Experience for developnt Jobs has reached multiple breaking points.
[Star Idol]: Lv. 0 -> Lv. 25 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 3 Lv. 6
[Fire Mage]: Lv. 3 -> Lv. 30 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 8 Lv. 7
[Tyrant Hatchling]: Lv. 6 -> Lv. 25 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 6 Lv. 16
Evolution Points: 24/30
Prestige requirent achieved! Job max level has increased. Experienced accumulation and reward quality increased.
[Fire Mage] Max level -> 35
You may spend your prestige points when you are ready
Multiple proficiency requirents fulfilled. [Idol Lv. 5] [Mana Eyes Lv. 7] [Draconic Aura Lv. 5] [Scale Manipulation Lv. 5] gained
Good Morning, to those in Anko-Naztas Inkoran-Tazul! Regardless of where you are or who you are, the Origin Gods wish all of you a fine WaterDay. Today marks the beginning of the first Event Quest after the implentation of the unique Job System. Participation in the rank A dungeon [Manethalas Nest]
[Various Spell Buffs] [Blessing of the Goddess of Light (Major)] [Music Resonation] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
Yikes. Big yikes.
Morphtronic Shiegydios: A golem specially made by a dungeon to act as its core boss. With a flexible fra made from many pieces, its mana allows it to assu various forms to decimate any opposition. Its main form allows it to act as a siege engine, able to break down any wall or gate with its giant horns. Created in the form of a bipedal earth drake, its specialized front arms allows it to punch, grab, and smash to dissuade both monster and humanoid enemies. Extrely high vitality but crippling low wisdom. Rank B
Race: Morphtronic Shiegydios Level: 40
Health: 30000
Vitality: 10000
Wisdom: 500
This wasnt the 25th floor, this was only the 20th. This was not the end boss, this was just a mid-boss, a floor guardian. Yes, this monster with health and vitality far higher than mine was just a mid-boss. Talk about an unfair dungeon, really.
From the look of the System ssage, the 10th of AutumnSun had finally arrived, aning the Event Quest had officially begun and my friends were probably already in their dungeon by now. I wished them good luck and hoped to see them again Strangely, I had more faith in their survival than mine at this point.
This boss seed easy, right? Just use magic, it had 500 wisdom, probably lower than most rank Ds. Since VifiYok recovered, she should have been able to use her lightning magic again to supplent my own arsenal. Well, there was one major issue.
During this battle, an anti-elental magic field will be deployed, reducing all elental damage from spells, runes, enchantnts, and abilities to zero. Neutral mana attacks and any non-elental damage sources will work as normal
That was the big problem.
Guuuuuhn! The golem roared as it detected Tatsuya, Kyouya, and in my dragon form. The entrance we ca through closed right up, blocking our way back.
The golems chanical pieces rattled and clanged around as ramd their thick, developed arms on the ground, pointing a trio of triceratops-like horns in our direction. In the position of a sprinter on the starting position, the front horn of the monster snapped down, turning into a spear with a loud tal clunk!
Crap! Humanize!
[Humanize (Minor)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
As I noticed the backside of the golem transform into a cylinder, reminding a bit too much of a cannon, my [Foresight] and [Danger Perception] activated, prompting to turn back into my dragonewt form from my dragon self. Using my smaller fra, I slipped right under the monsters horns with the boys. As we ran for it, Tatsuya noted how it was turning around to follow us.
Drifting like a car, the beast swerved around this do-like chamber, redirecting its charge trajectory. I cast [Hydra] to act as our shield, while Kyouya created a black wall with his armor before I healed him. The room said we couldnt deal damage from elental magic, but unlike the anti-magic area we encountered in the monster room, this room's gimmick was far less dangerous.
With Kyouyas wall blocking the monsters sight, we managed to dodge out of the way as it ramd right into it, landing into my trap with the [Hydra], constricting its movent. Although it couldnt deal any damage with its fla, the acidic toxins I planted in the corrosive sli of my spell was causing the beasts body to sizzle.
Undeterred by the pain, the mid-boss lit up before it blew up like a bomb, sending the peices of both my [Hydra]s and its own body flying across the room. However, the boss' parts reversed course and returned to the blast's epicenter, reforming itself back into its previous form before it began punching the ground. The boys and I kept dodging before I found a mont to cast [Terra Wall], tripping it before I used [Humanize], once again.
