Level Two's Prowess

At the tenth floor, a figure instantly appeared out of nowhere. A scarf obscures the lower half of his face like a mask. His attire was in black in a sense which is similar to that of a ninja.

Looking around, Alex scanned his surroundings and was inwardly amazed that despite the damage he had dealt during his fight against the Juggernaut, it had already recovered without any traces.

He then sighed that because of the Juggernaut, Alex was forced to change his attire and buy something at the system with his remaining points which now left him with zero.

[Stalker's Scarf]

Rating: Normal

[Durability: 78/78 Defense: 22

* Slightly reduces the chances of being detected.

User Restriction: None. ]

[Stalker's Armor]

Rating: Normal

[Durability: 200/200 Defense: 143

* Reduce damage by 10%.

User Restriction: None. ]

[Stalker's Gloves]

Rating: Normal

[Durability: 110/110 Defense: 50

* Continuously attacking the same target five times will cause the fifth attack to deal 5x damage. 30 second cooldown.

User Restriction: None. ]

[Stalker's Pants]

Rating: Normal

[Durability: 180/180   Defense: 95

* All attributes +5% after a Critical Hit has been achieved. 30 second duration and 30 second cooldown.

User Restriction: None. ]

[Stalker's Boots]

Rating: Normal

[Durability: 160/160 Defense: 60

* Increases evasion rate by 5%.

User Restriction: None. ]

[Stalker Set]

[* When 5 set items are equipped: Physical Defense +5%, Movement Speed +10%.]

Upon wearing the clothes, he had a youthful, rebellious and mysterious vibe. His new attire matched his hair style well and conveyed a sense of stability and reliability.

Even though Alex had tried to request Welf to make him sort of armor when he picked up his daggers, Welf apologized as he didn't have much time to do so as apparently, he had a schedule with Bell's party in the dungeon.

Crack! Alex had spend enough time in the dungeon to exactly know what that sound means. A monster is being born from the dungeon walls beyond the fogs.

Another series of cracks echoes as a thick brown arm forces its way out. Pieces of the dungeon wall fall to the ground like bits of broken eggshells. A huge chunk crashes to the ground as the monster's right arm blasts through, followed closely by a beast's head and torso.

It didn't took long for a monster to appear in his sight. It's a huge pig headed monster that can reach three meters in height. It wears old hide at the waist like a skirt.

The 10th floor was full of roaming orcs at a higher level than goblins and made the adventurers frustrated. It possesses enough strength to cause some Level 2 adventurers to be unable to continue fighting after receiving a direct hit.

"Hmmm, it ain't over. This is why the dungeon is so scary from the 10th floor and down."

Crack, crack, crack! Sounds keeps coming from the walls. The sounds are echoing from every direction and monsters are right behind them.

Starting from the tenth floor, the appearance of a "monster party" has become a normal occurrence. They are of course very dangerous. Especially if you happen to be in the middle when it happens, since you'll be surrounded in no time.

The orc immediately charged its way towards Alex. It punched his head with its fists in the mount position. Looking at the incoming punch, Alex knew that the orc had enough strength to push him down and stepped on him without mercy while postured a mount position.

"There is no reason to panic."

Orcs are extremely strong. If a level 1 or even a level 2, takes a direct hit from one of these monsters, that person won't be getting up for a long time. However, if you could just easily avoid being hit, there was no need to worry about it.

Even without using his Flying Raijin, his speed was no joke. The wind is whistling in his ears. Even though Alex didn't activated his sharingan, Alex was moving faster than before and his senses are keeping up.

Despite already experiencing this sensation before, Alex didn't have the time or luxury to enjoy it when he fought against the Juggernaut so he found this very pleasing.

All of the orcs swarms their way and bombarded Alex with their heavy attacks. Alex found their attacks so slow. Alex smiled that because he maxed out his agility and all other basic abilities, he had become so fast even without relying with his Flying Raijin.

Arming himself with Splitting Edge and the new dagger forged by Welf, Alex began his counterattack.

[Assassin's Decree]

Rating: Epic

[Durability: 160/160 Attack Power: 230 Attack Speed: +8%

* The damage of stabbing attacks will increase by 30%.

* Physical defense penetration will increase by 35%.

* If you hit the same target six times, the sixth attack will unconditionally be a critical attack.

* Unconditional bleeding will occur when an attack is successful.

A dagger produced using the delicate skills and superior aesthetics of an excellent blacksmith. An item made by a smith with great skills and potential, but his experience and reputation is somewhat lacking.

User Restriction: Level 2 or higher. Intermediate Dagger Mastery.]

With a smile, the dagger struck the orc's body. It immediately fell to the ground with a bone breaking sound.

