ANT CAVE 3 Monstrosity 2

Grey and the monster turned to look at the newcomer, their faces filled with questions. The figure had hair like golden dust and eyes clearer and purer than ice, but they were lifeless. He introduced himself, "Hello friend, my name is Raphael. I am an F rank cadet, class D. And you?"

Grey shouted in disbelief, "Are you crazy? If you're an F rank like me, why are you here? Run away!" Before Grey could finish his sentence, the monster interrupted, "Hey insect, who the hell are you? I am enjoying my meal here. Do you have a death wish? Do you want to be my meal that much?"

Raphael simply smiled at the monster, which seemed to enrage it even further. It lunged at Raphael, but Grey was too slow to intercept it. He thought Raphael would be dead for sure, but to his surprise, the monster froze before it could reach Raphael, stopping about five meters away.

The monster seemed puzzled and panicked. Grey seized this moment. He bet every drop of his energy on his next attack. Golden Body is a skill which enhances the states to 10 times, because of Grey's low vitality he can not use it's full potential, but the situation is, he is barely hanging on the ropes, so he gambled, he used the full potential of the golden body skill, which made his stats looked like this,

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Name: Grey Age: 16

Title: <Locked >, etc.,

Class: None

Affinity: ???? (Yet to reveal)

<Str >: 1600

<Def >: 1800

<Vit >: 1050(-1000)

<Int >: 1030

<Dex >: 1730

Gift: [Inheritance of ?????????]

Skill: Golden Body, <Locked >, <Locked >, <Locked >, etc.,

Possession: <Locked >, etc.,

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the stats pierced through the roof made him an S+ class Hero's stats, brimming with power, Clenching his pole-arm, he took two powerful steps forward, right leg then left, and flew towards the monster. He swung his weapon with mountain-like power, lightning fast. At that very moment, he was engulfed in an aura that resembled hot molten lava, unlike the golden aura he had a while ago.

The monster's head was nowhere to be seen. It had been smashed for good, and the surroundings were all messed up. A bit of flesh landed on Raphael's face, which disgusted him. 

Now the monster is dead Grey euphoria of battle is calmed and senses back to him and made him tremble and fell his butt on grounds, this was lucky that he even lasted more than 10 minutes in the Monkey kings rage alive, Grey vomited blood, some of his internals got crushed by using that power he can't even stand in that situation but even in that situation our Raphael asked Grey

The monster's head was obliterated, leaving the surroundings in chaos. A bit of flesh landed on Raphael's face, which he found revolting. With the monster now dead, Grey's battle euphoria subsided, and he fell to the ground, trembling. He was lucky to have lasted more than 10 minutes in the Monkey King's Rage state. Grey vomited blood; some of his internal organs had been damaged by using that power. He couldn't even stand, but even in that situation, Raphael spoke to Grey.

"Hey friend, if you were going to kill it, you should've done it neatly. It's disgusting to have its flesh on my face," Raphael said. Grey looked seriously into Raphael's eyes and asked, "Did you do that?" Raphael smiled and replied, "Yes, I am the one who did that." Grey wondered how someone as powerful as Raphael could be an F rank. But Raphael explained that he was indeed an F rank and that he had a petrification gaze skill, which is how he had petrified the monster.

After taking some healing potions borrowed from Raphael, Grey was able to walk again, but he knew he couldn't use that skill again; it would kill him. Grey asked Raphael, "Hey, why are you here alone? Where is your team?" Raphael replied, "My teammates are dead. I am the only one alive. When we were hunting, we encountered many ant generals, so I bought some time to escape them. But when I escaped and searched for them, they had all been eaten by that monstrosity." Grey asked, "It can detect presence, but how did it not detect you?" Raphael replied, "I don't know. After it left, I followed it and when I reached it, you and that monster were fighting."

Grey looked at him doubtfully and said, "You knew you couldn't defeat it but followed it?" Raphael replied, "Yes, I knew. But I thought it was following other teams, so if I joined them, we could kill that monster. That's when I saw you fighting. Honestly, I thought you were going to die, but you are very strong. But more importantly, you are the suspicious one here. An F-Rank stronger than S Rank? Are you a spy?" Grey scoffed, "Cut the crap. I am not a spy or anything else. It was just a one-time skill. I cannot use it frequently."

They talked about many things and both of them stayed in a safe place on the second floor as most of the monsters had been dealt with by the monstrosity. Time passed and soon the test was going to end. A mysterious sound echoed in their heads, "17th floor has been cleared." Grey told Raphael, "Shoot, it seems like we are going to be in last place…" Raphael replied, "Well, we can do better next time." Grey scoffed, "If there is a chance, yeah." The reason he said that was because if the cadets fail this exam, they will repeat the same year, which is shameful.

When the time was up, all the cadets inside the dungeon were teleported outside at the same time. Grey and Raphael, who had faced death together, became friends. Grey's party never came back, and he also lost the watch. He was concerned about his friends. Raphael cheered him up before teleporting outside, which was unlike him.