[Humanize (Moderate)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
Enjoy the show! I shouted before I activated my [Aerokinesis] and readied [Draconic Roar]. Is this the fated battle, the light shines
Its blinding my sight
But Ive gotta hold on, the stage calls
The cries of a thousand, the flas of war will descend
My empowered voice blasted the creature away with a sonic attack. When I checked on it with [Mana Eyes], I confird it could take damage from my audio-based attacks, as they were technically elentless.
With [The Will to Fight and Survive] boosting everybodys stamina regeneration, the boys went into action as they executed their part in this plan. I technically could have played a second song now that my [Star Idol] had [Musical Renaissance Diva]allowing two spell songs to apply their effect simultaneouslybut I didn't have another song to help out with.
The best second song would be [The Heir of Hope], which provided everybody with a 10% boost in their stats and a shield, but it also applied the holy elent to everybodys physical attacks. As the rules of the room ntioned, ANY elental attacks would have their damage reduced to zero. I would effectively cripple the boys attack with it. [Prayer]s 30% boost with [Blessing of the Goddess (Major)] would have to be good enough.
As the beast pushed itself up and turned one of its arm into a large shield to block my sonic attack, Tatsuya began to physically morph into a werewolf, letting loose an ear-splitting howl. Now covered with black fur, razor-sharp claws, and a ferocious look, he ingested three fulinoe leaves and activated [All-In].
Going for strength now! Boost ! Tatsuya stopped a bit away from the monster, readying his spear.
The boss, probably with its skills, noticed Kyouya's continued approach, prompting the monster to turn one of its arm into a cannon. Just like the monster room golem, it began shooting mana blasts at the boys, but Kyouya once again used his unique Skill to produce protective walls.
Unlike the monster room, though, I could still cast spells so I overlapped three [Sacred Field] over the boys, giving them so healing-over-ti as this was happening. Kyouya was even using so holy fla grenades as burst heals to top himself up instead of using up our few remaining potions.
With his shadow armor, he was protected from the explosion, allowing him to stand his ground and continue creating more walls while I kept the boss mostly preoccupied with my voice. Still, the golem managed to push back, eventually running into the ideal spot for Tatsuya to [Dragoon Jump] into the air and [Dragoon Dive] right into the back of the golem with [All-In].
With all the buffs and [Prayer], his total strength skyrocketed to the point the golem was pushed back by a level 94 human. Sobody this guardian floor boss shouldnt even consider a threat!
Still, it wasnt a killing blow due to the monster's higher defence, but that was okay! With all of this happening, it gave my [Hydra] just enough ti to regenerate and grab its legs, pulling it closer to . The golem fell onto its back with Tatsuya jumping off it just in ti. However, instead of helplessly accepting its death, the thing morphed its hands into two hooks which it used to anchor itself on to the ground.
Once again, the chanical parts of this clearly stone golem began to loosen, escaping my sli golem. With its split body, it turned one part into a large cannon and readied a mana blast at us. The boys ran back to as I poured my mana into the ground in front of , leaving a magic circle there.
The boys gulped as the cannon continued charging powers while my hydra kept the golems other half from joining its cannon side. With a bellowing, ear-splitting sound, the mana cannon shot its blast at us, signaling our plans last stage!
Warp Point: Entry! I shouted, opening a portal in front of that led back to a room on the 19th floor of the dungeon where I had [Warp Point: Exit] placed.
With a wide grin, the boys and I watched as the blast entered the portal, probably blowing up the room inside and releasing a massive shockwave, one which didnt affect us as we were on the other side of the portal! Instead, the golem was caught by its own backblast, causing it to crash against the wall.
However, this wasnt all. There was a very good reason why VifiYok and Rajah werent here in this room with us, and it wasnt due to us getting lost or separated. I had a map, for goodness sake. They were just hanging back for this very mont. This mont of our plan we made during our scouting!
Mreeeeewww! Rajah roared as he jumped out of the shadow with VifiYok on his back, holding onto my spear.
The crack I made! Thats where the mana core is! Tatsuya shouted, pointing at a small loose part on the golem cannon.
VifiYok didnt respond back as she readied to jump off Rajah. My battle cat used [Dark Tendrils] from the shadow cast by the golems fra due to the light from [Sacred Field]. Just like Saori, he sling shotted himself forward, allowing VifiYok to jump off him and ram my spear right into where the core was, pinning it into the wall.
Guururaaaaahhhh!!! The golem roared out as its core broke, causing its pieces to rattle like crazy, looking like the thing was about to explode.
