Rewards
Luke made his way outside the forest.
Once he arrived at the entrance,
[You have defeated more than 15 Goblins.]
[Congratulations!]
[You have cleared The Forest of Goblins!]
[Clear Rank is being calculated... ]
[Appropriate Rewards are being calculated...]
[You have defeated 74 Goblins.]
[You have obtained the Title "Hunter Of Goblins".]
[You have been awarded 400 Gold Coins and 1100 Experience Points.]
[You have defeated 1 Hobgoblin.]
[You have obtained the Title "Overachiever".]
[Clear Rank: [S].]
[You have been awarded 10 Stat Points to assign to the Stats of your liking.]
Luke chuckled while reading his rewards.
'10 Stat Points. The reward given to Hunters who clear a [F] Rank Dungeon alone and with a Clear Rank [B] or higher...'
"What are those Titles about?" Luke asked out loud.
[Hunter Of Goblins: A Title bestowed to those who see Goblins as prey.
Damage dealt to Goblins: +20%.
Damage dealt to monsters related to Goblins: +5%. ]
[Overachiever: A Title bestowed to the Hunters who show exceptional promise by S-Clearing their First Dungeon. Rewards from clearing Dungeons go up by 25%. ]
'This is great...'
[Two of your Titles are merging...]
"What?"
[Your Titles Overachiever and Elite Newbie have merged.]
[You have obtained the Title Overachieving Newbie.]
[You shall gain 5 Unused Stat Points after each level up.]
[Experience Points gained from clearing Dungeons is multiplied by a factor of 1,5.]
Luke felt the hair on his forearms stand up as he walked away.
'While the rewards from clearing the Dungeon weren't great, that Title sure was worth it!'
...
Dungeons were locations filled with monsters and evil creatures.
Hunters worked hard to get rid of those creatures.
But, a Hunter can only be rewarded for clearing a certain Dungeon once.
Of course, one could still enter that location and deal with the monster, but the Hunter would not be rewarded by System after that.
'Should be around here...'
Luke was aware of that, which is why he was already looking for his second Dungeon to clear.
While others would need time to recover from their wounds, Luke was already in top form.
'Access to Dungeons with a higher Rank is limited to official Hunters. If I can clear this one, I'll be able to get my license...'
In front of him was a dark cave.
'So this is it, huh? The Undead's Dungeon...'
Luke took a step inside the cave.
[Welcome to: The Cave Of Moving Bones[F].]
'Yep. A weird name, but it's just a Dungeon full of Skeletons...'
He entered the cave.
"Requirements for clearing the Dungeon?"
[ Dungeon: Cave Of Moving Bones.
Rank: [F]
Minimal Clear Requirement: Defeat 40 Skeletons.
Minimal Reward: 75 Gold Coins+ 250 Experience Points.
]
'Alright. A lot more to defeat than the goblin Dungeon. Should not be a problem since Skeletons are [G] Rank Monsters.' Luke thought while moving his shoulders around to warm up his joints.
Inside the cave, very little light illuminated the place.
Still, Luke could see pretty easily.
'Creepy...' He thought while walking deeper inside the cave.
A bit later, three pairs of blue glowing eyes stared at him from the darkness.
They got closer.
Luke saw three swords emerge from the darkness.
A second later, three Skeletons, as tall as he was, appeared.
His hands started shaking and his knees felt weak.
Luke took a step back.
A horrified expression was on his face.
The next second, the three Skeletons sprinted towards him and swung their swords.
Luke dodged at the last instant and punched one of the Skeletons.
Its skull broke and it became an unmoving collection of bones.
[ You have defeated one Skeleton.]
[ You have gained 1 Gold coin and 2 Experience Points.]
A weak chuckle and ten seconds later, the other two Skeletons fell to the ground too.
'These monsters really look like a human's skeleton... They really threw me off at first...' Luke thought while shaking his head.
After walking a bit more, Luke found four different paths in front of him.
'The one at the right should be the one that's full of Skeletons. The three others are less crowded...'
Luke took the path on his left.
'Might as well leave the crowded one for later. To get an [A] Rank Clear, I'll have to defeat more than 160 Skeletons... I'll have to take the paths anyway.'
...
Luke walked out of that path fifteen minutes later.
His clothes were cut off and dirty, but he was unharmed.
Or rather, his had already recovered.
"Progress?" Luke asked out loud.
[ You have currently defeated 21/40 Skeletons.]
He stopped for a bit and took out a water bottle from his Storage.
'These guys give so little Experience Points. If I was a Level 1 Hunter, I guess I would have leveled up by now...'
After drinking some water and putting the bottle back in his Storage, Luke entered the second path.
...
An hour later, Luke was inside the most crowded path.
He was encircled by a dozen armed Skeletons. All of them were swinging their swords at him.
A wooden shield appeared between his hands and Luke used it to make a path for himself.
He pushed the Skeletons in front of him with great strength while hiding behind the shield.
The monsters were easily moved out of the way.
After that, the Skeletons came at him one at a time.
He easily dealt with them.
'I guess this is the end of this path too...'
Luke walked back to the intersection that led to the different paths.
"How about now, progress?"
[ You have currently defeated 176/40 Skeletons.]
'Didn't find anything out of the norm like that Hobgoblin... Guess I'm leaving.'
Luke walked outside the cave.
[You have defeated more than 40 Skeletons.]
[Congratulations!]
[You have cleared The Cave Of Moving Bones!]
[Clear Rank is being calculated... ]
[Appropriate Rewards are being calculated...]
[You have defeated 176 Skeletons.]
[You have obtained the Title "Crusher Of Bones".]
[You have been awarded 500 Gold Coins and 1300 Experience Points.]
[You have leveled up!]
[Your Title Overachieving Newbie awards you an additional 650 Experience Points.]
[Clear Rank:[B].]
[You have been awarded 10 Stat Points.]
"Just [B]?" Luke asked out loud.
He laughed at himself before walking towards the city.
'I should be happy with this... Quite frankly, I'm more than happy!'