PAIN,REENTERING DUNGEON ,LEVEL 5

In front of the instant dungeon, Andrew, whose head was cut by a mantis monster, slowly reappeared as pixels combined. As soon as he came to life, Andrew was dumbstruck at how weak he was. It took just one hit for him to die.

As he was thinking, just as the system had said, the pain from the instant dungeon was transported to him. He really felt that his head was cut off. A searing pain shot through his body, like a lightning bolt ripping through his nerves. It was an intense, all-consuming agony that overwhelmed his senses and left him gasping for air. He felt a cold, sharp blade slice through his flesh, and then a sudden release as his head was separated from his body. The pain seemed to radiate from the stump of his neck, a burning, throbbing ache that pulsed with every beat of his heart.

He felt dizzy and disoriented, his vision blurring and fading to black. But he gritted his teeth to not faint because his institution was telling him that if he fainted now, he would never see the morning sun again.

The feeling of his head getting separated while his head was still there made him feel nauseous. When even gritting his teeth couldn't help him, he bit his tongue, and blood seeped out of it. This continued for 10 minutes.

The pain started to fade away. Andrew, who was already at his wit's end, melted like an ice cube and waited for his pain to subside completely. After a few minutes, his pain started to subside greatly and rapidly. Having found that he could move his hand now

, he immediately opened the system inventory and used one intermediate health potion. As soon as he did that, a warm feeling swelled over his body. Even though there was no physical injury, the health potion helped soothe the tensed muscle and nerves of his brain. Another hour passed, and now he could move just fine.

"Status," I said.

[Name: Andrew Smith

Level: 4

Exp: 50/700

Class: Not yet assigned.

Talent: Click to expand.

HP: 420/420

STR: 20

AGI: 17

MP: 16

INT: 19

LUCK: 2

Stats points available: 3

Skills: Click to expand

Inventory: Click to expand]

[New skill Mental Fortitude (F) gained]

[Mental Fortitude (F): Makes user immune to psychic attacks and resists mental contamination].

This skill sure will be helpful in the future.

Allocate 2 stat points to mana and 1 to intelligence."

[HP: 420/420. STR: 20. AGI: 17. MP: 18. INT: 19. LUCK: 2.]

After seeing my stat point, I sat cross-legged and started to meditate. This helped me calm my mind and replay my fight. After various replays, I concluded,

"That snake monster must be the low-level mob of the dungeon, and the mantis-like one is the predator. But this was just the first floor. How hard would upcoming battles be?"

"Hey system, are all instant dungeons so hard?" I wondered.

[No host, as you may know, your talent 100* was applied to dungeon difficulty and reward].

As I had thought, this talent is a blessing as well as a curse, but this is my fate, and I have to overcome it. So, let's re-enter the dungeon, level up to level 5, and see what the system has to offer.

***

Andrew cautiously entered the dungeon and noticed that the scenery remained the same. He was aware that he could encounter a monster at any moment and kept his guard up.

As he gazed down the only cave path, he blinked, and when he opened his eyes, he saw blue eyes staring back at him.

His heart pounded in his chest as a mantis monster appeared before him, the same creature that had killed him before.

He heard a swoosh and tried to dodge it, but the fear of having his head cut off paralyzed him. He felt something grab his head with such force that it could have crushed his skull. He could even tell from the monster's facial expression that what it was wondering

"I had clearly killed this human so how is he still alive, does he have the power to come back to life"

It was obvious who doesn't want the power of immortality even gods would be tempted so what was this mantis monster

Summoning all my strength, I activated my passive skill, "mental fortitude," which subsided my fear.

I then thought, "If I am afraid of something like this, how will I conquer the world?"

With renewed determination, I made a bone katana and slashed both of the monster's eyes. It let go of me, and I took advantage of the opportunity to create 13 bone bullets and a bone shield around the creature, trapping it inside.

The monster tried to break free from the shield, but it had cracks in it. I signaled with my finger, and all the bullets began to hit the monster, causing it to wail.

Even though the bullets pierced its shell, the monster persisted in its attempts to escape. I ran towards it with my katana and pierced the monster's heart through the cracks in the shield, killing it. then the much waited notification sounded with which Andrew's first revenge was completed

[YOU HAVE KILLED A DEATH MANTIS LEVEL 8]

[OBTAINED 800 EXP, 1000 COINS]

[YOU HAVE LEVELED UP]

[QUEST COMPLETED, CLASS SELECTION MENU HAS BEEN OPENED, NEW SYSTEM FUNCTION (ONE CLICK TRAINING FUNCTION{Pay to win}) HAS BEEN OPENED]