New Skill
"Goddamit,I'm beat."Dante grumble to a shadow covering him from quiver of arrows which rain down to his area.
He quickly parry the arrows that headed up in front of him.The arrows look deadly and can kill normal being with just one direct hit after an skeleton misstep and was accidentally shot by its army.
Dante spends his last few weeks in the dungeon that was created by the necklace.After attentively watching the show between the brawler and the king,he thought that maybe this was a chance to become stronger.
Maybe one day he can defend himself from the harsh society.
Currently,it was the second last phase before the last one.He learns this after reading the description of his pendant.
Essentially,there is 6 phases that he needs to pass through.three that he passes which are the observation phase while the other 3 are unknown.
When the third phase started,he was observing the usual fight that occurred between two fighters.As always the fight was very fast and flashy and hard to copy so Dante had an itch to tried the new skills.
While focusing on the fight,Dante copy one of the fighter who look like an assassin from a game in Assassin Creed.
The shadow that was accompanying was the result of his practice.Shadow is a skill that can summon clone or a doppelganger for a slight moment.
***
Back to the current fight
"Stoppp.."
Dante outstretch his eyes because of the sudden voice entering his mind.
Asking,suprise he said
"Who Are You?"
"I myself don't know.When I got my conscious back,it seems like my soul already enters your body."The voice answer.
"Can you do anything?"Dante asked while parrying two arrows heading for his head.
"I can.I think I can.I can fused with your newly made skills.I think you call it shadow?"
"Y-You can read my mind?"Dante asked for confirmation.
"Yes I can."The voice said.
Dante blush a little hearing the statement.
"You seem tired.I shall help you"The voice exclaimed.
Suddenly the shadow moved on his own.
Then,
The closes skeleton with Dante suddenly drop down,struggling and making a shrieking sound before dying.
The rampage begun
5 of the skeleton hands that was aiming Dante with great focus,suddenly with great speed also drop down,leaving their unattach body.
Anyone will be impress but not for Dante.
He was jealous with the voice owner.
So,
He ran towards 2 more skeleton that was changing their aim to the shadow and slashed their neck with great force.
***
After 10 minutes
"Nicely done,partner."The voice was suprised with the talented boy.
Before Dante answer suddenly a sound ring inside his head showing a screen in front of him.
You have completed the Fourth Phase;
"The Strength Phase"
You have defeated
75x skeleton
Your rewards will be revealed after you exit the dungeon.
Do You Want To Return?
Yes/No
Fill with confident his hand was heading to the No option.
However,the conscious shadow stop him.
"Confidence can kill you."The shadow said.
Surprise by the shadow action Dante said
"In my whole life,I've never seen anyone stronger than me.I-"
"Pfftt..You are funny.I have decided.I'm gonna be your partner."The shadow dissipated before Dante start arguing.
"I don't want you to be my partner,Fuck off."Dante swore and immediately clicked the yes option.
***
The clone or shadow could be made because of the swiftness and flexibility of one person.Dante was a fast learner so he can grasp the basic of the ability.
While practicing the skill the next day after he got home he once again held the pendant and was transported to another place.However this time wasn't a palace or a dessert but a dungeon.
The dungeon he was at was full of rocks.Some rocks appears gleaming with faint light at a distance.
Dante was overwhelm with surprise and tried giving a pushed to his mini self inside to think.Then,the dungeon suddenly shook and vibrated.
The upper rocks of the dungeon collapsed directly aiming for Dante.
Suprised,he tries to escape but it is inevitable.Defending himself,Dante closes the
his eyes and raises both his arms to block the upcoming attack.
*Pufffff*
"Huh?What happened?"Feeling curious he look left,right,above and down.When he looks down he finally sees something to act as an answer for his curiosity.
A trace of dust which cannot be seen by rough eyes.However Dante was different from others thanks to his unbelievable training so he can clearly see the brown color dust scattered on the rocky rough floor.
A familiar sound suddenly ring once again;
You have completed the fourth phase;
The Endurance Phase
Your rewards will be revealed after you exit the dungeon.
Do you want to return?
Yes/No
Sore because of the training with his new skill he immediately clicked the yes option.
Dante's Secret
Dante can be compared to a main character in One punch Man "Saitama".
Why?
With enough training:
1.100 Push Up
2.100 Sit Up
3.10 Kilometer run
and also 100 squat up.
It seem possible at first but to have a high intensity training everyday without motivation or preference quotes to boost the training,yes it is impossible.
Knowing all this,Dante still train in the morning with his bought jacket around his neighbourhood.
***
*Ah motherf*cker,this f*cking body.F*ck off,F*ck off.I don't want to train*A boy cursed internally but the expression he wore outside expressed his feeling inside.
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-Stranger POV-
"Ah.Moshi,moshi.Is this the police department?I'm sorry for interrupting but there is a possibility that our neighbourhood will be threaten.There seem to be a weird boy who is circling our neighbourhood like crazy and i think he needs some counseling services....."