55 Dungeon #0024

South Africa, Cape Town… walking on the streets, Viktor covered his mouth as the view was beyond horrible. "Look, do not take your eyes away…" I said as I walked between the corpses of humans that were eaten, cut into pieces and mutilated.

"Father, what are we facing… Blurgh" Viktor vomitted as he couldn't keep watching. "Do you want your sister to see this?" I asked with a cold voice as I lit a cig. Viktor shook his head and walked slowly next to me.

"Is this what you fear to see?" I continued asking as I puffed the smoke. Viktor face went pale and shook his head again. "I said is this what you fear to see?!" With an angry voice, I asked Viktor again.

"No! I don't want to see this!" Viktor tears flowed down his eyes as he followed behind me. "Then once we enter the dungeon, do not think of resting, fight for being stronger and remember that if I am gone one day, no one else will be able to protect your sister other than yourself."

Viktor nodded and stayed silent. After a few minutes of walking on the streets, I looked around and sighed as I noticed a few presences of people living within the buildings. Reaching the bridge, I went bellow and walked slowly before I found a hole under the bridge.

"Viktor, you will feel dizzy after you enter this but keep yourself steady and focused," I said to Viktor before throwing the cig on the ground and entering the dungeon. My head became dizzy for a second but then I found myself in a open land, grass covering every part of this land.

[Welcome to Dungeon #0024]

A notification appeared on my chat log, I nodded and began moving. "Father! Wait for me" Viktor who still hasn't stabilized himself ran sluggishly after me. "Viktor, remember that we have 10 days to complete this, I am here to make you strong and do my job as a guild master… slow me down and I will leave you behind" I said in a calm voice before I began running.

Viktor finally stabilized himself and rushed behind. I finally found the monsters after running for a few minutes, I jumped towards the monsters that didn't notice me.

Rip! Rip! Rip! Three goblins ripped with my open fist, 'Tiger Form' my pace changed from sneaking from behind to walking slowly towards the rest. "Lesson number one, if there is an opportunity, take it" I disappeared from my place and appeared behind the biggest monster, slowly piercing the hobogoblin heart, it fell down.

"Squeee!" the goblins were enraged as they rushed me, "Lesson number two, you either fight back from the moment you decided on taking that opportunity or die trying" I dodged the monsters and began to slash their sides one by one, 'Phantom Thief'.

The goblins fell one by one until there was not one of them standing. "Lesson number three, even if you have won the fight, never let your guard down." I raised left hand to the side and caught a flying arrow. "Woah" Viktor amazed by what he saw, I shook my head.

"Lesson number four, there is never a weak monster, one careless mistake and you can die," I said as thousands of goblins rushed from under the grassland surrounding us. 'Mountain Form' I stood in my place.

"Viktor, fight as if your life depends on it" I said to Viktor as I looked at him. "Yes, Fath… Guild Master!" His eyes became cold and he raised his fist.

I cracked my fist and smiled at the attacking goblins, Clank! Clank! They hit my body with their sticks, I sent a left hook towards the first goblin and a right hook towards the second.

Swish! Both flew towards their companions, killing twenty in the process. "VIKTOR! HAHAHA! DO NOT FORGET YOU ARE THE WIND!" I Laughed as I began to kill goblins who are swarming me from the shout.

"Haha… yes" Viktor killed several goblins by flowing with the air. "Ahh! Father! I leveled up!" Viktor shouted as he was surprised by the first notification.

"Good, focus on the battle, you can enjoy looking at your status later on!" I said as I was holding a goblin head before crushing it.

Hours passed and the last goblin fell. I took my legs out of the ground and walked towards Viktor who was exhausted lying on the floor. "You have grown…" I muttered to myself as I felt warm inside. "Stand up!" I shouted at him, "Yes, one moment please…" he said as he was trying to breathe.

"Stand! Up!" I repeated my words in a cold voice. Viktor was startled and stood up, "Sorry, I will remember the lessons…" He said in a low voice. I shook my head again at his survival skills.

"Remember, the dungeon is not as simple as a tower… it's a true living being, its core is something we have to destroy or we will keep facing monsters it spawns" I said to Viktor.

I began walking towards the area where the goblins popped out from and hit the ground with my fist. BOOM! The land shook and the area I hit began to collapse, a large hole opened up inside. "Follow me," I said to Viktor who was standing next to me.

Walking into the big hole, I saw the common things I saw in other dungeons… "Viktor, do you remember what the voice said?" I asked Viktor who was walking behind.

"Yes, it said Welcome to Dungeon #0024" Viktor replied. I stopped my steps and looked at the darkness at the end of the hall, "Viktor, the dungeons are classified by numbers, the higher the number is, the more dangerous it is… it can go up to 9999 which is a dungeon of the unknown, we are in the mortal level which is from 1-99"

After finishing my words, I jumped into the darkness. Crash! I fell down on a boulder and crushed it into pieces, Crash! Viktor fell down and struggled to get up, I held his shoulder and made him stand. "If this stops you, give up…" I said to him, looking around I noticed that there was a large cave.

"Zeus," I said as Zeus appeared behind, the entire area was illuminated by electricity Zeus produced on his body. "Master," he said as he was also startled by what he just felt.

I smiled, "Dragon, I haven't fought one in 3 years huh…" the cave began to shake, a large lizard looking monster began to leave the cave. Slowly shaking the entire ground we were on as each step it took left behind a print.

"ROAR!" It shouted in anger as it looked at us. "Viktor, remember that size doesn't matter, what matters is the winner in the end" I disappeared from my place and appeared behind the tail of the dragon and pulled it inside the cave forcefully. "Do not follow me Viktor, stay with Zeus, fight the lizards crawling on the walls! Haha!" A voice vibrated within the cave, startling Viktor who was about to follow, looking around he saw lizards slowly descending the walls, he can't count them as they were everywhere.

"Sigh… I will do this for sister" Viktor clenched his fist and began the battle against the lizards. On the other hand, I was fighting a dragon.

Boom! I threw the Dragon towards the wall but the dragon adjusted its weight to land on the wall with its legs before it jumped towards me and opened its mouth to bite. "Heh," I dodged and punched grabbed the left wing before pulling it strongly. Rip! The wing was half torn. "ROAR!" The Dragon screamed in pain before its instincts flared up.

"Ah, I never liked fighting your kind... " Swish! I disappeared from my spot and appeared under the Dragon who was about to spit fire with its mouth. Zing! I threw a punch filled with lightning into the dragon stomach, sending it flying towards the top of the cave. Before it can descend, I changed the wraith gauntlet on my hands into a spiked gauntlet.

"King Form" A crown symbol appeared on my fist, looking at the dragon descending from the top, I smiled and pulled my fist back. "Demonic Retribution" the mask changed from 4C3 style into a demon face. The moment the Dragon reached my Punch space… "Die" I smiled.