Boss (4)

Just thinking about things wouldn't help Kane in any way. So, he began to move toward the center of the dungeon before he started to feel hungry or tired again. Much to his surprise, the moment Kane began to explore the center of the dungeon, he noticed one thing. There was no monster in there.

Kane already knew that Bloody Ants would spawn on the south side of the dungeon. As for the spiders, they could spawn on the west and east side. However, he didn't know where bats were spawning, but it wasn't in the dungeon's center since, even after concentrating for quite a while, he couldn't hear anything.

"Something is off… why wouldn't the monsters approach this area?"

Kane already knew the answer. It was for the same reason the monsters wouldn't approach him. Although they were dumb, monsters had excellent instincts. That was quite weird, given that they were only a few days old at best, but that was a question for another time. Kane was more worried because, at the center of the dungeon, he would find something that would make the monsters run away. Something equally or even more powerful than his current body.

"This is bad… this place is too big, so I will have to spend a lot of energy to return and find monsters if something happens in the middle of the dungeon. It looks like the more I live as a monster, and the more difficult things will get instead of getting easier."

Then again, maybe that was a good chance. Considering the features of the system, it was clear that it was stimulating people like Kane to reincarnate as many types of monsters as possible in order to unlock new skills in the shop. Instead of dying of hunger, perhaps it was a good idea to die fighting a powerful monster and understanding how that creature fights. Kane already had one hundred and fifty reincarnation points. Despite that, the most powerful creature he could become was a goblin, and that would cost him one hundred points.

"Maybe I'm thinking overthinking it… Besides, only someone crazy would die again and again just to unlock some skills. Perhaps it would be worth the trouble if I could learn those skills automatically, but this isn't the case. "

Just a few days of living as a monster already made Kane change his mindset quite a bit. Although humans had to sacrifice time and effort to obtain some things in life, a few times, they actually had to offer more than that to achieve something that might or not help them in the future.

Regardless, Kane wasn't a human anymore. In order to live a few more decades as he wanted, he would have to make the most of the situations he would face in the future. The system was there to be used so that he would use it. The only thing he only has to be careful about was about the idea of power. No matter how strong Kane would get, the moment he tries something funny, he might lose all that power… so he couldn't, in any circumstance, get arrogant.

Putting such worries aside, Kane moved toward the center of the dungeon. Still, even if he didn't manage to get those thoughts out of his head, he would be forced to do it because soon, he felt the atmosphere around that area changing.

"Mmm? What is this…"

It was weird, Kane could tell that the temperature of the dungeon didn't decrease, but he felt like that had happened. The scenario was the same as usual,… rough walls, sandy ground, and a rusty ceiling. Kane touched all of them but couldn't feel anything different in them. Yet, that feeling was still bothering him.

"I wonder if this is what the weaker monsters feel when I get close to them…"

As of late, the bats barely try to fight with Kane. The moment they notice Kane's approach, they try to run away, even when they are not alone… Regardless, that feeling was really bothersome. If Kane was really approaching a powerful monster, then that feeling means that difference in power was just too big…

Despite that, Kane ignored the sensation and still moved toward the dungeon's center. The feeling was slowly increasing, and that confirmed that he was moving in the right direction.

One hour later, Kane finally found what was causing that feeling… it was a two meters tall golem. The creature was quite round and had a single eye in the middle of its chest, the golem didn't have a head, but it had arms and legs that were bulky like the rest of its body. As if it was made of the soil of the dungeon, the creature was brown, and it wasn't moving a single bit from the spot where Kane found it… behind the beast, Kane saw a long staircase. He couldn't see the light of the exterior of the dungeon, so he confirmed that he was in a dungeon that had multiple floors.

"Why is a monster guarding that staircase? That is very suspicious… in any case, that thing looks really strong and, by far, is the most powerful monster I have ever seen. This isn't a good sign... dungeons were supposed to become harder on lower floors, so it doesn't make any sense that monster has been there."

Kane didn't know if a golem had to eat other monsters. It was made of dirt, after all. Regardless, Kane was more worried as to why that thing wasn't hunting other monsters… he didn't find a single sign of battles around. Kane also didn't see the signs of monsters or even humans.

Although those thoughts were quite bothersome, Kane already thought about what he should do to defeat the golem. Elementally speaking, his Water Ball would give him a huge advantage over that monster, but aside from that, Kane's attacks wouldn't help him all that much.

"Given that I always count on decreasing the mobility of my foes, I will have a hard time dealing with that. I bet such a beast won't even feel if I bite its arms or legs. Still, just like I need power to survive, I also need knowledge... If I find a golem-like that in the future, the battle experience that I may obtain now will prove useful"

In any case, even though the life of a golem would be pretty dull since they were made of dirt, Kane was still quite interested in unlocking such a monster. However, this time even he could tell that he was trying to bite more than he could chew.