She returned inside the ancient structure and headed up the maze to find more monsters.
"I wonder if there are any remaining monsters?"
"Try it"
[Abalek Dungeon]
[Difficulty: 2 stars]
[Recommended: 2-4 people to participate]
[Total number of monsters remaining: 65]
[Reward: Ghost Heart]
"Oh, almost half already, at this rate I should be able to clear this dungeon."
Ruminas felt even more motivated, and she started hunting monsters with great enthusiasm.
"I wonder if there are any other strange monsters in here?" she wondered.
In the following days, Ruminas only had one thing to do over and over again: hunt monsters, rest, and hunt monsters again. Normally, people would go from top to bottom, but she went from bottom to top.
The battles also gradually became easier because the higher the level, the lower the level of monsters, although the number of monsters in some places was a bit too much which made Ruminas struggle, but in the end, she overcame it.
[Receive: 350 EXP, 5 Faded Feathers]
[Receive: 200 EXP, 20 hard bones]
[Receive:….]
…
After each battle, she would gain a fair amount of experience points, but even so, the amount needed to level up was not small at all. Ruminas could only continue to try to overcome it.
"There are fewer and fewer monsters…"
There were days when Ruminas had to walk all day to find a group of monsters, but they were nothing compared to the ones in the lower areas. She could clear them all with just a few swings of her axe.
During this time, Ruminas also took the opportunity to complete the quest. She had already completed the part that required killing 30 random monsters, but as for using ten different types of weapons to kill enemies, Ruminas had only obtained nine types.
It's the crippled weapons that she picked up in this dungeon, and using them to deal the finishing blow will count as completing the quest.
Right now she needed another spear because this was the weapon she had never stopped using.
…
"So tired…"
"Now the only requirement left is reaching level 10."
It had been almost a month since Ruminas entered this dungeon and now she had returned to the surface. After spending a month underground, seeing the outside scenery made her momentarily excited.
The little spirit beside her patted her shoulder to comfort her.
"Even though I've made it this far and the dungeon is 99.99% cleared, I still can't leave!"
That's right.
Currently, Ruminas only had the boss of this dungeon left. The little spirit still advised her to give up because she wasn't strong enough, but spending a whole month down there without being able to get the necessary items was truly unbearable.
"My dear, your mission as a guide is complete, are you leaving?" Ruminas asked.
The little spirit was silent but then nodded slightly.
Ruminas sighed.
She had done a good job of improving her relationship with the little spirit recently, but she still couldn't get it to open its mouth to talk.
"I understand, let's call it quits here."
The little spirit immediately shed two streams of tears and flew to hug Ruminas, but because her body was so small, she almost didn't feel anything.
"If we are destined to meet again, we can still meet again," Ruminas said.
The little spirit calmed down after a minute of being emotional, then it suddenly snapped its fingers and a message appeared before her eyes.
[Received a quest proposal from NPC Shy Elf. Do you accept?]
"Oh, are you sure?" Ruminas asked back.
The little elf nodded firmly.
"Alright, I will try to complete it." Ruminas clicked accept quest.
Finally, the little spirit waved goodbye to her and turned into sparkling dust particles that scattered into the air.
Ruminas stood there in a daze for a long time before slowly calming down.
"Let's see what the baby wants."
[Shy Elf Quest]
[Description: The shy spirit has left a deep impression on you, so she has decided to ask you to help her with something very important to her. If you succeed, she will be willing to go with you]
[Completion conditions]
+Find a voice for the Shy Elf (Unfinished)
[Reward: 1000 EXP, 10 Random Stat Points, Max Favorability of Cowardly Elf]
"Huh? Find your voice?"
Ruminas' eyes widened at what she just read.
"So that means the baby couldn't speak from the start?"
Ruminas' mind started to feel a little confused but she quickly regained her composure.
"I don't quite understand, but if this is the request, then let's do it. After I finish it, I'll ask the little one about it. But aren't there any clues? The request is to find the 'voice', which is even more ambiguous than the clown's ghostly heart and sincere heart."
[Reminder: A notification will automatically appear when you get close to the target's location]
"Then I guess I can only rely on luck," Ruminas shrugged.
She then decided to enjoy a night up here before heading back down tomorrow morning.
"I wonder how the outside world is now…?" Ruminas was a bit curious, she had been down there for a month now so she was currently clueless about up here.
Are the monsters outnumbered? Have they evolved? Or has the humans taken action?
Ruminas suddenly felt eager to go outside again.
"We have to hurry"
"First, let's check the status board. It's been so long since I've looked at it that I don't know what the stats are like."
"Status board, open"
Name: Ruminas
Level: 9 (120/1900)
Grade: 1 star
Title: New Player.
Occupation: None.
Base Stats: | Health: 100/100 | Magic: 100/100 |
Attribute index:
Strength: 30
Defense: 19 (+50)
Agility: 30
Endurance: 28
Intelligence: 21
Luck: 16
Skill:
1. Appraisal [A] (Exclusive Skill)
2. Slash [A] (0/10)
3.
4.
Item:
[The Beginning Story] (Available for viewing)
[Black Blood]
[Gold Coin x200]
[Gasoline can x11]
[Water bottle x124]
[Canned food x136]
[Monster Skin x20] – Humanoid Parasite
[Low-Grade Chaos Bones x3] – Low-Grade Chaos Monster
[Kozak Crystal x1] – Incomplete Fetus
[Hard Bones x57] – Skeleton Guard
[Rotting Flesh x59] – The Guard Zombie
[Faded Feather x53] – Low-level (1), intermediate (5), advanced (20) Wolf Soul
[Amethyst Stone x4] – Stone Golem
[Golden Core x2] – Golden Golem
[Beetle x32] – Giant Beetle
"Nothing much has changed, but the items dropped by monsters have increased, I wonder if there's anything we can do with them?"
[Reminder: Items obtained from monsters can be exchanged for points in the shop or used as materials to craft weapons or equipment]
"Oh, so what is that store?"
[Reminder: Current level is not enough to unlock the shop feature]
"What the hell… Okay, let's go to sleep."
Ruminas put out the fire and began to fall asleep.
…
When she woke up, it was already morning. She enjoyed the warmth of the sunlight for a bit before returning downstairs with the goal of defeating the boss of this dungeon and obtaining the ghost heart.
Ruminas felt that going down slowly would take too long, so she returned to the room where she had been trapped before and deliberately stepped on the trap to activate it again. As a result, she fell freely down to the bottom of the lake.
"This way is fast but it's too cold!"
Ruminas quickly swam to shore and she had to take off her clothes again to dry.
Actually, this outfit has a self-regulating temperature function so it dried in no time, the problem is Ruminas' body.
"Well, just consider it as another bath. After going on adventures up there, I don't know how long it will be before I can take another bath."
Quickly drying herself and putting her clothes back on, Ruminas followed the previous path to return to the ancient building. After a few dozen minutes of traveling, she finally stood in front of the door leading to the boss room.
"I haven't done anything yet but the pressure is so heavy…"
Just standing in front of this door made Ruminas feel an invisible pressure on him, but having come this far, he couldn't retreat any further.
"Come in!"
Ruminas stepped forward and pushed the door open with both hands.
The door gently pushed back, revealing the strongest boss of this dungeon inside, or… maybe not…