Two sword slashes or stabs.
That's the average attack that Bell needed in order to kill a single large category monster or to immobilized them at the very least. To let them bleed or to be crushed to death by their fellows. That's already very amazing considering that he's only level one and these are all twelfth floor monsters he's battling against. But that wasn't enough.
Still, despite his already dire situation, Bell still refused to one-hit these guys by destroying their magic stones because he think it's a waste of money. What a stingy man! He's already on the verge of dying here at any moment but he's still thinking of selling all the magic stones here later.
"MRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
At this time, another metallic how of orcs came from his left side. Looking at it from the corner of his eyes, Bell saw around ten or so orcs that were about to come out from the walls.
" You're kidding me..... A monster party right away??!! "
The orcs quickly joined the fray after freeing themselves from the wall. Holding their land form weapons in their hands, they began attacking the thick crystals that separates themselves from Bell.
Although he's already expecting something like this to happen, Bell still find it frustrating, for a monster party to come right away. After all, he's alone here and this wasn't the middle floors either. The dungeon shouldn't be showing its fangs here yet, wasn't it? It seems like this battle will be a lot more harder than what he thought.
Bang!
It didn't take long before the group of orcs had finally destroyed the crystals and they immediately rushed in.
Not wanting to be attack on two sides, Bell can only retreat further backwards to regain his advantage in position. But as the battle continues, he can feel the exhaustion slowly building up inside him again.
Bell quickly disposed of the two orcs in front of him before jumping on top on the huge crystal behind. He didn't stop until he finally rich the top of the huge one. The monsters below can't reach him here so easily, but not for long.
He's now in a battlefield where he can't afford to get distracted even for a second so Bell quickly drunk another bottle strength potion. It was his third bottle, he's consuming more potions than what he'd expected to. Good thing he had prepared a lot before coming here.
Looking down, Bell saw the small hills of monster corpses laid everywhere along with their bloods that still pouring out of their bodies. The monsters are climbing at it desperately trying to reach Bell but failed. What a brainless creatures.
Bam bam bam!
But not all of them are like that.
Frustrated by not being able to reach their prey, the monsters soon began attacking the crystal itself. Claws, fangs and natural weapons like clubs and landform axes mercilessly crashes onto the gigantic crystal. There's simply too many of them for the crystal to handle so it soon crumbled apart leaving Bell no other choice but to jump onto the next one. The monsters also followed not letting this intruder escape no matter what.
By this time, Bell probably had killed more than a quarter of these monster already but there are still more coming from the entrance of the pantry. There are also those monsters who keep on respawning from the walls and are joining the parade.
Bell can not prevent those monsters from the outside to come here but he can do something with the those that are respawning from inside.
One after another, the clusters of crystals are being crushed by these rampaging monsters one by one in pursuit of Bell. It will not take long before this one area of the cavern will be completely flattened. If that happens, Bell will lose his advantage.
But Bell didn't mind that. It was all part of his plan to make these dumb monsters to flatten this place. He will not even mind if they will destroy all the crystals in this cavern, he will even thank them!
That way, the dungeon will be too busy repairing this place. Meaning, there willl no more new respawn monsters for the time being! 0.-.0
Meanwhile, at the seventeenth floor of the dungeon.
The Loki familia's expedition team were marching towards the surface. They had encountered an unforeseen events in the deeper floors and were forced to return to the surface prematurely.
Their group was mostly composed of second and first-tier adventurers so they didn't encounter any difficulties at all on their way back. Aside from the bickering of the twin amazons, Tione and Tiona which caused a number of helpless sighs from the other members that are with them, everything went smoothly.
" Lefiya, is that bag heavy? I can carry it for you. " said the golden haired Ais as she approaches the young elf.
" N-no. That will be absurd... Miss Ais. " Lefiya replied clumsily. Ais continue looking at her in concern but it only made the young elf to be even more nervous.
" Tsk. Don't trouble yourself over a small fry, Ais. "
" Shut up Bete. Don't order Ais around. "
Bete Loga suddenly said but was quickly reprimanded by the amazon, Tiona.
" You're the one who needs to shut up! I am not the one who dissolved her weapon in the deep floor you dope-azon! "
He's talking about Tiona's Urga that was dissolved during their battle against a new breed of monsters at 50th floor.
" Only dopes call other people dopes, stupid dog! "
They are about to continue bickering when suddenly...
*Crackling* *Crackling*
The walls on both side of the corridors they are traveling to started crumbling and...
" ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! "
"" Monster party?! ""
""" Minotaurus... """
It was a monster party solely made out of armed Minotaurs. There's about seventy to eighty of them in total, an amount that can make even a party of second tier adventurers a run for their lives!
(AN. I deliberately increased the number compared to the anime because I think doing this make more sense for some of these Minotaurs to reach the fifth floor considering how strong the Loki familia was.)
But not these group. Although some of them are a bit surprised, that was it. None of them panick or even felt nervous at all.
The busty amazon, Tione casually turned at her commander and asked. " What should we do about these guys, Boss? There are quite a lot of them. "
" Let's get rid of them quickly. " ordered Finn.