[ You have hit the target's vital spot. Damage will be amplified. ]

[ The effect of the skill 'Coup de Grace' has been activated, adding 230% critical damage. ]

[Coup de Grace Lv.2]

Rating: Epic

[A divine strike, honoring the opponent by choosing them for death.

* Gaining a 20% chance of delivering a devastating 230% critical strike to enemy units.

Type: Passive

Skill Proficiency: 0%

Cooldown Time: None.]

Looking at it's fallen body, Alex smiled just like when Alex saw that there wasn't much that had changed in his sharingan by the time he woke up in the morning. His perception was simply enhanced by 5 times than his perception in his two tomoe sharingan and an additional effect was added.

[* You can see a target's vital spots. If a vital spot is hit correctly, there are higher chances of criticals and status effects.]

It was a passive effect that created a target mark on an enemy's body and increased damage whenever hitting the target close to the center.

In other words, the skill increased damage when hitting well. The explanation was enough to prove that the skill's value was not little.

Seeing that he was still surrounded, Alex casted a spell.

"Grand Fireball!"

A magic circle appeared on his hand and started to create sparks.

Nyang!

Then Krausel threw himself towards the orc with his cute tiny figure. The scene looked like an egg flew to a huge rock. However, the result was different from how it looked.

Crunch!

Krausel instantly bit off the orc's neck that was as hard as a rock. Then he moved to the orc's back.

Kka!

The orcs attention was directed towards Krausel.

Bang!

At that moment, a massive fireball flew towards the orcs and made a strong explosion sound. The power of the flames was also strong.

Krgh!

The orcs glared at Alex right away and then simultaneously vanished only leaving their magic stones.

"Hey, Krausel. How are you?"

The first thing Alex did after elimating the orcs was pet Krausel who was happily rubbing its soft fur to him.

Nyang, meow!

Krausel kept rubbing his body on Alex to show his delight. With Krausel, Alex didn't need a party to deal with the orcs. Whenever a party fought against an orc, the members played according to a rule. Damage dealers were not supposed to touch an orc before the tankers attacked it.

The reason why it became a rule was simple. There was almost no way to stop an orc from charging towards the damage dealer once that damage dealer catches the orc's attention.

However, for Alex who was alone, didn't have the intention of stopping an orc from the very beginning. His fighting style was very different from that.

Even though Alex was aware that having a battle party would be beneficial, Alex was also aware that party play didn't only have advantages.

Also, there were more things to care about if he party played. For example, if the adventurers didn't trust each other and was only after the benefits, dividing items and keeping them in step together would cause some trouble. There was nothing more difficult than dealing with people like that.

Nyang!

Krausel showed his presence while rubbing his body on Alex. He slightly smiled and gave his attention to Krausel. Then he saw something.

".....Krausel, what is it above your head?"

Nyang?

There was a new question mark above Krausel's head.

[ An overflowing power is outpouring from Krausel's body. ]

[ Krausel's body is changing. ]

[ Your Celestial Cat, Krausel, has gotten a new power. ]

[ Choose Krausel's new skill. ]

At that moment. Krausel's tiny body started getting bigger and an endless number of cards started appearing around Alex. The cards of the same size all showed their backs and the cards that looked like a wall made one feel confined and cozy.

Just out of curiosity, Alex activated his sharingan to see if something would change. The moment his eyes changed, he turned his head to look at the 1,000 cards in front of him.

The cards that all looked the same.

However, they were now different in his eyes compared earlier.

'They're different from the color.'

For now, the color of each card was different in Alex's eyes. There were cards that shone yellow among the cards without color and there were a few cards emitting red light.

'The ones without color are of normal rarity, the yellow ones are rare, and the red ones are hero.'

However, Alex's line of sight went to a single place.

'The golden light is legendary.'

The legendary golden card. Only one card among the 1,000 cards in front of him took Alex's attention.

[ You have chosen a card. ]

It was a moment that Alex let Krausel welcome a chance to get a new skill. The opportunity to be able to have the legend that couldn't be obtained by anyone else came knocking on his door. Alex looked at Krausel's new skill card in his hands with surprised eyes.

[Celestial Cat's Aura Lv.1]

Rating: Legendary

[Using its Celestial Aura that is void of evil and impurity to seek the protection nature, upgrades the innate gifts of itself and companion.

* Increases 10% luck of it's master.

* An invisible shield that is always protecting around the surroundings of the Celestial Cat's master, can forcibly decrease all damage received by 30%. When HP is higher than 70%, the master will not die after receiving a lethal blow and HP will be reserved at 1.

Type: Passive

Skill Proficiency: 0%

Cooldown Time: None.]