Alright. So. Now that I'm here, how do I make dungeons anyway? Do I just wave my hand up and yell "Dungeon, come here boy!" like I would with a dog?
Suddenly, the ground starts furiously shaking as a pitch black rift appeared in the middle of the training room. "Wh-what in the world?!?" I yelp out as I struggle to keep my balance.
Soon after the rift appeared, a tower protruded out of the rift. After the whole tower surfaced, the shaking stopped and the rift closed itself. However, it did leave a tall tower in its place.
"Holy shit, that actually worked!" I say as I walk near the dungeon. As I walk closer, I feel pressure emitting from it. The closer I go, the more it crushes me down.
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Suddenly, I get alleviated from some of the pressure, moving slightly faster. At first I was confused, but when I saw the system prompt, I understood why. 'Wow, Adaptability seems like quite a convenient skill!' I think, as I arrive in front of a large door.
'Eek, why is this door so eerie?' The door in front of me was extremely intimidating. The pattern made it seem as if the doors were made out of bones, with piercing blue torches on either side. In the middle of both doors was a huge skull with glowing red eyes. For some reason, I get this feeling as if I'm being watched.
'Alright Caden, let's do this. The start of my grand journey!' I push away my bad thoughts as I force myself inside. When I got inside, an odd chill surrounded my body. I look forward and find nothing but a single wall there. As I was shivering from the cold, a system prompt appeared in front of me.
「User has entered the Demi-God rank dungeon: Lich King's Castle, Area 1」
"Wha-" I was about to utter as a dark corridor appeared in front of me. A row of blue torches, the same type as the ones on the doors of the dungeon. I decide to move forward. A horrible stench filled the air as the aura of oppression only grew stronger. I should have felt extremely scared. I should have felt extremely worried. However, I didn't feel any of those. Instead, all I felt was an unreasonable sense of excitement.
'This...this is going to be so fun' I think as a grin forms on my face.
I keep stepping forward as the pressure keeps increase. However, I wasn't deterred. In fact, it was quite the opposite. Step by step, I got more and more used to the pressure. Step by step, I started getting more and more excited. Step by step, my lust for battle kept increasing!
After a few minutes of walking forward, the pressure suddenly stopped. A new door appeared in front of me. Above the door was a single sign.
|Room 2 of 3|
Room 2 of 3? So there are 3 rooms in this dungeon? I see. So that pressure must of been a trial.
I push the new door open, entering room 2. The room was yet again nothing but a wall. I still walked in, and when I did, the door behind slammed close. The wall in front of me turned into a room. A room filled to the brim with skeletons. In the center of the room was eerie green fiery numbers the read: 0/100.
Before I could think about it, the skeletons all charged at me. 'Finally! It's time to battle!' I think as I pull out my weapon. However, as the skeletons closed in on me, I completely cleared my head. 'Alright, think of how we're going to win this.'
I circled energy into the stick as a blue blade covered most of the stick. I swing the stick, which to my surprise, kills a few of the skeletons!
3/100
'Weren't they...a bit too easy to kill?' I think, as the system answers my question.
「Yes. This is because the mana attribute the user gained from his stick has been amplifying his power. The user wasn't able to notice this before, but now that he ascended into the next realm, the differences have been amplified greatly. At his current power level, weaker demi-gods like these should be easy to kill, and user can fight on par with a peak demi-god.」
"Wait what? This stick is that good?" I fumble out as I keep swinging the blade. Soon, the room was filled with bones.
"Final skeleton, don't think you can hide from me!" I say in a creepy voice. Am I getting too into it? Maybe.
I swing my sword one final time as the counter hits 100. The same door once again appears. However, this one read "Room 3".
'Alright, this is it! I finally get to finish the dungeon!' I thought as I opened my status.
「Status」
「Name: Caden Rossfield Class: Main - Manifestation Expert | Sub - Healer | Sub - Child of Mana
「Race: Human Level: 58 (89%)
「Essence Attribute: Mana
「Titles: One who Holds the Stick of ???, Natural Fainter, One Who is Blessed by Mana
「HP: 5,000/5,000 Mana: 4,999,452/5,000,000
「STR: 101 INT: 111
「DEX: 95 AGI: 97
「Bonus Stat Points: 27
「Traits: Stick of ??? (lvl 3), ??? (lvl 0), @*@#? (Locked)
「Inherent skills: Animal instinct (lvl 1), ??? (lvl 0), Unparalleled Manifestation Genius (lvl 1), Adaptibility (lvl 1)
「Skills: Basic Cane Mastery | F (6%), Basic Staff Mastery | F (7%), Pain Resistance | F (49%), Great Heal | E (0%), Mana Sense | E (-), Manifestation Strengthen | E (0%), Training Room | S (lvl 1)
「Techniques: Basics of Essence Control | E, Northern Cane Style | F, Southern Staff Style | F」
「Status」「Quests」「Inventory」「Equipment」「Forge」「Alter」「Temple」...
Only 5 levels? Wow, leveling up as a Demi-God does seem pretty hard!
Well anyway, I've been saving my stats for a good while now, maybe I should distribute a few of them.
"Hey system, can you put 5 points into dex and 3 points into agility?" I request, wanting to get them all to 100. On the screen in front of me, the stats slowly go up as I feel myself growing a bit stronger. 'So this is the power of stat points huh?'
After testing it out for a bit, I start walking towards the door.
Alright, time to go clear this dungeon!
The familiar wall greets me as the door closes. Soon after, the wall transforms into a throne room with two flights of stairs, along with 3 pillars on each layer. On the center of the top-most layer laid a throne made of bones and a robed being sitting on it.
When it spotted me, it waved its hand as a horde of skeletons appeared from the ground. 'This must be a boss monster!' I think to myself as I slash past the skeletons. As I slash them, I have the strange feeling that these skeletons are stronger than the ones in the other room. I wonder how I noticed that...
After I finished slicing and dicing the robed being's summons, it stood. "How interesting" its words boomed with power.
A green flame suddenly appeared in its hand. Then, the flame flew at me at blazing speeds. Realizing what's going on, I quickly create my shield to protect myself from the attack. As the attack hits, my shield holds on with a slight crack.
As soon as I block the attack, I dissipate the shield as I rush forward. Seeing as the being is a mage and I'm more of a warrior, I need to get close to both have the advantage and put my enemy at a disadvantage.
I put all the power I have into my feet as I make full use of my agility stat. However, the skeleton obviously spotted my obvious planning.
It once again waved its hand as a skeleton popped out.
"Ha, you think that would work?" I yell as I ready my stick to slash through the skeletons. I swing the sword right at the place the skeleton was about to spawn in.
However, things didn't go the way I planned. When my strike hit the skeleton, I realized I made an error; this skeleton wasn't normal. Instead, it was armored.
'F*CK! This battle is going to a lot harder now that it's a 2v1!' I think as I dash back. Then, I turn my attention to the armored skeleton.
'What in the world is this? Could it be that it sacrificed numbers for a stronger unit? Or is this a separate skill?' I speculate as I ready my weapon for battle.
This isn't going to be easy.