Hearing that, the other amazon, Tiona became excited. " Now we are talking! "
She quickly rushed in front of one Minotaur and with a kick, she broke the neck of the poor moster ----killing it right away. The others quickly followed and began slaughtering the monsters too.
But....
Before they can even get their second kill, they saw the monsters suddenly paused before taking a few steps backwards.
As if afraid or knowing that they are not a match against this group of first tier adventurers, the monsters scattered, running for their lives! This action took the Loki familia in surprise until they realized where the monsters are heading to.
" No.. Those passages.... they are towards the upper floors! " Lefiya showed a grave expression on her face. Not just her, but everyone in her group too. If those level one adventurers from above would encounter these monsters, they will die for sure.
" After them! Don't let even a single one them escape! " the prum commander, Finn ordered. They immediately took action after that.
0.-.0
The chorus of roars grew from faint, into a deafening wall of sounds.
The ground trembled from the pounding of the many feet running across its desolate surface. Like a stampede of animals was about to arrive.
A sea of monsters with horns that curled above their heads raced across the narrow terrains of the dungeon. The huge bull heads that rose from the monsters' bodies could only be called hideous. Minotaurs ----the very definition of death for adventurers from level one and two.
They snorted heavily in unison, rolling their bloodshot eyes that are now filled with fear as they try their best to escape from their pursuers.
Tip tap tip tap.
The Loki familia's expedition team continue pursuing the ran away Minotaurs to the upper floors from behind, determined to exterminate them all. Sounds of their armors and weapons clanging onto each other along with their heavy footsteps.
The young and beautiful woman with golden blonde hair, Aiz Wallenstein was the fastest among these group and was slowly mowing the Minotaurs numbers from behind. But even that wasn't enough.
The corridors ahead keeps on splitting, forking into more and narrower routes making it harder for the Loki familia's pursuit.
But the tide has been completely turned upside down as it was the adventurers this time who are pursuing a horde of monsters instead of the other way around.
" Commander, there's two of them who run towards this floor's pantry. I'll go after them! "
" No, Raul. Focus on pursuing all those who ran ahead of us first. Move! "
" Yes sir! " Raul quickly replied and moved forward.
" But commander, if those minotaurs will comeback while we're not here... "
" That's fine. We will leave someone here as guard. Lefiya and Leene, you two stay here. The rest, follow me! "
"" Yes, commander! ""
The prum commander, Finn issued his orders so smoothly and continue leading the group forward.
They cannot waste their time here as that might cause the lives of the startup adventurers in the upper floors in case they encounter one of those Minotaurs. If that happens, it will stain the reputation of the Loki familia within Orario.
The pantry they are talking about where the two Minotaurs have ran into was a dead end. There's only one single entrance in and out that place so they didn't have worry about it for the time being. However, Finn still left two of his subordinates behind just to make sure there won't be any accident just in case.
" What should we do, miss Leene? Should we just stay here and watch? " Lefiya asked the female human beside her after their other comrades left. As a level three adventurer herself and an elf at that, Lefiya believes she can deal with those two Minotaurs alone with her magic. And she also have Leene with her who's level two adventurer. " This passage lead towards the pantry right? What if there are level one adventurers there? "
" That.. "
Leene who was tending with the wounds of the still trembling adventurer on the side paused for a moment after hearing what Lefiya said.
" But the commander ordered us to stay here so we have to do that. Besides, that pantry was more than thirty minutes walk from here and it was always filled with monsters. I doubt there will be level one adventurers who would go there. "
" I... I see.. "
Lefiya was still worried but Leene's words also made sense. It's indeed very unlikely for a level one adventure to go there because it hardly worth the journey. She was about about to also help the other wounded adventures in this floor when one of them suddenly spoke up.
" There's.... There's actually still someone there. "
It's a male cat person who spoke. His body is still trembling in fear due to the sudden appearance of the swarm of Minotaurs from earlier but he still muster up himself and spoke up.
" What do you mean? Tell us, quickly! "
" Y... Yes! The white haired boy. He.. I saw him go there this morning and he didn't come back yet. I'm afraid that by now he-.... "
If those two Minotaurs ever found that boy, that will definitely be the end of him.
But before he can even finish what he's saying, the cat person saw the female human, Leene rushed towards the pantry's direction. The young elf Lefiya also followed after her. 0.-.0
Slash! Puchi! Clang!
Bell's weapon seems to have become the eye of a hurricane of blood. Like the embodiment of the grim reaper's blade harvesting soul.
There was an element of beauty as well as cruelty in how he wasted no useless moves in his every action. His weapon connected with the necks and torsos of his targets, while expertly avoiding their bulging arms to deliver killing blows.
The monsters' horde continue flowing towards him but were being decimated continuesly with more and more falling every moment.
" Tsk. Time to move again."
Seeing that last crystal that he's hiding onto was destroyed, Bell wasted no time and quickly escaped towards his fourth and last checkpoint he had prepared. The climax of the battle can be considered as over but he still can't afford to let his guard down.
