Fungeon Crawling

Lumas stood at the entrance to the dungeon, the sight of the stairs leading into the abyss along with the cold wind flowed within reminded him of his goal… With a deep breath he started running down the steps his goal for this dungeon crawling session… the 10th floor with everything in his 'Item Box' he could make a few sets of 'Healing Potions' and 'Stamina Potions' he couldn't make anything better then H Rank-Untiered potions, something that someone with even the lowest 'Mixing' skill could put to shame

However something was better than nothing, with his trusty sword from the training grounds he entered the first floor, due to Riveria's lessons he had a mental map of the first 3 floors… not the whole floor mainly just paths to either the lower floors or the upper floors, these were the only floors he could dedicate to memory without traversing them himself

Due to his spars with Finn and Ais' the goblins and kobalds of the first floor posed no threat, while he couldn't match the Kobalds speed he could read their moves enough to either evade or parry/block he didn't take any hits head on instead angling his blade so the slide down the spine of the blade, after 15 minutes he made it to the entrance of the 2nd floor quickly heading down the steps

It didn't take long for him to run into a monster, It was something he has only heard of so far… a dungeon lizard, deciding to test the waters he melded a small needle of green flames 'flicking' it towards the dungeon lizard upon impact a loud pop was heard as a small explosion happened at the back of the needle Lumas began to focus on the flames burning the dungeon lizard from inside slowly fueling them with his intent

Suddenly the dungeon lizard combusted, Lumas was slightly shocked… he knew it was going to happen but didn't think it was going to be as gruesome as it was, he should have knew it was kind of going to explode… clearing his thoughts Lumas focused on his surroundings as he headed towards the 3rd floor, it is identical to the first floor when it comes to monsters only having goblins and kobalds the only increase in difficulty is the amount some roaming in small groups

After an hour he stepped foot on the 4th floor, the only monster different on this floor are Asters, which unless provoked barely move or attack however when provoked they secret a neurotoxin and once they gather enough the eye in the middle can spit(?) the toxin

Everything was going well until he turned the corner and found a pack of kobalds with some goblins armed with stalagmite clubs, instantly jumping forward towards one of the kobalds slightly away from the group he thrusted out with his blade narrowly missing the center of its neck changing his direction he made some distance seeing the kobald's blood flowing from its neck with a slight gurgle he attempted to lead the group of monsters in circles slowly whittling away at their numbers whenever an unlucky kobald charges

The monsters seemed to have no sense of strategy, they seemed to be competing for whoever could kill Lumas first, the kobalds shot out one after another while the mindlessly charged with no hope of touching Lumas… he was using their own movements against the by quickly changing his direction occasionally jumping off the wall of the dungeon to evade a kobald when he got himself cornered

Knowing that all he was doing was playing it safe and wasting stamina he became more proactive(?) pushing his senses and his instinct, slowly he was getting overwhelmed there was still 4 kobalds and 3 goblins quickly snapping around with his sword following a goblin slumped to the ground as its head followed shortly after, drawing an arc with a slight twist he cleaved through a kobolds chest causing it to explode into dust clouding his vision

A dull pain rose from his side as a goblins club connected with his ribs breaking his stance, as Lumas retaliated cutting deep into the goblins head he was forced to bring his arm up as a kobald chomped down, gritting his teeth Lumas swung again taking down another kobald, changing his grip on the sword he stabbed the kobold through its Magic Crystal luckily nicking a goblin in the eye causing to to stumble missing its swing as the Kobald blew up into dust he drew a wild arc with his sword robbing a kobald of its arm before snapping the sword fighting against its momentum bringing it halfway through the same kobalds neck

Another dull pain rose from his back as the last goblin managed to land a grazing hit on his back snapping around fueling the momentum of his sword, as the sword came around a thin flame began to travel up the edge of the blade causing it to bisect the goblin with ease however due to that the momentum carried through unimpeded throwing him slightly off balance

Lumas barely managed to duck under a kobalds swipe luckily it was the only monster that wandered into the hall they were in kicking off the ground he hit the kobold with his shoulder before thrusting out piercing the kobold through the stomach apparently he hit the Magic Crystal because it exploded into dust, looking around he saw that the hall was still clear and began picking up the Magic Crystals he even managed to get a kobald fang

Taking a few herbs from his 'Item Box' alongside a mortar and pestle and began crushing them up adding a small amount of water that was dripping from the ceiling, once it began to turn into paste he injected a small amount of mana with the intent to strengthen the herbs properties he started coating the kobold bite in it, that should deal with the infection that comes from their bite, he then took out a small vial of reddish blue liquid and quickly drank it… a cooling sensation ran through his body as the pain began to ease letting out a deep breath he stood up and started looking for the entrance to the 5th floor

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[Unknown-17th Floor]

Two people were making their way back from the lower floors, if someone saw this party they would instantly move away from their path… Freya's 2 strongest, Ottar, A beast of a man standing at 210cm with boar like ears ontop of his head currently known as the strongest in Oriaro at Level 7 and Allen Fromel an angry looking Cat-Kin(?) only 162cm in height, black hair, and a silver spear and they were meet with a monster party in the hundreds of Minotaurs, seeing this one was excited and the other was bored while they culled the Minotaur… it was a massacre and some how… some way they began running, crossing floor after floor seemingly in terror…

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After an unknown amount if time Lumas dragged himself to continue he was currently in a horde of Killer Ants chugging potions one after another while swinging a flaming sword, the sword itself seemed to be melting from the heat as the flames slowly dripped with the molten metal, every wave of the sword fueled the flames eating away at anything in its path but there seemed to be no end, with every ant killed 2 more took its place whittling away at Lumas' mind the feeling of approaching death eating away at his thoughts Lumas used 'Equal Exchange' his mind instantly cleared time seemed to have stopped… everything was shade of black and white

'Do you want power?'