Out! I hadnt expected this to happen, but it was convenient I had a portal open. The five of us quickly escaped through the portal before I closed it.
That could have been easier if your sister was around, VifiYok complained. We wouldnt have to plan all of this for that long.
Oh shut it, I threw a donut towards her, causing her smug face to brighten up before she devoured it.
Well, that was how this boss should be handled when the dungeon was a pure ss of unfairness. I an, co on, 10000 vitality? Good thing a golems weakness was their mana core, similar to a sli, otherwise this would have been pretty impossible.
Acid to weaken armor, Tatsuya to land a singular attack to crack the defenses open after I located its mana core, and Kyouya keeping everything stable with his walls. Then, just use VifiYok stats as a level 150 demonkin of wrath soldier to end the thing outright. That strategy was easy enough to pull off.
Experience for developnt Jobs has reached multiple breaking points.
[Star Idol]: Lv. 6 -> Lv. 25 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 4 Lv. 24
[Fire Mage]: Lv. 7 -> Lv. 35 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 9 Lv. 20
[Tyrant Hatchling]: Lv. 16 -> Lv. 25 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 7 Lv. 15
Evolution Points: 27/30
Prestige requirent achieved! Job max level has increased. Experienced accumulation and reward quality increased.
[Tyrant Hatchling] Star Idol -> 30
[Tyrant Hatchling] Max level -> 30
[Star Idol] Prestige Points: 4
[Fire Mage] Prestige Points: 4
[Tyrant Hatchling] Prestige Points: 7
You may spend your prestige points when you are ready
The five of us, Rajah included, could only stare into the chest left behind by the guardian boss. It was in pristine condition, unaffected by the explosion of the boss unlike the rest of the room, which looked like it had expanded a bit if you ignored how much rubble there was on the ground. The place looked like a landfill.
We all sighed as I picked the one item inside it: a stick.
Wooden stick: A stick from a normal tree
The fact it emphasized the normal part really makes it feel like its mocking us. Tatsuya glowered at the thing before I threw it away like any other piece of trash.
Sothing is seriously wrong with this dungeon, Kyouya expressed. His eyes were twitching like crazy, looking annoyed at the effort he put it into killing this thing, only for our reward to be so miscellaneous throwaway.
You should have realized this the mont the dungeon master placed a trap in front of the path to the fifth floor. VifiYok shook her head, looking actually mad at this feeling of being scamd. State-owned dungeonswhether managed by humans, dwarves, or demonkinsare structured to make your adventurer feel welcod. Not too hard, good rewards, and a decent challenge for the rank.
This is the last straw.
Would the Ankoran King want to kill ? If you thought about it logically, probably no, as the dwarves were not only allied to Kargryx but the King knew my mother was around. She might be asleep, but if he were to send into my death, his realm probably wouldnt last long after she woke up. She was a rank SS, after all.
There was a difference of being put in my place due to my lack of political power and wanting to kill , but that was probably sothing Mom would only chastise them for. aning, the Ankoran King couldnt have known this when he sent deep down to this hellhold. He probably didnt even expect the dragonslayers, since the report never noted them.
Sooo what were the other options for whatever's going on here?
Dungeon master killed and the core overtaken, or the dungeon master is going rogue? I suggested, at least that was all that my imagination could co up with, considering the rules I knew. Tatsuya, Kyouya, and Rajah agreed while VifiYok just stayed silent. No suggestions?
She looked in the eyes, the brightness from before having vanished from her irises. Does it matter? Regardless of whatever the situation is, we need to proceed forward. Set a trap for the dragonslayers, kill them, and then speak with those students. Thats your plan, right? If youre so scared of the dungeon core, then just avoid it and well be good.
I frowned before sighing, realizing her mood probably dropped after the disappointing treasure chest rewards. I pulled out a sugar-glazed donut, dangling it in front of VifiYok as she jerked back. Her eyes were fixed on it.
One of the lessons KleaHatma taught had finally beco useful, and that was the fact demonkins of wrath were pretty emotional beings. To the point they had an entire low emotional potential, or L.E.P for short, where they turn depressed. By increasing their emotions, they beco stronger, but if it was too low then you get this grouchy, bull-headed demonkin girl here.
The fix? Donuts, sweets, and pastries. In the few days weve spent together getting through this dungeon, Ive learned just how much she loved bread, even the plain kind. In addition, she hated fish, as in if she had sothing better to eat, she would throw it all away. She once told she hated wasting food due to having to live as a street urchin when she was younger, but due to her hotowns abundance of fish, to the point they would rot from oversupply, she wouldnt eat them freely.
