Chapter 13: Poison Boss!
The whole darkness thing only lasted for a few seconds and then everything became clear again. I was transported to an open grassland. However, I turned my attention to the surroundings and found that there were so many slimes!
As I was amazed by the grassland view, the system notification came up.
[NEW MISSION ALERT!]
[MISSION 17: DEFEAT YOUR FIRST DUNGEON]
[REWARD: +1,000 SYSTEM POINTS, NEW TITLE]
Nice! That is what expected when I entered this random F-class dungeon! A new title, huh?
Closing the notification screen, I checked the slimes that I would be facing.
[AGGRESSIVE SLIME] [LV 4]
Wow~ they became level 4 inside this dungeon!
"Young master, I will keep looking out." Jason whispered to me, and then, he faded and disappeared from my sight. He has gone invisible.
I knew exactly why he did that, as teacher Felix briefly explained about dungeons, the rewards are still calculated based on who has more damage on each monster within the dungeon. If Jason attacked, he would get all the experience points and I would have nothing.
While in my thoughts, the [AGRESSIVE SLIME] [LV 4] that were scattered in the open field started attacking me. Damn, they did not even let me finish my thoughts!
I dodged each attack they made and ran into an open space to give myself some breathing space. I started picking these [AGGRESSIVE SLIME] one by one.
*swing*
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[59 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
*swing*
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[59 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
[GAINED 4 EXPERIENCE POINTS]
Damn, 2 hits to kill one of these [AGGRESSIVE SLIME].
System, how much to show me the details of these slimes?
[DEDUCT 50 SYSTEM POINTS?]
Yes!
[50 SYSTEM POINTS DEDUCTED]
[AGGRESSIVE SLIME]
[DESCRIPTION: DUNGEON JELLY-LIKE MONSTER. AGREESIVE & DANGEROUS.]
[HP: 100 / MP: 0]
[LEVEL: 4]
[DAMAGE: 30]
[ELEMENT: WATER]
[SKILL: NONE]
[DEFENSE: 1]
[EXPERIENCE: 4]
Now, that is some status information!
Hmm... 100 HP and 1 defense, that is why I dealt around 59 damage for each attack.
*dodge*
I slashed my sword again at another [AGGRESSIVE SLIME] who attacked me.
*swing*
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[59 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
*swing*
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[59 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
[GAINED 4 EXPERIENCE POINTS]
This will take a while then?
//
After an hour of fully maximizing my agility stat through dodging multiple [AGGRESSIVE SLIME]. I completely annihilated all of them, leaving the boss monster alone to deal with!
It is quite a sizable monster, standing around 4 feet tall and 4 feet wide. It started spraying poison spray, I believe, as the green gooey substance kept spitting out of the slime's mouth (?). I do not know, these slimes do not have any face or mouth, so I just assumed. I did not want to spend another 50 system points but I felt it was necessary so I did it anyway.
[DEDUCT 50 SYSTEM POINTS?]
Yes!
[50 SYSTEM POINTS DEDUCTED]
[POISON SLIME]
[DESCRIPTION: DUNGEON BOSS. JELLY-LIKE MONSTER. AGREESIVE & POISONOUS.]
[HP: 400 / MP: 100]
[LEVEL: 14]
[DAMAGE: 80]
[ELEMENT: POISON]
[SKILL: POISON SPRAY]
[DEFENSE: 30]
[EXPERIENCE: 85]
Now, that is a weak dungeon boss for Jason. For me? It would be quite hard but doable still.
Unfortunately for me, some poison goo has made it into my skin and I received debuffs.
[DEBUFF ADDED]
[POISON: -5 HP PER SECONDS]
[DURATION: 5 SEC.]
[-5]
[-5]
[-5]
[-5]
[-5]
Damn. That Is 25 HP!
[Status Tab:]
[HP: 1,125/1,150]
[MP: 400/400]
I kept dodging the attacks made by [POISON SLIME], but still, the ground kept being smashed by its slime tentacles, and the excess dirt sprayed toward me so I took some physical damage.
[-8 DAMAGE RECEIVED FROM DUNGEON BOSS POISON SLIME]
Huh? That's not much? Then... I smiled naughtily as I was now confident to kill this poison slime boss.
I dodged another attack from the poison slime and launched my own counterattacks.
Maximizing my agility, I slashed and slashed my sword at the poison slime.
*swing*
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[31 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
*swing*
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[31 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
*swing*
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[31 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
...