Lumas heard a soft whisper seemingly coming from everywhere but nowhere at the same time

'I do…'

There was silence for some time before the voice whispered right next to Lumas' ear

'~How much power do you desire?~'

The voice was unbelievably tempting seemingly wishing for him to take it all he nearly spoke without thought but quickly stopped as he forced himself to think

'None… not from you…'

A deafening cackle sounded out

'Very well…'

Lumas felt something leave him like he was robbed of something as the colors faded back in his body froze as the ant surrounded him just before he was swarmed a blazing green flame exploded from him scorching the room turning everything within to ashes, he felt his consciousness fading but quickly downed a stamina potion… he knew what he exchanged… Stamina for Mana, and now he has next to no mana it was already weighing on his mind

'Did I over do it?'

He nodded his head knowing very well he overdid it but he shrugged it off as he finished his last stamina potion before turning around and leaving the room, he's nearly made it to the 10th floor he can't stop now just as he was about to begin down the steps to the 8th floor he heard some big charging up them moving out the way not trying to get on an adventurer's bad side over something as dumb as bumping into him in the dungeon, however what came out wasn't an adventurer once he saw the horned cow head he jumped back looking at what remained of his sword… just over half, it still had something which could be called a point and one side was still slightly sharp

'Dodge, dodge, dodge,...'

Chanting in his mind as he darted forward looking for the slightest movement, he saw the Minotaurs shoulder slightly rise and kicked to the side dipping under the shoulder he thrusted his sword into the beast's armpit he felt the sword hit bone and dragged down with all his strength cutting through its shoulders rendering its arm useless… well that what Lumas thought the Minotaur twisted around swinging it's limp arm directly at Lumas, His eyes went wide as he hurriedly ducked down while covering his head

He couldn't duck fast enough he felt the heavy impact against his arm and was sent sliding across the floor and into the wall, his arm was limp… he felt blood running down his face as it dripped in his eye, with a grunt and a heavy wince Lumas barely managed to open a vial of 'Health Potion' his body went cold as the pain receded from his thoughts he reluctantly made it to his feet with some difficulty, he couldn't find his sword, next to no mana, and facing a monster he can't hope to win against…

'High risk… High reward huh…'

The only thing Lumas could think about is surviving, he knew he wouldn't out run it, the only way was straight ahead… Lumas barely managed to condense enough mana to open his 'Item Box' and took out a red wire like string alongside two dowel like pieces of wood seeing the Minotaur standing there glaring occasionally snorting small tuffs of steam he took this chance to hurriedly wrap the string around the two pieces of wood leaving a strand in the middle connecting the pieces of wood, testing the strength his let out a sigh and charged forward into his death hoping he could make it out alive

Seeing Lumas charge the Minotaur got down in all four and kicked off the ground attempting to skewer Lumas with his horns, Lumas kicked off the ground taking to the air as he flew over the Minotaur the string caught something pulling Lumas Towards the Minotaur, Lumas dug his feet into the Minotaur back as yanked with all his strength the string tightened against the Minotaurs neck slightly cutting into the skin

"!RaRaAHaaaa!" (a/n: don't ask…)

Lumas yelled from the depths of his very being a few strand of spit flinging from his mouth as he pulled veins quickly began to start showing on Lumas' arms and face as he went red he felt like he was going to pass out but he persisted the string slowly cutting through the flesh then as if the previous struggle was a joke it cleanly cut through stopping only at the spinal cord as the Minotaur dropped to the ground

Lumas slumped in its back, his whole body ached all he wanted to do was go to sleep but he had to continue stopping wasn't an option now he had to make it to the 10 floor he didn't care if he took a single step on the floor before turning around and falling asleep in the stairs he had nothing worth on his and if an adventurer really wanted to kill him in his sleep for no reason then it would be his time

He stumbled to his feet and limped to the stairs he made it 6 steps before falling, as he went to stand back he barely made it to his feet before the light faded alongside his consciousness

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"Damn kids got balls"

A deep voice sounded out with a bit of enthusiasm in his voice, the man next to him just snorted before speaking with venom in his voice

"Dumbass should have just ran he obviously only got lucky it was already hurt "

"Allen shut up, your voice is making my brain cells off themselves"

Allen just glared at the large Boaz before snorting and walking away

"Ottar, Leave him he'll die anyways"

Ottar looked at the kid before unsheathing a dagger from his back, he walked over and grabbed the boy by the back of his collar and began dragging him

(A/N:

Second Floor: Cave Scene

•Goblins

•Kobalds

•Dungeon Lizard: a large Komodo dragon looking creature, they are known for their toxic saliva and hard scales {Drops: Lizard Scale (Uncommon), Lizard Toxin (Rare) Magic Crystal (Guaranteed)}

•Jack Birds: A rare chicken like creature with luscious shiny blue/green/pink/red feathers, bright orange beak, and golden eyes with slit for pupils, known for their immense explosive speed that could rival a Agi based level 4, If caught will lay a golden egg in fear {Drops: Golden Egg (Uncommon), Jack Bird Feathers (Rare), Magic Crystal (Guaranteed)}

Third Floor: Cave Scene

•Goblins

•Kobalds

•Jack Birds: Rare

Fourth Floor: Cave Scene

•Goblins

•Kobalds

•Asters: A reddish-pink starfish like creature with a single eye in the middle of its body, A fairly harmless creature unless the gel it releases from its body when threatened which is a powerful neurotoxin enters the bloodstream, Usually these are avoided due to that fact, unless you have connections to the darker side of Oriaro {Drops: Aster Toxin (Rare), Aster Limb (Uncommon), Magic Crystal (Guaranteed)})