Looking back above his shoulder, Bell saw different kinds of angry monsters pursuing him as they stepped onto their fallen brethrens' corpses mercilessly. Their numbers also have visibly lessened by now but there's still over a hundred of them left in total.
The place that was similar to a paradise before was now in a complete mess with monsters' corpse, crystals and walls debris, bloodstained floors etc.
" This place will do. "
Bell arrived on top of a steep, narrow slope and immediately pulled out the supplies he had hidden before. Drinking another strength and healing potions, he positioned himself right at the entrance of the slope waiting for the monsters to catch up.
""""""RRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRH!!!! """"""
Bell launched himself forward, intercepting the infuriated roars of the remaining monsters.
Raising his silver sword towards the ceiling, he triggered a new round of life and death battle against his enemies.
The monsters' cries of pain in the front lines were snuffed out one by one as their forms being showered with sword slashes from the boy.
Bell seemed to have turned into a devil. His battle cries are deep and dominating.
A horde of more than twenty monsters was reduced to cold lumps of meats in no time and it's still ongoing.
He dashed straight toward the enemy.
His sword that had seen its first debut today was firmly in the grip of his right hand. His eyes are focused on the vital areas of the incoming monsters' full-frontal attack.
" MRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! "
" Oh Shit! "
Bam!
It was already too late when he saw it. The landform club of an oddly looking Orc came right behind the imp's body that Bell had just stabbed. He can't avoid it nor block on time.
The club hits him on his stomach sending Bell flying and rolling six meters away.
" Grwwuua! "
He puke blood. Bell felt like half of his internal organs was crushed into pulp as his vision blurred.
' Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!! ' he keep cursing inside his mind.
Just what the was that Orc? Was is an evolved one?
The Orc has a deep green color and was only two meters in size. Much smaller than how it usually was. The way it hidden itself behind other monsters before this, Bell was sure it has a bit of intelligence and also, cunning as Fuck!
It must be smaller but definitely not any other orcs. It's also a lot faster. Enough to successfully pull out a sneak attack to Bell.
A distorted expression similar to a grin appeared on its face as the orc approaches Bell. Its left arm holding the club rose above its shoulder, preparing to bring down its foe.
" DONT PUSH YOUR LUCK YOU FILTY PIIIIGGGG!!!! "
That hideous grin ignited something inside Bell.
He's infuriated. Not only for this monster but also to himself. It's like there's someone deep inside his soul cursing and scolding him for getting caught off guard by a lowly monster.
" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! "
Bell ignored all the pain and forced his legs to stand up. He kicked off the ground at the same moment the monster howled into the air.
He ignored his body's groans of pain and forced it forward out of sheer willpower, pouring all his mind into exterminating that arrogant fellow.
For the first time today, Bell stopped caring about the other monsters nearby. The only thing that mattered to him now was settling the score with that Orc once and for all. He charged forward right straight to it.
Bam! Slash! Bam!
All the monsters in his path towards that Orc fell by a single stroke. The Grin on its face from before had vanished and was now trying to escape.
But how can Bell let that happen?
He put everything on the table. His strategies, his safety and even his life on the line just to kill this monster ------the first one who landed a serious injury to him.
More…More! FORWARD!!
Each strike, each movement was filled with passion, desire.
Each kick off the ground was filled with the yearning to reach that monster.
The horde of monsters was being ripped off piece by piece. It's now collapsing but Bell has yet to notice it. There's only that lump of deep green meat in his eyes and he will never stopped until he cut off its head and crush its magic stone!
His limbs was as heavy as lead; his throat was parched and lungs were dry; streams of red blood flowed down his cheeks but his movements didn't stop.
The special Orc finally reached the furthest back of the monster tide. It doesn't have any place to hide anymore and looking back, it saw the white haired devil ---the boy whom it was about to kill just awhile ago.
" Rrrrooooooooooorrrrr! "
The special Orc roared but was totally different from before. It has a hint of fear and desperation. The remaining monsters around it also began to lose their ferocity as the horde dwindled around them. Till finally, only the special orc was left standing as Bell slowly approaches it.
It keeps on taking a step back till it finally reached the wall. It has nowhere to go.
An evil grin slowly form on Bell's face. His rubbelite eyes plus his blood covered face made him looked like a demon incarnate.
In a flash, Bell arrived in front of the orc and brandished his sword.
Puchi!
Blood sprayed out from the Orc's now severed neck. A head that was bigger than a basketball spins up before finally falling on the ground with a loud 'thud'. It wasn't able to react at all.
Slash! Slash!
But Bell didn't plan to stop there. He sent two more sword slashes on the orc's torso before pulling out its magic stone with his barehand.
" Ha-ha..... HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!! "
Thud.
He fell on his knees. The sight of his foe's corpse lying on the ground finally pulled Bell out of his madness state. His body collapsed after the adrenaline left his body.
He did. He freaking did it.
He finally got his sweet revenge onto this place.
But it's not yet over. Not until he finish looting all of these monsters with their magic stones and drop items. Only then will Bell can call it all over and return back home.
Gulp....gulp...
Bell rested for a few minutes and took another bottles of potions to speed up his recovery.
0.-.0
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