My attacks continued without pause. Although at times, I get hit by the poison spray skill, the boss poison slime only has 100 MP so it won't spray poison that much.
After 13 sword slashes to the poison slime boss, it died.
*swing*
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[31 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
[GAINED 85 EXPERIENCE POINTS]
The dungeon quickly shook, a black dot quickly became huge and it swallowed me whole. A few seconds passed and I was back to where I was standing.
Jason appeared at my side and congratulated me. "Young master, congratulations, you defeated your first dungeon!" He sounded so proud of me, which I liked. "That was hard though." I replied. "Nothing is easy, young master. However, it is a fact that you defeated a dungeon alone. That is not an easy feat to do, at your level." Jason said.
"Well... let me see what I got." Jason nodded and faded away.
The dungeon reward notification appeared.
[CONGRATULATIONS! YOU DEFEATED A DUNGEON!]
[REWARDS:]
[+500 EXPERIENCE POINTS]
[x1 MAJOR DUNGEON KEY FRAGMENT]
[x1 POISON SLIME CORE]
[x20 SLIME CORE]
[x59 SLIME CORE FRAGMENT]
[x60 SLIME]
This is not the system's notification but this world's notification after defeating the dungeon. After the dungeon reward, the system mission reward followed.
[CONGRATULATIONS! MISSION "DEFEAT YOUR FIRST DUNGEON" HAS BEEN COMPLETED]
[REWARD: +1,000 SYSTEM POINTS, NEW TITLE]
[NEW TITLE ACQUIRED]
[NEWBIE DUNGEONEER]
I checked the effect and it showed as [+1% Loot Drop Chance], which I liked. This way, my future dungeons will drop more rare items!
However, the system seemed enthusiastic so it added a new mission again. Sigh.
[NEW MISSION ALERT!]
[MISSION 18: DEFEAT 10 DUNGEONS]
[REWARD: +5,000 SYSTEM POINTS, UPGRADED NEWBIE DUNGEONEER TITLE]
Consolidating my gains from this dungeon, I earned 985 experience points, 213 [Sword Mastery (PASSIVE)] proficiency points, 1 thousand system points, and a few good loots.
Speaking of loots, I checked the [x1 MAJOR DUNGEON KEY FRAGMENT]. I do not have any idea what this is so I asked Jason. Jason appeared again and looked at the key fragment item. As a veteran assassin, he has a bulk of knowledge so he quickly answered. "Young master, you need to hide this item and never show it to anyone. This is a fragment key to create a [MAJOR DUNGEON KEY]. There are so many people in the whole world who would kill to have one of these."
Hearing Jason's warning, I became more curious. Is it like the [SLIME CORE FRAGMENT]? 100 core fragments will create a whole core?
Jason nodded at my question. Now I knew how important this item was, I immediately put it back in my storage.
//
There were still 3 hours before 6 PM so I continued my hunting of regular slimes.
//
*swing*
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[50 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
...
*swing*
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[50 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
...
*swing*
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[50 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
...
I slew 1 thousand 5 hundred slimes by the end of the day. I gained 3 thousand experience points, 1 thousand 5 hundred [Sword Mastery (PASSIVE)] proficiency points, a few good loots, and 1.5 school points.
The dungeon's monsters were not included in the school's mission so they did not count when I killed them.
Thus, I leveled up one time again.
[Status Tab:]
[HP: 1,250/1,250]
[MP: 425/425]
[Title: Son of Von Hausers, Clan Member of Von Hausers, Direct Descendant of Von Hauser Line, Elite Monster Hunter, Newbie Dungeoneer]
[Title Effect: +3 Luck, +5% Monster Damage, +1% Loot Drop Chance]
[Class: -]
[Subclass: -]
[Level: 11]
[Experience: 277/5,900]
[Free Points: 0]
[Strength: 23]
[Agility: 23]
[Mana: 12]
[Buff: -]
[Buff Effect: -]
[Buff Duration: -]
The added stat points in strength and mana increased my MP, HP, damage, and defense to +62.38 damage and +72.1 defense!
I closed all the screen tabs in my system notification and went back home with Jason hiding behind me.
//
Shina prepared my bath and dinner. Once I arrived at the mansion-style condominium, I immediately took a bath and ate my dinner. After finishing my dinner, I sat on the sofa bed and bought five [SYNTHESIZE PROTECTION SCROLL].