You do this too often, and people will start biting your hand, she said before snatching the donut away. Her eyes regained so radiance and I saw her fangs and claws grow in size, a sign her [Excited] levels increased.
The boys and I watched her as she devoured the piece of pastry like so starving lion before she began to lick her lips and fingers. I watched her finish before asking a different question, You really cant use your demonkin abilities, huh? That was a perfect mont to use it to ensure you kill it. Even if we hit its weak spot, thats still 10000 Vitality to work through.
I inspected my glaive. There was no damage on it, courtesy of Grimnirs craftsmanship, but I was still a bit worried.
Two points: the polearm is well-made, to the point a forr Warbringer like wants to keep it as a personal weapon, and secondly, skills. Skills matter a lot, as you should know. VifiYok sighed, but looked more enervated compared to before. Her face was emoting more, showcasing how troubled she was on the matter. As I said before, its the price I paid for surviving your last attack. [Original Sin: Satanael] prevents a deathblow, but at the cost of my ability to go over 15% in any of my emotions.
aning you cant use your lightning arms or conjure up your elental weapons, Tatsuya ended her sentence, since she gave us a quick summary of her situation to make sure we understood her strengths.
At best when she gets 15% in [Excited] [Anger] and [Fear], she will manifest her demonkin horns, tails, and a few other, minor features, but that was about it. She was extrely weakened compared to when I fought her. I initially thought it was just a temporary thing, but it seems that it was permanent. Simply the cost of using an [Original Sin] ability. A Faustian deal, in other words.
After we settled things here, we entered the next floor, where we found another change in scenery. This ti the decrepit ruins setting was completely gone, instead replaced by just an earthen cave. As in, it was your stock-standard cave you could find anywhere; boring and uninspired, really, but fitting for the continued the of this dungeon. The first floors looked beautiful but old, while the deeper you went, the more the ruins were being overtaken by nature and looked like so horror crypt.
Without the shining runes on the walls, this cave was consud by complete darkness. Like the void, it was impossible for anybody to see in here without [Night Vision]. For the boys, I had to light up my catalyst.
[Mrew. Master, I can sll sothing sweet nearby. Do you want to lead?] Rajah suggested, to which I agreed. According to the map, this zone of the dungeon was a quality over quantity area, where the number of rank Ds and Cs dropped significantly and you could only find rank Bs.
As we followed my virigress, the sweet scent Rajah ntioned beca noticeable. When we stopped in front of the room, we all grimaced as we saw the source of it: a fruit situated on a piece of land in a room full of traps.
I sighed and cast [Wrap Point: Entry] and [Warp Point: Exit], using the portal for a short distance teleportation to avoid everything to snatch the fruit. We appraised it.
Sweet Tofel: A toffel which emits a sweet scent but is actually poisonous. Do not eat
Correction, it was a vegetable, not a fruit. With that done, we threw the piece of junk away before going towards a safe spot the map showed us. We avoided any potential threats on the way, but strangely, there was barely anything here. As in, I couldnt find any enemies with [Detection Sensor]. Weird, but also unnerving.
Uhm, you guys think whoever is doing all this is planning sothing? Couldnt they just summon a bunch of monsters to attack us if they dont want us to reach the core? Kyouya asked, so I put on so music for him to listen to calm his mind.
Dungeons have resources, too, VifiYok began. The more you want to add a new floor or monster, or even a trick room, you need to spend mana. However, you have a finite amount since you need new mana to co in from the outside. You know, dungeon mana decomposes dead adventurers for more mana. Its how a dungeon grows. It cant spam monsters, otherwise it would eat through everything.
Well, good thing we saved up on using spells with the last guardian boss. We also couldnt use any spells on the monster room boss, so that probably spoiled things for whoever is managing this place, I concluded. Well, whatever. I say we can deal with it later, so lets take a break. I want to take a look at our loot now that we know the 20th floor is a dud.
Woo! Tatsuya cheered.
We saved this fun part for now since it was just more fun to gather everything and compare it. Why do it individually, when we could just have an appraisal session with everything at once!
Once we took our seats, Tatsuya rubbed his hands together, feeling giddy about everything, before pulling things out of his storage. Within included the contents of the level 10th floor boss room and the monster room we narrowly defeated.
