Amia’s Determination

After dispatching the Nindroids in their vicinity, Aurora reached level 4905, and Amia reached level 2846. These droids provided far more exp than an S-Rank dungeon and below, which they've entered before, making farming them a good source of leveling up. Not only that, but their strength came from their incredible speed and numbers, and energy weapons materialized from their forearms; however, their bodies were individually weak in close quarters hand-to-hand combat.

Also, their coordination and tendency to sacrifice themselves for their own were certainly not normal. Seeing them kill their allies with ease, they rushed in head-on—they were already desperate, knowing that Aurora and Amia's stamina and mana would inevitably be exhausted. Until then, they'd recklessly attack head-on without even changing up their tactic a bit.

"Here comes another batch…" Aurora, utilizing a newly acquired skill called existential perception, sensed tens of thousands of Nindroids leaping through the trees, heading their way. "This feels like, for every Nindroid we slay, another would spawn somewhere else. An endless cycle."

But as much as it feels like it, dungeons were not video games; monsters couldn't respawn after killing them, and adventures didn't have an infinite supply of stamina; this was reality. In the end, they'd run out of Nindroids and they'd run out of Mana.

"You must be so eager to die, huh?" She stretched out her hand, and thousands of ice arrows shot into the sky, quickly falling on the leaping Nindroids.

Boom~

The arrows hit their marks, instantly freezing them; however, they weren't the only things hit; the trees around them were hit too. The purpose was to turn the entire forest into an arctic one, and in doing so, she'd slay the lingering Nindroids.

And just like that, the ice spread with incredible speed, enough that their surroundings were frozen in the blink of an eye.

[Nindroid (Lv. 6347)—Defeated!]

[+11,347,000 exp]

[Nindroid (Lv. 6358)—Defeated!]

[+11,358,000 exp]

[Nindroid (Lv. 6352)—Defeated!]

[+11,352,000 exp]

Thousands of similar notifications to the ones above continuously flashed before her eyes until her vision was entirely obscured.

'Alexa… Can you turn off the notifications until the raid is over?'

[Certainly!]

The endless notifications that had covered her vision disappeared.

"Let's find the boss; however, be aware of mobs and lingering Nindroids. This still is a national-rank dungeon after all."

With this, they were ready to explore further into the dungeon. Narrowing their eyes, they set off, following the path before them, marked by ice.

Their aim was simple: to reach the forest's edge, where they presumed the boss must've been—it wasn't in the forest, so naturally this was the only possible place it could've been. Unless it would hide somewhere unknown... and even so, they didn't have much of a choice, so they'd search at the forest's edge and move on from there...

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After about half an hour's worth of time, they'd reached the forest's edge. On their way, they slaughtered any and every Nindroid they met, bringing their levels to 4975 for Aurora and 2957 for Amia.

Ahead, a massive metallic wall stood, towering over their insignificant selves, almost as if giving them a message of daring them to enter, a provocation per se; however, that didn't persuade them from entering.

"A friendly invitation… so kind…"

She smiled, stopping before the metallic double door dimly lit by blue lanterns on its sides—she raised her hands and pushed forward...

Click~

After her initial push, the door gradually opened and revealed the palace's massive courtyard. In the far end of the courtyard lay the palace's entrance; however, getting there wasn't as easy as it sounded; there were thousands of droids—this time of three types, which included the Nindroids.

One is a spider droid, which mounted itself on the encasing walls of the courtyard. Turret-like energy cannons were pointed directly at them.

[Spi-Droid]

[Type: Spider Droid]

[Level: 6475]

[Class: Machine Artillery]

And... the tank, with a high-powered cannon in its center as its main gun and four medium-but-rapid-powered cannons as its secondary, which were placed alongside the main gun,

[T-Droid]

[Type: Tank Droid]

[Level: 6550]

[Class: Machine Artillery]

"This is a little unexpected."

At first, she assumed it'd be like the S-rank and below, with a single species of mob and the boss, who was stronger; however, that assumption quickly disappeared as she looked into the courtyard. The situation put them at a severe disadvantage in numbers and power, yet her resolve never wavered.

She knew it'd be difficult, but difficult doesn't mean it's impossible!

