9 Dungeon

Frustration was starting to pile up, his cultivation was apparently useless, he still didn't know how to gain experience, his profits dried up, and he couldn't think of a solution to these problems.

Jim decided to get his mind off of things and went to his trusty computer, he started reading some web comics and in a certain one he saw the answer to his troubles, some of them anyway, he immediately started browsing the Shop's [Skills] and found what he was looking for.

[Illusion Barrier]

[Creates A Space Outside Of Reality, Created Space Is Adjustable]

[Price - 20,000]

"Ugh..." he grunted upon seeing the price, but considering it an investment for the future he decided to take it, despite spending over half of his points he decided to purchase 10 Healing Potions and stored them in the Inventory, He also stored his pills and other things he thought would be useful, thinking it over he went ahead and bought a Short Spear and Arm Guards from the shop.

[Arm Guards - Quality: Common]

[Defense - 5]

[Price - 50]

"Right, I think that's good enough", He breathed in deeply and activated Illusion Barrier, his surroundings suddenly changed and he found himself in the middle of a city street, the sky was dark and had a sickening green color. Looking around at the crumbling ruins of city buildings, he didn't spot anything nearby, so he started walking.

After a couple of minutes, he saw movement, it was a rotting corpse of a man, tattered clothing and heavy wounds covered the creature, making it impossible to determine what he originally looked like. Jim inhaled and gathered his courage, he approached, the corpse turned towards him and started shambling forward. Jim waited a moment and thrust the spear out, the corpse's chest was punctured, but it didn't seem to care, Jim panicked for a moment before pulling out the spear, "Right, head, gotta aim for the head.", another thrust caused the corpse to go limp and collapse.

Jim got closer, he felt a macabre allure to inspecting this creature, yes, it's a zombie, a human, dead, but still moving, Jim felt it strange that he was relatively calm facing this creature, but recalled his Fear Resistance, it wasn't targeted at his anxiety, he felt it let him move as though things were normal.

When Jim's face got too close, the stench of rot from the corpse was overpowering, he nearly puked and stumbled backwards.

[Nausea Resistance Level Up]

[Nausea Resistance Level Max]

[Nausea Resistance Derivation Skill - Iron Gut Obtained]

[Congratulations Host, Host Has Achieved Maximum Level In A Skill, Skill Max Gift Pack x 1 Awarded]

Jim suddenly saw the zombie's hand twitch, "It isn't dead?" He approached and gave it another stab, then another, than another.

[Congratulations Host For Defeating Rank 1 Zombie x 1, 5 Points Awarded]

[Congratulations Host For Defeating Your First Monster, Warrior Trainee Gift Pack x 1 Awarded]

Jim saw a little black pebble suddenly pop out of the zombie's chest, he used appraisal on it.

[Low Quality Magic Stone, Energy: 9]

"Huh..." he scooped it up and put it in his bag, the corpse was still there, but he couldn't think of a use for a rotting zombie, he just left it. After checking there were no enemies nearby, he opened the gift packs.

[Skill Max Gift Pack Opened]

[Congratulations Host, System Upgrade Module x 2 Obtained]

[Congratulations Host, 10,000 Points Obtained]

A smile was placed on his lips seeing the familiar reward, on to the next.

[Warrior Trainee Gift Pack Opened]

[Congratulations Host, Short Spear - Common Obtained]

[Congratulations Host, Leather Chestguard - Common Obtained]

[Congratulations Host, Copper Body Outer Technique Obtained]

"..." You're messing with me, aren't you system?