Party Invitation

Ling went to the mentioned by Xhia Hao. However, before he could reach the place, a new type of monster appeared and immediately attacked him.

Boom!

An explosion occurred when the bear's claws reached the dried surface. As a result, the area was surrounded by thick brown smoke. Well, he didn't care about it because of the [Play with smoke] skill.

"This monster is still dangerous." He said inwardly, then took the knife out of his inventory.

Unlike the Battle Orc, the Wild Bear was weaker in terms of strength, especially with the skills it has. To be exact, the Wild Bear didn't have extraordinary skills like cutting the surface or even making a magical attack. Yet, the claws and fangs were the main threat to this monster since they could easily cut his flesh or even his bones.

Bam!

He smoothly landed on the surface to have an idea of how he would deal with this monster. Based on the experienced he had during his fight against the battle Orc, he noticed all the large monsters were making big swings. Hmm... It can use that to have a big advantage.

"Shall we start this?"

As soon as he challenged the monster, Jin cast his [Dash] skill, to raise his speed and not easily attack by the monster at the same time.

Thanks to the confidence given by the Battle Orc, he doesn't feel anything even though he was standing in front of the monster.

Swish!

To begin with, the monster fully swung its arm. Yet, Ling just simply slid to the dried to avoid the attack. After that, he used the small opening to push forward his arms and stabbed the monster's stomach.

Even though Ling can't pull out the knife due the monster's muscles hardened for some reason. Still, he remained nonchalantly. Why? Because he could use his [Unlimited knife] to create a new knife.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Three knives immediately pierced the monster's leg and the monster stopped moving and groaned in agony. As of now, the monster didn't manage to land a contact, that's why the ranker maintained his speed.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Because of that, the monster was so frustrated as it was now attacking uncontrollably. Plus, the monster can't endure the severe pain coming from the numerous knives covering its entire body.

Soon, the monster fell to the ground and the battle lasted for nearly 3 minutes. To be honest, with his current level Ling should be having a hard time to deal this monster. Why? First of all, the monster had a high level than him, which means its basic stats were also higher than him. So it appeared the experience he gained from the dungeon was paying off.

Well, the experience was an important thing to have for a certain person in this world as it could be useful in every type of situation. Aside from that, Experience can be an advantage to those people who don't have it.

[You have received 123 exp from killing the Wild Bear!]

[•Name: Blood  Level 11 (193/1150)]

"This blood is sticky and disgusting." He said irritably as he removed the blood using the water coming from the small lake he discovered.

Meanwhile, Ling continued his expedition toward the temple. Of course, it was natural to face different monsters like a giant mosquitoes, ordinary wolves, and Wild bears.

'That man is quite right. I can find here a monster core and raise my battling experience at the same time.' He said inwardly, then paused for a second after reaching the temple. 'It seems like I arrived at the place.'

Just to make sure he looked at the map once again, then closed it. After that, he glanced at the thing in front of him, seeing the two posts on each side of the wall.

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First, he observed the surroundings, trying to figure out whether there was a dangerous monster or ranker nearby.

[Welcome to the Rocky Temple!]

Aside from the temple's name, there was no other information provided by the system. Well, it was understandable so that the rankers would find a way to conquer this temple.

As soon as he took a deep breath, he placed his hands on the door and entered the temple. Of course, rankers could be found in this place since that was the purpose why they made this temple.

A certain party concluded by five rankers gathered near the temple's entrance, it seemed like sooner or later they will start their expedition. However, a novice ranker piqued their attention, wondering why he was the only one who came here.

What he's doing alone here?

Don't tell me he's planning to waste his monster's core.

Are you dumb? It looks like someone is toying with him. Look at the novice badge over his head, it's enough reason to determine that he's a new ranker. Because of his lack of information about this game, rankers used that reason to make fun of him.

Aww... What a poor man.

These were the side comments that came from the rankers around them. Yes, he understood where those came from, but in the end, he didn't pay too much to them. In his mind, as long as they do not meddle with his business here, they would not have a problem, so he just simply plans to proceed to the much deeper part of this temple. In the area where the dangerous monsters existed.

Yet, the five rankers stopped him for some reason. To be exact, a woman who had blue hair, green eyes, sharp ears, an innocent face, and a sexy body came closer to him.

At first, she looked uncomfortable, but in the end, she ended up having a conversation with Ling. "H-Hey, ranker! W-Where did you plan to go?" She stuttered.

Ling slightly frowned his brows, then pointed his finger toward the direction where he was going. Although he doesn't have an exact plan right, it was the best for that question.

"As you can see, I'm going to that place. Why? Do I violate any rules here?" He asked nonchalantly.

"No, you don't. We just simply asking where are you going since you are entering here alone." The woman said nervously before introducing herself. "I'm Xyeria, a member of this party. We are worried since we thought someone is making fun of you."

"Making fun of me...?"

Xyeria explained to him the reason why they stopped him. Plus, the bonus information about the consequences or cost once he died inside the game.

Well, Ling wasn't stupid to not easily understand the current situation. So he smoothly kneaded his chin while looking at her foot up to her head.

"I don't think that man is making fun of me." He responded nonchalantly, knowing Xhia Hao gave him two options, and in the end, he was the one who choose to head to this temple. "If you don't have further questions for me, I'll take my leave."

As soon as he moved his legs, Xyeria tugged his clothes to stop him. "Even I explained it to you. It seems like you still did not understand the current situation. If that's the case, why don't you try to join our party? So that you can have an idea of how dangerous this temple is." She suggested in a cracked voice as it was the first time she insisted on something like this to the other person.

He narrowly looked at her, and eventually shook his head. In his mind, once he joined their party, his screen name Blood would surely appear. First and foremost, he had no idea what kind of rankers they were, so he wanted to play safe as much as possible.

'Hmm... If they knew my screen name, there's a high chance they would PK to stop my growth.' He uttered to his mind before confronting Xyeria. "Thanks for your concern, miss. But I'm good by myself."

"But-"

Xyeria paused for a second after a young man with brown hair, blue eyes, and armed with a sword and metallic armor stopped her. "Let him be, Xyeria. Don't let your conscience bother you since you already warn him. Also, our raid it's quite late because of him, so it would be better if we start right now."

"Grey is right. We have an exam tomorrow, let's end this raid immediately."

While walking away Ling's eyes widened, remembering that he had also an exam tomorrow so it came to his mind those rankers were studying at Hunei University. Yet, he shook his head before adding these words. 'No, it might be a coincidence. On top of that, that woman is too kind to be there."

Swoosh!

Soon, he used the [Dash] skill to separate himself from those rankers. He just halt when three different paths appeared in front of him. At this point, he must pick the good path as he didn't know what kind of monster waiting for him inside of it.

"Let's go to the right side."

Bang!