"Let's begin, shall we?"

Suddenly, thousands of Nindroids lunged their bodies toward them, energy blades sprouting from their arms, and their blades were aimed for their vitals. Without giving a glance, the smirking Aurora conjured and swung her hellish flaming sword diagonally, sending out a massive ripple of flaming mana from her sword.

Immediately, the ripple reached the Nindroids and burst into flames, fading away in an instant as it disintegrated—not even the ashes were left behind.

'Their tactics are too simple, but I doubt this is all they've got! Otherwise, this wouldn't be considered a national rank dungeon…'

pear in front of her eyes, she frowned—she was a little dissatisfied.

[You have been affected by a magic negativity field.]

[You're unable to use mana, magical skills, or anything of the like outside of your body.]

'Increase in difficulty... it's expected…'

Normally, Aurora, a mage, would've been left as a defenseless, hopeless mage before this magic negation field; however, that's only if she were normal. Fortunately, she is far from normal... Even so, her skills weren't fit for slaying them without the use of mana outside of her body, but fixing that wasn't difficult—she'd just need to create them, skills belonging to the warrior class, where she could use mana inside her body where the negation couldn't reach.

Additionally, instead of mana, she could use her sexual energy, which wouldn't be negated by the field as it was another energy entirely; yet she'd rather save that for the boss fight—it'd be better to be safe than sorry given that the boss could use negation fields of a higher level than what they're facing.

Without further ado, she created the warrior skills needed.

[You've created the Skill: Combat Adaption]

[You've created the Skill: Unarmed Combat Mastery]

Narrowing her eyes, she pressed the combat adaptation. Immediately, an information box appeared, displaying the description and summary of the skill.

[Combat Adaption]

[Type: Passive]

[The longer one battles another, one's fighting style, tactics, and abilities will gradually adapt to their opponent's style, thus making them equal or sometimes even superior to their opponent]

After combat adaptation, she pressed on unarmed combat mastery...

[Unarmed Combat Mastery]

[Type: Passive]

[Level: Enhanced]

[One possesses unarmed combat beyond that of any human in existence. In doing so, they've reached the human peak of unarmed combat.]

'Level? It didn't display levels for my skills before…'

[Due to the skill belonging to the Warrior class and involving a form of combat, it needs a level to determine its strength] Alexa expressed.

'So do my other skills. Why don't they have skill levels?'

She avoided answering!

'Forget it… I have other things to worry about…' Facing Amia, she said, "Amia, focus on dealing with the tanks and Spi-Droid while I deal with the mobs! I'll join you shortly!"

"As you wish." Amia smiled, and a translucent barrier emerged around her. This was to protect her, and at the same time she employed her psychic abilities.

Unlike most skills, psychic abilities used another form of energy, an energy called force, or FE, which, like sexual energy, wasn't negated by the field.

Aurora, determined, bolted forward; it was time for her to strike to turn the tide and protect Amia. In a blink of an eye, she reached the closest Nindroid and sent a punch flying; the punch, in an instant, landed on its chest, crushing its core, before twisting her upper body around, her elbow landing on another Nindroid's face.

Boom~

It's body shot back, slamming into the metallic wall across the courtyard. The blow shattered its head, leaving it dead as its body slowly slid to the floor, leaving a crater.

As Aurora easily plowed through the Nindroids, it was nowhere near the same for Amia, who appeared to be struggling to deal with a single one of the T-Droids and Spi-Droids in spite of utilizing all her psychic force to crush their steel exoskeletons.

'I can't let this difference increase... I'll have to change up my method of combat... I'll fight at close range…'

Amia, with her intent on catching up to Aurora, dashed forward, shrinking the barrier around her body so it would only cover her body, and she circulated her force energy throughout her body, strengthening her physique.

Upon arriving before the Spi-Droid, she sent a punch flying. The punch landed on its chest and left a large dent. Unsatisfied, she sent another punch, followed by another; this continued until a screen popped up.

[Spi-Droid (Lv. 6485)—Defeated!]

[+11,485,000 exp]

[Player level up!]

[Lv. 2957 -> 3047]

[+9000 Stat Points]

With the tides turning in their favor, they slayed their prey despite some difficulty for Amia.