The game was on! Gamble Time!
[SYNTHESIZE CORE TO ADVENTURER'S SUIT (LV 1)?]
[WARNING! ADVENTURER'S SUIT (LV 1) IS SYNTHESIZED TO +16!]
[ADVENTURER'S SUIT (LV 1) MIGHT BE DESTROYED IF FAILED TO SYNTHESIZE]
[SYNTHESIZE PROTECTION SCROLL DETECTED!]
[USE?]
I said "Yes".
[SYNTHESIZE PROTECTION SCROLL HAS BEEN APPLIED]
[CONTINUE?]
I said "Yes" again.
[SYNTHESIZE HAS STARTED]
[RESULT IN 10...]
[RESULT IN 9...]
[RESULT IN 8...]
[RESULT IN 7...]
[RESULT IN 6...]
[RESULT IN 5...]
[RESULT IN 4...]
[RESULT IN 3...]
[RESULT IN 2...]
[RESULT IN 1...]
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[OOPSIES! ADVENTURER'S SUIT SYNTHESIZE FAILED!]
Fuck.
...
[SYNTHESIZE HAS STARTED]
[RESULT IN 4...]
[RESULT IN 3...]
[RESULT IN 2...]
[RESULT IN 1...]
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[OOPSIES! ADVENTURER'S SUIT SYNTHESIZE FAILED!]
No~~~~~~
...
[SYNTHESIZE HAS STARTED]
[RESULT IN 4...]
[RESULT IN 3...]
[RESULT IN 2...]
[RESULT IN 1...]
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[OOPSIES! ADVENTURER'S SUIT SYNTHESIZE FAILED!]
Fucker! One more!
...
[SYNTHESIZE HAS STARTED]
[RESULT IN 4...]
[RESULT IN 3...]
[RESULT IN 2...]
[RESULT IN 1...]
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[CONGRATULATIONS! ADVENTURER'S SUIT HAS SUCCESSFULLY SYNTHESIZED!]
Yeeees!
...
[SYNTHESIZE HAS STARTED]
[RESULT IN 4...]
[RESULT IN 3...]
[RESULT IN 2...]
[RESULT IN 1...]
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[CONGRATULATIONS! ADVENTURER'S SUIT HAS SUCCESSFULLY SYNTHESIZED!]
God damn! More!
...
[SYNTHESIZE HAS STARTED]
[RESULT IN 4...]
[RESULT IN 3...]
[RESULT IN 2...]
[RESULT IN 1...]
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[OOPSIES! ADVENTURER'S SUIT SYNTHESIZE FAILED!]
Fucker!
...
One more!
[SYNTHESIZE HAS STARTED]
[RESULT IN 4...]
[RESULT IN 3...]
[RESULT IN 2...]
[RESULT IN 1...]
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[OOPSIES! ADVENTURER'S SUIT SYNTHESIZE FAILED!]
Fuck!!!!!!!
//
I bought another 5 [SYNTHESIZE PROTECTION SCROLL] and restarted my gambling addiction!
...
[SYNTHESIZE HAS STARTED]
[RESULT IN 4...]
[RESULT IN 3...]
[RESULT IN 2...]
[RESULT IN 1...]
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[CONGRATULATIONS! ADVENTURER'S SUIT HAS SUCCESSFULLY SYNTHESIZED!]
God damn! One more! One more!
...
[SYNTHESIZE HAS STARTED]
[RESULT IN 4...]
[RESULT IN 3...]
[RESULT IN 2...]
[RESULT IN 1...]
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[CONGRATULATIONS! ADVENTURER'S SUIT HAS SUCCESSFULLY SYNTHESIZED!]
Oh fucking yes~!!!!
[CONGRATULATIONS! MISSION "SYNTHESIZE CORES WITH EQUIPMENT TO +20" HAS BEEN COMPLETED]
[REWARD: +2000 SYSTEM POINTS]
Oh yes! 2 thousand system points!
How many do I have now?
[SYSTEM SHOP]
[SYSTEM POINTS: 3,150]
Good! That is 3 [Low-Grade Proficiency Potion] or [Low-Grade Experience Potion]!
However, my fun ended abruptly.
[NEW MISSION ALERT!]
[MISSION 19: SYNTHESIZE CORES WITH EQUIPMENT TO +30]
[REWARD: +6000 SYSTEM POINTS]
+30!? The fuck!?
*To be continued*