Ooh, boy, 10th floor, first! Mana Eyes!
Gold ingot: An ingot made from gold. Sell it!
Five of them, too. Nice.
Gauntlets of Arm Strength: A pair of gauntlets which increase the power of lee attacks done with your hands. Low defensive values due to weak monster materials, but the skills compensate
Vitality Power: 112
Wisdom Power: 41
Skills: [Skill Usage Restriction: Arms] [All-Damage Enhancent Lv. 1] [Mana Efficiency Lv. 10] [Mana Conductor Lv. 10]
Trash.
Oh, hey, that doesnt look too bad! Tatsuya noted along with Kyouyas agreent, causing to snap my head around to them. Unnerved by my weird look, he explained his reasoning. [Skill Usage- Restriction] is what the Empire likes to put on their armor. The church of Aurena knight use them all the ti so they can funnel better skills into the armor. Usually, they focus on either defense or skills with their armor, not both.
Kyouya nodded his head. Grimnir is a master smith, dont forget that, Hestia. Most of the equipnt you see on standard issue equipnt is stuff like this, since most people can't afford to put a lot of monster materials in them. Once you use monster materials to enhance them, they get better!
Wait, this was actually standard? I was baffled at this, but then again, I rarely ever appraise a random persons armor since it just didnt make sense. The only tis I appraised equipnt was Hold on, the only tis I ever did it was on stuff made by dwarves. First in Firwood at a small dwarven smithy, and then Grimnirs stuff.
I looked over at VifiYok, wondering if she would confirm this. She looked at , confused, before shrugging and knocking on my tal chestplate.
This is worthy for a general. I dont know its stats since yer [Identity Blocker] is getting in the way, but seeing it work against those dragonslayers and the golems, I can assure ya even Lord Wrathus wrathies Prince of Sin and BoleTarias chief of armieswould wear this. Not royal heirloom level, not yet, but close.
Its only made from rank B materials, I argued.
She shrugged. Shows the skills of the smith.
I am lucky to be your friend, Grimnir. Thank you for all your work and help.
Seeing contemplate, Tatsuya unsheathed his sword. Dont forget that our blades and equipnt have runes on them too. Runesmiths are rarer away from Ankor-Nazta, and while many do commission them, it just makes things expensive. Having sobody like Grimnir around with Ellaine working harder and harder makes us pretty fortunate.
I nodded my head. I got too used to Grimnirs talents.
Lets continue. I looked over the rest of the stuff, but nothing caught my eye. Most of the tenth floor stuff were materials we could use for smithing later, or to sell. As such, I went to the monster room stuff, which should be worthy for rank B adventurers.
And, oh, boy.
Elental Armguard: A full-arm guard made from andurenium, euorinium, and materials from a rank A [Magic Swallowing Sli], making it light-weight and easy to use with mana. A catalyst is stored on the gauntlet, allowing a user to be designated, allowing them to control this piece with only mana. Allows users to invoke elental weapons using their mana or enchant existing weapons. Extrely fragile and requires a second smithing session to beco whole
Vitality Power: 290
Wisdom Power: 401
Owner: None
Skill: [All-Damage Reduction Lv. 1] [Elental-Damage Increase Lv. 5] [Arcane Corruption Resistance Lv. 5] [Mana Conductor Lv. 10] [Mana Efficiency Lv. 10] [Arcane Conduit Lv. 1]
Enchantnts: [Elental Weapons Invoke] [Elental Magic Absorption] [Elental Blessing]
Scale Helt of the Staunch Defender: A helt made from hydra and cockatrice material, reducing damage from anti-dragon weapons and tools. This bone helt is fortified by scales from rank B versions of these two, making them durable and resistance against any of their attacks. Due to the production of the helt, it allows the user to use [Taunt] without the penalties. Exudes of an aura that reduces 5% damage on all allies in a party or associated with them
Vitality Power: 1009
Wisdom Power: 978
Skill:[All-Damage Reduction Lv. 1] [Inferno Resistancel Lv. 1] [Arcane Corruption Resistance Lv. 3] [Abnormal Status Nullification] [Mana Conductor Lv. 6] [Mana Efficiency Lv. 10] [Durability Reduction Lv. 5] [Anti-Draconic Resistance Lv. 3] [Pheromone Reduction Lv. 8] [Pri Vigor Lv. 1] [Sages Wisdom Lv. 1] [Taunters Protection] [Aura of Protection Lv. 1]>
I can make a monster room for my subspace?
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